Hallifax and its gibbet-law placed in a true light : Together with a description of the town; the nature of the soil; the temper and disposition of the people; the antiquity of its customary law, and the reasonableness thereof; with an account of the gentry, and other eminent persons born and inhabiting within the said town, and the liberties thereof: with many other matters and things of great remark, never before publish'd. To which are added, the unparallel'd tragedies committed by Sir John Eland, of Eland, and his grand antagonists
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Type of record: Book
Title: Hallifax and its gibbet-law placed in a true light : Together with a description of the town; the nature of the soil; the temper and disposition of the people; the antiquity of its customary law, and the reasonableness thereof; with an account of the gentry, and other eminent persons born and inhabiting within the said town, and the liberties thereof: with many other matters and things of great remark, never before publish'd. To which are added, the unparallel'd tragedies committed by Sir John Eland, of Eland, and his grand antagonists
Other titles: Halifax and its gibbet-law
Classmark: BC Yorkshire H-Hal-5.1/MID
Related people: Eland, John, Sir; Bentley, William
Publisher: Printed by J. How, for William Bently at Hallifax, in Yorkshire
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1708
Language: English
Size and medium: 174 p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/309468
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991005516769705181
Description
First edition.
Part title-page, [p. 107]: "Revenge upon revenge; or, An historical narrative of the tragical practices of Sir John Eland, of Eland... The whole being divided into three equal parts. Printed in the year, 1708".
Written by Dr. Samuel Midgley and first published in 1708 with additions by William Bentley who signed the dedication. cf. Turner, J.H. Halifax books.
Additional description
Signature of Pete Le Neve, Norroy king-at-arms, on title-page. Press-mark on flyleaf: 'Aaa,3:5'. Spine reads: BENTLEY. HALIFAX
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