Manuscript legal commonplace book compiled c 1708 as an index to cases, with headings arranged alphabetically. Probably compiled by Henry Jacomb of the Inner Temple, whose name is inscribed on the first leaf.
Legal commonplace book, [1708]
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- ReferenceGB 96 MS 539
- Dates of Creation[1708]
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description1 volume containing 173 leaves
Scope and Content
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Arrangement
Single item.
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Acquisition Information
Given to the University of London Library by New College, Hampstead in 1960.
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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
15½" x 10". Parchment binding, 'repaired by Mr Partridge of Aylesbury, 1861'.
Archivist's Note
Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Separated Material
The papers of the Lee family are in the Buckinghamshire Record Office.
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Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Custodial History
The manuscript contains four bookplates, including those of Sir William Lee, Chief Justice of the King's Bench (1688-1754), William Lee Antonie (1764-1815), and Francis Henry Jeune, Baron St Helier (1843-1905). There is also a 19th century bookplate of the Lee family of Hartwell, Buckinghamshire. A note on the inner front cover by John Lee (d 1866), states that 'These manuscripts after the decease of Chief Justice [William] Lee were sent with many of his books & papers from his house in Bloomsbury Square to Totteridge Park, Hertfordshire, and afterwards from thence to Hartwell House after the decease of his grand-daughter - Mrs. Arrowsmith [Louisa Lee, later wife of Edward Arrowsmith]'.