Chetham's Library MS A.2.23

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Note-book on Laws and Customs. James I (Crossley Collection)

This mss passages appear to be transcripts of C16th legal texts. Includes Sir Walter Raleigh's letter to his wife the night before his execution. Raleigh, Sir W. (1552?-1618) XLVII 1896 p. 186-206. This letter was first printed in Raleigh's work To-day a Man, To-morrow None London 1644, also in Arraignment of 1648 and Remaines of 1651.

Heavily scorched cover.

Foliation: 1-85 folios, foliated, 11.10.81, f.3r-40v , lower foredge burnt.

Size of leaf: 19.1 x 14.4 cms.

Languages: English, Anglo-Norman, Latin.

Hands: Seven different hands

Provenance: Crossley collection, see Sale Catalogue of June, 1885 (2.B.11.21)

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