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[^USK, THOMAS.
TEXT:  APPEAL(S).
A BOOK OF LONDON ENGLISH 1384-1425.
ED. R. W. CHAMBERS AND M. DAUNT. 
OXFORD: CLARENDON PRESS, 1967 (1931). 
PP. 23.31 - 30.234                       (SAMPLE 1)
                                         (USK)

TEXT:  PETITIONS (M3), LONDON.
1)  AN ANTHOLOGY OF CHANCERY ENGLISH.
ED. J. H. FISHER, M. RICHARDSON
AND J. L. FISHER.
KNOXVILLE: THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
PRESS, 1984.
2)  A BOOK OF LONDON ENGLISH 1384-1425. 
ED. R. W. CHAMBERS AND M. DAUNT. 
OXFORD: CLARENDON PRESS, 1967 (1931). 
PP. 194.1  - 197.7  (161) (ANTHOLOGY)    (SAMPLE 2)  
PP. 198.1  - 204.28 (163)   - " -        (PET3)
PP. 226.29 - 227.75 (I)   (BOOK)

TEXT:  RETURNS, LONDON.
A BOOK OF LONDON ENGLISH 1384-1425.
ED. R. W. CHAMBERS AND M. DAUNT.
OXFORD: CLARENDON PRESS, 1967 (1931). 
PP. 41.1 - 44.99  (I)                    (SAMPLE 3)
PP. 50.1 - 53.91  (IV)                   (RET)
PP. 53.1 - 57.140 (V)

TEXT:  JUDGEMENTS, LONDON.
Idem.
PP. 94.1  - 95.32  (IV)                  (SAMPLE 4)  
PP. 95.1  - 96.30  (V)                   (JUDG)
PP. 100.1 - 101.26 (X)
PP. 233.1 - 234.38 (III)

TEXT:  TESTAMENTS AND WILLS, LONDON.
Idem.
PP. 209.1 - 210.31 (I)                   (SAMPLE 5)  
PP. 211.1 - 212.34 (III)                 (TEST)
PP. 214.1 - 215.51 (VII)

TEXT:  PROCLAMATIONS, LONDON.
Idem.
PP. 31.1 - 33.10  (I-III)                (SAMPLE 6)
PP. 97.1 - 98.30  (VII)                  (LPROCL)
PP. 99.1 - 100.51 (IX)^]

[^IN THE EXTRACTS TAKEN FROM An Anthology of Chancery English 
ALL PARENTHESES ARE EDITORIAL, E.G. (...); EXPLANATORY COMMENTS
ARE ADDED WHEN GIVEN IN THE EDITION.^]

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[} [\THE APPEAL OF THOMAS USK AGAINST
JOHN NORTHAMPTON\] }]
[} [\DATE: 1384.\] }]
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<P 23>
   Also it was ful purposed be John Norhampton & hys conseyl,
that ys to seye John More, Richard Norbury, & William Essex,
& be al the craftes that hielden with hym, that four poynt+g
shulden, with al the lordship & Frendeship that they myghten,
<P 24>
be kept & stablisshed; that ys to seyn, that the aldermen       #
sholden
be remoued fro yer in to yer, & that the comun conseyl sholde
kome be craftes, & that ther sholde no vitailler bere office    #
judicial,
& that al strang[{e{] vitaillers sholden with thair vitailles   #
frelich
kome to the Cite, to selle thair vitailles as wel be retaile as #
in
other wyse, hauyng no reward to the Franchise. And, truly, 
the ful entent was that al the ordinances that wer ordeyned in  #
hys
tyme, wer they neuer so badde, sholden haue be meigtened euer
more afterward with strength of meigtenance of the poeple
a-yeins any mayr that wolde haue do the contrarie. And, in
thys wyse, whan the worthy & wysest of the town had left such
vnthrifty conseilles, the forseyde mair, John Norhampton, John
More, & Richard Norbury, & William Essex, drogh to hem the
comun poeple for to stonde be thes purposes to lyue & to dye.
And ate euery conseyl was John More, Richard Norbury, &
William Essex, &, otherwhile, Adam Bame; but the mair wolde
otherwhile do be hys own avys, and also on Willyngham, a
scryuen, & on ...... Marchaund, clerk, writen many thynges
in myn absence, & atte some tymes wer ther mo[{r{]e pryuier     #
than
I. And, certeinly, the ful purpos of the persones to-forn
nempned was to haue had the town in thair gouernaile, & haue
rulid it be thair avys, & haue holden vnder, or elles de-voyded
owt of towne, al the persones that had be myghty to haue
wyth-seyde hem, & the remenant, that had non such myght, to
haue holden hem vnder for euer; & her-of I apele John
Norhampton, John More, Richard Norbury & William Essex.
   Also, for the elde officers of the town loued noght the
opinions of the forseyde mair, al the elde officers sholden     #
haue
be remoued by proces of tyme, & sette in her place suche as
wolden haue meigtened & loued hise opinions, for they seyden
that thilk persones that hielden the contrarie of hys menyng
wer Enemys to alle gode menyng. And that was euer-more an
excitation to the pore poeple to make hem be the more feruent
& rebel a-yeins the grete men of the town, & ayeins the         #
officers
<P 25>
ek, & yt was seide to the poeple that euer the grete men
wolden haue the poeple be oppression in lowe degre, for whiche
wordes, & be thair meigtenance, the dissension ys arrise        #
betwene
the worthy persones & the smale poeple of the town;
& her-of I apele John Norhampton, John More, Richard
Norbury & William Essex.
   Also, ayeins the day of the seconde eleccion of John
Norhampton mair, be-cause that Sir John Philpot had be
a-yeins the badde doynges to-for seyde, John More was on of
the chief cause to procur that a bille sholde be put vp be the
comunes conseyl, to aske of the forseyde Sir John the mone
that he had borwed in tyme of hys mairalte; and it was ment
that he sholde haue ther-by i-jugged of al maner of estat of
office in the town for euer; & her-of I appele John More.
   Also, a-yeins the forseyde seconde eleccion, [{ther{] was    #
made
mochel ordinance be John More, Richard Norbury, Adam
Bame, William Essex, & many a[{lso{] mo, & be me Thomas
Vsk, to make ful [{certei{]n the comunes atte that day
shulde chese the forseyde John Norhampton to be mair &
non other, to that entent that al hys ordinances mighten be
confermed be our lord the kyng in hys statut, to haue dured
euer-mor; so that thilk ordinances sholden bothe haue be
stablisshed be statut, & be meigtened ek be myght of people, as
yt ys to-forn write; & her-of I apele John More, Richard
Norbury, Adam Bame, & William Essex.
   Also, ayeins the parlement than next folwyng, the mair,
John Norhampton, made me, Thomas Vsk, go to the comunes
to enforme hem of the [{ord{]inance a-yeins the Fisshmongers,
& for to haue thair wil ther-of amonges the other, that they
sholde chese for the comunes to the [{parlem{]ent Richard       #
Norbury
& William Essex, & he solde ordeigne amonges the aldermen
<P 26>
to chese John More & Thomas Carleton, for the [{sam{]e entent,
that ys to seyn, they wer ordeyned; & so they diden pursuwe
thynges a-yeins the Franchise of london for euer; her-of I
[{appele{] John Norhampton.
   [{Also, a{]tte thilk parlement, was pursuwed a patent to the
mair for to chastise vsurers, yf any man wolde pleigne, or      #
elles
be enditement, be whiche patent yt was fully assented ferst to
haue don execucion vpon any man that had be proued giltyf
ther jnne ache, [{or ther{]of partie; & in thys wise, be fals   #
compassement
& ymaginacion to-forn cast, many of the worthiest of
the town sholde haue [{be{] ther-by enpesched, & be execucion
ydo so vpon hem, that they sholde noght haue bore nomore
estat in the town; and now [{I{] wot wel that, vnder colour
ther-of, shulde haue be broght a-boute mochel of the euel
menyng, to haue vndo the worthy membres of the town that
had be a-yeins hym, &, for non other entent of wel menyng but
only for malice, to put ovte of the town al the worthiest was
thilk patent purchaced, & be suche fals purposyng &             #
ymaginacions
of destrucion sholde the worthi persones of the town
haue ben for-jugged ovt of towne; wher-for it was cast al redy
of officers bothe for the mairalte, aldermanries, &             #
shirreuehod,
& suche other degrees, for yeres komyng, so that the aduersairs
of John Norhampton sholde noght haue be in non offices          #
herafter,
wher thorw me may wel se the destruxion of the [{t{]own
with-jnne a litel proces of tyme, as for to haue so many        #
thrifty
men owt of towne; & ther-of I apele John Norhampton, John
More, Richard Norbury, and William Essex.
   Also, atte procurement of John More, Walter sybile John
horn & Adam Carlell wer endited, & altheigh ther wer take
many inquisicio[{ns{] , we that serued our lord the kyng best   #
wer
returned; &, truly, Robert Franceys & other, I not whiche
now, wolden haue endited Sir Nichol Brem[{bre{] of meigtenance
<P 27>
of Thomas Farndon, and John More ferst was ther-to assented,
& afterward he letted it, so that it nas noght execut; & her-of
I apele John More.
   Also, ofte to-forn that Sir Nichol Brembre was chose mair,
the mair, John Norhampton, John More, & Richard Norbury,
senten William Essex & me, Thomas Vsk, to the goldsmithes
halle to speke with men of the comun conseyl for chesyng of
the mair, & also ther-for weren al [{that weren{] of the comun
conseyl take me be John Norhampton, that I, Thomas Vsk,
sholde speke to hem that I knewe. And ther, atte Goldsmithes
[{halle, amo{]nges hem that wer assembled, it was accorded that
certen persones of diuers craftes, [{th{]o that wer entred for  #
the
comun conseyl, sholde be [{called{] atte eleccion day in to the
comun conseil for to helpe to the eleccion of John Norhampton,
[{&{] the smale poeple was drawe in to be [{partie therof{] ,   #
to that
entent that fully thair hertes sholde stonde with John          #
Norhampton,
& that yf, in tyme komyng, a-nother mair, that we [{to be
chose{] , wolde oght do a-yeins hym, he myghte haue hem redy
to meigtene hym [{ayei{]ns al that they wolde seye a-yeins hym,
&, if he had ben mair, I wot wel he wolde haue meigtened al
hys ordinances, or elles haue sette al the town in a rore; &    #
herof
I appele John Norhampton, John More, Richard Norbury,
& William Essex.
   Also, the night to-for the day of the eleccion of the mair,
John More warned al hys sergeant+g & hys men to be armed
on the [{morwe atte{] yeldehalle. For he kyde he & hys felawe
wolde kepe the dores that day, to that entent that ther sholde
non haue kome jn but onl[{y that{] wolde haue chose John
Norhampton to be mair; & her-of I appele John More.
<P 28>
   Also, that day that [{Sir{] Nichol Brembre was chose mair,
a-non after mete kom John Norhampton to John Mores hows,
& thider kom Richard Norbury & William Essex, & ther it was
a[{ccor{]ded that the mair, John Norhampton, sholde sende after
the persones that thilk tyme wer in the comun conseil of        #
craftes,
& after the wardeyns of craftes, so that thei sholde kome to    #
the
goldsmithes halle on the morwe after, & ther the mair sholde
speke with hem, to loke & ordeigne how thilk eleccion of
Sir Nichol Brembre myght be letted; &, nad it be for drede
of our lord the kyng, I wot wel eueri man sholde haue be in
others top. And than sente he Richard Norbury, Robert Rysby,
& me, Thomas Vsk, to the Neyte, to the duk of lancastre, to
enforme hym in thys wyse: 'Sir, to day, ther we w[{olde{]n haue
go to the eleccion of the mair in goddes peas & the kynges,
ther kom jn an orrible companye of criers, no man not           #
wh[{ic{]he,
& [{t{]her, with oute any vsage but be strength, chosen Sir     #
Nichol
Brembre mair, a-yein our maner of eleccion to-forn thys vsed;
wher-fore we preye yow yf we myght haue the kynges writ to
go to a Newe eleccion.' And the duk seide: 'Nay, certes, writ
shul ye non haue, auise yow amonges yowr selue.' & her-of I
appele John Norhampton, John More, Richard Norbury, &
William Essex.
   Also, atte Goldsmithes halle, when al the people was         #
assembled,
the mair, John Norhampton, reherced as euel as he koude of
the eleccion on the day to-forn, & seyde that truly: 'Sirs,     #
thus be
ye shape for to be ouer-ronne, & that,' quod he, 'I nel noght
soeffre; lat vs rather al be ded atones than soeffre such a     #
vylenye.'
& than the comunes, vpon these wordes, wer stered, & seiden
truly they wolde go to a-nother eleccion, & noght soeffre thys
wrong, to be ded al ther-for attones in on tyme; and than be
the mair, John Norhampton, was euery man boden gon hom,
& kome fast a-yein strong in to Chepe with al her craftes, & I
wene ther wer a-boute a xxx craftes, & in Chepe they sholden
haue sembled to go to a newe eleccion, &, truly, had noght the
aldermen kome to trete, & maked that John Norhampton bad
<P 29>
the poeple gon hoom, they wolde haue go to a Newe eleccion, &
in that hete haue slayn hym that wolde haue letted it, yf they
had myght; and her-of I appele John Norhampton.
   And, vpon al thys matirs be-forn seide, tho that John
Norhampton atte tat tyme mair, John More, & Richard Norbury,
& William Essex, & otherwhile Adam Bame, seyen that the
worthy persones wer drawe fro hem for willesful gouernaile
& fiebel conseyl, & that they had made refus of hem to-forn
tyme, tho they drewe to hem many craftes & mochel smale
poeple that konne non skyl of gouernance ne of gode conseyl, 
& be confederacie, congregacion, & couyne, purposed & to-forn
cast for to meigtene be might thair fals & wykked menyng,
vnder colour of wordes of comun profit euer more [{charg{]ed
the people fro day in to other to be redy to stonde be hem
in that euel purposed matirs; & so, as wel sithe he was noght
mair as to-forn, they han euerich of hem on hys syde stired,
confedred, & conspired the matirs to-forn nempned, saue  
Adam Bame, sithen that he was noght mair, that I wot of, hath
noght entremeted hym. And also the forseide John Norhampton,
John More, Richard Norbury, & William Essex, so fer
forth wolden depraue the worhty men of towne that the people
was, & ys, the more enbolded to be rebel a-yeins thair          #
gouernours,
that bien now, & that shul bien in tyme komyng, be her fals
informacion & excitacion, couyns, & gadrynges, & confederacies,
atte that tyme maked & euer sithen continued, as it ys to-forn
seyde; & so be hem, & be ther procurementy, & confederacies,
& excitacions, the debates & the grete stryf, that yet ys       #
regnyng
in the cite, ys komen jn principalich be John Norhampton,
John More, Richard Norbury, & William Essex; so that ys in
poynt to truble al the realme; & the cite hath stonde in grete
doute & yet doth. To which euel menyng I was a ful helpere
<P 30>
& promotour in al that euer I myght & koude, wher-for I aske
grace & mercy of my lyge lord the kyng, & afterward of the
mair, & of al the worthy aldermen, & of al the gode comunes of  #
the
town, as he that wol neuer more trespace a-yeins the town in no
degre. And, truly, Adam Bame was noght so comunly, ne so
bysy on thys purpos [{& confederaci{]es as [{wer{] the tother;
& her-of I apele the forseyde John Norhampton, Richard
Norbury, John More, & William Essex.

