APPENDIX. — NOTE E. 631 



day of every week, forever, with ffree leave & liberty, to & for the s'' inhabitants 

 & all others who shall resort thither to buy & sell on the s"* sixth day of every 

 week at the said place, all manner of provisions & other necessaries for life, with 

 the rights, priviiidgcs & imiiiunities whatsoever that to a free market, according 

 to the comon customs & vsagcs of England do belong ; For the better regula- 

 tion of which Market, 1 do hereby constitute & appoint Walter Marten dark 

 thereof, to be succeeded, in case of death, removal from the s'' place, or other 

 incapacity by such person & persons iu the s'* office forever, as two Justices of 

 the Peace of the county of Chester, dwelling in or nearest to the s'^ town, toge- 

 ther with six of the chiefe inhabitants thereof, to be chosen in the Market Place, 

 by the flfreeholders of the town & township of Chichester, shall appoint, 

 with full power to the s'' Walter Marten & his success"", to be appointed as 

 afores'', to discharge all the parts & duties of the s^ office of Clark of the market, 

 as ftully k amply, to all intents k purposes, as any other Clark of the Market 

 within this Governm' may or can : And, for the greater iucouragement of trade 

 to the s'* town, by the resort of persons from remoter parts, I doe further 

 grant to the s'' inhabitants, ffreeholders k others, ffull power & liberty To Have, 

 Hold it Keep a PUBLICK FAIR, to be held on the nine & twentieth day of Sep- 

 tember, & on y two days tfollowing, in every year, for all lawful wares k mer- 

 chandizes in the s** Market Place, and for horse k cattle in the upper part of 

 Broad street, adjoyning the s'' Market Place : Provided, That there shall be no 

 unlawful sports, plays, gaming, revelling, drunkenness or debauchery, nor any 

 other disorders, nor loose & idle practises tolerated in the s'^ ffair, in any part or 

 place thereof, or in the s'* town, by reason of the s** fair, at any time whatsoever ; 

 nor any ale, wine, rume, or other strong liquors, sold in the s'* fair, but in the 

 usual! dwelling houses of the s'' town : And for the better regulation of the s"* 

 fairs, and preservation of good orders therein, I doe hereby constitute & appoint 

 Walter Marten & Phillip Roman Wardens of the s"^ ffair, to be, in case of death, 

 removall from the s<' place, or other incapacity, succeeded by such two persons 

 in the s<* office, forever, as two Justices of the Peace of the county of Chester, 

 dwelling in or nearest to the s"^ town, with twelve of the chiefe freeholders of the 

 town & township of Chichester (to be chosen as afores*) shall think fitt to ap- 

 point, and upon the decease, removall, or other incapacity of any of the s'^ War- 

 dens to act any further in their s<^ office, no fair shall be held in the s'^ town till 

 a successor or success""* to the s'* Warden or Wardens be duly chosen, according 

 to the tenor of these p'sents, anything herein contain'd to the contrary notwith- 

 standing : And, I doe hereby grant to the 8*1 Wardens k to their successors to 

 to be elected as afores'*, full power forever to exercise within the s'l fairs every, 

 year, during the time they shall be kept, all necessary jurisdiction &; authority 

 for suppressing of vice, maintaining good order, & regulating all other things 

 whatsoever within the s'* town, to the s'* fairs immediately relating : 



L\ Witness Whereof, I have caused these, my Letters to be made Patent : 

 Witness myself, at Philadelphia, the twelfth day of September, in the thirteenth 

 year of the reign of William the Third, over England, Scotland, Ffrance and 

 Ireland, King, &c ; & the one k twentieth of my Goverm' over this Province of 

 Pensilvania. Annoq d'm, 1701. 



W- Pesn. 

 Recorded y« I7">, 7'>'-, 1701. 

 By comand of the Prop''^ 



k Govern"" 



J.vmes Logan, Sec'"^. 



