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<P>ARTICLES of direction touch|ing Alehou&s;es.</P>
<P>Munday the xxj. of March 1607.</P>
<P>&para; IMPRINTED AT London by <HI>Robert Barker,</HI> Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Ex|cellent Maie&s;tie.</P>
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<HEAD>Articles of direction touching Alehou&s;es.</HEAD>
<P>_Fir&s;t, that in euery Pa|ri&s;h, Hamlet, Towne&s;hip or Precinct, there bee per|fect and true Certificate made, how many Ale|hou&s;es, or Victualling hou&s;es were the la&s;t day of February la&s;t pa&s;t, And how many of them by Li|cence, and how many not, And what per&s;ons in the places afore&s;aid keepe a|ny Innes, and how long time the &s;aide Hou&s;e or Hou&s;es haue beene kept and v&s;ed for Innes.</P>
<P>Al&s;o the Iu&s;tices of the Peace in their &s;eueral Limits and Diui&s;ions, taking Information from the high Con&s;tables of the Hundred, Church|wardens
<PB N="2" REF="3">and pettie Con&s;tables, with o|ther the &s;ub&s;tantiall Inhabitants of enery Pari&s;h, Hamlet, Towne&s;hip or Precinct, how many Alehou&s;es, and Victualling hou&s;es are fit there to bee kept, and who are the fitte&s;t per&s;ons in re&s;pect of their abilitie and condition to keepe the &s;ame, &s;hall agree, &s;et downe, and make pre&s;entment of tho&s;e that &s;halbe allowed at the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ions to be helden after Gaster (where it may be &s;o &s;oont performed) or els at &s;ome gene|rall a&s;&s;embly of the Iu&s;tices for that purpo&s;e, to be by them appointed before whit&s;untide next, at &s;uch &s;euer all pla|ces within the County, as to them &s;hall &s;eeme meete, where fiue Iu&s;tices of the Peace at the lea&s;t, whereof two of the <HI>Quorum,</HI> &s;halbe pre&s;ent with the Clearke of the Peace or his Deputie.</P>
<P>Al&s;o, that the Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the &s;eueral Limits or diui&s;ions, or three ofthem, (whereof one to be of the <HI>Quorum</HI>) with the Clerke of the Peace or his Deputie, within twentie dayes next
<PB N="3" REF="3">after &s;uch pre&s;entment, and Allowances as afore&s;aid, &s;hall a&s;&s;emble them&s;elues and take Recognizances, and graunt Licences to the &s;euerall per&s;ons that &s;halbe &s;o allowed, as afore&s;aid, at the ge|nerall Quarter Se&s;&s;ions, or a&s;&s;embly of the Iu&s;tices of Peace, as aforefaid.</P>
<P>Al&s;o, that none bee Licenced or al|lowed to keepe an Alehou&s;e, that is in Liuery or Retainer to any man.</P>
<P>AL&s;o, that certaine Articles of good order be conceiued by the Iu&s;tices of the Peace fit for euery Alehou&s;e-keeper, Tipler or Victualler to ob&s;erue, And that the Iu&s;tices &s;ee the &s;ame &s;traight|ly ob&s;erued, And that they doe certifie the &s;ame before the ende of Trinitie Terme next, to the Lords of his Ma|ie&s;ties priuie Councell, to the end, if cau&s;e &s;o require, further directions may be ad|ded hereunto.</P>
<P>AL&s;o, that the Alehou&s;e keepers bee bound by Recognizance again&s;t vn|lawfull
<PB N="4" REF="4">games, and for keeping of good Order and rule in their Hou&s;es accor|ding to the Statute in that behalfe made, As al&s;o to bring in their Licen|ces at that Se&s;&s;ions Twelue-moneth, or Generall meeting of the Iu&s;tices of Peace, as afore&s;aid, if hee &s;o long con|tinue an Alehou&s;e-keeper, And &s;o yere|ly &s;o long as &s;uch their Licences &s;hall &s;tand in force, to bee allowed or di&s;al|lowed, according to the meaning of the&s;e Articles.</P>
<P>ALl Licences of Alehou&s;e-keepers &s;halbe &s;ealed with a common Seale ingrauen in Bra&s;&s;e or Siluer, with a Ro&s;e, and the In&s;cription of the Coun|tie, Citie, or Towne corporate, hauing authoritie to hold &s;e&s;&s;ions of the Peace, where &s;uch Alehou&s;e &s;hall be, And the &s;ame Seale &s;hall be appointed and pro|uided by the Clearke of the Peace, or Towne-Clearke re&s;pectiuely; For the charge of making whereof, they &s;hall haue allowance made out of their next receipt.</P>
<P><PB N="5" REF="4">
AL&s;o that the Clearke of the Peace in euery County, and Town-clarke in euery City, or other Officer of that nature in Townes Corporate, where they haue authoritie to holde Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace, &s;hall haue the keeping of the &s;aid Seale, and &s;hall &s;igne the &s;aid Licences that &s;hall be &s;o allowed as a|fore&s;aid with his hand, and &s;et the &s;aid Seale to the &s;ame, And &s;hall haue for the making of euery &s;uch Licence, &amp; ta|king Recognizance afore&s;aid Two &s;hil|lings, And for the Sealing of the &s;aid Licence with the &s;aid common Seale, there &s;hall bee paide in hand to the &s;aid Clerke to his Maie&s;ties v&s;e, for all Li|cences in Cities, Townes corporate or Market Townes Eight &s;hillings a peece, and in other Villages Foure &s;hil|lings. And that no other charge by any meanes be impo&s;ed vpon the &s;aid Ale|hou&s;e-keepers, nor reward taken of them for their allowance, And the &s;aid Clarkes of the Peace &amp; Towne Clarks, and euery of them be bound to his Ma|ie&s;tie in Recognizance, with &s;ufficient
