The Black Book: Or, Corruption Unmasked!, Volume 1J. Fairburn, 1820 - Great Britain |
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... exchequer .... .... The great sinecures being about to be attacked in 1817 , the marquis suddenly resigned all the fees and emoluments of his office , retaining only the regulated salary of £ 2500 . An ex- pectation was entertained ...
... exchequer .... .... The great sinecures being about to be attacked in 1817 , the marquis suddenly resigned all the fees and emoluments of his office , retaining only the regulated salary of £ 2500 . An ex- pectation was entertained ...
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... exchequer ( s ) 112000 0 Clerk , William , clerk of jury court ( s ) 200 0 0 Coast , W. S. distributor of stamps for Kent Coburg , Priuce Leopold de Saxe ... 1342 0 50,000 0 Ο Cockburn , Archibald , baron of exchequer Mrs. Jane Mary ...
... exchequer ( s ) 112000 0 Clerk , William , clerk of jury court ( s ) 200 0 0 Coast , W. S. distributor of stamps for Kent Coburg , Priuce Leopold de Saxe ... 1342 0 50,000 0 Ο Cockburn , Archibald , baron of exchequer Mrs. Jane Mary ...
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... Exchequer . ... ( i ) 1 200 0 0 ( s ) . 159 3 ( pl . ) 216. Q · ( 8 ) 100 0 0 ( 8 ) 200 0 0 6000 Harvey , Edinburgh Davis , John Henry , esq . lieutenant king's yeoman- guard Davison , Nath . late consul - general at Algiers ( pl ...
... Exchequer . ... ( i ) 1 200 0 0 ( s ) . 159 3 ( pl . ) 216. Q · ( 8 ) 100 0 0 ( 8 ) 200 0 0 6000 Harvey , Edinburgh Davis , John Henry , esq . lieutenant king's yeoman- guard Davison , Nath . late consul - general at Algiers ( pl ...
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... exchequer ... £ 4000 keeper of register of 6200 0 0 seisins 200 signet - keeper in Scot- land .... 2000 1 The lord chief baron died suddenly on the 17th June , and has been succeeded by sir Sam . Shepherd , late attorney - general ...
... exchequer ... £ 4000 keeper of register of 6200 0 0 seisins 200 signet - keeper in Scot- land .... 2000 1 The lord chief baron died suddenly on the 17th June , and has been succeeded by sir Sam . Shepherd , late attorney - general ...
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... exchequer . • Edmonstone , J. G. sheriff - dep . for Bute Edwards , Sarah , captain's widow Egerton , hou . Francis Henry , prebendary of Durham Mrs. A. M. woman of the bed - chamber to 200 0 410 12 9 176 1030 ( 8 ) Edsell , William ...
... exchequer . • Edmonstone , J. G. sheriff - dep . for Bute Edwards , Sarah , captain's widow Egerton , hou . Francis Henry , prebendary of Durham Mrs. A. M. woman of the bed - chamber to 200 0 410 12 9 176 1030 ( 8 ) Edsell , William ...
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Page 446 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a Member of the House of Commons.
Page 384 - Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state.
Page 276 - Because they .promise them both by their Sureties ; which promise, when they come to age, themselves are bound to perform.
Page 286 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.
Page 279 - At the first establishment of parochial clergy the tithes of the parish were distributed in a fourfold division, — one for the use of the bishop, another for maintaining the fabric of the church, a third for the poor, and the fourth to provide for the incumbent.
Page 330 - They are not in trouble as other men ; neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain ; violence covereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
Page 113 - But when the reason of old establishments is gone, it is absurd to preserve nothing but the burthen of them. This is superstitiously to embalm a carcass not worth an ounce of the gums that are used to preserve it.
Page 394 - Duke of Cornwall and Rothsay, Earl of Chester and Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Great Steward of Scotland, High Steward of Plymouth, Colonel of the 10th Regiment of Dragoons, and Capt.-General of the Hon.
Page 114 - ... all courts, in all ages, JOBS, were still alive ; for whose sake alone it is that any trace of ancient grandeur is suffered to remain. These palaces are a true emblem of some governments ; the inhabitants are decayed, but the governors and magistrates still flourish. They put me in mind of Old...
Page 286 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Bishop in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.