Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volumes 288-289F. Jefferies, 1967 |
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Page 349
THE CONSTABLE OF THE OLDEN TIME . IT T is a common idea that constables never had so many and such various duties to perform as they have nowadays . Whilst advancing civilisation certainly tends to produce fresh needs on the part of the ...
THE CONSTABLE OF THE OLDEN TIME . IT T is a common idea that constables never had so many and such various duties to perform as they have nowadays . Whilst advancing civilisation certainly tends to produce fresh needs on the part of the ...
Page 351
... constable found this absurd old law of 1541 being infringed . Servants , however , might play at these games with their master or his guests , without incurring any punish- ment . One wonders what the " downtrodden " British workman of ...
... constable found this absurd old law of 1541 being infringed . Servants , however , might play at these games with their master or his guests , without incurring any punish- ment . One wonders what the " downtrodden " British workman of ...
Page 353
... constable . These constables were nominated by the parishioners at a vestry meeting , appointed at a wardmote , and sworn in at Guild- hall before the Court of Aldermen . By way of indicating their abode , they had to put up both the ...
... constable . These constables were nominated by the parishioners at a vestry meeting , appointed at a wardmote , and sworn in at Guild- hall before the Court of Aldermen . By way of indicating their abode , they had to put up both the ...
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