found expedient a Price be set upon Coals according to the Custom of the City Secondly To prevent the said deceits in false Measures and Weight of Coals We think fit ☞ First That the Wood-mongers be not permitted to keep any Carrs to their Wharfs but that all be Street Carrs and imployed for the Carriage of Fuel as for any other Work Secondly That the Wood-mongers and all other Traders on Sea-Coals be strictly held for time to come not to send abroad any Coals Sold or Contracted for in any Sacks other than the Sea-Coal-Meters and to carry along in their Carts a Lawful Sealed Bushel Nineteen Inches in Breadth and Seven Inches and a half in Depth and that like Sealed Bushells be kept in every Parish for every Buyer that will to Measure his own Coals as they are brought home as in and by an Act of Common-Council made the Seventh of September 1632. and many former and other good Acts and Orders is more fully enjoyned and directed Thirdly That for avoiding deceit in the Weight in Pit-Coals every Buyer may use a Meter who upon Request is to attend to Weigh the Coals at the Buying or bringing home of the same And lastly To remedy the false Size and high Price of Wood We conceive the same cannot be better effected than by executing the Acts and Laws in force which expose all Billets and Faggots under Size to be Seized and Forfeited and do forbid the Sale of any Fire-wood to the Wood-mongers and Retailers till the same be brought to such Key as the Lord Mayor shall appoint and have lain upon the Water Eight Hours in Winter and Twelve in the Summer for private Persons to furnish themselves and that the Lord Mayor have set thereupon a Price as was heretofore used to be done to be kept and observed under severe Penalties and Forfeitures And so We humbly submit the Premises to the better Judgement and Consideration of this Honourable Court this 14th day of February 1664. Upon Reading whereof as also of a Petition of the Master Wardens and Assistants of the said Company and of some overtures touching the Surrendring up the Lease made to the said Company and of the Government of Carrs and Carr-men within this City and Liberties this Court doth defer their further proceedings thereupon till the said Company shall give their Answer touching the Surrendring up the said Lease LAWRENCE MAYOR Com. Concil tent Decimo septimo die Februarii Anno Dom. 1664. Anno Regni Regis CAROLI II. nunc Angliae c. Decimo septimo AT this Court the Master and Wardens of the Company of Wood-mongers did surrender up the Lease made unto the said Company under the Common Seal of this City in the time of the Mayoralty of Sir Richard Brown Knight and Baronet touching the Government of Carrs Carr-men and Carr-rooms and the counterpart of the same Lease Sealed to the City was delivered up unto the Master and Wardens and a Bond under the Common Seal of the said Company for the payment of One hundred and fifty Pounds per annum to the use of Christs-Hospital for the term of Sixty and one Years in the same Lease contained and lately remaining in the Chamber of London not being to be found for the present a Release of the same Bond under the Common Seal of this City was Read and Sealed in open Court the tenor whereof followeth Whereas the late Master Wardens and Assistants of the Fellowship of Wood-mongers London have by their Obligation under the Common Seal of the said Corporation bearing Date the Twenty third day of July in the Thirteenth year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. bound themselves and their Successors to the Mayor Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London in the Sum or penalty of One Thousand Pounds with condition thereon Endorsed for the true and sure Payment of the Sum of One hundred and fifty Pounds yearly and every year during the term of Sixty one years from the Twenty fourth day of June then last past at two several Payments by even and equal portions that is to say At the Feast of the Birth of our Lord Seventy five Pounds and at the Feast of St. John Baptist Seventy five Pounds or within 40 daies after each of the said Feast daies to the Treasurer of Christ-Hospital for the time being for the maintenance of the poor Children therein harboured as in and by the said Obligation and Condition could the same be produced more fully and plainly may appear Now know all men by these presents That the Mayor Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London for divers good causes and considerations hereunto moving have remised released cleared and quit-claimed and by these Presents for them and their Successors fully clearly and absolutely Remise Release and for ever quit-claim unto the Master Wardens and Assistants of the Fellowship of Wood-mongers and their Successors the aforesaid Obligation and Condition thereof and all and all manner of Actions and Causes of Actions Plaints Process Suits and Demands whatsoever which the said Mayor Commonalty and Citizens against the said Master Wardens and Assistants or their Successors ever had now have or at any time hereafter may or might have by reason or means of the said Obligations and Conditions thereof in any wise howsoever In witness whereof The said Mayor Commonalty and Citizens have caused their Common Seal to be put to these Presents Dated the Seventeenth day of February Anno Dom. One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty and Four in the Seventeenth year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. And it was Resolved that the thanks of this Court be returned to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and also to Sir William Turner Knight and Alderman and the rest of the Committee appointed by this Court for the management of the aforesaid affair for their great care and pains taken therein UPon this Report c. The Government of the Carrs was taken from the Company of Wood-mongers And by Act of Common-Council bearing Date the Twenty first day of June 1665. were placed in the President and Governors of Christ-Hospital and by that Act amongst other things is as followeth And for the prevention of such Deceipt hereafter as divers Wood-mongers have Practised in the Sale and Measure of their Coals It is Enacted That all Sea-Coals hereafter to be Sold or Uttered by Retail by any Person or Persons whatsoever shall be filled and brought home to the Buyers in the Sea-Coal-Meeters Sacks or such other Sacks as contain the full Measure of the Sea-Coal-Meters Sacks and are and shall be Marked by the Keeper of the Guild-Hall for the time being according to an Order of the Court of Aldermen made the Twenty fifth day of October
