Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	city_n	london_n	mayor_n	10,714	5	9.7889	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B32508	By the maior. The order of the House of Commons to the Lord Maior, for the due observing the Sabbath day.	City of London (England). Lord Mayor.; Gurney, Richard, Sir, 1577-1647.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1641 (1641)	Interim Tract Supplement Guide 816.m.9[22]; ESTC R215622	1,047	2

By the Maior The Order of the House of Commons to the Lord Maior for the due observing the Sabbath day IT is this day ordered by the House of Commons that the Aldermen and Citizens that serve for the Citie of London shall intimate to the Lord Major from this House that the Statutes for the due observing of the Sabbath be put in execution And it is further ordered that the like intimation from this House be made to the Iustices of Peace in all the Counties of England and Wales And the Knights of the Shire of the severall Counties are to take care that Copies of this Order be accordingly sent to the Iustices of Peace in the severall Counties FOrasmuch as the Lords Day commonly called Sunday is of late much broken and profaned by a disorderly sort of people in frequenting Taverns Ale-houses and the like and putting to sale victuall and other things and exercising unlawfull games and pastimes to the great dishonour of God and reproach of Religion whereof the House of Commons now assembled hath beene pleased to take notice and by their order intimation hath been given unto mee that the Statutes for the due observing of the Sabbath be put in execution These are therefore in his Majesties name to will and require you forthwith upon the sight hereof that you give strict charge and command unto all and every the Church-wardens and Constables within your Ward that from henceforth they doe not permit or suffer any person or persons in the time of divine service or at any other time upon the Sunday to be drinking or playing in anie Tavern Inne Tobacco shop Alehouse or other victualling house whatsoever nor suffer any Fruiterer Milkewomen or Hearbwomen to stand with fruit milk herbs or any other victuall or wares in any the streets lanes or allies within your ward or any other wayes to put those things or any other to sale upon the Sunday at any time of the day or in the evening nor to permit or suffer any person or persons to use or exercise upon that day any unlawfull exercises and past-times within your ward and that expresse charge be given to every keeper of any Tavern Inne Cookshouse Tobaccohouse Alehouse or any other Tipler or victualler whatsoever within your ward that hereafter they receive not or suffer to remaine any person or persons whatsoever as their guests or customers to tipple eat drinke or take Tobacco in their houses upon any Sunday other then that Inholders may receive their ordinary guests or travelers and such like who come to remain for a time in their Inne for dispatch of their necessary businesse And if any person or persons shall be found offending in the premisses that then they be brought before me the Lord Major or some other of his Majesties Justices of Peace to the end they may receive such punishment as to Justice shall appertain And hereof not to fail as you will answer the contrary at your perill This thirteenth of April 1641. Mitchel