WHEREAS divers disordered people inhabiting amongst us , not regarding the good of this Universitie , and Town of Cambridge , do suffer their chanels , streets , and lanes , to lie unpaved , ungravelled , and uncleansed ; and do lay their muck , mire , dung , dust , and other filth , in the open streets , or under Colledge-walls , Church-walls , or in other lanes within the Town ; to the great annoyance , as well of the Students in the Colledges , as the Inhabitants of this Town , and danger of infection to both : For remedie whereof , there hath order heretofore been taken , by composition made between the Universitie and Town , yet remaining in full force ; some particular branches whereof are here inserted : All which , we ( whose names are here under written ) do will and require all the Inhabitants within this Universitie and Town , whom it doth or may concern , strictly to observe and keep , upon pain herein limited , and further punishment , as shall be thought meet to be inflicted upon the breakers or contemners of so good and wholesome Orders .

FIRST , that every Inhabitant within this Town , and also every Colledge , Hall , and House of Scholars , and all Churchwardens of Churches within this Town , and suburbs thereof , and the Town by their severall ministers , do cause the streets , and chanels before their Houses , Colledges , and Colledge-walls , Churches , and Church-yards , Halls and Houses of Students , the Market places , and all other common places , streets , and chanels , within the Statute of paving , and gravelling , to be cleansed , and swept twice every week ; that is , on Wednesdaies , and Saturdaies : And all the muck and filth thereof coming , to be conveied and carried to the common dung-hills of this Town , and to no other place ; upon pain of xx pence of every default , to be levied of the Burser , or Steward of every Colledge , Hall , or House of Students ; and every Churchwarden , or other Housholder for his , or their offence herein , by their competent Judge therein .

2 If any Inhabitant shall make a muck-hill , or lay , or suffer to be laid any filth in his own yard , that shall be annoyance or dangerous to his neighbour or neighbours ( those so grieved complaining to their competent Judge ) he , or they offending , shall presently remove the same by a day to be limited them by such their competent Judge , upon pain of x shillings for every default .

3 That no person or persons whatsoever shall lay , or suffer to be laid in any street or lane aforesaid , there to remain above six dayes , any timber , wood , blocks , or stone ; upon pain of xx pence for every default after this present notice , and so from time to time upon every new warning .

4 If any house or ground stand vacant , then the owner or farmer thereof shall pave , or gravell , according to the Statute in that case provided ; and further sweep and cleanse the street before it , and carrie away the dust , durt , and filth , upon pain above rehearsed .

5 That no Butcher , or other person kill or dresse any manner of beast in any part of this Town , except in the now common slaughter-houses , or other places hereafter assigned for that purpose ; nor suffer any bloud of any manner of beast , to runne or come in any streets , lanes , or chanels in this Town ; upon pain of x shillings for every default .

6 That all Butchers shall cause to be carried and conveied all the paunches , guts , filth , entralls , and bloud of all their beasts unto the usuall common place , called the Pudding-pits , and the valley beyond the Castle-hills , or such other convenient places , as shall be assigned for that purpose by the Vicechancellour and Maior , and no other ; upon pain of x shillings for every offence .

7 That no Inhabitant of this Town shall keep or bring up , within their house or yard , any hog or hogs , pig or pigs , or any other kinde of swine , except he or they have a convenient yard to bring them up in ; nor shall feed or serve any such swine whatsoever in the streets or lanes ; upon pain of iii shillings iiii pence for every default : nor shall suffer any such hogs or swine , or any other cattell , to go at large within the streets , or precincts of any Colledge , Hall , or House of Students , Church-yards , lanes , or other common pastures of this Town , without a driver , and that onely to and from the fallow fields ; upon pain to forfeit for every hog or pig or other cattell , that shall be taken at large within any of the said places without a driver , iiii pence .