the Chamber of the Guild-hall of the said City the One and Twentieth day of June One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty and Five and in the Seventeenth Year of His said Majesties Reign WHereas heretofore that is to say in the Third Year of the Reign of Our late Soveraign Lord King James of England c. and of Scotland the Nine and Thirtieth the Carr-Men of London were Incorporated with the Company of Wood-mongers London by His said Highness Letters Patents bearing date the Nine and Twentieth day of August in the Years aforesaid since which time to wit the Fifth day of December in the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of Our now Soveraign Lord King Charles the Second the Master and Wardens of the said Company of Wood-mongers by their Writing under their Common Seal and by them acknowledged in Chancery did surrender to Our now Soveraign Lord the King the said Letters Patents and by means thereof are Disincorporated by reason whereof the said Carr-men have humbly besought this Court that they may be a Fellowship or Fraternity as anciently and such Orders made by this Court for the better Regulating and Ordering the several Members of the said Fellowship as should be thought expedient This Court well weighing the desire of the said Carr-men and considering that the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of this City time out of mind have had the right of Ordering and disposing of Carrs Carts Carr-rooms Carters and Carr-men and of all other person or persons whatsoever Working any Carr or Carts within the City of London and Liberties thereof And in pursuance thereof by the said Act of Common Council made the One and twentieth day of June One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty and Five have placed the Rule Oversight and Government of them in the President and Governours of Christ-Hospital London to Order them according to the Rules Directions and Provisions in the said Act mentioned and according to such other Orders Rules Directions and Limitations as the said Common Council or this Court upon consideration should make and provide in that behalf And further considering that the said Act doth not sufficiently provide for the Ordering and Regulating such Persons as should be Members of the said Fellowship in their labours Have therefore thought it fit and necessary to declare how and in what manner the said Carr-men shall be governed for the future under the said President and Governours and what Orders and Rules they shall put in execution amongst themselves And First This Court doth desire the said President or Governours strictly to observe and effectually to put in execution all such Orders Rules Directions and Limitations as are mentioned and contained in the said Act of Common Council of the One and Twentieth of June One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty and Five which concerneth the Rule Oversight and Government of the said Carr-men and other Persons working Carrs and Carts in the said Act of Common-Council mentioned Secondly That the said President or Governours strictly observe and effectually put in Execution all the Orders Rules Directions and Limitations mentioned in an Order of the General Quarter Sessions holden at Justice-Hall in the Old Bayley the Sixteenth day of January in the Eighteenth Year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lord King Charles the Second c. which Order of Sessions doth not only appoint what Rates the said Carr-men shall receive but doth give further Directions how the said Carr-men shall be Governed by the said President or Governours for the future And the said President or Governours are not only desired to observe the said Act of Common-Council and Order of Sessions and the Orders hereafter following but also all other Acts of Common-Council Orders of this Court and Court of Sessions as shall hereafter be made concerning the said Carr-men Thirdly The said President or Governours are desired by this Court to take care that every Cart allowed by them to Work within the City of London and the Liberties thereof contain in length between the Tugg-hole and the Fore-Ear breadth Six Foot and Four Inches of Assize and no more and in breadth between the two Raves in the Body of the said Cart four Foot of Assize and no more and in length from the Fore-Ear breadth to the end of the Cart seven Foot and two Inches of Assize and no more And if any Carr shall be found of greater Length or Breadth that then the same Carr may be taken up by the said President or Governours or their Officer or Officers appointed for that purpose and be sent to the New Store-Yard Fourthly The said President or Governours are desired to take care that all Carr-men be Ordered with their empty Carrs to stand in convenient places of this City to be ready for Merchants and all other Persons that shall have occasions to use them And if any Carr-man shall not observe the Rule that shall be made by the said President or Governours for their standings in the Streets for Merchants and others every Carr-man so offending shall for the first Offence pay Two Shillings and Six pence for the second Offence Five Shillings and for his third and every other Offence Ten Shillings And for refusal or not payment of any of the said Fines they to be by the said President or Governours discharged from Working any Carr or Cart within the City of London and Liberties thereof Fifthly That the said President or Governours shall take care that no Carr-man leave his Carr in the Streets Lanes or Common Passages of this City or Liberties thereof by Night whereby any person or persons may take harm upon pain of Forfeiting for every time he or they so leave his Carr in the Streets by Night the sum of Five Shillings besides recompence to the party as shall sustain hurt or damage thereby Sixthly That the said President or Governours take care that no Carr within this City be heard to creak or pipe for dryness or want of Greasing in the Nave and every Owner of such Carr as shall be found so to do shall Forfeit and Pay for every day that his Carr shall be observed to creak or pipe the sum of Two Shillings Seventhly That the said President or Governours take care that no Carr-man within this City or Liberties thereof use or put into his Carr for the carriage of any Merchandise whatsoever any more Horses than One at one time except it be up the Hill or with Timber or Stone that cannot be divided upon pain of Forfeiting for every Offence Two Shillings Eighthly That the said President or Governours take care that no person or persons shall take up or carry greater Loads than was the ancient custom or practice to do which ancient custom or practice shall be declared by the said President or Governours to all the Carr-men upon pain that every person that shall so do shall Forfeit and pay the sum of Five Shillings for the first Offence the second Offence Ten Shillings and for the third
and Discretion of the President or Governors of Christ's Hospital Tenthly That for the preservation of Unanimity and Brotherly Love amongst the said Brotherhood no person of the said Fellowship whatsoever shall go to Suit of Law with any other Member of the same for any Cause or Difference whatsoever until he hath first acquainted the Wardens of the said Company for the time being therewith and obtained License of them so to do And if any of the said Fellowship shall at any time offend herein he shall forfeit and pay to the use of the said Fellowship the Sum of Forty Shillings Eleventhly That if any person of the said Fellowship shall happen to forfeit any Sum or Sums of Money for any thing in these Orders or any of them comprised and then the same person refuse and deny to pay the same Money it being two several times demanded if the party offending be of ability then the Wardens and Assistants of the said Fellowship shall complain to the Lord Mayor for the time being and the person so offending is to be punished after the discretion of the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen Twelfthly That the Wardens of the said Fellowship for the time being shall not permit or suffer any Apprentice to be bound by them to any Free-man using the said Occupation until he do produce a Testimonial of Allowance from the said President or Governours or whom they shall appoint Thirteenthly That every person of the said Brotherhood within two Months after he taketh unto him any Apprentice and hath the said Testimonial of