Brownlow Latine Redivivus
by Richard Brownlow
Richard Brownlow (1553-1638) entered the Middle Temple in 1583 and became Chief Protonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in 1590, a position he held until his death. [1] The position was “one of the most important and lucrative clerical offices in a period when court business was growing at an unprecedented pace.”[2] It was worth approximately £3000 a year.[3] Brownlow maintained very careful records, many of which can be found in Brownlow Latine Redivivus: a Book of Entries, of Such Declarations, Informations, Pleas in Barr and Abatement, Replications, Rejoynders, Issues, Verdicts, Bills of Exception to Verdicts, Judgements, Demurrers, and other Parts of Pleadings, (Now in Use) in Personal and Mixt Actions; Contained in the First and Second Parts of the Declarations and pleadings of Richard Brownlow.[4] Brownlow Latine Redivicus was originally an English translation of Brownlow's Latin precedents for plea roll entries.[5] Most of its material dates from 1600–1615.[6] It was published several times during the 1650s when Parliament had made English the official legal language of record.[7] After Latin was reestablished as the official legal language of record during the 1660s, it was translated into Latin and republished. The 1693 edition is considered "the first complete edition of Brownlow's Forms."[8]
Bibliographic Information
Author: Richard Brownlow.
Title: Brownlow Latine Redivivus: a Book of Entries, of Such Declarations, Informations, Pleas in Barr and Abatement, Replications, Rejoynders, Issues, Verdicts, Bills of Exception to Verdicts, Judgements, Demurrers, and other Parts of Pleadings, (Now in Use) in Personal and Mixt Actions; Contained in the First and Second Parts of the Declarations and pleadings of Richard Brownlow.
Published: London: Printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkyns, Esquires, 1693.
Edition: First Latin edition; [6], 506 (i.e. 406), [46] pages.
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
There is no doubt that Wythe owned this title—a copy at the Library of Congress includes George Wythe's bookplate. Thomas Jefferson also listed Brownlow's entries in his inventory of Wythe's Library, noting that he kept the volume himself. He later sold it to the Library of Congress. Both Brown's Bibliography[9] and George Wythe's Library[10] on LibraryThing include Brownlow Latine Redivivus.
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
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References
- ↑ Christopher W. Brooks, "Brownlow, Richard (1553–1638)" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed Oct. 9, 2013.
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- ↑ W. Harold Maxwell, A Bibliography of English Law to 1650, Including Books Dealing with that Period, Printed from 1480 to 1925 (Sweet & Maxwell's Complete Law Book Catalogue, v.1) (London: Sweet & Maxwell, Limited, 1925), 179.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on June 28, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe