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<P 194>
[} [\161\] }]
[} [\1388 SC8/20/997 PETITION OF THE MERCERS OF LONDON\] }]

   (To) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES TORN\] the moost noble &      #
Worthiest Lordes moost ryghtful & wysest
conseille to owre lige Lorde the kyng Compleynen if it lyke to  #
yow.
the folk of the mercerye of London: (as) [\THE WORD IN          #
PARENTHESES TORN\] a membre of the same
Citee of many wronges subtiles & also open oppressions ydo to   #
hem:
by longe tyme here bifore passed.
   Of which: oon was where the eleccion of Mairaltee is to be   #
to
the fre men of the Citee. bi gode & paisible auyns of the       #
wysest & trewest.
at o day in the yere frelich: there nought withstondyng the     #
same
fredam or fraunchise: Nichol Brembre wyth his vpberers purposed
hym the yere next after Iohn Northampton mair of the same       #
Citee:
with stronge honde as it is ful knowen. & through debate &      #
strenger
partye. ayeins the pees: bifore purueyde. was chosen mair. in   #
destruccion 
of many ryght:
   ffor in the same yere. the forsaid Nichol with outen nede    #
ayein
the pees. made dyuerse enarmynges bi day & eke bi nyght: &      #
destruyd 
the kynges trewe lyges. som with open slaughtre. some bi false 
emprisonement+g. & some: fledde the Citee for feere. as it is   #
openlich 
knowen.
   And so ferthermore for to susteyne thise wronges & many      #
othere.
the next y(er)e [\THE LETTERS IN PARENTHESES TORN\] after the   #
same Nichol ayeins the forsaide fredam
& trewe comunes did crye openlich. that no man sholde come to   #
chese 
her mair. but such as were sompned & tho that were sompned:
were of his ordynaunce & after his auys. / And in the nyght     #
next after 
folwynge. he did carye grete quantitee of Armure to the         #
Guyldehalle
with which as wel straungers of the contree. as othere of with  #
Inne were 
armed on the morwe. ayeins his owne proclamacion. that was      #
such:
that no man shulde be armed & certein busshment+g were laide.
that when free men of the Citee. come to chese her mair.        #
breken vp
armed. cryinge with loude voice sle. sle. folwing hem           #
wherthourgh 
the peple for feere fledde to houses & other (hidi)nges. [\THE  #
LETTERS IN PARENTHESES TORN\] as in londe 
of werre: adradde to be ded in comune.
   And thus yet hiderward hath the mairaltee. ben holden as it  #
were
of Conquest or maistrye: & many othere offices als. So that     #
what
man pryue or apert in special that he myght wyte. grocchyng     #
pleyned 
or helde ayeins any of his wronges: or bi puttyng forth of      #
whom 
so it were. were it neuer so vnpreuable. were apeched. & it     #
were 
displesyng to hym Nichol. anon was emprisoned. And though it 
were ayeins falshede of the leest officer. that hym lust        #
meynteigne: was 
<P 195>
holden vntrewe lige man to owre kyng. for who reproued such an 
officer maynteigned bi hym of wronge or elles. he forfaited     #
ayeins hym
Nichol. & he vnworthy as he saide: represented the kynges       #
estat. 
/ Also if any man. bi cause of seruyce or other leueful         #
comaundement:
approched a lorde. to which lorde he Nichol dradde his          #
falshede 
to be knowe to. anon was apeched. that he was false to the      #
conseille 
of the Citee: & so to the kyng
   And yif in general his falsenesse were ayeinsaide. as of vs  #
togydre 
of the mercerye. or othere craftes. or ony conseille  wolde     #
haue taken.
to ayeinstande it: or as out of mynde hath be vsed. wolden      #
companye 
togydre how lawful so it were. for owre nede or profite: were 
anon apeched for arrysers ayeins the pees. (&) [\THE SIGN IN    #
PARENTHESES TORN\] falsly many of vs:
that yet stonden: endited. And we ben openlich disclaundred.    #
holden 
vntrewe & traitours: to owre kyng / for the same Nichol sayd    #
bifor 
mair. Aldermen. & owre craft bifor hem gadred in place of       #
recorde.
that xx. or xxx. of vs. were worthy to be drawen & hanged the   #
which 
thyng lyke to yowre worthy lordship. by an even Iuge: to be     #
proued 
or disproued. the whether that trowthe may shewe. for trouthe
amonges vs. of fewe or elles no man many day dorst be shewed.
And nought oonlich vnshewed or hidde. it hath be by man now:    #
but
also. of bifore tyme. the moost profitable poyntes of trewe     #
gouernaunce 
of the Citee. compiled togidre. bi longe labour of discrete & 
Wyse men: wyth out conseille of trewe men. for thei sholde      #
nought 
be knowen ne contynued: in the tyme of Nichol Exton mair:       #
outerliche 
were brent
   And so ferforth falsehede hath be vsed that oft tyme he      #
Nicol
Brembre saide in sustenaunce of his falshede: owre lige lordes  #
wille 
was such. that neuer was such: as we suppose. He saide also     #
whan he 
hadde disclaundred vs. which of vs wolde yelde hym false to     #
his 
kyng: the kyng sholde do hym grace cherise hym. & be good       #
lorde to 
hym. And if any of vs alle that wyth goddes help haue & shulle 
be founden trewe. was so hardy to profre prouyng of hym self    #
trewe:
anon was comaunded to prisone. as wel bi the mair that now is: 
as of hym Nichol Brembre bifore
   (Also) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES TORN\] we haue be           #
comaunded. oft tyme vp owre ligeaunce. to
vnnedeful & vnleueful dyuerse doynges. And also to wythdrawe    #
vs.
bi the same comaundement (fro) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES TORN\] #
thynges nedeful & lefful. as was shewed 
whan a companye of gode women. there men dorst nought
trauailleden barfote to owre lige lorde. to seche (gra)ce [\THE #
LETTERS IN PARENTHESES TORN\] of hym for 
trewe men as they supposed for thanne were such proclamacions 
made. that no man ne woman sholde approche owre life lorde for 
sechyng of grace & ouermany othere comaundemant+g also.         #
bifore 
<P 196>
& sithen. bi suggestion & informacion of suche that wolde       #
nought her 
falsnesse had be knowen: to owre lige lorde. And lordes by      #
yowre 
leue. owre lyge lordes comaundement to symple & vnkonnyng men.
is a gret thyng to ben vsed. so famulerlich: with outen nede.   #
for they
vnwyse to saue it mowe lyghtly ther ayeins forfait
   ffor thy graciouse lordes lyke it to yow to take hede. in    #
what   
manere & where owre lige lordes power hath ben mysused. by the
forsaid Nichol: & hi(s vp) [\THE LETTERS IN PARENTHESES TORN\]  #
berers for sithen thise wronges bifore
saide han ben vsed as accidental. or comune braunches outward:  #
it
sheweth wel. the rote of hem is a ragged subi(ect). [\THE       #
LETTERS IN PARENTHESES TORN\] / or stok inward.
that is: the forsaid Brere or brembre. / the whiche comune
wronge vses. & many other. if it lyke to yow: mowe be shewed &  #
wel 
knowen bi an indifferent Iuge & mair of owre Citee / the which 
wyth yowre ryghtful lordeship. ygraunted: for moost pryncipal   #
remedye:
as goddes lawe & al resoun wole: that no domesman stonde        #
togidre 
Iuge & partye: wronges sholle more openlich be knowe. & trouth 
dor apere. And ellis. as amonge vs. we konne nought wyte in     #
what 
manere. with(out a moch gretter) [\THE TEXT IN PARENTHESES IS   #
OVER ERASURE\] disese. sith the gouernaunce of 
this Citee standeth: as it is bifor saide / . / & wole stande   #
whil vittaillers   
bi suffraunce. presumen thilke states vpon hem. the which       #
gouernaunce
of bifor this tyme to moche folke yhidde: sheweth hym
self now open. whether it hath be a cause or bygynnyng of       #
dyuysion 
in the Citee & after in the Rewme: or no.
   Wherfore for grettest nede as to yow moost worthy. moost
ryghtful & wysest lordes & conseille to owre lige lorde the     #
kyng.
we biseche mekelich of yowre g(race coreccion) [\THE TEXT IN    #
PARENTHESES RUBBED\] of alle the wronges 
bifore sayde & that it lyke to yowre lordeship. to be gracious  #
menes 
to owre lyge lorde the kyng: that suche wronges be knowen to    #
hym.
& that we mowe shewe vs & sith ben holden. suche trewe to hym:  #
as 
we ben. & owe to ben.
   Also we biseche vnto yowre gracious lordeship. that if any   #
of
vs in special or general. be apeched to owre lige lorde or to   #
his
worthy conseille bi comunyng with othere. or approchyng to owre
kyng. as wyth Brembre or his abettours with any wronge          #
wytnesse 
beryng as that it stode other wyse amonges vs here. than as it  #
is 
now proued it hath ystonde / or any other wronge suggestion.    #
by 
which owre lige lorde hath ybe vnleeffullich enfourmed: that    #
thanne. 
yowre worshipful lordship be such: that we mowe come in answer 
to excuse vs / ffor we knowe wel as for by moche the more       #
partye of 
vs. And as we hope for alle: alle suche wronges han ben         #
vnwytyng.
to vs. or elles outerlich ayeins owre wille. 
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   And ryghtful lordes. for oon the grettest remedye with       #
othere.
forto ayeinstonde many of thilke diseses afore saide amonges    #
vs:
we prayen wyth mekenesse this specialich. that the Statut       #
ordeigned 
& made bi parlement holden at Westmystre in the sexte yere of 
owre kyng now regnynge: mowe stonde in strengthe & be excecut   #
as 
wel here in london as elles where in the rewme. the which is    #
this
(\Item ordinat(um) est (etc) [\THE LETTERS IN PARENTHESES       #
EXPANDED\] \)
     
