Martis vicesimo primo die Octobr. 1684 annoq, regni Regis Caroli Secundi, Angliæ &c. tricesimo sexto it is ordered by this court that the order hereafter following (against servants being retained without a testimonial) made at the last quarter sessions held for this city, shall be forthwith printed and published ... / Lond. ss. ad General Quarterial' Sessionem pacis Domini Regis, tent' pro Civitat' London, per adjournament' apud Justice-Hall in le Old-Baily, London, die Mercurii, scilicet Octavo die Octobris, anno regni Regis Caroli secundi, nunc Angl' &c. tricesimo sexto. England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (London) 1684 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). 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A49000) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 106012) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1619:13) Martis vicesimo primo die Octobr. 1684 annoq, regni Regis Caroli Secundi, Angliæ &c. tricesimo sexto it is ordered by this court that the order hereafter following (against servants being retained without a testimonial) made at the last quarter sessions held for this city, shall be forthwith printed and published ... / Lond. ss. ad General Quarterial' Sessionem pacis Domini Regis, tent' pro Civitat' London, per adjournament' apud Justice-Hall in le Old-Baily, London, die Mercurii, scilicet Octavo die Octobris, anno regni Regis Caroli secundi, nunc Angl' &c. tricesimo sexto. England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (London) 1 broadside. Printed by Samuel Roycraft, printer to this honourable city, [London] : [1684] At head of title: Tulse Mayor. Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library. 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London (England) -- History -- 17th century. 2007-12 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2008-08 SPi Global Rekeyed and resubmitted 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 Tulse Mayor . Martis Vicesimo primo die Octobr. 1684. Annoque Regni Regis CAROLI Secundi , Angliae , &c. Tricesimo Sexto . IT is Ordered by this COURT , That the Order hereafter following , ( Against Servants being Retained without a Testimonial , ) Made at the last Quarter Sessions held for this City , shall be forthwith Printed and Published ; And that all the Aldermen of this City do cause their Beadles to go from House to House within their respective Wards , to give Notice of the said Order to the several Inhabitants therein . Lond. ss . Ad General ' Quarterial ' Sessionem pacis Domini Regis , tent ' pro Civitat ' London , per Adjornament ' apud Justice-Hall in le Old-Baily , London , die Mercurii ; scilicet , Octavo die Octobris , Anno Regni Regis CAROLI Secundi , nunc Angl ' , &c. Tricesimo Sexto . WHEREAS by a Statute made in the Fifth year of the Reign of the late Queen ELIZABETH , containing divers Orders for Servants , ( amongst other Things ) It is Enacted , That no Person or Persons that shall depart out of a Service , shall be retained or accepted into any other Service , without shewing before His or Her Retainer such Testimonial , as is in the said Statute specified , to the Chief Officer of the Town Corporate , and in every other Town and Place , to the Constable , Curate , Churchwarden , or other Head Officer of the same , where He or She shall be retained to serve , upon the pain that every such Servant or Servants so departing without such Certificate or Testimonial , shall be Imprisoned until He or She procure a Testimonial or Certificate ; The which if He or She cannot do within the space of One and Twenty Days next after the First day of His or Her Imprisonment , Then the said Person to be Whipped and used as a Vagabond , according to the Laws in such case provided . And that any Person retaining any such Servant or Servants , without shewing any such Testimonial or Certificate , as is aforesaid , shall forfeit for every such Offence Five Pounds . And if any such Person shall be taken with any counterfeit or forged Testimonial , then to be Whipped as a Vagabond , as by the said Statute ( whereunto relation being had ) more fully appeareth . And whereas it is generally Experienced throughout this whole City , as well by the Nobility and Gentry , as other good Citizens and Housholders Inhabiting in the same ; That Servants having no such Certificates and Testimonials when They depart out of one Service and come to be retained into another Service , and the Neglect of putting the said Law in Execution , giveth great Occasion to very many Servants to become Idle , Loose , and of Evil-Behaviour , and oftentimes to Cheat and Purloyn from their Masters and Mistresses , and when they come to be retained in a Service upon Liking , without a Testimonial , take Their first Opportunity to run away with their Masters or Mistresses Goods . It is therefore thought fit , and Ordered by this COURT , That according to the said Statute , No Servant or Servants who shall depart out of any Service , shall be Retained or Accepted into any other Service without shewing such Testimonial as aforesaid . And that the Aldermen of the several Wards within this City do take some meet and effectual Course for the Publishing hereof , to the end all Persons concerned may take Notice , and may become conformable hereunto . Wagstaffe . Printed by SAMVEL ROYCROFT , Printer to this Honourable City .