Excerpt from The Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn, Vol. 2: The Black Books; From A. D. 1586 to A. D. 1660 The entries in the Black Books are of the same character as those contained in Vol. I., with one omission from the year 1642 onwards. After that date, the Pensioner's and the Treasurer's Rolls were no longer copied into the Black Books: and the detailed record of expenditure in these books comes to an end. A Red Book, begun in 1614, concerning Chambers only and in which all orders concerning Chambers and all admittances into Chambers were to be entered, contains entries which indirectly give much information about the sites of the various buildings of the Inn. Entries from the Red Books have, where material, been inserted in the text. A third book or series of books, called the White Book, was begun in 1619. An order made in that year runs, there shall be provided a Book for Rules, Respites, Considerations, and Remembrances at Councils, so as the same shall not need to be entered into the Black or Red Books, until they come to be resolved or conclusive orders. It is probably in the White Books, that were entered the ordinary-directions and dispatch of such matters of the House as daily did arise to be ordered and decided at the Bench table. No doubt the White Books contained many entries which would at this distance of time have been of interest, and it is to be regretted that no one of the series has been preserved to this day. Another Book of Remembrance was ordered in 1654 to be kept with the Black Books in the Library this was either the White Book or the same as the entry of the abstract of the House evidences title deeds) collected by Mr. Prynne in the Leiger Book of the evidences. This too has disappeared. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.