TEN SEVERAL ORDERS TO Be put in execution by the Lord Major and Aldermen of London, for the price and sale of Meal, Flesh, Bu●ter, and other Commodities; and to prevent Disorders in the Markets: with the penalties to be inflicted upon every person or persons, which shall not obey the same.  
ALSO, The coming in of twenty thousand Quarters of Corn and Graine. And a List of the particulars thereof, as it is entered at the Custom House.  
And care is also taken, that every one may buy at the cheapest rate, and that there be no regrating or forestall the Markets.  
NOVEMBER, 5. 1647.  
Imprimatur,  
Gilb. Mabbot.  
LONDON, Printed by Brrnard Alsop, dwelling near Caipple-Gate, 1647.   

Ten several ORDERS OF THE Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, for regulating the price of Meal, and other Commodities.  
THE general dearth which of late hath been on all sorts of commodities, both rich and poor are very sensible of, especially on the price of corn & chief of that which makes bread (the staff of man life) which hath not only afflicted the needy but occasioned sunday queries from whence the cause should arise in the richest there appearing little visible cause for the same, the earth yielding a plentiful increase in all parts, and to excuse the matter some are pleased to aive their opinions, 1. That the store of the Kingdom in the time of the late war is exhausted, 2ly. That the quartering of the Army near this populous City was an em●ent cause thereof, And thirdly the great abuse of regrating and forestall the markets was not of the least; which was chief done by those which would fain have woven themselves into a nearer Corporation who not only forestalled the market and keep bacl the Country people for coming in, but set up meal shops in every corner (a new trade out of the standing of two Apprentishipps) which being lately taken into consideration by the present Lord Major and Court of Aldermen they found apparent abuse thereby and therefore thought good to order that no meal shops should be kept in the City of London and Liberties thereof after the third day of this instant November and no meal should be sold but in open market the market days on forfeiture of such penalties as are inflicted on regraters and forestallers by several good and wholesome laws and statutes in that case provided.  
There be also several orders for the market ordered by the Lord Major and Court of Aldermen to be observed.  

The Laws or orders of the Lord Major and Court of Aldermen to be observed in every market within the City of London.  
FIrst in all the markets of this City no victual shall be sold but by the price set by the Mayor of the City.  
Secondly No man shall forestall any victual coming to the market as for to buy in any june or other privy place, or yet coming to the market, whether it be found in the hands of the buyer or of the seller, under pain of forfeiture of the same, and no Inholder shall suffer any thing to be sold in his house upon pain of forty shillings.  
Thirdly No man shall regrate any victual which is in the market, or buy any victual to Ingrate in the market, so that the Commons can or may have any part of of such victual, as in special such as be known for Hucksters or other people occupying their living by such victual as they would so engross under pain of such victual so regretted, provided always that any steward for any noble feast may buy or in grate such victual as is convenient ior the same feast.  
Fourthly No butter shall be sold but according to the time of the year allowed.  
Fifthly No Poulterers shall deceivably occupy the mark to sell any stolen victual or such as the Poulters of this City, for to stand in strange clothing so to do under Pain of forty shillings and forfeiture of such victual.  
6ly No Hucksters shall stand or sit in the market but in Lower places and ends of the market to the 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 Hucksters disobey the same.  
Seventhly No unwholesome or stolen victual shall be sold under pain of forty shillings four pence and forfeiture of the same victual.  
Eighthly No Butcher or his servant shall use to drive any ox or oxen a trot in the streets, but peaceably, and if any ox 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.  
Ninthly No Butcher shall sell any Measell Hog, or unwholesome flesh under pain os ten pounds.  
Tenthly No Butcher shall sell any old stolen victual, that is to say, about the slaughter of three days in the winter and two in the Summer under pain of ten pound.  
No victules of ehe City shall give any rude or unfitting language or make any clamour upon any man or woman in the, open market for cheapening of victual under pain of three shillings four pence.  
Memorandum, that every offence, found in this City It is accustomed that the office, a free man finding it, which is called Primm Inventor, hath half the penalty by the grace of the Court.  
Having here given you the good orders of the Lord Major and Court of Aldermen for the well ordering of victvall that the prizes of Commodities may not be inhuman nor the City and Country abused, It will not be amiss in the next place to give you a brief account of the great penalty of wheat Rice, Barley, Malt, Oats, Beanes and pease was brought into the City by water of late in doing whea● of for better satisfaction I shall in the next place communicate to you a perfect List of all such corn and Grain as hath been entered in the custom house of London from the first of October last to the thirtieth of the same as followeth.   

Entered in the Customs Book of Entries.  
Of Wheat 1587. quarters. Of Rice. 6845, quarters, Of Barley 965 quarters. Of Malt, 1048 quarters. Of Oats 2275 quarters. Of Beanes and pease 1435 quarters, which in all amounts to 14175. quarters.  
In which may likewise take notice that it is not the usual course to certify the whole quantity of the Lading at the first entry for sometimes near a fourth part more is brought in for a post entry which together with what hath been brought in since it thought cannot amount to less the twenty thousand quarters (in a matter of a month or five weeks) at the least which with the remainder th●t is expected and comes in daily, with the care and well ordering thereof by the Governors of this City (who daily communicate to the poor out of the store laid every Companies the price of corn will probably be abated of which theac gins to appear some earnest of our hopes though not so much informed might be for we have heard some affirm that wheat may be afforded at this time as in the bushel cheaper than it could within this fortnight.  

A perfect List or Note of all such Corn and Grain, as have been entered in the Customhouse of London. From the first of October last to the 30. of the same.  Wheat 1587. quarters. Rye 6845 quarters. Barley 0965 quarters. Malt 1048 quarters. Oats 2295 quarters. Beans and Pease 1435 quarters. In the whole 14175   
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