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Identifier
George Wythe Collection KD 576 .R43 1687
Creation Date
1687
Description
Hengham, Ralph de and Simon Theloall. Registrum Brevium Tam Originalium, Quam Judicialum. 4th ed. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, 1687. George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library.
The Registrum Brevium or "Register of Writs" holds a premier place of importance in the history of medieval English law. Its influence on early common law is inestimable. Multiple manuscript copies abound from as early as 1227 with no two exactly alike. Attributed to Ralph de Hengham (1235?–1311), William Rastell (1508–1565) produced the first printed version in 1531. This edition, expanded and considered more accurate than previous editions, appeared in 1687 and includes Le Digest des Briefs Originals et des Choses Concernants Eux by Simon Theloall (fl. sixteenth century). Councillor Benjamin Harrison (1645–1712) purchased a copy in 1699 for use by the redactors of the 1705 revisal of the Virginia statutes in force. This copy, from the Wolf Law Library's George Wythe Collection, features manuscript annotations on the title page.
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