County: Middlesex
Code: D4195#7
Reference: London, London Metropolitan Archives: COL/AD/01/009, fol. 223r, item 1
Function: Proclamation
[line 9]For as mycħ as Nıchol wıgħ oþwıse callyd Nıcħs ketríngham / oþwıse callyd Joh Segrave otherwıse
callyd Nıchoỻ Pecche þat here stont vp on þe pıllory ıs opynly conuíct and atteynt a for þe Meır
Aldremē for a cōe mysdoer dısceyuo᷑ of peple a fals contrefeto᷑ of ꝉres and mēnys sealx / And
especıalı for a lettre whıcħ he brogħt late ín þe name of sır Nıchol Pecche knygħt to herry Somer
for to have borwyd x l wıth an oblıgacıo of xx l for seurete of repayement þ of vndır þe same
knyghtes sele as he seyde /whıcħ ꝉre oblıgacıo sele were neue made ne selyd by þe same knygħt
but falsly contrefetıd and forged by þıs same man þt here stant as ıt ıs opynly lawfully knowyn
and pvıd a for þe Meır and Althermen / And for as mycħ also as þıs same man þat here stant on
þe pıllorí on lık wyse dısceyvıd and begılyd Nıchoỻ Carrewe Squyer wıtħ sucħ a noþ ꝉre oblıga⸗
cıon falsly cōtrefetıd forgyd vndur þe name seel of þe same Nıchol Pecche knygħt as ıt ıs
euídently knowyn to þe forseyd Meır and Aldermen / Therfor þe seyd Maır and Aldırmen
consıderíng how sucħ worthy ꝑsones as þe same knygħt ıs thurgħ sucħ falsnes ín tyme co⸗
myng mygħt lıghtly and causeles renne ín sclaundre and oþır men ín grete harme losse yef
sucħ falsnes dısceyt shold passe vnponysshıd han a wardıd aftır þe Custume of þe Cítee ín
exaumple þat al oþer shul þe rather eschewe al sucħ falsnes and dısceyt · þat he shal stonde here
on þe pıllorıe thre market dayes eche day an hool hour wıth on of hıs fals ꝉres be hym fals⸗
ly and dısseíuably contrefetıd and forgıd hangyng a bout hıs nek And aftır þe execucıo
of þıs ıewesse the thrıd market day to be led fro þıs pılory to Newgate þín to abyde vn to he
have found seurte of hıs trewe gounaunce good beryng ín tyme comyng · ~~~