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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14577	A pamphlet of the offices, and duties of euerie particular sworne officer, of the citie of Excester: collected by Iohn Vowell alias Hoker, Gentleman & chamberlaine of the same	Hooker, John, 1526?-1601.	1584 (1584)	STC 24889; ESTC S119346	28,806	38

heresie or doo not resort to his church at or vpon the sabaoth daies he is to punish him or to take order with him according to the lawes Also he is vpon sundaies and holie daies to send abroad his officers to sée if anie be sitting vpon the stalles walking the streates or sitting in tauernes or vsing anie gaming at the time of preaching and praiers and to compell them either to go to the church or commit them to ward or to take further order with them as shall be thought good Also he must vpon the first fridaie after he hath taken his oth cause to be proclamed his generall proclamation for and concerning the gouernment of the citie Also when anie proclamation is to be made for hir Maiestie or otherwise it is to be doone in decent maner namelie in the open market and assemblie of the people the sword-bearer with the sword and the sargeants with their maces standing before him his brethren Also he is with the bailiffes vpon euerie mondaie through the whole yeare to kéepe the Quéenes court in the open Guildhall and then and there vprightlie to minister iustice and to giue true iudgements in all matters depending before them and to sée true records to be kept Also he is to sée the peace and common tranquillitie to be kept and obserued and the offenders punished Also he and his officers is to attend wéekelie the markets for all maner corne and victuals that the same be wholesome and good and at reasonable prices Also that no victuals nor wares be forestalled ingrossed or regrated contrarie to the lawes Also that he doo from time to time as occasion shall serue take the view and search of all maner of measures weights and vessels whether they be according to the statute and being defectiue to reforme the same Also vpon euerie mondaie to giue to the bakers the assise of bread and wéekelie to examine and weigh their bread whether the same be according to the assise giuen or not Also that he giue to the brewers the assise of their drinke and to set reasonable prices for and vpon the same Also he shall command his stewards constables and other his officers to make search euerie moneth once in all euerie suspect place for plaiers at games vnlawfull kéepers of ill rule night-watchers vagarant naughtie and suspect persons and such strangers as who cannot giue account for their honest life and them to commit to ward to be kept or be punished according to their offense and by order of the lawes Also he shall take bonds and sufficient suerties of euerie innekéeper tipler and for kéeping of good rule in their houses Also he is yearelie to kéepe lawe courts and cause inquisition to be taken of all things concerning the state of the citie and liberties of the same Also he is to sée the nightwatches in the times appointed to be kept Also he shall yearelie make his perambulations round about the citie and about the limits bounds of the same and shall also cause the like perambulations to be made euerie rogation wéeke about the limits and bounds of the countie Also he shall twise in the yeare at Michelmas and Easter visit the almeshouses of the cities and examine whether the same be ordered as it apperteineth Also he shall yearelie call to account all the collectors for the poore in euerie parish and to sée that the poore be prouided for according to the statute Also the Maior being the eschetor of the citie and warden in socage is from time to time to cause at euerie mondais court presentment to be made of the death of euerie citizen and inhabitant what heires and orphanes he left behind him and that there vpon he doo take order for the preseruation of the orphanes and of all such goods and rents as doo growe vnto them as also not to admit anie person to the fréedome of the citie but that he be sworne vnto the order of the orphanes Also he is at all time and times conuenient to call and assemble the common counsell of the xxiiij vnto the counsell chamber when matter and occasion shall require and then and there to determine what by their deuise and counsell is to be determined Also he is then and there to sée and command euerie one of the said xxiiij and all other persons comming there to behaue and vse themselues modestlie soberlie and in all good maner according to the orders of the said house and whoso shall offend therein to be punished accordinglie Also he is to appoint six of the forsaid xxiiij to be auditours as well of the account of the generall receiuer as of all other accounts for and concerning anie of the cities rents receipts or reuenewes Also he may not be absent from out of the citie anie night except it be for some necessarie and vrgent cause and in his absence he is to appoint his lieutenant in writing vnder his hand seale Diuers other things doo belong to his office which more at large are to be séene in the great lieger booke The office of the Stewards THe Stewards are verie ancient officers of this citie and were in the time of the Saxons named in Latine Praepositi in the Saxon tong Portegreues that is to saie The wise graue gouernours of the citie or towne after the conquest they were named Praefecti which in the Normand French toong are called Prouorstes the name of the person is worne out but the court of their iurisdiction reteineth his former name being called the prouorst court after this in respect of the courts kept before them they were called Senescalli that is to saie stewards and not long after bicause they or some one of them was put in trust for collecting of the cities reuenewes they were called Balliui bailiffes These two latter names are still reteined and indifferently vsed at these presents Their offices consist in manie points whereof some in particular