A catalogue of notable Middle Templars, with brief biographical notices/Bradley, Ralph

by John Hutchinson

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Admitted 22 November, 1751.

Only son of Nicholas Bradley, of Greatham, co. Durham. He was a contemporary of James Booth (q.v.), the "patriarch of modern Conveyancing," whose fame he rivalled. He was called to the Bar 10 June, 1757, and practised chiefly in his native county, where his drafts became precedents. He died at Stockton-on-Tees, 28 Dec. 1788.

He published in London, in 1779, An Inquiry into the Nature of Property and Estates as defined by English Law, and in 1804, Practical Points or Maxims in Conveyancing, with Critical Observations on the various parts of a Deed by J. Ritson, who was his friend and fellow townsman.