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