ELEANOR TROTTER - Seventeenth Century Life in the Country Parish. With Special Reference to Loval Government.

Great Britain, Cambridge at the University Press, 1919. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Harback Hardback. Previous owners ex libris name sticker to inside cover. Foxing to end inside covers. Very slight wear to cloth. In the following pages an attempt is made to show how the ordinary business of government - the maintenance of justice and the preservation of law and order - was carried on during that most troubled period in the life of our race - the Seventeenth Century. Contents: The Parish, The Unit Of Local Government. The Churchwardens. The Anglican Priest and the Church. The overseers of the Poor. The Petty Constable. The Repair of Highways and Bridges, The Work of the Surveyor. The Labourers and Apprentices. The Rogues and Vagabonds. The Social Life of the Village Community. The Justice of the Peace. Preface to Bibliography. Bibliography. Index. The North Riding of Yorkshire (From Blaeu's Map of 1662). 242 pp.