item: #1 of 10
          id: A26181
      author: Atwood, William, d. 1705?
       title: The rights and authority of the Commons of the city of London in their Common-hall assembled, particularly in the choice and discharge of their sheriffs, asserted and cleared in answer to the vindication of the Lord-Mayor, Court of Aldermen, and Common-Council.
        date: 1695
       words: 25037
      flesch: 63
     summary: -- Court of Common Council. But Rice not being to be found , such Persons as were of the Common-Council were again ordered to resort up to their Place accustomed to Council ; where it was ordered , that every Citizen who had dep●●●ed out of the City since the Friday before , should forfeit 20 l.
    keywords: act; aldermen; authority; charter; citizens; city; common; council; discharge; election; hall; king; laws; livery; london; mayor; power; right; sheriffs; time
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        item: #2 of 10
          id: A34019
      author: Collyn, Nicholas.
       title: A briefe summary of the lavves and statutes of England so far forth as the same do concerne the office of justices of the peace, sheriffs, bayliffs, constables, churchwardens, and other officers and ministers of the commonwealth : together with divers other matters not onely acceptable for their rarity, but also very necessary for their great use and profit, for all persons, but especially for such as bear office in this common-wealth / collected by Nicholas Collyn ...
        date: 1655
       words: 37047
      flesch: 77
     summary: If Clothiers , or other Masters shal refuse to pay such wages to their Spinsters , Weavers , and other workmen whatsoever as shal be assessed by the Justices of the Peace at their Sessions , and shal be thereof convict , they shal forfeit for every such offence , ten shillings to the party grieved , i Iac. 6. & P. Just . WHosoever shall falsly and deceitfully get into his hands , or possession any money , goods , chattels , jewels , or other things of any other person , by color or means of a privy token , or counterfeite Letter , made in another mans name , the same being proved by confession , or 〈…〉 xamination of witnesses , shal suffer any corporal pain ( except death ) as shal be adjudged , and besides the party grieved shal have his remedy by action or otherwise for the same money or goods , 33 H , 1. & P. & Just .
    keywords: church; clergy; constables; day; felony; fol; forfeit; good; house; iac; ibid; justices; king; leather; man; market; offence; parish; party; pay; peace; person; sessions; shal; statute; time; value; whosoever
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        item: #3 of 10
          id: A38591
      author: Erroll, John Hay, Earl of.
       title: Advertisement from a noble and potent Earle, Iohn Earle of Errol, Lord Hay and Slaines, high constable of Scotland, sheriff-principall of the sheriffdom of Aberdeen Mr. William More of Hilton, advocate, sheriff depute of the said shyre, and Andrew Skene younger, of Pitmuckston, heritable mair of fee of the said sheriffdom : to the several mair-deputs within the samen.
        date: 1680
       words: 1273
      flesch: 60
     summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL).
    keywords: mair; sheriffdom; tcp; text
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        item: #4 of 10
          id: A42032
      author: Greenwood, Will.
       title: Curia comitatus rediviva. Or, The pratique part of the county-court revived fully demonstrating its antiquity and proceedings from the originall to execution, and all manner of actions lying in it. Also an easie and plaine method for the keeping of the court. Attachments and distresses at large explained, returnes of writs which do remove suites out of this court, into superiour courts, presidents of precepts; both originall and iudiciall, to which is added some select presidents of declarations and pleadings. With an exact table of all the particulars in the book. By W. Greenwood philomath.
