The contentes of this booke
Subtitle: First the booke for a iustice of peace. The booke that teacheth to keepe a court baron or a leet. The booke teaching to keepe a courte hundred. The booke called Returna breuium. The booke called Charta feodi, conteininge the fourme of deedes, releases, indentures obligations, acquitances, letters of atturney, letters of permutation, testamentes, [and] other thinges. And the booke of the ordinance to be obserued by the officers of the Kings Escheker for fees taking
Publisher: by Richarde Tottyl
Published: 1574
Place of publication: Imprinted at Londo[n] in Fletestrete, within Temple Barre at the signe of the Hand [and] Starre
Language: eng; lat; roa
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Justices of the peace; Handbooks, manuals; Early works to 1800; Criminal law; Courts baron and courts leet; Writs; Costs (Law); England and Wales. Court of Exchequer; England and Wales. Hundred Courts
Other titles: First the booke for a iustice of peace; Booke for a iustice of peace; Iustice of peace; Modus tenendi Curiam Baronis.; Modus tenendi unum Hundredum sive curiam de recordo.; Returna brevium.; Carta feodi.; Exchequer ordinance : 1447.; Charge of the court baron.; Charge of the lete.; Court baron.; Modus tenendi Hundred.; Ordinaunce for fees in the escheker.
Work titles: Book for a justice of peace
Notes: Imprint from colophon.

"Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum." --foot of colophon.

Collation: A-Y⁸ 2A-2D⁸ [$4 signed; misprinting 2B2 and 2B3 as B2 and B3; 2C2 and 2C4 as C2 and C4; 2D2 as D2; 2D3 and 2D4 blank]

Errors in foliation: leaves 49, 67, 68, 190, 192 and 194 printed 94, 79, 80, 192 and 190; leaf 194 not numbered.

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

Initials, some historiated.

At end are tables to each title.

This work is sometimes attributed erroneously to Sir Anthony Fitzherbert, whose Loffice et auctoryte des iustices de peas (STC 10968) and The newe boke of iustices of peas (STC 10969) were first printed in 1538. --Cf. Bertha H. Putnam, Early treatises on the practice of the justices of the peace.

STC (2nd ed.) 14885

Beale, J.H. Engl. law T157

Received Jan. 6, 1911.

Text in English, Latin and Law French.

Ex libris Thomas Belfield.

Bound in late 16th century calf decorated in blind with fillets and spine ornaments, gilt corner ornaments and center stamp; paper guard of manuscript waste under back pastedown. On title page "Sum liber Thome Belfyldi et ... [price]" in a contemporary hand. With a few contemporary marginal annotations.
Table of contents: title: From running titles: Iustice of peace; title: The charge of the court baron; title: The charge of the lete; title: Court baron; title: Noue additiones; title: Modus tenendi hundred; title: Returna breuium; title: Carta feodi; title: Ordinaunce for fees in the escheker.