Baronial court records of the Sheffield Manor, 1667-1817.

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Baronial court records of the Sheffield Manor, 1667-1817.

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Contains a record of the proceedings and decisions of the baronial court records of Sheffield manor. The first part of the volume (p. 1-322) contains the records for the period 1667-1776 with an index. The second part consists of a continuation of the court record for the period 1777-1817.

1 v. (477 p.) ; 37 cm.

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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SNAC Resource ID: 8283318

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Sheffield manor, England.

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Sheffield, John Holroyd, earl of, 1735-1821

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John Baker Holroyd, first earl of Sheffield, was born in Ireland on December 21, 1735, the second son of lawyer Isaac Holroyd (1707-1778) and Dorothy Baker (d. 1777). In 1760, he joined the army, rising to the rank of captain in the regiment of light dragoons known as the Royal Foresters. Shortly after the death of his older brother Daniel in 1762, he spent three years traveling Europe; in Lausanne, Switzerland, he made a lifelong friend in Edward Gibbon, whose autobiography and pos...