A letter to a nobleman, concerning the bill to prevent frivolous and vexatious arrests; with the substance of the said bill, and notes thereupon. As also, reasons published for and against the bill, and the argument of a learned council in the House of Commons against the same; and a reply thereto. With observations, and proposals for rendring the bill more effectual; by extending thro' the kingdom the custom of foreign attachments, and Courts of Conscience, for more easy recovery of small debts; and by restraining the ill practices of inferior courts, and also of undersheriffs and their officers in arrests and executions

People / Organizations

• W. B. (Author)
• Thomas Warner ("printed for")

Imprint

London : Printed for T. Warner at the Black-Boy in Pater-noster Row, 1726.

Added name

Warner, Thomas, -approximately 1734, bookseller.

Publication year

1726

ESTC No.

T38074

Grub Street ID

267578

Description

[4], ii, 23, [1] p. ; 4°.

Note

Preface signed: W.B

i.e., William Bohun (active 1706-1758)

William Bohun, barrister of the Middle Temple, can be identified from the reference on pp. 22-23 dispute over an estate at Birchanger, Essex, which is the subject of Bohun's A letter to the Revd. Henry Bigg (1726)

With a half-title

Price on title page between round brackets: "Price Six-Pence."; Signatures: [A]]6(-[A]1) B-C]4] D]2.