Precedents for ecclesiastical courts

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Add.4124
  • Dates of Creation
      1575-1752 (Circa)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 volume(s) 1 volume paper paper

Scope and Content

The volume includes (fo. 135v) 'The True Briton's Answer to a farmer's letter, April 8th 1752', and (fo. 261) a treatise on communion. Recipes and accounts are also scattered throughout.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

The volume belonged to William Appleton, possibly of Chichester (16th century). There are also inscriptions indicating ownership: 'Robert Lott', 'R. Stone 1770' and 'Samuel Sandars'. Bequeathed to the Library by Samuel Sandars, 1894.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Bibliography

For further information see J.H. Baker, A catalogue of English legal manuscripts in Cambridge University Library (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 1996), pp. 592-593.