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• Acknowledgments and Dedicatory
• A Note On the Texts, Editions, and Translations
• Introduction
• Chronology of Events
• Editions of Coke’s Works
• Mottoes and Crests of Sir Edward Coke
• I: Reports
• Part One of the Reports
• The Preface to the Reader.
• Shelley’s Case.
• Part Two of the Reports
• (preface) to the Learned Reader.
• Manser’s Case.
• The Case of Bankrupts.
• |[46 A] the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Case. *
• Part Three of the Reports
• (preface) to the Reader.
• Heydon’s Case.
• Fermor’s Case.
• Part Four of the Reports
• (preface) to the Reader.
• The Lord Cromwell’s Case. *
• Cutler V. Dixon.
• Vaux’s Case.
• Slade’s Case.
• Part Five of the Reports
• (preface) to the Reader.
• Foster’s Case.
• Cases of By-laws and Ordinances the Chamberlain of London’s Case.
• Clark’s Case.
• The Case of Market-overt.
• Semayne’s Case.
• Rooke’s Case.
• Pinnel’s Case.
• |[125 A] the Case De Libellis Famosis.
• Part Six of the Reports
• (preface) to the Reader.
• Jentleman’s Case.
• Part Seven of the Reports
• (preface) Deo, Patriae, Tibi. 2
• Calvin’s Case, Or the Case of the Postnati. 1
• The Case of Swans.
• Penal Statutes.
• Part Eight of the Reports
• (preface) Deo, Patriae, Tibi. 3
• Vynior’s Case. *
• Dr. Bonham’s Case.
• The Case of Thetford School, &c.
• Part Nine of the Reports
• (preface) Deo, Patriae, Tibi. 3
• William Aldred’s Case.
• John Lamb’s Case.
• Mackalley’s Case. (in the Killing of the Sergeant of London.)
• Part Ten of the Reports
• (preface) Deo, Patriae, Tibi. 5
• The Case of Sutton’s Hospital.
• The Case of the Isle of Ely.
• Part Eleven of the Reports
• (preface) Deo, Patriae, Tibi. 4
• The Lord De La Warre’s Case.
• The Case of the Tailors of Habits &c. of Ipswich.
• The Case of Monopolies.
• James Bagg’s Case.
• Part Twelve of the Reports
• Ford and Sheldon’s Case.
• Case of Non Obstante, Or Dispensing Power.
• Q. If High Commissioners Have Power to Imprison.
• Floyd and Barker.
• Of Oaths Before an Ecclesiasticall Judge Ex Officio.
• Of Pardons.
• Customs, Subsidies, and Impositions.
• Buggery. 1
• Premunire.
• Nicholas Fuller’s Case.
• Sir Anthony Roper’s Case.
• Sir Anthony Roper’s Case.
• The Case of Heresy.
• Langdale’s Case.
• Mouse’s Case.
• Prohibitions Del Roy.
• The Lord Aburgaveney’s Case.
• Of Convocations.
• Proclamations.
• Thomlinson’s Case.
• Walter Chute’s Case.
• Sir Stephen Procter’s [proctor’s] Case.
• Exaction of Benevolence.
• Part Thirteen of the Reports
• (preface) to the Reader.
• Prohibitions.
• The Case De Modo Decimandi, 1 and of Prohibitions, Debated Before the Kings Majesty.

Editions of Coke’s Works

I.

The Parts of the Reports

A.

First Part of the Reports

Les Reports de Edward Coke. London: In folio [A. Islip], in aed. T. Wight, 1600. (S.T.C. 5493)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], in aed. T. Wight [1601?].(S.T.C. 5493.4)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], in aed. T. Wight, 1601. (S.T.C. 5493.7)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London, 1602. (purported)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London, 1603. (purported)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Companie of Stationers, 1609. (S.T.C. 5494)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Companie of Stationers, 1619. (S.T.C. 5494.3)

——— [Anr. ed.]. In folio. London: Printed by J. Streater and E. Flesher and H. Twyford, assigns of R. and E. Atkyns; sold by George Sawbridge [etc.], 1672. (S.T.C. 4945)

——— [Anr. ed.]. 1680. (S.T.C. C4944A)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of J. More, 1636. (S.T.C. 5494.8)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, for S. Keble and J. Walthoe, 1697. (S.T.C. 4947)

B.

