By the Mayor. Whereas the right honourable the Lords of His Maiesties most honourable priuy Councell, hauing taken care to reforme many abuses that haue of late crept into this city and places adioyning; : as the excessiue number of tauernes, and the exactions vsed in the immoderate prices of all sorts of prouisions in ordinaries and hosteries: and finding that the said abuse hath appeared in nothing more than in the excessiue rates of poultry of all sorts, being so vnreasonably enhaunsed by poulterers and higlers ...
An order for observing established rates for poultry--STC.