(Source: Liber Albus, Page 218, folio 173A, Book 3, Part the Second)
This list only includes ordinances related to nuisance, and public hygiene etc. They are re-
ordered to make more sensible groupings. The most relevant ordinances are reproduced in full in italics, and the page number in square brackets refers to the page number of the Liber Albus on which the full version is located.
Of the Peace, Custody, and Cleansing of the City ; of Victuallers and Forestallers, Regrators, Apprentices, and Lepers, and other matters of usage from of old
In the first place, of keeping the peace and of keeping clean the streets and lanes; and that those who sell bread, cheese, poultry, hides, skins, and other small victuals, shall stand between the kennels in the market of Cornhulle [228].
In the first place, that the peace of God and the peace of our Lord the King shall be well kept and maintained among denizens and strangers; and that the places and the lanes of the City shall be kept clear of all manner of annoyance, such as dung, rubbish, pigsties, and other annoyances, under heavy penalties.
Watercourses and streets
Also, of the Watercourse of Walbrook, and of the King’s highway there [237]. Of the Water-course of Walbroke.
And that the water-course of Walbroke and the highway of his lordship the King shall be kept clear, that so no dung or other filth be thrown therein, to the disturbance or annoyance of folks.
Also, that fishmongers shall not throw water into the streets [238]. [note this is included in an article about lepers]
And that no sellers of fish shall throw their water into the King’s highways, or into the lanes, but shall cause the same to be carried unto the Thames, under a penalty of two shillings.
Also, of keeping clean the streets and lanes between the Tower and Castle Baynard ; as also, that no courtesans shall dwell within the walls of the City [239].
And that all the lanes leading towards the Thames, from the King’s high- ways, from Castle Baynard unto the Tower of London, shall be kept clear, that so persons on horseback may without hindrance ride and go unto the Thames; and if it be not so, the Sheriffs shall cause the same to be done at the cost of those who have caused the impediment; and nevertheless, let those who thus impede be heavily amerced. And that no courtesan [or] common brothel-keeper shall be residing within the walls of the City, under of imprisonment. also, of holding the Wardmotes each quarter [242]
Also, of lime: that the same shall be well measured, and well, competently, and reasonably made, as it has been from of old; and that tiles shall be of the ancient dimensions [242].
Of chalk called ‘Lyme.’: And that lime shall be well measured by quarter and by bushel of assize; and that the same shall be well burnt, according to the ancient ordinance. And that every sack shall contain one bushel of assize. And that “tiles shall be of the ancient
Also, of paviours: how much they shall receive [242].
Also, of butchers,—that no one shall sell woolfels in his own house or in a secret place [243]. Ordinances as to keeping the Peace, and as to Weights, Merchants, the Weaving of Cloth, Labourers, and divers other matters which King Edward enacted, when he took into has hand the Liberties of the City of London; and of the Oaths of the [City] Officers. [The ordinances from 244 to 249 come from the King – it’s not clear if the ones from p 249 on do as well as they don’t always mention the King – perhaps this is assumed and doesn’t need re- stating]
Also, of the lanes, penthouses, gutters, jettees, and carts . [250].
Of Penthouses, Gutters, etc.; And the King doth will, that all usages heretofore in the City established, for the amendment and profit of the City, as to the streets, keeping clean the lanes without accumulation of dung and filth, and free from annoyance by chips and stones, penthouses, gutters, jettees of houses, stands ' for carts shod with iron for the use of the City, corn-porters, carts with wood for sale, [shall be observed], that so no one enter the City except at the certain place thereunto assigned.
Also, of the ‘weaving of woollen cloth; and of the sellers of fish and flesh . . . [250-251]. Of streets and lanes leading to the Thames,—that they shall be cleansed and kept free filth. Of lime,-—that it shall be well burnt and lawfully measured. Of good tiles,—[that they shall be] well burnt and well leaded, and of the old dimensions.
Of woad,—that it shall be lawfully measured, and that by lawful persons thereunto sworn, and by rightful quarter thereunto assigned.
Of lepers,—that no one shall come into or make sojourn in the City. _
Of vendors of fish and of flesh,—that they shall not throw the water in which they wash their fish and their flesh upon the pavement, but shall have it carried unto the Thames.
Of fishmongers,—the form and manner of selling their fish. Of poulterers and of pelterers,—after the like manner.
Of the assize and ordinance as to nets, great and small, for fishing in the river of Thames.
Of making the pavement, and repairing the same.
Of taking away and removing from the streets filth and dung. Pigs
Also, that swine shall not wander about within the City [235].
And that no swine shall be found about the streets or about the lanes in the City, or in the suburbs, or in the fosses of the said city, from this time forward. And if swine shall be found in the places aforesaid, they may be killed by those by whom they shall be so found; and those who kill them, shall have them freely and clearly without any challenge thereof; or else the swine shall be bought back by him who owns it at the price of four pence. And he who shall wish to feed a pig, must feed it in his house.
Buildings
Also, as to raising penthouses and jettees,—of what height they shall be [237].
And that the penthouses and jettees [projections] of houses shall be so high that folks on horseback may ride beneath them. And that they shall be of the height
of nine feet, at the very least; and that all others shall be forth- with rearranged within forty days, under a penalty of forty shillings unto the use of the Sheriffs. And that no stall shall project out [from the house] beyond the width of two feet and a half; and the same shall be moveable and flexible, for the convenience of the neighbours.