Tables to the modern printed presidents of pleadings, . writs, and returns of writs, &c. at the common law. Being a continuation from Mr. Townsend's Tables down to this time. To which are added the parts of pleadings; and the issues joined in several actions. Begun by James Cornwall [...] and continued by R. G. a clerk of the Court of Common Pleas.
James Cornwall
Category
Books
Date
1705
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3049164
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],392,401-496p. . fol... Identified in 1768 catalogue: C.3 (entered with the 1667 tables as two vols.) Imperfect: wanting sig. A1. (probably a blank? Probably lost during reback?) manuscript annotations.. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819), pasted over an earlier, less well-executed plate of the 5th earl, with the single-tailed lion.. Binding: Calf; blind ruled and rolled; reback (modern), spine entirely replaced; spine gilt, lettered as vol. 2; red spine label: 'Townesend's tables common law'.
Makers and roles
James Cornwall Robert Gardiner (1705-1728)