Second Part of the Reports

Le Second Part Des Reportes. . . . London: In folio [A. Islip], in aed. T. Wight, 1602. (S.T.C. 5495)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], in aed. T. Wight[1604?].(S.T.C. 5496)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Companie of Stationers, 1610. (S.T.C. 5497)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Companie of Stationers, 1618. (S.T.C. 5498)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: For the Company of Stationers, 1619.

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of J. More, 1635. (S.T.C. 5498.5)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of R. and E. Atkins, for S. Keble and J. Walthoe, 1697. (S.T.C. 4954)

C.

The Third Part of the Reports

Le Tierce Part Des Reportes. . . . London: In folio [A. Islip], in aed. T. Wight, 1602. (S.T.C. 5499)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], in aed. T. Wight, 1602. (S.T.C. 5499.2)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London, 1603. (purported)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Companie of Stationers, 1610. (S.T.C. 5500)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Companie of Stationers, 1619. (S.T.C. 5501)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of J. More, 1635. (S.T.C. 5501.5)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, for S. Keble and J. Walthoe, 1697. (S.T.C. 4968)

D.

The Fourth of the Reports

Le Quart Part Des Reports. . . . London: In folio [A. Islip], in aed. T. Wight, 1604. (S.T.C. 5502)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], in aed. T. Wight, 1604. (S.T.C. 5502.3)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Companie of Stationers, 1610. (S.T.C. 5503)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Companie of Stationers, 1618. (S.T.C. 5503.4)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: For the Company of Stationers, 1619.

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of J. More, 1635. (S.T.C. 5503.7)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, for S. Keble and J. Walthoe, 1697. (S.T.C. 4942)

E.

The Fifth Part of the Reports

Quinta Pars Relationum. ... the Fifth Part. . . . London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Company of Stationers, 1605. (S.T.C. 5504)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Company of Stationers, 1606. (S.T.C. 5505)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: For the Company of Stationers, 1607.

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Company of Stationers, 1612. (S.T.C. 5507)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Company of Stationers, 1624. (S.T.C. 5508)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London, 1660. (purported)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, for S. Keble and J. Walthoe, 1697. (S.T.C. 4911)

F.

The Sixth Part of the Reports

Le Seize Part des Reports. . . . London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1607. (S.T.C. 5509)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1607. (S.T.C. 5509.5)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1621. (S.T.C. 5510)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of J. More, 1636. (S.T.C. 5510.5)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of R. and E. Atkins, for S. Keble and J. Walthoe, 1697. (S.T.C. 4956)

G.

The Seventh Part of the Reports

Le Sept Part des Reports. . . . London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1608. (S.T.C. 5511)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1608. (S.T.C. 5511.2)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1629. (S.T.C. 5512)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio Printed by J. Streater and H. Twyford, assigns of E. and R. Atkins, 1671. (S.T.C. 4954A)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of R. and E. Atkins, for S. Keble and J. Walthoe, 1697. (S.T.C. 4955)

H.

The Eighth Part of the Reports

Le Huictme Part des Reports. . . . London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1611. (S.T.C. 5513)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1611. (S.T.C. 5513.2)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers,

1611 [post 1640?]. (S.T.C. 5513.6)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1626. (S.T.C. 5514)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, for S. Keble and J. Walthoe, 1697. (S.T.C. 4937)

I.

The Ninth Part of the Reports

Le Neufme Part des Reports. . . . London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1613. (S.T.C. 5515)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1615. (S.T.C. 5516)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1627. (S.T.C. 5517)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of R. and E. Atkins, for S. Keble and J. Walthoe, 1697. (S.T.C. 4940)

J.

