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<p n="119"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">For the King</note>
The King<lb></lb>
against<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15061_n119-1">Stephen Hunt</rs>
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On an Indictment for refusing to serve<lb></lb>
the Office of <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15061_occ49">Constable</rs>
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<p n="120"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">London Indictmt. setsforth<lb></lb>
(Bill found in Febry Sessions)</note>
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That the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo83">City of London</rs>
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is an antient City and that according to the custom of sd. City from the time whereof<lb></lb>
the memory of man is not to the contrary used and approved in the same at a Court of Wardmote held for the Ward of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo84">Broad<lb></lb>
Street</rs>
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London in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo85">St. Peter le Poor</rs>
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in sd Ward according to sd Custom of sd City & sd Court 21st. Decr. 23d. year of Geo:<lb></lb>
2d before <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15061_n120-1">Thos. Rawlinson</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15061_occ50">Esqr</rs>
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then & now one of the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15061_occ51">Aldermen</rs>
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of sd. City & then & yet Aldermen of sd. Ward one Dep <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15061_n120-85">Stephen<lb></lb>
Hunt</rs>
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late of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo86">St. Peter le Poor</rs>
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in the Ward of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo87">Broad Street</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15061_occ52">Coachmaker</rs>
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then and long before being an<lb></lb>
Inhabitant & Resiant within sd. Parish & Ward & a fit and proper person to execute the office of Constable within sd. Ward was<lb></lb>
lawfully & in a due manner and according to the Custom of sd. City & Court of Wardmote thousand there elected to be one of<lb></lb>
the Constables for sd. Ward for one Year next ensuing by the men Inhabitant & Resiant paying Scott & bearing Lott<lb></lb>
within sd. Ward whereof sd Stephen afterwds. to wit. sd. 21st. of Decr. & at divers other days and times at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo88">London</rs>
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afd in sd.<lb></lb>
Parish & Ward had notice</p>
<p n="121">That little regarding his Duty but endeavouring & intending asmuch as in him totally to under & retard the due<lb></lb>
execution of Justice from sd. 21st. of Decr. until the day of the taking of this Inquisition at the Parish & Ward afd & in and<lb></lb>
upon sd. 21. of Decr. until the day of the taking of this Inquisicon at sd. Parish and Ward and in and upon sd. 21st. of Decr.<lb></lb>
voluntarily obstinately & contemptuously wholly refused denied & neglected to take upon himself & execute sd. Office of<lb></lb>
Constable agst. his sd. Duty in manifest Contempt & delay of Justice to the bad example of all others in the like Case offending &<lb></lb>
against the peace of our sd lord the King his Cronon and Dignity & so forth.</p>
<p n="122">That sd. Stephen sd. 21. Decr. & long before & always after until the day of the taking of this Inquisicon was<lb></lb>
inhabiting & resiant & paying Scott & bearing Lot within sd. Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo89">St. Peter le Poor</rs>
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in the ward of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo90">Broad Street</rs>
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and that<lb></lb>
within sd. Ward there is & from the time whereof the memeory of Man is not to the contrary there hath been a certain Court<lb></lb>
of our lord the Present King & his Predecessors called the Wardmote held & to be held in every Year in and upon the Past of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo91">St. Thomas the Apostle</rs>
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unless sd. Feast happened to be on a Sunday and in such Case upon the day then next following sd. Feast<lb></lb>
before the Alderman of sd. Ward for the time being or his Deputy In which sd Court according to the Custom within sd. Ward for<lb></lb>
all the time aforesd. used & approved to wit in sd. Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo92">Saint Peter le Poor</rs>
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in the ward afd all the Men inhabiting & resiant<lb></lb>
paying Scott & bearing Lot for the time being within sd. Ward have been used accustomed ought & were bound by reason of their<lb></lb>
Residence to appear in sd. Court & do their suit there & in sd Court according to the custom of sd Court yearly for all the time afd<lb></lb>
Men inhabiting & resiant paying Scott & bearing Lot for the time being within sd. Ward were used accustomed & ought to<lb></lb>
appoint & Choose divers Persons then inhabiting & resitant and paying Scott & bearing Lott within sd. Ward Constables in<lb></lb>
& for sd. Ward for the preserving the peace of the sd. Lord the King & for apprehending of Rogues Vagabonds & other<lb></lb>
suspicions Persons within sd. Ward for the publick Good which sd. persons so as afd appointed & chosen were used accustomd.<lb></lb>
& ought to hold sd. Office for the year then next ensuing & until another Person shod. be elected into their sd. Office & also were used<lb></lb>
accustomed & ought on the Monday next after the feast of Epiphany next after their sd. Election to take their Corporal Oath for the<lb></lb>
due execution of their sd. Office at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo93">Guildhall</rs>
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of the sd. City in the Court there held before the Mayor & Aldermen of sd City for the<lb></lb>
time being for all the time aforesd. & that sd. Stephen sd. 21st. of December in sd. Court of Ward more then held for the Ward afd<lb></lb>
within sd. Ward to within sd. Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15061_geo94">St. Peter le Poor</rs>
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in sd. Ward before <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15061_n122-1">Thos. Rawlinson</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15061_occ53">Esqr</rs>
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then one of the Aldermen of said<lb></lb>
City & then & yet Aldermen of sd. Ward lawfully and duely by the Men inhabitant & resiant paying Scott & bearing Lott within sd.<lb></lb>
Ward according to the Custom of sd. Court & sd. Ward for all the time aforesd. used was duely elected into the Office of one of the<lb></lb>
Constables in and for sd. Ward for one whole year then next ensuing and until another Person shod. be elected into his Office for<lb></lb>
preserving the peace of sd. Lord the King & for apprehending Rogues Vagabonds & other suspicions Persons within the Ward afd for<lb></lb>
the publick Good.</p>
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