A short treatise touching sheriffs accompts written by the Honourable Sir Matthew Hale ... ; 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.
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- A short treatise touching sheriffs accompts written by the Honourable Sir Matthew Hale ... ; 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.
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- Hale, Matthew, Sir, 1609-1676.
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- London :: Printed, and are to be sold by Will. Shrowsbery ...,
- 1683.
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- Sheriffs -- England.
- Finance, Public -- England -- Accounting.
- Money -- England.
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"A short treatise touching sheriffs accompts written by the Honourable Sir Matthew Hale ... ; 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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A44301.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.
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THE CONTENTS.
- CHAP. I. TOuching the Ancient and Mo∣dern Weight and Allay of Sterling Silver. Page 1.
- CHAP. II. Concerning the Weight of Coin, and the difference therein, with re∣gard to the Denomination of Coin. p. 14.
- CHAP. III. Touching the Corruptions of Mo∣ney and the Remedies anciently used in relation thereunto. p. 19.
- CHAP. IV. Concerning the manner of answe∣ring the King's Firmes anciently. p. 30.
- CHAP. V. Concerning the manner of collect∣ing the King's Revenues of the Coun∣ty, and the several kinds of them, with their several Titles. p. 33.
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- CHAP. VI. Concerning the manner how the Annual Revenue of the Co••nty was usually answered in the ancient times until 10 E. 1. p. 48.
- CHAP. VII. The Second Period of the Sheriffs Accompts, viz. how they stood from 10 E. 1. until 34 H. 8. p. 63.
- CHAP. VIII. Touching the state of the Sheriffs Firmes from the Statute of 34 H. 8. till the 14th year of the Reign of King Charles 1. which is the Second Period. p. 77.
- CHAP. IX. The Third Period from the 15th year of King Charles 1. untill the year of our Lord 1650, and how the Sheriffs Firmes and Accompts stood in that intervall. p. 87.
- CHAP. X. The Fourth Period of the She∣riffs Firmes from the year 1650 unto this day and how they were an∣swered in that intervall. p. 89.