Middx.

At the General Session of the Peace of our Sovereign Lord< no role > the
King begun and holden for the County of Middx at Hicks hall in
St. John Street in the County aforesaid on Tuesday the Second day
of June in the twentieth Year of the Reign of our Severeign
Lord George the Second King of Great Britain &, and from
thence continued by Several Adjournments until this Day (to wit)
Thursday the fourth Day of the Same Month of June in the Year
aforesaid, and on the Same Day holden by adjournment at Hickshall
in St. John Street aforesaid in and for the Said County before Thomas
Lane Esqr. The Right Honble George Lord Carpenter< no role > of the
Kingdom of Ireland John Milner< no role > , James Clitherow< no role > , George Cooke< no role > , Thomas Burdus< no role >
Henry Morris< no role > Francis Burton< no role > Samuel Tatem< no role > Philip Dyot< no role > , Merry Teshmaker, Richard Ricards< no role >
Francis Hole< no role > , Peter Elers< no role > , William Withers< no role > , John Tall< no role > , Boulton
Mainwaring,< no role > John Lawton< no role > Esqrs and other their Fellows Insiess
of our Said Lord the King assigned to keep the Peace in the County
aforesaid and also to hear & determine divers Felonies
Trespasses and other Misdeeds committed in the Same County,

Order for Suppressing
Unlawfull Fairs.}

It being Represented unto this County that Several common
Players of Interludes Gamesters and other loose idle and
disorderly Persons have for Several Years used and accustomed to
Assemble and meet together at Several Fairs or pretended Fairs
held in this County of Middx not warranted by Law, (to wit),
Tottenham Court Fair, Hampstead Fair, and Paddington
Fair in Holborn Division, the Stepherd's Bush Fair in
Kensington Division, the Welch Fair in Finsbury Division
Mile End Fair and Bow Fair commonly called Green Goose
Fair in the Tower Division, and May Fair in Westminster
Division, Some of which Fairs continue for a fortnight
and others for three Weeks, and where great Numbers of
People Stay 'till One or two o'Clock in the Morning, And
Such Players of Interludes and other evil disposed Persons
have frequently taken upon to contact for Ground, and
thereupon built Booths and Sheds, where they have acted
Such Plays and Drolls, and carried on and encouraged
divers Kinds of unlawful Play and Gaming, which hath
manifestly tended to the Encouragement of Vice and