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book_n	jewel_n	plate_n	time_n	21	3	2.1262	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06228	Retailing brokers Commune concilium tentum in camera Guihalde Ciuitatis Londini, nono die Aprilis, anno regni dominæ nostræ Elizabethæ, Dei gratia Angliæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ Reginæ, fidei defensoris &c. Tricesimo septimo. Coram Iohanne Spencer, Maiore Ciuitatis Londini, & Aldermannis eiusdem Ciuitatis, ac maiore parte Communiariorum Ciuitatis pr[æ]dictæ de Communi Concilio eiusdem Ciuitatis existentium.; Acts & Orders. 1595-04-09	City of London (England). Court of Common Council.	1595 (1595)	STC 16715; ESTC S107719	5,103	3

Retailing Brokers Commune Concilium tentum in Camera Guihalde Ciuitatis Londini nono die Aprilis Anno Regni Dominae nostrae Elizabethae Deigratia Angliae Franciae Hiberniae Reginae fidei defensoris c. Tricesimo septimo Coram Iohanne Spencer Maiore Ciuitatis Londini Aldermannis eiusdem Ciuitatis ac maiore parte Communiariorum Ciuitatis praedictae de Communi Concilio eiusdem Ciuitatis existentium FOrasmuch as diuers parcels of Plate of her Maiesties and of other persons of honor and credite haue of late yeares beene stolne and her Highnesse Armes or honorable Eschochions and the Eschochions of others owners therevppon being engrauen haue beene defaced and blemished and many Iewels Chaines and Bracelets and such like thinges of Golde and Pearle haue beene imbezelled from diuers honorable persons and others And for that within this Cittie and the Liberties of the same there be very many Burgularies Robberies and Fellonies dayly committed and done many vile and notable Coozenages and deceites practised and put in vre and many houses also infected with the Plague by reason that diuers persons called Retayling Broggers Brokers or Hucksters and others such as vse to buy olde Apparell Householdstuffe Bedding Bookes Endes and Remnants of Silkes and Veluets or of Linnen and Wollen cloth or such like to sell agayne inhabiting within the same Cittie and the Liberties thereof vnder pretence of lawfull and iusticiable contracting doe often very secretely for vnhonest lucre and that most ordinarily vppon the Sabbaoth dayes Festiuall dayes and other Holy dayes whereon no markets ought to bee kept nor bargaines contractes or sales to bee made receiue buy and take to pawne at the handes of base shifting and suspected persons for very low prices or small soms of money diuers Plate Iewels Goods Wares Merchandises Apparell Bookes and Bedding Remnantes and Endes of Silkes Veluets and of Linnen and Wollen cloth and other such like thinges whereof the greatest part are stolne some part gotten from the owners by Coozenage and sleight and some newly brought out of houses infected with the Plague takinge thereof billes of sale And the same doe presently sell againe transact sometimes to persons vnknowne sometimes to French and Dutch Brokers who secretely conuay and make transportation thereof beyond the Seas so that the right proprietors and true owners by coulour of such pretended sales and secrete transportation are not onely frustrated and depriued of all ordinary meanes for recouery or restitution of their saide goods but also the fellons and malefactors are thereby for the most part encouraged and their offences cloaked and concealed For due reformation whereof bee it enacted by the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Commons in this Common Councell assembled and by the authoritie of the same that from hencefoorth no Retaylinge Brogger Broker or Huckster nor any other person or persons whatsoeuer within this Cittie or the Liberties thereof shall vpon any Sabbaoth day Festiuall day or other Holy day being not open market dayes receiue buy or take to pawne or sell any Plate Iewels Goods Wares Merchandizes Householdstuffe Apparell Bookes Bedding or any Endes or Remnantes of Silkes Veluets or of Linnen or Wollen cloth or any such like thing And that for euer hereafter there shal be kept and written within this Cittie and Liberties thereof true and perfect Register bookes by fower such honest and sufficient persons being Free-men of this Cittie as from time to time by the Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the saide Cittie shal be to that purpose nominated appoynted and sworne and at such certayne places as by the same Court shal be likewise appoynted Wherein they shall truely and particularly enter aswell the names and surnames of euery such Retayling Brogger Broker and Huckster and of euery other person with the place of his and their dwelling who shall receiue buy or take to pawne any Plate Iewels Goods Wares Merchandizes Householdstuffe Apparell Bookes Bedding Endes and Remnauntes of Silkes Veluets or of Linnen or Wollen cloth or such like And of euery such person and persons with the place of his and their dwelling who shall at any time hereafter deliuer sell or impawne the same As also a true plaine and particular note and certayne description of all and euery such