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.
- Title
- 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.
- Author
- Hale, Matthew, Sir, 1609-1676.
- Publication
- London :: Printed, and are to be sold by Will. Shrowsbery ...,
- 1683.
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- Subject terms
- Sheriffs -- England.
- Finance, Public -- England -- Accounting.
- Money -- England.
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/a44301.0001.001
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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 April 30, 2024.
Contents
- title page
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FOR The Right Honourable THE LORD HIGH TREASURER OF
ENGLAND, And the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER. - table of contents
- CHAP. I. Touching the ancient and mo∣dern Weight and Allay of Sterling Silver.
- CHAP. II. Concerning the Weight of Coin, and the difference therein, with regard to the Denomi∣nation of Coin.
- CHAP. III. Touching the Corruptions of Money, and the remedies anciently used in relation thereunto.
- CHAP. IV. Concerning the manner of an∣swering the King's Firmes anciently.
- CHAP. V. Concerning the manner of col∣lecting the King's Revenues of the County, and the se∣veral kinds of them with their several Titles.
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CHAP. VI. Concerning the manner how the Annual Revenue of the County was usually answered in the ancient times untill
10 E. 1. -
CHAP. VII. The Second Period of the She∣riffs Accompts,
viz. How they stood from10 E. 1. untill34 H. 8. -
CHAP. VIII. Touching the State of the She∣riffs Firmes from the Sta∣tute of
34 H. 8. till the fourteenth year of the Reign of KingCharles 1. which is the Second Period. -
CHAP. IX. The Third Period from the fif∣teenth year of King
Charles the first untill the year of our Lord 1650. And how the Sheriffs Firmes and Ac∣compts stood in that inter∣val. -
CHAP. X. The Fourth Period of the She∣riffs Firmes from the y
ar, 1650 unto this day, and how they were answered in that interval.