        date: 1657
       words: 34194
      flesch: 73
     summary: day of November then next following , saving to the Defendant &c. at which day at the said Court before the suitors aforesaid , holden at the Castle of , Y. aforesaid , came as well the said A. B. by his Atturney aforesaid , as the said C. D. by his Atturney aforesaid , and then and there the said I. B. Esq was removed from the Office of Sheriff of the County aforesaid , and R. L. Esq was duely elected , and did enter into the said Office of Sheriff , of the County of Y. aforesaid , whereupon at the same Court at the request of the parties , further day was given to the said parties in the plaint aforesaid , untill the next County Court , on Munday the 13 th . day of December , then next following in the year abovesaid , to be holden before the suitors aforesaid , saving to the parties &c. at which day at the said Court before the suitors aforesaid , holden at the Castle aforesaid , came as well the said A. B. by his said Atturney , as the said C. D. by his Atturney , aforesaid , and the said C. D. by his Atturney aforesaid , came and defended the injurie when &c. And the said Atturney said that he was not informed by his said Clyent of any answer for him the said C. D. to the said A. B. in the plaint aforesaid to be given , whereby the said A. B. did remain against the said C. D. thereupon without defence , for which the said A. B. ought to recover against the said C. D. his damages by occasion of the trespass , and assault , and wounding aforesaid , but because it was not known to the Court , what damages the said A. B. had sustained by reason of the premisses : therefore at the next County Court holden at the Castle of Y. aforesaid , in the County aforesaid , before the suitors aforesaid , upon Munday the 10 th .
    keywords: a. b.; action; aforesaid; c. d.; castle; county; county court; court; day; debt; defendant; goods; hath; j c.; judgment; plea; said; saith; sheriff; time; writ; year
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        item: #5 of 10
          id: A44301
      author: Hale, Matthew, Sir, 1609-1676.
       title: 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.
        date: 1683
       words: 18006
      flesch: 70
     summary: Concerning the manner how the Annual Revenue of the Co●nty was usually answered in the ancient times until 10 E. 1. p. 48. CHAP. ordinarily , on every pound weight of Gold , the King had for his Coin 5 s. out of which he paid to the Master of the Mint , for his work , sometimes 1● . sometimes 1 s. 6 d.
    keywords: accompts; allay; blanc; charge; comitatus; county; day; firme; great; king; money; numero; order; pipe; pound; rents; roll; sheriffs; silver; statute; sterling; summs; time; vicontiel; viz; weight
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        item: #6 of 10
          id: A55392
      author: City of London (England). Court of Common Council, recipient.
       title: A paper presented by divers citizens of the city of London, Sept. 5. 1682. to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen
        date: 1682
       words: 1215
      flesch: 65
     summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A55392) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 30217)
    keywords: city; london; tcp; text
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        item: #7 of 10
          id: A62802
      author: Moore, John, Sir, 1620-1702.
       title: To the Right Honourable Sir John Moore Kt. Lord Mayor of the city of London, and the Right Worshipfull the Aldermen his brethren the humble petition and address of the citizens of London, whose names are subscribed, for, and on behalf of themselves, and all other loyal citizens of London.
        date: 1682
       words: 1623
      flesch: 64
     summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 60374)
    keywords: citizens; london; tcp
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        item: #8 of 10
          id: A62803
      author: Bethel, Slingsby, 1617-1697.
       title: To the Right Honourable Sir Patience Ward Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London. The humble petition of the commons of the city of London, in Common-hall assembled, June 27. 1681
        date: 1681
       words: 1673
      flesch: 58
     summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com).
    keywords: city; eebo; london; tcp; text
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        item: #9 of 10
          id: A84447
      author: England and Wales. Committee of Safety.
       title: By the Committee of Safety of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, &c. A proclamation declaring the continuance of justices, sheriffs, and other officers.
        date: 1659
       words: 1189
      flesch: 59
     summary: By the Committee of Safety of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, &c. A proclamation declaring the continuance of justices, sheriffs, and other officers. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A84447 of text R211299 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.21[85]).
    keywords: england; safety; text
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        item: #10 of 10
          id: A94557
      author: City of London (England). Court of Aldermen.
       title: To the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of London.
        date: 1682
       words: 1351
      flesch: 57
     summary: (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A94557) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 151802) To the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of London. 1682 Approx.
    keywords: city; london; tcp; text
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