Brown leather spine with gilt banding and lettering. Brown cloth boards. Dimensions are for one volume.

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(of which rebinding & reformatting cost over £105.00)

A nice early edition which has expertly been rebound for another 200 years of use.  A well intended book which no longer matches today’s historic rigor.  Very worth the read. Volume one runs from 1856BC to 1859AD, although the author had reached 1700 by page 109! Volume two runs from 1860 to 1865.

JOHN MAYHALL born about 1830 Leeds, Yorkshire baptized 16th October 1830 St Mary Beeston, Yorkshire occupation

1851 Solicitors Copying Clerk

1856 Bookkeeper (at marriage)

1858 County Court Manager (baptism of John William)

1860 Manager at the County Court (baptism of Caroline Agnes)

1861 County Court  Manager

1862 Manager at the County Court (baptism of Clara Elizabeth)

1864 County Couth Manager (baptism of Charles Arthur)

1866 High Bailiff (baptism of James Henry)

1869 High Bailiff (baptism of John)

1871 High Bailiff – County Court

1881 Leeds County Court (Legal) ((High Bailiff))

(I think this is also William MAYHALL on 1841 and 1851 Census)

Who died between 1881 and 1891