<P 198>
[} [\163\] }]
[} [\1414 SC8/23/1143A PETITION OF THOMAS PAUNFELT OF 
CAMBRIDGESHIRE\] }]

   To the worshipful and wyse syres and wyse Communes that to 
this present parlement ben assembled
   Besecheth mekely +goure pore Bedeman Thomas Paunfeld oon of
the fre tenent+g of oure liege lord the kyng of his maner and   #
tounshipe
of Chastreton in the Shyre of Cambrigg: that +ge wole considere
how that I pursuede diuerse billes by fore oure liege lord      #
kyng henry
the four the fader to oure liege lord the kyng that now is and  #
hise
worchepeful lordes and comunes in his parlement holden at       #
Westminstre
that x day of ffeuer the xiiij +ger of his regne:
   To the whiche billes myne aduersaries replieden by mouthe    #
and
enformeden the kyng and the worshepeful lordes spirituelx and   #
temporelx
in that parlement: how that I was outelawed by heye record
of trespace wherethurgh that I ne oughte not to ben herd nor    #
answered
of no maner compleynt in my billes writen but +gif (it) [\THE   #
WORD IN PARENTHESES TORN\] so were that
I hadde brought my Chartre in myn hond wherby that I myghte
haue answered in lawe to alle maner of persones that ony        #
replicacions
wolden haue maked a+geyns ony article of my billes:
   And worchepeful and discrete sires that myghte I not done    #
that tyme:
for (I wi)ste [\THE LETTERS IN PARENTHESES TORN\] not how I was #
endited and outelawed of what maner
trespace: but as Iohan Cokayn the Iustice recordede byfore the
kyng and made mencion at that tyme. whiche I trustede to god    #
to haue
proued by lawe by fore the kyng and the worchepeful lordes and
comunes in that parlement that the processe of myn outelawerye  #
was
vnlawefully made and al that longeth ther to: +gif Iohan Cokayn
the Iustice wolde haue brought in that record by fore the kyng  #
in
the parlement and there to haue ben determyned byfore hym and   #
hise
lordes and Comunes afore seyde (+go)r [\THE LETTERS IN          #
PARENTHESES TORN\] thay hadde departed thennes
   ffor byfore hene of the persones that weren and ben          #
Commissioners
vp on myn enditement wherby that I was outelawed: I myghte
not haue ben remedied ne myne neyghebores nother so sone at     #
that
tyme lyk as we oughten to haue ben of right and as me thoughte  #
we
shulde ben here: and that was for cause of meyntenance that was
a+geyns vs and +git is. and that made me cause to come to that  #
heye
Court of rightwisnesse: (+t)heder [\THE LETTER IN PARENTHESES   #
TORN\] to pleyne for to han declared thilke
record a+geyns my neighboures and me vnlawefully mad and there
sounere to han ben remedied of the wronges that we haue had by  #
the
Priour and Chanons of Bernewelle and her meyntenours these .x.
<P 199>
+ger (and) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES TORN\] more vnduely and    #
vngoodly:
   And now thanked be god and the rightwisnesse of the discrete
and trewe Iuges Sire william hankford and hise felawes: han     #
after the
laws of the lond made me able for to +geue myne answeres in     #
lawe
as my symple wittes wole seruen me to alle maner persones that
ony replicacions wolde maken a+geyns ony of the articles of my  #
billes
after the forme that sueth +gif it like to the kyng: with       #
swich conseil
as he hath a(ss)igned [\THE LETTERS IN PARENTHESES TORN\] to me #
and shal by the grace of god: for to
declaren the entente of my billes for the kynges auantage and   #
for
fortherynge of his trewe lieges better than I can in this heye  #
Court of
rightwisnesse:
   And by cause that I am of no power to pursue these materes
in any other Court saue in this heye Court of rightwisnesse     #
where as
most truste and hope to haue rightwisnesse and lawe rather than
I shulde in ony other Court byfore ony of tho persones that     #
weren
and aren Commissioneres vp on myn enditement: for the heye
meyntenance that I knowe wel shuld be made a+geyns me:
   Also worchepeful sires: we beseche +gow at the reuerence     #
of god:
that +ge wole praye to oure liege lord the kyng: that he wole   #
fouche saf
of his special grace and his Ryal prerogatyf in this heye       #
Court:
to graunte me durynge my pursuyte by the auctorite of his       #
parlement
to walken at large to pursue these materes that ben folwynge
in my bille: lyk as his gracious graunt was by the autorite of  #
his parlement
and of his Rial prerogatif on good fryday at langeley the       #
ferste
+ger of his regne at the reuerence of oure lord god that        #
deyede for
vs alle as that day fil not withstondynge the statut made vp on
bonde bore men: whiche was holy pursued a+geyns me whan I was
byfore the kyng the second day of march whan I was remitted to  #
the
prison of flete at the instance of some of the Iuges til I      #
hadde founde
surete to pursue myn erroures and to reuerse myn outelawerye    #
byfore
seyde:
   And sithe the tyme that I was resseyued to meynprise by      #
cause that
I was endited of trespace as an accessorie and not endited as   #
a principal
and delyuered out of prison at large by the kynges              #
commaundement
in strengthyng and enhaunsyng of his Rial prerogatif that
he grauntede to me by the auctorite of his parlement:
   +Git myne aduersaries ham pursued me nowe and holden me in
prison sithen seynt katerynes day twelve monthes last passed    #
in to this
tyme. a+geyns (the kynges graunt &) [\THE TEXT IN PARENTHESES   #
TORN\] ordinaunce no consideracion
ne tendernesse hauynge in my pore persone that am goddes        #
cristene
creature of my longe contynuance in prison (for these materes   #
that ben) [\THE TEXT IN PARENTHESES TORN\]
folwynge vij. +ger and more to destroye me to the uttereste     #
that
<P 200>
I shulde no more haue come to the kynges presence to pursue my
right but for to kepe (me stille in prison til I hadde) [\THE   #
TEXT IN PARENTHESES TORN\] deyed for
defaute of socour and helpe. and as it semeth to my symple      #
wittes
there is litel charite of priestes whiche shulden cherice       #
goddes christene
crature as the kynges trewe liege man: 
   And therfore I beseche +gow that +ge wole prayen to oure     #
liege
lord the kyng of his special grace that swich remedie may be    #
mad at
this present parlement by the auys of hise wise lordes          #
spirituelx
and temporelx in sauynge and encresynge of the kynges           #
prerogatif in
tyme comynge and in fertherynge of hise trewe lieges after that
he hath graunted hise graciouse grauntes to ony of hise         #
lieges: that
fro hennes forward no persone of his Rewme deferre ony of hise
lieges fro hise graciouse grauntes that he hath graunted in     #
esement and
in fortheryng of hise trewe lieges: and that vp on a            #
suff(is)ant [\THE LETTERS IN PARENTHESES TORN\]
peyne payinge to the kyng and a nother peyne paiynge to the     #
partie
so defferred fro the kynges graunt:
   And also that +ge wole praye the kyng to +geue in charge to  #
myne
aduersaries whanne thay comen to his worchopful presence to     #
asken
a copie of my bille: that they wryten her replicacions a+gens   #
the
articles of myne billes by a day assigned by oure liege lord    #
the kyng
vp on forfeture of her ferme: wherby that I may haue a copie    #
ther of
to my conseill which that the kyng hath assigned me and shal by
the grace of god to make trewe relacion vnto the kyng of her
replicacions
   And than to pryen oure graciouse liege lord by the auys of   #
hise lordes
spirtuelx and temporelx +gif it lyke hym by a day assigned that #
+ge
discrete and wyse comons mowen comen to his heye presence: whan
that he is avised vp on her replicacions makyng and thanne      #
after his
heye discrecion to +geue rightful Iugement vp on these same     #
materes
in sauynge of his owne right and it forthrynge of his trewe     #
lieges
for the loue of god and of seynt charite:
   And also to praye oure liege lord of his special grace that  #
the
peticions afore rehersed and alle othere peticions that ben     #
folwynge after
hise graciouse (grauntes) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES TORN\] mowe #
ben enacted in the parlement rolle:
and also to +geue in charge to the Clerk of the parlement:      #
that I
may haue (a copye) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES TORN\] of the     #
same for the loue of god and of seynt
Charite:
   Also to +gow worechepeful and wyse Comunes greuouseliche     #
compleynen 
alle the kynges tenent+g of the Ryal lordshipe and tounshipe
of Chestreton in the Shyre of Cambrigge: the whiche holden
of the tenure of anxien demeyn of the Rial Coroune longynge to  #
oure
souereyn lord the kyng as it sheweth by oure euydence of old    #
record
<P 201>
in the book called Domesday thus begynnynge. (\Dominica villa   #
regis
E &c\) in the kynges eschekker at Westminstre: 
   Also we greuouseliche compleyne vs vp on the Priour and
Chanons of Bernewell in the Shyre of Cambrigg byfore seyd and   #
vp
her predecessour that was the kynges fermour how that they han
cleymed and +git cleymen the regalite and the frehold of the    #
kynges
lordshype and tounshipe of Chestreton in the Shyre byfore seyd
as for her owne with oute ony excepcion wher it is wel knowen   #
by alle
manere of euydences that the konne shewen for hem self or ony
man for hem. that they were but fermours to the kyng: and now
they are not as it sheweth by her chartres of king henry the    #
thridde:
   And vnder colour of the regalite and of the frehold whiche   #
they
presumen wilfully to haue: they haue cleymed and +git cleymen   #
the
kynges trewe lieges that ben hise fre tenent+g annexed to his   #
coroune:
as for her bonde bore men and her bonde lond holderes: wher it
is wel knowen by alle manere of euydences that they konne shewe
for hem self of any man for hem that they ben fre tenent+g and  #
fre
holderes to the kyng in chief and the chiefte resert and        #
principalite
of the same lordshipe and tounshipe shal retourne to the kyng   #
and
to his forseide Coroune as for oure chief and perpetuel lord    #
of the fee:
   And +git algates the forseide Priour and Chanons han seid    #
and
+git seyn that they ben chief lordes of the fee and that the    #
kyng
ne none of hise heires han nought to entremete of hem for no    #
trespace
no for no forfait that euere they diden or is possible by hem   #
to
be done: which is an heye preiudice to the kyng as vs semeth    #
and and
heye destruction to hise trewe lieges that ben hise fre         #
tenent+g annexed
to his worthy coroune:
   And also the forseid Priour and Chanons han cleymed and +git
cleymen of hem vnduely and vntrewely bonde seruages and
customes for her singuler profyt and non auantage to the kyng   #
ne to
hise heires in tyme comynge but in perpetuel destruction of the
kynges fre tenent+g afore seid and othere seruages and custumes
than euere we or oure auncestres diden to any kyng. whan the    #
same
lordshipe and tounshipe was in othere kynges handes by old tyme
and sithe tyme of mynde:
   And for cause that we haue pursued to oure liege lord the    #
kyng
as for oure chief lord of the fee for to haue remedie and       #
socour of
the grete wronges mischiefs and diseses the whiche we haue      #
suffred
these .x. +ger and more vnduely and vngoodly: The forseide      #
Priour
and Chanons han pursued a+geyns vs a Commission of oyer and
termyner after the forme of a statut mad vp on bond bore men
and bond lond holderes: which statut was made the ferste +ger   #
of kyng
<P 202>
Richard the seconde in his tendre age with oute mencion         #
excepcion
or declaracion made of the same fre tenent+g of the fre tenure
of the ryal coroune byfore seid:
