No cart or wagon or carriage on the road may be drawn by more than
five horses or six oxen and a horse except for military vehicles.
Notice of intended marriages shall be published once a week for
three weeks in a public meeting place called church or a public
market place next to church. Exceptions to the marriage shall be
noted by the Register and considered by the Justice of the Peace
before the marriage is performed. The words used shall be:
"...promise to be unto thee a loving and faithful husband..." and
"promise to be unto thee a loving, faithful, and obedient
wife...".
There shall be no cock-fighting because it disturbs the peace and
usually is accompanied by gaming, drinking, swearing, and
quarreling.
Anyone challenging or accepting a challenge to duel shall be
imprisoned for six months without bail, and must acquire two
sureties for a year. Anyone fighting a duel in which death ensues,
shall be banished for life.
Horse races were forbidden in 1654 for six months to discourage
mischievous plots and designs by enemies of the state. The penalty
was forfeiting the horse. Attendees were to be brought to justice.
As of 1657, a house or building built within ten miles of the
walls of the City of London not having at least four acres had to
pay a fine of one year's rent. All houses within London or
Westminster or the suburbs must be brick or stone, and built
straight up without protruding into the street or forfeit 100
pounds.
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