James ( editor ). Reports of divers resolutions in law, arising upon cases in the Court of Wards, and other courts at Westminster, in the reign of the late kings, king James and king Charles … With tw

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LEY, James ( editor ). Reports of divers resolutions in law, arising upon cases in the Court of Wards, and other courts at Westminster, in the reign of the late kings, king James and king Charles … With two exact tables, the one of the cases, and the other of the principal matters therein contained. London: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for H. Twyford [et al.] . 1659. Two parts in one volume, folio. Contemporary sheep, boards ruled in blind with double fillets and roll-tooled border along joints, rebacked, blue lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed; pp. [iv], 83, [1 (blank)], [7], [1 (blank)]; 27, [1 (blank)], woodcut initials and headpieces; boards slightly rubbed, extremities restored; light dampstaining, small wormhole to upper outer corner of title and few other pages (not affecting text), but overall very good; modern bookseller's ticket 'Wildy Sons Ltd.' to front pastedown. First edition of James Ley’s collection of law reports on wardship matters, the only published volume of reports of the Court of Wards and Liveries. Established in 1542, the Court of Wards and Liveries managed the estates and guardianship of young, orphaned heirs whose fathers had held the status of ‘Tenants-in-Chief of the Crown,’ often after acquiring ex-monastic land. The Crown controlled these estates, overseeing the heirs’ income rights and arranging their marriages until they came of age (21 for boys, 14 for girls). Although widows typically retained a third of their late husbands’ estates, th

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