   And by strengthe and colour of the forseide statut so        #
generaly
mad vp on bonde bore men and bonde londe holderes: the forseide
Priour and Chanons han vs endited by men of her owne clothyng
and also by enquestes enbraced as for her bonde bore men: to
the which statut we fre tenent+g of the coroune owe not obeye:  #
for we
be not in the cas of the statut and ne oughte not to answere    #
lyk
as bonde men of byrthe shulde: for the whiche the forseide      #
statut was
made:
   ffor we be fre tenent+g and fre lond holderes annexed to the
worthy coroune of oure most souereyn lord. the kyng and that
we wele proue and declare by oure euydence wreten in the kynges
eschekker at Westminstre: wherfore we wole answere as fre men
oughte to done and proue that the suyte of the commission       #
byfore seide
which is mad vp on bonde bore man and bonde lond holderes:
was wrongfully taken a+geyns vs and al the proces that longeth  #
ther to
with oute auctorite and power and that shal we proue by the     #
grace
of god:
   Neuertheles the forsaide Priour and Chanons of Bernewell han
vs enprisoned as for her bonde bore men and oppressed vs by
duresce of prison to be bounde to hem and to othere persones    #
in singuler
obligacions in .ml.ml. li that we shulde not pursue oure right  #
ne
the kynges right a+geyns hem: but onely to +golden vs to ben    #
her
bonde cherles and oure heires for euermore to oure vttereste    #
perpetuel
destruction and disheritance to the kyng and to his heires for  #
euere
but we haue the sounere remedie by +gouer most gracious socour
and helpe at this present parlement
   And thus worchepeful sires +gif this be suff(red) [\THE      #
LETTERS IN PARENTHESES TORN\] : the freest
knyght or Squyre of the Rewme +gif they be dwellynge tenent+g   #
vnder
ony of the religious that haue swiche lordshipes of the kynges
to ferme may be put in prison by swych cohercion and compulsse
as (ye) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES IS OVER ERASURE\] mischeuouse #
statut byfore seid sheweth and declareth: for to
ben the moste bonde tenent+g of al the Rewme: also in the       #
contre
they shullen ben endited by enquestes enbraced by these dede    #
religiouse
fermours: and that for cause of the grete profites and the      #
grete
extorcions that the Sherreues of the Shyres resceyuen and done:
they mowe haue no remedie of the lawe but onely enprisonned     #
manaced
and oppressed: and +gif ony consaill of the lawe hem wolde
helpe after the cours and fourme of lawe: thay shulle ben put   #
in
prison as her conseilloures fa(c)tours [\THE LETTER IN          #
PARENTHESES TORN\] and abettouers and as they were
<P 203>
bonde men to these religious byfore seide in so moche that they
shulle non other mercy haue ne non other remedie but only for
to +golden hem to ben her bond cherles for euere mote and her   #
heyres
(alle the dayes) [\THE TEXT IN PARENTHESES IS OVER ERASURE\] of #
her lyues to these dede religious fermours:
   Wherfore we beseche +gow mekely discrete and wyse Comunes    #
of this
present parlement: that +ge praye for (vs to ouer liege lord)   #
[\THE TEXT IN PARENTHESES TORN\] the
kyng and to hise worchepeful lordes of (this present) [\THE     #
WORD IN PARENTHESES TORN\] parlement
in sauynge of the right of the coroune of yngelond and of the   #
fredam
(and the fraunchise that was) [\THE TEXT IN PARENTHESES TORN\]  #
endowed ther to in the tyme of
oure worthy kynges progenitour seint edward: that he wole haue
compassion and pite of these grete mischiefs and (falsetes so   #
done) [\THE TEXT IN PARENTHESES TORN\]
to hise (to hise) [\THE TEXT IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\] fre        #
tenent+g of his coroune byfore seyd: and to
ordeyne at +goure prayere resonable and intierie remedie in     #
this
partie for (goddes) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES TORN\] loue and   #
for seynt charite after the (forme) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES   #
TORN\]
that sueth +gif it be lykynge to +gow:
   That is to seyn that he wole at +goure instance and prayer   #
in
sauynge of his owne right and in fortherynge of (his) [\THE     #
WORD IN PARENTHESES IS OVER ERASURE\] trewe lieges: ordeyne
at this tyme or +ge departen hennes fro this present parlement
with auys of hise wise lordes and also by the assent of (+gow
wyse) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES TORN\] and worchepeful comons: #
such remedie that fro hennes forward
none swiche commissions be take nor pursued a+geyns the kynges
fre tenent+g annexed to his worthy coroune by no religious      #
fermours
that (han such manors) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES TORN\] and    #
tounshipes of the kynges to
ferme: til that it be pleynly determyned byfore hise Iustices   #
of that on
benche or of that other by comon lawe: whether the forseid      #
tenent+g
ben fre or bonde and whether they ben worthy to ben punysshed
by that forseide statut or non and that vp on a suffisant       #
peyne payinge
to the kyng and a nother peyne payinge to the partie pursued    #
and
greued for such sute:
   Also we beseche +gow that +ge prayen to oure liege lord the  #
kyng
in fortheryng of (his trewe lieges) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES  #
TORN\] that alle other commissions
brought or pursued a+geyns any of hise fre tenent+g in manere   #
byfore
seide by the strengthe and colour of the forseide statut at     #
this present
parlement: that they with alle the (processe circumstance)      #
[\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES TORN\] and
dependance mowen alle vtterly ben repeled [\THE WORD IN         #
PARENTHESES TORN\] and adnulled for
honor and profyt of the kyng and for ese and remedie to hise
forseid fre tenent+g: +gif ony so be (in this cas of mesch)ief  #
[\THE TEXT IN PARENTHESES TORN\] at this tyme
withinne the Reme:
   And also worchopeful sires: (that) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES #
IS OVER ERASURE\] they ne cleyme ne haue none
othere seruages ne custumes of the kynges fre tenent+g for her  #
owne
singuler profyt and none auntage to the (kyng ne to) [\THE      #
WORDS IN PARENTHESES TORN\] none of
hise heires othor than the kyng chief lord hadde in his tyme    #
whanne
<P 204>
the same lordshipes weren in his owne hondes withoute another
(suffisant peyne payinge to) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES         #
RUBBED\] the kyng: a nother peyne to paie
to the partyes that ben pursued and greued for swiche wrongful
cleymes and also vpon peyne of forfaiture of the same maneres   #
(for
euere) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\] for eschewynge of    #
grete meschiefs that mighten by swiche
wrongful cleymes: falle and turne to gret preiudice to the      #
kyng and
noiancie to al the Reume:
   ffor manye of tho Religious that han swiche fermes of the    #
kynges
in gouernaunce: by strengthe of the forseide statut disesen and
destreyen manye of the kynges tenent+g of the same lordshipes
and maken hem to voyde and gon out of hise lordshipes. by       #
cause that
they wolde hise lordshipes so destroyen that the kyng nor none
of hise heires (shulden) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\]     #
neuer haue lust ne wille to cleyme tho lordshipes
in to her owne handes a+geyn: ne that non other lord of
his rewme shulde desire to ferme tho lordshipes of the kyng ne
(of) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\] his tresorer to the     #
kynges encres +gerly: and that is the cause that
they ben so abated: so desolat of housyng and so destroyed and 
voyde of peple which is gret doel to alle the kynges trewe      #
lieges
to knowe and to weten of swiche meschiefs done and vsed with
jnne the Rewme: 
   Besechinge also (to) [\THE WORD IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\] oure #
liege lord that he wole haue compassion
and pyte vp on vs that euere haue ben trewe lieges and trewe    #
fre
tenent+g to his worthy coroune of his worthi maner and          #
tounshipe
of Chestreton byfore seide that these greuouse meschiefs that   #
ben done 
to vs mowen ben amended now at this tyme or +ge departen hennes
and this commission mowe be repeled and the obligacions
to ben adnulled and to ben delyuered to ech man his owne        #
obligacion 
for (the loue) [\THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES RUBBED\] of god and   #
of seynt charite:
<P 224>
[} [\A PETITION OF THE KING'S TENANTS
AT BANSTEAD, SURREY\] }]
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[} [\DATE: 1413-19\] }]
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   Also all the forsaid tenant+g pleyneth hem of the forsaid    #
Sir
Richard, and of his Officers, in +tat the same Officers         #
amercied
the forsaid tenantes in ix marcs, Far +tat thei wolde nat gree
hem to the newe custumes and vsages late made ageyns hir olde
Custumarie; And of +tat somme aforsaide there was arerid
xxvj s viij d of John White, tenant there, And +tat same John
White, in the forsaid Sir Richard Arrundell In, was holde
in prison in london tille he had founde surete to paie it hym.
   Also the forsaide Sir Richard toke Robert atte Mere, Petre   #
atte
Mere, and enprisoned hem and stokkid hem withinne the forsaid
lordship, forto haue had hem his bonde men, there +tat thei and
alle tenant+g of the same lordship aren fre, and euere haue be,
and all hire auncestrie sithen tyme oute of mynde. And, for as
moche +tat +tei nolde nat assente to hym, he amercied hem
excessiflich fro court to the somme of xl s. And for +tat
same amercimentes he destreined hem bi here Bestes and catell,
to vtre destruccion of hem, but if thei ben holpen.
   Also the forsaid Sir Richard and his Officers claymed and
toke oon Julian Lampit, the was fre tenant of the kynges there,
to be his bondewomman, and helde hire in prisoune tille he had
raunsommed her to an c s, whiche +tat had be fre tenant         #
withinne
the same lordship lx yere & more.
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   Also the forsaide Sir Richard and his officers, agayns the
tenure of hire holdyng of +te same manere of Banestede, makis
hem Bedelles, and aftirward woll yeve hem none acquytance, but
claymeth hem for his bonde men, and alwey fro tyme to tyme
putteth hem to fyne & raunsomme, ageyns her olde auncien
custumes and vsages of olde tyme made.
   Also for these causes aforsaid, John Taillour, Richard       #
Colcok
and John Clerc, which +tat were most sufficeaunt and olde       #
tenant+g
of the foresaide lordship, aren avoided and go oute of the      #
forsaid 
lordship for euere more, and many mo bene in purpos to avoide
& go oute of +te forsaid lordship for eueremore, to vndoyng
of the forsaid lordship for euere, but if it be remedied.
   Also the forsaid tenant+g of Banstede aren destreyned by the
kyngges Baillife from terme to terme for the rerages of the
countes of the same Sir Richard, for dyuerse writtes +tat       #
rennyth
a-yens hym yn the Cheker fro the same Maner of Banstede,
Wawton, and Cherwode, yn the Counte of Surre, whiche he hath
for terme of lyf of the yeft of the kyng, yn recompensacion of
=xx=llll mark, accountyng for +te surpluys yn the Chekyr, as it
schewith by his patentes +ter-of to hym y-grauntyd, In gret
hyndryng and lettyng of theyre labour, and also in vexacion by
diuerses tymes to +te Marchalsie by cause +tat +te distresse    #
were nat
redy atte comyng thedir of the Bailly; In gret destruccion and
anientisyng of hem, but it be holpyn and remedy don +ter-to +te
sonner by your graciouse help.

