Certificate from the Clerk of the Pipe's office that John Bennett, sheriff of Wiltshire, had claimed expenses to apprehend some highwaymen and counterfeiters in 1697.The expenses were considered to have been overpaid and adjusted, being referred to the Clerk. (manuscript)
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Content summary: a certificate that details the claim made by John Bennett, when High Sheriff for Wiltshire 1697, for money he paid to apprehend two highwaymen and four counterfeitors; together with a comment that the payment £244 had been an overpayment and was to be adjusted by £108 and 16 shillings .
Summary: Certificate from the Clerk of the Pipe's office that John Bennett, sheriff of Wiltshire, had claimed expenses to apprehend some highwaymen and counterfeiters in 1697.The expenses were considered to have been overpaid and adjusted, being referred to the Clerk./ anon/ 1698
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