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A72794 The articles of the charge of the vvardmote enquest 1635 (1635) STC 16736.5; ESTC S124271 7,511 3

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as otherwise and after conuey it by water or otherwise to this Citie to be sold at deere and excessiue prices Free-men to ●ew their ●opics 46 Also for as much as it is thought that diuers and many persons dwelling within the Liberties of this Citie daily occupy as Freemen whereas indeed they be none nor neuer were admitted into the Liberties of this Citie Ye shall therefore require euery such person dwelling within this ward whom ye shall suspect of the same to shew you the Copie of his Freedome vnder the seale of Office of the Chamberlaine of the said Citie and such as yee 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 truly present all such persons as vse melting of tallow contrary to an Act of common Councell in that case made and prouided Fire-presses 48 Also you shall truly present all persons which haue or vse any Fire-presses within the said City or Liberties of the same for pressing or dressing of nether stockes woollen clothes or other things 49 Also you shall inquire of all Armorers and other Artificers vsing to worke in Mettall which haue or vse any Reardorses or any other places dangerous or perillous for fire Appraisers 50 Also if any haue appraised any goods of any Freeman deceased leauing behind him any Orphan or Orphans and the Appraisers not sworne before the Lord Mayor or the Aldermen of the ward Beame 51 Also if any Freeman buy any wares or merchandizes vnweighed which ought to bee weighed at the Kings Beame of any stranger or foreine free of the Liberties of this Citie contrary to the Act of common Councell in that case made and prouided 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 Cloth-worker or other doe receiue 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 aboue the rates ordained Building diuided houses Inmates 54 Also if any make or cause to be made any new building or buildings or diuide or cause to be diuided any house or houses or receiue 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 haue couenously fraudulently or vnduely obtained the freedome of this Citie Collectors 57 Also if any Collector of Fifteenths or other duties for the publique seruice of the King or of this City doe retaine in his hands any part of the money collected to his owne vse Women receiuers of seruants 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-seruants if they do like of their seruices if not then they tell them they will helpe them them to a better seruice and so allure them to come from their Masters to their houses where they abide as boorders till they be prouided for In which time it falleth out that by lewd young men that resort to those houses they be oftentimes made harlots to their vtter vndoing and the great hurt of the Common-wealth wherefore if any such be you shall present them that order may be taken for reformation Priuies 59 Also if any haue or vse any common Priuy hauing issue into any common Sewer of the Citie Vagabonds 60 And if any Constable Beadle or other Officer bee negligent or remisse in discharging his dutie 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 dutie 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 Legacie summe of money or other thing giuen to any charitable vse Drunkard Whoremonger Sabbath Iesuite Seminary Priest Secular priest Popish Recusant Conseners 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 receiuer relieuer or maintainer of any of them or any Popish Recusant Cozener or swaggering idle companion such as cannot giue account how they liue if there be any such you shall present them and the names of those that lodge them or aide them 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 Masse Roman catholique Religion 65 Also if any person or persons within your ward being euill affected doe or shall extoll the Roman Catholike Religion aboue the Religion professed and established by the Kings Maiesties authority in England or doe or shall depraue the Religion now professed in this Realme by authority as aboue 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 do 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 do not leade his dung-cart at his Stable doore as he ought to doe Assemble monethly 67 You shall assemble your selues once euery moneth or oftner if need require so long as you shall continue of this Inquest and present the defaults which you shall finde 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 euery 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 diuiding houses or Inmates to write the names and addition of the present Landlord receiuing 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 euery presentment the name or names vpon whose euidence you make such presentment God saue the King London printed by Robert Young Printer to the Honourable Citie of London