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[}I}]
[}GILDA CARPENTAR LONDON}]
[} [\DATE: 1389.\] }] 

   [{Thi{]s is +te boke of ordinaunces of +te brotherede of     #
Carpenteres
of London made [{on +te{] first day of Septembre in +te
+ger of +te Regne of our Lord Kyng Edward the [{third{]e after  #
+te
Conquest vij
   [{In worshepe{] of our Lord ihu crist & of his moder seint
Marie, & in +te name of seint Jo[{sep & of seint{] John         #
Baptist,
+te gode men Carpenteres han ordeined a Fraternite to be        #
hold[{en
in +te{] chirche of seint Thomas of Acon be-syde +te Conduyt
of London, & in +t=e= chirche of seint John Baptist of          #
Haliwelle
by-syde London, +tat is to witen for to fynde a tapur brennyng
in certeyn tymes to-for oure Lady & seint Josep in +te forseyd
chirche of seint Thomas, & ano+ter in +te worschepe of god &
oure lady & seint John in +t=e= chirche of Haliwell, whiche     #
schal
be holden & ruled in +te manere +tat folwe+t.
   And first is ordeined +tat alle +te bretheren & sostren of   #
+tis
fraternite schul vche Twelfday +te Midwynter be all to-gedere   #
at
+te masse in +te forseid chirche of seint Thomas, & heren
deuoutelich +tilke masse, & offren +ter-at in +te worschepe of  #
god, of
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our lady & seint Josep, eche man a peny, and on midsomer
day in +te forseid chirche of haliwell at +te hye masse eche    #
man
a peny, & who so is absent at +tilk masses wi+t-oute verry      #
cause
schal paie to +te brotherede a pound wex.
   Also is ordeined +tat vche brother & soster of +tis          #
fraternite
schal paie +te helpyng & susteynyng of seke men, whiche
+tat falle in dissese, as by falling doun of an hous, or        #
hurtyng
of an ax, or o+ter diuerse sekenesses, twelfe penyes by +te     #
+ger.
   Also is ordeined +tat, whan any brother or soster of +tis
fraternite dye+t wi+t-inne +te cite of london or in +te         #
subarbes,
+tat alle +te bretheren & sostren schul hem gadere to-gedere    #
at +te
hous +ter +te ded body is, & bring +te body to chirche, & ben   #
at
eue at +te Placebo & dirige & o morwe at +te masse, & offren,
eche man a peny, & abide +ter til +te cors be buried, & who so
is absent at eue o+ter on morwe withoute verrey cause paie a
pound wex.
   Also is ordeined +tat, if any brother or soster dye+t & haue
nou+gt of his owen for to be buried, he schal be honestliche    #
buried
at +te costages of +te brothered.
   Also is ordeined +tat, if any brother or soster die+t        #
honeste
deth our of London +t=e= mountaunce of twelue myle & he haue
nou+gt of wher-of to be buried of his owen, +tan schul +t=e=
wardeynes of +te brotherede wenden +tyder & burie hym on the
comune costages of +t=e= bro+tered.
   Also is ordeined +tat, if any bro+ter of soster falle in to  #
puert
by goddes sonde, or in sekenes, or in any o+ter dissese, as it  #
is afore
seyd, so +tat he mowe not helpe hym self, +tan schal he haue of
+te brotherede vche woke fourtene penyes duryng his pouert,
after he ha+t lyne seke a fourten nyght. And +tat he schal be
so tymelich vesited & holpen +tat he ne schal nou+gt, for       #
defaute
of help, be brou+gt to nou+gt, ne be vndon of his astat or he   #
be
holpe. And also he schal haue duryng his pouert clothyng as an
other brother hath of +te brotherede on +te comune cost.
   Also is ordeined +tat, if +te comune box ne may nou+gt       #
perfourme
+tis fyndyng of suche seke bre+teren, +tan schul +tey
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gadere +tat +tat lakke+t of +te bretheren, after +tat hem       #
nedeth, more
or lasse.
   Also is ordeined +tat, if any brother go idel for defaute    #
of              
werke & ano+ter bro+ter haue werke wher-on he may werken his
bro+ter, & +tat werk be such +tat his bro+ter conne wirche it,  #
+tan
schal he werche his bro+ter to-fore any o+ter +ting, & +gif     #
hym als
an other man wold take of hym for +te same wer[{k{] .
   Also is ordeined +tat alle +te bretheren & sostren schul     #
come
to-gedere foure tymes a+ger be warnyng of +te maystres, at +te
forseid chirche of seint Thomas for to paie her quartrages,
& to ordeine & byspeke +ting +tat is nedful & profitable for    #
+te
brotherede & helpyng of seke men.
   Also is ordeined +tat alle +to +tat schul be receiued in to  #
+tis
fraternite, +tey schul be receiued by +te brotheren +tat be+t   #
at +tilk
assembles, by here aller assent, & non o+ter tyme, & be charged
to holden alle +tese poyntes on amendement.
   Also is ordeined +tat no man ne woman be receyued in to
+tis fraternite bot onliche men & women of gode fame & of gode
name.
   Also is ordeined +tat if any brother or soster, after +tat   #
he be
receyued in to +tis Fraternite, by-come of euel fame o+ter of   #
euel
name, as thef, or comune barettour, or comune questmonger, or
meyntenour of quereles, or be atteint of any falshede, +tat     #
anon
he be put of +te fraternite & neuermore come +ter-jnne in no
manere.
   Also is ordeined +tat what brother +tat ne come+t nou+gt     #
atte
somons of +te maistres atte forseid four tymes of +te +ger,     #
+tat he
paie a pound wex bot if he haue verrey excusacion of his
abscense.
   Also is ordeined +tat vche +ger +ter schul four wardeines be
chosen to reule +te fraternite +tat +ger, & to ordeine it &     #
redresse
it in +te beste manere.
   Also is ordeined +tat, if any debate be bytwene any of +te
brotherede, +ta[{t{] non of hem schal folwe a+gen o+ter in none
maner, til +te wardeines & +te bretheren han asayed whe+ter     #
+tey
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mowe accorden hem in gode manere, & if +tey nulleth nou+gt
accorden in +tis maner, vche do his beste by +te lawe, & +tat   #
no
bro+ter meynte[{yne e{]y+ter of hem preuelich ne apertliche in
none manere.
   Also is ordeined +tat, what tyme +tat any of +te bretheren   #
or of
+te sost[{ren dye+t, +tey{] schul haue a trental of messes out  #
of +te
comune box of +te forseid f[{raternite{] , +tat her soules      #
mowe +te
better be holpen.
   Also is ordeined +tat vche soule mesday schal be seyde a
t[{rental of messes at +te{] place +te bretheren wil assent     #
for +te
quike & for +te dede of +t[{e fraternite & for all{] cristen    #
soules. 

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[}IV}]
[} [\THE GILD OF ST. FABIAN AND SEBASTIAN,
ALDERSGATE\] }]

   These ben +te poyntes & +te articles ordeigned of the        #
brotherheed
of seint Fabian & sebastian in the Cite of londone +te
whiche is founden in +te chirche of seint Botulf with oute
Aldrichesgate.
Johannes Lancastre lymenour
Magistri Fraternitatis
Ricardus Spaigne pelliparius.

   The furste poynt is this; that whan a brother or a suster    #
schal
be receyued, +tey schul be swore vpon a book to +te brotherhede
for to holde vp & meyntene the poyntes & the articles +tat
be write after folwynge, eche [{man{] to his power, sauynge his
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estat; [{and{] +tat euerich brother & suster, in tokenyng of    #
loue
& charite & pees, atte resceyuynge schul kisse o+ter of +to     #
+tat
ben +ter.
   Also, +gif it so bifalle that any of the brotherhede falle   #
in
pouerte or be anyentised thurw+g elde, that he may nat helpe
hym self, or thurw+g any other chaunce, thurw+g fyr or watir,
theues or syknesse, or any other hap, so it be nat on hym-selue
along, ne thurw+g his owne wrecchednesse, he schal haue in +te
wyke xiiij.d. And +gif it so befalle +tat he be +gong ynow+g to
werche, and he falle in meschef, & +tat it may be take +tat he  #
ne
hath nou+gt of his owene to helpe hym self with, that the       #
bretheren
helpe hym, eche man with a porcion, what his wille be, in wey
of charite, sauynge his estaat.
   Also +tat eueri man schal paie atte Furste comynge in to the
brotherhede half a mark, & iij.d. eueri quarter, to meyntene    #
+te
li+gt of +te brotherhede & +te almesse, & +gif +te man wil      #
haue his
wyf a suster +tan schal +tat paiement stonde for hem bothe, &
+ghe to paie in +te quarter other iij.d., that is two           #
shillinges in +te
+geer for hem bothe. And +gif a sengle womman come in to the
bretherhede +ghe schal paie no lasse +tan a brother doth.
   Also +tat euery brother & suster schul be boxom, & come
whan +tey be warned to a certeyn place whider +tat +tey be
assigned, four dayes in the +geer, vpon the oth +tat +tey haue
maad & on +te peyne of xl.d. to paie to +te box; & +tis schal   #
be
peyne for alle maner defautes +tat +te bre+teren falle inne.    #
And
+tese ben +te four dayes of our assembles: - The day of seint
Fabian & sebastian principaliche, herynge a masse of +te        #
foreseid
seint+g & offre in worschepe of hem, on +te peyne forseid; The
seconde day, +te sonday next after Pask, & +te sonday next      #
after
missomer day, & +te sonday next after Micheles day, vpon +te
peyne afore-said, but he haue a verrey encheson wherfore +tat
+tey mowe be excused.
   Also what tyme +tat a brother is ded, or a suster, that they
come & offre with hem, wham +tey be warned to come, vpon +te
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foreseid peyne, but +gif he haue a verrey encheson to be
excused.
   Also +gif any brother dye +tat hath nou+gt of his owene to   #
be
beried with, +gif it mowe be so ataken, +tanne +tat he be       #
beried
of +te comune box.
   Also +gif it befalle +tat any of +te bretherhed falle syk    #
 .x. mile
eche weyes aboute london & deyeth there, that, +gif +te         #
wardeyns
of +tat +geer ben sent after, +tat they schul wende & fecche    #
+tat
body to london, & that alle +te bretheren be redy at here
warnynge, & go a+gens +te body withoute +te citees ende for to
bringe +te body in-to +te place with worschepe, +tider as he    #
schal
be brou+gt, vpon +te foreseid peyne. And +tat +te costages      #
aboute
hym be mad good of +te box, +gif he were nou+gt of power to     #
paie
+terfor hym selue, +gif he were of power, lat his executours
paie +terfore hem self; but how so it falle, +tat +te costages  #
of
+te wardeyns be mad good of +te box.
   Also, +gif caas falleth +tat any of +te bre+teren haue nede  #
to
borwe a certein of seluer, that +tey go to keperes of +te box,  #
&
take what he hath nede of, so +tat +te somme be nat so moche
+tat on may be esed as well as an-other, & +tat +tey leye a     #
suffisaunt
wed, or elles fynde suffisant borwes of +te bro+terhede; &
+tat non o+ter borwe non +terof but of +te same brotherhede.
   Also +tat +ter schul be founde vij=e= tapres rounde, the     #
wighte of
xxj li wex, for to be li+gt on hei+ge Feste dayes, alle seuene  #
at alle
houres of +te day, in worschepe of god & his moder Marie,
& seint Fabian & Sebastian, & of alle halwes; & on sondayes &
on other symple Festes two to be li+gt of +te taperes at +te    #
hei+ge
masse. And +gif it so befalle +tat a symple bro+ter dye, +tat   #
may
nat fynde hymself no li+gt, +tanne +to vij tapres schul be mad  #
newe
& set aboute +te body, & +te torches also; & whan any bro+ter   #
deie+t,
+tat +tey haue +to torches redy to bringe hem to chirche +gif   #
nede be.
   Also, +gif any of +te bre+teren be alosed of +tefte, or a    #
comune
contecour, or of any o+ter wykked fame, wherfore +tat +te       #
companye
is apaired by, +tat withoute any delay +tat +tey be put out
of +te bre+terhede.
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   Also +tat no bro+ter schal be resceyued but on +te dayes of  #
our
assembles.
   Also +tat four gode & trewe men schul kepe +te catel         #
longynge
to +te companye, & trewely +giue vp here acounte +te day of     #
seint
Fabian & sebastian, byfore alle +te bre+teren, or elles sixe    #
of +te
wiseste of +te same bretheren; & eche +geer +to foure schul be
chaunged, but it so befalle +tat +tey be +te more profitable to #
+te
companye.
   Also +tat +ter schal non wardeins make non newe statut+g ne
newe ordinance with-oute assent of alle +te bretherhede, &      #
+tat it
be don on on of +te foure dayes afor seid.

