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licence to be considered of as by those direcons wee are required and for that wee 

 are thereby further directed to consider well of such as are fitt to be allowed and 

 that we should conceive articles for good orders to be kept by those Alehouses 

 and thereuppon p'ceed to allowe or disalowe Alehouses as by those direccons is 

 likewise required All w ch for that we cannot convenentlie p' forme in the be- 

 ginnige of this sessions for the causes aforesaid as also in respecte of the other 

 occasions of service here to be p formed and for that wee are required to p'forme 

 all those things amongst other at this Easter Sessions We have therefore 

 thought it fitt to adjorne over this sessions until Tewsday in the Whitson weeke 

 at w oh tyme godwillinge we will wholie deale in thexecucon of his Ma t8 lers and 

 in no other business and to that intent the contry may take notice hereof and be 

 ready at that day we thincke yt fitt that publicke notice be given hereof in open 

 courte." 



And thus, as to the contradictory character of the communications 

 when received : — 



" At the gen'all Sessions of the Peace .... holden by adjornement at 

 the Devizes in the said County the xvij th daie of Maie in the sixth year of the 

 raigne .... 



" Touchinge the execucon of the buisines for kepinge of Alehouses and Comon 

 Victualinge houses .... as is required by the teno r of the Kings Ma tie » 

 Ires and directions in that behalf forasmuch as ther have ben (since the receipt of 

 his Ma ties saide Ires and directions) other Ires and directions directed from the 

 Lords of his Highnes privie counsaile to the Sheriff of this county somewhat 

 different from the former his Ma tie » Ires and directions, to be hy him sente 

 abroade to the Justices .... w ch later Ires were not comunicated unto 

 the said justices until this p'sent xvij th of Maie .... Yt is therefore 

 ordered .... That the fores d buisines shalbe reserved to the consideracon 

 of the Justices .... at the next Sessions. " 



Then at the Trinity Sessions, 12th July, 1608, the two following 

 orders were made :— - 



" The Justices of ev'y Division shall betweene this and the next Sessions sende 

 for the Constables Tythingmen and Churchwardens of ev'y division to be in- 

 formed by them what Alehouses they now have and whoe are fitt to kepe Ale- 

 houses hereafter (both of those y l be licensed all readye, and of those y* they 

 shall newly name) and to c'tify theire names and thereuppon the Justices to 

 p'cede in thexecution of his Ma tie * Lres and of the direccons given by his Ho : 

 Privye Councell (about y e paimet of y e yearely ret required) and ech one to 

 c'tifye the others entryes [?] at the next Generall Sessions of the Peace that 

 c'tificate may be made accordinglie 



" James Meevin Wa Vattghan Jasp' Moee 



Edw Peneuddock: Jhon Hugeefoede Wm Blackee 

 Geo Ivye Edw Longe John Ayliffe 



Wm Baylief Heney Maetyn 



* The best beare and ale to be solde at 3d. a gallon and 2d. the gallon the 



