within the said Ward to wit in the said Parish of Saint Helen in the Ward afd before Sr. Robert Godschall< no role > Knt . then one
of the Aldermen of the said City and then and yet Alderman of the said Ward lawfully and duly by the men inhabiting and
resiant paying Scott and bearing Lott within the said Ward according to the Custom of the said Court and the said Ward for
all the time aofresaid used was duly elected into the Office of one of the Constables in and for the said Ward for one
whole year then next ensuing and untill another person should be elected into his Office for preserving the Peace of
the said Lord the King and for apprehending Rogues Vagabonds and other Suspicious persons within the Ward
afd for the publick Good and that the said John Pugett< no role > afterwards to wit the said twenty second Day of December
in the Fourteenth year afd at the same Parish and Ward afd had Notice thereof and then and there was duly
required to appear in the said Court held before the Mayor and Aldermen of the said City of London in the Guildhall
of the said City of the Monday next after the Feast of Epiphany then next following to take his Oath for the due
Execution of his said Office and to execute his said Office Nevertheless the said John Pugett little
regarding his duty in this behalf but intending and endeavouring the due Execution of his sd. Office totally to neglect
and omitt continually after his said Election to the said Office to wit the said Monday next after the said Feast of
Epiphany and continually afterwards hitherto untill the day of the taking this Insquisition (altho' often requested at the
Parish and Ward afd) to take his said Oath for the due Execution of his said Office or his said Office in any manner
to execute voluntarily obstinately and Contemptuously all together hath refused and denyed and yet refuses and
denys against his said Duty in manifest Contempt of the said Lord the King now and his Laws to the bad and
ill Example of all others in the like Case offending and against the Peace of the said Lord the King his Crown
and Dignity and so forth And the said Jurors upon their said Oath further present That the said John
Pugett the said twenty second day of December in the Fourteenth year afd and long before and always after
untill the day of the taking of this Inquisition was inhabiting and resiant and paying Scott and bearing Lott
within the said Parish of St. Botolph Bishopsgate in the Ward of Bishopsgate afd and that within the Ward of
Bishopsgate afd there is and from the time whereof the memory of Man is not to the contrary there hath been a
certain Court of our Lord the King now and his Predecessors called the Wardmote held and to be held in every year in &
upon the Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle unless the said Feast happened to be on a Sunday and in such Case upon
the day their next following the said Feast before the Alderman of the Ward afd for the time being or his Deputy in which
said Court according to the Custom within the said Ward for all the time afd used and approved to wit in the Parish
of St. Helen in the Ward afd All the Men inhabiting and resiant paying Scott and bearing Lott for the time
being within the Ward afd have been used accustomed and ought and were bound by reason of their residence
to appear in the said Court and do their Suit there and in the said Court according to the Custom of the said Court yearly
for all the time afd the said Men inhabiting and resiant paying Scott and bearing Lott for the time being within
the Ward afd were used and accustomed and ought to appoint and choose diverse persons then inhabiting and resiant
and paying Scott and bearing Lott within the Ward aforsd. Constables in and for the several Precincts of the sd. Ward
for the preserving of the Peace of the sd. Lord the King and for apprehending of Rogues Vagabonds and other Suspicious
Persons within the Ward afd for the Publick Good which sd. Persons so as afd appointed and chosen were used
accustomed and ought to hold of said office last mentioned for the year then next ensuing and untill another person
should be elected into their said Office last mentioned and also were used and accustomed and ought on ye Monday next after
the Feast of Epiphany next after their said Election to take their Corperal Oath for the due Execution of the sd. Office last
mentioned at ye Guildhall of the said City in the Court there hold before the Mayor & Aldermen of the said City for the
time being for all the Time afd And the sd. John Pugett< no role > the said twenty second day of December in the
Fourteenth year aforsd. the same day being the day next following the Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle which said