Allowance from the said President or Governours or whom they shall appoint shall present the same Apprentice to the Wardens of the said Fellowship for the time being and shall then pay unto the Common Box of the said Fellowship for the presenting of every such Apprentice the Sum of Twelve pence and for the Indenture Eighteen pence And that none of the said Brotherhood or Fellowship shall at any time hereafter take an Apprentice for any shorter or lesser time than Seven Years And that such Apprentice at the end of the said Term having truly served his said Term shall be made free by his said Master And that such Apprentice before his admittance into the Freedom of this City shall be presented again unto the Wardens of the said Fellowship for the time being and there before them shall subscribe a Note whereby he shall undertake to the Three Wardens to be contributary to all manner of Charges belonging to the said Brotherhood to his power and pay to the said Brotherhood for his admittance into the Brotherhood Six Shillings and Eight pence and to the Clerk Two Shillings and Six pence and unto the Beadle Twelve pence The Oath of every Person at his first Admittance into the Brotherhood or Fellowship of CARR-MEN of the City of London To be Administred by the Wardens and Assistants of the said Fellowship or Brotherhood for the time being YOu shall Swear You shall be true to our Soveraign Lord the King and His Successors You shall be obedient to the President or Governours of Christ's Hospital and to such in whom the City shall hereafter place the Government of Carrs by the Act of Common-Council and to the Wardens for the time present You shall not discover the lawful Counsel of this Fraternity You shall not take a Foreign man into your Service but only such as use the occupation of a Carr-man or else an Apprentice duly bound without fraud At the beginning of their Terms or before you shall bring and present them before the Wardens of the said Fellowship for the time being and here have the Indentures to be made and every such Apprentice to be Inrolled within the first Year as the Custom is You shall not entice or withdraw any mans Servant of this Society until that reasonable departing be made with his said Master These and all other good Rules made and to be made not reversed You shall keep so near as God give you Grace So help you God c. Fourteenthly That no person being made a Free-man of the said Brotherhood shall take an Apprentice to be bound unto him until he hath been a Free-man by the space of four years unless in case of Lameness and Sickness and where a Journey-man of the said Society is not to be had and then the same to be with License of the President or Governours of Christ's Hospital and Wardens of the said Fellowship for the time being and after the expiration of the said four years then to take only one Apprentice and no more Fifteenthly That if at any time within the Term any Wardens of the said Brotherhood or Fellowship which shall stand and occupy that Room shall neglect to put in execution and duly to observe these Orders and Rules in this Book to be kept according to the best of their power and likewise to cause the same Ordinances to be read twice a Year in some convenient place to all the Fraternity and Brotherhood that then the said Wardens shall pay Twenty Shillings for a Fine in that behalf to the use of the said Brotherhood Pet. Concord cum Original AVERY And this Court doth Direct and Order That Mr. Chamberlain shall take notice of the said Carr-men as a Fellowship and Brotherhood of this City and Enroll and make Free their Apprentices according to the Intent and Meaning of the said Ordinance AVERY The General Quarter-Sessions have from time to time set Rates for the Carriage of all Commodities within the City of London and Liberties thereof and added some other Rules to be observed by the Governours of Christs-Hospital and Fellowship of Carr-men c. as for instance Ad General ' Quarterial ' Session ' Pacis Dom. Regis tent pro Civitat ' London c. WHereas daily Complaints are made by Merchants and other Citizens and Inhabitants within the City of London and the Liberties thereof of the excessive Rates demanded and received by Carr-men above what is reasonable and hath been limited and appointed for Carriages within this City and Liberties and upon due consideration had as well of former times as of the present wherein several Materials of necessary and principal use to the Carr-men are risen and consequently require some increase of Rates heretofore set for their Labour and Carriage Now the said Justices of Peace here assembled respecting the times and other circumstances necessary to be considered do by authority and virtue of the Statute in this case made and provided order limit rate and appoint the Wages for Carr-men within the City of London and Liberties thereof to be as hereafter followeth First That all Carr-men trading or working with Carrs in the City of London and Liberties thereof shall and may demand and take for every Carriage or Load of the Commodities under-mentioned the Rates hereafter following and shall not exceed the same upon pain to be strictly punished and proceeded against for every Offence to
LAWRENCE MAYOR Com. Concil tent Vicesimo septimo die Januarii Anno Dom. 1664. Annoque Regni Regis CAROLI Secundi nunc Angliae c. Decimo sexto THe Right Honourable the Lord Mayor signifying unto this Court that several Complaints have been made to the Court of Aldermen of the late Raising of the Prizes and abuses used in the Measure and Weight of Coals And that His Majesty hath also taken notice thereof to his Lordship and signified His Pleasure That some speedy course be taken for remedy therein And that several Judges of the Land and other great Personages have discoursed and given advice to his Lordship to like purpose And further That a Committee of the Court of Aldermen appointed upon this occasion have upon a diligent inquiry into the causes of the said Complaints represented the same together with some means for remedy thereof in a Report to the said Court of Aldermen which upon desire of this Court was now Read for their better Information It is therefore thought fit and Ordered That the said Committee of the Court of Aldermen namely Sir William Turner Sir Richard Rives Mr. Alderman Hooker Mr. Alderman Thomas Bonfoy together with Sir William Bateman Sir Arthur Ingram Mr. Deputy Nevill Mr. Deputy Fluellin Sir Thomas Chamberlain Mr. Penning Coll. Cleggatt and Mr. Deputy Canham or any two of the said Aldermen and four of the said Commoners shall take further consideration of the said Complaints and Abuses and of the most speedy and effectual means to remedy the same for the general good of His Majesties Subjects in and about this City and parts adjacent and vindication of the Goverment and good Order of the same City from such Aspertions and prejudice as by relation are imputed to it by occasion of the said Complaints and Abuses And certify unto this Court in writing under their Hands how they find the same and their Opinions therein and Richard Hinde to warn and attend them LAWRENCE MAYOR Com. Concil tent Decimo quarto die Februarii Anno Dom. 1664. Anno Regni Regis CAROLI nunc Angliae c. Decimo septimo THis Day the Committee appointed by late Order of this Court to consider of several Abuses complained to be committed by the Wood-mongers in and about the Price Measure and Weight of Coals c. And of Remedies for the same did deliver into this Court a Report in Writing under their Hands how they