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19: 190: 93:"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 166: 24: 210: 129:
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.
18: 97:. 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 254: 98: 249: 138: 119: 68: 53: 64: 171: 114: 232: 86: 75:
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
130: 110: 60: 29: 243: 201: 196: 142: 134: 77: 106: 82: 170:(2nd ed.), London: Printed by the assignes of John Moore, Esquire , 1640, 90: 49: 89:, the last of the chief justiciaries, whose name is sometimes spelled in the 175: 67:, on the authority of a passage found in some manuscripts of the history of 214:. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 618. 45: 195:
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
133:. A third edition of it, edited and provided with a 81:, which was passed in 1290. It was the opinion of 160: 158: 8: 117:in 1329, together with another book called 103:Summa de legibus Anglie que vocatur Bretone 113:, who bequeathed it to the chamber of the 22:The title page of the second edition of 154: 85:that the book derived its title from 7: 14: 109:, the learned chamberlain of the 188: 40:is the earliest summary of the 1: 99:Cambridge University Library 260:Works of unknown authorship 276: 226:English translation of 211:Encyclopædia Britannica 139:Oxford University Press 69:Matthew of Westminster 32: 21: 255:Medieval English law 120:Mirroir des Justices 65:bishop of Hereford 54:King Edward I 33: 28:(1640), edited by 267: 233:Internet Archive 231:courtesy of the 215: 194: 192: 191: 180: 178: 162: 87:Henry de Bracton 275: 274: 270: 269: 268: 266: 265: 264: 250:Legal treatises 240: 239: 222: 204:, ed. (1911). " 200: 189: 187: 184: 183: 164: 163: 156: 151: 12: 11: 5: 273: 271: 263: 262: 257: 252: 242: 241: 236: 235: 221: 220:External links 218: 217: 216: 202:Chisholm, Hugh 182: 181: 153: 152: 150: 147: 131:Edmund Wingate 111:City of London 61:John le Breton 30:Edmund Wingate 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 272: 261: 258: 256: 253: 251: 248: 247: 245: 238: 234: 230: 229: 224: 223: 219: 213: 212: 207: 203: 198: 197:public domain 186: 185: 177: 173: 169: 168: 161: 159: 155: 148: 146: 144: 143:Robert Kelham 140: 136: 132: 128: 124: 122: 121: 116: 112: 108: 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 79: 78:Quia emptores 74: 70: 66: 62: 57: 55: 51: 47: 43: 39: 38: 31: 27: 26: 20: 16: 237: 227: 209: 165: 126: 125: 118: 102: 94: 76: 72: 58: 36: 35: 34: 23: 15: 107:Andrew Horn 83:John Selden 244:Categories 149:References 91:fine rolls 145:in 1762. 115:Guildhall 176:79739905 135:parallel 228:Britton 206:Britton 199::  127:Britton 95:Britton 73:Britton 48:in the 46:England 37:Britton 25:Britton 193:  174:  50:French 172:OCLC 208:". 44:of 42:law 246:: 157:^ 123:. 101:, 63:, 56:. 179:.

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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
Chisholm, Hugh

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