London, Guildhall, 1582/3

Order of the Court of Aldermen against Plays and Bearbaiting on the Sabbath

LMA: COL/CA/01/01/022

f 391 (17 January)

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Item yt ys orderyd & decreyd by thys Courte that precepts shalbe foorthwyth dyrected bothe to every Alderman of thys Cyttye, and to the wardens of the severall companyes of the same that they shall not at anytime hereafter suffer any person or persons whatsoever/ wyth in theyre sayde wardes or beinge of theyre sayd companyes to goe or repayre to see any playes. Enterludes. bearebaytinges. or any other vnlawfull or vngodlye exercyse vppon the Saboathe daye/

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    • no persons to goe to any playes/
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      [Footnote: Intratum: 'entered'; I written over e ]

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    • Intratum: 'entered'; I written over e
  • Document Description

    Record title: Order of the Court of Aldermen against Plays and Bearbaiting on the Sabbath
    Repository: LMA
    Shelfmark: COL/CA/01/01/022
    Repository location: London

    2 November 1579–28 October 1583; English; parchment; iii (i, iii modern) + 485 + i (modern); 220mm x 350mm (originally but edges very worn); later ink foliation 1–245 (blank f 134 numbered 34, followed by 1 unnumbered blank) + 3 unnumbered blanks, 257–346(1), 346*, 347–71 + 2 unnumbered blanks, 372-76(1), 376(2), 377–79(1), 379*, 380–476 (471–4 blank); large decorated initials and other phrases on opening folios of 3 years, ff 1, 135, 257; edges worn, leaves mounted on repair paper and rebound; buff- coloured parchment binding on boards, 3 dark red leather strips across the spine, title on spine: 'Woodroffe | to Blanke | Rep | 20 | 1579–83.'

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    © London Metropolitan Archives (City of London), COL/CA/01/01/022

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