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[}V}]
[} [\THE GILD OF THE ANNUNCIATION AND
ASSUMPTION, ST. PAUL'S\] }]
[} (\PRO MISTERA DE POUCHEMAKERS LONDON\) }]
[} [\DATE: 1389.\] }]

   In the worschepe of our lord & of our leuedy seinte Marie,
& in the honour of +te Festes of +te Anunciacion & of +te holy
assumpcion of her, +tis brotherhed is begonne in london of
godemen of +te craft of powchemakeres, in norisching of loue
& charite amonges hem, & in helthe of here soules by werkes of
almesdede to hem +tat falle pouere +turw+g auenture of godes    #
sonde,
& in Fyndyng of li+gt +tat is ordeyned in honour of +te Festes
foreseid; & was begonne in +te +geer of our lord                #
 .m.ccc.lvj=e=. Atte
begynnynge we schul fynde ij tapres square, +tat on to stonde
in +te chirche of our lady at Bedlem with-oute byschopesgate of
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+te wi+gte of .x. pound, And +tat other taper to stonde in +te
chirche of seint poul in london byfore +te ymage of our lady
in +te bowk of +te chirche, of xv li. of wi+gte, +te whiche     #
tapres
schul be renewed fro +geer to +geer a+gen +te Festes foreseid.
   And also in sustenaunce of +te foreseid li+gt & in help of
almesdede we wil haue an almesse Box, to whiche box eueri
bro+ter schal paie eche quarter vj.d. ob. also longe as he is   #
of
power; & +gif any brother falle in non power by auenture of
godes sonde, & he haue paid to +te almes box his afferaunt, he
schal haue eueri wyke of +te box to his sustinance xiiij d,     #
til god
+giue hym grace of recouerance, he to preye & bidde for alle
bre+teren & alle cristne.
   And also we wile +tat alle +te bre+teren, a+gens +te dayes   #
of +te
Assumpcion of our lady, be in our lyuere of sewte after +te
ordinance of +te wardeyns, eche brother at his owne costag, the
whiche lyuere he schal kepe ij +geer, in peyne of vi li. wex    #
to +te
same li+gt.
   Also +gif any man desire to come in to our bretherhede to
ben a brother +tanne schul +te foure Wardeynes, & he +tat is
chose mene for +te comune of +te bre+terhede, +tey schul come
to-gyder & enquere by examinement of +te bre+teren of his       #
condicions,
wher he be worthi of good name & able or non, & +gif
it is founde +tat he be of good name & able +tat +te companye
may be worscheped by hym, he schal be resceyued, & elles
nou+gt; & he to make an o+t with his gode wil to fulfille +te
poyntes in +te paper, +ter whiles god +giue+t hym grace of      #
estat
& of power; & he to paie a curtesie to +te almes, as +te        #
wardeyns
& he mowe assenten, & also by +te si+gte of hym +tat is chose   #
mene
for +te companye, & in +tis maner he schal be resceyued & elles
nou+gt.
   Also we wile +tat +te foure wardeynes be chose fro +geer to  #
+ger
to be rewelers of +te bretherhede, to bigge liuere, & make her
assembles, to resceyue hem +tat schul come in to +te            #
bre+terhede,
to make good acord to here power, to make li+gt, & ordeigne
enteremens whan any falle+t, & make warnynge to +te bre+teren
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whan it nede+t, & don alle +ting +tat is for to done toucheng   #
her
offys.
   Also, +gif any brother dye, or his wyf, they schul haue at   #
here
enterement Fyue tapres rounde the wi+gte of .l. pound, +te      #
whiche
tapres schul be renoueled to euery enterement, & vj torches of
wi+gt of lx pound, +te whiche torches schul be renoueled after  #
+te
thridde enterement. And +tat eche brother be warned by +te
wardeyns to be atte dirige in his laste lyuere, & on +te morwe  #
at
+te masses, & offre as well to pour as to Riche; & +gif any     #
brother
be founde +tat he be [{n{]ou+gt at +te enterement, as it is     #
foreseid, &
be warned, he schal paie ij li. of wex to sustenance of +te     #
li+gt afore
seid; & +gif any man be vnwarned, by +te defaute of +te         #
maystres,
The maistres schul paie +te same peyne, & to whom it euere
falle it schal be payd, but he mowe fynde a verrey encheson.
   Also, +gif any discord falle betwene any of our bre+teren,   #
as
god forbede, +te parties schul come to +te wardeynes & schewe
here gref, & +te wardeyns schul do here diligence to bring hem
to a fair acord; & in whom +te defaute be founde to stonde at
award of +te four wardeins, so +tat it schal be no nede to make
non rancour, by +te grace of god.
   Also we schole, at +te day of +te Anunciacion, come in to
+te chirche of Bedlem with-oute Bischopesgate, in our laste
lyuere, by vij of +te clokke, & +tere here a masse, & offre in  #
+te
worschepe of +te holy feste; & who +tat is founde +tat he be    #
nat
+ter, & he be warned, he schal paie a pound of wex to +te li+gt
foreseid, but he mowe fynde a verrey encheson.
   Also at +te day of +te Assumpcion +tat we come in to +te     #
chirche
of seint poules, & +ter be ensembled in our lyuere of +tat day  #
by
vij of +te clokke, & +ter here a masse, & offre in +te          #
worschepe of
+te holy feste; & who +tat is absent paie +te peyne, +tat is to
witene a pound of wex, but he mowe fynde a verrey encheson.
And +gif any of +te bre+teren be vnwarned, be +te defaute of    #
+te
maystres, +tey schul paie +te selue peyne for hem +tat be
vnwarned.
   And also we wile, on +te sonday next after +te Feste of      #
seint
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Michel Archaungel, haue our general assemble +tere +te foure
wardeins wile ordeigne; & +terto make a dyner by +te ordinance
of +te wardeyns, eche man payenge his afferant of +tat is       #
despended;
& at +tat selue tyme +te foure wardeyns schul chese o+tere      #
foure
newe for +te +geer comynge, be settyng of foure gerlaundes; &
+tere +te  foure wardeynes schul delyuere hem of her offys &    #
of +te
catel, the whiche +tey hadde in kepyng, to +te mene, & of alle
+tinges touchyng her offys & the bre+terhede to make a Final    #
ende
& a rekenynge.
   And after +tat, we wile +tat +te mene bringe for+t +te       #
catel & +te
box, & schewe +te catel byfore alle +te bre+teren, and +tere    #
certefie
to alle +te bre+teren what ha+t be resceyued and despended in   #
alle
+ting touchynge +te Fraternite in +te +geer bifor, so +tat it   #
be knowe
to alle +te bre+teren +tat alle +ting be do ri+gtfully & wel.
   And also, whan alle +te bre+teren wite+t what +te catel is   #
in al,
by her alder si+gte, we wile +tat it be departed in fyue, and   #
+te foure
deles be itake to +te foure newe wardeyns in her kepynge, by    #
+te
deliuerance of +te mene, vpon the maner bondes as it ha+t be    #
vsed
beforn, that is to witene +tat eche of hem be bounde, and hese
borwes, in +te double of +tat he receyue+t to hym +tat is chose
mene, +tat is to witene to bring it a+gen +te sonday after +te  #
Feste
of seint Michel Archangel next sewynge.
   And also we wile +tat +te catel +tat leue+t be put in-to     #
+te box
in kepynge of +te mene, +tat, +gif caas falle of terementes     #
makyng,
o+ter of almesdede +gyuynge, of biggynge of wex, or eny salarye
be ordeyned to prest, or what +ting +tat nede+t touchyng the
bretherhede, it schal be take of +te box holiche by +te         #
delyuerance
of +te mene, & alle maner ornement+g touching +te bre+terhed,
what +tinges +tat +tey be, schulle be vnder his kepynge         #
+terwhile
he is in +tat offys.
   And also we wile +tis: +tat +gif +ter be any of our          #
bre+teren
+tat witholde+t quartrage, o+ter wex to +te li+gt, +tat is      #
ordeyned to
be payd, or any o+ter dettes touchyng +te Amesse Box, & is with
holden ouer a +ger, he schal be put out of our bre+terhed & he  #
be
for no bro+ter, vnto +te tyme +tat he haue restored of alle     #
maner
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dettes touching +te bre+terhede, & make amendes of his trespas,
vp +te ordinance of +te foure wardeyns & of +te mene, & in +tis
maner he schal be receyued a+gen & elles nou+gt.
   And also we wilen +tis: +tat alle +tese poyntes ben wel &    #
trewely
holden among al our bre+teren, withoute any withseyeng, eueri
brother in his degre, with his gode wyl, +ter whiles god        #
+giue+t vs
grace of stat & of power.
   And also we wile, +gif +ter be any of our bre+teren +tat     #
conne
ordeyne by her gode wit ony o+tere gode poyntes +tat be to      #
godes
worschepe & nedful to our bre+terhede, we wile +tat it be       #
writen
in our paper, & iholde ferm & stable as +te poyntes aboue
wryten.
   And also we wile +tat none of her bre+teren make no sengler
conseill by hem self, +tat is witene to none of +te maystres,   #
ne
+te maystres to non of hem, as it mi+gte falle in cas for mede  #
or
be senguler profit, falle in affinite for to haue alwey, by her
sotilte, +te catel in her hond, as who so pleie+t by assent,    #
as ho
sei+t 'I may chese +te & +t=u= me fram +ger to +ger'; be swich
collusion, & be fraude ordeyned byforn a+gens good fei+t &      #
ri+gtful
trew+te, and in +tis maner it mi+gte falle; but na+teles +tus   #
wil we
nau+gt. For +tey it be so, it schal [{not holde, &{] who so is
founde in +tis defaute he schal neuere after bere offys.
   And also ho +tat schal +gyue any gerland, +tat he +gyue it   #
to
swiche on +tat is able, & hym self to be a bor[{w{]h an         #
aventure
whom he chese after hym self. 

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<U X>
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<I FORMAL>
<Z X>

<P 94>
[}IV}]
[} (\PROCLAMACIO SUPER JUDICIO PILLORIJ.\) }]
[} [\DATE: 1418 ?\] }]

   For as moche as Thomas of Forde of Caunterbury, Sawyer,
other wyse called Thomas of Forde, Sothseyer, that here stant,
be solempne enquest afore the Mair and Aldermen take, was
endited, and aftur be another enquest atteint and convict, of
hidous trespasses and disseites, that is to seye +tat he now    #
late
cam to oon Jonet, +tat was +te wyfe of Janyn Cook of Estchepe,
seing that he was a sothseyer, and trewely wolde telle here     #
where
cc.li. and more was be-come, with a litel cofre closed be her
housbond in his life, was beried in +te ground, if it so were   #
+tat
she wold paye as well for the sotell inst[{r{]umentes +tat      #
longen to
his craft, as for his mete and drinke that he spended al +te    #
mene
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while +tat he were in this toun, and with that also +tat she    #
wolde
ensure him to be wedded to him; which Jonet, nat knowyng
his falsnesse and disceit, paied at his byddyng for his         #
instrumentes
and mete and drinke xls. and more onward; and, Innocently
trustyng to her wordes and behest, behot hym for to do all +tat
he desired, with that condicion that he wolde perfourme and
do as he hadde hight and promised; the whiche Thomas,           #
contynuyng
his falsnesse and disceit aboueseyd, wityng wel +tat he
might ne cowde nat perfourme +tat he hadde benight, delaied
her forth fro day to day, til at the laste he knouliched his    #
Falsnesse
and profered hem amendes; and in the same wyse he
begiled and disceyued an-other woman, +tat hight Nauerine
Mauncell, behetyng here for to gete a-geyne half a gowne of
cloth of gold, which was stolen out of here kepyng, and made
here to spende vpon hym, up trust therof, xviiis. vid. and      #
more.
For the which falsnesse and disceytes, +ta Mair and Aldermen,
willyng +tat suche shul be war be hym in tyme comyng, han
awarded, after +te Custome of this Cite, +tat he, as a fals     #
lyere and
disceyuer of +te comune peple, shal stonde here vpon +te        #
pillorye
thre market dayes, eche day an hour, wi+t a Weston aboute hys
necke in tokene of a Lyere.                     Carpenter.

<P 95>
[}V}]
[} (\JUDICIUM PILLORIJ NICHOLAI KETERINGHAM PRO FALSIS
OBLIGACIONIBUS CONTROFACTIS.\) }]
[} [\DATE: RILEY GIVES DATE 1418.\] }] 

   For as mych as Nichol Wigh, o+terwise callyd Nicholas
Ketringham, o+terwise callyd John Segrave, otherwise callyd
Nicholl Pecche, +tat here stont vp-on +te pillory, is opynly    #
conuict
and atteynt, a-for +te Meir & Aldremen, for a comune mysdoer
& disceyuour of peple, & a fals contrefetour of lettres and
mennys sealx; and especiali for a lettre, which he broght late  #
in
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+te name of Sir Nichol Pecche, knyght, to herry Somer, for to
have borwyd x li., with an obligacion of xx li. for seurete of
repayement +terof, vndir +te same knyghtes sele, as he seyde;
which lettre, obligacion, & sele were neuere made ne selyd by   #
+te
same knyght, but falsly contrefetid and forged by +tis same man
+tat here stant, as it is opynly & lawfully knowyn and provid   #
a-for
+te Meir and Althermen. And foras-mych also as +tis same man,
+tat here stant on +te pillori, on lik wyse disceyvid and       #
begilyd
Nicholl Carrewe, Squyer, with such ano+ter lettre & obligacion,
falsly contrefetid & forgyd vndur +te name & seel of +te same
sir Nichol Pecche, knyght, as it is euidently knowyn to +te
forseyd Meir and Aldermen, Therfor +te seyd Mair and Aldirmen,
considering how such worthy persones as +te same knyght
is, thurgh such falsnes in tyme comyng myght lightly and
causeles renne in sclaundre, and o+tir men in grete harme &     #
losse,
yef such falsnes & disceyt shold passe vnponysshid, han         #
awardid,
aftir +te Custume of +te Citee, in exaumple +tat al o+ter shul  #
+te
rather eschewe al such falsnes and disceyt, +tat he shal stonde
here on +te pilorie thre market dayes, eche day an hool hour,
with on of his fals lettres, be hym falsly and disseiuably      #
contrefetid
and forgid, hangyng a-bout his nek &c., and aftir +te
execucion of +tis iewesse, the thrid market day to be led fro   #
+tis
pilory to Newgate, +terin to abyde vn-to he have found seurte
of his trewe gouernaunce & good beryng in tyme comyng.

