Selden Society by J. H. Baker, Paul A. Brand & Samuel E. Thorne - 1986

- London - Seldon Society, 1986 Book. VERY GOOD INDEED. Hardcover. Part of an illuminating collection ofpublications by the only learned society devoted to the study of English legal history. The society is named after the revered seventeenth-century legal historian John Selden, hailed by John Milton as the chief of learned men reputed in this land. Includes aplate showing Port's notes from the prosecution of Cardinal Wolsey in 1529and another plate with notes on Inner Temple learning exercises. Includes a treeillustrating the perigee of Port. Sir John Port was involved in the trials of Sir Thomas More, John Fisher and Anne Boleyn. The notes collected in this volume include letters to Thomas Cromwell as well as his last will and testament. Complete two volumes of reports from the lost notebooks of Sir James Dyer, from 1541-1581 with previously unprinted material and omissions from other printings. Sir James Dyer was a judge and Speaker of the House of Commons during the reign of Edward VI of England. Volume II of English law reports from 1285-1289 including cases of William Inge, Alan Walkingham and John of Tilton. Condition: In cloth bindings. Externally, excellent with just minor shelfwear only as light rubbing to boards andwithmarks to boards of Readings and Moots and Port's Notebook. Internally, firmly bound with pages bright and clean. Overall: VERY GOOD INDEED..