The contentes of this boke [microform] : Fyrste the boke for a iustice of peace. The boke that teacheth to kepe a court baron, or a lete. The boke teaching to kepe a court hu[n]dred. The boke called returna breuiu[m]. The boke called carta feodi, co[n]teining the forme of dedes, releasses, indentures, obligations, acquytaunces, letters of atturney, letters of permutation, testamentes, and other thynges. And the boke of the ordinance to be obserued by the officers of the kynges Escheker, for fees takyng

Uniform Title: Boke of justices of peas
Additional Titles: Returna breuium, True copy of the ordinance made in the tyme of king Henry the. VI. to be obserued in the kinges Escheker, and True copy of the ordinance made in the tyme of king Henry the. VI. to be observed in the kinges Escheker
Published: [Londini] : [In ædibus Thomæ Bertheleti typis impress], [Anno. M.D.XLIIII. [1544]]
Physical Description: 83 pages, 5 unnumbered pages; 32 unnumbered pages; 36 [i.e. 42], 2 unnumbered pages; 12 unnumbered pages; 8 unnumbered leaves
Additional Creators: Fitzherbert, Anthony, 1470-1538, England and Wales, and England

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Carta feodi
Modus tenendi curiam baronis
Returna brevium

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Imprint from colophon to the last part.
Includes (each with separate title page and register): "Modus tenendi curiam baronis" (STC 7713.5; A-D, including "Modus tenendi unum hundredum"); "Carta feodi" (15584.9; title page dated 1543; includes index; leaves 42, 42 misnumbered 34, 36); "Returna breuium" (STC 20902.3; A B⁴); "A true copy of the ordinance made in the tyme of king Henry the. VI. to be obserued in the kinges Escheker .." (STC 7697.9; A). Probably none of these editions of the parts were ever issued separately.
Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
Sometimes attributed, wrongly, to Sir Anthony Fitzherbert.
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Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1940. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 70:05).

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Putnam, B. H., 'Early treatises on the practice of the justices of the peace', Oxford, 1924
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) 14877.

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