Nuisances in Towns Act 1388

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1388 c. 13
Year1388
Statutes made at Cambridge, Anno 12 Rich II. and Anno Dom.1388. The Punishment of them which cause Corruption near a City or great Town to corrupt the Air.

(12 Ric. 2) C A P. XIII.

‘ITEM, For that so much Dung and Filth of the Garbage and Intrails as well of Beasts killed, as of other Corruptions, be cast and put in Ditches, Rivers, and other Waters, and also within many other Places, within, about, and nigh unto divers Cities, Boroughs, and Towns of the Realm, and the Suburbs of them, that the Air there is greatly corrupt and infect, and many Maladies and other intolerable Diseases do daily happen, as well to the Inhabitants, and those that are conversant in the said Cities, Boroughs, Towns and Suburbs, as to other repairing and travelling thither, to the great Annoyance, Damage, and Peril of the Inhabitants, Dwellers, Repairers, and Travellers aforesaid,’ '(2) it is accorded and assented, That Proclamation be made as well in the City ofLondon, as in other Cities, Boroughs, and Towns, through the Realm of England where it shall be needful, as well within Franchises as without, that all they which do cast and lay all such Annoyances, Dung, Garbages, Intrails, and other Ordure in Ditches, Rivers, Waters, and other Places aforesaid, shall cause them utterly to be removed, avoided, and carried away betwixt this and the Feast of St. Michael next ensuing after the End of this present Parliament, every one upon pain to lose and to forfeit to our Lord the King xx li . (3) Andthat the Mayors and Bailiffs of every such City, Borough, or Town, and also the Bailiffs of Franchises, shall compel the same...

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