The history of the famous town of Hallifax in Yorkshire [electronic resource] : Being A Description thereof. Their Manufactures and Trade. Of the Nobility, Gentry, and other Eminent Persons, Born and Inhabiting there and thereabout. With A True Account of their Antient Odd Customary Gibbet-Law: And their particular Form of Trying and Executing of Criminals, the like not us'd in any other Place in Great Britain. To which are added Revenge upon Revenge: Or, An Historical Account of the Tragical Practices of Sir John Eland, of Eland, upon the Persons of Sir Robert Beamont and his Allies. Also An Account of the Bloody Revenge taken by Adam, the Son of Sir Robert Beamont, and his Accomplices, upon Sir John Eland and his Posterity. Publish'd for the Satisfaction of those who understand not that Prayer, From Hull, Hell, and Hallifax, good Lord Deliver us.
1712
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The history of the famous town of Hallifax in Yorkshire [electronic resource] : Being A Description thereof. Their Manufactures and Trade. Of the Nobility, Gentry, and other Eminent Persons, Born and Inhabiting there and thereabout. With A True Account of their Antient Odd Customary Gibbet-Law: And their particular Form of Trying and Executing of Criminals, the like not us'd in any other Place in Great Britain. To which are added Revenge upon Revenge: Or, An Historical Account of the Tragical Practices of Sir John Eland, of Eland, upon the Persons of Sir Robert Beamont and his Allies. Also An Account of the Bloody Revenge taken by Adam, the Son of Sir Robert Beamont, and his Accomplices, upon Sir John Eland and his Posterity. Publish'd for the Satisfaction of those who understand not that Prayer, From Hull, Hell, and Hallifax, good Lord Deliver us.
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Hallifax and its gibbet-law placed in a true light
Publication Details
London : printed: and sold by E. Tracy at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge, 1712.
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
[6],174,[2]p., [1] leaf of plates : ill ; 12⁰.
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Dedication signed: William Bentley.
Also attributed to Samuel Midgley.
A reissue of 'Halifax and its gibbet-law' 1708, with a new titlepage.
Frontis. = plate.
With final advertisement leaf.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Also attributed to Samuel Midgley.
A reissue of 'Halifax and its gibbet-law' 1708, with a new titlepage.
Frontis. = plate.
With final advertisement leaf.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T33119.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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