Sollicitations to procure such Licences the said Sir Samuel Gower< no role > This name instance is in set 3163. hath presuned by his own
Authority and under Colour of his Office of Justice of the Peace Signed Writings by him called
Permissive Licences for the said Roberts and Hallam respectively to sell Beer & Ale where by the said
wicked practices been continued in their said Houses and whereby also the Commissioners of the House
have been Imposed upon and have Granted to the said Roberts and Hallam respectively Licences
for retailing spirituous Liquors therein.

2

That the said Justice Sir Samuel Gower< no role > This name instance is in set 3163. does or lately did Employ as his Clerk ones Winstone
Victualler who lately was a White Chappel Bailiff & now keeps an Ale house in the Tower Liberty said [..]
wear halfe a Mile Distant from the said Justice to whom at his said Ale house All persons apply
to the said Justice for Warrant are to go and he the said Winstone when at Leisure is to late the [..]
Informations and Examinations and there to make out Warrants and to said them to take the [..]
Justice to be Signed That such persons Drinking in the said Winstons house untill such [..]
are prepared are afterwards very Unfit make Oath of the truth of such Informations and said
behaviour hath Occasioned much Oppression and Great Disorder

3

That many Complaints have been made at the General and Quarter Sessions by several
well of he keep her the known Lard
the Principal Inhabitants of the said Division of a Notorious House Called Good mans Field
And the same being open to all persons to luter into Gratis wherein [..] punch Ale & Spirtuars
Liquors are constantly [..] solde & at exebitant prizes and there a breely [..]
Wellwhere in Prays Interludes & other Disorders are often Acted Notorious by Distruective to
Numbers of his Majestys Subjects there to resorting praying his Majestys Justices then
Assembled to take Order for Suppressing the same Whereupon the said Justices at such Session
Did most Earnestly recommend to all the Justices of the said Tower Division Speedily and [..]
to put the Lawsin Execution in that behalf.

That in pursuance of such Recommendation the other Justices of the said Division