County: Essex
Code: D2681#6
Reference: Chelmsford, Essex Record Office: D/B 3/1/2, fol. 8v, item 3
Function: Rule
[line 26]At the Courte holde at Maldōn wıtħ þe lete on the Monday callyd Ropemōday þe thırde yee of kyng
Edwar þe fourthe by the wardemen̄ and cōsente of þe Baylees that non duchema ne alyant
we ın the to aboute hym no dagger / ne basalar / swerde ne wodeknyf ne other wepene
defensable openly ne puely to hurte eny other men / but only a knyf to kut wıth hıs mete
Jt ıt ıs ordeyned that euy alyene þt beryth eny suche wepene defensable · Jt shaỻ be leeffuỻ to
euy offyce of þe to / and to eny fre man of þe to to take a wey hıs wepene fro hym / and
brynge ıt to the courte / and þe seyde alyens to make a Fyne for hıs w berynge of þt
wepene / Jt þt euy alyen / be ın hys Maystres hous by x at Clok at nyght ın somer tyme
and by vııȷ at Clokke ín wynter tyme / and ıf he be fode walkynge ın the to afft þt tyme
wt out resonable cause ꝓved / Than ıt shaỻ be leeffuỻ to þe offycerys of þe to / or eny fre man
of kyngys name to take þt alyen / brynge hym to þe halle / and he to make a Fyne
for hıs trespas /