The Tenth Part of the Reports

Le Dixme Part des Reports. . . . London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1614. (S.T.C. 5518)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1618. (S.T.C. 5519)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London, 1627. (purported)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1629. (S.T.C. 5520)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of R. and E. Atkins, for S. Keble and J. Walthoe, 1697. (S.T.C. 4918)

K.

The Eleventh Part of the Reports

Le Unzime Part Des Reports. . . . London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1615. (S.T.C. 5521)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1616. (S.T.C. 5522)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1619. (S.T.C. 5523)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London, 1627. (purported)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of J. More, 1631. (S.T.C. 5524)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of J. More, 1631. (S.T.C. 5524.3)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of R. and E. Atkins, for S. Keble and J. Walthoe, 1697. (S.T.C. 4972)

L.

The Twelfth Part of the Reports

The Twelfth Part of the Reports of Sir Edward Coke. London: By T. Roycroft, for H. Twyford and T. Dring, 1656. (S.T.C. 4969)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: For H. Twyford and T. Dring, 1658. (S.T.C. 4970)

——— 2d ed. London: By the assigns of R. and E. Atkins, for H. Twyford and T. Basset, 1677. (S.T.C. 4971)

M. The Thirteenth Part of the Reports

Certain Select Cases in Law. London: By T. Roycroft, for J. Sherley, H. Twyford, and T. Dring, 1659. (S.T.C. 4909)

——— 2d ed. London: By the assigns of R. and E. Atkins, for H. Twyford, T. Basset, and B. Sherley, 1677. (S.T.C. 4910)

II.

The Reports

N.B.: Various editions of the reports were often bound together as a single set of Reports. Entries in this section include only those published apparently bound for sale as a series.

Les Reports de Sir Edward Coke. [Pts. 1–11 and table] London: Printed by John Streater [etc.] sold by George Sawbridge [etc.], 1672 (2 folio; eleven parts dated 1671, table dated 1672). (S.T.C. 4945)

——— [Anr. ed.]. 1680. (S.T.C. 4944A)

The Reports of [Pts. 1–11]. London: For W. Lee, M. Walbanck, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell, 1658. (S.T.C. 4944)

——— 2d ed. [Pts. 1–11]. London: By the assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, for J. Streater, E. Flesher, and H. Twyford, 1677. (S.T.C. 4945)

——— 2d ed., with 2 tables [Pts. 1–11]. London: For H. Twyford, T. Collins, T. Basset, J. Wright, S. Heyrick, T. Sawbridge, M. Pitt, C. Harper, and J. Place, 1680. (S.T.C. 4946)

——— [Anr. ed.] [Pts. 1–11]. London: By the assigns of R. and E. Atkins, for S. Keble, and J. Walthoe, 1697. (S.T.C. 4947) (also listed under heading for each part)

——— [Anr. ed.] [Pts. 1–13]. London: By E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling, 1727.

——— Reprint of 1727 ed., London: By E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling, 1738.

——— [Anr. ed.] [Pts. 1–11]. London, 1762 (purported)

——— [Anr. ed.] [Pts. 1–13]. Incl. “the respective pleadings.” Rev., corr., trans. and notes by G. Wilson. London: For J. and F. Rivington, 1776. (7 vols.)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London, for J. and F. Rivington, 1777. (purported)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London, for J. and F. Rivington, 1778. (purported)

——— [Anr. ed.]. Dublin: J. Moore, 1792–93.

——— “New ed.,” Rev., corr., trans. and notes by G. Wilson, and notes by J. H. Thomas, J. F. Fraser. London: J. Butterworth and son [etc.], 1826. (6 vols.)

——— [Anr. ed.]. Edinburgh: W. Green & Sons; London: Stevens & Sons, 1907. (vols. 76, 77 of the English Reports)

III.