as followeth FIrst they al or two at the least of them are to be attendant present and sitting as well with the Maior vpon euerie mondaie in the court of the Guildhall as also in their own court called the Prouorst court which they may adiourne and kéepe from daie to daie at their owne will and pleasure Also they are to sée true records to be kept true iustice to be ministred and true iudgements to be giuen in all causes depending in either of the courts before them Also they are to attend the Maior at his going to the sermons at S. Peters vpon the sondaies at the forenoone and at his going and returning at the Guildhall court vpon euerie mondaie and at the markets and proclamations and vpon euerie saturdaie at the shambles and at all other times whensoeuer they shall be called and required Also forasmuch as they are clarkes of the market they are to execute and doo what dooth apperteine to the clarke of the market that is to saie That corne and

or persons to come or go in and out but such as they doo knowe to be honest and of good credit and conuersation Also at all time and times if anie post happen to come they shall open the gates to receiue him and to bring him to the Maior and to his lodging Also if ante hew and crie shall happen to be they shall open the gates to receiue and followe the same Also if anie tumults vprores escapes of prisoners fiering of houses or anie such like things shall happen they shall foorthwith close and make fast the gates and so kèepe the same shut vntill all be appeased and order giuen for the opening of them Also they shall attend the Maior vpon euerie sundaie and festiuall daies to and from S. Peters church and vpon euerie mondaie to the guildhall court as other officers doo and are bound to doo and shall at the said court present all bloudsheds fraies and breaches of the peace and whatsoeuer else by them is and ought to be presented The office of the Bull ring keeper named commonlie the Maior of the Bull ring THe Maior of the Bull ring is an office of countenance and appointed for the keeping of a good order in such things as be committed to his trust and office FIrst when anie bull or beare baiting be appointed he is first to make the Maior priuie thereof and no baiting to be vsed within the citie but that the said Maior be present or giue leaue therevnto Also he shall sée all things to be well and orderlie vsed at such pastimes Also he shall not sée or suffer anie pigges poulterie or duckes to rainge abroad the stréetes Also vpon euerie market daie he shall not suffer anie horse to stand in the stréetes in the market place but shall cause them to be carried out of the market Also if anie straiers come he shall cause them to be brought to the place of the high conduct vpon the market daies and there to be tied to the ring and to be proclaimed in the market and from market daie to market daie during thrée markets to kéepe them in pound or in some place safelie Also if the said beasts be chained and challenged he shall vpon proofe made before the Maior and bailiffes redeliuer to the owners taking his fées and for the reasonable kéeping of such beasts in the meane time Also if the said beasts at or within thrée courts be not challenged then he shall bring them at the Guildhall the next mondaie then following and there to be praised Also he shall attend the Maior vpon sundaies to the church and vpon mondaies to the court as other officers doo and ought to doo The office of the VVatchemen and VVardens THe Watchmen are officers of trust for the safe custodie and preseruation of the citie as well in times of troubles and warres as in the daies of peace when ordinarie night watches by the lawes of the realme are kept FIrst the watchmen are housholders who by course are to watch themselues in person or to appoint some méet and conuenient persons in their place and which are to be well and sufficienrlie armed with harnesse and weapon Also they are to repaire in the summer in the euening immediatlie vpon the sunne set vnto the Guildhall and there to take their oth to heare their charge and to receiue their watchword Also they are then to depart hence in good order and to go to euerie of the gates and to sée them to be shut and made fast and then to come all to Corfoixe or the great conduit and there to diuide themselues into their seuerall quarters by order of such as be appointed captaines ouer them and the same seuerall quarters they shall gard and kéepe Also they shall all night be watchfull and walking abroad in their diuisions leauing alwaies some one at the least at the gate Also they shall view and looke whether all things be quiet and in good order and if they find anie candle light in anie house late and out of season they shall cause the same to be put out vnlesse some cause be to the contrarie and if they find anie fiers perillous or houses aduentured they shall rowse and call vp the scauengers and constables and other the officers for quenching thereof Also if they find anie night watchers plaiers quarellers dronkeards suspect persons whatsoeuer they shall apprehend them and bring them either to the ward or to some conuenient place as where the parties may be foorth comming before the magistrate the next morning Also if anie poste or stranger come they shall receiue him if his arrant and comming be honest and shall bring him to his lodging or present him to the magistrate according as his cause shall require Also they shall attend the Maior vpon euerie mondaie at the Guildhall court and then and there to present what faults haue béen doone and committed in the nights of their watches Also that in their watches they doo ball and kill all such dogges as they shall find balling or ranging in the stréets or lieng out of anie mans house There be other officers which are sworne also as the iustices of the peace the shiriffes the clarke of the peace the vndershiriffes c. But for so much as their offices are limited by statutes and at large therein expressed I will referre them to the same FINIS