London, Guildhall, 1609

Plague Orders made by the Mayor and Aldermen of London and the JPs of Middlesex and Surrey

LMA: COL/CC/01/01/028

f 366v (c May)

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That all playes Beare baytinges games singing of balletts buckler play or such like causes of assemblies be vtterlie prohibited and the parties offending severely punished by any Alderman or Iustice of the peace./

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Record title: Plague Orders made by the Mayor and Aldermen of London and the JPs of Middlesex and Surrey
Repository: LMA
Shelfmark: COL/CC/01/01/028
Repository location: London

The heading of the 1609 plague orders (f 365v) refers to authorization given by the privy council in the first year of James I for the lord mayor and council, as well as the JPs of Middlesex and Surrey, to appoint authorities and give directions necessary to control the spread of disease within the city and suburbs during time of plague. These undated plague orders precede an entry for 4 May 1609, with another entry for 3 June 1609 following. The order is copied in the Corporation of London Journal XXVII.

31 October 1605–26 October 1609; English; paper; ii + 427 + i; erratic contemporary ink foliation 1–157, 150–233, 236–55, 357–422 (unnumbered leaf between ff 56–7 and 311–12; ff 331, 355 blank); dirty, some damage to edges throughout and more extensively to some later leaves, all repaired; some elaborated initial words, headings and phrases for emphasis; parchment binding over boards, faded ink title on spine separated by brown leather bands: '<.>a<.>y day | to | Wed. | JOR. | 27 | 1605 | <..> | 1<...>.'

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