Orders set downe by the court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London concerning the rates of carriages with carrs within this city and the liberties thereof to continue untill further order be taken in that behalf. City of London (England). This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A49034 of text R37985 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing L2864C). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A49034 Wing L2864C ESTC R37985 17158811 ocm 17158811 106011 2248527180

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A49034) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 106011) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1619:12) Orders set downe by the court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London concerning the rates of carriages with carrs within this city and the liberties thereof to continue untill further order be taken in that behalf. City of London (England). 1 broadside. s.n., [London : 1647] At head of title: May 11, 1647. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. eng Freight and freightage -- England -- London. London (England) -- History -- 17th century. A49034 R37985 (Wing L2864C). civilwar no Orders set downe by the court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London concerning the rates of carriages with carrs within this city Corporation of London 1647 1 600 10 0 0 0 0 0 167 F The rate of 167 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2007-12 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
May 11. 1647 .

Orders set downe by the Court of Lord Major and Aldermen of the City of London , Concerning the Rates of Carriages with Carrs Within this City and the Liberties thereof , to continue untill further Order be taken in that behalf .

WHereas there is , and hath been often complaint made by Merchants and other Citizens , of the excessive rates demanded and received by Carrmen , farre exceeding such prices as have been set down for Carriages within this City ; Vpon due consideration had as well of former times , as of the times present , wherein the prices of things are risen and enhaunced beyond the rates afforded in times past : It is ordered by this Court , That all Carrmen trading with Carrs within this City and Liberties , shall not demand for every Carriage or Load of the Commodities hereafter mentioned , but after the Rates following . Viz.

From any the Wharfes between the Tower and London bridge , to Towerstreet , Gracechurchstreet , Fanchurchstreet , Bishopsgate-street within , Cornhill , and places of like distance up the Hill with — xviijc . weight , not exceeding xxiijc . weight .

In which may be included , punchions of Prunes , ij . bales of Macher , xx . barrels of Figs , ij . fats of Fustians , v. ordinary saeks of Cotton woolls of Smyrna , and iij . extraordinary ; as bags of Cyprus wooll , butts of Currans , great buts of Oyles , iij . chests of Sugars , viij . bags of Allums , i. laste of Flax , i. laste of Hempe , and other goods of the like kind and weights , for every Load — xvjd . And for Seacoals the Load — xd.

From any the Wharfes aforesaid , To Broadstreet , Lothbury , Old-jury , Bassishaw , Colemanstreet , Iremongerlane , St. Lawrence lane , Milkstreet , Aldermanbury , Cheapside , Woodstreet , Fridaystreet , Breadstreet , and places of the like distance , for the like weight of — xviijc . not exceeding — xxiijc . For the goods aforesaid , and others of the like kinde for every load — xviijd .

From any of the Wharfes aforesaid , To Broadstreet , Lothbury , Old-jury , Bassishaw , Colemanstreet , Iremongerlane , St. Lawrence lane , Milkstreet , Aldermanbury , Cheapside , Woodstreet , Fridaystreet , Breadstreet , and places of the like distance , for any of the said goods of the same quantity and weight , for every load — xvjd .

From any of the Wharfes aforesaid , To Towerstreet , Gra●echurchstreet , Fanchurch-street , Bishopsgate●treet within , Cornhill , and other places of like distanc● up the hill with — viijc . weight , not exceeding — xiiijc . weight ; In which may bee included all butts and pipes of Wi●e , packs of Canvas , ij . hogsheads , or iij . trees , a fat of Fustians , and all other goods of ●ike bulke and weight , for every load — xijd .

And from any the Wharfes aforesaid , To Broadstreet , Lot●bury , Old-jury , Bassishaw , Colemanstreet , Ir●mongerlane , St. Lawrence lane , Milkstreet , Aldermanbury , Cheapside , Woodstreet , Fri●aystreet , Breadstreet , and other places of ke distance , for any other goods of l●ke load and weight for every load — xiiijd .