By the Mayor. Whereas by an ancient law and statute of this realm, it is provided, that no fairs or markets be kept in church-yards ... City of London (England). Lord Mayor. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B04143 of text R179983 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing L2885B). 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. 3 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 B04143 Wing L2885B ESTC R179983 52529168 ocm 52529168 178832 2248533215

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B04143) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 178832) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2772:8) By the Mayor. Whereas by an ancient law and statute of this realm, it is provided, that no fairs or markets be kept in church-yards ... City of London (England). Lord Mayor. Frederick, John, Sir, fl. 1661-1662. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by James Flesher, Printer to the honourable city of London, [London] : [1661] Title from caption and first lines of text. Place and date of publication suggested by text. Initial letter. Dated at end: Given at Guild-hall London, the 22 day of November, in the said thirteenth year of his Majesties reign. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Markets -- Law and legislation -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo By the Mayor. Whereas by an ancient law and statute of this realm, it is provided, that no fairs or markets be kept in church-yards, nevertheless in t City of London . Lord Mayor 1661 1 465 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. 2008-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-10 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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WHereas by an ancient Law and Statute of this Realm , It is provided , That no Fairs or Markets be kept in Church-yards , Nevertheless in the late times of Disorder , the Church-yard belonging to the Cathedral of Saint Paul London , hath , contrary to the said Statute , been made a Market-place , and a Market there kept ; Now Forasmuch as at a Common-Councell holden in the Chamber of the Guild-hall London , the nineteenth day of October , in the thirteenth year of the happy and blessed reign of our Sovereign Lord CHARLES the Second , by the Grace of God , of England , Scotland , France , and Ireland , King , Defender of the Faith , &c. that now is , It is ordered by the right Honourable the Lord Maior , and the right Worshipfull the Aldermen , and the Commons of the City of London in the said Common-Councell assembled , That the said Market be forthwith removed , and no Market thenceforth kept in the said Church-yard ; And for the ease and benefit of such of his Maiesties Subiects with in this City and Liberties , who have occasion to sell or buy Rootes , Hearbs , Fruit , or other Garden commodities , two places onely , namely Broadstreet and Aldersgatestreet London , are by the said Common-Councel appointed for a Market to sell the same wares in ; and that only on the Market daies , and times usual within this City , and on no other daies or times : These are therefore to give Notice of the Premisses , And in his Maiesties name streightly to charge and command , that no person or persons whosoever resorting to this City with such or any other wares , presume to pitch down , or stand with any Roots , Hearbs , Fruits , or any other Market Commodities , or keep any Market in the same Church-yard , And also that all such persons at any time hereafter resorting to this City or Liberties to sell such Garden commodities , do not pitch down or stand with to sell the same in any other place or places within this City or Liberties , saving only in the said places of Broadstreet and Aldersgatestreet , upon pein that all and every such person and persons who shall offend against any the Premises , shall be severely dealt withall & punished according to Law .

Given at Guild-hall London , the 22 day of November , in the said thirteenth year of his Majesties reign . God save the King .

Printed by James Flesher , Printer to the Honourable City , of London .