. London . hi wmbJ GUILDHALL, KING STREET, LONDON. beneath his nose. The sale of false goods—that is, thingsnot made as they should be made, either of bad materials orof inferior materials—was always punished by destruction ofthe things. What should be done to a man who spoke disrespectfullyof the Mayor ? One Roger Torold, citizen and vintner, inthe year of grace 1355, and in the twenty-eighth year of ourSovereign Lord King Edward III., said one day, in the pre-sence of witnesses, that he was ready to defy the Mayor, andthat if he should catch the Mayor outside the City, then the o 2 LONDON Ma
. London . hi wmbJ GUILDHALL, KING STREET, LONDON. beneath his nose. The sale of false goods—that is, thingsnot made as they should be made, either of bad materials orof inferior materials—was always punished by destruction ofthe things. What should be done to a man who spoke disrespectfullyof the Mayor ? One Roger Torold, citizen and vintner, inthe year of grace 1355, and in the twenty-eighth year of ourSovereign Lord King Edward III., said one day, in the pre-sence of witnesses, that he was ready to defy the Mayor, andthat if he should catch the Mayor outside the City, then the o 2 LONDON Mayor should never come back to it alive. These thingsbeing reported, the Mayor caused him to be brought beforehimself, the Aldermen, and Sheriffs at the Guildhall. The prisoner confessed his crime, and put himself upon the favourof the Court. He was committed to prison while the Courtconsidered what should be done to him. Being brought tothe bar, he offered to pay a fine of one hundred tuns of winefor to the favour of the Mayor. Th
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