Littletons tenures in English
Contributors: Tottel, Richard, -1594, printer; Knatchbull, John, active 16th century, former owner; Cowper, William, 1731-1800, former owner; Cochrane, James, Sir, 1798-1883, former owner; Ess, Henry N. (Henry Newton), 1921-2000, former owner
Series: Early English books online
Publisher: By the assignes for Richard Tottle at the Hande and the Starre.
Published: 1586
Place of publication: Imprinted at London in Fleetstreete within Temple Barre
Language: eng
Translated from: roa
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Real property; Early works to 1800; Land tenure; Law and legislation
Other titles: Tenures in English
Work titles: Tenures
Notes: "Cum priuilegio." --foot of title and colophon.

Imprint from colophon.

Collation: A-S⁸ [$4 signed]

Errors in foliation: leaves 65, 79, 87, 88 and 94 printed 67, 99, 47, 48 and 9; leaf 94 not numbered.

In predominantly black letter type; some Roman and italic type.

Initials.

First published in Law French in 1482, Littleton's work was the earliest printed treatise on English law not printed in Latin. It incorporated some material from the Old tenures and "sums up the development of what was then the most important branch of the common law". --cf. Oxford companion to law.

The 1st translation from Law French into English (STC 15759.5) was published by John Rastell [1523-1525]

STC (2nd ed.) 15773.5

Beale, J.H. Engl. law (suppl.) T57b