Lyttelton tenures in Englysshe
Series: Early English books online
Publisher: By me Roberte Redman, dwellynge at the sygne of the George, nexte to Saynt Dunstones churche.
Published: 1540
Place of publication: Imprynted at London in Fletestrete
Language: eng
Translated from: roa
Subjects: Real property; Early works to 1800; Land tenure; Law and legislation
Work titles: Tenures
Notes: Below title is a cut of the royal arms, with crown.

Imprint from colophon; suggested date of imprint from STC (2nd ed.)

Collation: A-X⁸ 2A-2E⁸ [$5 (-PQ3, -QX4, -TVX5, -2A5) signed; misprinting L2 as K2; V4 as T4; 2C8 blank]

Numerous errors in foliation, including: leaves xi, lvii and lxxii not printed; leaves xiii, xlii, lxxiii, lxxiiii and lxxxix printed xiiii, xliii, lxxxiiii, lxxxiiii and lxxxx; leaves lxxv-lxxx, lxxxxiii and lxxxxviii printed lxxxv-lxxxx, lxxxxi and xcvii; leaves C-CC and CCiiii printed Ci-CCi and CC.

Richard Pynson's device (McKerrow, Devices, no. 3) on verso of final leaf. McKerrow notes device probably passed to Redman on Pynson's death in 1530.

In black letter type.

Initials.

Side notes.

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.) 15761.8

Beale, J.H. Engl. law T39

Ex libris William Tomlin -- William Kennedy -- P. Suvoroff -- Simon Newport.

Bound in 17th century calf decorated in blind with fillets and decorative roll along edges of boards; ms. spine title: Littleton's tenures. Monogram (of P. Suvoroff?) at head of front flyleaf, followed by inscriptions: 'E donis dni. Gul. Kennedy, A.B. Coll. Reg. Oxon. Aug. 1773' and 'Simoni Newport arm. P. Suvoroff Maii 1775' - both in the same hand. On the title page, ownership inscription of 'Gualtermo Tomlin', also written as Tomlyn, in a 16th century hand. With a few early marginal annotations and other markings.

Bound in 17th century calf decorated in blind with fillets and decorative roll along edges of boards; ms. spine title: Littleton's tenures.