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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	sergeant_n	yeoman_n	young_a	18	3	8.8553	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33187	The City law shewing the customes, franchises, liberties, priviledges and immunities of the famous city of London : together with the names, natures, kinds, jurisdictions, powers, and proceedings of the severall courts within the same : as also the titles, qualities, advantages and profits of the severall offices in London and in whose dispose those offices are.		1658 (1658)	Wing C4354; ESTC R24831	43,516	135

Defendant will verifie that the said Iohn Batemanson in the narration and plaint aforesaid nominated and the said I. B. in the said Record before the said I. H. Chamberlaine nominated are one and the same person and not divers and as wel by the name of I. B. as by the name of I. B. alwaies hitherto knowne called and so he saith c. And the said Defendant saith that he is a Freeman of the said City of London by his Apprenticeship according to the custome All and every which matters he the said defendant is ready to verifie as the Court c. and demandeth that if the aforesaid defendant c. The King to his well-beloved and faithfull William Merre Adam of Shopenhange and to Walter of Padenham assigned for the assessing of the tallage or customes within Our Cities Burroughes and Demesnes within the County of Oxon greeting OUR Citizens and Merchants of Our City of London In the white book the 3. part of the 3. booke fol. 50. have shewed to us That whereas some of them have used to be brought divers their goods and merchandizes from London unto Henley in the County aforesaid there to be sold upon Market dayes and with them to trade from week to week And that some of them buy divers Goods and Merchandizes in the parts there adjoyning to be brought to London for their profit to be made thereby And they hier little houses and places in the said towne of Henley from terme to terme as well for the aforesaid goods and Merchandizes brought thither to be laid up untill they may conveniently sel the same As also for the aforesaid goods and merchandizes brought there in the said parts to be laid up untill conveniently they may carry the same from thence And any certaine houses or Lands or Tenements there they have not neither make they any abode in the same place neither are they in Scot and Lot with the men of the same towne Yea neverthelesse Ye by occasion of such their houses places and goods and their merchandize so put in the same doe thereupon very unjustly distreine them the said Citizens and Merchants to pay Tallage for Custome as if they had their Houses and Lands and tenemants and made their continuall abode or were in Scot and Lot with the said men to the great damage and burden of the said Cityzens and Merchants And because it is not agreeable to Right that Our said Citizens and Merchants in the said case should be taxed with the men aforesaid especially seeing that they may freely exercize their Merchandizes throughout all Our Kingdom c. are taxed for their Merchandizes in Our City aforesaid with their fellow Citizens there as often as any tallage or custome shall happen to be assessed upon the commonality of that City We command you that you do not assesse them our said Merchants and Citizens with the men aforesaid in the case aforesaid But that you suffet them in this behalf to be in peace so long notwithstanding as there shall not be other cause wherefore they ought to be seized there Witnesse my Selfe at Westminster the XIII Day of February in the VI. Yeare of Our Reigne Item In the same booke the 4. part fol. 6. B. side For driving of Carts That no Carter within the Franchize drive his Cart any faster when it is empty then when it is laden for eschewing of divers perills and grievances upon paine of forty Pence to the Chamber and his body to prison at the will of the Mayor Item In the same booke the 4. part sol 6. B. side For that the course of water of Thames which wholy appertaineth to the City is greatly disturbed by the purpresture of the keyes and other adjesments made in the said water to the great perill and damage of the whole City And for the eschewing of greater perils and damages in time to come It is ordayned by the Mayor and Aldermen with the assent of the Commons That hereafter no purpresture shall be made by the making of Keyes nor in any