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, fl. 1714-1726.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bailiffs--England--Biography.

Bailiffs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2],64,55-57,[1]p.,plate )

Edition:

The second edition.

Other Title:

Comical and tragical history of the lives and adventures of the most noted bayliffs in and about London and Westminster

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.

Notes:

Text is continuous despite pagination.

Price from imprint: Price One Shilling.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Law Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N14766.

OCLC:

642141384