The complete parish-officer : containing I. The authority and duty of high constables ... II. Of church-wardens, how chosen, their business in repairing of churches .. III. Of overseers of the poor, and their office ... IV. Of surveyors of the highways, and scavengers ... V. Of watchmen, their original and power : together with the statutes relating to hackney coaches and chairs, watermen, & c / by Giles Jacob.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744.

Contributor:

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.

Series:

Making of the modern world

Making of the Modern World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parishes (Local government)--Great Britain.

Parishes (Local government).

Constables--Great Britain.

Constables.

Local government.

Great Britain.

Local government--Great Britain--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century.

Social conditions.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

Fourteenth edition, corrected, with large additions / 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.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : In the Savoy, printed by Henry Lintot, for C. Hitch [and 15 others], 1757.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 09279.

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. s2005 miunns

Related Work:

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. Office of constables.

OCLC:

65346723

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.