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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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
Classmark: Sheppard Pamphlets/MID
Related people: Eland, John, Sir; Bentley, William
Publisher: Thomas Harrison
Publication city: Bingley
Date(s): 1886
Language: English
Size and medium: 91 p, [1]
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/316579
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991006990409705181
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Original title-page reproduced, with imprint: London, printed by J. How, for William Bentley, at Hallifax, in Yorkshire, 1708.
Written by Dr. Samuel Midgely and first published in 1708 with additions by William Bentley, who signed the dedication.
Contents: Hallifax and its gibbet-law placed in a true light. -- A catalogue of the several vicars of Hallifax Church: Together with the time of their institution, and death. -- Appendix.
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