County: Middlesex
Code: D4196#29
Reference: London, London Metropolitan Archives: COL/AD/01/010, fol. 179r
Function: Rule
For asmoche as nowe of late dayes meny ꝑsons ın thıs Cıte be founde defoylı ın the detestable synne
lecherıe as ın a voutrıe fornıcacıon comynly hauntı And many dıuse ꝑsones also ben comyn
norıschers ꝓmotos and ꝓuocos of the same synnys ın dısplesance of almyghtı god And a yens
the lawys of thıs Cıte goode custumys and vsagys And forasmoche as the sharpnesse of ~~~
punıssement of ol tyme ordeynyd ın thıs Cıte hatħ nat be execute long tyme ın suche mysdoers
wherthrowe aboldnesse ıs grown vn to synne hıt ıs consıdred and ordeynyd be the Maır Aldremen̄ ·
be þe aduys of þe Comyns þat frome þıs day forwar þe olde ordenᷓnce of pumyssementꝭ [sic] of suche
mysdoers shaỻ be vttırly execute and ꝓclamyd to be kept ın eschewyng of sucħ mysdoers
aboueseı ın tyme comyng
Furst hıt ıs ordeyned þat euy man fownde for a comyn̄ Peutour or a comyn Baude or els a Bawde to hıs owne
wı or hıs owne Chılde and þ of atteynt from prısoū he shaỻ be led to þe pıllorye wıtħ Mynstrelcy and sette þ o
a certeyn tyme aftır the dıscrecıons of the Maır and the Aldremen̄ ·
And yef he be þe secunde tyme atteınt · he shaỻ haue þe same Jugement and · v · dayes prısonment wıtħ oute Redempcoū
And at þe thırd tyme atteynt he shaỻ haue þe same Jewese And fro þe pıllorıe he shaỻ be led to A ȝate of thıs Cıtee
and þ forsake thıs Cıtee for eue
Also a woman comyn̄ bawde or bawde to he husbon or he Chılde and þ of Atteynt shaỻ be opynly led from psoū
to þe pıllory wıtħ mynstrelcy and þon Abyde a certeyn̄ tyme Aftır þe dıscrecon of the Maır Aldremen̄ ~~~
And þe secunde tyme atteynt she shaỻ haue þe same Jewese and mo ouere þe prısonment of · x · dayes
wıthoute Redempcıoū
And þe thırde tyme atteynt she shaỻ haue þe same Jewese and Aftır led to A yate of thıs Cıte and þ forsake
thıs Cıtee for eue
Also euy comyn Strompet þ of atteınt shaỻ be led from prıson to Algate wıtħ A hode of Ray on her hede
sengle and a whıte yerde ın her hande wıtħ Mynstrelcy and from thens to þe pıllorıe and þ the cause shaỻ be
proclamed from thens thorowe Chepe and Neugate and voyded owte of the Fraunchese of thıs Cıtee
The secunde tyme atteynt she shaỻ lyke wıse be opynly led wıtħ mynstrelcy and a hode of Ray from the prısoū
to þe pıllorıe and þ o stonde A certy tyme aftır the dıscrecon of the maır and Aldreme and þ þe cause ꝓclamed
and from thens thorowe Chepe and Neugate and so voyded owte of þe fraunchese of þe Cıte lese her ousmest garmēt
And þe thırde tyme Atteınt she shaỻ haue þe same Jewese And Also her hee Clıppıd rownde aboute her hede at þe
pıllorıe and from thens led to A yate of thıs Cıtee and forsake thıs Cıtee for eue
And þat no freman of thıs Cıtee from thıs day forwar lete no hows to hıre to noo suche mysleuyng women̄
ın peyn̄ of xl