By Adjornmnt. on Friday the 4th. day of July 1735
before Thos: Lane< no role > Esqr . Sr . Edwd. Lawrence< no role > Knt . Sr. John
Gonson Knt. Wm. Dobyns< no role > Thos. Fenner< no role > John
Martin Anthony Chamberlain< no role > Alex Garrett< no role >
Esqrs . & others.

Order for preventing
the Acting of Drolls &
Plays at Tottenham
Court in the parish of
St. Pancras andelsew
elsewhere in Middx}

This Court being Informed that Several Common
Players of Interludes have for Several years used and
accustomed to assemble and meet together at or near
a certain Place called Tattenhoe alias Tattenhall
alias Tattenham Court in the parish of St. Pancras in
this County and to Erect Booths, and act and Exhibit
Drolls, and other Shows and use and Exercise unlawfull
Games and Plays, whereby great Numbers of his
Maties Subjects have been encouraged to assemble
and meet together, and to committ Riots and other
Misdemeanors in breach of his Maties Peace and
to the disturbance of the Neighbourhood of that
place, And that Some of the Said Players of
Interludes and other evil disposed Persons are now
seeking out and contracting for Ground in or near
the place aforesaid as well as in other parts of this
County to build Booths for Shewing and acting Such
Plays and Drolls and other Shows and for carrying
on and encourageing of Divers Kinds of unlawfull
Play and Gameing, And whereas all Such Players
of Interludes are deemed and declared Rogues and
Vagabonds, and the acting of Such Plays Drolls & other
shows and the Keeping of Publique Gameing Tables or
Gameing Houses are contrary to the Laws and
Statutes of this Realm, and doe manifestly and
directly tend to the encouragement of Vice and
immorality and to the debauching and ruining
of Servants Apprentices and others as well as to the
disturbance of the Publique Peace by on asiening
Quarrells Riots Tumults and other disorders, For the
preventing of which Mischeifs for the future It is
thought fit and ordered by this Court That the High
Constable of Holborn Division in this County do
forth with Issue forth his [..] Precepts to the Petty Constables
and [..] of Tattenhoe alias Tottenhall alias