The boke for a iustice of peace. The boke that teacheth to kepe a courte baron, or a lete. The boke teaching to kepe a courte hundred. The boke called Returna breuium. The boke called Carta feodi, conteyning the forme of dedes, releasses, indentures, obligations, acquytaunces, letters of atturney, letters of permutation, testamentes, and other thynges. The boke of thordynance to be obserued by the officers of the Kynges Escheker for fees takynge. A boke conteynynge those statutes at lengthe whych iustices of peace, mayres, sheryffes, baylyffes, constables, and other offycers were of late commaunded by the Kynges Maiestie to put in execution.
Publisher: Thomas Bertheletus
Published: 1540
Place of publication: [London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
Subjects: Justices of the peace -- Great Britain; Police regulations -- Great Britain; Courts baron and courts leet -- Great Britain; Writs -- Great Britain
Other titles: Modus tenendi curiam baronis.; Returna brevium.; Carta feodi.; True copy of the ordinance made in the tyme of Kynge Henry the VI. to be obserued in the Kynges Escheker.; Statutes whiche the justices of peace, mayres, shyryffes, baylyffes, constables, & other officers were of late commaunded by the Kynges Maiestye to put in execution.; Boke for a justice of peace.
Notes: STC (2nd ed.) 14876
Partly in English, partly in Latin.
Comprised of 6 parts with separate signing, imprints, and (save for the 1st part, which has only the collective t.p. shown above) title pages.
"The boke teaching to kepe a courte hundred" is not an independent part like the other six titles on the collective t.p. It appears on leaves 22-31 of the 2nd part, with caption title: Modus tenendi vnum hundredum siue curiam de recordo.
The 1st part has colophon: Londini : In aedibus Thomae Bertheleti ..., 1539. The 2nd pt. has title: Modus tenendi curiam baronis, with colophon: Londini : In aedibus Thomae Bertheleti ..., 1540. The 3rd pt. has title: Returna breuium, with imprint: Londini : In aedibus Thomae Bertheleti ..., 1534. The 4th pt. has title: Carta feodi, with colophon: Londini : In aedibus Thomae Bertheleti ..., 1539. The 5th pt. has title: A true copy of the ordinance made in the tyme of Kynge Henry the VI. to be obserued in the Kynges Escheker ..., with colophon: Londini : In aedibus Thomae Bertheleti, 1537, mense Augusti. The 6th pt. has title: The statutes whiche the iustices of peace, mayres, shyryffes, baylyffes, constables, & other officers were of late commaunded by the Kynges Maiestye to put in execution ..., with colophon: Londini : In aedibus Thomae Bertheleti .., 1538.
Signatures: A-C⁸D⁴E-L⁸; ²A-D⁸; ³A⁸ B⁴; ⁴A-E⁸; ⁵A⁸; ⁶A-D⁸ E⁶.