Title: FOUL BILLS AND DAGGER MONEY. 800 Years of Lawyers and Lawbreakers.
Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: VG Jacket Condition: VG Edition: First Edition Size: 8vo Publisher: London Cassell 1979
Seller ID: 001011
297pp+illus. Pages very lightly tanned but o/w NR FINE. Foul Bills were findings of guilt against border raiders in Tudor times and Dagger Money was supposed to be paid to protect judges from desperadoes. A dramatic history of the Northern Circuit, full of violence, tragedy and humour. Chapters include The Jews of York; The Lancashire Witches; A Coiner's Trial; The Gallows at Harrowby Hill; Judge Jeffreys' Jaunt etc. With Further Reading and Index.
