The Lawes of the Market.
FIrst, in all the Markets of this Citie, no victuall shall bee solde, but by the price set by the Maior of this Citie.
2 No man shall forestall any victuall comming to the Market, as for to buy in any Inne or other priuy place, or yet comming to the Market, whether it be found in the handes of the buyer or of the seller, vnder paine of forfaiture of the same, and no Inholder, shall suffer nothing to bee sold in his house, vppon paine of forfaiture of xl. s.
3 No man shall regrate any victuall which is in the market, or buy any victuall to ingrate in the market, so that the commons can or may haue any part of such victuall as in [Page] especiall such as be knowne for huxters, or other people, occupying their liuing by such victuall as they would so ingrosse, vnder payne of forfayture of such victuall so regrated: Prouided alwayes that any steward for any noble feast may buy or ingrate such victuall as is conuenient for the same feast.
4 No butter shalbe sold but according to the waight for the time of the yeare allowed.
5 No Poulters shall deceiueably occupy the Market to sell any stale victuall or such as bee Poulters of this Cittie, for to stand in straunge clothing so to doe, vnder payne of xl. s. and the forfayture of such victuall. xl. s.
6 No Huxters shall stand or sit in the Market, but in the lower place and the endes of the Market to the intent they may be perfectly known [Page] and the straunger market people haue the preheminence of the Market, vnder paine of iij. s. iiij. d. if the Huxters disobey the same.
7 No vnholesome or stale victuall shalbe sold vnder payne of xl. s. and forfayture of the same victuall.
The Statutes of the Streetes of this Cittie, against Noysances.
FIrst, no man shall sweepe the filth of the streate into the Canell of the Cittie in the time of any rayne or at any other tyme vnder payne of vj. s. viij. d.
2 No man shall cast, or lay in the Streetes, dogs, cattes, or other carreine, or any noysome thing contagious of ayre. Nor no Inholder shall lay out dunge out of his house [Page] but if the cart be ready to carry the same away incontinently, vnder payne of xl. s.
3 No Brewer shall cast wilfully, Dreggs, or drosse of Ale or Beere into the Canell, vnder paine of ij. s.
4 No man shall encomber the Streetes with Timber, Stones, Cartes, or such like, vnder payne of forfayture of the same thinge, that so encombreth the streetes which is twenty shillinges fine, if hee amoue it not at the warninge of the Sergeant of the Market.
5 Euery buylder of houses oughte to come to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Chamberlayne, for a speciall licence for hourde of, by hym to bee made in the high Streete, and no Builder to encomber the Streetes with any manner of thinge, takinge downe for the preparinge of hys new buildinge, vnder payne of forty [Page] shillings, except he make a hourd of xl. s.
6 No man shall set any Cartes in the streetes by night time, vnder the payne of xij. d. and recompence to such persons as shalbe hurt thereby if any such be, xij. d.
7 No Budge-man shall leade but two horses, and he shall not let them goe vnled, vnder paine of ij. s.
8 No man shall ride or driue hys carre, or carte a trotte, in the street, but paciently, vnder paine of ij. s.
9 No man shall gallope his horse in the streete vnder paine of ij. s.
10 No man shall shoote in the streete, for wager or otherwise, vnder like paine of ij. s.
11 No man shall bowle, or cast any stone in the streete for wager or gaine or such like, vnder pain of ij. s.
12 No man shall digg any hole in the streete for any matter, except he [Page] stop it vp againe, vnder paine of ij. s. and recompence to any person hurt thereby ij. s.
13 No man shall bury any dunge, or goung, within the liberties of this Citie vnder paine of xl. s.
14 No Goungfermour shall carry any Ordure till after ix. of the clocke in the night, vnder paine of thirtene shillings, foure pence.
15 No Goungfermer shall spill any Ordure in the street, vnder paine of xiij. s. iiij. d.
16 No man shal baite Bull, Bear, or Horse in the open streete, vnder paine of xx. s.
17 No man shall haue any Kine, Goates, Hogs, Pigs, Hens, Cocks, Capons, or Duckes, in the open streete, vnder paine of forfayture of the same.