Summaries and Tables of the Reports

Le Necessarie Vse & Fruit De Les Pleadings Conteine En Le Lieur De En Le Lieur De Le Tresreuerend Edward Coke Lattorney General La Roigne ... Richard Cary, ed. London: T. Wright, 1601.

Un Perfect Table a Touts Les Severall Livers Del Reportes. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Companie of Stationers, 1606. (S.T.C. 5525)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: For the Societie of Stationers, 1618. (S.T.C. 5526)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of J. More, 1631. (S.T.C. 5526.5)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By I. Flesher for W. Lee [and 2 others], 1652.

Fasciculus Florum. Ou Un Briefe & Alphabeticall Collection De Touts Les Memorable Sentences & Texts De Latine, Conteinue En Les Reports Edwardi Coke. Per T. Ashe &c. Lat. 8°. London: G. Eld, 1617. (S.T.C. 5528)

Fasciculus Florum. Or a Handfull of Flowers, Gathered out of the Severall Bookes of Sir E. Coke. London: G. Eld, 1618. (S.T.C. 5529)

Haec epitome undecim librorum relationum. . . . London: By the assigns of J. More, 1640. (S.T.C. 5527)

An Exact Abridgment in English, of the Eleven Books of Reports of. . . . Lon don: By M. Simmons, for M. Walbancke and H. Twyford, 1650. (S.T.C. 4919)

——— 2d ed. London: For M. Walbancke and J. Place, 1651. (S.T.C. 4920)

——— 3d ed. London: By F. Leach, for M. Walbancke and H. Twyford, 1656. (S.T.C. 4920A)

——— “3d” ed. London: By F. Leach, for M. Walbancke, 1657. (S.T.C. 4921)

——— “3d” ed. London: For G. Dawes, 1666. (S.T.C. 4921A)

... To Which Is Now Added, an Abridgment of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Books, by John A. Dunlap, 1st American from the 3d London ed., New York: By I. Riley, 1813.

A Perfect Abridgement of the Eleaven Bookes of Reports. London: By I. G. for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell, 1651. (S.T.C. 4941)

Un Exact Alphabetical Table De Tout. London: For W. Lee and H. Twyford, 1664. (S.T.C. 4923)

An Exact Abridgement of the Two Last Volumes of Reports. London: By H. Twyford and T. Twyford, 1670. (S.T.C. 4922)

An Abridgment of the Reports of the Learned Sir Edward Coke, Knight; the First Eleven Books Abridged by Sir Thomas Ireland, Knight; and the Two Last by Thomas Manley. 4th ed., rev. and cor. Dublin: By H. Watts, 1793.

——— The Reports, in Verse; Wherein the Name of Each Case and the Principal Points Are Contained in Two Lines. Edited by J. Worrall. London: By H. Lintot, 1742.

——— [Anr. ed., enl.]. London: J. & W. T. Clarke, 1825.

——— 3d ed., intro., J. Wesley Miller. London: R. Pheney [etc.], 1826.

——— Reprint of 1826 ed., Buffalo, New York: William Hein Corp., 1999.

IV.

Declarations and Pleadings (from the Reports)

The Declarations and other Pleadings Contained in the Eleven Parts of [his] Reports. London: For W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell, 1659. (Declarations and Pleadings contained in his eleven books of Reports orabridgments of the Reports, which were printed in 1650, 1658, and 1680, were wanting.) (S.T.C. 4917)

V.

The Institutes of the Laws of England

A.

