Jovis decimo die Octobris, 1700, annoq. regni Regis Willielmi Tertii ... upon reading the humble petition of the inhabitants and shopkeepers in and about Exchange-alley in Cornhill ... it is ordered that none of the Exchange-brokers do for the future agitate any business between merchant and merchant, or others in the open alley ... City of London (England). This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A49047 of text R39648 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing L2865J). 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. 2 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 2018 A49047 Wing L2865J ESTC R39648 18460507 ocm 18460507 107732 2240863861

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A49047) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 107732) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1638:6) Jovis decimo die Octobris, 1700, annoq. regni Regis Willielmi Tertii ... upon reading the humble petition of the inhabitants and shopkeepers in and about Exchange-alley in Cornhill ... it is ordered that none of the Exchange-brokers do for the future agitate any business between merchant and merchant, or others in the open alley ... City of London (England). 1 broadside. Printed by Samuel Roycroft ..., [London] : 1700. At head of title: Levett Mayor. Second part of title taken from text. Reproduction of original in the Guildhall, London. eng Trade regulation -- England -- London. London (England) -- History -- 17th century. eebo Levett mayor. Jovis decimo die Octobris, 1700. annoq; regni Regis Willielmi Tertii Angliæ, &c. Duodecimo. Upon reading the humble petition of the inha Corporation of London 1700 1 314 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 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
Levett
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Mayor . Jovis Decimo die Octobris , 1700. Annoque Regni Regis WILLIELMI Tertii Angliae , &c. Duodecimo .

UPON Reading the Humble Petition of the Inhabitants and Shopkeepers in and about Exchange-Alley in Cornhill , setting forth , That by the daily Resort and Standing of Brokers and Stock-Jobbers in the same Alley , not only the Common Passage to and from the Royal-Exchange is greatly obstructed , but Incouragement is given by the tumultuary Concourse of People attending the said Brokers , to Pick-pockets , Shop-Lifters , and other Idle and Disorderly People to mix among them ( as appeared to this COURT upon Oath ) to the great Damage and Detriment of all Passengers going through the said Alley about their Lawful Occasions , as well as of the Petitioners . To the intent therefore , that all Merchants , and others his Majesties Subjects may have full and free Passage to and from the said Exchange , or other Places in and through the said Alley ; And for prevention of the Evil Consequences aforesaid , It is Ordered , That none of the Exchange-Brokers do for the future agitate any Business between Merchant and Merchant , or others in the open Alley , or stand or stay in the same , for transacting or doing thereof , upon Pain , That all such who shall act contrary to the Tenor or true Meaning hereof , be suspended from their Imployment of Brokers during the Pleasure of this COURT . And it is further Ordered , That this ORDER be forthwith Posted up in and about the Royal-Exchange and the said Alley , to the intent the said Brokers may not pretend Ignorance or Inadvertency , but duly conform themselves hereunto .

Ashhurst .

Printed by Samuel Roycroft , Printer to the Honourable City of London , 1700.