[..] on the said 25th. Day of December in the 25th. Year aforesaid in the Court
Wardmote aforesaid then held for the said Ward of Bishopsgate within
the said Ward to wit at Leather Sellers Hall situate in the Parish of St.
Nelen in the same Ward before the aforesaid Richard Clark< no role > Esqr . Lord Mayor
of the said City in the absence of the said James Townsend< no role > then and now one of
the Aldermen of the said City and then and yet Alderman of the said Ward
was lawfully and in due manner by the men inhabiting and resiant paying
Scott and bearing Lott within the Ward aforesaid according to the Custom of
thesaid Citysame Ward and court aforesaid for and during all the Time
above mentioned used duly elected One of the Constables in and for the said
Ward for one whole year then next ensuing and until another Person
should be elected into the said office for the preserving the Peace of our
said Sovereign Lord the King and for the apprehending of Rogues Vagabonds
and other suspicious Persons within the Ward aforesaid for the Public
Good And that the said Deft afterwards to wit on the same 21st. Day
of December in the Year aforesaid at the said Parish of St. Martin Outwich
in the Ward aforesaid had Notice thereof and then & there were fully
required to appear (among others) in the said Court held before the
Mayor and Aldermen of the said City of London in the Guildhall of the
same City on Monday next after the Feast of the Epiphany then next
following and now last past there to take his corporal Oath for the
due Execution of the said office and to execute the said office Nevertheless
the said Deft little regarding his said Duty in this Behalf but intending
and endeavouring totally to neglect and omit the [..] Execution of
his said Office after his said Election to the said Office to wit on
the saidofficeMonday next after the Epiphany and continually afterwds
until the Day of the Taking of this Inquisition altho' often requested to wit
at the Parish and Ward aforesaid hath altogether voluntarily obstinately
and contemptuously refused and denied and yet doth refuse and deny
to take his said Oath for the due Execution of his said Office or to
executed his sd. Office in any manner contrary to his sd. Duty In manifest