The First Institute of the Laws of England, or a Commentary upon Littleton

The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. Or, a Commentarie upon Littleton. London: In folio [A. Islip], for the Societie of Stationers, 1628. (S.T.C. 15784)

——— 2d ed., corr., with an alphabeticall table. London: By M. Flesher, F. Haviland, and R. Young, 1629. (S.T.C. 15785)

——— 3d ed., corr. London: By M. Flesher, F. Haviland, and R. Young, 1633. (S.T.C. 15786)

——— 4th ed. London: By M. Flesher, F. Haviland, and R. Young, 1639. (S.T.C. 15787)

——— 5th ed. London: For the Companie of Stationers, 1656. (S.T.C. 4924)

——— 6th ed. London: For the Companie of Stationers, 1664. (S.T.C. 4925)

——— 7th ed. London: By J. Streater, J. Flesher, and H. Twyford, 1670. (S.T.C. 4926)

——— 8th ed. London: For the Societie of Stationers, 1670. (S.T.C. 4927)

——— 9th ed., to which is added the Readings on Fines, and Treatise on Bail and Mainprize. London: By W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft, and H. Sawbridge, 1684. (S.T.C. 4928)

——— 10th ed., with the addition of The Compleat Copyholder and many references. London: By W. Rawlins and S. Roycroft, 1703.

——— 11th ed., to which are annexed Old Tenures, and some notes and additions. London, 1719.

——— 12th ed. London: By the assigns of E. Sayoy, for R. Gosling and H. Lintot, 1738.

——— 13th ed., rev. and corr. by F. Hargrave. London, 1775–88.

——— 13th ed., rev. and corr. by F. Hargrave and C. Butler. London: By T. Wright, for E. Brooke, 1788.

——— 14th ed., by F. Hargrave and C. Butler. London, 1789.

——— 14th ed., Dublin: For J. Moore, 1791.

Additional Notes. Additions to the 13th and 14th eds. London, 1795.

——— Additional Notes. Additions to the 13th and 14th eds. Dublin, 1795.

——— 15th ed., by F. Hargrave and C. Butler. London: E. & R. Brooke, 1794–97.

——— 16th ed. London: By L. Hansard & Sons, for E. Brooke, etc., 1809.

——— 17th ed., by C. Butler. London: For W. Clarke, 1817.

——— 18th ed. by C. Butler. London: For J. & W. T. Clarke, 1823.

——— 19th ed., with an analysis of Littleton, written by an unknown hand in 1658–59. Edited by C. Butler. London: For J. & W. T. Clarke, 1832.

——— 1st American ed. from the 16th European ed., rev. and corr. by Ch. Butler and F. Hargrave. Philadelphia: Johnson and Weaver, 1812.

——— 1st American ed. from the 19th London ed., corr. by C. Butler. Philadelphia: R. H. Small, 1853.

——— Reprint of 19th London ed. New York: Garland, 1979.

——— Reprint of 18th London ed. Birmingham, Ala.: Legal Classics Library, 1985.

Littleton’s Tenures, in English: printed from the second edition of the Commentary of Sir Edward Coke. London: For W. Clarke and Sons, 1813.

A Systematic Arrangement of Lord Coke’s First Institute of the Laws of England: on the plan of Sir Matthew Hale’s analysis, with the annotations of Hargrave, Lord Chief Justice Hale, and Lord Chancellor Nottingham, and notes and references, by J. H. Thomas. London: Butterworth, 1818.

——— 1st American ed. from the last London ed., to which are added the notes of Charles Butler. Philadelphia: R. H. Small, 1826–27.

——— 2nd American ed. from the last London ed., to which are added the notes of Charles Butler. Philadelphia, A. Towar, 1836.

——— Reprint of 1836 Philadelphia ed. Buffalo, N.Y.: W. S. Hein Co., 1986.

A Readable Edition of Coke upon Littleton. Edited by Thomas Coventry. London: Saunders and Benning, 1830.

A.1.

Tables and Summaries of the First Institute

——— A Table to the first part of the Institutes. London, 1629. (S.T.C. 15788)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By M. Flesher, F. Haviland, and R. Young, 1630. (S.T.C. 15789)

A.2.

