Middlesex, Westminster Palace, 1630

Privy Council Order to the Lord Mayor and JPs for Middlesex and Surrey

LMA: COL/RMD/PA/01/007

ff 35-6 (14 April)

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An ordre from the
Lordsthe 14^th Aprill
1630 for suppressing
of playes & other
meetings

Lord Keeper
Lord Arche Bishop
of yorke
Lord Treasurer
Lord President
Lord ffalkland

Lord privie seale
Lord Marshall
Earl Suffolke
Earl Salisberey
Earl Bridgewater

Earl Kellie
Lord Dorchester
Master Chamberleyn
Master Secretary Cooke

In regard of the greate apprehensione and appearance of the increase of ye Sicknes, and for that it is conceiued, that Assemblies & meetings of people for sporte & pleasure, may bee agreate meanes to spread ye same, Theire Lordshipps, haue thought fitt & ordered that aswell the Lord Maior of London, as the Iustices of peace of Middlesex & Surrey, doe take stricte & effectuall ordre to prohibite & suppresse, all Meetings & stage playes Beare baytings, Tvmbling dancing on ye Ropes, shewes, or scights presented in howses and all other Concourse and Meetings whatsoeuer for Pastime as aforesaied, And also all Assemblies| of the Inhabitants of seuerall Counties at ye Common halls of London pretended for continuance of accquaintance, and all extraordinary assemblies of people at Tavernes or ellce where, And hereof all Magistrates whome yt may concerne, are required to take notice, & see this ordre executed without faile/

Extractor William Beecher

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Footnotes
- Lord Keeper: Thomas Coventry (1578–1649/40), first Baron Coventry, lord keeper of the Great Seal, 1625–40
- Lord … yorke: Samuel Harsnett (c 1561–1631), archbishop of York, 1628–31
- Lord Treasurer: Richard Weston (bap. 1576/7, d. 1635), first earl of Portland, lord treasurer, 1628–35
- Lord President: Edward Conway (d. 1630/1), first Viscount Conway, lord president of the privy council, 1628–31
- Lord ffalkland: Henry Cary (c 1575–1633), first Viscount Falkland
- Lord privie seale: Henry Montagu (c1563–1642), first earl of Manchester, lord privy seal, 1628–42
- Lord Marshall: Thomas Howard (1585–1646), twenty-sixth earl of Arundel, earl marshal, 1621–46
- Earl Suffolke: Theophilus Howard (1584–1640), twelfth earl of Suffolk
- Earl Salisberey: William Cecil (1591–1668), sixteenth earl of Salisbury
- Earl Bridgewater: John Egerton (1579–1649), second earl of Bridgewater
- Earl Kellie: Thomas Erskine (1565–1639), first earl of Kellie
- Lord Dochester: Dudley Carleton (1574–1632), first Viscount Dorchester, secretary of state, 1628–32
- Master Chamberleyn: Philip Herbert (1584–1650), twenty-third earl of Pembroke, lord chamberlain of the household, 1626–41
- Master Secretary Cooke: Sir John Coke (1563–1644), secretary of state, 1625–40
Endnote

For an abstract of this record and details of its transcription in other printed sources, see the related EMLoT event.
Document Description

Record title: Privy Council Order to the Lord Mayor and JPs for Middlesex and Surrey
Repository: LMA
Shelfmark: COL/RMD/PA/01/007
Repository location: London

This copy of the privy council order sent to Sir James Campbell, lord mayor of London, relates to the order recorded in the Acts of the Privy Council on the same day; see Privy Council Order to Restrain Plays due to Plague. According to Charles Creighton, however, plague that year, in London at least, was 'a small affair'; see A History of Epidemics in Britain, vol 1, 2nd ed (London, 1965), 527. The letters to the JPs of Middlesex and Surrey do not survive.

October 1629–October 1637; English; paper; 215 leaves; 422mm x 330mm; modern pencil foliation (used here) over ink foliation started anew for each mayoral year, modern entry numbers; right hand edge of pages torn and brittle, some repairs; most new mayoralties are marked by an illuminated title page, pasted into the volume; bound in white vellum on boards, with tooled heraldic shield, marbled inside end covers, title on spine in black ink (first word written sideways): 'Remembrancia. | VII | 1629 | 5. Car. I. | 1637 | 13. Car. I.' The entry extracted is numbered 28 in later pencil.

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