John Port, Great Britain, Law reports, Court Records, England, writings 

Publications of the Selden Society 

"This volume is the result of a most unusual discovery. Only two years after the Society published The Report of Sir John Spelman, a manuscript was sold at Sotheby's which appeared to have been compiled in a similar manner by Spelman's near contemporary and judicial colleague, Sir John Port. The manuscript had not previously been known to scholars, and its provenance remains something of a mystery. Although the contents turned out to be rather les substantial than Spelman, they nevertheless possess considerable interest as the earliest notes in the hand of an identifiable common lawyer - and as including the earliest law reports known to have been written by an English judge. Much of the notebook consists of student notes from the year books and disjointed jottings of limited usefulness, and it has therefore been decided to abridge the contents for publications. in making the selection, I have developed a true sympathy with Sir Christopher Yelverton, whose work in abridging and rearranging Spelman I had to unravel in the course of editing that text..." - Preface  

Content:
List of illustrations
Preface
Abbreviations
introduction
Appendix one: Description and collation of Port's notebook
Appendix two: Miscellaneous English documents written by Port
Appendix three: Enrolment of Port's patent as a judge
Part one: Alphabetical series of reports 1493-1535
Part two: Reports in the King's Bench 1529-1534
Part three: Notes taken in the inner temple and Westminster hall, arranged under headings
Part four: notes from readings in the inner temple, 1493-1503, the two gatherings cited by Port as "P"
Table of cases
Table of statutes
Index of named
Index of subjects  

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.