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}}Richard Crompton (c. 1529-c. 1599) was a legal writer whose works include ''A Short Declaration of the Ende of Traytors, and False Conspirators Against the State'', ''Star-Chamber Cases'', and an enlargement of Sir Anthony Fitzherbert’s ''Loffice et authoritie de iustices de peace''.<ref>N.G. Jones, "[http://oxforddnb.com/view/article/6759 Crompton, Richard (b.c. 1529, d. in or about 1599)]" in ''Oxford English Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed May 28, 2015.</ref> Although he was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1553 and might have been created a serjeant-at-law, had he desired that honor, Crompton preferred to focus on his “private studies.”<ref>Ibid.</ref> His most well-known work is ''L’authoritie et Jurisdiction des Courts de la Majestie de la Roygne''.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br/> | }}Richard Crompton (c. 1529-c. 1599) was a legal writer whose works include ''A Short Declaration of the Ende of Traytors, and False Conspirators Against the State'', ''Star-Chamber Cases'', and an enlargement of Sir Anthony Fitzherbert’s ''Loffice et authoritie de iustices de peace''.<ref>N.G. Jones, "[http://oxforddnb.com/view/article/6759 Crompton, Richard (b.c. 1529, d. in or about 1599)]" in ''Oxford English Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed May 28, 2015.</ref> Although he was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1553 and might have been created a serjeant-at-law, had he desired that honor, Crompton preferred to focus on his “private studies.”<ref>Ibid.</ref> His most well-known work is ''L’authoritie et Jurisdiction des Courts de la Majestie de la Roygne''.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br/> | ||
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[[File:|center|border|300px]] Title page from L'Authoritie et Jurisdiction des Courts de la Majestie de la Roygne, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary. | |
| Author | Richard Crompton |
| Published | Londini: in aedibus Caroli Yetsweirti Armig. |
| Date | 1594 |
| Language | French |
| Pages | 8, 232 leaves |
| Desc. | 4to. (18 cm.) |
| Location | Shelf F-3 |
Richard Crompton (c. 1529-c. 1599) was a legal writer whose works include A Short Declaration of the Ende of Traytors, and False Conspirators Against the State, Star-Chamber Cases, and an enlargement of Sir Anthony Fitzherbert’s Loffice et authoritie de iustices de peace.[1] Although he was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1553 and might have been created a serjeant-at-law, had he desired that honor, Crompton preferred to focus on his “private studies.”[2] His most well-known work is L’authoritie et Jurisdiction des Courts de la Majestie de la Roygne.[3]
L’authoritie et Jurisdiction was the first English law book to focus exclusively on the royal courts.[4] Divided into 23 sections, each focusing on a different court, it serves as a guide to the court system.[5] Crompton describes not only the Court of Star Chamber, the Chancery, and the court functions of Parliament, but other, smaller, and less well-known courts.[6]
As early as 1600, the English legal scholar William Fulbeck praised Crompton’s work, recommending his books to law students because they were both comprehensive and concise, so “that a man may by them in a few hours gain great knowledge.”[7] Roger North similarly considered Crompton’s L’authoritie et jurisidiction to be essential reading for students.[8]
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References
- ↑ N.G. Jones, "Crompton, Richard (b.c. 1529, d. in or about 1599)" in Oxford English Dictionary of National Biography, accessed May 28, 2015.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ "Bach to Baseball Cards: Preserving the Nation's History at the Library of Congress," Library of Congress, accessed May 28, 2015.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ William Fulbeck and T.H. Sterling, Direction or Preparative to the Study of Law (London: Printed for J. and W.T. Clarke, Law Booksellers and Publishers, 1829), 74.
- ↑ Jones, "Crompton, Richard."