find the same and their Opinions the tenor whereof is as followeth viz. To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor the Right Worshipful the Aldermen his Brethren and Commons of the City of London in Common-Council assembled WHereas by a late Order of this Honourable Court intimating the Complaints lately made to your good Lordship and the Court of Aldermen of the excessive Prizes and Deceits used in the Measure and Weight of Coals and that His Majesty had taken notice thereof and signified his pleasure for some speedy course to remedy the same also that several of the Judges and other great Personages had discoursed thereof and given advice to your Lordship to like purpose which had occasioned an inquiry to be made into the causes of the said complaints by a Committee therefore appointed by your Lordship and the said Court of Aldermen whose Report thereof was then read in this Court for their better information and this Court was pleased thereupon to refer it unto us whose Names are subscribed to take further consideration of the said Matters and of the most speedy and effectual Means to redress the same Now We the said Committees do humbly certifie that We have heard and received the Evidence and Information offered by diverse knowing and credible Persons touching the said Complaints and Abuses and besides that many of the particulars are notorious and obvious to common Experience do find upon the said Informations which the Parties respectively do offer to confirm by their Oaths That the Citizens and Inhabitants of London and Parts adjacent do lye under an intollerable grievance in the Cases above mentioned brought upon them by the Wood-mongers as by a summary Accompt of their Practices and Abuses contained in the ensuing particulars more plainly may appear And first Touching the Price of Sea-Coals it appears that the same is and is used and subject to be raised by the Wood-mongers at their own pleasure and that by these several means and practices especially First the Wood-mongers pretending to the sole Trade of retailing Coals and aiming to compass the same and to exclude all others have in order to that end First obtained diverse and do take all opportunities to obtain more of the Wharfs in and about the City into their own hands and do convert so many as can be spared from their own occasions to other uses binding their Tenants under strict Covenants and Limitations not to imploy the same or but very sparingly for the Landing or Selling of Coals That by depriving of others they only may have those advantages of Landing Storing and Selling of that and all other Fuel Secondly where they cannot obtain possession of any other Fuel-Wharfs in their way they deal with the Owners to change the same to other uses Thirdly They disturb and hinder the Coal-Ships from Unlading at Smarts Key as was formerly used and other known and convenient Keys and Places so to compel them to their own Wharfs whereby the Citizens and others are disappointed of Buying there at the first hand and by the good Measure of the Coal-Meeters and of the ready carriage they were wont to have from those places Fourthly They labour to suppress all others that deal in Retailing of Coals denying them for Engrossers and imposing upon the easier and meaner sort Arbitrary Fines and prosecuting others at Law denying to all the benefit of Carr-rooms or the use of the Town Carrs to serve their Customers and punishing the Carr-men with penalties and troubles and seizure of their Carrs if they discover them in such Imployment so to constrain them to keep up their stores to their loss and the publick damage or to put them off to the Wood-mongers upon their own terms for their better advantage of raising the Price when they have engrossed the whole Store in their own hands Whereas indeed the Buying and Selling of Coals is but an accident to the Wood-mongers Trade and free for all men to use as themselves and to encourage the multiplicity of Traders in Victual and Fuel especially that are not united into one Society and Combination hath been ever held a most certain means to keep down the Price of those Provisions and at this time we find those other Retailers willing to Sell by the just Measures and at much lower Rates than the Wood-mongers do if they could be supplyed with Carrs to serve out their Coals to the Buyers Fifthly They generally obstruct their own Apprentices after their times are expired from Setting up by disappointing them of Wharfs and denying them Carr-rooms
in the time of the Mayoralty of Sir Thomas Cambell Knight deceased and carried by some Street Carr or Carrs of Persons duly Licensed and Allowed as aforesaid and bearing upon the same Carrs the Mark of the Red-Cross for a Note of their Allowance as hath antiently been accustomed The Governours of Christ-Hospital together with the Fellowship of Carr-Men have been at great Charges in Suits of Law to bring the said Wood-mongers or Retailers in Fuel to a compliance with the said Act of Common-Council They with their Purses and Persons have in all Courts opposed the same some of them well knowing that if the Carr-men should be permitted to carry Fuel they should lose great sums of Money yearly which they now get by the delivery of short Measure and several of them have been Indicted at Sessions for delivering sometimes two Bushels and sometimes three Bushels short in a Load of Coals The Argument about this by Law in the Exchequer and at the Kings-Bench-Bar have not been yet determined by reason some few things should be added to them by Law which the Governours do earnestly pray the Common-Council to do The Honourable House of Commons January the 29th 1673. Ordered That a Bill should be prepared by a Committee then named for the Regulating and Ascertaining the Measure of Coals and Abuses in the Sale of Wood. The Sixteenth of February 1673. The Committee Reports They had prepared a Bill and delivered it in which was Read and Ordered a second Reading The Twenty fourth of February 1673. The Parliament was Prorogued so that the Bill received no further debate at that time The Sixth of March 1673 4. His Majesty was Graciously pleased to send to the City this Letter following Charles R. TRusty and Well-beloved We Greet you well Whereas We are given to understand That in this last Session of Parliament by Order of the House of Commons a Bill was prepared and Read for the Regulating Abuses in the Measure of Coal and Wood within that Our City of London Borough of Southwark Liberties of the Tower of London St. Katherines and East-Smithfield but the said Bill not having been passed into an Act by reason of the Prorogation and the said Abuses still continuing to the great Oppression and Grievance of Our good Subjects We have thought fit hereby to recommend to you in an especial Manner the Regulation thereof and as well the putting in Execution all Orders already made for and towards the Redressing all Abuses and Deceits of that kind as the making such Orders as may totally prevent the same for the future Wherein We cannot doubt of your particular Care and so We bid you Farewel Given at Our Court at White-hall this Sixth day of March 1673 4. in the Twenty sixth year of Our Reign By His Majesties special Command ARLINGTON To Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir William Hooker Knight Lord Mayor of Our City of LONDON and to the Aldermen and Common-Council of that Our City HOOKER MAYOR Com. Concil tent in Camera Guild-hall Civit. Lond. die Martis decimo nono die Maii Anno Dom. 1674. Annoque Regni