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A Scottish sheriff, advertising Sherriffs ointment for skin diseases. Colour lithograph.
Alexander Sherriffs (Troon, Scotland)Date: [1900?]Reference: 44271i- Books
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.
Hale, Matthew, 1609-1676.Date: 1683- Pictures
The head of John Wilkes, the Lord Mayor Brass Crosby and the recently elected sheriff, Frederick Bull decorated with civic chains pass as meteors through the sky into the mouth of oblivion. Engraving, 1771.
Date: [1 Nov. 1771]Reference: 584757i
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Three officers in the City of London Corporation holding different types of sticks ("characteresticks"): Lord Mayor Crosby with a scourge for wheat-speculators; John Wilkes with a Herculean club for defeating corruption; and and a bull representing Frederick Bull, with the sheriff's staff of office. Engraving after S.L., 1772.
S.L., active 1772.Date: [1 Jan. 1772]Reference: 584784i
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A short treatise touching sheriffs accompts ... / Written by ... 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.
Hale, Matthew, 1609-1676.Date: 1716