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and thought fitt to bee done by the constables as is aforesaid, as 

 hee or they ought to doe, and beeing therevnto warned by the 

 constables aforesaid accordeing to the custome of the said Manner, 

 that then euerie person soe offendeing shall forfeit and pay for 

 euerie pole and soe after the rate of a greater or lesser proportion 

 soe sett out for him to doe and not perfited and sufficientlie done 

 accordeing to the appoyntment and likeing of the constables 

 aforesaid by or beefore a certayne day which the constables shall 

 then limitt and appoynt, the summ of tenn shillings of good and 

 lawfull monie of England. 



1 3. And for that the neglecting or ref useing of the scowreing 

 clenseing or ditching of anie part of the aforesaid drayne may bee 

 verie prejudiciall and hurtful to diners of the inhabitants aforesaid 

 who shall well and sufficientlie scowre and dense their parts, 

 accordeing as it shalbee by the said constables aforesayd appoynted; 

 Therefore wee order and appoynt that it shall and may bee lawfull 

 for the constables for the time beeing to collect and gather by 

 way of distress the aforesaid summ of 10s. of euery person or 

 persons who shall soe neglect or refuse to doe and perfitt his or 

 their part or parts, accordeing to the day and manner thereof, as it 

 ought to haue been done, and the monie soe collected and gathered 

 or soe much thereof onelie as shalbee ntt and necessarie to bee 

 imployed in and about the aforesaid business shalbee by the 

 constables aforesaid vsed and imployed in the makeing or mending 

 such places neglected as aforesaid. And the ouerplus thereof to 

 their own proper vse or vses. 



14. Item, wee finde that a lake called thorough lake, beeing an 

 auncient drayne or Sewer, is not sufficientlie scowred and clensed. 

 And wee order and appoynt John Coateman the elder now owner 

 thereof shall dense, rook, naff, and scowre the same from side to 

 side at the full bredth thereof, as it vsuallie hath been done or 

 ought to haue been done, beefore the last day of May next 

 comeing And soe keep it clensed, rooked, haffed and scowred 

 vppon the payne to forfeit and pay the summ of tiue pounds of 

 good and lawfull monie of England. And that euerie other person 