thinge or thinges so deliuered solde or layde to Pawne to any such Retayling Broggar Broker or Huckster or to any other person or persons with the true and iust prices and summes of money for which the same are or shal be so deliuered solde or impawned To the intent that any person from whome any such thinges haue bene vnlawfully taken or conuaighed may make search in the saide Register bookes for the same And bee it further enacted that no such Retayling Broggar Broker or Huckster nor other person whatsoeuer within the same Cittie or Liberties thereof shall at any time hereafter directly or indirectly by himselfe or colourably by any other buy receiue or take to Pawne or to keepe as pledge or pawne or cause or suffer any other to his vse to buy receiue or take to pawne or to keepe as a pledge or pawne any Plate Iewels Goods Wares Merchandizes Apparell Householdstuffe Bookes Beddinge or any Endes of Silkes Veluets or of Linnen or Wollen cloth or any other such like thinges whatsoeuer before such time as such Broggar Broker or Huckster or other person or persons haue brought and presented to the Registers or such as shal be appointed to kepe the said Register Bookes and at such place or places where such Register Bookes shall be appointed to be kept as aforesaid or to one of them all such partie and parties who shall offer any such Plate Iewels Goods Wares Merchandises Apparell Householdstuffe Bookes Beddinge Remnantes or Endes of Silkes Veluet Linnen or Wollen cloth or any such like thing to sale keepe or pawne and haue plainely and openly shewed to the said Registers or to some of them who shal be appointed to keepe the same bookes All such thing or thinges so offered to pawne or sale without any alteration of the nature colour or quallitie thereof Nor before such time as he haue caused true note and entry to be registred in some one of the sayde Register bookes aswell of the names and surnames and dwelling place or places of the persons which shall so buy receiue or take the same to pawne or to kepe and of the partie or parties who shall so offer to sale or pawne or to be kept any such thing as aforesaide As also a true plaine and perfect entrie or note describinge the nature colour and qualitie of the thinge or thinges so offered to sale or pawne or to be kept and of the true prices and summes of money for which the same are to bee solde or impawned And whether the same bee absolutely and bona fide solde impawned or left to be kept And if the same shal be impawned or left to be kept then for what time of Redemption and

when to be redeliuered And if the same shall be absolutely and bona fide solde That then it shall not be lawfull vnto or for any such Broggar Broker or Huckster or other person or persons whatsoeuer to make sale put away or alter the nature colour or qualitie of the thinge or thinges so absolutely and bona fide solde as aforesaide within the space of seauen dayes next after the buying thereof To the intent that if it haue bene stolne the right proprietors and owners may freely view and see the same For euery which entrie euery such Broggar Broker and Huckster and other person or persons shall pay to the Keeper of the saide Register booke one halfe penny if the thing or thinges so entred be to be sold kept or impawned for fiue shillinges or vnder And if the same bee to bee solde kept or impawned for more then fiue shillinges then he or they shall pay for euery such entrie one penny and no more And bee it further enacted that no such Broggar Broker or Huckster or other person or persons whatsoeuer within the said Cittie or Liberties thereof after notice or warninge giuen to hym or them by any of the saide Registers of any Plate Iewels Goods Wares Merchandizes or any other thinges affirmed to be stolne shall buy receiue or take the same to pawne or to keepe or cause the same to bee bought receiued or taken to pawne or to bee kept directly or indirectly or alter any propertie thereof to defraude her Maiestie or the right owners thereof but shall make stay of any such thing or things so offered to sale or pawne or to be kept And shall cause the partie or parties so offering the same to sale or pawne or to bee kept to bee apprehended and brought before some of her Maiesties Iustices of Peace within the same Cittie to bee examined concerning the same Fellonie supposed And at euery such apprehension shall giue notice knowledge to the same Register who left the said warning aswell of the partie so taken as of such goods by him or them so offered to be solde impawned or kept To the intent that the right owner or owners of the same may bee aduertised of the saide Register of the partie and goods so taken and apprehended And if any such Broggar Broker or Huckster or other person whatsoeuer within the sayde Cittie or Liberties thereof shall haue bought receiued or taken to pawne or to keepe any such Plate Iewels Goods Wares Merchandizes or other things as aforesaid being stolne before any such notice or warning thereof giuen to him as aforesaide Then presently vpon such