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30: 201: 104:"Bratton" and "Bretton", and that it was a royal abridgment of Bracton's great work on the customs and laws of England, with the addition of certain subsequent statutes. The arrangement, however, of the two works is different, and but a small proportion of Bracton's work is incorporated in 177: 35: 140:
was first printed in London by Robert Redman, without a date, probably about the year 1530. Another edition of it was printed in 1640, corrected by
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Britton. The second Edition. Faithfully corrected according to divers ancient Manuscripts of the same Booke. By Edm. Wingate, Gent.
108:. The work is entitled in an early manuscript of the 14th century, which was once in the possession of Selden, and is now in the 270: 265: 17: 109: 29: 260: 149: 130: 79: 86:
to several statutes passed after that time, and more particularly to the well-known statute
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The origin and authorship of the work have been much disputed. It has been attributed to
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in two volumes in 1865. An English translation without the French text was published by
75: 182: 125: 243: 97: 181:(2nd ed.), London: Printed by the assignes of John Moore, Esquire , 1640, 141: 121: 71: 40: 254: 212: 207: 153: 145: 100:, the last of the chief justiciaries, whose name is sometimes spelled in the 88: 186: 78:, on the authority of a passage found in some manuscripts of the history of 117: 93: 225:. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 618. 101: 60: 206:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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English translation by Francis Morgan Nichols, was published by
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tongue, which purports to have been written by command of
52: 144:. A third edition of it, edited and provided with a 92:, which was passed in 1290. It was the opinion of 252: 171: 169: 166: 128:in 1329, together with another book called 114:Summa de legibus Anglie que vocatur Bretone 124:, who bequeathed it to the chamber of the 211: 33:The title page of the second edition of 28: 14: 253: 96:that the book derived its title from 24: 25: 282: 230: 120:, the learned chamberlain of the 199: 51:is the earliest summary of the 13: 1: 159: 110:Cambridge University Library 7: 271:Works of unknown authorship 10: 287: 237:English translation of 222:Encyclopædia Britannica 150:Oxford University Press 80:Matthew of Westminster 43: 32: 266:Medieval English law 131:Mirroir des Justices 76:bishop of Hereford 65:King Edward I 44: 39:(1640), edited by 16:(Redirected from 278: 244:Internet Archive 242:courtesy of the 226: 205: 203: 202: 191: 189: 173: 98:Henry de Bracton 21: 286: 285: 281: 280: 279: 277: 276: 275: 261:Legal treatises 251: 250: 233: 215:, ed. (1911). " 200: 198: 195: 194: 175: 174: 167: 162: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 284: 274: 273: 268: 263: 247: 246: 232: 231:External links 229: 228: 227: 213:Chisholm, Hugh 193: 192: 164: 163: 161: 158: 142:Edmund Wingate 122:City of London 72:John le Breton 41:Edmund Wingate 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 283: 272: 269: 267: 264: 262: 259: 258: 256: 249: 245: 241: 240: 235: 234: 224: 223: 218: 214: 209: 208:public domain 197: 196: 188: 184: 180: 179: 172: 170: 165: 157: 155: 154:Robert Kelham 151: 147: 143: 139: 135: 133: 132: 127: 123: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 90: 89:Quia emptores 85: 81: 77: 73: 68: 66: 62: 58: 54: 50: 49: 42: 38: 37: 31: 27: 19: 18:Britton (law) 248: 238: 220: 176: 137: 136: 129: 113: 105: 87: 83: 69: 47: 46: 45: 34: 26: 118:Andrew Horn 94:John Selden 255:Categories 160:References 102:fine rolls 156:in 1762. 126:Guildhall 187:79739905 146:parallel 239:Britton 217:Britton 210::  138:Britton 106:Britton 84:Britton 59:in the 57:England 48:Britton 36:Britton 204:  185:  61:French 183:OCLC 219:". 55:of 53:law 257:: 168:^ 134:. 112:, 74:, 67:. 190:. 20:)

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Britton (law)

Britton
Edmund Wingate
law
England
French
King Edward I
John le Breton
bishop of Hereford
Matthew of Westminster
Quia emptores
John Selden
Henry de Bracton
fine rolls
Cambridge University Library
Andrew Horn
City of London
Guildhall
Mirroir des Justices
Edmund Wingate
parallel
Oxford University Press
Robert Kelham


Britton. The second Edition. Faithfully corrected according to divers ancient Manuscripts of the same Booke. By Edm. Wingate, Gent.
OCLC
79739905
public domain

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