The country justice: . containing the practice of the justices of the peace out of their sessions. Gathered for the better help of such justices of peace, as have not been much conversant in the study of the laws of this realm. By Michael Dalton of Lincolns-Inn, Esq; and one of the masters in Chancery. To which is now added, the duty and power of justices of the peace in their sessions; an abridgment (under proper titles) of all statutes, relating thereunto; a large table of the principal matters herein contained; with two other tables, one of the chapters in this book; and the other of such acts of Parliament, as concern the office of a justice of the peace.
Michael Dalton (Linton 1564 - 1644)
Category
Books
Date
1690
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038140
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],535,[1],12,[20]p. . fol.. Previous shelfmark: M.9.5. Many marked passages in text. Not identified in 1796 inventory. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 614.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914. manuscript shelfmark on front pastedown (partially torn away): "H. ... Law".. Binding: Seventeenth-century calf binding; double blind fillet border, with blind cornerpiece stamps; gilt roll pattern on board edges; blind fillets on spine, and manuscript title: "Dalton's Justice".
Makers and roles
Michael Dalton (Linton 1564 - 1644)