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A75672
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The articles of the charge of the vvardmote enquest.
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1649
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Wing A3870; Thomason 669.f.15[6]; ESTC R212101
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The Articles of the charge of the Wardmore Enquest Peace YEe shall sweare that ye shall truly enquire if the peace of the King our Soveraigne Lord bee not kept as it ought to be and in whose default and by whom it is broken or disturbed Franke pledge 2 Also if any man be received within this ward but if he be under free pledge that is to say bee sworne afore the Alderman at his Court or else afore the said Alderman betweene this and the Munday next after the feast of the Epiphany next comming Out-lawes Traytors Felons c. 3 Also if there dwell any man within the ward that is outlawed or indicted of treason or felony or be any receiver of Traytors or Felons Thames 4 Also ye shall enquire and truly present all the offences defaults done by any person or persons within the River of Thames according to the intent and purport of an Act made by our late Soveraigne Lord King Edward the sixth in his high Court of Parliament and also of divers other things ordained by Act of common Councell of this Citie for the redresse and amendment of the said River which as now is in great decay and ruine and will be in short time past all remedy if high and substantiall provision and helpe be not had with all speed and diligence possible as more plainly appeareth in the said Act of Parliament and the said Act of common Councell of this Citie Congregations 5 Also if any manner person make congregation or be receiver or gatherer of evill companies Ryotor Barator 6. Also if any man be a common riotor or a barator walking by nightertaile without light against the rule and custome of this Citie Peace hue and crie 7 Also if there be any man within this ward that will not helpe ayde ne succour the Constables Bedle and other ministers of this Citie in keeping of the peace and arrest the evill doers with rearing of hue and crie Hucksters receivers of Apprentices Artificers c. 8. Also if there be any Huckster of Ale or Beere that commonly useth to receive any Apprentices servants artificers or labourers that commonly use to play at the dice cardes or tables contrary to the forme of the Statute in that case ordained and provided Inholder Taverner Victualler 9 Also if there be any Inholder Taverner Brewer Huckster or other Victualler that hold open their houses after the houre limited by the Mayor Curfue 10 Also if any parish Clerke ring the bell called the Curfue bell after Curfue rungen at the Churches of Bowe Barking Church S. Brides and S. Giles without Cripplegate Bawdes maintainers of quarrells c. 11 Also ye shall inquire if any putour that is to say man bawd or woman bawd common hazardours contectour maintainer of quarrels champertours or embracers of Enquests or other common misdoers be dwelling within this ward and present their names Strumpet Adulterer witch Scold Hot-house 12 Also if any bawd common strumpet common adulterer witch or common scold be dwelling within this ward 13 Also if there be any house wherein is kept and holden any hot-house or sweating-house for ease and health of men to the which be resorting or conversant any strumpets or women of evill name or fame or if there be any hot-house or sweating ordaiined for women to the which is any common recourse of young men or of other persons of evill fame and suspect conditions 14 Also if there be any such persons that keepe or hold any such hot-houses either for men or women and have found no surety to the Chamberlaine for their good and honest behaviour according to the Lawes of this Citie and lodge any manner person by night contrary to the ordinance thereof made by the which he or they shall forfeit twenty pounds to the Chamber if they doe the contrary Thames ditches streets c. 15 Also if any manner of person cast or lay dung ordure rubbish seacole dust rushes or any other thing noyant in the River of Thames Walbrooke Fleete or other ditches of this Citie or in the open streets wayes or lanes within this Citie Channell 16 Also if any person after a great raine falleth or at any other time sweepe any dung ordure rubbish rushes seacole dust or any other thing noyant downe into the channell of any street or lane whereby the common course there is let and the same things noyant driven thereby downe into the said water of Thames 17 Also if any manner person nourish Hogs Oxen Kine Duckes or any Beasts within this ward to the grievance and disease of their neighbours Hogs Oxen Kine Duckes c Vsurer 18 Also if any Vsurers or false Chevesancers be dwelling within this ward Persons indicted in one Ward flying into another 19 Also where afore this time it is ordained and enacted as hereafter followeth Item for to eschew the evils of misgoverned persons that daily when they be indicted in one ward flie into another It is ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen that as soone as a man or woman suspect first doe come to dwell within any house in any ward within the Citie the Constables Bedles or other officers of the same shal be charged by their oathes at the generall Court to enquire and espie from whence they come And if they finde by their own confession or by the record of any of the Bookes of any Alderman of the Citie that they be indicted or cast of evill and noyous life and will not finde suretie for their good a bearing and honest governance to the Alderman for the time being that then they shall not dwell there from thenceforth but shall be warned to avoid within three or foure dayes or more or lesse after as it shall be seene to the Alderman of the ward for the time being and that the Landlord that letteth the house or his Attourney shall be also warned to make them to avoyd out of his house aforesaid within the said time limited by the Alderman And if they be found there after the time that then not onely the said dishonest persons shall have imprisonment of their bodies after the discretion of the Mayor Aldermen but also the said Landlords letters of the said houses shall forfeit to the Guildhall as much as they should have had for letting of the said house or should be paid by the yeare if the said persons or other had dwelled in the said house Colouring forreine goods 20 Also if any Freeman against his oath made conceale cover or colour the goods of Forreiners by the which the King may in any wise lose or the Franchises of this Citie be imblemished Forreine buying and selling 21 Also if any Forreine buy or sell with any other Forreine within this Citie or Suburbs thereof any goods or merchandizes the same goods or merchandizes be forthwith forfeit to the use of