Regis Caroli Secundi c. vicessimo sexto AT this Court was Presented and Read His Majesties Letter directed to this Court Dated at White-hall the Sixth day of March last past setting forth That His Majesty had been given to understand that in the last Session of Parliament by Order of the House of Commons a Bill was prepared and read for the regulating the abuses in the Measures of Coals and Wood within this City Borough of Southwark Liberties of the Tower of London St. Katherines and East-Smithfield but the said Bill not passing into an Act by reason of the Prorogation and the same abuses still continuing to the great oppression and grievance of His Majesties Subjects Therefore His Majesty was Graciously pleased by his said Letter to recommend to this Court in especial manner the regulating thereof And as well the putting in execution all Orders already made for and towards the redressing all Abuses and Deceits of that kind as the making such Orders as may totally prevent the same for the future This Court in Obedience to the said Command doth nominate and appoint Sir John Frederick Sir William Turner Sir Richard Ford Sir John Moore Knights Aldermen Sir Robert Jeoffories and Sir Thomas Player Knights William Fluellin Esq Mr. Pilkington Mr. Tompson Major Gunston Mr. Short and Mr. Turgis Commoners or any Two of the said Aldermen and Four of the said Commoners to be a Committee forthwith to meet and consult what is fit to be done for redressing the same Abuses and Report their Opinions therein to this Court and William Bird to Warn and Attend them Wagstaffe PEAKE MAYOR Martis 28. die April 1668. Annoque Regni Regis CAROLI Secundi Angliae c. XX. THis day the President and Governours of Christs-Hospital London to whom the Rule Oversight and Government of Carrs Carts Carr-rooms Carters and Carmen within the City of London and Liberties thereof is committed by Act of Common-Council made the One and twentieth day of June One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Five in the Seventeenth Year of His Majesties Reign exhibited into this Court a Book of Orders Rules Directions and Limitations devised for the better Regulation of the said Carrs Carts Carters and Carr-men Humbly submitting the same to be allowed and confirmed by this Court according to the said Act of Common-Council and the Custom of this City Whereupon the said Orders Rules Directions and Limitations were here openly and deliberately read and advisedly and maturely considered and after some alterations and amendments therein made were well liked ratified and confirmed and Ordered to be observed executed and performed by all Persons concerned in all Points and in all times hereafter until this Court or the Common-Council of this City shall see cause to Order or Direct any thing to the contrary thereof or of any Articles or Clauses therein contained And it is further Ordered That the said President and Governours may as they see cause use and publish the said Orders Rules Directions and Limitations under the Title and in manner and form following That is to say ORDERS RVLES DIRECTIONS and LIMITATIONS Made by the Right Honourable Sir William Peake Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London and the Right Worshipful the Aldermen his Brethren at a Court held in the Chamber of the Guild-Hall London on Tuesday the Eight and Twentieth day of April One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty and Eight in the Twentieth Year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lord King Charles the Second c. for the further Direction of the President and Governours of Christs-Hospital London in the Rule Oversight and Government of the Carrs Carts Carters and Carmen within the City of London and Liberties thereof and for the better Government and Ordering of the said Carrs Carts Carters and Carmen within the said City of London in pursuance of an Act of Common-Council held in
offence shall be disenabled from further Working a Carr within the City of London and Liberties thereof Ninthly That the said President or Governours take care that no Carr-man his Journey-man or Servant ride upon his Carr or drives his Horse a Trot in the Street or otherwise in a more speedy course or pace than is usual upon pain of Forfeiting for every Offence herein Two Shillings Tenthly That the said President or Governours take care that every Carr-man lead his Horse by the Head with an Horse Halter of three Foot and no longer with a special regard alwayes before him as behind him as well for Children as for Aged people and if he shall suffer his Horse to go in the Streets without leading him as aforesaid for every time he shall so offend he shall forfeit and pay Two Shillings Eleventhly That the said President or Governours take care that no Carr-man within this City and Liberties thereof shall appoint any Servant or Journey man to go with any Carr or Cart before he be presented to them the said President or Governours and allowed by them which Servant or Journeyman shall be of the age of Eighteen Years at the least and whatsoever Carr-man shall hereafter entertain and imploy as a Carr-man in guiding of a Carr any such Servant the full time of six Weeks before he be presented to the said President or Governours then he shall forfeit and pay for every Week that he shall so entertain and keep him before such presentment the sum of Five Shillings and that all the now Servants of Carr-men shall appear before the said President or Governours with their Indentures to be Allowed and Entred in the Books of the said Governours for which Entrance to pay Six Pence Twelfthly Further that if any Master Carr-man or any other using or enjoying a Carr within this City and Liberties thereof shall put away or sett over his Servant or Servants so presented to the said President or Governours or shall bargain or sett over any year or years of any such Servant or Servants or any other person or persons before such Carr-man hath first obtained and gotten the good will and consent of the President or Governours aforesaid for the time being so to do that it may appear by their Register Book kept by the said President or Governours of the honest and lawful departure putting away or setting over of every such Servant or Servants that then he the said Master Carr-man shall for every Offence to the contrary pay Six Shillings and Eight Pence Thirteenthly Further that the said President or Governours take care that no Carr-man within the City of London and Liberties thereof have more than one Apprentice at one time and one Journeyman and if it shall appear to the said President or Governours that the said Carr-man hath any more than one Apprentice and Journeyman then the said Carr-man to lose his admittance of Working any Carr or Cart within London and the Liberties thereof Fourteenthly Further the said President or Governours are desired that when any Servant or Journeyman is presented to them to be allowed and approved to Work a Carr or Cart in London and the Liberties thereof then they to declare to the said Servant or Journeyman that the sole disposing of all Carrs to Work is in the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of London and in such as claim by from or under them and that he cannot have any Cart to Work or Hire till one falls void although he hath served the term of Seven Years Apprentiship Fifteenthly Further the said President or Governours are desired to take care that no such Servant or Servants do at any time hereafter mis-behave him or themseves in the Street and if