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Ad General Quarterial Session Pacis Dui Regis tent P Com Middx apnd
Hicks hall in St John Street in Com prd P Adjorn die Jovis Scilt decimo
Sexto die Octobr Anno Regni Dni [..] Georgy mmc Regis Magne Britannie
Etc Quinto coram Whitlock Bulstrode< no role > Aro Henco Fetherston< no role > Bar Robto
Thornhill< no role > Johe Milner Doyly< no role > Michel Aris< no role > & at Socys Sins Justic die
Dm Regis ad pacem in Com prd conservand necnon ad divers felon
transgr & al male fra in eodem Com [..] Ppetrat andiend & terminand
assign Etc.

Upon Informacon given to this Court that the Watches within the Severall
Parishes Hamblett Liberty & prcincts in this County are sett too late
in the night time And that the petty Constables & Headboroughs of
the said Parishes Hambletts Prcincts & Libtyes discharge their Watches too
Early in the Morning and that Severall Carpenters Bricklayers &
other Workemen useing Ladders in the Day time doe leave them
carelessly in the Streets & other Places by meanes whereof divers
burglarys felonyes & other Mischeifes have been comitted by ill disposed
Persons in the Said County Now for the better Prservation of his Maties
Peace within this County and for Prventing any Dangers that may happen
for the future by not keeping Sufficient Watches & by Carpenters & other
Workemen leaveing their Ladders not locked upp nor Secured from
being used in the Night time by ill disposed persons for evil purposes
It is thought fit & Ordered by this Court that the petty Constables and
Headboroughs of Every parish Hamblet Prcinct & Libty in this
County doe forthwith upon Notice of this Order Set & Place in their respective
parishes Hamblett Libtyes & Prcincts strong & convenient watches and
that the same be from henceforth untill Lady day next & Soe from
Michas day to Lady Day in Every yeare duely and constantly
Sett & continued from Nine of the Clock in the Evening untill
Six of the Clock in the Morning unless the Justices of the Peace
for this County in their respective Divisions shall See cause and
think fit to appoint the Said Watches to be Sett Sooner in the
Evening and to Continue for longer time in the Morning And that
all Workemen & others useing Ladders doe take Effectuall Care
to Secure & lock them upp every Night in Order to prvent the
Mischeifs aforesd And that noe Carpenters Bricklayes B [..]
of Houses or their Workemen or Servants doe leave Bricks
Gyles Morter Earth Dirt or other Rubbish in the Open Streets or
Passages in this County Or Enclose the Highway in Such streets