By F. A. Carrington, Esq. 



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of the mkett. before the vij th day of May next, and this to be done by 

 order of the Justics \v th in their sevall divisions. 



3. Item y l is also ordered that euy inhabitant w th in the pishe. or towne w th in 

 the county shall apphend euy Rogue & poore pson that shall come to his 

 hoivse to aslte relief or that he shall fynd in any out houses and grounds § 

 them psently convey to the Constables, Tithingman or other Officer of the 

 same place upon payne to be bound for his good behav r , and yf the officer 

 doo not psently cause the same poore pson or Rogue to be whipped untill his 

 body be bloody and then make a passport according to the statute, that then 

 euy suche officer shall forfeyt like ivyse x s for evy Rogue he shall leave 

 unpunished or unconveyed accordinge to the statute, the same to be levied 

 by distresse and sale of his goods and converted to the relief of the poore 

 of the same place. 



4. Itm yf any of the poore that are relieved by the pshe where they dwell or 

 any other shall steale their neighbo 1 ' 3 wood, break hedges, mylke Kyne, or 

 otherwise in their orchards, gardens, pastures, feilds, or corne grounds, 

 shall any way annoye, trespas, or wrong them or any of them by whom 

 they are relieved, or any other, upon just complaynt made by hym that is 

 so annoyed to the Constable, Tithingman or Overseer, suche offendo rs shal 

 be punished by whippinge in the howse of correction in the same parshe. 



5. Itm, yt is ordered & agreed that there be watch ward and privy search 

 made through this county the 1. 2. 3. dayes of May next followinge both 

 day & night, And all suche Rogues, wanderers and suspected psons as shal 

 be found in any of the said watches & searches, shal be punished accordinge 

 to the statute, & after punishmt to be conveyed to the place where they 

 were borne, or dwelt last by the space of one yeare, if their place of birth 

 be not knowen. 



By full consent. 



It appears from the Corporation books that in 1599 John 

 Welchman enjoyed the delectable office of whipping the poor, and 

 that in 1602, the Corporation expended 5s. 8d. for four yards of 

 gray frize for his coat. 1 This official, in the reigns of the Stuarts, 



1 In Notes and Queries [2nd S. viii. p. 494] is the following extract from the 

 churchwardens account book at Bray which commences in 1602. 

 " Money laid out by the Constables, anno 1620. 



s. d. 



Imprms. for mendinge, of the locke-house ) 



and makinge it cleane j v. ij. 



Ite. laide out by the Justices prepte [pre- ) 



cept] for a whipinge poste j iij. ij. 



Ite. layde out to discharge a prepte for the \ 

 Kinge Mat ies hownde, of iiij qu a rter of oate, f 

 viij trusse of haye, xij strusse of strawe, i 



the 30 of June J xv. viij. 



Ite. layde out to discharge a prepte for the ) 

 Prince's hownde, the 8th of Sept b - 1620, two [ 

 quMers of oate ) viij. vj. 