Abridgments of the First Institute

An Abridgement of the Lord Coke’s Commentary on Littleton., 2d ed. London: For W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell, 1651. (S.T.C. 4906)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By E. G. for M. Walbancke and H. Twyford, 1652. (S.T.C. 4958)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By the assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, 1685. (S.T.C. 4906A)

An Analysis of Littleton. Written by an unknown hand in 1658–59. London: For J. & W. T. Clarke, 1832. (Printed with 15th and later eds. of the First Institute)

An Abridgement of the First Part of Coke’s Institutes, with additions. London: By the assignee of E. Sayer, for J. Walthoe, 1711.

——— [Anr. ed.]. London, 1714. (purported)

——— 2d ed. London, 1718. (purported)

——— 3d ed., corr. London: E. Nutt and R. Bosling, 1719.

——— 4th ed. London, 1725. (purported)

——— 5th ed. London: By E. Nutt and R. Gosling, for T. Osborne, 1736.

——— 6th ed. London: By H. Lintot, for T. Osborne, 1742.

——— 7th ed. London: H. Lintot, for D. Brown, J. Shuckburgh [etc.], 1751.

——— 8th ed. Dublin: H. Watts and W. Jones, 1792.

——— 8th ed. by J. Rudall. London: S. Sweet, 1822.

——— Photo reprint of 1651 London ed. New York, 1979.

Ritso, Frederick. An Introduction to the Science of the Law Shewing the Advantages of a Law Education, Grounded on the Learning of Lord Coke’s Commentaries upon Littleton’s Tenures. London: W. Clarke and Sons, 1815.

Hobler, Francis. Familiar Exercises Between an Attorney and His Articled Clerk, On the General Principles of the Laws of Real Property: the First Book of Coke upon Littleton Reduced to Questions. To Which Is Added the Original Text and Commentary. London: E. Eedle, 1831.

——— 2d ed. 1838.

——— 3rd ed. 1847.

B.

The Second Institute of the Laws of England

The Second Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. London: By M. Flesher and R. Young, for E. D., R. M., W. L., and D. P., 1642. (S.T.C. 4948)

——— 2d ed. London: By J. Flesher, for W. L., D. P., and G. B., 1662. (S.T.C. 4949)

——— 3d ed. London: For A. Crooke, 1669. (S.T.C. 4950)

——— 4th ed. London: By J. Streater, H. Twyford, E. Flesher, assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, 1671. (S.T.C. 4951)

——— 5th ed. London: By J. Streater, H. Twyford, E. Flesher, assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, 1671. (S.T.C. 4952)

——— “5th” ed. London: For A. Crooke, W. Leake, A. Roper, F. Tyton, T. Dring, T. Collins, J. Place, W. Place, J. Starkey, T. Basset, R. Pawlett, S. Heyrick, and G. Dawes, 1671. (S.T.C. 4952A)

——— 6th ed. London: By W. Rawlins, for T. Basset, 1681. (S.T.C. 4953)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: W. Clarke and Sons, 1809.

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: E. and R. Brooke, 1797.

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: W. Clarke and Sons, 1817.

——— Reprint of 1642 ed. New York: Garland, 1979.

——— Reprint of 1797 ed. Buffalo, N.Y.: W. S. Hein Co., 1986.

C.

The Third Institute of the Laws of England

The Third Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. London: By M. Flesher, for W. Lee, and D. Pakeman, 1644. (S.T.C. 4960)

——— The Third and Fourth Parts of the Institutes. London: By M. Flesher, for W. Lee and D. Pakeman, 1648. (S.T.C. 4961)

——— 3d ed. London: By J. Flesher for W. Lee, and D. Pakeman, 1660. (S.T.C. 4962)

——— 4th ed. London: For A. Crooke, W. Leake, A. Roper, F. Tyton, T. Dring, T. Collins, J. Place, W. Place, J. Starkey, T. Basset, R. Pawlett, S. Heyrick, and G. Dawes, 1669. (S.T.C. 4963)

——— “4th” ed. London: By J. Streater, J. Flesher, and H. Twyford, 1670. (S.T.C. 4964)

——— 5th ed. London: For A. Crooke, W. Leake, A. Roper, F. Tyton, T. Dring, T. Collins, H. Place, W. Place, J. Starkey, T. Basset, R. Pawlett, S. Heyrick, and G. Dawes, 1671. (S.T.C. 4965)

——— 6th ed. London: By W. Rawlins, for T. Basset, 1680. (S.T.C. 4966)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: For E. and R. Brooke, 1797.

