This is a text of the second-earliest version of Clarke's treatise, which was first published in 1666. The present text contains numerous omissions, which have been supplied in the margin.
Francis Clarke: Praxis in Curiis Ecclesiasticis
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Add.4469
- Dates of Creation
- 1596
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 volume(s) 1 volume
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
The volume was previously MS 3599 in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart, and was sold at his sale at Sotheby's in 1897. Presented by Francis Jenkinson, 1909.
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Bibliography
The treatise is noted by Professor Derrett in Studia et documenta historiae et iuris, 40: 65 (siglum P). For further information see J.H. Baker, A catalogue of English legal manuscripts in Cambridge University Library (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 1996), p. 596.