1742
London to witt.

The Jurors for our Lord the King upon their Oath present That
William Viner< no role > late of London Staymaker on the first day of January in the
Fifteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second King of
Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith Etc and divers other
times between that day and the day of the taking of this Inquisition with
force and Arms at London to witt in the parish of Saint Martin Ludgate
in the Ward of Farringdon without in London aforesaid did keep and
maintain and yet doth keep and maintain a certain common ill governed
and disorderly house and in his said house for his own Lucre and gain
certain evil and ill disposed person as well men as Women of evil name
and fame and of dishonest Conversation to frequent and come together
then and the said other days and times there unlawfully and wilfully
did cause and procure and the said Men and Women in his said house
at unlawfull times as well in the Night as in the day then and the said
other days and times there to be and remain drinking tipling whoring and
misbehaving themselves unlawfully and wilfully did permit and yet doth
permit to the great damage and common Nusance of all the Subjects of our
said Lord the King and against the peace of our said Lord the Kind his
Crown and Dignity Etc.