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 euy 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 dyuse hıs bol ıııȷ And ı he haue dyuse bolkes o dyuse grynes he shaỻ
take for euy 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 euy sw smaỻ boot that comytħ wıth vytaıỻ forto selle ȷ
Jt of euy 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 euy Chapma that settıth hıs pakke ın the market for to selle hıs ware oƀ
And o euy foure legged beste that ıs sol ın the market euy flo of shepe ȷ
Jt he shaỻ take o euy quarter o Cor that ıs mety wtınne the boundes o the
Fraunchyse o the tou what grey so eue ıt be and also o Colys and o salt and o erthe
And o euy other thyn that ‸ ıs moty by the water tobe sol [addition: asweỻ fre as Foreyne] ȷ
And of euy bareỻ o oynons moty ȷ
And the Metere shaỻ stryke the bussheỻ make the hepe trewely betuxe party party
And he shaỻ take o euy 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 euy market day a oƀ
And the Comou Meter shaỻ mete trewely the cor to be dylyued atte hythe that ıs
to say euy quarter o har cor shaỻ haue two hepıs And that ıs o whete Rye barly
pesy and benes and euy quarter o Neyssh Cor shaỻ haue o bussheỻ styke [sic] and
A nother hepe And that ıs to say malt otys suche othe ⸫