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</FIGURE> <HI>Ward Mayor.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Jovis,</HI> V<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ce&s;&s;imo <HI>die Octobr. 1681.</HI> Annoque <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">egni Regis <HI>CAROLI</HI> Secundi, <HI>Angliae,</HI> &amp;c. Trice&s;im ertio.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>FOR Prevention of many Incumbrances and Annoyances which daily happen to the Streets and Pa&s;&s;engers, by the irregular and di&s;orderly &s;tanding of Carrs, and pa&s;&s;ing up and down the Streets; It is Ordered by this Court, That the pre&s;ent Number of Carrs Licen&s;ed, or that &s;hall be Licen&s;ed by the Pre&s;ident and Governors of <HI>Chri&s;t</HI>'s <HI>Ho&s;pital,</HI> to Work within this City and the Liberties thereof for Hire, pur&s;uant to an Act of Common-Council, of the 15th In&s;tant, &s;hall from henceforth ob&s;erve and keep &s;uch Stations and Places, and Rules of the Standing of the Hor&s;es and Carrs in the &s;everal Streets of this City, and pa&s;&s;ing up and down the Streets, as are hereafter limited and appointed, and that they &s;hall &s;tand in no other Places within this City or Liberties thereof, nor in any greater Number than is hereafter &s;et down. That is to &s;ay,</P>
<P>FROM <HI>Brewers Key</HI> along <HI>Thames &s;treet</HI> to the fir&s;t <HI>Cu&s;tom Hou&s;e Gate,</HI> TWELVE; from the <HI>We&s;t Gate</HI> of the <HI>Cu&s;tom Hou&s;e</HI> to <HI>Porters Key,</HI> TWO; from <HI>Porters key</HI> to <HI>Little Bear Key,</HI> THREE; from <HI>Little Bear Key</HI> to <HI>Young</HI>'s <HI>Key,</HI> FOUR; from <HI>Young</HI>'s <HI>Key</HI> to <HI>Ralph</HI>'s <HI>Key,</HI> THREE; from <HI>Ralph</HI>'s <HI>Key</HI> to <HI>Great Dice Key,</HI> TWO; from <HI>Great Dice Key</HI> to <HI>Smart</HI>'s <HI>Key,</HI> TWO; from <HI>Little Sommers Key</HI> to <HI>Botolph Wharf,</HI> TWO; from <HI>Botolph Wharf</HI> to <HI>Cox Key,</HI> TWO; from <HI>Cox Key</HI> to <HI>Fre&s;h Wharf,</HI> TWO; from <HI>Fre&s;h Wharf</HI> to St. <HI>Magnus Corner,</HI> SIX; at St. <HI>Dun&s;tan</HI>'s <HI>Hill,</HI> FOUR; from <HI>New Fi&s;h &s;treet</HI> to the <HI>Still Yard</HI> SIXTEEN; from the <HI>Still Yard</HI> to the <HI>Crooked Billet Wharfs,</HI> TWENTY; from the <HI>Crocked Billet Wharfs</HI> to the <HI>Black Swan,</HI> TWELVE; from the <HI>Black Swan</HI> to <HI>Brooks Wharf,</HI> TWELVE; from <HI>Brooks Wharf</HI> to <HI>Ca&s;tle Alley,</HI> TWENTY; from <HI>Paul</HI>'s <HI>Wharf</HI> to <HI>Puddle Dock,</HI> TEN; from <HI>Veres Key</HI> and all Places thereabouts that have Pa&s;&s;ages up <HI>Puddle Dock Hill,</HI> TWENTY; (and that all Carts &s;tanding in <HI>Thames &s;treet,</HI> &s;hall &s;tand on the <HI>South</HI> Side of the &s;aid Street only) at <HI>Black Friers,</HI> SIX; <HI>Bridewell,</HI> TEN; <HI>Carter Lane,</HI> FIVE; <HI>Salisbury Court,</HI> TEN; on the <HI>Ea&s;t</HI> Side of <HI>Fleet Ditch,</HI> FIVE; on the <HI>We&s;t</HI> Side of <HI>Fleet Ditch,</HI> FIVE; at <HI>White Friers,</HI> FIVE; at <HI>Bridewell Dock,</HI> FI<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">; a little upon <HI>Holborn