The young clerks tutor; . being a most useful collection of the best presidents of recognizances, obligations, conditions, acquittances, bills of sale, warrants of attorney, &c. As also, the names of men and women in Latin; with the day of the date, the several sums of money, and the addition of the several trades or employments, in their proper cases, as they stand in the obligations. Together with directions of writs of habeus corpus, writs of error, &c. to the inferior courts in cities and towns: the whle work newly corrected and augmented. Likewise, the best presidents of all manner of concords of fines, and directions how to sue out a fine: with many judicious observations therein. With many other things very necessary, and readily fitting every mans occasion: as by an exact table of what is contained in this book, more plainly will appear. In this last impression is also added several of the best copies both of court and chancery hands now extant, by Edward Cocker:.
John Hawkins (17th century)
Category
Books
Date
1664
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 3035937
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],184,209-360p., [4] leaves of plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Printed leaf inserted before title page, with caption title: 'A perpetuall almanack', and a large woodcut crown with the initials CR 2, so presumably printed sometime during the reign of Charles II.. Provenance: Multiple manuscript inscriptions on front and rear pastedowns and fly-leaves, most of which appear to be practice at writing formal addresses to various members of the nobility, but also including the names: "Henry Wiggins", "John Davies", and "Eliz Thomas".. Binding: Seventeenth-century sheepskin binding; double blind fillet border; blind roll on board edges.
Makers and roles
John Hawkins (17th century) Edward Cocker (1631-1675)