County: Middlesex
Code: D4195#7
Reference: London, London Metropolitan Archives: COL/AD/01/009, fol. 223r, item 1
Function: Proclamation
[line 9]For as myche as Nichol wighe oþerwise callyd Nichs ketringham / oþerwise callyd John Segrave otherwise
callyd Nicholle Pecche þat here stont vp-on þe pillory is opynly conuict and atteynt a-for þe Meir &
Aldremen for a come mysdoer & disceyuour of peple & a fals contrefetour of lres and mennys sealx / And
especiali for a lettre whiche he broght late in þe name of sir Nichol Pecche knyght to herry Somer
for to have borwyd x li̕ with an obligacion̕ of xx li̕ for seurete of repayement þer-of vndir þe same
knyghtes sele as he seyde /whiche lre obligacion̕ & sele were neuere made ne selyd by þe same knyght
but falsly contrefetid and forged by þis same man þt here stant as it is opynly & lawfully knowyn
and previd a-for þe Meir and Althermen / And for as myche also as þis same man þat here stant on
þe pillori on lik wyse disceyvid and begilyd Nicholle Carrewe Squyer withe suche a-noþer lre & obliga-
cion falsly contrefetid & forgyd vndur þe name & seel of þe same sir Nichol Pecche knyght as it is
euidently knowyn to þe forseyd Meir and Aldermen / Therfor þe seyd Mair and Aldirmen
considering how suche worthy persones as þe same knyght is thurghe suche falsnes in tyme co-
myng myght lightly and causeles renne in sclaundre and oþir men in grete harme & losse yef
suche falsnes & disceyt shold passe vnponysshid han a-wardid aftir þe Custume of þe Citee in
exaumple þat al oþer shul þe rather eschewe al suche falsnes and disceyt . þat he shal stonde here
on þe pillorie thre market dayes eche day an hool hour with on of his fals lres be hym fals-
ly and disseiuably contrefetid and forgid hangyng a-bout his nek &c̕ And aftir þe execucion̕
of þis iewesse the thrid market day to be led fro þis pilory to Newgate þerin to abyde vn-to he
have found seurte of his trewe gouernaunce & good beryng in tyme comyng . ~~~