and after convey it by water or otherwise to this Citie to be sold at deare and excessive prices Free men to shew their Copies 46 Also for as much as it is thought that divers and many persons dwelling within the Liberties of this Citie daily occupy as Freemen whereas indeed they be none nor never were admitted into the Liberties of this Citie Ye shall therefore require every such person dwelling within this ward whom ye shall suspect of the same to shew you the Copy of his Freedome under the seale of Office of the Chamberlaine of the said City and such as ye shall find without their Copies or deny to shew their Copies ye shall write and present their names in your Indentures Melting tallow 47 Also you shall inquire and truely present all such persons as use melting of tallow contrary to an Act of common Councell in that case made and provided Fire-presses 48 Also you shall truly present all persons which have or use any Fire-presses within the said City or Liberties of the same for pressing or dressing of nether stockes woolen clothes or other things 49 Also you shall inquire of all Armorers and other Artificers using to worke in Metall which have or use any Reardorses or any other places dangerous or perilious for fire Appraisers 50 Also if any have appraised any goods of any Freeman deceased leaving behind him any Orphan or Orphans and the Appraisers not sworne before the Lord Maior or the Aldermen of the ward Beame 51 Also if any Freeman buy any wares or merchandizes unweighed which ought to be weighed at the Kings Beame of any stranger or forreine free of the Liberties of this City contrary to the Act of common Councell in that case made and provided Clothes 52 Also if any buy or sell any cloth or clothes in the house shop ware-house or other place of any Clothworker or other person against any ordinance or custome of this City or if any Clothworker or other doe receive or harbour any clothes before the same be brought to Blackwell-hall contrary to the ordinance made in that behalfe Carmen 53 Also if any Carman take any money for carriage of any goods wares or merchandizes above the rates ordained Buildings divided houses Inmates 54 Also if any make or cause to be made any new building or buildings or divide or cause to be divided any house or houses or receive any Inmate or Inmates contrary to the Kings Maiesties Proclamation or contrary to Law or any Statute of this Realme Hawkers 55 Also if any be dwelling within this ward which do offer or put to sale any wares or merchandizes in the open streets or lanes of this City or goe from house to house to sell the same commonly called hawkers contrary to the Act made in that behalfe Freedome 56 Also if any have covetously fraudulently or unduely obtained the freedome of this City Collectors 57 Also if any Collector of Fifteenths or other duties for the publique service of the King or of this City doe retaine in his hands any part of the money collected to his owne use Women receivers of servants 58 Ye shall also inquire if there be dwelling within your ward any woman-broker such as resort to mens houses demanding of their maid-servants if they doe like of their services if not then they tell them they will helpe them to a better service and so allure them to come from their Masters to their houses where they abide as boorders till they be provided for In which time it falleth out that by lewd young men that resort to those houses they be oftentimes made harlots to their utter undoing and the great hurt of the Common-wealth wherefore if any such be you shall present them that order may be taken for reformation Privies 59 Also if any have or use any common Privy having issue into any common Sewer of the City Vagabonds 60 And if any Constable Beadle or other Officer be negligent or remisse in discharging his duty touching the execution of the Statute made for punishment of rogues vagabonds and sturdy beggers or otherwise and wherein the default is Poore 61 Also if any to whom the execution of the Statute made for reliefe of the poore doth appertaine be remisse in discharging his duty touching the execution of the same Statute and wherein the default is Legacies 62 Also if any Executor or other person retaine in his hands any Legacy summe of money or other thing given to any charitable use Drunkards Whoremonger Sabbath Jesuite Seminary Priest Secular Priest Popish Recusant Couseners c. 63 Ye shall inquire whether there be within your ward any common Drunkard Whoremonger Blasphemer of Gods holy name prophaner of the Sabbath Iesuite Seminary or secular Priest or any receiver reliever or maintainer of any of them or any Popish Recusant Cozener or swaggering idle companion such as cannot give account how they live if there be any such you shall present them and the names of those that lodge them or aide them Masse 64 Ye shall also inquire whether any person or persons doe or shall say or sing Masse within your ward or be present at any Masse Roman catholique religion 65 Also if any person or persons within your ward being evill affected doe or shall extoll the Roman Catholike Religion above the Religion professed and established by the Kings Maiesties authority in England or doe or shall deprave the Religion now professed in this Realme by authority as above which may breed discord in the City and dissention in the Common-wealth ye shall carefully present the same persons and their offences 66 Also if any person or persons that keepeth horses in their houses doe lay his or their stable dung or such kind of stinking filth in any streets or lanes of this City to the great annoyance of the people passing that way and doe not loade his dung-cart at his Stable doore as he ought to doe Assemble monethly 67 You shall assemble your selves once every moneth or oftner if need require so long as you shall continue of this Inquest and present the defaults which you shall find to be committed concerning any of the articles of your charge to the end due remedy may be speedily supplied and the offenders punished as occasion shall require 68 And in making your presentments your Clerke is carefully to write the Christian name surname and Addition or calling of every offender and the name of the Parish wherein the offence was committed and some certaine time how long the offence hath beene continued and in presenting any persons for dividing houses or Inmates to write the names and addition of the present Landlord receiving the rents and the names of the Tenants in possession and of the Inmate in any house and also to write in the Margent on the side of every presentment the name or names upon whose evidence you make such presentment God save the King Printed at London by Richard Cotes Printer to the Honourable City of London