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and shall be lawful for the same mayor and burgesses of the borough aforesaid and their successors by the chamberlains of the borough aforesaid or other their proper officers or ministers to recover levy and put themselves into seizin and possession of the same fines and amerciaments aforesaid by imprisonment of the body or by distress of the goods and chattels of such person or persons as aforesaid refusing being within the borough or liberties of the same or by any other lawful means whatsoever and the same to the use and behoof of the said mayor and burgesses and their suc-pleasure as the mayor and aldermen of our town or cessors to receive and detain without account thereof to be yielded to us our heirs or successors and without the hinderance of us our heirs or successors or any officers or ministers of us our heirs or successors whatsoever AND FURTHER we will and by these presents for us our heirs and successors do grant to the aforesaid mayor and burgesses of the borough of Derby aforesaid and their successors that no merchant or tradesman or other person using or exercising any Occupation or mystery whatsoever who is or shall not be a burgess or freeman of the borough aforesaid may use or exercise any occupation or mystery within the said borough or the liberties of the same or have or use any house shop ar station within the borough aforesaid or the liberties of the same for the sale or utterance of any merchandises there or for the use or exercise of any occupation or mystery there unless at the times of the fairs marts and markets aforesaid within the borough aforesaid and the liberties of the same to be held WHEREFORE we will and by these presents for us our heirs and successors DO charge and command all and singular persons whatsoever besides the aforesaid burgesses or freemen of the borough afore-ditions explanations and declarations above mentioned said for the time being and their servants and apprentices that neither they nor any of them shall enter the said borough or the liberties thereof or have or use or presume to have and use any house shop place or station within the borough aforesaid or the liberties thereof for the selling or uttering of any merchandises there except only at the times of the fairs marts and markets aforesaid hereafter to be held within the borough aforesaid and the liberties of the same and that no foreign butcher shall sell or expose to sale any meat or flesh within the borough aforesaid upon market days before the ringing of the bell and after the sun setting as hath been there used And that under such pains penalties and forfeitures as by the laws and statutes within our realm of England or otherwise may be law fully inflicted or imposed upon such offenders for contempt of our royal command in this behalf AND MOREOVER by these presents for us our heirs and successors we give and grant to the aforesaid mayor and burgesses of the borough of Derby aforesaid and to their successors special licence power and authority to have procure receive and possess to themselves and their successors for ever any manors messuages lands tenements meadows pastures feedings woods underwoods rectories tithes rents reversions and other hereditaments whatsoever as well of us our heirs or successors as of any other person or persons whatsoever which are not held of us our heirs or successors immediately in capite nor by knight's service nor of any other person by knight's service so that such manors messuages lands tenements and other hereditaments exceed not the clear annual value of £150. per annum beyond all charges and reprises the statute of mortmain or any other statute act ordinance or provision in any other thing cause or matter whatsoever to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding WE also give and by these presents for us our heirs and successors DO grant to every subject or subjects of us our heirs or successors special licence and free power and authority that they or any of them may be able and capable to give grant sell devise or alien fawfully and with impunity any manors messuages lands tenements or other hereditaments whatsoever which are not held of us our heirs or successors immediately in capite nor of us or others by knights' service to the aforesaid mayor and burgesses and their successors so that the aforesaid manors messuages lands tenements and hereditaments so to be given granted aliened or devised to the same mayor and burgesses and their successors as aforesaid exceed not in the whole the clear an nual value or rent of £150. per annum beyond all

charges and reprises the statute of mortmain or any other thing cause or matter whatsoever to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding AND FURTHER we will and by these presents for us our heirs and suecessors do give and grant licence and authority to the aforesaid mayor and burgesses of the borough aforesaid and to their successors that the mayor and aldermen of the borough aforesaid and their successors for the time being may be empowered and enabled to wear and use such and the like robes and garments at their borough of Nottingham now use or heretofore have used without any hinderance or disturbance whatsoever AND FURTHER we do by our like special favour and certain knowledge and mere motion for us our heirs and successors give grant and confirm to the aforesaid mayor and burgesses of the borough aforesaid and to their successors all and singular letters patent charters and confirmations of our dearest progenitors or ancestors whatsoever to the said mayor and burgesses of the borough of Derby aforesaid or their predecessors by whatsoever name or names of incorporation in former times made granted or confirmed and all and singular gifts grants confirmations restitutions customs ordinances and articles and all other things whatsoever letters patents or charters of whomsoever our progenitors or ancestors late kings or queens of England and also all and singular the things in the said letters patents charters grants confirmations or any of them contained recited specified confirmed or explained and all and singular jurisdictions authorities exemptions privileges liberties franchises immunities free customs whatsoever with the alterations adand also the borough or manor of Derby with all its appurtinancies and also all and singular the lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever which the aforesaid mayor and burgesses of the borough aforesaid now have hold use and enjoy or which they or their predecessors by the name aforesaid or by the name of the bailiffs and burgesses of the borough of Derby or by the name of the burgesses of the borough of Derby or by any other name whatsoever or by whatsoever incorporation or by virtue of any letters patents charters or confirmations of us or any of our progenitors prede cessors or ancestors formerly kings or queens of England any ways heretofore made granted or confirmed or by whatsoever other legal manner or title custom use or prescription or heretofore used had or accustomed or had held used or enjoyed or ought to have hold use or enjoy We do ratify and make free and for us our heirs and successors as much as in us lies do accept and approve and all and singular the things to the said mayor and burgesses of the borough of Derby aforesaid and to their successors by virtue of these presents DO grant ratify and confirm although the same or any of them have been disused abused or discontinued and although the same or any of them may or shall be lost TO HAVE hold enjoy and exercise all and singular the premises to the said mayor and burgesses of the borough of Derby aforesaid and to their successors for ever as fully freely and entirely and in as ample manner and form as if separately distinctly and by name they had in these presents been expressed nominated declared and recited YIELDING therefore and doing yearly to us our heirs and successors all such so many the same and such like rents services tenures and demands as and which to us or our progenitors or ancestors for the same premises or any of them heretofore were due payable or answered and no others nor more We also will and by these presents for us our heirs and successors of our especial favour do grant that although the same mayor and burgesses of the borough afore said or their predecessors any authorities jurisdictions liberties privileges franchises immunities discharges and free customs in the letters patent and charters aforesaid or any of them contained or any their cus toms in any case happening hitherto have not used but perhaps have abused yet they the said mayor and burgesses of the borough aforesaid and their successors their same authorities jurisdictions liberties privileges franchises immunities discharges and free customs whatsoever totally disused or abused and every of them from henceforth fully may enjoy and use without the action or hinderance of us our heirs or successors the justices