Hill</HI> We&s;tward, FOUR; <HI>Ea&s;tward</HI> of <HI>Holborn</HI> between the <HI>Bridge</HI> and <HI>King</HI>'s <HI>Arms,</HI> TWO; <HI>We&s;t Smithfield</HI> and abo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">t the <HI>Bars,</HI> FIFTEEN; <HI>Alder&s;gate,</HI> SIX; <HI>Bread &s;treet,</HI> SIX; <HI>Friday &s;treet,</HI> SIX; <HI>Aldermanbury,</HI> TWO; <HI>Silver &s;treet,</HI> TWO; <HI>Ba&s;&s;i&s;haw &s;treet,</HI> TWO; <HI>Broad &s;treet,</HI> FOUR; <HI>Bi&s;hop&s;gate</HI> without, SIX; <HI>Bi&s;hop&s;gate</HI> within, EIGHT; St. <HI>Mary Ax</HI> and up <HI>Camomile &s;treet,</HI> SIX; without <HI>Aldg<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">te</HI> towards <HI>White Chappel,</HI> TEN; <HI>Crutched Friers,</HI> TEN; <HI>Cro&s;s Lane</HI> from St. <HI>Dun&s;tan</HI>'s <HI>Hill</HI> to <HI>Harp Lane,</HI> SIX; <HI>Dukes Place,</HI> SIX; <HI>Bury &s;treet,</HI> FOUR; <HI>Lawrence Pountney Lane</HI> and the Pa&s;&s;age into <HI>Suffolk Lane,</HI> FOU<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Dowgate Hill,</HI> SIX; <HI>Coleman &s;treet,</HI> FOUR; <HI>Philpot Lan<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">,</HI> FOUR; <HI>Botolph Lane,</HI> FIVE; <HI>Harp Lane,</HI> SIX; <HI>Bear Lane,</HI> SIX; in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>&s;treet</HI> where the Church and Pump &s;tood, FOUR; <HI>Leadenhall &s;treet</HI> between the <HI>Ea&s;t India Hou&s;e</HI> and Pump, THREE; <HI>Lime &s;treet,</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> the <HI>Weigh Hou&s;e Yard,</HI> ONE.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> Ordered by this Court, That if any Carr-man or Carr-men &s;hall at any Time hereafter be &s;ound &s;tanding <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> Place or Places <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> this City or Liberties thereof, unle&s;s it be during rea&s;onable Time for Loading or Unloading of Goods and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">modities, or any greater Numbers of Carrs in any the Places afore&s;aid, than is hereby limited and appointed, every Offender or Offenders coming into any of the afore&s;aid Places after the &s;ame &s;hall be full of the Number of Carrs before limited, &s;hall forfeit for the fir&s;t Offence the Sum of five Shillings, for the Second and every other Offence ten Shillings.</P>
<P>THAT no Carter or Carr-man &s;hall hereafter come into <HI>Thames &s;treet</HI> by St. <HI>Magnus Corner</HI> Ea&s;tward, with his or their empty Cart or Carr before &s;uch Time as he or they &s;hall be hired to come into the &s;ame Street for Lading or Carrying: But that the Lanes and Pa&s;&s;ages hereafter mentioned &s;hall be u&s;ed only for &s;uch empty Carrs to pa&s;s and take their Way through into the &s;aid Street, and no other, that is to &s;ay, the Lane leading down to <HI>Tower Dock, Bear Lane, Harp Lane, Botolph Lane, Pudding Lane,</HI> St. <HI>Michael</HI>'s <HI>Lane,</HI> St. <HI>Lawrence Pountney Lane, Bu&s;h Lane, Trinity Lane,</HI> and all other Lanes We&s;tward, except the Lanes and Places hereafter limited for Loaden Carts to pa&s;s through from the &s;aid Street.</P>
