Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	king_n	realm_n	statute_n	7,701	5	8.0873	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75672	The articles of the charge of the vvardmote enquest.		1649 (1649)	Wing A3870; Thomason 669.f.15[6]; ESTC R212101	7,519	3

and after convey it by water or otherwise to this Citie to be sold at deare and excessive prices Free men to shew their Copies 46 Also for as much as it is thought that divers and many persons dwelling within the Liberties of this Citie daily occupy as Freemen whereas indeed they be none nor never were admitted into the Liberties of this Citie Ye shall therefore require every such person dwelling within this ward whom ye shall suspect of the same to shew you the Copy of his Freedome under the seale of Office of the Chamberlaine of the said City and such as ye shall find without their Copies or deny to shew their Copies ye shall write and present their names in your Indentures Melting tallow 47 Also you shall inquire and truely present all such persons as use melting of tallow contrary to an Act of common Councell in that case made and provided Fire-presses 48 Also you shall truly present all persons which have or use any Fire-presses within the said City or Liberties of the same for pressing or dressing of nether stockes woolen clothes or other things 49 Also you shall inquire of all Armorers and other Artificers using to worke in Metall which have or use any Reardorses or any other places dangerous or perilious for fire Appraisers 50 Also if any have appraised any goods of any Freeman deceased leaving behind him any Orphan or Orphans and the Appraisers not sworne before the Lord Maior or the Aldermen of the ward Beame 51 Also if any Freeman buy any wares or merchandizes unweighed which ought to be weighed at the Kings Beame of any stranger or forreine free of the Liberties of this City contrary to the Act of common Councell in that case made and provided Clothes 52 Also if any buy or sell any cloth or clothes in the house shop ware-house or other place of any Clothworker or other person against any ordinance or custome of this City or if any Clothworker or other doe receive or harbour any clothes before the same be brought to Blackwell-hall contrary to the ordinance made in that behalfe Carmen 53 Also if any Carman take any money for carriage of any goods wares or merchandizes above the rates ordained Buildings divided houses Inmates 54 Also if any make or cause to be made any new building or buildings or divide or cause to be divided any house or houses or receive any Inmate or Inmates contrary to the Kings Maiesties Proclamation or contrary to Law or any Statute of this Realme Hawkers 55 Also if any be dwelling within this ward which do offer or put to sale any wares or merchandizes in the open streets or lanes of this City or goe from house to house to sell the same commonly called hawkers contrary to the Act made in that behalfe Freedome 56 Also if any have covetously fraudulently or unduely obtained the freedome of this City Collectors 57 Also if any Collector of Fifteenths or other duties for the publique service of the King or of this City doe retaine in his hands any part of the money collected to his owne use Women receivers of servants 58 Ye shall also inquire if there be dwelling within your ward any woman-broker such as resort to mens houses demanding of their maid-servants if they doe like of their services if not then they tell them they will helpe them to a better service and so allure them to come from their Masters to their houses where they abide as boorders till they be provided for In which time it falleth out that by lewd young men that resort to those houses they be oftentimes made harlots to their utter undoing and the great hurt of the Common-wealth wherefore if any such be you shall present them that order may be taken for reformation Privies 59 Also if any have or use any common Privy having issue into any common Sewer of the City Vagabonds 60 And if any Constable Beadle or other Officer be negligent or remisse in discharging his duty touching the execution of the Statute made for punishment of rogues vagabonds and sturdy beggers or otherwise and wherein the default is Poore 61 Also if any to whom the execution of the Statute made for reliefe of the poore doth appertaine be remisse in discharging his duty touching the execution of the same Statute and wherein the default is Legacies 62 Also if any Executor or other person retaine in his hands any Legacy summe of money or other thing given to any charitable use Drunkards Whoremonger Sabbath Jesuite Seminary Priest Secular Priest Popish Recusant Couseners c. 63 Ye shall inquire whether there be within your ward any common Drunkard Whoremonger Blasphemer of Gods holy name prophaner of the Sabbath Iesuite Seminary or secular Priest or any receiver reliever or maintainer of any of them or any Popish Recusant Cozener or swaggering idle companion such as cannot give account how they live if there be any such you shall present them and the names of those that lodge them or aide them Masse 64 Ye shall also inquire whether any person or persons doe or shall say or sing Masse within your ward or be present at any Masse Roman catholique religion 65 Also if any person or persons within your ward being evill affected doe or shall extoll the Roman Catholike Religion above the Religion professed and established by the Kings Maiesties authority in England or doe or shall deprave the Religion now professed in this Realme by authority as above which may breed discord in the City and dissention in the Common-wealth ye shall carefully present the same persons and their offences 66 Also if any person or persons that keepeth horses in their houses doe lay his or their stable dung or such kind of stinking filth in any streets or lanes of this City to the great annoyance of the people passing that way and doe not loade his dung-cart at his Stable doore as he ought to doe Assemble monethly 67 You shall assemble your selves once every moneth or oftner if need require so long as you shall continue of this Inquest and present the defaults which you shall find to be committed concerning any of the articles of your charge to the end due remedy may be speedily supplied and the offenders punished as occasion shall require 68 And in making your presentments your Clerke is carefully to write the Christian name surname and Addition or calling of every offender and the name of the Parish wherein the offence was committed and some certaine time how long the offence hath beene continued and in presenting any persons for dividing houses or Inmates to write the names and addition of the present Landlord receiving the rents and the names of the Tenants in possession and of the Inmate in any house and also to write in the Margent on the side of every presentment the name or names upon whose evidence you make such presentment God save the King Printed at London by Richard Cotes Printer to the Honourable City of London