Wright. Court-Hand Restored (Facsimile on CDrom)
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COURT-HAND RESTORED
or, the
STUDENT'S ASSISTANT
in reading
OLD DEEDS, CHARTERS, RECORDS, etc

Author: Andrew Wright

This fascinating work was first published in 1776. Includes 30 plates of examples of early handwriting and alphabets, their transcriptions and explanations.

CONTENTS:

PREFACES
Extract from a return of Thos. Astle, Keeper of the Records in the Tower.
Extract from a return of John Caley, Keeper of the Records in the Augmentation Office.
Explanation of Contractions used in Printing Records.
PLATE I.  Court-Hand Alphabet.
PLATE II.  Court-Hand Alphabet.
PLATE III.  Set Chancery Hand, with specimen, Temp. Jac. I
PLATE IV.  Chancery Hand. Small Court Hand.
PLATE V.  Contractions of the Court Hand.
PLATE VI.  Contractions of the Court Hand-continued
PLATE VII.  Alphabetical Contractions of the Court-Hand.
PLATE VIII.  Christian Names Contracted.
PLATE IX.  Christian Names-continued. Set Court-Hand
PLATES X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV.  Words Commonly Contracted in Old Charters
PLATE XV.  Specimen of a Hand used in the Reigns of Henry IV. and Henry V.
PLATE XVI.  The Counties of England and Wales.
PLATE XVII.  The Bishops of England.
PLATE XVIII.  A General Alphabet of the Old Law Hands.
PLATE XIX.  A General Alphabet-continued. Specimens.
PLATE XX.  Running Court Hand.  Hand used in Queen Elizabeth's Reign. Set Hand Formerly used in the Common Pleas.
PLATE XXI.  Specimens of Charters, William I. to Henry III.
PLATE XXII.  Specimens of Charters, Henry III, to Henry IV.
PLATE XXIII.  Specimens of Charters, Henry V. to Elizabeth.
PLATE XXIV.  Charter of Cenwulf. A.D. 812. - Domesday Book A.D. 1018 -  Pipe Roll of the Exchequer A.D. 1156.
PLATE XXV.  Common Pleas-Final Concord. A.D. 1196 - Chancery-Charter Roll A.D. 1199 - King's Bench-Roll of the Curia Regis. A.D. 1194 - Exchequer-Originail Roll A.D. 1244
PLATE XXVI.  Chancery-Hundred Roll A.D. 1278-1279. - Common Pleas-Placita de Banco A.D. 1312-1313 - Exchequer-Nonarum Inquistio. A.D. 1341. - King's Bench-Controlment Roll A.D. 1391-1392
PLATE XXVII.  Chancery-Patent Roll.  A.D. 1408 - King's Bench - Assize Roll. A.D. 1423-1424 - Common Pleas-Final Concord. A.D. 1485
PLATE XXVIII.  Chancery-Inquistio Post Mortem. A.D. 1509. - King's Bench-Baga de Secretis. A.D. 1551 - Common Pleas-Remembrance Roll. A.D. 1557-1558. - Exchequer-Issue Book. A.D. 1599-1601
PLATE XXIX. Subsidy Roll. A.D. 1422  -  Court Roll of Wyvenhoe. A.D. 1512.
PLATE XXX.  Accounts of the Treasurer of the Queen's Chamber. A.D. 1555.  -  Ministers' Accounts. A.D. 1611.
APPENDIX:
Glossary of Latin Words
Latin Names of Places in Great Britain and Ireland
Bishopprics in Ireland
Latin Forms of English Surnames
Latin Christian Names