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A06241	Orders to be vsed in the time of the infection of the plague vvithin the citie and liberties of London, till further charitable prouision may be had for places of receite for the visited with infection	City of London (England). Court of Aldermen.	1625 (1625)	STC 16729.1; ESTC S3287	4,957	2

❧ Orders to be vsed in the time of the infection of the Plague within the Citie and Liberties of London till further charitable prouision may be had for places of receite for the visited with infection THat euery Alderman call before him his Deputie and all the Church-wardens Constables Parish Clarkes Sextons and Bedles within his Warde and giue them streight and earnest charge from time to time to inquire what houses in euery parish and precinct of that Warde be infected And that euery Constable doe bring euery day true distinct and plaine certificate thereof in writing to the Alderman or his Deputie And that the Alderman or his Deputie from time to time send the same certificates to the Surueyers of the Parishes to whom it shall appertaine to the intent that they haue vnderstanding thereby to see the orders in that behalfe executed accordingly And here is to be noted that euery house wherein any shall bee sick of the Plague is to be iudged and vsed as infected as wel as where any dyeth thereof And likewise euery house from whence any person infected shall be remooued to any house or place shall bee iudged infected if any eftsoones fall sicke in the same house That in euery house infected the Master Mistresse or gouernour and the whole family and residents therein at the time of such infection shall remaine continually without departing out of the same and with the doores and windowes of the hall shop or other nether part of the house shut by the space of xxviii dayes from the death of the party dying of infection and vntill the partie sicke and not dying thereof shall bee fully recouered or their sore fully healed and such person recouering or healed to tarry shut vp xx dayes from such recouerie or full healing And that during all that time no clothes linnen or other like thing be hanged out or ouer into the streete And that none so to be shut vp shal go abroad out of the said house during the time aboue appointed but one certaine person and not sundry at sundry times to be appointed by the Surueyers of that Parish for prouision of necessaries for the said family Which person so to be appointed shall during all the time of his or her being abroad out of such house carry in their hand openly vpright in the plainest manner to be seene one red wand of the length of iii. foot at the least to be deliuered to them by the Surueyers at the charge of the Parish without carrying it closely or couering any part of it with their cloke or garment or otherwise and in their going in the streetes and lanes shall alway keepe the way close by the chanell side shunning as much as may be the meeting and vsuall way of other people And shall not in any wise come into any throng or presse of publike assembly on paine of imprisonment by the space of viii daies without baile or maineprise in some of the Cages next to the house so infected Prouided alway that it shal be free to the owner of any house so infected and his said family residents or any of them at any time within the said xxviii dayes to remoue and depart out of this Citie and the Liberties thereof into any other his or her house or abiding in the Country or to any house in the Citie without being shut vp in such house infected so that euery such person so remouing or departing doe abstaine from returning into the said Citie or the Liberties thereof and from going abroad out of such other house in the City during the said xxviii daies and on pain that euery person so returning or going abroad within the said xxviii dayes shall suffer imprisonment as is aforesaid That the Churchwardens and Constable in euery precinct prouide and haue in readinesse one or moe sober discreet women as the case shall require to be prouiders and deliuerers of necessaries for the infected houses and to attend the persons sick and infected at the charge of such householders of such houses if they be able and if not then at the charge of the Parish And that such women once entring into charge of such prouision and attendance shall carry red wands goe by the chanell side and forbeare assemblies as is aforesaid That such as haue Welles or Pumpes shall cause euery morning before vi of the clocke and euery euening after viii of the clocke the same to be drawne and x. buckets of water at the least to be powred to runne downe the Chanell And that euery morning and euening at the said houres the streets and Chanels be made cleane and swept by some one of euery house against the chanel but so as the water be not in any wise swept out of the chanel to the sides of the streets nor the stones wet but within the chanel excepted onely sprinkling for laying of the dust at the sweeping And that the mud and filth of the streetes be at the said houres taked vp and swept together in heapes out of the chanell and not at any other time of the day And that it be so drawne vp from the chanell that the water powred downe the chanels may not carry away or be mingled with such filth That the streetes be made cleane by the Scauenger and Raker euery day except Sunday That the Alderman himselfe or his Deputie doe often visite the Warde to view whether the said orders bee duely obserued specially touching cleanenesse of the streetes That ouer the doore of euery house infected in a place notorious and plaine for them that passe by to see it the Clark or Sexton of that Parish cause to be set one Paper printed with these words Lord haue mercy vpon vs in such large forme as shall be appointed And that the Constable of the precinct and Bedle of the Warde shall daily view see that the said Paper remaine there during the said terme of xxviii dayes without taking away blotting or defacing And if any be taken away blotted or defaced that a new be set in the place thereof And if the same be taken away blotted or defaced with the consent of the inhabitant of that house that then a new such Paper shall be set in place thereof and the shutting in of such house with the inhabitants shall continue xxviii daies more from such taking away blotting or defacing And whosoeuer shall take away such Paper shall suffer such imprisonment as is aforesaid That in or for euery Parish there shall be appointed two sober ancient women to be sworne to be viewers of the bodies of such as shall die in time of infection and two other to be viewers of such as shall be sicke and suspected of infection which women shall immediately vpon such their viewes by vertue of their oath make true report to the Constable of that precinct where such person shall die or be infected