<P>AND that all Carrs and Carts Loaden; pa&s;&s;ing out of and from <HI>Thames &s;treet,</HI> &s;hall from thence pa&s;s and go up through the&s;e Lanes and Places following, or &s;ome of them, and no other, That is to &s;ay, the Hill leading from <HI>Tower Dock</HI> to the <HI>Ea&s;t</HI> End of <HI>Tower &s;treet,</HI> St. <HI>Dun&s;tan</HI>'s Hill, St. <HI>Mary Hill,</HI> St. <HI>Martin</HI>'s <HI>Lane, Dowgate Hill, Garlick Hithe, Bread &s;treet Hill,</HI> and that no empty Carr or Cart pa&s;&s;ing to the &s;aid Street (other than &s;uch as having been unladen in &s;ome of the Lanes or Places before mentioned &s;hall be occa&s;ioned to pa&s;s to the &s;aid Street immediately after &s;uch unlading) &s;hall go down the Hills, Lanes, or Places la&s;t before mentioned: But the &s;ame &s;hall be kept only for the pa&s;&s;ing of Carrs and Carts laden. But that as well the &s;aid empty Carrs, as Carts laden, &s;hall and may pa&s;s into and from <HI>Thames &s;treet,</HI> through the &s;everal Lanes and Places hereafter mentioned; That is to &s;ay, <HI>Fi&s;h &s;treet Hill, Whittington Lane Hill,</HI> and the <HI>Wardrobe Hill,</HI> except as before is limited. Al&s;o that all Carrs laden may go into the &s;aid Street down all Places as &s;hall be be&s;t and mo&s;t ea&s;y for them, as hath been always accu&s;tomed, upon Pain that every Carr-man Offending in any of the afore&s;aid Particulars, &s;hall forfeit and pay for his or their fir&s;t Offence five Shillings, and for their &s;econd and every other Offence the Sum of ten Shillings.</P>
<P>AND it is further Ordered, That it &s;hall be free for all Merchants, Shopkeepers, and others that have occa&s;ion to u&s;e Carrs or Carts, to chu&s;e what Carrs they &s;hall plea&s;e to be imployed in their Work, except &s;uch as &s;tand for Wharf-work, Tackle-work, and Crane-work, which are to &s;tand in Order and be taken in Turn, and that every Carr-man who &s;tands with his empty Cart next to any Goods that are to be Loaden, &s;hall on the fir&s;t Demand Load the &s;ame without any Delay or Bargaining for any other Wages than is or &s;hall be duly ordained or appointed; And if the fir&s;t, next or other Cart &s;hall refu&s;e or delay to Load any Goods upon Reque&s;t made, every Per&s;on &s;o refu&s;ing &s;hall forfeit five Shillings for every &s;uch Offence, and then the next Cart in Order, or any other that &s;hall be willing thereto, &s;hall be at Liberty to take the &s;ame.</P>
<P>FURTHER it is Ordered, That all the Po&s;ts, Chains, Rails and Seats, that have been at any Time within twenty Years la&s;t pa&s;t &s;et up and erected within any of the Streets, Lanes or Pa&s;&s;ages hereby limited, as afore&s;aid, for the Pa&s;&s;age of Carrs and Carts into, and from <HI>Thames &s;treet,</HI> that may any way ob&s;truct the &s;aid Pa&s;&s;age, &s;hall be forthwith taken up and removed.</P>
<P>AND to the End all Per&s;ons concerned may take Notice hereof, It is Ordered by this Court, That this Order be forthwith Printed, and Publi&s;hed within this City and Liberties thereof.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>WAGSTAFFE.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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