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: W. Clarke, 1809.

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: W. Clarke, 1817.

——— Reprint of 1644 ed. New York: Garland, 1979.

——— Reprint of 1797 ed. Buffalo, N.Y.: W. S. Hein, 1986.

D.

The Fourth Institute of the Laws of England

The Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. London: By M. Flesher, for W. Lee and D. Pakeman, 1644. (S.T.C. 4929)

——— 2d ed. London: By M. Flesher, for W. Lee and D. Pakeman, 1648. (S.T.C. 4930)

——— 3d ed. London, 1660. (purported)

——— 4th ed. London: For A. Crooke, W. Leake, A. Roper, F. Tyton, T. Dring, T. Collins, J. Place, W. Place, J. Starkey, T. Basset, R. Pawlett, S. Heyricke, and G. Dawes, 1669. (S.T.C. 4931)

——— 5th ed. London: By J. Streater, H. Twyford, E. Flesher, assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, 1671. (S.T.C. 4932)

——— 6th ed. London: By W. Rawlins, for T. Basset, 1681. (S.T.C. 4933)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: E. and R. Brooke, 1797.

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: W. Clarke and Sons, 1809.

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: W. Clarke & Sons, 1817.

——— Reprint of 1979 ed. Buffalo, N.Y.: W. S. Hein Co., 1986.

VI.

Speech and Charge at Norwich

The Lord Coke his Speech and Charge (at the Assises at Norwich). With a discoverie of the abuses and corruption of officers. Edited by R. Pricket. London: By R. Raworth and N. Okes for C. Pursett, 1607. (S.T.C. 5491)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: For N. Butter, 1607. (S.T.C. 5492)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: For N. Butter, 1607. (S.T.C. 5492.2)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By R. Raworth and N. Okes, for N. Butter, 1607. (S.T.C. 5492.4)

VII.

Book of Entries

A Booke of Entries: Containing Perfect and Approved Presidents of Counts, Declarations, Informations, Pleints. Edited by T. Jones, Common Serjeant of London. London: In folio [A. Islip] for the Societie of Stationers, 1614. (S.T.C. 5488)

——— 2d ed. London: By J. Streater, J. Flesher, and H. Twyford, assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, 1671. (S.T.C. 4908)

——— 2d ed. London: By J. Streater, 1671. (S.T.C. 4908A)

VIII.

Little Treatise of Baile and Maineprize

A Little Treatise of Baile and Maineprize. Written by E. C. Knight. London: For W. Cooke, 1635. (S.T.C. 5489)

——— 2d ed., corr. and enl. London: By B. Alsop and T. Fawcet, for W. Cooke, 1637. (S.T.C. 5490)

——— Reprint with 9th ed. of First Institute. London: By W. Rawlings, S. Roycroft, and H. Sawbridge, 1684.

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: J. Roberts, 1715.

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By His Majesty’s Law Printers, for T. Cadell, 1783.

——— [Anr. ed.]. Amsterdam, 1973.

——— Reprint of 1635 and 1783 eds., includes indexes. New York: Garland, 1978.

IX.

The Complete Copyholder

The Compleat Copyholder, 1630 (presumed; not in S.T.C.)

