The boke of Justyces of peas the charge with all the processe of the cessyons, warrantes supersedias [and] all that longeth to ony iustyce to make endytementes of haute treason petyt treason felonyes appeles trespas vpon statutes, trespas contra Regis pacem nocumentis with dyuers thynges more as it appereth in the kalender of the same boke. London: Wynkyn de Worde 1506. 4° (186 x 137mm). Collation: a-b 6 c-i 8 - 4 k 6. Title-page with woodcut, and woodcut device to verso of colophon, black letter. (Some neat marginal restorations, marginal tears at bottom of a few leaves.) Brown morocco by Lortic Frères, elaborately panelled in gilt and blind, edges gilt. Provenance: Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate; by descent to the present owners). ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED COPIES OF THE FIRST TEXT BOOK FOR JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, an institution that is 'perhaps the most distinctively English part of our governmental organization' (F.W. Maitland, quoted in Skyrme, p. xix). The other known copy, the only one cited in STC, is in the Huntington Library. The office, which took over most of the business of feudal and communal courts, was developed in England, its history closely interwoven with that of English society. In the course of time it was transported to other territories in the British Isles and abroad. 'In spite of striking changes -- social, political, economic, and governmental -- the importance of the Justices of the Peace has been inevitable and omnipresent' (Skyrme, p. xix). The Boke of Justyces of peas contains summaries of the principal statutes relating to, and details of, the numbers and qualifications of justices, precedents of writs and indictments, and a commentary on the charge to the jurors. Thomas Marowe had delivered lectures on the peace in 1503 which were often cited by subsequent authorities. However these were primarily of value to the legal justices on the Quorum. The Boke was much better suited to the country gentlemen who made up the general body of justices of the peace, and who evidently made a genuine effort to master the leading textbooks of their day (Skyrme, p. 165-168). ESTC S122139; Skyrme, Sir Thomas History of the Justices of the Peace , I, 1991; STC 14863.
The boke of Justyces of peas the charge with all the processe of the cessyons, warrantes supersedias [and] all that longeth to ony iustyce to make endytementes of haute treason petyt treason felonyes appeles trespas vpon statutes, trespas contra Regis pacem nocumentis with dyuers thynges more as it appereth in the kalender of the same boke. London: Wynkyn de Worde 1506. 4° (186 x 137mm). Collation: a-b 6 c-i 8 - 4 k 6. Title-page with woodcut, and woodcut device to verso of colophon, black letter. (Some neat marginal restorations, marginal tears at bottom of a few leaves.) Brown morocco by Lortic Frères, elaborately panelled in gilt and blind, edges gilt. Provenance: Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate; by descent to the present owners). ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED COPIES OF THE FIRST TEXT BOOK FOR JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, an institution that is 'perhaps the most distinctively English part of our governmental organization' (F.W. Maitland, quoted in Skyrme, p. xix). The other known copy, the only one cited in STC, is in the Huntington Library. The office, which took over most of the business of feudal and communal courts, was developed in England, its history closely interwoven with that of English society. In the course of time it was transported to other territories in the British Isles and abroad. 'In spite of striking changes -- social, political, economic, and governmental -- the importance of the Justices of the Peace has been inevitable and omnipresent' (Skyrme, p. xix). The Boke of Justyces of peas contains summaries of the principal statutes relating to, and details of, the numbers and qualifications of justices, precedents of writs and indictments, and a commentary on the charge to the jurors. Thomas Marowe had delivered lectures on the peace in 1503 which were often cited by subsequent authorities. However these were primarily of value to the legal justices on the Quorum. The Boke was much better suited to the country gentlemen who made up the general body of justices of the peace, and who evidently made a genuine effort to master the leading textbooks of their day (Skyrme, p. 165-168). ESTC S122139; Skyrme, Sir Thomas History of the Justices of the Peace , I, 1991; STC 14863.
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