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Wee the Grand Jury Sworne for the Body of the Citty of London
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At
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at the Old Bayly, this
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25th. day of February 1697
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Do present as followeth (Vizt) Forasmuch as
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Billinsgate
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and
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Billinsgate Dock
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is one of the publique Marketts for supplying the
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Citty of London with Fresh Fish Oysters Salt and other Comodityes
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And that now and of late the Farmers of the Grewudgae of the
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said Dock, and the Owners on Occyeyers of Smarts Key adjoyning
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to the said Dock, for private gaines to themselves have postered, &
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do now fill and pesters up the said Dock with more Shipps of
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Burthen and letting the said Shipps ly in the said Dock and at the
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Said Key longer then by the Orders of the Lord Mayr & Court of
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Aldermen formerly for that Purpose. made and by the Custome
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they ought to do, so as the said Greate Vessells have and almost
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do wholly exclude the Oyster Cocks and other Fish boates and
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Small Craft wch come there to Markett, out of the said Dock
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& not onely prevent the said Oyster Cocks & Small Craft from
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comeing in there in time to sell their goods whilst fresh and
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good, but also oftentimes to the endangering and losse of Psons
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lives comeing to and goeing from the publique Landing Staires
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there. Therefore wee do present the said Farmers Owners
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and Occupyers of the said Dock and Key for their will practices
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and doeings aforesaid as being a very greate greivance and
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Injury to the publique.
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Wee the said Jurors being encouraged by the Addresse of the honble:
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house of Comon and his Maties: most gra
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us answer thereunto For
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Suppressing profanesse and
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rallity to add our endeavours for
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the accomplihmt: So good and great a worke do present,
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William
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Powell
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Elizabeth
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his
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als
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Elizab Starkey
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liveing in
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Savage
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Garden
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near
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Crouched Fryers
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London, For that they the said
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Powell and his wife do keep a very Lewd and bad house (wth has
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the reputacon of a
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) and do entertaine therein
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and being together Men and women of Lewd & debauched lives
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and conversations and of very bad same, to the dishonour of
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God Allmighty, Scandall of this Citty, and disturbance of
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the Neighboured.
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lastly wee the said Jurors haveing now and formerly
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heard and seen (with grease and Compression) the inserable
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state and impions behaviour and condicon of Many of the
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Prisoners in the prison of
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, who are so hardned in
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their Eniquityes that in their Confinemts they openly
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practice and obstinately continue in them
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