[Praxis in curiis ecclesiasticis].
Contributors: Maydwell, Thomas, fl. 1665-1667.
Published: 1592
Language: lat
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Ecclesiastical courts -- Great Britain.; Ecclesiastical law -- Great Britain.; Manuscripts, English.
Notes: Baker, J.H.  English legal manuscripts in the U.S.A., II, 361 ("Unnumbered MS.")
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Begins: Amantissimis [con?]socijs suis procuratoribus almae Curiae Cant[uariensis] de Archubus ... Nondu[m] viginti annis elapsis ...
Title supplied from Baker; text is that of the treatise published in a revised/updated version in 1666 under title Praxis Francisci Clarke tam jus dicentibus quam aliis omnibus qui in foro ecclesiastico versantur apprime utilis.
Binder's title: Praxis, Curia de Archibus.
In the ms., Clerke's preface is dated 1592; it is different from that found in the printed edition, signed in 1596.
The unnumbered pages following p. 292 contain an unfinished table of contents, and various materials pertaining to the Diocese of Peterborough.
Previous owners: Thomas Maydwell, who acquired the book in 1665; purchased by LC from the firm William H. Robinson in 1942, accessioned in 1943 (LL 6342B1).
Written no doubt in England: Clerke's text all in one hand, in early 17th century; the Peterborough notes penned in 1665-1668, some or all by Thomas Maydwell.
The first 2 and last 6 leaves are blank.