Brook's New Cases

Not to be confused with Bellewe's Cases temp. Richard II.

Ascuns novel cases de le ans et temps le Roy H. VIII., Edv. VI, and la Roygne Mary. Escrie ex la graund Abridgment, compose per Sir Robert Brooke, Chivaler, &c., la, disperse en les Titles; mes icy collect sub ans is the title of a collection of law reports, compiled by Richard Bellewe,^[1] of cases decided between approximately 1515 and 1558. They are reprinted in volume 73 of the English Reports.^[2]

J. G. Marvin said:

This is a collection of the most remarkable cases in the Common Pleas, from the 6th Hen. VIII., to the 4th Queen Mary. It has often been reprinted, and was translated into English by March. It is sometimes cited as Brooke's Cases.^[3]

He said of "Bellewe's Cases":

These cases were taken by Bellewe from Brooks's Abridgment [sic], and are sometimes referred to as Brooks's New Cases.^[4]

John Bouvier said:

Bellewe's Cases in the time of Henry VIII., Edw. VI., and 2 Mary, collected out of Brooke's Abridgment, and arranged under years, with a table, are cited as Brooke's New Cases.^[5]

For the purpose of citation, the name "Brook's New Cases" may be abbreviated to "B N C".^[6]

This collection is commonly known as "Petit Brooke" and "Petty Brook". It is also cited as "Bellewe's Cases temp. Henry VIII".^[7]

References

• Ascuns novel cases de le ans et temps le Roy H. VIII., Edv. VI, and la Roygne Mary. Escrie ex la graund Abridgment, compose per Sir Robert Brooke, Chivaler, &c., la, disperse en les Titles; mes icy collect sub ans. 12mo. London. 1628.

1. Marvin, J.G. Legal Bibliography, or a thesaurus of American, English, Irish and Scotch law books:together with some continental treatises. T & J W Johnson. 1847. Page 110. Digitised copy from Google Books.
2. Index Chart issued for the English Reports, 1930, Stevens & Sons Ltd. (London), W. Green & Son, Ltd. (Edinburgh). Page 6. The said volume 73 is in the King's Bench series of the English Reports.
3. Marvin, J.G. Legal Bibliography, or a thesaurus of American, English, Irish and Scotch law books:together with some continental treatises. T & J W Johnson. 1847. Page 110.
4. Marvin, J.G. Legal Bibliography, or a thesaurus of American, English, Irish and Scotch law books:together with some continental treatises. T & J W Johnson. 1847. Page 5, note m. Digitised copy from Google Books.
5. John Bouvier, A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the several States of the American Union: with References to the Civil and other Systems of Foreign Law. Twelfth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. George W. Childs. Philadelphia. 1868. Vol I. Page 26
6. Index Chart issued for the English Reports, 1930, Stevens & Sons Ltd. (London), W. Green & Son, Ltd. (Edinburgh). Page 6.
7. Marke, Julius J., Editor. A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University With Selected Annotations. The Law Center of New York University. New York. 1953. Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. 1999.Page 23

External links

• Brooke, R and Bellewe, R and March, J. Sir Robert Brooke's New Cases with March's Translation. 1578. Reprinted by Steven and Haynes in 1873. Digitised copy from Google Books.