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A High Sheriff's Detailed Accounting for the Yorkshire Assizes, Including Fees for the Marshall and Office Seals [Manuscript]. Boynton, Sir Griffith, 6th Baronet [1745-1778]. [High Sheriff's Account Book of Expenses for the County of York, 1771-1772]. [Yorkshire, c.1772]. [2 blank], [5], [1 blank] pp. Text in one (possibly two?) neat hands to unsewn 12-1/2" x 8" (31.75 x 20.32 cm) bifolia (with Brittania watermark). Light toning, horizontal fold lines, light soiling in places, a few small chips to fore-edges with minor loss to text in places but no loss to legibility. $350. * An evocative and highly detailed record of the administrative and social costs of the Shrievalty of Yorkshire. Sir Griffith Boynton (1745-1778), 6th Baronet of Burton Agnes and later Member of Parliament for Beverley, served as the High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1771. This document itemizes his official expenses from 1771 through 1772, likely prepared for his undersheriff to finalize the year's accounts. The entries offer a granular look at the intersection of local governance and Georgian social life. Official duties are represented by entries such as "Paid the Marshall" (?1 12s) and the purchase of "Three Office Seals" (?1 16s). However, the record is equally notable for documenting the ceremonial and social expectations of the office, most notably a ?2 charge for "Associate's Wine at the Swan." As the Shrievalty was a position of significant prestige that often required substantial personal expenditure, this manuscript serves as a primary source for the financial realities of 18th-century public service.