Liber Albus: The White Book of the City of LondonR. Griffin, 1861 - 668 pages |
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Page 274 - You shall swear, that you shall know of no brewer " or brewster, cook, or pie-baker, in your Ward, who " sells the gallon of best ale for more than one penny " halfpenny, or the gallon of second for more than " one penny, or otherwise than by measure sealed " and full of clear ale ; or who brews less than he " used to do before this cry, by reason hereof, or with...
Page 22 - On the morrow of the Feast of the Apostles Simon and Jude, provided such day was not Sunday — in which case the ensuing Monday was substituted, — it was the custom for both the new and the past Mayor, and the Aldermen as well, in a like suit of robes, attended by the Sheriffs, and as many as were of the Mayor's livery and of the several mysteries...
Page 229 - And whereas some buyers and brokers of corn buy corn in the City of country-folks who bring it into the City to sell, and give, on the bargain [being made], a penny or halfpenny by way of earnest ; and tell the peasants to take the corn to their house, and that there they shall receive their pay. — And when they come [there] and think to have their payment directly, the buyer says that his wife at his house has gone out, and has taken the key of the room, so that he cannot . get at his money; but...
Page 166 - Gavelet the tenants shall have1 three summonses and three essoins ; they shall also have the View, they may vouch to warranty both denizen and foreigner, and they shall be essoined, and shall have the other exceptions : and all other process shall be made as before declared under Writ of Right in Hustings of Pleas of Land ; save that, if the tenant makes default, then after default the demandant shall have judgment to recover and to hold for a year and a day ; upon condition, that the tenant may...
Page 232 - ... there at least one hour in the day. And the third [time that such] default shall be found, he shall be drawn, and the oven shall be pulled down, and the baker [made to] forswear the trade within the City for ever. And that no [baker] of the town shall give unto the regratresses the six pence on the Monday morning by way of hansel-money or the three pence on Friday, for curtesy-money ; but, after the ancient manner, [let him give] thirteen articles of bread for twelve.
Page 232 - Cheepe, in manner aforesaid, to the pillory, and let him be put upon the pillory, and remain there at least one hour in the day ; and the third time that such default shall be found, he shall be drawn, and the oven shall be pulled down, and the baker made to forswear the trade within the City for ever.
Page 269 - You shall swear, that well and lawfully you shall serve the City of 'London in. the office of Common Serjeant, and the laws, usages, and ' franchises of the said city shall keep and defend, within the City and ' without, according to your wit and power ; and the rights of orphans you ' shall pursue, save, and maintain ; and good and lawful counsel you ' shall give in all things touching the common profit of the said city...
Page 232 - it says : " shall be found in the bread of a baker in the city, the first time, let him be drawn upon a hurdle from the Guildhall to his own house through the great streets, where there be most people assembled, and through the great streets which are most dirty, with the faulty loaf hanging from his neck; if a second time he shall be found committing the same offence, let him be drawn from the Guildhall through the great street of...
Page 240 - ... watch their time to do ill ; — it is forbidden that any person shall keep a p. 201. b. tavern for wine or for ale open after the hour of curfew aforesaid ; but they shall keep their taverns closed after that hour. Nor shall they have any persons therein, sleeping or sitting up...
Page 229 - Also, as to corn-dealers who bring corn unto the City for sale — that no one shall sell by show or by sample. But they shall come to certain places in the City established with their carts laden, and with their horse?