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[}X}] 
[}THE IEWISSE OF +TE PILLORY FOR WILLIAM HOROLD
FOR FALS ROMENEY.}]
[} [\DATE: RILEY DATES THIS 1419.\] }]

   For as mych as by +te Mair, Aldermen, and Comunes of +tis
Citee hit was late ordeynid & proclamyd, for the good & eese
of al +te peple, +tat no coupere, fre ne foreyn, ne none o+ter  #
man
shold wi+tin +tis Citee rase ne gumme, or in eny other wyse     #
medle
with vndewe makyng, medlyng, or contrefetyng of Romeney, vp
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peyne of Juesse of +te pillory; And for as mych as William
Horold, Couper, of Hampton, that here stant, ferst by one
enquest was endytid afor +te Meir and Aldermen, & aftirward
lawfully conuict and atteynt by an-other, that he, long aftir   #
the
sayd proclamacion, a-yens the tenure an fourme of +te sayd
ordenaunce, ymagynyng sotilly to deceyve +te comune peple in
contrefetyng of old and feble spaynissh wyn for good & trewe
Romeney, in +te parisshe of seynt Martyns in the vyntry, falsly
& deceyuably gummyd and rasyd ij buttes, with diuers gummes
& vnholsome o+ter thynges for mannys body, & feld hem ful
of old & feble spaynissh wyn to have a lykly manere taste and
smell to the drynkyng of Romeney thurgh +te gummyng and
rasyng aboue seyd; Also, +te same William, in gretter deceyt of
+te peple, for to make the same wyn haue a lykly colour of
Romeney, wold have put poudir of bayes and o+ter poudres
+ter-in, yef he had noght +te more warly be let by certein
officers, +tat toke hym +terwith; Therfor the Meir and          #
Aldermen,
wyllyng +tat euery man +te rather shold eschewe such falsnes    #
and
disceyt in tyme comyng, haue, aftir +te fourme of +te forseyd
ordenaunce, awardid +tat he shal stonde here on +te pillory     #
+tis
day an hour.  

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[}III}]
[} [\PRESENTMENT BY A JURY\] }]
[} [\DATE: C. 1396-7.\] }]
 
   To +gow Worschepeful Justice Sir Walter Clopton & to +te
Corowner of oure lord kyng We, Iswore as fore +te kynges
proffit by owre othes a +te by-gynnyng, presentyn +tat Thomas
Bradle, John Spaldyng, William Schyngilwode, prest, Richard
Langeforde and other mo +tat we knowe no[{w{]t, at +te oure of
mydnyt +te thorusday in estarne Weke, +te reyne of oure lord    #
+te
Kyng xvj=e=, comyn With forse & armes, +tat is for to seye      #
bowes
& arwes, swerdes & bokelers, gaderid hem to-gedere in +te feld
of Stebenythe parich, by-syde Schordych parich, by-syde John
+gerelddys croft, in Middlesex, & +tere betyn down a peire      #
berseles
by force & armes, a+geynes +te kynges pees, and to gret rankour
to al +te contre of Schordych.
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   And also +te friday folwynge in +te same Woke of Estarne, in
+te same +ger of owre lord +te kyng xvj=e=, Thomas Bradle, John
Spaldyng, William Schyngilwode, preest, & Richard langeford,
with other mo vne-knowen, in +te feld of Stebenythe, vp-on +te
land of John +gereld by-syde Schordych, with force & armes,
bowes & arwes, swerdes & bokelers & other wepene, & +tere asawt
madyn to +te sone of John +gereld and to +te +gomen of          #
Schordych,
+tat +tere were in amendyng of here berseles, her bowe+g & her
schouele+g brokyn & hewen, & hem foule afrayedyn, +tat +tei     #
dredyn
hem of here lyues, ageynns +te kynges pees. And also +te        #
thorusday
next aftar +te translacion of Seynt Thomas of Caunterbiry,
+te reygne of oure lord +te kyng xviij=e=, +te priour of seynt  #
Marie
Spetele, Thomas Bradle, John Spaldynge, William Schyngilwode,
preest, & Richard langeford, with other mo vne-knowyn, with-owt
warant of lawe out putte William Auerey out of a chaumbre +tat
William Auerey made, +te weche +tat he tok of +te same Priour
& of his Couent, in a place +tat is clepid Sustar croft, &      #
+terine
entred in & owt h[{i{]m putte ageynes +te kynges pees etc.
   And also +te thorusday in +te feste of seynt Jame in+te      #
+ger of
+te reigne of oure lord +te kyng xviij=e=, Thomas Bradle &      #
Richard
langeforde, with other mo vnknowe, with force & armes entredyn
in-to +te chaumbre +tat Will Auerey made, +te weche +tat he     #
tok of
+te same priour & hys Couent, & Sissely +te Wif of William
Auerey & Johane +te Wif of Thomas Fyncham asaut made & hem
beten & blod drowen, & out of +tat chaumbre hem pute, & gret
affray made a-geynes +te kynges pees etc. 

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<A X>
<C M3>
<O 1350-1420>
<M 1350-1420>
<K SAME>
<D EMO>
<V PROSE>
<T DOCUM>
<G X>
<F X>
<W WRITTEN>
<X X>
<Y X>
<H X>
<U X>
<E X>
<J X>
<I FORMAL>
<Z X>

<P 209>
[}I}]
[} (\TESTAMENTUM ROBERTI CORN.\) }]
[} [\DATE: 1387, PROVED 14 MARCH, 1389.\] }]

   In the name of god, Amen, the thorsday Befor the feste of
seint laurence, the +ger of the incarnacion of our lord,        #
(\Millesimo
CCC=mo= lxxxvij\) , the reyne of the kyng Richard the secund    #
after the
conquest the x., I, Robert Corn, Ceteseyn of london, be-quethe
my sowle to god, to lygge in the chirch of our lady of          #
abbechirch.
Also y be-quethe my goodes in twey partyes, that ys
for [{to{] seie, half to me, and the tother haluyndel to        #
watkyn my
sone and to katerine my dowter, and also, or my godes be        #
topartyd,
y will that my dettes be payd in alle places that rythful
ys. Also y be-quethe watkyn my sone the hous atte Caleys and
the dedys ther-with. Also y be-quethe genet my dowter xl.s.
Also to the werk of our lady of Abbechirch xx.s. Also to the
Brethered of our lady of Abbechirch xx.s. Also to eueri
prest that ys of this chirch, ij.s. Also to the twey clerkes    #
that
bene in the chirch euerich of hem ij.s. Also y be-quethe x.s.
to the most nedful men & women +tat ben in the parche of our
lady of abbechirch. Also y be-quethe iij.li. to bringe me on
erthe. Also y be-quethe Bartilmewe neue the bed of tree, with
the cheste atte the foot, weche they haue of myn, & the lauour
of peuter with the basyn of led. Also y wille and ordeyne +tat
alle the godes weche y haue be-quethe katerine, +tat it be in
kepyng of my too executours, here for to take as sche had ned.
Also y be-quethe to the werk of poulys vj.s. viij.d. And also
wat godes +tat leuet to-ward me, y will +tat it be do of massys
and of almes-dedys +tere most nedful ys. And here-to I ordeine
watkyn my sone, secutour, & Bartilmewe neue +tat o+ter; &
vp-on this y will +tat Bartilmewe neue haue for hys traueal,    #
after
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+tat he seruit. Also y will +tat John Edmund [{haue{] al +t=e=  #
led
+tat light in +t=e= stuys, & +t=e= sesterne +tat longe+t to     #
the stuys, and
+t=e= bordes & +t=e= gaudron in +t=e= kechyn +tat stont in      #
forneys, he
to paie +ter-for as it ys worthy, for-be ony otherman.

<P 211>
[}III}]
[} (\TESTAMENTUM JOHANNIS GYRDELER DE HARFELD.\) }]
[} [\DATE: 1402, PROVED 8 AUG. 1402.\] }]
 
   In the name of god, Amen. +t=e= xxv day of Juyll in +t=e=
reigne of kyng Henry, iij +ger, I John Girdeler of Harfeld, in  #
god
mynde and saf memorye, make my testement. Ferst my soule
to Almyghtty god, my body for to rest in the Chirche of
Synt pietres at Westmenstre, wher as +t=e= Abbot wol asyne. And
y bequethe to +t=e= werk of Synt powles of london vj.s. viij.d.
Also y bequethe to +te Couent of Westmenstre x mark. Also y
bequethe for vj torchis of wax for to serue atte awter of Synt
pietre in +t=e= worschip of god xl.s. Also y bequethe to +t=e=  #
parich
chirche of Harfeld xx.s. Also y bequeth to +te heye awter of
+t=e= forseyd chirch ij torchis of wax for to serue in the      #
worschip
of god xiij.s. iiij.d. Also y bequethe atte day of my terment   #
in
Harfeld, to an .C. pouer men and wommen, for +t=e= loue of
god, euerych I.d. Also y +geue to +t=e= parich prest of Harfeld
x.s. Also y +geue to +t=e= clerk of +t=e= chirch of Harfeld     #
xij.d.
And to +t=e= sexsteyn xij.d. Also y bequethe to +t=e= parich
chirch of Ikenham xiij.s. iiij.d. Also ij torchis of wax for to
serue in +t=e= forseyd chirche in the worschip of god xiij.s.   #
iiij.d.
Also y bequeth to +t=e= parich chirch of Ryslep in most         #
worchip of
god vj.s. viij d. Also to +t=e= forseyd chirche y +geue for to  #
serue atte
heye awter and in othir places of +t=e= chirche in +t=e= most   #
worschip
of god ij torchis of wax, pris xiij s. iiij d. &c. Also y       #
bequethe
to +t=e= parich chirche of Helindon in most worschip of god,    #
vj s.
viij d. Also to +t=e= forseyd Chirch y +geue for to serue atte  #
+t=e=
heye Awter and in othir place of the chirche in the most        #
worschip
of god ij torchis of wax, pris xiij s. iiij d. Also y bequeth
to +t=e= Mendyng of +t=e= heye way be-twen Hillindon and Akton,
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xl.s. Also y bequethe to vj=xx= pouere Bedrede men & wommen
wher as +tey may be founde +t=e= day of my terment atte         #
Westmenstre,
or hastelich after, euerych man and womman, for +t=e=
loue of god, iiij d. My seketours, William kyllet of Essex,     #
John
Mendam of london, Thomas Tornour of Ikenham; John
Cosyn of london, ouerseer, +tat my wylle be fulfylyd in +t=e=
worschip of god.

