By the Mayor, to the Alderman of the Ward of [blank] : whereas divers good laws and ordinances have been made for the due observation of the Lord's Day : and divers penalties thereby imposed both upon the ...

Midd' ss. : Ad general' quarteral' session' ... tent' pro com' praed' apud Hicks's-Hall in St. John's-street, in com' praed' per adjornament' die Veneris, scilicet Decimo die Julii, anno regni dom' & dom' nostr' Gulielmi & Mariae ... tertio; coram per honor ablili Roberto dom' Lucas, summo gubernatore turr' London ...
Published: (1691)

By the Mayor. To the alderman of the ward of [blank]. Whereas I have received a late order made by His Majesty in Council, the tenor whereof is as followeth.

By the mayor, to the alderman of the ward of [blank] : whereas the frequenting and tipling in taverns, alehouses, coffee-houses and other victualling-houses is too much used and practiced within this city on the Lord's-day ...
Published: (1689)

By the mayor, to the alderman of the ward of [blank] : whereas I lately recommended to your care the strict execution of the laws for the due observance of the Lord's Day ... I therefore again press you to employ your care in that particular, but because there are also ... other great vices ... (such as drunkenness, common swearing and cursing, tipling and gaming) ...
Published: (1689)

An explanation of the solemn advice, recommended by the Council in Connecticut Colony, to the inhabitants of that jurisdiction, respecting the reformation of those evils, which have been the procuring cause of the late judgments upon New-England. /
by: Fitch, James, 1622-1702
Published: (1683)

An act for the better observation of the Lords-Day. : At the Parliament begun at Westminster, the seventeenth day of Septemb. An. Dom. 1656.
Published: (1657)

An act for the better observation of the Lords-Day : at the Parliament begun at Westminster, the seventeenth day of September An. Dom. 1656.
Published: (1657)

By the Mayor, to the Alderman of the Ward of [blank] : whereas by an ordinance entitled, an ordinance for the better amending and keeping in repaire the common high-wayes within this nation ...
Published: (1654)

Die dominico 8 Aug. 1641. Resolved upon the question by both Houses of Parliament, : nemine contradicente, that this ensuing declaration shall be printed.
Published: (1641)

Forasmuch as notwithstanding divers good Acts and Ordinances of Parliament made for the better observation of the Lords-day, days of publique humiliation, and thanksgiving, and the many endeavours used for the due execution thereof : it is observed that the Lords day is very much prophaned, ...
Published: (1656)

By the Mayor to the Alderman of the ward of [blank] : it being represented to me, that several rude and disorderly persons have already begun, in a riotous and tumultuous manner, to throw squibs, serpents, and other fire-works, in and about the streets of this city, to the great terrour, as well as endangering the lives of His Majesty's subjects, the apparent breach of the peace, and the scandal and dishonour of the government of the city.
by: City of London (England). Lord Mayor
Published: (1697)

The English Sabbath : a study of doctrine and discipline from the Reformation to the Civil War /
by: Parker, Kenneth L.
Published: (1988)

By the Mayor, to the Alderman of the Ward of [blank] : whereas according to the directions of a late ordinance made amongst other things, for reforming the great defects in streets and pavements, scavengers have been lately chosen within the several parishes of your ward and accordingly sworn to execute that office ...
Published: (1654)

To the alderman, deputy and common-councel-men of the ward of [blank].
Published: (1660)

To the Alderman Deputy of the ward of Farringdon within. /

By the mayor. [To] the Aldermen of the ward of [blank] Whereas the night watches at all the gates, and the several wards of this city and liberties, ....
Published: (1680)

An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the better observation of the Lords-Day..
Published: (1644)

Lane mayor : the right honourable the lord mayor having a deep sense of the duty incumbent upon him ... for the suppression of prophaness [sic] and debauchery ...
Published: (1694)

