The duties of constables, borsholders, tythingmen, and such other lowe and lay ministers of the peace. . Whereunto be adioyned, the seuerall offices of church ministers, and churchwardens, and ouerseers for the poor, surueyours of the highwaies, and distributors of the prouision against noisome fowle and vermine. First collected by William Lambard of Lincolnes Inne Gent. and enlarged in the yeare. 1610.
William Lambarde (1536-1601).
Category
Books
Date
1614
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3094838.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
94,[2]p. . 8vo. Bound with: Lambarde, William. "Eirenarcha" (1614).. Provenance: manuscript letter on headed paper ('Burkitt House, Woodbridge') attached to front pastedown: "Mch 6. 1899 - To the Chief Eirenarch of the County of Suffolk - My Lord Marquis - I dare vouch you were never addressed by this title before. Nevertheless it is justly yours. The quaint little volume which I forward will explain this little conceit of mine. ... J. Lodere". Manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "Ex libris Joh[an]is Gough[?]. 1673".. Binding: Seventeenth-century calf binding; double blind fillet border, with two double blind fillets parallel to spine edge; gilt roll on board edges; blind fillets, and gilt title and date stamp on spine.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
William Lambarde (1536-1601).