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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14577	A pamphlet of the offices, and duties of euerie particular sworne officer, of the citie of Excester: collected by Iohn Vowell alias Hoker, Gentleman & chamberlaine of the same	Hooker, John, 1526?-1601.	1584 (1584)	STC 24889; ESTC S119346	28,806	38

heresie or doo not resort to his church at or vpon the sabaoth daies he is to punish him or to take order with him according to the lawes Also he is vpon sundaies and holie daies to send abroad his officers to sée if anie be sitting vpon the stalles walking the streates or sitting in tauernes or vsing anie gaming at the time of preaching and praiers and to compell them either to go to the church or commit them to ward or to take further order with them as shall be thought good Also he must vpon the first fridaie after he hath taken his oth cause to be proclamed his generall proclamation for and concerning the gouernment of the citie Also when anie proclamation is to be made for hir Maiestie or otherwise it is to be doone in decent maner namelie in the open market and assemblie of the people the sword-bearer with the sword and the sargeants with their maces standing before him his brethren Also he is with the bailiffes vpon euerie mondaie through the whole yeare to kéepe the Quéenes court in the open Guildhall and then and there vprightlie to minister iustice and to giue true iudgements in all matters depending before them and to sée true records to be kept Also he is to sée the peace and common tranquillitie to be kept and obserued and the offenders punished Also he and his officers is to attend wéekelie the markets for all maner corne and victuals that the same be wholesome and good and at reasonable prices Also that no victuals nor wares be forestalled ingrossed or regrated contrarie to the lawes Also that he doo from time to time as occasion shall serue take the view and search of all maner of measures weights and vessels whether they be according to the statute and being defectiue to reforme the same Also vpon euerie mondaie to giue to the bakers the assise of bread and wéekelie to examine and weigh their bread whether the same be according to the assise giuen or not Also that he giue to the brewers the assise of their drinke and to set reasonable prices for and vpon the same Also he shall command his stewards constables and other his officers to make search euerie moneth once in all euerie suspect place for plaiers at games vnlawfull kéepers of ill rule night-watchers vagarant naughtie and suspect persons and such strangers as who cannot giue account for their honest life and them to commit to ward to be kept or be punished according to their offense and by order of the lawes Also he shall take bonds and sufficient suerties of euerie innekéeper tipler and for kéeping of good rule in their houses Also he is yearelie to kéepe lawe courts and cause inquisition to be taken of all things concerning the state of the citie and liberties of the same Also he is to sée the nightwatches in the times appointed to be kept Also he shall yearelie make his perambulations round about the citie and about the limits bounds of the same and shall also cause the like perambulations to be made euerie rogation wéeke about the limits and bounds of the countie Also he shall twise in the yeare at Michelmas and Easter visit the almeshouses of the cities and examine whether the same be ordered as it apperteineth Also he shall yearelie call to account all the collectors for the poore in euerie parish and to sée that the poore be prouided for according to the statute Also the Maior being the eschetor of the citie and warden in socage is from time to time to cause at euerie mondais court presentment to be made of the death of euerie citizen and inhabitant what heires and orphanes he left behind him and that there vpon he doo take order for the preseruation of the orphanes and of all such goods and rents as doo growe vnto them as also not to admit anie person to the fréedome of the citie but that he be sworne vnto the order of the orphanes Also he is at all time and times conuenient to call and assemble the common counsell of the xxiiij vnto the counsell chamber when matter and occasion shall require and then and there to determine what by their deuise and counsell is to be determined Also he is then and there to sée and command euerie one of the said xxiiij and all other persons comming there to behaue and vse themselues modestlie soberlie and in all good maner according to the orders of the said house and whoso shall offend therein to be punished accordinglie Also he is to appoint six of the forsaid xxiiij to be auditours as well of the account of the generall receiuer as of all other accounts for and concerning anie of the cities rents receipts or reuenewes Also he may not be absent from out of the citie anie night except it be for some necessarie and vrgent cause and in his absence he is to appoint his lieutenant in writing vnder his hand seale Diuers other things doo belong to his office which more at large are to be séene in the great lieger booke The office of the Stewards THe Stewards are verie ancient officers of this citie and were in the time of the Saxons named in Latine Praepositi in the Saxon tong Portegreues that is to saie The wise graue gouernours of the citie or towne after the conquest they were named Praefecti which in the Normand French toong are called Prouorstes the name of the person is worne out but the court of their iurisdiction reteineth his former name being called the prouorst court after this in respect of the courts kept before them they were called Senescalli that is to saie stewards and not long after bicause they or some one of them was put in trust for collecting of the cities reuenewes they were called Balliui bailiffes These two latter names are still reteined and indifferently vsed at these presents Their offices consist in manie points whereof some in particular as followeth FIrst they al or two at the least of them are to be attendant present and sitting as well with the Maior vpon euerie mondaie in the court of the Guildhall as also in their own court called the Prouorst court which they may adiourne and kéepe from daie to daie at their owne will and pleasure Also they are to sée true records to be kept true iustice to be ministred and true iudgements to be giuen in all causes depending in either of the courts before them Also they are to attend the Maior at his going to the sermons at S. Peters vpon the sondaies at the forenoone and at his going and returning at the Guildhall court vpon euerie mondaie and at the markets and proclamations and vpon euerie saturdaie at the shambles and at all other times whensoeuer they shall be called and required Also forasmuch as they are clarkes of the market they are to execute and doo what dooth apperteine to the clarke of the market that is to saie That corne and

