❧ THE Laws of the Market,  
Anno 1. 5. 62.   

¶ The Laws of the Market.  
FIRST in all the markets of this City, no Victual shallbe sold, but by the price set by the Mayor of this City.  
No man shall forstall any Vyctuall coming to the Market, as for to buy in any Inn, or other privy place, or yet coming to the Market, whether it be found in the hands of the bier or of the seller, under pain of forfeiture of the same, and no Inholder shall suffer nothing to be sold in his house, upon pain of forfeiture of▪ xl. s.  
No man shall regrate any Victual, which is in the market, or buy any vyctuall to ingrate in the market, so that the commons can or may have any part of such victual, as in especial such as be known for huxsters, or other people, occupying their living by such victual, as they would so engross under pain of forfeiture of such victual so regretted: provided always that any Steward for any noble feast, may buy or ingrate such vyctuall as is convenient for the same least.  
No Butter shallbe sold but according to the weight for the time of the year allowed.  
No Poulters shall deceivably occupy the Market to set any Stolen victual or such as be poulters of this City, for to stand in strange clothing so to do, under pain of forty shillings, and the forfeiture of such vyctuall. xl. s.  
No Huxsters shall stand or sit in the market, but in the lower place, and the ends of the market to th'intent they may be perfectly known, and the stranger market people have the pre-eminence of the market, under pain of three shillings four pence, if the Huxsters disobey the same.  
No unwholesome or stolen victual shallbe sold. under pain of xl. s. and forfeiture of the same victual. ⸫   

¶ The Statutes of the Streets of this City, against Noisaunces.  
FIRST, no man shall sweep the filth of the street into the canell of the City▪ in the time of any rain, or at any other time, under pain of. vi. s. viii. d.  
No man shall cast or lay in the Streets, Dogs, Cats, or other carrin, or any noisome thing, contagious of air, nor no Inholder shall lay out dung out of his house, but if the cart be ready to carry the same away incontinently, under pain of. xl. s.  
No Brewer shall cast wilfully dregs, or dross of Ale or Bear into the Canel, under pain of. two. s  
No man shall encumber the Streets with Timber, Stones, Cartes, or such like, under pain of forfeiture of the same thing, that so encumbereth the Streets, whiis twenty shillings fine: If he amove it not at the warning of the Sargaunt of the Market.  
Every builder of houses ought to come to the Mayor. Alderman, and Chamberlain, for a special licence for hoard of, by him to be made in the high street, and no Bilder to encumber the Streets with any manner of thing, taking down for the preparing of his new building, under pain of forty shillings, except he make a hoard of. xl. s.  
No man shall set any Cartes in the streets by night time, under pain of. xii. d. and recompense to such persons as shallbe hurt thereby if any such be. xii. d.  
No bugeman shall lead but. two. horses. and he shall not let them go unled under pain of. two. s:  
No man shall ride or drive his car or cart a troth in the street, but patiently under pain of. two. s.  
No man shall gallop his horse in the street under pain of. two. s.  
No man shall shoot in the street for wager or otherwise, under like pain of two shillings.  
No man shall Bowl or cast any stone in the street for wager or gain, or such like, under pain of two shillings.  
No man shall dig any hole in the street for any matter, except he stop it up again, under pain of two shillings, and recompense to any person hurt thereby. two. s.  
No man shall berry any dung or gounge, within the liberties of this City, under pain of. xl. s.  
No Goungfermor shall carry any ordure till after nine of the clock in the night under pain of thirteen shillings four pence.  
No Goungfermor shall spill any ordure in the street under pain of. xiii. s. iiii. d.  
No man shall bait Bull, bear. or Horse, in the open street under pain of. xx. s.  
No man shall have any kine, goats, Hogs, Pigs, Hens, Cocks, Capons, Ducks, in the open street, under pain of forfeiture of the same.  
No man shall maintain any biting Curs, or mad Dogs, in the streets, under pain of. two. shillings, and recompense to every party hurt therewith. two. s.  
No Cartes that shallbe shod with Spignayle, that shall come upon the streets of this City, under pain of. three s. iiii. d  
No Cartes using daily carriage within the City, nor Car shall have the wheels shod with any Iron, but bare under pain of. 6. 8.  
No man shall burn any straw, rushes, or other thing, Lynnyn, or Wollyn, in the Streets, by night or by day, under pain of. 3. 4  
No man shall blow any horn in the night▪ within this City, or Whistell after the hour of nine of the clock in the night, under pain of imprisonment.  
No man shall use to go with visoures, or disguised by night, under like pain of imprisonment.  
Made that night walkers and Euysdroppers, like punishment.  
No Hammer man as a smith, a Pewterer, a Founder, and all artificers, making great sound, shall not work after the hour of nine in the night▪ nor a fore the hour of four in the Morning, under pain of. three s. iiii. d.  
No man shall cast into the ditches of this City, or the sewers of this City, without the walls, or into the Walls, Grates; or Gullyttes of this City, any manner of carryn, stinking flesh, rotten fish, or any rubbish, dung, sand, gravel, weeds, stones, or any other thing, to stop the course of the same, under pain of cleansing of, at his own cost and charge. under pain of imprisonment.  
No man shall make any wyded rawtes in any of the town dythes, or the town Gullyttes, under pain of. xx. s.  
No man shall build nigh the walls of this city, without licence of my Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Chamberlain, under pain of throwing down the same, and no licence may be granted except that the Chamberlain freely at all times convenient and needful for increase and entre, out going, and clear recourse.  
No man shall go in the streets by night or by day, with bow bend or arrows under his girdle nor with sword unscabberd, under pain of Imprisonment, nor with hand gone, having there with powder and match: except it be in any usual mayegame or fight.  
No man shall after the hour of nine in the night, kept any rule whereby any such sudden out cry be made in the still of the night, as making any affray, or beating his wife, or Servant or singing or reviling in his house, to the disturbance of his neighbours, under pain of. three s. three d.  
No man shall make any affray upon any officer, which with good demener doth his message by commandment of my Lord Mayor, or any Alderman, or master She ryffes, or Master Chamberlain, or mysbehave himself in any railing upon any judge of this City, or there officers, which by commandment be sent to bring any breaker of this law, and custom to ward, or to distress or such like, upon pain of Imprisonment of forty days, and forfeiture of the double penalty, for the offences asseassing, railing upon any Alderman, or Mayor in his office is judgement of the pyllary, railing upon Master Chamberlain in his office, forty days imprisonment, beating, threatening, and railing of an office is imprisonment, after as the trespass is.  
Memorandum that every offence found in this city, it is accustomed that the office, or a freeman, finding it, which is called Primus Inventor, hath half the penalty by the grace of the court.  
Also every freeman may find any offence, but he hath no power to bring the party before any judge of this city, without an office, except the party will come to his answer by free-will.  
No man hath power to arrest. attach, or make distress of any goods forfitable, or offences, except the Constable or Sargaunte of the Maze.  
No Butcher or his servant shall not use to drive any Ox, or Oxen a trot in the streets, but peaceably, and if oxen happen to be let go when he is prepared to slaughter, the Butcher shall forfeit two shillings, besides recompense, if any person be hurt thereby.  
No Butcher shall skaulde no Hogs, but in the common skaulding house upon pain of. vi. s. viii. d  
No Butcher shall sell any Mesyll Hog, or unwholesome flesh, under pain of. x. li.  
No Butcher shall sell any old stale Victual: That is to say, above the slaughter of three days in the Winter, and two in the Summer, under pain of. x. li.  
None unseasonable Victual for all manner Vyctualls.  
No Victualler of this city shall give any rude or unsetting language, or make any clamour upon any man or woman, in the open markytte, for cheping of Victual, under pain of. three s. iiii. d.  
No Butcher shall cast the inwards of beasts into the streets, cleaves of beasts feet, bones, horns of sheep, or other such like, under pain of. two. s.  
The Poding Cart of the shambelles, shall not go afore the hour of nine in the night, nor after the hour of five in the morning, under pain of, vi. s. viii. d  
No man shall cast any Urine Bolles, or ordure Bolles, into the streets by day or night, afore the hour of nine in the night: And also he shall not cast it out, but bring it down, and lay it in the canell, under pain of iii. s. iiij. d. And if he do cast it upon any personnes head, the party to have a lawful recompense, if he have hurt thereby.  
No man shall hurt, cut, or destroy any Pipes, Sesperalles, or wind Ventes pertaining to the Condytte, under pain of imprisonment, and making satisfaction, though he doth it out of the City, if he may be taken within the City.  
No man within this City may make any quill, and break any Pipe of the Condytte, coming through his house, or nigh his ground, under pain of the pillory, or take any water privily unto his house.  
Casting any corrupt thing, appoysoning the water, is Lourgulary and felony.  
Whosoever destroy or perish any Cocks of the Condytte, must have Imprisonment, and make satisfaction.   

