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===by Thomas Ashe===
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===by J. A.<ref>Sometimes incorrectly attributed to Thomas Ashe (c.1556-1618). Widely cited as Ashe's ''Law of Obligations and Conditions'' owing to a flourished "T.A." on the title page. Most legal bibliographies list the author as "J.A.", as signed on page A4, at the end of the introductory "Epistle." The books listed in the Table of Pleadings were printed five or six decades after Thomas Ashe's death in 1618.</ref>===
 
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Thomas Ashe (c.1556–1618)<ref>1.</ref> was an English lawyer and legal writer, admitted to Gray's Inn in 1574. 2. He was called to the bar on January 24, 1583 and was raised to the status of Ancient of the Inn in 1589. 3. In 1588 his first work, A Table to the Reports of Sir James Dyer, was published, and was successful enough to be reprinted in 1600 and 1622. This was followed by “an Abridgement of Edmund Plowden's Commentaries” (1597?; repr., 1607). In 1605 he published a table to the first five volumes of Edward Coke's Reports, dedicated to Coke. This volume was subsequently expanded to cover the full eleven volumes of Coke's Reports published in his lifetime (1618; repr., 1652). 4.  Ashe then used Coke’s Reports to produce “Fasciculus florum, or, A handfull of flowers gathered out of the severall bookes of the Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Coke” (1617). From these books and other reports, Ashe also compiled a collection of cases in which laws had been extended by equitable interpretation, organizing these and publishing them in 1609 under the title “Epieikeia.” 5. Five years later, in 1614, he described himself as ‘Professor’ of the law on the title page to his most popular work, “Le primer (second) volume del Promptuarie.” 3. This was an analytical index to the yearbooks, and was well received by the legal profession. 1. Ashe retained his connections with Gray's Inn throughout his life, as legal writing did not pay as well as legal practice. 1. He was given an entitlement to free commons at the inn in 1614 while overseeing the production of his Promptuarie, and in 1617 he was granted an annual pension of £5 on account of his indigence. 6. He died at Gray's Inn in 1618, seemingly without any family. His administration, dated 20 October, valued his estate at £5 10s., but noted him as a ‘pauper’. 7.
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‘The law of obligations and conditions, or, An accurate treatise, wherein is contained the whole learning of the law concerning bills, bonds, conditions, statutes, recognizances, and defeasances... : to which is added a table of references to all the declarations and pleadings upon bonds, &c. now extant : also another table to the forms of special conditions which lie scattered in our president [sic] books ... : with an index of the principal matters therein contained,’ published 1693, is accredited to Ashe. Inside the book, he printed only “T.A. of Grays-Inn, Esq.” as author.  8.
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==Bibliographic Information==
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'''Author:''' Thomas Ashe.
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'''Title:''' ''The Law of Obligations and Conditions, or, an Accurate Treatise, Wherein Is Contained the Whole Learning of the Law Concerning Bills, Bonds, Conditions, Statutes, Recognizances, and Defeasances...: to Which Is Added a Table of References to All the Declarations and Pleadings Upon Bonds, &c. Now Extant: Also Another Table to the Forms of Special Conditions Which Lie Scattered In Our President [<em>sic</em>] Books...: With an Index of the Principal Matters Therein Contained''.
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'''Publication Info:''' London: Printed for J. Walthoe, 1693.  
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
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Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''[Law of] Obligations 8vo.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]].  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 November 13, 2020.</ref> on LibraryThing both identify this work as ''The Law of Obligations and Conditions'' by. J.A. and incorrectly attributed to Thomas Ashe. The only edition was published in 1693. The Wolf Law Library followed these sources and purchased a copy of ''The Law of Obligations and Conditions''.
  
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
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Bound in contemporary paneled calf with raised bands and blind-stamped title to spine (gilding rubbed away). Board edges feature rubbed gilt tooling. Purchased from The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. with the [[:Category:George Wythe Boswell-Caracci Room Acquisition Fund|George Wythe Boswell-Caracci Room Acquisition Fund]].
  
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/albums/72157718992347185 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991033615437803196 William & Mary's online catalog.]
  
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*[[George Wythe Room]]
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*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
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*[[Wythe's Library]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:42, 23 May 2024

by J. A.[1]

The Law of Obligations and Conditions
JALawOfObligations1693Title.jpg

Title page from The Law of Obligations and Conditions, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.

Author J.A.
Editor {{{editor}}}
Translator {{{trans}}}
Published London: Printed for J. Walthoe
Date 1693
Edition
Language English
Volumes {{{set}}} volume set
Pages [32], 578 [i.e. 558], [2]
Desc. 8vo. (18 cm.)
Location Shelf G-1
  [[Shelf {{{shelf2}}}]]


Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as [Law of] Obligations 8vo. and given by Thomas Jefferson to Dabney Carr. The Brown Bibliography[2] and George Wythe's Library[3] on LibraryThing both identify this work as The Law of Obligations and Conditions by. J.A. and incorrectly attributed to Thomas Ashe. The only edition was published in 1693. The Wolf Law Library followed these sources and purchased a copy of The Law of Obligations and Conditions.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bound in contemporary paneled calf with raised bands and blind-stamped title to spine (gilding rubbed away). Board edges feature rubbed gilt tooling. Purchased from The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. with the George Wythe Boswell-Caracci Room Acquisition Fund.

Images of the library's copy of this book are available on Flickr. View the record for this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sometimes incorrectly attributed to Thomas Ashe (c.1556-1618). Widely cited as Ashe's Law of Obligations and Conditions owing to a flourished "T.A." on the title page. Most legal bibliographies list the author as "J.A.", as signed on page A4, at the end of the introductory "Epistle." The books listed in the Table of Pleadings were printed five or six decades after Thomas Ashe's death in 1618.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ LibraryThing, s.v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on November 13, 2020.
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