f 5 (21 December)
Whereas Divers persons within the Citie Contrarie to expresse
Commandement & publique notice to them geven for the restrainte of
bulbaitinge and other such like exercises beinge meanes in this Danger of Infection
to drawe concorse & assemblie of people, have nevertheles in open and manifest
contempte of the premisses assembled themselves & a grete nomber of
people <.> in the places
adioyninge to the Citie & have there havnted bulbaitinge & such like
unlawfull exercises, It is therefore ordred that the saide parsons present at the
saide bulbaitinge for theire Contempte in this behalf to the Danger of the
Inhabitantes of the Citie and evill example of others shallbe
Committed to the prison of the Citie, and before theire enlargement
shallbe bounde with suerties for theire good behavior & theire aparance
at the next quarter Sessions then to answere the premisses/
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Record title: Corporation Proceedings Book
Repository:
HRO
Shelfmark: W/B2/3
Repository location: Winchester
Despite the title on the spine, the earliest records in
this book are dated 1593. Other 1593 records appear in book A. The dates
after 1599 are haphazard. The flyleaf of the modern binding has the
following: '"My books" Blind tooled and morocco printed | They have
Zaehnsdorfs daintiest dress. Austin Dobson, Longmans
Magazine.'
1593–1625; English; paper; ii + 91 + ii; 293mm x 197mm; contemporary foliation; original parchment cover retained within early 20th-c. black leather binding, title on board and spine: 'City of Winchester Proceedings of the Corporation July 6 1597 to Apr 3 1605 B.'