Orders set downe by the court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London, concerning the rates of carriages with carrs within this city and the liberties thereof, to continue untill further order be taken in that behalf. City of London (England). Lord Mayor's Court This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B04140 of text R179965 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing L2864FA). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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B04140) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179929) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2808:34) Orders set downe by the court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London, concerning the rates of carriages with carrs within this city and the liberties thereof, to continue untill further order be taken in that behalf. City of London (England). Lord Mayor's Court 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1655] Some text in black letter. At head of title: February 15. 1654. Place and date of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in: Bodleian Library eng Freight and freightage -- Rates -- England -- London -- 17th century -- Sources. London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Sources. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. B04140 R179965 (Wing L2864FA). civilwar no February 15. 1654. Orders set down by the court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London, concerning the rates of carriages with car City of London 1655 636 2 0 0 0 0 0 31 C The rate of 31 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-12 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-12 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion February 15. 1654. Orders set down by the Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of LONDON , Concerning the Rates of Carriages with Carrs Within this City and Liberties thereof , to continue untill further Order be taken in that behalf . WHereas daily complaint is made by Merchants and other Citizens , of the excessive Rates demanded and received by Carmen , above what is reasonable and hath been limited and appointed for Carriages within this City and Liberties : Now upon due consideration had as well of former times as of the present , wherein the prices of some commodities of necessary and principal use to the Carmen are risen , and consequently require some increase of the Rates heretofore set for their labour and carriage ; It is therefore ordered by this Court , That all Carmen trading or working with Carres in the City of London and Liberties thereof , shall and may demand and take for every carriage or load of the commodities under mentioned , the Rates hereafter following , and shall not exceed the same upon pain to be strictly punished and proceeded against for every offence to the contrary ; That is to say , 1. FIrst , from any the Wharfs between the Tower and London-bridge , to Tower-street , Gracechurchstreet , Fanchurchstreet , Bishopsgatestreet within , Cornhill , and places of like distance up the hill with xviij C weight , not exceeding xxiij C weight . In which may be included , Two punchions of Prunes , two bales of Macher , twenty barrels of Figs , two fats of Fustians , five ordinary sacks of Cotton-woolls of Smyrna , and three extraordinary ; as bags of Cyprus wooll , butts of Currans , great butts of Oyles , three chests of Sugars , eight bags of Allums , one laste of Flax , one laste of Hemp , and and other goods of the like kinde and weights , for every Load — xx d. And for Seacols the Load — xij d 2. Also from any the Wharfs aforesaid , To Broadstreet , Lothbury , Old-jury , Bassishaw , Colemanstreet , Ironmongerlane , St. Laurence-lane , Milkstreet , Aldermanbury , Cheapside , Woodstreet , Friday-street , Breadstreet , and places of like distance , for the like weight of xviij C not exceeding xxiij C For the goods aforesaid , and others of the like kinde for every Load — xxij d 〈…〉 5. Also from any the Wharfs aforesaid , To Broadstreet , Lothbury , Old-jury , Bassishaw , Colemanstreet , Ironmonger lane , St. Laurence lane , Milkstreet , Aldermanbury , Cheapside , Woodstreet , Fridaystreet , Breadstreet , and places of the like distance , for any of the said goods of the same quantity and weight , for every load — xx d 6. Also from any the Wharfs aforesaid , To Towerstreet , Gracechurchstreet , Fanchurch-street , Bishopsgatestreet within , Cornhill , and other places of like distance up the hill with viij C weight , not exceeding xiiij C weight ; In which may be included , All butts and pipes of Wine , packs of Canvas , two hogsheads , or three terces , a fat of Fustians , and all other goods of the like bulk and weight , for every load — xvj d And from any the Wharfs aforesaid , To Broadstreet , Lothbury , Old-jury , Bassishaw , Colemanstreet , Ironmonger lane , St. Laurence lane , Milkstreet , Aldermanbury , Cheapside , Woodstreet , Fridaystreet , Breadstreet , and other places of like distance , for any other goods of like load and weight , for every load — xviij d 〈…〉