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The compleat parish-officer : containing.

Author/creator Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744
Other author/creatorBacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Format Electronic and Book
EditionThe 7th ed. corr., with very large additions.
Publication InfoIn the Savoy [London] : Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling for B. Lintot and D. Birt, 1734.
Description4 unnumbered pages, 212 pages, 15 unnumbered pages, 9 pages
Subject(s)
Contents I. The authority and proceedings of high constables, petty constables, headboroughs, and tithingmen ... -- II. Of churchwardens, how chosen, their business in repairing of churches, bells ... -- III. Of overseers of the poor, and their office; their power in relieving, employing and settling ... -- IV. Of surveyors of the highways, and scavangers, how elected, their business in amending the ways ...
General noteAttributed to Giles Jacob in NUC pre-1956.
General note"Together with the statutes relating to hackney coaches and chairs, &c."
General note"To which is added the Office of Constables, written by Sir Francis Bacon, Knt. in the year 1610, declaring what power they have, and how they ought to be cherished in their office."
General noteReproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.
General noteGoldsmiths'-Kress no. 07232.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.

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