A short treatise touching sheriffs accompts. Written by the Honourable Sir Matthew Hale, Kt. sometime Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of King's-Bench. To which is added, A tryal of witches, at the assizes held at Bury St. Edmonds, for the county of Suffolk, on the 10th of March 1664, before the said Sir Matthew Hale, Kt.
Sir Matthew Hale (1609-1676)
Category
Books
Date
1683
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3187593
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 110, [2]; [4], 59, [1] p. ; 8vo. Running number: 4159. Variant: imprint has "Duke-Lane". Provenance: manuscript former shelfmark: "7.G.35". Manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Various manuscript letters and codes on front fly-leaf, some crossed-out, and price: "pretium 2s-6d". Manuscript shelfmark on title page: "Shelf 9. 14". Binding: seventeenth-century calf; double blind fillet border, with quarter double blind fillet; gilt roll pattern on board edges; blind fillets on spine.
Makers and roles
Sir Matthew Hale (1609-1676), author England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Suffolk)