Court-hand restored, or, The student's assistant in reading old deeds, charters, records, etc., neatly engraved on twenty-three copper plates, describing the old law hands, with their contractions and abbreviations. With an appendix containing the ancient names of places in Great Britain and Ireland; an alphabetical table of ancient surnames; and a glossography of Latin words found in the works of the most eminent lawyers and other ancient writings, but not in any modern dictionaries / by Andrew Wright.

  • Wright, Andrew, of the Inner Temple.
Date:
1912
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Credit: Court-hand restored, or, The student's assistant in reading old deeds, charters, records, etc., neatly engraved on twenty-three copper plates, describing the old law hands, with their contractions and abbreviations. With an appendix containing the ancient names of places in Great Britain and Ireland; an alphabetical table of ancient surnames; and a glossography of Latin words found in the works of the most eminent lawyers and other ancient writings, but not in any modern dictionaries / by Andrew Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Loventinum — Powysland, Wales. Sec also Luen- tinum. Loxa Civitas —Inveiiochy, Scotland. Loxa—The River Lossie, Elgin, or the Loth, Suther- land. Luceni—The people of West Munster. lucga—R. Lu'^g, Herefordshire. Lucopibia—Whitherne, Galloway. Sec Candida Casa. Luda—Louth, Ireland ; Ludlow. Ludloa, Luddolocus—Ludlow, Shropshire. Luentinum—Llanddewybrefy, Cardiganshire. Lugas—The River Lug, in Herefordshire. Lugdunum—Louth, Ireland. lugi—People in the north of Scotland. Luguballia, Luguballium—Carlisle, or Plumpton Wall, Cumberland. liigundinum—LanChester, Durham. Luguvallum—Carlisle, Cumberland. Lumbricus—Limerick. Lumpniacmn—Limerick. Lundinium, Lundonia—Sec Londinia. Lunia —Lancashire. Lutudarum—TaptoD, near Chesterfield, Derbyshii-e. luva—Louth County, Ireland. Lychefeldia —Lichfield, Staffordshire. M. Macatonion—The same as Ariconium. Machui—Mayo, Ireland. Macolicum—Mallow, co. Cork, Ireland. Madus —Maidstone, Kent, or Strood. See VagniacEe. Mgeatae—People living near the Wall of Antonine. Magesetas —The people of Radnorshire, or Hereford- shire. Magiovinimn, Magiovintum—Dunstable or Ashwell, Bedfordshire ; or Fenny Stratford, or Aylesbury, B iickinghamshire. Magis—Pierce Bridge, Durham; or Lonsdale hundred, Lancashire. Maglonae. Maglovae—Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire ; Greta Bridge, Yorks ; or Lancaster. Magnis—Bowness, Cumb.; Caervoran or Chester-in- the-Wall, near Haltwhistle, Northumberland ; Ken- chester, or Old Radnor, Herefordshire. Magnitum—&r Magiovinium. Magnus Portus—Portsmouth. Maia—May Island, in the Firth of Forth. Maidulphi Curia, Maidulphi Urbs—Malmesbury, Wilt- shire. Maigonensis—Of Mayo, Ireland. Mailoria Wallica—Maylor, Flintshire. Maina Flu.—The Mintern, Dorset. Malaca—Isle of Mull, West of Scotland. Malbanus Vicus—Nantwich, Cheshire. Malcolicum —.SV^ Macolicum. Maldunense ccEnobium—Malmesbury Abbey. Maleos-Isle of Mull, W. of Scotland. Malmesbiria—Malmesbury. Malus Passus—Malpas, Cheshire. Malvernia, Malverniun—Malvern, Worcestershire. Mameceastra —Manchester. Mamucium—Mancliester, Lancashire. Manapia—Wicklow, or AVexford, Ireland. Manavi—Sec Menevia. Mancunium—Manchester. Manduessedum—Mancester, Staffordshire ; or Kenil- worth, Warwickshire. Manna, Mannia—The Isle of Man. Mantavis—St. David's, Pembrokeshire. Mantio—Manchester. Manucium—Manchester. Marchenium—Roxburgh, Scotland. Marchia—March, or iVlers, Scotland. Marchia Walliae—The Marches or Borders of Wales. Marcbiduaum Ro.xburgh, Scotland. Marcotaxon A tow n north of the Wall of Antonine. Mare Britannicum The English Channel. Mare Caledonium The Scotch Sea. Mare Hibernicum Irish Channel. Mare Sabrinianum The Severn Sea. Mare Virginium, Verginium —The sea on the south of Ireland. Margaberga Marlborough, Wilts. Margidunum, Margitudum — East Bridgeford, Notts; or Mount Sorrel, Leicestershire. Maridunum —Caermarthen. Mariscallia—The Marshalsea, London. Marlebrigia - Marlborough. Marnia Mearns, Kincardine, Scotland. Marria Marr, Aberdeen, Scotland. Masona A town probably in Devonshire. Massamensis Pons Masham Bridge, Yorkshire. Matillis Castelluni Painscastle, Herefordshire. Matovion A town north of the Wall of Antonine. Mauditi Castrum - St. Mawe's Castle, Cornwall. Maulion town north of the Wall of Antonine. Maxima Csesariensis -Province of Britain, north of the Humber and Ribble, and south of Tyne ; or the Si'otch Highlands, north of the Wall of Severus. Mealdunum—Maldon, Essex. Mealmesbiria -Malmsbury, Wilts. Meandari -See Meanvari. Meanvari -A tribe living in Hampshire, whose name remains in Estmeon and Westmeon Hundreds. Mearlsberga— Marlborough, Wilts. Meatse - People of Lothian. Medeguaia—River Medway. Medena Newport, in the Isle of Wight. Medeshamstundensis—Of Peterborough, Northants. Media The County of Meath, Ireland. Mediamnis Mcdmenham, Bucks. Medimna Christchurch, Hants. Mediolanium Middlehara, Yorkshire. Mediolanum Llanvyllin or Meifod, Montgomery ; or Nantwich, Cheshire ; Drayton, Bearstone, or Whit- church, Shropshire ; or Chesterton, Warwickshire. Mediomanum -The same as Mediolanum, or Maentwrog, jMerioneth.shire. Medionemeton -On the Wall of Antonine. Mediterranei Angli —People of the Midland Counties. Medvaga, Medweacus R. Medway. Melamon In Devonshire. Mela - See Mula. Melanclani, Melanchlani—People of the Scilly Islands. Melduna Maldon, Essex. Meldunum Malmsbury, Wiltshire. Melezo In Dorsetshire. Mella monasterium—Meaux Abbey, Yorkshire.