The cases and commentary by Stanhope are preceded, in another hand, by further reports on cases in King's Bench on poor law settlement
Select cases and commentary on settlement in poor law, by John Stanhope and one other
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 MS 512
- Dates of Creation
- ca.1750
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (150 ff.) Contemporary spine-label reads "Stanhope's reports MSS"
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
John Stanhope was the eldest son of John Stanhope of Horsforth and his wife, Mary, daughter of Sir William Lowther of Swillington, Yorkshire. He matriculated at University College, Oxford, in 1720, and in the same year was called to the bar at Gray's Inn. He later served as Recorder of Doncaster, from 1766 to 1769. He married Barbara, daughter of John Cockroft but died without issue in 1769.
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Acquisition Information
Gift of Mr J. M. Spencer Stanhope
Note
In English
Bibliography
A. M. W. Stirling, Annals of a Yorkshire house, London 1911