any be found so to do then they to inflict such Punishment upon such Servants for such their Mis-behaviours as in their discretion shall be thought fit And if any Free-Carr-man shall mis-behave himself in the Streets and proof thereof be made before the said President or Governours he the said Free-man shall for his first Offence pay Ten Shillings and for his second Offence Twenty Shillings and for his third Offence Forty Shillings And for refusal of not paying of any of the said â—ines to be discharged from Working any Carr within the City of London and Liberties thereof Sixteenthly The said President and Governours are desired not to admit any Person or Persons to work a Carr within the City of London and Liberties thereof to their own use other then such as have served Seven years Apprentiship to the calling and hath a good testimony of his honest life and conversation Seventeenthly And further the said President or Governours are desired by this Court To call all such Carr-men before them as they shall admit or allow of four times in every year yearly or as often as they shall think fit and to cause all the Orders that are now made or shall hereafter be made for the Rule Oversight and Government of the said Carrmen to be openly read to them And if any Carr-man shall refuse at any time or times to appear upon the Summons of the said President or Governours by any of the four Street-men or other Officers of the said President or Governours then they to lay such Fine Penalty or Suspension upon every such Carr-man so offending as in their discretion shall be thought most fit All which Orders before mentioned shall be put in Execution by the President or Governours of the said Hospital And by no other Person or Persons whatsoever And all the Fines arising by breach of the said Ordinances be applyed viz. One Moyety to the relief of the poor Children harboured in the said Christs-Hospital And the other Moyety to the Use of the Fellowship or Brotherhood of Carr-men Now followeth the ORDERS for the FELLOWSHIP First That all manner of Persons who now are or hereafter shall be duly allowed by the said President or Governours of the said Hospital to work any Carr or Carts within the City of London and Liberties thereof shall be a Fellowship and Fraternity by the name of the Carr-men of the City of London to put in execution these Orders following and no other viz. Secondly That there shall be Three of the said Fellowship in manner and form following in these Presents hereunder mentioned chosen and named which shall be and be called the Wardens of the said Fellowship of Carr-men of London And that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Members of the said Brotherhood or Fellowship within some convenient time to Choose and Elect out of themselves â—hree able and sufficient Persons useing the Occupation of a Carr-man to be Wardens of the said Brotherhood or Fellowship the space of one whole year then next following and from thence until a New Election be made And that the same Three Persons so Chosen to be Wardens shall within convenient time after their said Election be presented by a convenient
number of the said Brotherhood in the Utter Court holden before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the said City to be Sworn for the true execution of such things as shall appertain unto their Office according to the good Rules and Ordinances to them to be allowed and approved by the same Court. And that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Wardens so Sworn as aforesaid to call unto their Assistance the number of Twenty of the Members of the said Fellowship who shall be and be called the Assistants of the said Fellowship Thirdly That John Hill William Turner and John Earle be the Three first Wardens of the said Fellowship or Fraternity to continue for one whole year and that William Standley John Standford James Rough-head John Fox Robert Hardy Edward Oxlad Anthony Brown Isaac Preston John Clark Thomas Haynes Thomas Smith Thomas Hooker John Cue James Maw Edward Benson John Caines Alexander Sheppard Edward Tucker Edward Lucar and John Chitwel shall be first Assistants of the said Fellowship or Fraternity Fourthly That the old Wardens and Assistants of the said Brotherhood may lawfully between the five and twentieth Day of March and the four and twentieth Day of June in every year then next following assemble themselves together in some convenient place by them to be provided within the City of London and there to choose and elect of themselves out of the said Assistants of the same Brotherhood Three able men that use the said Occupation to be Wardens of the said Brotherhood for one whole year then next following and so forth until Three others shall be elected and sworn into the said Office And the same Three Wardens so chosen within Twenty dayes then next following after their said Election shall be sworn in the said Court to be holden in the said Utter Chamber of Guild-Hall before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen for the time being truly to do and execute such things as shall appertain and belong to their Office according to the good Rules and Ordinances to them to be allowed and approved by the same Court. And that if the said Wardens being thus Elected and Sworn happen to die within the said Year that they should stand Wardens That then the Members of the said Brotherhood viz. the said Wardens surviving and the Assistants of the Brotherhood may chuse so many more of the same Occupation to supply and serve in stead and place of him or them so deceased for the residue of the said Year in form aforesaid And in case any such person or persons refuse to hold the said place of a Warden so chosen the same peron or persons so refusing shall pay for a Fine three Pounds to be employed to the use of the said Fellowship or Brotherhood Fifthly That within one Month next after the chusing of the new Wardens at the end of every Year in form aforesaid the old Wardens which occupied and stood in the Office in the Year then next preceding shall make and yield up their Accompts to the Wardens then chosen and to three or four other persons of the said Brotherhood such as the said new Wardens shall appoint to take their Accompts and shall truly answer pay and deliver unto the said new Wardens to the use of the same Brotherhood all that which shall be found to remain in their hands upon that Accompt upon pain of five pounds to be paid to the use of the said Fellowship And if the said Accompt be behind and not given up and payment of what shall be found to remain in their hands made as aforesaid That the old Wardens so failing except they have a reasonable and lawful excuse shall pay for every Month so long as their Accompts are not given up and satisfaction made within one Month after the chusing of the new Wardens the Sum of five Pounds over and above the aforesaid penalty of five Pounds for failure of the first Month to be employed as aforesaid Sixthly That the said Wardens and Assistants of the said Brotherhood or Fellowship may have chuse or ordain one meet person fit and able to be their Clerk and one other fit person or more than one to be their Beadle or Beadles as their common Officers to make Summons in the name of the Wardens for the time being and to execute other the lawful Precepts and Commandments of the said Fellowship as the Case shall require the same Clerk and Beadle or Beadles to have such Salary and Wages as the old Wardens and Brotherhood for the time being shall think fit and