Janus: 'Court Hand Restored, or, The Student's Assistant in Reading Old Deeds Charters etc.'

Manuscripts contains:
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MS Add.8186	William Borrer: Correspondence and notes
MS Add.8189	William Pamplin: Letters to him
MS Add.8190	Edward Robson: Letters to him
MS Add.8194	Revd. J.W. Whittaker: Letters to him
MS Add.8198	Henry Austin Driver and family: Letters and Papers
MS Add.8206	'Court Hand Restored, or, The Student's Assistant in Reading Old Deeds Charters etc.'
MS Add.8249	Ernest, Lord Rutherford: Correspondence and Papers
MS Add.8250	Torkel Weis-Fogh: Scientific Papers and Correspondence
MS Add.8251	Helen Frances Grant: Correspondence and Papers
MS Add.8254	Sir Robert Ker Porter: Notebook on Ancient Armour and Castles
MS Add.8264	Andrew Sydenham Farrar Gow: Correspondence and Papers
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'Court Hand Restored, or, The Student's Assistant in Reading Old Deeds Charters etc.'

Title	'Court Hand Restored, or, The Student's Assistant in Reading Old Deeds Charters etc.'
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.8206
Creator	Dovaston, John, 1740-1808, nurseryman and antiquary
Covering Dates	1776
Extent and Medium	1 volume
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

John Dovaston of The Nursery, West Felton, Shropshire, was born on 25 April 1740 and pursued wide-ranging interests as an attorney, antiquarian, naturalist, astronomer, musician and planter of trees. In 1795 he was successful as the plaintiff in the case of Dovaston v. Payne, the judgement in which has had lasting significance for the law of trespass. He was the father of the naturalist and poet John Freeman Milward Dovaston (1782-1854). He died on 31 March 1808.

Palaeographical manual, substantially a manuscript copy with enlargements of the book of the same title by Andrew Wright of the Inner Temple. With a note on the front free end-paper by A. N. L. Munby.

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Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, 'Court Hand Restored, or, The Student's Assistant in Reading Old Deeds Charters etc.', MS Add.8206

Index Terms

Dovaston, John (1740-1808) nurseryman and antiquary

Munby, Alan Noel Latimer (1913-1974) librarian, bibliographer, historian and book collector

Wright, Andrew (fl 1776) lawyer and palaeographer

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