18 No man shall mainetayne any byting Curres, or mad Dogges, in [Page] the streetes, vnder paine of ij. s. and recompence to euery party hurte therewith ij. s.
19 No Cartes that shall be shodde wyth Spignayle, that shall come vppon the streetes of this Cittie, vnder paine of iij. s. iiij. d.
20 No Cartes vsing dayly carryage within the Cittie, nor Car shall haue wheeles shod with any Iron, but bare vnder paine of vj. s.
21 No man shall burne any straw, Rishes, or other thing, Linnen, or wollen, in the Streetes, by night or by day, vnder paine of iij. s. iiij. d.
22 No man shall blow any horne in the night, within this Cittie, or Whistle after the houre of nyne of the clocke in the night, vnder paine of imprisonment.
23 No man shall vse to goe with visoures, or disguised by night, vnder lyke payne of imprisonment.
[Page]24 Made that Night-walkers and Euisdroppers, like punishment.
25 No Hammar man, as a Smith a Pewterer, a Founder, and all Artificers, making great sound, shall not worke after the houre of nyne in the night, nor afore the houre of four in the Morninge, vnder payne of iij. s. iiij. d.
26 No man shall cast into the Diches of this Citie, or the Sewers of this Cittie, without the walles, or into the Walles, Grates, or Gullyttes of this Cittie, any manner of carryn, stinking flesh, rotten fishe, or any rubbyshe, doung, sande, grauell, weedes, stones, or any other thinge, to stoppe the course of the same, vnder payne of cleansing of, at his owne cost and charge, vnder paine of imprisonment.
27 No man shal make any wided rawtes in anye of the towne Dyches, [Page] or the towne gullits, vnder paine of xx. s.
28 No man shall builde nigh the Walles of this citie, without licence of the Lord Maior, Aldermen, and Chamberlaine, vnder paine of throwing downe the same, and no lycence may bee graunted except that the Chamberlaine freely at al times conuenient and needeful for ingresse and entree, out-goynge, and cleare recourse.
29 No man shall goe in the streets by night or by day, with bow bent, or arrowes vnder his girdle, nor with swoorde vnscabberd, vnder payne of imprisonmente, or wyth hand-gunne, hauinge there-with powder and matche: except it be in an vsuall May-game, or sight.
30 No man shall after the houre of nine at the Night, keepe any rule whereby any such suddaine out-cry [Page] be made in the still of the Night, as making any affray, or beating hys Wife, or Seruant, or singing, or reuyling in his house, to the disturbaunce of his neighbours, vnder payne of iij. s. iiij. d.
31 No man shall make any affray vpon any Officer, which with good demeaner doth his message, by commaundement of my L. Maior, or any Alderman, or M. Sheriffes, or M. Chamberlain, or misbehaue him selfe in any rayling vpon any Iudge of this Citie, or their Officers, which by commaundement be sent to bring any breaker of this law and custome to Ward, or to distresse, or such lyke vpon payne of Imprisonment of forty dayes, and forfayture of the double penalty, for the offences asseasing rayling vppon any Alderman, or Mayor in his office, is Iudgemente of the Pillory, rayling vpon Master [Page] Chamberlayne in his Office, forty daies imprisonment, beating, threatning, and rayling of an officer is imprisonment, after as the trespas is.
32 Memorandum that euery offence founde in this Citty, it is accustomed that the Officer, a Freeman, findinge it, whiche is called primus Inuentor, hath halfe the penalty by the grace of the Court.
33 Also euery Freeman may finde any offence, but he hath no power to bring the Party before any Iudge of this Cittie, without an officer, except the party will come to his aunsweare by freewill.
34 No man hath power to arrest, attach, or make distres of any goods forfitable, or offences, except the constable or Sergeant of the Mase.
35 No Butcher or his seruant shal not vse to driue any Oxe or Oxen, a trotte in the streetes, but peaceably [Page] and if an Oxe happen to bee let goe, when hee is prepared to slaughter the Butcher shall forfayte ij. s. besides recompence, if any person bee hurt thereby.
