Criticism & Theory, Movements & Periods, Linguistics, Law, Literature, Bibliographies & Indexes, Great Britain, United Kingdom, Common law, Medieval law, United Kingdom Common Law, J. H. Baker, John H. Baker 

The English legal manuscripts in Cambridge University Library form one of the most important collections in the world. The principal treasures derive from the renowned library, containing over 230 volumes, collected by John Moore (d.1714), Bishop of Ely, presented to the University by King George I in 1715. It includes some of the old manuscripts collected by Francis Tate (d.1616), and the working manuscript library of Mr Justice Nicholas (d.1667). The collection also contains medieval statute-books, year-books, medieval and early modern readings and moots in the inns of court, and law reports from the Tudor period down to the reign of Charles II, together with examples of every other major type of manuscript law book in use in England prior to the eighteenth century. As well as being an essential finding-aid, this new catalogue includes a description of the contents of each manuscript, bibliographical notes on the text (listing hundreds of related manuscripts in other libraries), and full codicological descriptions of the medieval manuscripts by Dr Jayne Ringrose. No similar catalogue of English legal manuscripts has ever been published before. Professor J.H. BAKER is Professor of English Legal History at Cambridge University. - from Amazon 

Contents:
Preface
Table of abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1: The university library and the common-law
Part 2: Some notes on provenance
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
note on editorial method
List of manuscripts in the catalogue
The catalogue
Table of statutes
Tables of law reports
Index of incipits and titles
Index of previous owners
Index of manuscripts cited
Early bindings to 1600
General index of names and subjects 

Includes bibliographical references (679) and index.
Donated by Graham Price.