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And the said John Pugett< no role > the [..] 22d. day of December in the 14th Yearlastaforesaid the same Day being the Day next following the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle which sd: Feast in the sd 14th: year happened to be on a Sunday in the said Court of
Wardmote then held for the Ward aforesaid within the said Ward to wit in the said Parish of
St Helenin the Ward aforesaid before Sr. Robt 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 Ward for all the time aforesaid used was duely
elected into the Office of Constable in and for the Precinct of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate
being one of the precincts of the said Ward for one whole Year then next ensuing and untill an
other Person should be elected into this said Office last mentioned for preserving the Peace of
the said Lord the King and for apprehending Rogues Vagabonds and other Suspicious Persons
within the Ward aforesaid for the Publick Good And that the said John Pugett< no role > afterwards to wit
the said 22d. Day of December in the 14th Yearlast aforesaidaforesaid at the Parish of St. Helen
in the Ward aforesaid had notice thereof and then and there was duly required to appear
among othersin the said Court held before the Mayor and Aldermen of the said City of London
in the Guildhall of the said City on the Monday next after the Feast of Epiphany then next
following to take his Oath for the One Execution of his said Office last mentioned and to execute his
said Office last mentioned Nevertheless the said John Pugett little regarding his Duty in
this behalf but intending and endeavouring the due Execution of his said Office last
mentioned totally to neglect and omitt continually after the said Election to the said Office
last mentioned to wit the said Monday next after the said Feast of Epiphany and continually
afterwards hither to untill the day of the taking this Inquisition (altho often requested at
the Parish of St: Helenin the Ward aforesaid) to take his said Oath for the
due Execution of the said Office last Mentioned or his said Office last mentioned
in any manner be execute Voluntarily obstinately and Contemptuously altogether
hath refused and denyed and yet refuses and denyed against his said Duty in