be most conuenient and good for the preseruation of the bodie of the common wealth and of ancient customes liberties and orders of the same and of the rents and reuenues of the citie The particular and most speciall points incident to their charges and offices are as followeth FIrst they are vpon reasonable summons to come and to appeare at the counsell chamber of the said citie as well yerelie at the times appointed and accustomed for the election of the Maior and officers as at all other time and times when they shall be summoned vpon paine of such penalties as by the orders of this citie are limitted vnlesse he haue a lawfull cause of absence Also when they are assembled and come togither at the time appointed they shall then and there take their proper place appointed and in all modestie wisedome and sobrietie behaue and vse themselues and not to depart from thence during the times of their counsell and consultations vnlesse they be licenced vpon paine of the penalties alreadie ordered and assessed Also when anie matter is proposed then euerie one who is to speak his mind shall stand vp in all reuerence and butifull manner and then to speake and declare his opinion vprightlie without anie maner of affection and as shall be for the best behoofe of the common wealth Also whatsoeuer shall be there concluded and determined they are to sée the same to be set downe and registred in their booke of acts and before their departure to heare the same read openlie vnto them Also they shall not discouer nor disclose anie of their secrets or counsels to anie person or persons to the hurt or preiudice of the citie vpon the paines which be limitted and as by the saied Maior and common counsell shall be further ordered and set downe Also they shall not let set demise sell nor allenate anie parts of the cities lands rents reuonewes or other commodities but to and for the best aduantage benefit and commoditie of the citie and common wealth of the same Also there shall no assemblie be made to passe doo or conclude anie thing vnder the number of twelue persons at the least and what shall be agréed vpon and concluded by the said whole assemblie or the more part of them being present to be of effect and for a perfect order Prouided that if in anie matter proposed the voices be equall and of like number then the Maior shall giue his double voice and so the matter to be determined Also none of xxiiij shall misuse or misname one the other in word or déed vpon paine of such penalties as be for such offenses prouided Also the said xxiiij shall attend and accompany the Maior vpon the festiuall daies and vpon the election daies and to bring him home to his house from S. Peters and from the guildhall Also they shall haue a speciall care and regard to the preseruation of all the liberties priuiledges and orders of the citie and especiallie to the charter of the orphanes according to the statute and ordinance therefore prouides Also they shall yearelie attend the Maior for the viewing of the limits bounds and walles of the citie The office of an Alderman THe Alderman is a verie ancient officer in all cities and townes and in great estimation and credit in the times of the Saxons and Brittons They were alwaies the most ancient graue and wisest men and thereof they tooke their name as who saith Elder men not altogither in respect of age but for their wisedome grauitie and good counsels they haue beene officers in all the best commō wealths in all ages as in Roome where they were called Senators in Athens where they were called Areopagitae in Sparta there named Ephori so the like in all other good cities their offices were rather inquisitiue than iudiciall that is to make inquirie and search whether that all things were in good order and what were the abuses to bee amended which being knowne and vnderstood then by their aduise and counsels and according to the lawes reformatiō insued The order and maner of their inquisitions is the like or the same as in times past was vsed in this citie and at these presents is kept and obserued in the citie of London and there called by the name of the wardemotes inquest The speciall points whereof be as followeth FIrst they are euerie moneth to make a search throughout their wards and twise in the yeare to make inquirie by the othes of a iewrie whether that the peace be kept and whether euerie inhabitant haue a club sword or some other sufficient weapon in readines for kéeping the peace and also whether euerie man be assistant and in readines to helpe and succour the officer therein Also whether anie stranger or new come be receiued into anie house and there harbored aboue a conuenient time Also whether anie vndertenants be admitted without licence of the alderman of the quarter Also what iournimen and apprentises euerie artificer hath and in what order Also whether there be anie outlawes felons riotars barrators night-watchers bawdes whoores or anie misliuing or suspect persons in the warde Also whether the Maiors Proclamation be obserued and kept Also whether anie person do breake anie the orders to be enquired by the clarkes of the market that is for forestalling ingrossing and regrating Whether victuals be good and whoalesome and solde at prices reasonable Whether vessels weightes and measures be sealed marked and true Also whether the Bakers do kéepe the assise appointed and whether euery one haue his marke vpon his bread Also whether anie hostler or Innekéeper do bake his bread within his house and sell it Also whether the brewers do brewe according to the Maiors price and his vessels do conteine their iust contentes and be marked Also whether there be anie noisance or purpestures in the Citie as by setting of pales wales stales bulkes porches windowes and such like whereby any incroching is vsed or anie timber stones doonghils or heapes of durt or any other thing be cast and laid in the stréets to the letting or hindering of anie waie or to the anoisance of anie person Also whether anie doo kéepe slaughtering within the Citie or doo kéepe and féede anie hogges duckes or anie other filthie beast Also whether the stréetes be kept cleane and swept twise in the wéeke atleast Also whether anie house be ruinous and stand dangerouslie and whether anie chimney ouen or fornace or backes or heathes for fire do stand dangerously and in perill of fire and the same not presented by the scauenger Also whether there be crookes ladders and buckets in readines to serue if néede should be in perill of fire and whether euerie man haue in a readines a vessell of water at his doore when anie house is aduentured with fire and not aduertised by the scauengers Also whether anie leprosie or sicke person vagabonds or beggers do go abroade a begging within the Citie other than