to the intent that true notice may bee giuen both to the Alderman or his Deputie and to the Clarke of the Parish and from him to the Clarke of the Parish Clarkes that true certificate may be made as hath been vsed And that euery of the said women Constable or Clarke failing in the premisses shall suffer imprisonment as is aforesaid And euery woman so sworne and for any corruption or other respect falsely reporting shall stand vpon the Pillorie and beare corporall paine by the iudgement of the Lord Maior and Court of Aldermen They at their going abroad to beare red Wands goe neare the Chanell and shun assemblies as before That euery woman or other appointed to any seruice for the infected and refusing or fayling to do that seruice shall not haue any pension out of the Hospitall or Parish That the Lord Maior cause publike Proclamation to be made that no person from the sixth day after such Proclamation shall keepe any Dogge or Bitch but such as they will keepe within their owne dores without suffering them to go loose in the streets not led in slip or string nor within their owne doores making howling or other annoyance to their neighbours And that the common Huntsman shall haue speciall charge to kill euery such Dogge or Bitch as shall be found loose in any streete or lane of this Citie or the Suburbes thereof And for the killing of euery such Dog or Bitch and burying the same foure foote deepe at the least in the fields shall haue two pence allowed by the hands of the Chamberlayne of the Citie And if he be remisse and negligent and wittingly spare and shew fauour in not killing any such Dogge or Bitch he shall lose his place and seruice and suffer imprisonment as is aforesaid And if any Dog or Bitch kept within doores shal with howling or noyse be noyous to any neighbour the Alderman of the Ward vpon complaint shall commit the offendor to warde till order be taken vpon his submission by the Alderman and such Dog or Bitch killed That no Corps dying of infection shall be buried or remaine in any Church in time of common Prayer Sermon or Lecture And that no children bee suffered at time of buriall of any Corpes in any Church Churchyard or burying place to come neare the Corps Coffin or Graue And that all the Graues shall be at the least six foot deepe And that at the buriall dinners or attendance on the Corps or other solemnitie of any dying of infection there shall be no assembly of people in the house where such person shall die within the time of xxviii dayes after such death That during the said terme of xxviii dayes no person be admitted to come into any such house infected other then the persons of the same family residing therein at the time of the infection or such as for necessary reliefe of the same family shal be appointed by the Surueyers on paine that the house shall remaine shut in and the same with the family be in all things vsed as infected for other xxviii dayes from the time of suffering any other so to come into the same That diligent care be had for amending of the pauements where any holes be wherein any water or filth may stand to increase corruption and infection That whosoeuer shall go abroad with a sore running shal be imprisoned in the Cage for xxviii dayes further grieuously punished by corporall paine by the iudgement of the Lord Maior and Court of Aldermen That no dunghils out of stables brewhouses or other places be suffered to be made in the street or other open place of this Citie or the Suburbes thereof on paine of imprisonment of the offenders till the same at the offenders charge be remoued and the offenders bound to the Chamberlaine of this Citie neuer to commit the like offence againe That restraint be made of Enterludes or Playes assemblies of Fencers or other prophane spectacles and of going with Drummes Proclamations or calling of people to the same within this Citie and liberties thereof And humble sute be made to the most Honourable Counsell that the like restraint be in places of other Counties adioyning to the said Citie That in euery Parish there be appointed two substantiall and discreet Citizens or moe as need shall require to be chosen monethly by the Alderman of the Ward to be Surueyers which Surueyers shall daily and diligently see the orders to be obserued as is aboue said and the Surueyers Clarkes Sextons and Bedles shall be sworne before the Alderman to doe their diligence faithfully therein And if any such person so appointed shall refuse or faile to take his oth or being sworne shall neglect his duty therein that forthwith the Alderman commit such person to Ward there to remaine vntill he be discharged from thence by the Court of the Lord Maior and Aldermen That order be taken and treatie had with the Colledge of Phisicions that some certaine and conuenient number of Phisicions and Surgeons be appointed and notified to attend for the counsell and cure of persons infected and none to deale with the infected but those and the same to deale with no other patients but the infected during the time of infection And for their counsell and trauell to be recompensed by and for the persons of hability at their owne charge and for the poore at the charge of the Parish That whosoeuer shall by any subtilty or inuention defraud the good intent of any of these orders shall receiue double as much punishment as he that openly or plainely offendeth That the housholders of houses infected be charged to aire the houses and things therein within the said xxviii dayes and that no clothes or other things about the persons infected be giuen or sold but either destroyed or well and sufficiently purified On paine of punishment by discretion of the Lord Maior and Aldermen God saue the King Printed at London by Isaac Iaggard Printer to the Honourable City of London 1625. Inquire what houses be infected Certificate daily to the Alderman Surueyers of the Parish Sicke dying remoued House shut xxviii dayes Sicke xx daies after recouery Prouision Red wand Way by the Chanell Assembly Cage Remouing Returning Prouiders Women Charge Housholders or Parish Red wands Welles Pumpes Streets Scauenger Alderman visit Wardes Lord haue mercy vpon 〈◊〉 2. Viewers of bodies dead 2. Viewers of sicke Pillorie Red wands Pension Hospitall Dogges c. Corps dying of infection Church Burial Resort to houses infected Pauements Goe abroad with sore Dunghils Enterludes Playes c. Surueyer Clerkes Sextons Beadles sworne Phisisians Defraud Order Ayring houses clothes