Old times re-visited in the borough and parish of Lymington, Hants . rates the coarse manners of the time ;and shows the butchers actually killing animals in the open street,in what was formerley termed the Flesh Shambles, among thesheds and tenements we have before described {page 25). SOth January, 1756. Whereas complaint hath been tills day made to the Mayor and Burgesses,that manj Incroaohments have been made ; and among the rest, by WilliamBeeston, junr., John Miller, and Henry Marks, butchers, by erecting gallows,or standing-posts, for killing, and hanging their meat, opposite to their d
Old times re-visited in the borough and parish of Lymington, Hants . rates the coarse manners of the time ;and shows the butchers actually killing animals in the open street,in what was formerley termed the Flesh Shambles, among thesheds and tenements we have before described {page 25). SOth January, 1756. Whereas complaint hath been tills day made to the Mayor and Burgesses,that manj Incroaohments have been made ; and among the rest, by WilliamBeeston, junr., John Miller, and Henry Marks, butchers, by erecting gallows,or standing-posts, for killing, and hanging their meat, opposite to their doors,on the Borough lands, being a great nuisance and offence to all persons passingby : Therefore it is agreed, &c., that, after notice given, the Town Serjeant doremove them. The Prince of Wales having formerly been admitted a burgess,was a precedent for another member of the royal family to receivethe same ; and accordingly his son, the young Duke of York(second brother to King George III), was formerly eledted inAugust, 1760, he being then 21 years of ^ •-J :^ CO o :^ a^oo to to :do o COARSE MANNERS. 121 Hia Eoyal Highness Edward, Duke of York, having graciously condescendedto signify his consent to accept of his freedom of this Corporation, Be itRemembered, that on the date mentioned, His Eoyal Highness was accordinglyelected a Free Burgess of this Corporation, &c. and was at the same time swornin accordingly. The next entry, like the former {paga 120), illustrates the coarsehabits of the age ; though, from its stringent tone, it is apparentthat better feelings of decency and humanity were beginning tobe prevalent among the inhabitants. It being represented that the Butchers make a common practice of killingtheir meat in the street, to the great nuisance of the Inhabitants and others : Itis hereby agreed that if they continue such nuisance, the Corporation willindite them at the Quarter Sessions. The Southampton Corporation, from some cause or other, this year(1756
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