Paul's Church, where there
was a market for all kinds of goods and services, including
gentlemen's valets, groceries, spirits, books, and loans, which
continued even during the daily service. Some gentlemen had
offices distant from their dwelling houses such as attorneys, who
had a good income from trade disputes and claims to land, which
often changed hands. Plays and recreation also occurred in the
streets, such as performances by dancers, musicians, jugglers,
clowns, tumblers, magicians, and men who swallowed fire. The
churches were continuously open and used by trades and peddlers,
including tailors and letter-writers. Water carriers carried water
in wood vessels on a shoulder from the Thames River or its
conduits to the inhabitants three gallons at a time. A gentleman
concocted an engine to convey Thames water by lead pipes up into
men's houses in a certain section of the city. Soldiers,
adventurers, physicians, apprentices, prostitutes, and cooks were
all distinguishable by their appearances. An ordinance required
apprentices to wear long blue gowns and white breeches with
stockings, with no ornamentation of silk, lace, gold or silver and
no jewelry. They could wear a meat knife, but not a sword or
dagger. Apprentices lived with their masters and worked from 6 or
7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Some people knitted wool caps as they walked to
sell when finished. There were sections of town for booksellers,
butchers, brewers, hosiers, shoemakers, curriers, cooks, poulters,
bow makers, textwriters, pattenmakers, and horse and oxen sellers.
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