<PB N="6" REF="5">Suerties to be taken by the <HI>Cu&s;tos Rotu|lorum,</HI> or any two Iu&s;tices of the Peace, in a competent &s;umme for the true an|&s;wering of their Receipts from time to time, into his Maie&s;ties Receipt of the Exchequer, within fourtie dayes after euery Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace, and &s;hall pay no Fees in the &s;aid Court of Exche|quer vpon the paying in of his &s;aid mo|neys, nor for pa&s;&s;ing of his accompt. The per&s;ons Licenced, &s;hal at the Se&s;|&s;ions Twelue moneth, or generall A&s;|&s;embly of the Iu&s;tices as afore&s;aid, af|ter their Licences granted, bring their Licences to the &s;aid Se&s;&s;ions, or gene|rall A&s;&s;embly of Iu&s;tices as afore&s;aid, there to be &s;eene, and con&s;ider anon to be had, whether they &s;hall be found fit to &s;tand or not: And if they &s;hall be allow|ed by the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, or the more pact of them to &s;tand for one yeere longer, Then the &s;aid Clearke &s;hall enter vpon the &s;aid Licence, <HI>Allocatus pro <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> duratura,</HI> entring withall the date of &s;uth allowance, And &s;hal receiue of the &s;ame per&s;on for &s;uch allowance to his Maie|&s;ties
<PB N="7" REF="5">v&s;e, the like &s;umme as before vpon the fir&s;t granting. And for his &s;uch en|try of allowance onely Eight pence for him&s;elfe. And &s;o &s;hall all Licences bee pre&s;ented, and &s;uch &s;ummes paid vpon allowance, yeerely, as long as the &s;aid Licences &s;hall remaine in force. And if any per&s;on &s;o Licenced &s;hall faile to pre|&s;ent his Licence to bee allowed or di&s;|allowed, or to pay vpon his allowance &s;uch &s;ummes yerely as afore&s;aid, Then his Licence &s;hall pre&s;ently cea&s;e and be voide.</P>
<P>AL&s;o to the end that it may certaine|ly appeare what Ale-hou&s;es &s;hall from time to time &s;tand and be allowed in forme afore&s;aide in euery Countie, Ci|tie and Towne Corporate where Iu|&s;tices of peace are, The Clarke of the prace or Towne Clarke &s;hall within twentie dayes after the ende of euery Se&s;&s;ions, or generall A&s;&s;emblie of Iu|&s;tices as afore&s;aid, make vp a booke con|tnining the names of all the per&s;ons li|cen&s;ed of new, or continued at &s;uch Se&s;|&s;ions,
<PB N="8" REF="6">and the places where they keepe &s;uch Ale-hou&s;es, and &s;hall pre&s;ent the &s;ame to the Iu&s;tices of the peace at the &s;aid Se&s;&s;ions, which &s;aide Iu&s;tices of the peace, or any foure of them (where|of two to be of the <HI>Quorum</HI> or in Cities and Townes Corporate, two Iu&s;tices of the peace, whereof one to bee of the <HI>Quorum,</HI>) &s;hall &s;ub&s;cribe their names to euery page of the &s;aid booke, that no al|teration may be made. And that the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, or one of them keepe a true note of the number of &s;uch Ale-hou&s;es entered into &s;uch booke, that it may bee knowen for what number and for what rune the Clarke of the peace &amp; Towne Clarke ought to an&s;were.</P>
<P>BEfore the end of Ca&s;ter Terme next, atrue and perfect booke &s;halbe made by the Clarke of the Peace of euery Shire, and the Towne Clarke of euery Citie or Towne Corporate (hauing au|thoritie to keepe Se&s;&s;ions of peace) con|taining all the Ale-hou&s;es and Victual|ling hou&s;es in euery &s;euerall Countie,
<PB N="9" REF="6">Citie and Towne Corporate, within this Realme, and how many, and who they be that keepe them. And that be|fore the end of Trinitie Terme next, a true and perfect Tran&s;cript be made of the &s;ame by the Clarke of the Peace or Towne Clarke re&s;pectiuely to whome it may appertaine, And before the ende of the &s;aid Trinitie Terme the &s;ame be certified vnder the hands of the Iu|&s;tices of Peace of the Shire, Citie or Towne Corporate, or of foure of them (whereof two to bee of the <HI>Quorum,</HI> or in Cities and Townes Corporate vn|der the hand of two, whereof one to be of the <HI>Quorum</HI>) to the Lords of his Ma|ie&s;ties mo&s;t honourable priuie Councel, and the like booke and in like manner and forme to bee yeerely made, and certified at and within the times afore|&s;aide.</P>