Comminaltie of this Citie Free-men not resident 22 Also if euery Freeman which receiueth or taketh the benefite and enioyeth the Franchises of this City be continually dwelling out of this Citie and hath not ne will not after his oath made be at scot and lot nor partner to the charges of this Citie for the worship of the same Citie when he is duly required Orphanes Wards Marriages 23 Also if any man conceale the goods of Orphanes of this City of whom the ward and marriage of right belongeth to the Mayor and Aldermen of this Citie Officers 24 And if any Officer by colour of his office doe extortion to any man or be maintainer of quarrels against right or take carriage or arrest victuall vnduely Boatmen Ferriour 25 Also if any Boatman or Ferriour be dwelling in the ward that taketh more for Boat-manage or Ferriage than is ordained Purprestures Pent-house Ietties c. 26 Also it any man make Purprestures that is to say incroach or take of the common ground of this Citie by land or by water as in wals pales stales stoupes grieces or doores of cellars or in any other like within the ward or if any porch penthouse or ietty be too low in letting of men that ride beside or carts that goe thereforth Pent-houses stalles c. 27 Also that pentises and ietties be at the least of the heighth of nine foot and that the stales be not but of two foot an halfe in breadth and to be flexible or moueable that is to say to hang by Iemewes or Garnets so that they may be taken vp and let downe Way water-course 28 Also if any common way or common course of water be foreclosed or letted that it may not haue his course as it was wont to the annoyance of the Ward and by whom it is done Pauements 29 Also if any pauement be defectiue or too high in one place and too low in another to the disturbance of riders and goers thereby and carts that goe thereupon Regrators Forestallers 30 Also if any Regrator or Forestaller of victuall or of any other merchandizes which should come to this Citie to be sold be dwelling within this ward A Regrator is as much as to say as he that buyeth vp all the victuall or merchandizes or the most part thereof when it is come to the Citie or the Suburbs of the same of a low price and then afterward selleth it at his owne pleasure at a high and excessiue price A Forestaller is he that goeth out of the Citie and meeteth with the victuall or merchandize by the way comming to the Citie to be sold and there buyeth it both these be called in the Law Inimici publici patriae which is to say Open enemies to a countrey Price of victuall 31 Also if any Butcher Fishmonger Poulter Vintner Hostler Looke or seller of victuall doe sell victuall at vnreasonable prices Hay 32 Also if any Hostler sell hay oates or prouender at excessiue prices taking greater gaine thereby than is reasonable and lawfull Victuals vnwholesome Price 33 Also if any victualler sell any victuals not couenable or vnwholsome for mans body or else dearer than is proclaimed by the Mayor Measures vnsealed 34 Ye shall diligently make search and inquirie whether there be any Vintner Inholder Alehouse-keeper or any other person or persons whatsoeuer within your ward that doe vse or keepe in his or their house or houses any Cans stone-pots or other measures which be vnsealed and by law not allowed to sell beere or ale thereby and whether they doe sell any of their best beere or ale aboue a penny a quart or any small ale or beere aboue a halfe penny a quart and whether any of them doe sell by any measure not sealed If there be any such you shall seize them and send them to the Guildhall to the Chamberlaines office and present their names and faults by Indenture so oft as there shall be any occasion so to doe Weights and Measures 35 Ye shall also make search in the shops and houses of all the Chandlers and of all others which sell by weight or measure dwelling within your ward and see that their scales be not one heauier than the other that their weights and measures as well bushels as lesser measures as well those that they sell seacoles by which ought to be heaped that they be in breadth according to the new standard sealed as all others and that all yards and elles that they bee their iust lengths and sealed that the poore and other his Maiesties subiects be not deceiued And further if any doe buy by one weight or measure and sell by others And if in your search you finde any false Weights Measures or Scales yee shall seize them and send them to the Guildhall to the Chamberlaine And you shall also doe the like if you shall find any that doe sell any thing by Venice weights contrary to the law and his Maiesties proclamations present their names and faults Inholder Browne-Baker 36 Also if any Inholder bake any bread to sell within his house and if any Baker of sowre bread bake white bread to sell or marke not his bread or else take more for the baking than three pence for a bushell House Tyle 37 Also ye shall inquire if any house be couered otherwise than with tyle stone lead for perill of fire Leper Begger 38 Also if any Leper Faitour or mighty begger be dwelling within this ward Bakers Brewers Fire 39 Also if any Baker or Brewer bake or brew with straw or any other thing which is perillous for fire Painted visage 40 Also if any man goe with painted visage Candle-light 41 Also if there be any man that hangeth not out a Lanterne with a candle therein burning after the vsage according to the commandement thereupon giuen 42 Also if any person bring or cause to be brought to this Citie or the Liberties thereof to be sold or sell offer or put to sale any Tallwood Billets Faggots or other firewood not being of the full assize which the same ought to hold Wood Countrey 43 Also if any Freeman of this Citie vse to resort into the countries neere to this Citie and there to engrosse and buy vp much Billet Tallwood Faggot Tosard or other firewood and conuey the same by water vnto this Citie and there lay it vpon their wharfes and other places and so keepe it till they may sell it at high and excessiue prices at their owne wils 44 Also if any Woodmonger or any other sell any Billets or other firewood aboue the price set by the Lord Mayor Cheese Butter 45 Also if any Citizen of this Citie by himselfe or any other person for him or to his vse vse to resort into the countrey and there buy and engrosse great quantity of cheese and butter as well barrelled