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framed by him, there can be little doubt that they are the production
of that eminent statesman. The following is a
copy :—
Civitas sxve Burg. Westmr-
Anna 1585.
CERTAIN ORDERS & ORDINANCES made the xxvijth day of May
in the xxvij year of the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lady Elizabeth
By The Right Honorable Sr William Cecill of the Most Noble
Order of the Garter Knight & Baron of Burleigh Lord Trear of
England & High Steward of the Citty and Burrow of Westmr &
The Right Worshipfull Gabriell Goodman Doctor of Divinity Dean
of the Collegiate Church of St Peters in Westmrr aforesd with
the assents of Thomas Fowler & John Fisher then being Chief
Burgesses of the said Citty or Burrow And also with the like
assents of the other ten Burgesses vizt. John Colebrand, John
Doddington, Richard Garratt, John Jennings, John Savage, David
Powell, Christopher Gibson, Thomas Clarke, William Staunton
John Collier And also with the assents of their Assistants viz.
William Downs, Robert Newall, William Bevin, George Lee, Thomas
Peirson, Marmaduke Sarvant, Morris Pickering, Richard Darlow,
Robert Carr, John Preist, John Bray, William Cannon according to
the Statute lately made & provided for the Government of the
said Citty or Burrow of Westmr viz. 1585.
Inmates.
1. Item that all & every person & persona weh at this present have dwelling
or inhabiting within any his her or their house or houses or in any part
or parcell thereof any inmates or undertenants the said inmates or undertenants
& every of them shall avoid & quietly depart from every such house
or houses at or before the Feast day of St Michael the Archangell next
ensuing upon payne that every person & persons that shall keep or suffer
any such inmate or undertenant to inhabit or dwell in any his her or their
house or houses after the said feast day shall forfeit and pay for every week
offending touching the pmisses ten shillings
Penaltie.
Unlawfull
weights and
measures.
2. Item if any person or persons useing the trade of buying or selling
any victualls or wares by any weights or measures and shall be found to
have at any time hereafter either false or unlaw full balance or ffalse or
unlawfull weights or measures against the Laws and Statutes of this