<P 214>
[}VII}]
[} [\WILL OF JOHN PLOT (ALIAS ROUWENHOLE OR ROUWENHALE).\] }]
[} [\DATE: 4 JULY 1408, PROVED 20 DEC. 1408.\] }]

   In the name of god, Amen. And Also y, John plot, Citaysyn
and Maltman of london, beynge In gode Mende, In the day of
translacion of seynt Martyn Bysshopp, the +ger of Owr lord god
M=o=CCCC=mo= & viij. And the +ger of the Reygne of kyng henri   #
the
iiij=e= aftir the conquest ix=e=. My will ys thys, that Robert
pygeon, Citaysyn & draper of london, Somtyme Cosyn to Alys
my wyue, - that god haue Mercy on her sowle & on alle Cristyn
sowlys, - that he take ful Charge & ful ministracion of al my
godys, In whos handys & kepyng wher they been, And Also the
same Robert fulfelle alle my wille a-fore the date of thys. And
Also my wyll ys thys, that he & hys Executours, other hys
assyngnes, haue gouernance of my prest, & for to paye to the
same prest for the terme of thre +ger After my deses, +gyf he   #
be
of good conuersacion, & Cunne devyne seruyse, xx.li. And +gyf
hit be the contrarie, y wil that he be put owte of hys seruice,
& take yn A betyr be the Same Robert Pygeon, & be hys
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Executours, othir be hys assyngnys, And thys ys my wyll. And
Also my wyll ys, that the Same Robert pygeon, hys Executours
& hys assygnys haue gouernans & rewlyng of my obytis, that ys
for to sayn, my +gerys mynde, xx wynter Aftir my deses; And my
wyl ys, for to be do for my sowle, & for the Sowle of Alys my
wyue, & for all Cristyn sowlys, with solempne seruise, that ys
for to sayn, wyth Belle Rynggyng, deryge be note, & Masse of
requiem be note. & y wyll that the person of the same Churche
as for that tyme, haue iiij d., & euery prest and clerkys haue
ij d. & Also my wyl ys that ther be delyd that Same daye to
the pouer peple xl d., And Also payde for brede & Ale to
Spende atte my dyryge, xl.d. And Also my wyl ys thys, that
John White, Alys Kamerwell, Mavde White, Margarete Herelowe,
Wedue, have A-+gens the day of my terment, gownes of
russet, with hodys of the same clothe. And Also my wyll ys
thys, that Alys, the seruant of Mawde White, haue A bras pot    #
for
her gode seruice. Also my wyl ys, that Mawde White be rewardyd
for her Gode kepyng, & for the gode loue that Sche
hath Schewyd to me, be the discrecion of Robert pygeon, myn
Executour & ouerseer of my testament & of my last wyll. Also
my wyll ys, that John Walgraue, seruant of Wyllyam fondour,
haue of my gode iij s~. iiij d. Also my wyll ys, that Maydenys  #
of
gode name & of gode fame haue x Marc of my gode to her
Mariage, atte the dysposicion of Robert pygeon. Also my wyl ys,
that thyr be Spendyth among my Nyebourus in Mete & in
drynke A-bowte the riche, & on the pouere, of my[{n{]de,        #
iij=li=.
And Also hit ys my wyl that hit be, be the wyll & be the devyce
of Robert pygeon; & that y wyl that he haue for hys labour
more than he ys nemnyd a-fore the date of thys, xx s~. And that
he do be me, as he wolde y dede by hym, as he wyl Answer
atte day of dome. And thys ys my last wyl, y-wrete In the day &
+ger A-bovyn y-Sayde. Also my wyl ys thys, that [{ther{] be
yspendyth betwene london And war, of fowle weys, of My good,
ther most nede ys, C s~.: & thys ys my wyll Record on Mawd
White And Margarete Herlowe, wedewe. 

<S SAMPLE 6>

<Q M3 STA DOC LPROCL>
<N PROCL LONDON>
<A X>
<C M3>
<O 1350-1420>
<M 1350-1420>
<K SAME>
<D EML>
<V PROSE>
<T DOCUM>
<G X>
<F X>
<W WRITTEN>
<X X>
<Y X>
<H X>
<U X>
<E X>
<J X>
<I FORMAL>
<Z STAT>

<P 31>
[} [\PROCLAMATIONS OF NICHOLAS BREMBRE\] }]
[}I}]
[} (\PROCLAMACIO DE CONGREGACIONIBUS CONUENTICLIS &
CONSPIRACIONIBUS NON FACIENDIS.\) }]
[} [\DATE: 1383-4\] }]
 
   The Mair, shirreues and aldermen and alle other wyse, wyth
hem that habbeth the gouernaille of the Citee vnder oure lige
lord the kyng by vertue of the chartre of oure franchise,
Comaundeth on the kynges bihalf and on hire owene also that
no man make none congregaciouns, conuenticules, ne assembles
of poeple in priue nen apert, Ne no more craftes than other
men, with-oute leue of the Mair; Ne ouermore in none manere
ne make alliances, confederacies, conspiracies, ne obligaciouns
for to bynde men to-gidre, for to susteyne eny quereles in
lyuyngge and deyengge to-gidre, vpon peyne of enpresonement
<P 32>
vche man that is yfounde in swych defaute, and his bodi at the
kyngges wille, and forfaiture of al that he may forfaite a-yens
oure lord the kyng as wel in tenementz as in catel; and         #
ouermore
the Mair, shirreues and aldermen willeth & graunteth
power to euery fre man of the Citee, as wel as to officers,     #
that
yef eny man of hem may aspie eny swich congregaciouns or
couynes, in gaderyng or ygadred, to areste hem & eche persone
of hem, and brynge hem als blyue to fore the Mair, yef he is at
leiser, or elles to Neugate in to tyme that the Mayr may        #
attende
ther-to.
 
<P 32>
[}II}]
[} (\ALIA PROCLAMACIO DE EXTRANEIS VITALLARIIS UENIENDIS
& UENDENDIS ABSQUE IMPEDIMENTO PISCES SUOS.\) }]
[} [\DATE: 1383-4.\] }]

   For as moche as rumour and spekyngge is amonges some
men of the Citee that vitaillers foreins, bringyngge fissh to   #
the
Citee of london to selle, shulde be restrained and ylet of hire
comyngge to the citee wyth hire forsaid fissh to selle it       #
freliche,
which thyng nas neuer the Maires wille ne the aldermens ne hire
entente, as semeth openlich in dede, but that alle swiche       #
vitaillers
foreins, that bryngeth fissh or other vitailles to the same     #
Citee to
selle, mowe come and selle hire forseid fissh and vitailles to  #
the 
comunes of the same Citee, to lordes, and to alle other, thedir
repeiryng freliche withoute destourbaunce or lettyng of eny man
in priue or apiert, Wherfore the Mair and aldermen comandeth
on the kyngges half and on hire owene half also that no man of
what condicioun or degre that he be, priue ne straunge,         #
withynne
the franchise of the Cite ne with-oute, ne destourbe, lette
ne greue in dede ne in word ne in non other manere no maner
straunge vitailler bryngynge fissh or eny other vitaille by     #
land
<P 33>
or by water to the Citee to selle, wher-by eny swych vitailler
straunger be destourbed that he ne mowe nought selle his fissh
or other vitaille freliche to whom he mowe, vp-on peyne of
enprisonement at the Maires wille and forfaiture of al that he 
may forfaite a-yens the kyng. And also that no denzeins ne
non other ne bigge no manere fissh ne other vitailles for to    #
selle
a-yen for-to ten of the clokke be smyte, vp-on peyne forsaid.
And yef eny man fynt hym y-greued in eny poynt forsaid, come
and pleyne hym to the Mair and aldermen and he shal haue
right and resoun.

<P 33>
[}III}]
[} [\DATE: 1383-44.\] }]
 
   The mair and aldermen comandeth, as wel for oure lord the
kyng As for hemselue, that no man, of what astat or condicioun
that he be, be y-founde goyngge or walkyngge with-ynne the
Citee, ne with-ynne the fraunchise of the same Citee, by nyghte
after ix of the clokke be y-smyte, vp-on payne of al that hij
mowe forfaite a-yens oure lord the kyng and a-yens the Citee in
body or in godes, outtake the Mair & his ministres and hij that
haueth leue in special by the Mair; and yef eny other be        #
yfounde
that he be arest als so swithe and y-lad to prisone bi whom     #
+tat
he be yfounde.

<P 97>
[}VII}]
[} (\PROCLAMACIO UERSUS ABROCATORES.\) }]
[} [\DATE: 1418-19?\] }]

   For as moche as here be-fore the Cite of London hatht had,
ant yet is lykly to haue, but it be the sonner remedied, gret
Mischiefs, sclaundres, and harmes thorugh the gret disceyt and
falsnesse of Brokours, which, for drede of god ne shame of +te
world, cesen nat, but thaym fro day to day peyne and afforcen
vnder colour of Brocage to manteigne +te orrible vices of vsure
and fals cheuisauns, be which vices is nat oonly this Cite
sclaundred, but many wor+ti men vtterluy distroyed, and +te     #
good
fourme and Cours of Merchaundise poynt to be perisshed for
euer, as god for-bede; Therfor +te Mair and Aldermen, with
thassent of +te comunes of this Cite, to +te worschip of god
principalliche, for amendement and releuacion of the people.
and in eschuyng alle +te mischiefs, sclaundres, harmes, and     #
falsnesses
abouesayd, haue ordeined and stablisshed, and by this
crye +terof don make notice to alle maner men, +tat no maner
<P 98>
persone, fre ne forein, be so hardy betuene +tis and            #
mighelmasse
+tat next cometh to make, medle, or consent in any wyse, priue
or appert, with any maner of brocage with-inne +tis Cite, vp
peyne of inprisonement of ther bodyes tuelfmoneth and a day,
and makyng fyn to +te Chaumber after discrecion of the Mair
and Aldermen, what +tat euer he be +tat may be founde or
atteint in any wyse in +te contraire. And morouer +te forsaid
Mair, Aldremen & Communs han ordeigned and stablisshed, and
by this proclamacion laten al men to wete, that what maner
man can aspie any maner persoune meke, medle, or consent in
any wyse with any maner of brocage with-inne +tis Cite, ayeins
+te ordeignaunce abouesayd, lat hym make relacion +ter-of to    #
+te
Mair, or +te Chaumberleyn of +tis Citee, and he shal haue +te
fourthe part of +te fyn +tat +te trespasour on this behalue     #
shal
make.

<P 99>
[}IX}]
[}PROCLAMACIOUN OF ROMENEY & +TORDINAUNCE THEROF.}]
[} [\DATE: RILEY GIVES DATE 1419.\] }]

   For as moch as many gret now-a-dayes, And long tyme
hertofore, bothe englisshmen & Aliens, in comone harme of
alle the Peple and gret sclaundre of +tis Citee, naught         #
charginge
her owne vntrou+te & disceyt, daylych vsyn within +tis Citee
+tair wyne of spayne, Rochell & o+ter remenauntz of brokyn,
sodyn, reboyllid, and vnthrifty wynes of o+ter Contrees, whan   #
+tei
are feblyd in colour & noght in value, to put yn diuers buttys
and o+tir vessels +tat are here rasyd and gummyd with picche,
code, & o+tir horrible & vnholsome +tinges, for to reduce and
bryng ayen, in disceyte of +te peple, a plesaunt colour to +te  #
sight,
and a lykly manere drynkyng of Romeney to +te smell and tast.
And noght only for exclusion & puttyng a-wey of +tis opyn
& sclaunderouse deseyt, here with-yn +tis Citee late practisid
and bygonne, but also for +te redy remevyng of grete multitude
of such wynes, deceyuablych contrefetyd and medlid on
+te other syde of +te see, and broght hydir to selle, The
peticion of +te Comons hath oftyn here-to-for requirid a
couenable remedie; wherfor +te Mair & Aldirmen, +tat now
are, be good deliberacion & assent of +te Comons, knowyng
wele +tat al +te grete multitude of wynes +tat are clepid
'Romeneyes' wi+t-in this Citee are but contrefetid of spaynissh
wyne and Rochell & o+ter remenauntz of wyne forseyd, albeit
+tat in colour & tast, be the deseyuable menys forseys, it      #
semith
o+ter, willyng also the stable amendement of +te deceyt & fals
contrefetyng and vntrewe medlyng forsayd, and +tat eche wyne
be sold hole in his degre & kynd as he growith, han ordeynid
& establisshyd +tat no man, with-yn +tis Citee or +te liberte   #
+terof,
fro this day forward, selle a galon of +te best such wyne       #
contrefetid,
<P 100>
that +tei calle 'Romeney', no derrer +tan vjd., on peyne of
forfaiture of al +te vessell and wyn, wherof he sellith oght    #
in +te
contrarie. And also +tat fro this day forward no man, with-yn
+tis Citee ne +te liberte +ter-of, fre ne forein, coloure ne    #
medle no
manere wyn, +tat is to sey no white wi+t rede, old with newe,
hole with brokyn or corrupt, Rochel with Renyssh, ne none
o+tere wyne of diuers kyndes ne growynges to-gidir, but selle
hem hole & trewe, evyn as +tei growyn, vp peyne of Juysse of    #
+te
pillorye as oft as he may be conuict in +te contraire. And also
+tat no Couper ne none othir man, with-yn +te fraunchise of     #
+tis
Citee, be so hardy, fro +tis day forward, in his owne persone   #
or
by his seruaunt, to gumme, rase, bynde, setynhede, or in eny
o+ter wyse contrefete, or medle with +te vndewe makyng or
contrefetyng of, ony manere wyn, vp peyne of the same
Juysse of pyllory to have as oft as he is lawfully conuict or
atteynt +ter-of. And more-ouere, for +taccomplissement of
sikerer holdyng and continuaunce of +tis ordeynaunce, the Mair
and Aldermen haue ordeynid +tat euery man, of what degre,
astate, or condicion +tat he be, +tat can aspye or enfourme +te
Chamberleyn of +tis Citee of eny persone +tat in ony wise       #
sellith
ony romeneyes or eny o+ter wynes, or hem medlith or colourith
in eny wyse, a-yens +te manere and fourme aboue expressid, shal
have +te thrid parte of +te forfaiture +terof demyd for his     #
labour. 



