The Reports Of Judge Richard Hutton - 1656 and similar items

Hutton, Richard, Sir, THE REPORTS OF THAT REVEREND AND LEARNED JUDGE, SIR RICHARD HUTTON KNIGHT; SOMETIMES ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE COMMON PLEAS. CONTAINING MANY CHOICE CASES, JUDGMENTS, AND RESOLUTIONS, IN POINTS OF LAW, IN THE SEVERALL RAIGNES OF KING JAMES AND KING CHARLES; BEING WRITTEN IN FRENCH BY HIS OWN HAND. AND NOW FAITHFULLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH ACCORDING TO ORDER. London: Printed by R.R. for Henry Twyford and Thomas Dring, 1656. Dis-bound text block only, 4to (11.5x7.5?), binding copy, [11] (Names of Principal Cases), 1-136, [7] (Table of Contents), lacking spine, boards and end-papers, text block complete, with peripheral chipping soiling, and damp staining, most evident in initial and closing leaves including the title page. Most edge damage, not effecting text could be removed with a quality rebinding should one desire to do so. Our preference has been to simply leave it ensconced within its protective home. Quite the marvelous Capture of Tyme have we here. Sir Richard Hutton (1560 ? 26 February 1639) was a Yorkshire landowner and judge. He initially studied divinity at Jesus College, Cambridge. However, at the age of 20, he shifted his focus to a career in law. In 1586, he was called to the bar, and in 1603, he became a serjeant-at-law [sic] under Queen Elizabeth I. In 1617, King James I, knighted him during a visit to York, and he was appointed as a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in England. Under Charles I, Hutton gained respect and even served as acting Chief Justice of the Common Pleas from December 1625 to November 1626.