County: Essex
Code: D2681#9
Reference: Chelmsford, Essex Record Office: D/B 3/1/2, fol. 15r
Function: Rule




The Customes o the waterbayly ·
He shaỻ take these Customes of Foreynes straungeres and othere yt be Fraunchyse [Latin: vt sequıt᷑]
Fırst o euy shyppe that comyth to the hythe wt any good to be sol ı he haue a boote
he shaỻ he shaỻ receyve for hıs custu~  vȷ  And ıf he haue no boote he shaỻ take but ıııȷ 
And o he haue dyuse hıs bol ıııȷ  And ı he haue dyuse bolkes o dyuse grynes he shaỻ
take for euy bol ıııȷ  And whanne any schıpp~ comytħ to the port wt any good to selle
he shaỻ a noo take vp~ hıs leede  hıs lyne and bryn them to the baıllyes to make
knowelyche what he hath ȷn and receyve hıs bylet ere he breke hıs bol
And he shaỻ take Custu~ of euy sw smaỻ boot that comytħ wıth vytaıỻ forto selle  ȷ 
Jt of euy byere o vytaıỻ to regrate ıt ıf he come wıth a carte  ȷ 
Jt ıf he come wt a hoorse hauyng a pakkesadeỻ vppo hym  oƀ
And o euy Chapma that settıth hıs pakke ın the market for to selle hıs ware  oƀ
And o euy foure legged beste that ıs sol ın the market  euy flo of shepe  ȷ 
Jt he shaỻ take o euy quarter o Cor that ıs mety wtınne the boundes o the
Fraunchyse o the tou what grey so eue ıt be and also o Colys and o salt and o erthe
And o euy other thyn that ‸ ıs moty by the water tobe sol [addition: asweỻ fre as Foreyne] ȷ 
And of euy bareỻ o oynons moty  ȷ 
And the Metere shaỻ stryke the bussheỻ  make the hepe trewely betuxe party  party
And he shaỻ take o euy forey that regratıth any good or vytaỻ ın the Market but ı
he haue made a fyne for the hoỻ yeer wt the baıllyes at euy market day a  oƀ
And the Comou Meter shaỻ mete trewely the cor to be dylyued atte hythe that ıs
to say euy quarter o har cor shaỻ haue two hepıs And that ıs o whete Rye barly
pesy and benes and euy quarter o Neyssh Cor shaỻ haue o bussheỻ styke [sic] and
A nother hepe And that ıs to say malt  otys  suche othe ⸫