The contentes of this booke. Fyrste the booke for a iustice of peace.
Subtitle: The booke that teacheth to kepe a courte baron, or a lete. The booke teaching to kepe a courte hundred. The boke called Returna breuium. The boke called Carta feodi, conteining the fourme of dedes, releasses, indentures, obligacions, acquitaunces, letters of atturney, letters of permutacion, testamentes, and other thynges. And the boke of the ordinaunce to be obserued by the officers of the Kynges Escheker for fees takinge.
Contributors: Fitzherbert, Anthony, 1470-1538.
Publisher: In Fletestreete within Temple Barre ... by Richard Tottil
Published: 1559
Place of publication: Imprinted at London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Justices of the peace -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc
Other titles: Modus tenendi curiam baronis cum visu franci plegii.; Modus tenendi unum hundredum sive curiam de recordo.; Returna brevium.; Carta feodi.
Work titles: Book for a justice of peace.
Notes: Best known under title: Book for a justice of peace. Cf. Beale.

Sometimes wrongly attributed to Anthony Fitzherbert.

Imprint from colophon.

Signatures: A-Y⁸ 2A-2D⁸.

The last 2 leaves are blank.

Beale, J.H.  Engl. law, T154

STC (2nd ed.) 14883

ESTC S102175

Mainly in English or Latin. "Noue additiones que in aliis libris non habentur" (not named on t.p.) is in Law French.