<P>AL&s;o that it bee carefully looked into that the number of Ale-hou&s;es bee not increa&s;ed but dimini&s;hed, and &s;peci|ally that none be &s;uffered to keepe Ale|hou&s;es
<PB N="10" REF="7">vnlicen&s;ed, or otherwi&s;e licen&s;ed then according to the pre&s;cript afore|&s;aide.</P>
<P>SAuing, that in ca&s;e where any Ale|hou&s;e-keeper, Licen&s;ed as afore&s;aid, &s;hall die or remoue, or for his ill rule or mi&s;behauiour, thought fit by two Iu|&s;tices of the Peace, whereof one to be of the <HI>Quorum,</HI> to be put downe, That then &s;uch other to bee appointed in the &s;ame Pari&s;h or Hamlet, as &s;halbe Licen&s;ed and allowed as afore&s;aide, at the next Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace, or generall A&s;|&s;embly of the Iu&s;tices, whereat fiue Iu&s;tices of the Peace, with the Clearke of the Peace, or his Deputie &s;hall bee pre&s;ent.</P>
<P>AL&s;o it is further ordered, that the Alehou&s;ekeepers, Tiplers, and Vi|ctuallers within the Pari&s;hes, Ham|lets, and places in the Countie of Mid|dle&s;ex heereafter mentioned, &s;hall pay &s;uch &s;euerall &s;umme and &s;ummes as is before &s;pecified and ordered for Cities,
<PB N="11" REF="7">Townes Corporate, and Market Townes to pay. <HI>viz.</HI> in
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<ITEM>The Libertie of the Duchie of Lanca&s;ter without Temple|barre.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Chancerie lane.</ITEM>
<ITEM>High-Holburne.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Grayes-Inne lane.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Saffron-hill.</ITEM>
<ITEM>S. Giles in the fields.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Maribone.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Paddington.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ken&s;ington.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Hamp&s;ted.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Kenti&s;h-towne.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Chel&s;ey.</ITEM>
<ITEM>S. Katherines.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ea&s;t-Smithfield.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Whitchapell pari&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Wapping.</ITEM>
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Ro&s;emary lane.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ratcliffe.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lime-hou&s;e.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Stoke-Newington.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Horne&s;ey.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Poplar.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mile-end.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Bednoll greene.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Bromley.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Stratford-bow.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Hackney.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Norton-folgate.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Holy-well &s;treet.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Shordich.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Hock&s;ton.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Finnesburie.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Golding lane.</ITEM>
<ITEM>White-cro&s;&s;e &s;treet.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Grub &s;treet.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Old &s;treet.</ITEM>
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S. Iohns &s;treet.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Charterhou&s;e lane.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Cow-cro&s;&s;e.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Clerkenwell.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Turmill &s;treet.</ITEM>
<ITEM>I&s;lington pari&s;h.</ITEM>
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<P>LA&s;tly, That the Iu&s;tices of A&s;&s;ize their Circuits, and Iu&s;tices of Peace at their generall Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace, doe from time to time enquire of the due execution of the&s;e pre&s;ents, and of all Alehou&s;es kept without &s;uch Li|cen&s;e, as afore&s;aid, and of all other a|bu&s;es, di&s;orders, briberies, extortions, deceipts, and other mi&s;demeanours what&s;oeuer, committed or &s;uffered a|gain&s;t the proui&s;ions afore&s;aide, and the true meaning of them.</P>
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