allow unto them to be paid quarterly every Year The same Beadle or Beadles to be of the Occupation aforesaid And that it shall be lawful for the said Wardens for the time being to Levy Collect and Receive of the Members of the said Brotherhood a competent Sum of Money to be by them agreed upon by the name of Quarteridge towards the Charges of the said Brotherhood as in other Fellowships in this City is used so as the same Quarteridge exceeds not Twelve pence a Quarter for any one person Seventhly That as often as any person of the said Brotherhood or Fellowship hereafter shall be duly summoned by the Beadle of the said Society to appear before the Wardens of the said Fellowship for the time being at a certain hour assigned and appeareth not at the time and place appointed according to their Summons That the said person so summoned making default unless he have some reasonable and lawful excuse shall pay to the use of the said Fellowship for a Fine such a Sum of Money as the said Wardens for the time being shall appoint not exceeding two Shillings and sixpence Eighthly That if any person being a man of the same Fellowship shall at any time hereafter use or give any evil opprobrious or reviling Language in the Street or elsewhere to any other Free-man of the same Fellowship that then the person so offending shall pay to the use of the said Brotherhood the Sum of five shillings And if any Apprentice Servant to any of the said Fellowship shall offend in such wise That then the same Apprentice or Servant shall be punished by the Order and Discretions of the Wardens of the said Company for the time being Ninthly That if any Free-man of the said Fellowship shall strike or fight with any of the said Fellowship that then he shall forfeit for every such Offence Ten Shillings to be paid to the use of the said Fellowship And every Apprentice guilty of the like Offence shall be punished at the discretion of the Wardens as aforesaid But if any Free-man of the said Fellowship Journey-man or Servant shall give evil opprobrious or reviling Language in the Streets or elsewhere to any person whatsoever not free of the said Fellowship or strike or fight with any such person the said Brotherhood shall have nothing to do therein but the said Journeyman or Servant shall be punished by the Order
the contrary That is to say From any the Wharfs between the Tower and London-bridge to Tower-street Grace-Church-street Fen-church-street Bishopsgate-street within Corn-Hill and places of like distance up the Hill with eighteen hundred weight not exceeding Twenty hundred Weight Two Shillings two Pence And being above Twenty hundred Weight Two pence for every Hundred Provided the Car-men for this Rate and all other Rates herein contained do help to load and unload their Carrs In which may be included Two Puncheons of Prunes two Bales of Mather twenty Barrels of Figgs two Fat 's of Fustians six ordinary Sacks of Cotton-Woolls of Smyrna and three Cyprus Bags a Butt of Currans a great Butt of Oyls three Chests of Sugar eight Bags of Alums one Last of Flax one Last of Hemp and any other Goods herein not named of the like Weight for every Load Two Shillings two Pence And for Sea-coals the Load Fourteen Pence every Load to be half a Chaldron and for one hundred Faggots the like Rate And from any the Wharfs aforesaid to Broad-street Loth-bury Old-Jury Bassishaw Coleman-street Ironmonger-Lane St. Laurence-Lane Milk-street Aldermanbury Cheap-side Wood-street Friday-street Bread-street and places of like distance for the like weight of Eighteen hundred not exceeding Twenty hundred Weight for the Goods aforesaid and other Goods herein not named of the like Weight for every Load Two Shillings Six Pence And being above twenty Hundred Weight upon every Hundred Two Pence And for Sea-coals the Load Sxteen Pence every Load to be half a Chaldron and for one hundred Faggots the like Rate Also from any the Wharfs aforesaid to Smithfield-Barrs Holborn-Barrs Temple-Barr or any of the Barrs on the North-side of the City and places of like distance up the Hill with eighteen Hundred Weight not exceeding twenty Hundred Weight for every Load three Shillings four Pence And going beyond the said places the Parties to agree with the Carr-men Also from any the Wharfs aforesaid to Tower-street Bishops-gate-street within Corn-Hill and other places of like distance up the Hill with fourteen Hundred Weight not exceeding eighteen Hundred Weight Two and Twenty Pence In which may be included Twenty Pieces of Raisins a Load of Raisins of the Sun six Bags of Pepper six ordinary Bags of Galls three great Bags of Galls six Bales and Barrels of Indico six Bales of Grogram Yarn six Bales of Turky Silk five Hogsheads of Cloves four Bales of Calicoes three Hogsheads of Wines two Chests of Sugar or any other Goods of the like Weight five Hogsheads of Tobacco not exceeding eighteen hundred Weight Two and twenty Pence Also from any the Wharfs aforesaid to Broad-street Loth-bury Old-Jury Bassishaw Coleman-street Ironmonger-Lane St. Laurence-Lane Milk-street Aldermanbury Cheap-side Wood-street Friday-street Bread-street and places of the like distance for any of the said Goods of the same quantity and weight for every Load Two Shillings Also from any the Wharfs aforesaid to Tower-street Grace-Church-street Fen-Church-street Bishopsgate-street within Corn-Hill and other places of like distance up the Hill with eight hundred Weight not exceeding fourteen hundred Weight Eighteen Pence In which may be included All Butts and Pipes of Wine or a Pipe of Oyl Packs of Canvas two Hogsheads or three Tierces a Fat of Fustians and all other Goods of the like bulk and weight for every Load Eighteen Pence And from any the Wharfs aforesaid to Broad-street Loth-bury Old-Jury Bassishaw Coleman-street Ironmonger-Lane St. Laurence-Lane Milk-street Aldermanbury Cheap-side Wood-street Friday-street and other places of like distance for any other Goods of like load or weight for every Load Twenty Pence Also from London-Bridge foot West-ward to the Old-Swan Cole-Harbor the Three-Cranes Queen-hith Broken-Wharf Pauls-Wharf Puddle-Wharf the Wardrobe and to all other places not exceeding the Poultry Cheap-side or Newgate-Market for thirteen hundred Weight not exceeding eighteen hundred Weight Two and twenty pence And for every Load of Sea-coals fourteen Pence every Load to behalf a Chaldron and one hundred Faggots the like Rate And from all other Wharfs and places between London-Bridge and Temple-Barr to the same and places of like distance for every Load of Coals fourteen Pence every Load to be half a Chaldron and an hundred of Faggots the like Rate And to all the places Northward of the Poultry Cheap-side Newgate-Market Holborn-Bridge and Fleet-street for fourteen hundred weight not exceeding eighteen hundred weight Two Shillings two Pence And from Tower-street Grace-church-street Fen-church-street Bishopsgate-street within Corn-Hill and other places of like distance for every Pack of twenty Cloths for six Bales of Cloths and Kersies six Bales of Pepper six Barrels of Indico five Hogsheads of Cloves and for other Goods not herein mentioned of like weight to the water-side Sixteen Pence And from Broad-street Lothbury Old-Jury Bassishaw Coleman-street Ironmonger-Lane St. Laurence-Lane Milk-street Aldermanbury Cheap-side Wood-street Friday-street Bread-street and other places of like distance to the water-side for the like weight Twenty Pence And for places nearer or of less distance the Parties hiring and to be hired are to make Agreement