England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Hertfordshire). Orders of session 1665 to prevent bringing the infection from London to Broadfield

Folger bibliographic ID: 245868
Folger call number: X.d.705
Folger holdings ID: 312674
Accession Number: 266619

Order resulting from a presentment by the Grand Jury of the Quarter Sessions in the county of Hertfordshire, warning officers of every town to be on guard against the "great multitudes" fleeing the Great Plague in London. In order to prevent the spread of infection, the officers of every town in Hertfordshire were to: send away "all rogues, vagarants, wanderinge persons, and sturdy beggars;" require that all travellers coming from London produce a certificate, signed and sealed by the Lord Mayor, proving that the house from whence they came was not infected; disallow the bringing of rags and compost from London or other infected places into their towns; and make sure that recently arrived "Inmates, Children, put out to nurse, or other persons" came from uninfected places

General notes

Title from endorsement on item Addressed "To the hamlett of Bradfeild" and signed by "Geo. Pell." Acquired from A.R. Heath Rare Books, 2011

Item information about Folger X.d.705

Adopted by Susan Sachs Goldman, Acquisitions Night 2013

Extended title: Orders of session 1665 to prevent bringing the infection from London to Broadfield 1665 July 20

Plague

author: England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Hertfordshire)
signer: Pell, George, active 1665