36 No Butcher shall scauld Hogs but in the common scaulding house, vpon paine of vj. s. viij. d.
37 No Butcher shall sell any mesell Hog, or vnwholesome flesh vnder paine of x. li.
38 No Butcher shall sell any olde stale victuall: that is to say, aboue the slaughter of three dayes in the Winter and two in the Sommer, vnder paine of x. li.
39 None vnreasonable Victuall for all manner of victuals.
40 No Victualer of this Citty, shall geue any rude or vnsettinge language, or make any clamor vpon any man or womā in the open market, for cheapinge of victuall vnder payne of iij. s. iiij. d.
[Page]41 No Butcher shall cast the inwardes of beastes into the streetes, cleaues of beastes feete, bones, hornes of Sheepe or other such like, vnder paine of ij. s.
42 The Poding cart of the shambles shall not goe afore the houre of nine in the night, or after the houre of fiue in the morninge, vnder the paine of vj. s. viij. d.
43 No man shall cast any Vrine boles, or ordure boles, into the streetes, by day or night, afore the houre of nine in the night: And also hee shall not cast it out, but bring it downe, and lay it in the Canell, vnder the paine of iij. s. iiij. d. And if he do cast it vpon any persons head, the party to haue a lawfull recompence, if he haue hurt thereby
44 No man shall hurt, cut, or destroy any Pipes, Sesperalles, or winde Ventes pertayninge to the [Page] Condite, vnder paine of imprisonment and makinge satisfaction, though he doth it out of the Cittie, if he may be taken within the Citie.
45 No man within thys Cittie may make any Quill, and breake any Pipe of the Condite, comminge throgh his house, or nigh his ground, vnder payne of the Pillory, or take any water priuily vnto his house.
46 Casting any corrupt thinge, appoysoning the water, is Lourgulary and felony.
47 Whosoeuer destroy or perrish any Cockes of the Condite, must haue imprisonment, and make satisfaction.
Old Lawes and Customes of this Cittie.
No man shall set vp Shop, or occupy as a Freeman afore hee [Page] bee sworne in the Chamber of London, and admitted by the Chamberlaine, vnder paine of.
48 No man shall set ouer hys apprentise to any other person, but by licence of M. Chamberlayne, and there to be set ouer vnder paine.
49 No man which is a Forraine, shall not buy nor sell within the Liberties of this Cittie, with another Forraine, vnder payne of forfayture of the goods so forraine bought and solde.
50 No Freeman shall bee disobedient for to come at M. Chamberlaynes commaundemente, to any summons to him giuen by any Officer of the Chamber, vnder payne of imprisonment.
51 M. Chamberlaine hath power to send a Freeman to Ward, so that hee incontinently after sende to the Lord Mayor, the cause why that he [Page] is punished, so that the Lord Maior release him not but by the Chamberlaines assent, and if he be a great Commoner, and disobaying to the Chamberlayne, M. Chamberlayne may referre it to a Courte of Aldermen.
M. Chamberlayne hath authority for to send or commaund any Apprentise to the Counter for their offences, and if their offences be great as in defyling their maisters houses by vicious liuing, or offendinge hys maister by thefte, or disslaunder, or such like, then to commaund hym to Newgate.
Apprentise enrolled, hys maister payeth ij. s. vj. d.
Apprentice set ouer, hee that receiueth ij. s.
Apprentice made free, he payeth iiij. s.
Apprentise neuer enrolled, and [Page] made free, his maister payeth xiij. s. ij. d.
A man made free by his Fathers Copy, payeth xviij. d.
A Proclamation made in the time of the Mayrolty of Sir Michell Dormer knight.
An Act of Common Councell made in the Euen of Sainte Michaell, Anno Regis Henrici Octaui, xxxi. that no person shoulde lay any wares in the streete, or beyonde the edge of their stall, vpon payne of forfayture the first time vj. s. viij. d. the second time xiij. s. iiij. d. and the third time the ware so layd.