St Clement Danes Parish:
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Image 218 of 38318th September 1782


St. Clement Danes 18th.. September 1782

At a Meeting of the Vestry this Day held pursuant to
Notice given in the Church on Sunday last

Present

Mr Wright
Mr Perry}Churchwardens

Mr Paybody
Mr Harrison
Mr Nash
Mr Whitridge
Mr Cunningham
Mr Higley
Mr Burnthwaite
Mr Watt
Mr Holdsworth

Mr Ra Williams< no role >
Mr Jones
Mr Dent
Mr Garth
Mr Gibbons
Mr Mansfield
Mr Clark
Mr Rainforth
Mr Nurse
Mr Richardson
Mr Thompson
Mr Clean

At this Vestry It was Resolved and Agreed that Notice
and warning should be given and Notice and warning is hereby
given to all and every Tavern Keeper Inn keeper Coffeehouse Keeper
Ale house keeper Butcher Poulterer Fishmonger Fruiterer Green
Grocer and other persons using any Trade or Business of Buying
and Selling within the said Parish and to all other persons who
shall hereafter offend(against any of the Statutes for the due
observation of the Lord's Day commonly called Sunday)by Silling
or exposing to Sale any Flesh Fish, Fruit on other things or
Suffering any person or persons to sit Tepling in any Tavern Inn
Coffeehouse Alehouse or other public drinking house or excusing
or using any pastime or Game or doing any kind of Worldly labour
on the said Lord's day commonly called Sunday(Works of Charity
and necessity only excepted)will be prosecuted as the Law directs

And the said Vestry do hereby recomend to the several Constables
of this Parish also to the Inhabitants in General, and do strictly
enjoin and require all the Beadles to use their utmost

Endeavours to detect all persons who shall presume to offend
in the premises and to give immediate Information to some
one of his Majesties Justices of the peace residing in or near
this Parish in order that they may be convicted & Punished




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