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YORK CIVIC RECORDS VII

 


BOOK XXV Fo. 93. 2 SEPTEMBER 1573


Commyssyon under the greate seale of England auctorishinge therby therte of Warwik, Maister of the Common Ordynaunce and William Pelham, esquyer, lyuetenant of her said Ordynaunce authorishing them and eyther of them therby and ther deputie and deputies amongs other things to dig and breake ground in bearnes, stables and other places convenient for salt peter within this realme, as well in the late suppressed abbayes and howses of religion, olde castles, or ells where, bothe within francheses and liberties and nowe redde; shall digge and breake ground in all places within this citie and suburbs for the said salt peter except onely in halls, parlours and shoppes; and also they to spare little howses of poore men there. And further it is aggreed that the said commyssyon and also the wrytyng of deputacon of the same shalbe registred in the Citie register.