Nomotechnia, or, The art of law [manuscript], 1607.

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Nomotechnia, or, The art of law [manuscript], 1607.

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"Description of the common laws of England according to the rules of art ... from Magna Carta to 40 Elizabeth." English translation of Finch's Nomotechnia, cestascavoir un description del common leys d'Angleterre, published in French 1613 (STC 10870). Manuscript is more concise than the English version of 1627, Law, or, A discourse thereof in four books (STC 10871), which "differs in some important respects from the original work," according to the Dictionary of National Biography. Formerly attributed to Augustine Vincent the herald, whose name appears at end of text, leaf 200, and initials on the binding. Date, May 23, 1607, appears on leaf 80.

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Vincent, Augustine, approximately 1584-1626

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Augustine Vincent was Rough Croix when he wrote this manuscript, an office he held from 1621 until he became Windsor Herald in 1624. From the description of Precedents collected to prove that a barony ... by writ ... is descendable to the heirs general [manuscript], ca. 1623. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 631915497 ...

Finch, Henry, Sir, -1625

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