Thomas Ashe (legal writer) facts for kids

Thomas Ashe was an English writer who focused on law. He was active between the years 1600 and 1618. He studied law at a place called Gray's Inn starting in 1574. He became a lawyer in 1583. Later, in 1597, he became a senior member of Gray's Inn.

Books by Thomas Ashe

Thomas Ashe wrote several important books about law. These books helped people understand legal cases and rules. Here are some of his works:

• Abridgment des touts les cases reportez alarge per Monsieur Plowden (around 1600): This book was a summary of many legal cases. Another version of it came out in 1607.
• Επιεικεια: et table generall a les annales del ley (1609): This book helped people find legal cases. It focused on how laws were interpreted fairly. It also included cases from the time of Queen Elizabeth I.
• Le Primer Volume del Promptuaire (1614): This was a guide or "repertory" to the laws of England.
• Fasciculus florum; or a Handfull of Flowers (1618): This book collected important ideas from the writings of a famous lawyer named Sir E. Coke.

Another book, called A Generall Table to Coke's reports (published in 1652), is also thought to have been written by Thomas Ashe.