notice or warning he shall come to one of the saide Registers and truely declare to him how when and of whome hee bought or tooke the same to pawne or to keepe And whether he haue made sale thereof againe or not And if hee haue not made former sale thereof before warning or notice giuen that such thinge is stolne as aforesaide Then hee shall not make sale or alter the forme colour nature or propertie thereof within the space of seauen dayes following To the intent the right proprietors may freely view and see the thinges supposed to be stolne And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the Keepers of the saide Register bookes nor any of them shall not exacte or demaunde of any person or persons for any search to bee made in the saide Register bookes aboue the somme of one penny except the parties comming to make search doe desire that search may bee made for longer time then one moneth before And then the saide parties shall pay for euery such search two pence and not aboue neither shall demaund or exact for entring or registring of any note aboue the value and rate aboue declared vpon paine to forfeite their saide offices or places And be it enacted by the authority aforesaide That no such Broggar Broker or Huckster or other person whatsoeuer shall conceale chaunge or falsely reporte the names or surnames or dwellinge places of such person or persons that shall sell impawne or leaue to keepe any such thinges as aforesaide whereby any false entrie shall or may bee made into the saide Register bookes or any entrie omitted contrary to the intent of this Act And that no such Broggar Broker or Huckster nor any other person whatsoeuer shall buy receiue or take to pawne or to keepe or sell any such Plate Iewels Goods Wares Merchandizes Apparell Bookes Bedding or other such like thinges which hath come out of any house infected with the plague within the space of three monethes before such sale receiuing or takinge to pawne or to keepe Nor shall put to sale any such Plate Iewels Goods Wares Merchandizes Apparell Beddinge Bookes Householdstuffe or such like before he haue hanged or laide open the same vppon the walles or open stalles in open strecte or other open place to the view of Passengers by the space of seauen dayes at the least And that no such Broggar Broker or Huckster nor any other person or persons whatsoeuer shall transport beyond the Seas any Plate Iewels Goods Wares Merchandizes old Apparell or householdstuffe whatsoeuer before he haue caused true entrie therof to be made into the sayd Register … es or one of them as aforesayd and before 〈◊〉 of the said Officers or Keepers of the sayd Register bookes aforesayd haue taken view thereof And furthermore that n● Broggar Broker or Huckster or other person whatsoeuer within the sayd Cittie and Liberties thereof shall sell lend hyre out or giue away any pawne pledge or gage before the same be forfeyted for want or fault of redempcion And bee it further enacted by the same authoritie That if any such Broggar Broker or Huckster or other person whatsoeuer shall offende or make default in any article clause pointe or matter contrary to the true meaning of this Act Then euery such Broggar Broker or Huckster or other person so offending or making default shall forfeite for euery such offence or default the summe of fiue poundes of lawfull mony of England The one halfe therof to be to the vse and behoofe of the Mayor Comminalty and Citizens of London the other halfe to the vse of such Officers or persons as shal be appointed by the Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen for the keeping of the said Register booke or bookes as aforesayd And shall also forfeite to the party grieued the full value of the thing so bought receyued or taken to pawne or to keepe and concealed or vntruely entered All which forfeytures or penalties shall bee recouered by Action of Debt Bill Plainte or Information in any of the Queenes Maiesties Courtes holden within the sayd Citty Prouided alwayes that this Act nor any thing therein contayned shall not extende to prohibite or restrayne any such Broker or Huckster or any other person But that they may lawfully and openly buy any such Goods Wares Merchandizes or other thinges aforesayde at any Out-roope within this Citty or Liberties thereof as freely as they might before the making of this Acte And that thys Act shall not extende to the preiudice of any Merchant vsing the trade of Merchandize nor to the preiudice of any Broker betweene Merchant and Merchant except in such case where any such Broker shall happen to deale as a Retayling Broker or Huckster as aforesayd Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further enacted that the former Act made heretofore at the Common Councell here holden the nine and twentieth day of May in the fixe and thirtieth yeare of the Queenes Maiestyes raigne for reformation of the abuses for Brokers shall from hencefoorth be vtterly repealed and voide God saue the Queene Imprinted by Iohn VVolfe Printer to the honourable Cittie of London 1595.