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The judicial and ministerial officie of coroner 1714 / script[um] p[er] Tho[mas] Davidson.

Author/Creator:
Davison, Thomas.
Publication:
1714 /
[Northumberland], 1714-1726.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
36 leaves : paper ; 115 x 65 mm + 1 leaf, parchment pouch
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Subjects:
Coroners -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
Coroners.
Northumberland (England) -- History -- 18th century.
Great Britain.
Form/Genre:
Codices.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Legal documents.
Manuscripts, English.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, European.
Language:
English, with forms in Latin (f. 13r-22r).
Summary:
Handbook for coroners concerning inquisitions, including a definition and qualifications of the position, instructions on how to hold an inquest, and forms in Latin to be issued by the court connected with various types of deaths. Abridged and rearranged from the section on coroners from William Greenwood's treatise on county courts, published under a variety of titles, including Authority, jurisdiction, and method of keeping county courts; Bouleuterion; Practical demonstration of county-judicatures; and Greenwood revis'd (first published 1659, 7th edition published 1703). Some text, perhaps a gathering, missing between first and second gatherings (between f. 6 and f. 7). The text on the last pages of the manuscript (f. 31r-36v) consists of definitions of various categories of homicide and felony, not copied from Greenwood but probably copied from another legal reference work. A sample form for a coroner's inquest, written by Davidson in regnal year 12 of George I (1725 or 1726), ruled in lead and written in ink, on a larger piece of paper formerly folded in the parchment pouch with the manual, is now unfolded and stored separately with the manuscript.
Notes:
Ms. codex.
Title, author, and date from title page (f. 1r).
Collation: Paper, 36; 1-2⁶ 3-4¹⁰ 5⁴; [1-36], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
Layout: Written in 22-24 long lines; left vertical and upper horizontal bounding lines ruled in ink.
Script: Written in the English secretary hand of Thomas Davidson.
Binding: Sewn gatherings stored in parchment pouch.
Origin: Written in Northumberland in 1714 (codex, f. 1r) and 1725 or 1726 (accompanying form).
Local notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
Penn Provenance:
Sold by Samuel Gedge Ltd. (Mundesley, England), cat. 8 (2010), no. 24.
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Codex 1565.
Contributor:
Greenwood, William (Attorney)
OCLC:
644296364
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