[Anr. ed.]. London: By T. Cotes, for W. Cooke, 1641. (Reprint of 1st ed., 1630. The forme of keeping a copy-hold court, and court baron is wanting). (S.T.C. 4912)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: For M. Walbanck, and R. Best, 1644. (S.T.C. 4913)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: For W. Lee and D. Pakeman, 1650. (S.T.C. 4914)

——— [Anr. ed. w. supp.]. London: By J. Streater, E. Flesher, and H. Twyford, assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, 1668. (S.T.C. 4915)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By E. Flesher, J. Streater, and H. Twyford, assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, 1673. (S.T.C. 4916)

——— A supplement by way of additions to. London: By E. Flesher, J. Streater, and H. Twyford, assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, 1673. (S.T.C. 4957)

——— Reprint with 10th ed. of First Institute. London: W. Rawlins and S. Roycroft, 1703.

X.

Three Law Tracts

Three Law Tracts: I. The compleat copyholder; being a discourse of the antiquity and nature of manors and copyholds, & c. II. A reading on 27 Edward the First, called the statute De finibus levatis. III. A treatise of bail and mainprize. Edited by W. Hawkins. London: By His Majesty’s Law Printer for J. Worrall, 1764.

——— Reprint. Abingdon, Oxon: Professional Books, 1982.

XI.

Later Reprints and Excerpts

Judges Judged Out of their own Mouthes. London: By W. Bentley, for E. Dod & N. Ekins, 1650. (S.T.C. 4938)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By W. Bentley, for J. Williams, 1650. (S.T.C. 4939)

Le reading del mon Seignior Coke: sur le statute de 27. E. I. [1299], appelle le statute de Finibus Levatis. London: Excudebat T. R., sumptibus G. Lee, D. Pakeman & G. Bedell, 1662. (S.T.C. 4943)

England’s Independency upon the Papal Power Historically and Judicially Stated by Sr. John Davis . . . and by Sr. Edward Coke . . . in Two Reports, Selected from their Greater Volumes. pref. by Sir John Pettus. London: by E. Flesher, J. Streater and H. Twyford, assigns of R. and E. Atkins, 1674.

Magna Charta: Made in the Ninth Year of K. Henry the Third, and Confirmed by K. Edward the First, in the Twenty-Eighth Year of His Reign with Some Short, but Necessary Observations from the L. Chief Just. Coke’s Comments upon it, trans., Edward Cooke. London: by the assigns of R. and E. Atkins, for T. Simmons, 1680.

The Great Charter of the Forest, Declaring the Liberties of it Made at Westminster, the Tenth of February, in the Ninth Year of Henry the Third, Anno Dom. 1224, and Confirmed in the Eight and Twentieth of Edward the First, Anno Dom. 1299: with Some Short Observations Taken out of the Lord Chief Justice Coke’s Fourth Institutes of the Courts of the Forests. London: Printed by the assignees of R. and E. Atkins for John Kidgell, etc., 1680.

A Declaration of the Libertyes of the English Nation, Principally with Respect to Forests. London: Printed for Richard Janeway, etc., 1681.

Argumentum anti-Normannicum: or an Argument. London: By J. Darby, for M. Keinton, J. Robinson, S. Sprint, 1682. (S.T.C. 4907)

——— [Anr. ed.]. London: By J. Darby, 1682. (S.T.C. 4907A)

The Famous Case of Robert Calvin, A Scots-man: as Contain’d in the Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chief Justice of the Common-pleas, and as it was Argued in Westminster-Hall by All the Judges of England in the Reign of King James VI of Scotland and I of England. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1705.

A Vindication of the Lord Chancellor Bacon, from the aspersion of injustice, cast upon him by Mr. Wraynham: containing the said Mr. Wraynham’s representation of his own case, and the sentence pronounced against him. Together with the learned speeches of the judges, Hubbert, Coke, and other sages in the law. Archbishop Aboot, and other reverend prelates. The Lord Chamberlain, Earl of Arundel, Sir Fulk Crovill, and other noble peers. Now first published from the original manuscript. London: For J. Peele, 1725.

The Corner Stone of the British Constitution Or, the Golden Passage in . . . Magna Charta, with Lord Coke’s Remarks. From Second Institute. London: 1789.