By the mayor, to the alderman of the ward of [blank] : whereas divers good laws have been made, and are still in force, for the suppressing and punishing of vagrants, vagabonds, and other idle persons ...
Published: (1687)

By the mayor. : A proclamation concerning the prices of butter and candles, &c. together with the assise of fuell..
Published: (1634)

Child, mayor : forasmuch as the general corruption and depravation of manners within this city and the liberties thereof, instead of being amended and reformed by the many good laws provided and designed for that purpose ... seems rather to prevail and increase ...
Published: (1698)

Hertf. ss. At the general quarter-session of the publick peace of the county of Hertford, holden at Hertford, for the county aforesaid, on Monday next after the feast of the translation of St. Thomas the Martyr: : that is to say, the fourteenth and sixteenth dayes of Iuly, in the yeer of our Lord one thousand six hundred fifty and six..
Published: (1656)

An order of Parliament for the putting in due execution through out the whole kingdome the statutes made for the observation of the Sabath day. : As also an order of the Lord Major to the aldermen of the severall wards in the City of London, to see the sayd statutes put in execution in their sayd wards.
Published: (1643)

By the mayor. To the aldermen of the ward of [blank] Whereas oftentimes heretofore, especially towards winter the evenings growing dark, many loose and vagrant persons have been found to wander about the streets and lanes to lurk in corners within this city ...
Published: (1654)

The Sunday law, unconstitutional and unscriptural : an argument presented in committee of the whole in the Massachusetts legislature /
by: Nash, Nathaniel C.
Published: (1868)

The devil's book : Charles I, the Book of sports and Puritanism in Tudor and early Stuart England /
by: Dougall, Alistair
Published: (2011)

To the alderman, deputy and common-councel-men of the vvard of [blank].
Published: (1660)

A perfect abstract of all the laws in force and use concerning the observation of the Lord's day, commonly called Sun-day.

A perfect abstract of all the laws in force and use concerning the observation of the Lord's day, commonly called Sun-day
Published: (1677)

The Sabbath truly sanctified, or, Godly rules and directions for all sincere Christian professors, for the strict observation of the Lords Day before, at, and after the publike exercises of the church. : With an order from the House of Commons, for the due observing the Sabbath-Day. As also, a cataloge of the fearfull judgements that have happenned to wilfull infringers, and profane and irreligious Sabbath-breakers. By A.B. Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day.
by: A. B.
Published: (1645)

Saturday, January 7. 1659. Ordered by the Parliament, that all mayors and justices of the peace, and all other officers and ministers, ....
Published: (1659)

The sabbath truly sanctified, or, Godly rules and directions for all sincere Christian professors for the strict observation of the Lords day : before, at, and after the publike exercises of the church : with an order from the House of Commons for the due observing the Sabbath-day : as also, a cataloge of the fearfull judgements that have happenned to wilfull infringers and profane and irreligious Sabbath-breakers /
by: A. B.
Published: (1645)

The sabbath truly sanctified, or, Godly rules and directions for all sincere Christian professors for the strict observation of the Lords day : before, at, and after the publike exercises of the church : with an order from the House of Commons for the due observing the Sabbath-day : as also, a cataloge of the fearfull judgements that have happenned to wilfull infringers and profane and irreligious Sabbath-breakers /
by: A. B.
Published: (1645)

Die Martis, 23 Martii, 1646. An order of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for putting in due execution the laws and ordinances for observing the Lords-day, and publique fast days, and for preventing of disorders and tumults on those days..
Published: (1646)

By the Mayor. : Whereas by an ancient law and statute of this realm, it is provided, that no fairs or markets be kept in church-yards ...
Published: (1661)

By the Major. Forasmuch as notwithstanding divers good acts and ordinancees of Parliament, and the frequent aadmonitions formerly given in this behalf by the present Lord Maior, this predecessors late Lord Maiors of this city, it is observed, that the Lords day, and the days of publike fast, are in these sad times of distraction and calamity much profaned, ...
Published: (1648)