The interpreter of words and terms . used either in the common or statute laws of this realm, and in tenures and jocular customs: with an appendix, containing the antient names of places in England, very necessary for the use of all young students, that converse with antient deeds, charters &c. First published by the learned Dr. Cowel, in the year 1607. and continu'd by Tho. Manley of the Middle Temple, Esq; to the year 1684. Now further augmented and improv'd, by the addition of many thousand words, as are found in our histories, antiquities, cartularies, rolls, registers, and other manuscript records, not hitherto explain'd in any dictionary.
John Cowell (1554-1611)
Category
Books
Date
1701
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3117863
Summary
Bibliographic description
[352]p. . fol.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Eighteenth-century inscriptions on flyleaves: 1. Edw: Filmer ejus liber [Edward Filmer]. 2. Extensive notes in same hand on a point of law, beginning, "If A. delivers a Box to a Carrier to carry ." Loosely inserted: a slip with more legal notes, in same hand. Affixed to pastedown: clipping of publisher's advertisement for G. Jacob, 'A new law dictionary', with ink manuscript underlinings and notes. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: East Sutton Park 27/6 '45 [East Sutton Park, Kent, seat of baronets of Filmer]. Binding: Early eighteenth-century full calf over boards; blind fillet and roll-tool; brown leather spine label with title "Cowel's Interpreter"; sewn on six raised bands.
Makers and roles
John Cowell (1554-1611) White Kennett (1660-1728) Bishop of Peterborough Thomas Manley (1628-1690)