other manner upon the water of Thames without view of the Mayor and Aldermen and Commons and unlesse their opinions and Judgments be that such purpressture will not be unto the danger or hinderance of the City A TABLE OF Sundry Offices and Rooms in the City of London within the Lord Mayors guift ALvegers Searchers and Sealers of Woollen Cloath Attorny ship in the Sheriffs Court Baker of the Bridge-house Bayliffe of the hundred of Osalston Baliwick of Southwark Beadelship of the Court of Request Bell man Clarkship of the Lord Mayors Court Clarkship of the Papers Clarkeship of the Chamber Clarkeship of the Counters Clarkeship of the Bridghouse Clarkeships of the works and Reparationstuffe Clarkeships of the Court of Request Clarkeship of the Commssioners for the enlargement of Prisoners in execution in the Counters Clarke of Bridwell Clarkeship of Blackwell Hall Clarkeship of the Commssioners for inlargement of Prisoners in the Kings Bench. Common Sarientship Common Pleaders Common Hunt Common Cryers Common Controler Comptroler of the Chamber Collector of Scavage Collectors of Wheeleadge on Loudon Bridg. Conduit at Dowgate drawing Water Forrintaker Gauger of Wines and Oyle Keeper of Blackwell Hall Keeper of the Storehouse in Blackwell Hall Keeper of Worsted Hall Keeper of Bay Hall Keeper of the Conduit at Newgate Keeper-ship of Ludgate Keeper-ship of Newgate Keeper ship of the Counters Keeper of the Counters in Southwark Keeper of Bothlen Keeper of the Sessions house Keeper cleane of the Market and Market house in Newgate Marketand Collectors of duties there Keeper of the New-buriall place Keepers of the Wood and Coles for the poor in severall places Measurage of Silks Cloth Linnen Meate Weighers Measurage of Cottons Mesurage of Bayes Packer ship Prothonotoriship Portership of Blackwell Hall Portership of the Bridg house Remembrancer Renter-ship of the Bridge house Renter-ship of Finsbury Sword bearer Second biriship Solicytor ship 3 Sergeant Carvers 3 Sergeants of the Chamber Sergeant of the Channel Stewardship of Sonth wark Stewardship of Finsbury Towne Clarke ship Under Sherifewick Under Water Bayley Weigher of Raw silkes Water Bayly 2 Yeomen of the Chamber 4 Yeomen of the Water-side Yeomen of the Channell 6 Young men PROFITS TO Be received by the Lord Mayor yearly and other Profits arising otherwise Scavage IT appeareth by severall Acts of Court of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen one taken Anno. 4. E. 4. another taken Anno 6. E. 4. by an Act of Parliament 19. H. 7. Cap. 8. and by other Acts of Court and by continuall usage that the Moity of the Profits of the Office of Collection of Scavage is due to the Lord Mayor Measurage of Linnen Cloth and Silke Item There is yearly due and paid to the Lord Maior of the Profits of the Officers of Measurage of Linnen Cloth and Silk which is collected by vertue of an Act of common-Councell made An. 4.5 P. M. 1. l. Item By vertue of an Act of Common-Councell made Anno 4.5 Pet. M. and of Orders of Court Anno 4.5 Pet. M. there is to be paid to the Lord Mayor toward the Feast kept at Guild-hall 1. l. Item There is paid yearly out of the Chamber in respect of Waxherrings and Scurgion which was wont to be yeilded to him by the Marchants of the Still-yard 5. l. 5. s. 8. d. Wines Item Paid by the Chamberlain yearly in respect of 4 Tons of Wine sometimes allowed to the Lord Maior to cause his right of making six Free-men in his yeare 80. l. Major Sheriffes Presenting Mr. Sheriffe at the 18.16.8 d. Exchequer 18.16.8 d. Packer yearly per annum 100. marks Cole-Meators Cole Meators yearly 10 l. a piece and since this rate appointed these places yeeld a greater sum 7 eild per annum 80. l. a piece 3. per an 10. l. a piece 3. The two last of the ancientest are to be disposed for the Profit of the chamber 7 eild per annum 80. l. a piece 3. per an 10. l. a piece 3. Gawning Gawning besides the Rent to the Chamber The Escheatership for London The Escheatership for Southwark The profit of the office of the Cockets Reversion of five offices to be granted yearly at the request of the Lord Mayor to have one of them which shall first fall or of foure the Clarkship of the Lord Moyors Court apart by it self to be granted to one of the Under-clarks serving in the same Court after he shall have served there seven yeares The Clarkship of the Court of Conscience to be granted to the under-clark of the Lord Mayors Court 180. l. FINIS