A list of the manuscripts of Forman’s and Napier’s casebooks

The surviving casebooks are all housed at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. For further information on them see our page about the volumes.

Forman’s casebooks

MS Ashmole 234, ff. 157, 17 Mar 1596–19 Feb 1597 MS Ashmole 226, ff. 310, 20 Feb 1597–20 Feb 1598 MS Ashmole 195, ff. 246, 20 Feb 1598–8 Feb 1599 MS Ashmole 219, ff. 229, 8 Feb–31 Dec 1599 MS Ashmole 236, ff. 264, 2 Jan–17 Dec 1600 MS Ashmole 411, ff. 179, 26 Dec 1600–29 Nov 1601, 11 May 1603–5 Sep 1603

Napier’s casebooks

MS Ashmole 175, quarto, c. ff. 114 of ff. 140, 1597 MS Ashmole 182, quarto, c. ff. 162 of ff. 231, 1597–1598 MS Ashmole 228, ff. 276, 17 Jul 1598–26 Feb 1600 MS Ashmole 202, ff. 218, 26 Feb–31 Dec 1600 MS Ashmole 404, ff. 309, 2 Jan 1601–8 Mar 1602 MS Ashmole 221, ff. 316, 13 Mar 1602–17 Feb 1603 MS Ashmole 197, ff. 146, 17 Feb 1603–6 Feb 1604 MS Ashmole 207, ff. 242, 17 Feb 1603–5 Apr 1605 MS Ashmole 415, ff. 234, 20 Mar 1604–9 Mar 1605 MS Ashmole 216, ff. 259, 9 Mar–24 Dec 1605 MS Ashmole 215, ff. 307, 26 Dec 1605–21 Apr 1606, Nov–Dec 1606, May 1607 MS Ashmole 193, ff. 346, 23 Oct 1606–27 Jan 1608 MS Ashmole 229, ff. 347, 22 Jan 1608–14 Apr 1609 MS Ashmole 338, 12mo, ff. 176, 21 Sep 1608–16 Feb 1609 MS Ashmole 335, octavo, ff. 188, 21 Feb 1609–17 Sep 1610 MS Ashmole 203, ff. 269, 14 Apr 1609–16 May 1610 MS Ashmole 329, 12mo, ff. 132, 26 Nov 1609–22 Nov 1610 MS Ashmole 239, ff. 191, 16 Mar 1610–23 Jan 1611 MS Ashmole 334, octavo, ff. 183, 26 Mar 1610–17 May 1611 MS Ashmole 200, ff. 247, 27 Jan 1611–18 Feb 1612 MS Ashmole 409, ff. 226, 19 Feb–3 Dec 1612 MS Ashmole 199, ff. 194, 3 Dec 1612–25 Aug 1613 MS Ashmole 237, ff. 186, 20 May 1614–24 Apr 1615 MS Ashmole 196, ff. 190, 25 Apr 1615–19 Feb 1616 MS Ashmole 408, ff. 184, 20 Feb–23 Sep 1616 MS Ashmole 198, ff. 194, 24 Sep 1616–6 Jun 1617 MS Ashmole 220, ff. 192, 7 Jun 1617–26 Feb 1618 MS Ashmole 201, ff. 236, 26 Feb–17 Aug 1618 MS Ashmole 230, ff. 375, 19 Aug 1618–17 May 1619 MS Ashmole 235, ff. 193, 17 May–11 Sep 1619 MS Ashmole 213, ff. 188, 12 Sep 1619–18 Apr 1620 MS Ashmole 414, ff. 225, 19 Apr–3 Nov 1620 MS Ashmole 233, ff. 159, 3 Nov 1620–31 May 1621 MS Ashmole 231, ff. 191, 1 Jun 1621–19 Feb 1622 MS Ashmole 223, ff. 196, 19 Feb–17 Jul 1622 MS Ashmole 222, ff. 197, 18 Jul 1622–28 Feb 1623 MS Ashmole 218, ff. 246, 1 Mar–11 Oct 1623 MS Ashmole 413, ff. 230, 11 Oct 1623–28 Jun 1624 MS Ashmole 402, ff. 180, folio, 29 Jun 1624–1 Mar 1625 MS Ashmole 217, ff. 194, 2 Mar–29 Aug 1625 MS Ashmole 224, ff. 370, 29 Sep 1625–5 Jun 1626 MS Ashmole 227, ff. 273, 20 Feb–7 Nov 1627 MS Ashmole 410, ff. 195, 7 Nov 1627–25 Jan 1628 MS Ashmole 405, ff. 352, 25 Apr–7 Dec 1628 MS Ashmole 407, ff. 196, 15 Dec 1628–11 May 1629 MS Ashmole 406, ff. 391, 7 May–8 Dec 1629 MS Ashmole 194, ff. 462, 9 Dec 1629–3 Jun 1630 MS Ashmole 238, ff. 216, 3 Jun–27 Nov 1630 MS Ashmole 232, pp. 375, 29 Nov 1630–1 Jul 1631 MS Ashmole 212, pp. 528, 1 Jul 1631–17 Mar 1632 MS Ashmole 416, pp. 442 (with additional entries by Sir Richard Napier), 17 Mar–6 Sep 1632 MS Ashmole 214, pp. 434, 11 Sep 1632–3 Apr 1633 MS Ashmole 211, pp. 523, 4 Apr 1633–12 Nov 1634 MS Ashmole 412, ff. 324 (with additional entries by Sir Richard Napier), 8 Oct 1633–11 Sep 1635 MS Ashmole 174, quarto, c. ff. 63 of ff. 408, 1597–1631 MS Ashmole 181, quarto, c. ff. 169 of ff. 236, 1598–1629 MS Ashmole 204, folio, c. ff. 44 of c. ff. 350, 1599–1619 MS Ashmole 240, folio, c. ff. 15 of ff. 186 (with additional entries by Sir Richard Napier), 1599–1642

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