County: Norfolk
Code: D0878#3
Reference: King's Lynn Borough Archives: KL/C 7/4, fol. 114r
Function: Rule
Thıs day ít ís ordeyne · by aỻ the Congregaco abouesaíde that no man wt ın the Towne
of lenne dwellyn fro hens forthwar shaỻ kepe nor favou nor maynteyne ony comne
Tapste wıth ın hıs hous as unt ot tenaunt ‸ whıche ıs knowen for a mysgoverned woma vpōn peyne of xl · sx · als often
tymes as ony ꝑsone ıs so founden defectı · ꝓuıded alway · that ıf ony man haue
ony man woman to hıs tenaunt / that kepıth a tappestrıe and ıs a mysgoverne
woman of hı bodıe hı landelor vnwítyn that hı landelor · be nogħt ín
the case of thıs ordenaunce but ıf he supporte or maynteyne the hıs saıde tenaunt
aftı monícıon̄ to hym made by the maıre of thıs Towne and also that suche
comne Tapsters be avoıde out of thıs Towne by Crıstemesse even next comyn ·
by proclamacıonn þ of to be made ·
Also ıt ıs ordeyne by the saıde Congregaco that no A Boche Taıllou Shomake ·
Pateynmake nor nōn othe Artıfıce wıth ín thıs Towne excep ve wynetaverners
and comne Cokes selle no man Flesshe nor othe vıtaıỻ nor ‸ no othe ware vpon̄ the
Sonday to no man ꝑsone of thıs Towne nor straunge vpo peyne to pay als
ofte as he ıs founde defectı · vȷ vııȷ · the tyme of harvest and also cases resona⸗
ble of nede and necessarıe oonly exceptı