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{{DISPLAYTITLE: ''Reports of Certain Cases, Arising in the Severall Courts of Record at Westminster in the Raignes of Q. Elizabeth, K. James, and the late King Charles With the Resolutions of the Judges of the Said Courts, Upon Debate and Solemn Arguments''}}
===by William Hughes===
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}}William Hughes (1587/8 &ndash; 1663?) was a translator and compiler of legal works.<ref>Stuart Handley, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/69752 Hughes, William (1587/8–1663?)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed February 11, 2014.</ref> He studied at [[wikipedia:Merton College, Oxford|St. Alban's Hall, Oxford]] and gained admission to [[wikipedia:Gray's Inn|Gray's Inn]] in 1606.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Although there is no record of when Hughes was called to bar, there is evidence that he was made an ancient in 1627.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1652, he published ''Reports of Certain Cases'', a manuscript of reports previously owned by Justice Godbolt.<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks'' (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 197.</ref> Critical treatment of the work is scarce, but later writers considered it a respectable authority.<ref>J. G. Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books'' (Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1847), 339.</ref> 

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Godbolt's reports 4to." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]]. Editions were published in 1652 and 1653.<ref>Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books'', 339.</ref> Three of the Wythe Collection sources, [[Dean Bibliography|Dean's Memo]]<ref>[[Dean Bibliography|Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean]], Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 11 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref>, the [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe Member: George Wythe]," accessed on September 16, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing, include the 1652 edition. Thomas Jefferson also owned the 1652 edition<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 2:335 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648109;view=1up;seq=353 [no.2049]].</ref> and the Wolf Law Library chose to move a copy of this edition from another rare book collection to the [[George Wythe Collection]].

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Bound in full calf, rebacked in period style with blind rules and black gilt label, "Hughes's Reports." Includes the bookplate of G. Helyar on the front pastedown.

Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157637449775883/ available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991003742599703196 William & Mary's online catalog.]

===Full text===
*[http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/library/HughesReportsOfCertainCases1652.pdf ''Reports of Certain Cases, Arising in the Severall Courts of Record at Westminster''] (25MB PDF)


[[File:HughesReportsOfCertainCases1652Headpiece.jpg|center|thumb|450px|<center>Headpiece, first page of text.</center>]]

==See also==
*[[George Wythe Room]]
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
*[[Wythe's Library]]

==References==
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[[Category:Case Reports]]
[[Category:Dabney Carr's Books]]
[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]
[[Category:King's Bench Reports]]
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]
[[Category:William Hughes]]

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