The comical and tragical history of the lives and adventures of the most noted bayliffs in and about London and Westminster : from Oliver Cromwel's usurpation, to the death of Henry Boyte Marshals Court officer, who was kill'd by a smith with a red-hot iron. Discovering their Stratagems, and Tricks. Wherein the whole Art and Mistery of Bumming is fully expos'd: With a Description of the Minters Cavalcade when they catch a Bayliff within their Liberties, and the Oath they Administer to him at their Treating gratis with Mint Water. And particularly the Life of Jacob Broad of merry Memory. Written b y Captain Alexander Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Alexander, active 1714-1726.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bailiffs--England--Biography.

Bailiffs.

England.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,64,55-57 pages, 1 unnumbered page,plate ; 8⁰

Edition:

The second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Samuel Briscoe, at the Bell Savage on Ludgate-Hill; and at the Sun against John's Coffee-House in Swithen's Alley, in Cornhil, 1723.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Text is continuous despite pagination.

Price from imprint: Price One Shilling.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Law Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N14766.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.