¶ Old Laws and Customs of this City.  
NO man shall set up Shop, or occupy as a freeman afore he be sworn in the Chamber of London, and admitted by the Chamberlain, under pain of.  
No man shall set over his apprentyce to any other person, but by licence of master Chamberlain, & there to be set over under pain.  
No man which is a foreign shall not buy or sell within the liberties of this City, with an other foreign undenr pain of forfeiture of the goods so forteyne bought and sold.  
No Freman shallbe disobedient for to come at Master Chamberlains commandment, to any Summons, to him given by any officer of the Chamber, under pain of imprisonment.  
Master Chamberlain hath power to send a Freman to ward, so that he incontinently after send to my Lord the cause why that he is punished, so that my Lord Mayor release him not, but by the Chamberlens assent, and if he be a great commener and disobedient to the Chamberlain: Master Chamberlain may refer it to a court of Aldermen.  
Master Chamberlain hath authority for to send or command any apprentice to the counter, for there offences, and if there offences be great, as in defyiinge their Mystris houses, by vicious living, or offending his master by theft, or disslaunder, or such like, then to command him to Newgate.  

Apprentyce enrowleth▪ his master payeth. two. s. vi. d.  
Apprentice set over he that receiveth. two. s.  
Apprentyce made free, him payeth. iiii. s.  
Apprentyce never enrollid, and made free his Master payeth. xiii. s. two. d.  
A man made free by his father's Copy, payeth. xviii. d.    

A Proclamation made in the time of the Mayorraltie of Sir Myhell Dormer knight.  
An Act of Common Council, made in the even of Saint Mychaell. Anno Regis, Henrici Octa xii. xxxi. that no person should lay any Mares in the Streat, or beyond the edge of their stall, upon pain of forfeiture, the first tyme. vi. s. viii. d. the second tyme. xiii. s. iiii. d. and the third time the ware so laid.   
Finis.  

¶ Imprinted at London in Powles Churchyard by john Cawoode, printer to the queens Majesty.  
Cum Privilegio Regiae Maiestatis.