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 puely to hurte eny other men / but only a knyf to kut wıth hıs mete
Jt ıt ıs ordeyned that euy alyene þt beryth eny suche wepene defensable · Jt shaỻ be leeffuỻ to
euy 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 euy 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 fode 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 / 