By the Mayor. To the alderman of the ward of [blank]. Whereas oftentimes heretofore, especially towards winter the evenings growing darke, many loose and vagrant persons harbouring in obscure places within the City and liberties thereof, have been found to wander about the streets and lanes, and to lurk in corners, and under colour of begging in the day time, to pilfer and steale, and have practised how to breake into houses, shopps, and other places in the night season, and in the mornings after the watches are broken up, to the scandall of the government of this City; for prevention of which inconveniences and other misdemeanors within this City and liberties thereof, ...

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• By the Mayor. To the alderman of the ward of [blank]. Whereas oftentimes heretofore, especially towards winter the evenings growing darke, many loose and vagrant persons harbouring in obscure places within the City and liberties thereof, have been found to wander about the streets and lanes, and to lurk in corners, and under colour of begging in the day time, to pilfer and steale, and have practised how to breake into houses, shopps, and other places in the night season, and in the mornings after the watches are broken up, to the scandall of the government of this City; for prevention of which inconveniences and other misdemeanors within this City and liberties thereof, ...
• Acts & Orders. 1658-11-15

People / Organizations

• Lord Mayor. Corporation of London (England). (Author)

Imprint

[London]: Printed by James Flesher, printer to the honourable City of London, [1658]

Publication year

1658

ESTC No.

R179981

Grub Street ID

71180

Description

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 1⁰

Note

Title from opening lines of text.

Dated and signed at end: Dated this fifteenth of November 1658. Sadler.

An order concerning vagrants.