A sure guide for His Majesties justices of peace : plainly shewing their office, duty, and power, and the duties of the several officers of the counties, hundreds, and parishes, (viz.) sheriffs, county-treasurers, bridewell-masters, constables, overseers of the poor, surveyors of the high-wayes, and church-wardens, etc. according to the known laws of the land, now extant : with the heads of the statutes, concerning the doctrine and cannons [sic] of the Church of England : methodically digested into 54 chapters /

A sure guide for His Majesties justices of peace : plainly shewing their office, duty, and power, and the duties of the several officers of the counties, hundreds, and parishes, (viz.) sheriffs, county-treasurers, bridewell-masters, constables, overseers of the poor, surveyors of the high-wayes, and church-wardens, etc. according to the known laws of the land, now extant : with the heads of the statutes, concerning the doctrine and cannons [sic] of the Church of England : methodically digested into 54 chapters /

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Author / Creator:	Sheppard, William, -1675?
Imprint:	London : Printed by John Streater, for Henry Twyford ... and Tymothy Twyford ..., 1663.
Description:	1 online resource ([8], 524, [7] pages, [1] leaf of plates) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Church of England -- Government. Church of England. Justices of the peace -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Local government -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Justices of the peace. Local government. Political science. Great Britain. Early works.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11642077

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