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===by Sir Henry Hobart===
 
===by Sir Henry Hobart===
 
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<blockquote> According to Judge Jenkins: ‘in Hobart were many noble things, an excellent eloquence, the éclat of ancestry, the most engaging sweetness animated with a singular gravity’ (Lothian MSS, viii). Hobart was buried on 4 January 1626 at Blickling. He left houses at Highgate and St Bartholomew's in London, and Chapel in the Fields, Norwich. He was succeeded by his son John, the second baronet. Hobart's widow was buried at Blickling on 30 April 1641. In 1641 a volume of his law reports was published, with subsequent editions in 1650, 1671, 1678, and 1724. <ref> Stuart Handley, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13391 "Hobart, Sir Henry, first baronet (c.1554–1625)"], Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 5 June 2013.</ref> </blockquote>
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Sir Henry Hobart (c.1554–1625) studied at Furnival's Inn before entering Lincoln's Inn in 1575. He was called to the bar in 1584, made a bencher in 1596, and appointed a serjeant-at-law in 1603.<ref> Stuart Handley, [http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/13391 "Hobart, Sir Henry, first baronet (c.1554–1625)"], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 5 June 2013. (Subscription required for access.)</ref> He held multiple other offices including attorney-general, commissioner of ecclesiastical causes, chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and chancellor to Charles, Prince of Wales (later Charles I).
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==Bibliographic Information==
 
==Bibliographic Information==
 
'''Author:''' Sir Henry Hobart, (1554-1625)
 
'''Author:''' Sir Henry Hobart, (1554-1625)
  
'''Title:''' The Reports of that Learned Sir Henry Hobart Knight, Late Lord Chiefe Justice of His Maiesties Court of Common Pleas at Westminster Resolved and Adjudged by Himselfe and Others, the Judges and Sages of the Law Renowned for That Profession in His Time
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'''Title:''' ''The Reports of that Learned Sir Henry Hobart Knight, Late Lord Chiefe Justice of His Maiesties Court of Common Pleas at Westminster Resolved and Adjudged by Himselfe and Others, the Judges and Sages of the Law Renowned for That Profession in His Time;;''.
  
 
'''Publication Info:''' London: Printed by the assignes of Iohn More, 1641.  
 
'''Publication Info:''' London: Printed by the assignes of Iohn More, 1641.  
  
'''Edition:'''
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'''Edition:''' First edition; 489 p. (i.e. 463), [6] pages.
  
 
==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 ''Hobart's [reports]'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]]. Multiple editions were published from 1641 to 1724.<ref>''Sweet & Maxwell's Complete Law Book Catalogue'', comp. W. Harold Maxwell, vol. 1, ''A Bibliography of English Law to 1650, Including Books Dealing with that Period, Printed from 1480 to 1925'' (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1925), 199.</ref> We do not have enough information to identify the precise edition owned by Wythe. Barbara Dean lists the 5th edition<ref>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> based on notes in John Marshall's commonplace book. Brown's 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> includes the 3rd edition (1671) based on the edition sold by Thomas Jefferson to the Library of Congress. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on June 28, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing) notes "Precise edition unknown."
  
 
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
 
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
 
Bound in simply ruled early dark calf, recently rebacked, with raised bands and title label on spine. Front pastedown with late 18th or 19th century armorial bookplate of "Clark, Kedlington, Yorks."  
 
Bound in simply ruled early dark calf, recently rebacked, with raised bands and title label on spine. Front pastedown with late 18th or 19th century armorial bookplate of "Clark, Kedlington, Yorks."  
  
View this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3452653 William & Mary's online catalog.]
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View this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/2253014 William & Mary's online catalog.]
 
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Revision as of 10:24, 23 September 2013

by Sir Henry Hobart

Sir Henry Hobart (c.1554–1625) studied at Furnival's Inn before entering Lincoln's Inn in 1575. He was called to the bar in 1584, made a bencher in 1596, and appointed a serjeant-at-law in 1603.[1] He held multiple other offices including attorney-general, commissioner of ecclesiastical causes, chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and chancellor to Charles, Prince of Wales (later Charles I).


Bibliographic Information

Author: Sir Henry Hobart, (1554-1625)

Title: The Reports of that Learned Sir Henry Hobart Knight, Late Lord Chiefe Justice of His Maiesties Court of Common Pleas at Westminster Resolved and Adjudged by Himselfe and Others, the Judges and Sages of the Law Renowned for That Profession in His Time;;.

Publication Info: London: Printed by the assignes of Iohn More, 1641.

Edition: First edition; 489 p. (i.e. 463), [6] pages.

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as Hobart's [reports] and given by Thomas Jefferson to Dabney Carr. Multiple editions were published from 1641 to 1724.[2] We do not have enough information to identify the precise edition owned by Wythe. Barbara Dean lists the 5th edition[3] based on notes in John Marshall's commonplace book. Brown's Bibliography[4] includes the 3rd edition (1671) based on the edition sold by Thomas Jefferson to the Library of Congress. George Wythe's Library[5] on LibraryThing) notes "Precise edition unknown."

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bound in simply ruled early dark calf, recently rebacked, with raised bands and title label on spine. Front pastedown with late 18th or 19th century armorial bookplate of "Clark, Kedlington, Yorks."

View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

References

  1. Stuart Handley, "Hobart, Sir Henry, first baronet (c.1554–1625)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 5 June 2013. (Subscription required for access.)
  2. Sweet & Maxwell's Complete Law Book Catalogue, comp. W. Harold Maxwell, vol. 1, A Bibliography of English Law to 1650, Including Books Dealing with that Period, Printed from 1480 to 1925 (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1925), 199.
  3. 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).
  4. 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
  5. LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on June 28, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe