The poor prisoners lamentation for the loss of S------ B-----, : who so plentifully supplied them the time of his sheriffalty, &c..
London, : Printed for James Alexander,,
1681..
S------ B------ = Slingsby Bethel, one of the sheriffs of London.
A Tory satire on Bethel at the time of his retirement from office. In October 1681 he gave a gift of several hundred pounds for the relief of poor prisoners -- DNB.
Caption title.
Imprint from colophon.
ESTC
Wing (2nd ed.)
Bethel, Slingsby, 1617-1697
Prisons