answerably or proportionably to the Rates before-mentioned And if any Car-man shall take for his Labour and Hire above the Rates before limited and appointed and the same be duly proved by the testimony of one or more credible witness or witnesses before the Lord Mayor or any two of His Majesties Justices of the Peace or otherwise within the City of London such Car-man shall suffer Imprisonment by the space of one and twenty days without Bail or Mainprise according to the Statute in this behalf and shall undergo such further Pains and Penalties as by the Law may be inflicted for the said Offence And to the end that all Car-men may be encouraged duly to observe the several Orders and Rates herein before limited and appointed It is further Ordered That if any Merchant Tradesman or others shall at any time hereafter refuse to pay to any Car-man or Car-men his and their Hire or Wages according to the several Rates herein before Ordered and appointed that then it shall be lawful And it is hereby Ordered That such Car-man and Car-men do make his and their Complaint to the President of Christs-Hospital for the time being or to any of His Majesties Justices of the Peace within the said City of London who are hereby desired to compel the Payment of such Hire and Wages and to enforce the due observance of all and every the Orders above-mentioned according to Law and Justice And it is further Ordered That it shall be free for all Merchants and others that have occasion to use Cars or Carts to chuse what Cars he or they shall please except such as stand for Wharf-work Tackle-work Crane-work Shops and Merchants Houses which are to stand in order and be taken in turn Also That any Carman who stands with his empty Car next to any Goods that are to be Loaden shall on the first demand Load the same without any delay or
bargaining for any other Wages than before is limited and the Owners of the Goods so carried shall pay the same Rates Farther It is Ordered That if any Merchant or other person whatsoever shall cause any Car-man to stay or attend at his House Shop Ware-house or Cellar with his loaden Car above half an hour before he unloads such Car-man being willing to help to unload the same such Merchants or others shall pay such Car-men after the rate of twelve Pence an Hour after the said first half Hour for his Attendance And whereas the Rule Oversight and Government of the Cars Carts Carters and Car-men and of all other person or persons whatsoever working any Car or Carts within the City of London and Liberties thereof by Act of Common-Council of the one and twentieth day of June 1665. is in the President and Governours of Christs-Hospital the said President and Governours are desired by this Court forthwith to cause every Car or Cart which shall be licensed to work within the said City and Liberties thereof to be numbred with Figures upon a piece of Brass to be fixed upon every Car or Cart and the Car-mans name in such Figures to be fairly Registred in a Book to be kept in Christs-Hospital there at any time to be seen to the end that if any Car-man shall not conform to the Rates aforesaid or shall refuse to carry Goods at such Rates or shall exact greater Rates or Prices than is afore expressed the Merchant or any other Citizen or Citizens or others knowing what Figure is upon the Cart may the more readily find out who is the Worker thereof Further If any Car-man or Carter shall not conform to the Rates aforesaid or shall refuse to carry Goods for such Rates or exact greater Rates than herein is appointed or shall work without the aforesaid piece of Brass fixed upon his Car or Cart and the same be complained of to the said President and Governours of the said Hospital or any four of them upon testimony of or for the party grieved or any credible person on his behalf they are hereby desired to suspend such person from working any Car or Cart within the City of London and Liberties thereof until he hath made satisfaction to the party grieved and fixed the said piece of Brass upon his Car or Cart. And the said President and Governours and any four or more of them are desired by this Court to meet every Tuesday in Christs-Hospital at Two of the Clock in the Afternoon to hear and determin all complaints that shall be made by any Merchant or Citizen against any Car-man whatsoever And for prevention of future damages to the Merchants and others and suppressing of unruly and disorderly Car-men and for avoiding of danger by unruly Horses it is thought fit and Ordered by this Court and the said President and Governours or any four of them are hereby desired to nominate and appoint Street-men such as they shall think fit to be Overseers of the said Car-men to see and take care that Merchants and other Citizens Goods be well and faithfully carried and delivered at the Rates and Prizes aforesaid without any exaction hindrance or disturbance and that able persons none under the age of eighteen years be employed to manage their Horses or Carts And whereas several Differences and Controversies do daily arise between Car-man and Car-man concerning their Work and Labour to the great disturbance of the Kings Liege People and to the manifest hindrance and obstruction of the present carriage of Goods and Merchandizes It is further Ordered That the Wardens of the Fellowship of Car-men for the time being or any two of them having notice of such Difference or Disturbance shall forthwith cause such Car-man between whom such Difference and controversie shall arise to be brought before them who are hereby Ordered and Desired to hear mediate and determin the same And in case any Car-man or Car-men shall at any time hereafter neglect or obstinately refuse to yield Obedience to such Order and Determination as shall be by the said Wardens of the said Fellowship of Car-men or any two of them made therein That then and in every such Case It is hereby Ordered That the said Wardens of the said Fellowship of Car-men for the time being or any two of them by whom such Order or Determination was made do cause such Car-man or Carmen to be brought before the President of Christs-Hospital for the time being or any of His Majesties Justices of the Peace within the said City of London who are hereby desired to inflict such Punishment upon such disobedient and refractory person and persons as shall be most agreeable to Law and Justice or otherwise to cause such person or persons to find Sureties personally to appear at the next General Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the City of London at Justice-Hall aforesaid then and there to answer his and their Disobedience and Contempt and such other matters as on His Majesties behalf shall be then and there objected against him or them and not to depart the Court without Licence NOte That all the Persons that live at St. Giles's St. Katherines and other places forth of this City and keep Carts are under no regulation and do not only take away the Car-mens Labour that are Free-men of London but come into London with two three and sometimes more Horses in their Carts The Traders in Fuel within and without this City pester the Streets with their Carts take away the Labour of the Car-men go with as many Horses as they please and are under no regulation whatsoever Besides the stops which Coaches make in the Streets If Carts were assigned for the Carriage of Fuel out of the Number of Four Hundred and Twenty now allowed by the Governours of Christs-Hospital no Citizen of London would have cause to complain of the stoppage of the Streets