8 If any such hogs or cattell as be mentioned in the next precedent article , shall break , or be taken away from the pounders , officers , ministers , or other persons , driving them to the pound , and runne into their masters houses , or yards ; then the said pounders , officers , ministers , or drivers , shall demand of the owners of every such hog so taken at large , iiii pence : which if he refuse presently to pay to the foresaid pounders or drivers , then the said pounders , officers , or ministers , and other person , shall make complaint of the offenders or owners , to the competent Judge ; who shall convent such owner of such hog or hogs before him , and there adjudge him to pay the foresaid summe of iiii pence , and such other charges , as by the said competent Judge shall be taxed ; which if he refuse to do , then to commit him to ward , there to remain till he submit himself to such judgement .

9 That no person , owner or tenant , shall lay , or cause to be laid , any dead beast , or the garbage thereof , or any dog , hog , cat , rat , fowl , vermine , or fish , as carrion ; or any dung , or filth , in any common street , lane , or Church-yard within this Town , or any other place , within the compasse of one quarter of a mile of the Town ; upon pain of iii shillings iiii pence for every default .

10 That no such person in the next precedent article mentioned , suffer any dead carrion to lie in any lane or street , before his doore or ground , where he is charged to pave or gravell ; but shall either bury it within his own ground three foot deep , or three foot deep within the ground where the common dung-hills be appointed , or other place further from the Town , within six houres after it is known to such persons as are charged with the said paving or gravelling ; upon pain of iii shillings iiii pence for every default : or else shall within the said time detect unto his competent Judge herein the partie by whom that was there laid . But if the partie which did there lay it , or cause it there to be laid , be not known within the said time , yet afterwards is known , then the offender to forfeit , and pay unto him that is charged with such paving or gravelling , where such dead beast or carrion was laid , vi shillings viii pence .

11 That no person sweep into any chanel within this Town , any durt , dust , or other filth whatsoever ; upon pain of iii shill. iiii pence .

12 That no person do by any means annoy the new current of water brought to this Town , or sweep into the same , or the chanels , or other passages where the said water doth runne , or hath his course , any durt , dust , muck , or other filth ; nor cast therein , or into the common rivers any manner of dead beast , dogs , hogs , cats , rats , fowl , fish , vermine , or other carrion , or any garbage , durt , dust , or other rubbish whatsoever , or lay any such there ; upon pain of vi shillings viii pence for every offence .

13 That no persons wash any bucks or clothes in any street , lanes , or common wharfs of this Town , except by the main rivers side , upon pain of iii shillings iiii pence for every buck of clothes so washed : nor shall hang any clothes to drie upon any lines or poles in any Church-yard , or streets within this Town : nor shall hang or lay any fish , skins , bedding , apparell , haires , or such other like things upon the walls of any Church , or Church-yard , payls , rayls of any bridge , or shambles , upon the like pain of vi shillings viii pence for every offence .

14 That every Inhabitant in this Town do every fourth night hang out candle and lanthorn before his doore , from five of the clock in the evening untill the bell hath done ringing eight : and for the more convenient ordering hereof , we will that they take due course with their next neighbours , that by turns every night every fourth house have a candle light the said houres , untill fourteen dayes after Candlemas next .

15 That no person burn in his house any shreds of cloth , or leather , or hoofs of beasts which shall be offensive to his neighbour ; upon pain of iii shillings iiii pence .

16 That the Parents , Guardians , Governours , Masters , and Mistresses shall answer the penalties for the offences above specified , for their children , servants , wards , and others being commonly conversant or resident in his or their house or houses .

17 That all forfeits and penalties above mentioned , which are not by the foresaid composition otherwise applied , shall be distributed , and limited to such use and uses , as by the Vicechancellour and Maior of this Universitie and Town shall be appointed .

18 That all offences and offenders in the premises shall be punished before their severall competent Judges , and compelled to submit themselves to such censure , viz. if he or they be a Scholars servant , before the Vicechancellour ; if a Burgesse or Farmer , before the Maior or his Deputie .

19 That this Order be not prejudiciall to either Bodie , in regard of any priviledge or libertie heretofore granted to them or either of them .

And for the Execution of the premises , we have nominated and appointed the persons here named in the severall Parishes of this Town to be Overseers and Informers against all offenders in any of the Premises : every of them to take their courses assigned to them , whom we will and require to make due enquirie within their severall Parishes , and to present unto us , our Deputies or Successours , every Munday in the forenoon , all persons offending against these Orders , or any part of them , at their utmost perill .