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Title: The young clerks remembrancer in court hand: Wherein is shewed the names of men and women, days of ye month, date of the year, names of the shires and countyes in Great Britain, the principal cities titles of honour trades and summes of money in Latin and English. Also abbreviations bond judgment and a writ. /[by] Wm. Greenwell.
Creator: Greenwell, William, 1820-1918
Contributor: Rude, Thomas, Esq., former owner.
Date Created and/or Issued: 1728
Contributing Institution: UCLA, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Collection: Early Modern English Manuscripts from UCLA’s Clark Library
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Scope/Content: Manuscript.
Scope/Content: Manuscript volume dating from 1728, compiled to serve as a reference for those working with old documents written in court hands. Written by William Greenwell and apparently never published, the book contains tables showing common names, days of the week, names of counties and towns and other frequently found subjects in both modern script and in court hand.
Condition: Bound in modern half calf.
Type: text
Form/Genre: Penmanship manuals
Extent: [iv], 50, [6] p., bound ;20 cm.
Identifier: ark:/21198/n18p50
MS.1980.003
Language: English
eng
Subject: Paleography--England--Early works to 1800.
Place: England
Provenance: Thomas Rude Esquire inscribed on p. [iv].|Latin note to the reader following p. 50, signed by "Wm Greenwell" with addenda signed by "J. Treadshaw, Nov. 20. 1734": "This is a Book of great consequence he who wrote the same was a Lord and Barrister at Law."
Location: CLUW

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