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Edité par 11 December ; no place, 1711
Vendeur : Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Royaume-Uni
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See Powell s entry in the Oxford DNB. While presiding over the 1712 trial of Jane Wenham for witchcraft he ruled that there was no law against flying . 1p, long 8vo. On recto of first leaf of bifolium. Folded twice. On laid paper with government watermark, with two blind-stamped sixpenny tax stamps at head of page. Text intact, but with wear, closed tears and slight loss to some edges and a crease. Text by Powell himself, signed John Powell , with red wax seal (without any impression). Signed at foot of page: Wittness | W Price . Endorsed with date on reverse of second leaf. The text reads: Know all men by these Presents that I Sr John Powell Knt. One of the Judges of her Matie s Court of Queens Bench at Westminster: Doe hereby Constitute & appoint: John Horsman my Clerk to be my trewe & Lawfull Attorney to Ask Demand & Receive out of her Matie s Receipt of Excheqr at Westminster the Sum[m]e of two Hundred & ffifty Pounds soo much being Due to me for my ffee or Salary for Michaelmas Terme Last: & the sd. John Horsmans Receipt together with these Presents shall be a Sufficient Discharge for the Same given Under my Hand & Seale this Eleventh Day of December 1711 .