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{{DISPLAYTITLE: ''The Reports of That Late Reverend and Learned Judge, Thomas Owen, Esquire, One of the Justices of the Common Pleas''}}
===by Thomas Owen===
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}}[[wikipedia:Thomas Owen (died 1598)|Thomas Owen]] (d. 1598) was admitted to [[wikipedia:Lincoln's Inn|Lincoln's Inn]] in 1562, called to the bar in 1570, and made a [[wikipedia:Bencher|bencher]] in 1579.<ref>David Ibbetson, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21032 Owen, Thomas (d. 1598)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed September 18, 2013.</ref> He had a reputation "above all [as] a man of very sound and reliable judgement."<ref>Ibid.</ref> His ''Reports'' are occasionally cited, but the book "enjoys no particular reputation one way or the other."<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks'', 4th ed. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 153.</ref> The volume most likely derives mainly from a French manuscript by Owen and held by Lincoln's Inn, although some of the cases occurred after Owen's death.<ref>Wallace, ''The Reporters'', 153-4.</ref>

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Owen's [reports]" and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]]. Only one edition was published.<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), 551.</ref> Three of the [[George Wythe Collection|Wythe Collection]] sources ([[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), 13 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref>, 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Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file.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> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe Member: George Wythe]," accessed on June 28, 2013.</ref> "on LibraryThing) include Owen's ''Reports''. A copy at the University of Virginia may be Wythe's actual copy. It includes an inscription "Given by Thos. Jefferson to D. Carr 1806." It also has the signature on the title page: "Wm. Nelson, Gent."<ref>Brown, ""The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond."</ref> The Wolf Law Library moved a copy from another rare book collection to the [[George Wythe Collection]]. 

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Recently rebound in period style. Spine features four bands with gilt rules and green label. Purchased through the generosity of Daniel W. Baran and Lena Stratton Baran, Class of 1936. <br />

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===Full text===
*[http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/library/ReportsOfThatLateReverendAndLearnedJudgeThomasOwen1656.pdf ''The Reports of That Late Reverend and Learned Judge, Thomas Owen''] (12MB PDF)

==See also==
*[[George Wythe Room]]
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
*[[Wythe's Library]]

==References==
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[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]
[[Category:King's Bench Reports]]
[[Category:Probable Surviving Wythe Volumes]]
[[Category:Thomas Owen]]
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]

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