Yearbook of Richard II Yearbook of Richard II. Elizabethan mss. of legal cases from the reign of Richard II. The first leaf is inscribed "Liber Willmi Tothill An° Dni 1590 Reg: Eliz 32°. Written in a small secretary hand in a mixture of law French and Latin. Same hand throughout, probably William Tottel's own manuscript. <br /> Small octavo leather binding with blind-stamped cover. 1590