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{{DISPLAYTITLE: ''The Reports of Edward Bulstrode ... in Three Parts. Of Divers Resolutions and Judgments Given ... by the Grave, Reverend, and Learned Judges and Sages of the Law, of Cases and Matters in the Law with the Reasons and Causes of Their Said Judgments, Given in the Court of King's Bench, in the Time of the Reign of King James I. and King Charles I''}}
===by Edward Bulstrode===
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}}Edward Bulstrode (c.1588 &ndash; 1659) was admitted to the [[wikipedia:Inner Temple|Inner Temple]] in 1606 but rose very slowly in the legal profession.<ref>Wilfrid Prest, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/3929 Bulstrode, Edward (c.1588–1659)]" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed September 18, 2013.</ref> He was named an [[wikipedia:Junior barrister|utter barrister]] in 1614, but did not become a [[wikipedia:Bencher|bencher]] until 1629. In 1653, Bulstrode was appointed chief justice for north Wales. Bulstrode composed his reports in French then translated them into English before selecting "the fittest and choicest cases" for publication.<ref>J. G. Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books'' (Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1847), 158-159.</ref> His volume covers [[wikipedia:Court of King's Bench (England)|King's Bench]] cases from 1609-1639 and apparently utililizes Plowden's methods&ndash;"there cannot be a stronger recommendation."<ref>Richard Whalley Bridgman, ''A Short View of Legal Bibliography: Containing Some Critical Observations on the Authority of the Reporters and Other Law Writers'' (London: Printed for W. Reed, 1807), 42.</ref> However, "Bulstrode's reputation as a reporter was not high."<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks'', 4th ed. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 246.</ref>

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}}==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Both [[Dean Bibliography|Dean's Memo]]<ref>[[Dean Bibliography|Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean]], Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 9 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref> and Brown's Bibliography<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> list the second (1688) edition of this title based on entries in John Marshall's law notes.<ref>Herbert A. Johnson, Charles T. Cullen, and Nancy G. Harris, eds., ''The Papers of John Marshall'' (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, in association with the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1974), 1:42.</ref> The Wolf Law Library followed their suggestion and purchased the second edition.

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Bound in contemporary calf. Boards have tooled rules and stamps. Spine features five bands and a red morocco label with gilt lettering and decorative filigree. Includes the nineteenth-century armorial bookplate of the Earls of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire, England on the front pastedown.

Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/albums/72157655843280624 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991017489859703196 William & Mary's online catalog.]

===Full text===
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*[http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/library/ReportsOfEdwardBulstrode1688.pdf ''The Reports of Edward Bulstrode''] (95MB PDF)
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==See also==
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*[[George Wythe Room]]
*[[Wythe's Library]]
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