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<blockquote> Richard Burn, legal writer and Church of England clergyman, the son of Richard Burn, was born in Winton, in the parish of Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland. He matriculated at the Queen's College, Oxford, in 1729, was awarded a BA in 1734, and was in 1736 elected, presented, and instituted to the vicarage of Orton in Westmorland. He became a justice of the peace for the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. In 1762 he was made a DCL by Oxford, and in 1765 Bishop Lyttelton appointed him chancellor of the diocese of Carlisle. He died at Orton on 12 November 1785, and was succeeded in the chancellorship of Carlisle by his friend William Paley... Ecclesiastical Law (2 vols.), which like his justices' manual was a great success, presented the law relevant to matters arising in ecclesiastical courts. This manual reached its ninth and final edition in 1842. <ref> Norma Landau, ‘Burn, Richard (1709–1785)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4043, accessed 7 June 2013] </ref> </blockquote>
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}}[[wikipedia:Richard Burn|Richard Burn]] (1709 &ndash; 1785) attended [[wikipedia:Queen's College, Oxford|Queen's College, Oxford]], and later became a [[wikipedia:Justice of the peace|justice of the peace]] for Westmoreland and Cumberland counties.<ref>Norma Landau, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4043 Burn, Richard (1709–1785)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed June 7, 2013.</ref> A clergyman of the Church of England, Burn was appointed Chancellor of the diocese of Carlisle in 1762, a post he held until his death.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Burn wrote several books on legal topics. His ''Justice of the Peace'' became the standard in its field, passing through fifteen editions in Burn's lifetime.<ref>William Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'' (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1938), 12:333.</ref>
  
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In ''Ecclesiastical Law'', Burns attempted to categorize and explain elements of ecclesiastical law that had been previously muddy and undefined.<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica'', s.v. "[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclopædia_Britannica/Burn,_Richard Burn, Richard]" (University of Cambridge, 1911), accessed October 2, 2013.</ref> It was of equal merit and nearly as popular as his ''Justice of the Peace''. "In the preface the author gives a sketch of the history of the civil and canon law, and short accounts of the position of the ecclesiastical law in England after the Restoration, of the common and statute law, and of that part of the jurisdiction of the [[wikipedia:Court of Chancery|Court of Chancery]] which was exercised by it concurrently with the ecclesiastical courts."<ref>Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'', 612.</ref> The ninth and final edition of ''Ecclesiastical Law'' was published in 1842.
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
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Bennie Brown included the fourth edition (1781) of ''Ecclesiastical Law'' in [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 his 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> based on a notation in [[Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson's]] manuscript library catalog (1770-1812). Jefferson listed "Burn's Ecclesiastical law. 4.v. 8vo. 4th G. Wythe," the name of Wythe being inscribed in pencil. Whether the copy came from Wythe or was loaned to Wythe is unknown. The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's suggestion and purchased a copy of the fourth edition.
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
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'''Published:''' London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, Law-Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1781.  
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/albums/72157637633610585 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991017606939703196 William & Mary's online catalog.]
  
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*[http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/library/BurnEcclesiasticalLaw1781Vol1.pdf Volume I]
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*[http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/library/BurnEcclesiasticalLaw1781Vol2.pdf Volume II]
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*[http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/library/BurnEcclesiasticalLaw1781Vol3.pdf Volume III]
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*[http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/library/BurnEcclesiasticalLaw1781Vol4.pdf Volume IV]
  
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Latest revision as of 09:45, 23 May 2024

by Richard Burn

Ecclesiastical Law
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Title page from Ecclesiastical Law, volume one, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.

Author Richard Burn
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Published London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, Law-Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty for T. Cadell, in the Strand
Date 1781
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Richard Burn (1709 – 1785) attended Queen's College, Oxford, and later became a justice of the peace for Westmoreland and Cumberland counties.[1] A clergyman of the Church of England, Burn was appointed Chancellor of the diocese of Carlisle in 1762, a post he held until his death.[2] Burn wrote several books on legal topics. His Justice of the Peace became the standard in its field, passing through fifteen editions in Burn's lifetime.[3]

In Ecclesiastical Law, Burns attempted to categorize and explain elements of ecclesiastical law that had been previously muddy and undefined.[4] It was of equal merit and nearly as popular as his Justice of the Peace. "In the preface the author gives a sketch of the history of the civil and canon law, and short accounts of the position of the ecclesiastical law in England after the Restoration, of the common and statute law, and of that part of the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery which was exercised by it concurrently with the ecclesiastical courts."[5] The ninth and final edition of Ecclesiastical Law was published in 1842.

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Bennie Brown included the fourth edition (1781) of Ecclesiastical Law in his bibliography[6] based on a notation in Thomas Jefferson's manuscript library catalog (1770-1812). Jefferson listed "Burn's Ecclesiastical law. 4.v. 8vo. 4th G. Wythe," the name of Wythe being inscribed in pencil. Whether the copy came from Wythe or was loaned to Wythe is unknown. The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's suggestion and purchased a copy of the fourth edition.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bound in contemporary calf with tooled edges and banded spines.

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.

Full text

See also

References

  1. ↑ Norma Landau, "Burn, Richard (1709–1785)" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed June 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ Ibid.
  3. ↑ William Holdsworth, A History of English Law (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1938), 12:333.
  4. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica, s.v. "Burn, Richard" (University of Cambridge, 1911), accessed October 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ Holdsworth, A History of English Law, 612.
  6. ↑ 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
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