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         University of Oxford.
      
       
         
           1671
        
      
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             Orders agreed upon by the heads of houses for the preventing and quenching of fire
             University of Oxford.
             Mews, Peter, 1619-1706.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.).
           
             s.n,
             [Oxford :
             1671]
          
           
             Signed: P. Mews, Vice-Cancell. Octob. 23. 1671.
             Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           ORDERS
           AGREED
           UPON
           BY
           THE
           HEADS
           OF
           HOUSES
           FOR
           THE
           PREVENTING
           AND
           QUENCHING
           OF
           FIRE
           .
        
         
           THAT
           Fifty
           pounds
           be
           forthwith
           rais'd
           by
           the
           University
           ,
           and
           the
           respective
           Colledges
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           summe
           the
           University
           is
           to
           pay
           Ten
           pounds
           ,
           )
           for
           providing
           Engines
           ,
           Ladders
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           That
           the
           Governors
           of
           the
           respective
           Colledges
           ,
           do
           deal
           effectualy
           with
           their
           Tenants
           ,
           within
           the
           University
           ,
           that
           with
           all
           Convenient
           speed
           ,
           both
           their
           dwelling
           houses
           ,
           and
           out
           houses
           be
           Slatted
           or
           Tyled
           ;
           and
           that
           no
           Lease
           be
           hereafter
           renew'd
           to
           any
           such
           Tenant
           ,
           who
           shall
           refuse
           or
           neglect
           to
           Slat
           or
           Tyle
           their
           said
           houses
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           That
           every
           Colledge
           and
           Hall
           ,
           provide
           a
           convenient
           number
           of
           Buckets
           and
           Ladders
           ;
           and
           signifie
           what
           provision
           they
           have
           made
           unto
           the
           
             Vice-Chancellor
             ,
          
           within
           one
           Month
           after
           the
           Publication
           of
           these
           Orders
           ;
           and
           as
           often
           as
           any
           of
           them
           shall
           be
           lost
           or
           decay'd
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           number
           be
           immediately
           compleated
           ,
           and
           made
           up
           again
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Governors
           of
           the
           respective
           Colledges
           and
           Halls
           ,
           doe
           engage
           all
           Bakers
           ,
           Brewers
           ,
           Cooks
           ,
           Chandlers
           and
           others
           with
           whom
           they
           have
           any
           dealing
           ,
           forthwith
           to
           remove
           their
           Wood-piles
           ,
           and
           Fewel
           of
           all
           forts
           ,
           a
           convenient
           distance
           from
           the
           City
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           to
           provide
           houses
           Slatted
           or
           tyl'd
           to
           secure
           their
           Fewel
           ,
           Hay
           ,
           Straw
           &c.
           (
           as
           much
           as
           is
           possible
           )
           from
           all
           danger
           of
           Fire
           .
           And
           that
           the
           Chandlers
           be
           also
           engag'd
           to
           remove
           their
           melting
           houses
           ,
           to
           places
           where
           they
           may
           not
           annoy
           nor
           endanger
           their
           Neighbours
           .
           And
           in
           case
           they
           or
           any
           of
           the
           foresaid
           persons
           shall
           refuse
           or
           neglect
           to
           doe
           accordingly
           ,
           that
           then
           the
           Heads
           of
           Houses
           shall
           forbid
           all
           trading
           and
           dealing
           with
           them
           ,
           for
           their
           respective
           Colledges
           and
           Halls
           .
        
         
           That
           all
           Governours
           of
           Colledges
           and
           Halls
           ,
           take
           effectuall
           care
           ,
           that
           all
           sorts
           of
           Fewel
           ,
           Hay
           &c.
           within
           the
           precincts
           of
           their
           respective
           Houses
           be
           covered
           as
           aforesayd
           ,
           or
           else
           so
           placed
           that
           they
           may
           not
           endanger
           any
           Buildings
           .
        
         
           That
           diligent
           care
           be
           likewise
           taken
           that
           all
           Chimneys
           be
           swept
           yearly
           before
           the
           Feast
           of
           
             All
             Saints
             ,
          
           and
           that
           no
           Fire
           be
           carryed
           about
           either
           from
           the
           Kitchin
           ,
           or
           from
           Chamber
           to
           Chamber
           in
           open
           shovells
           ,
           but
           only
           in
           cover'd
           pans
           or
           any
           Candles
           caryed
           into
           Wood-houses
           ,
           or
           Places
           where
           any
           kind
           of
           fewel
           lies
           ,
           except
           in
           Lanthorns
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           severe
           penalty
           be
           inflicted
           by
           order
           of
           the
           respective
           Governours
           ,
           upon
           all
           who
           shall
           presume
           to
           offend
           in
           these
           particulars
           .
           And
           furthermore
           ,
           that
           all
           Scholars
           be
           frequently
           admonish'd
           to
           take
           care
           ,
           that
           at
           night
           the
           fire
           in
           their
           Chambers
           be
           quench'd
           or
           securely
           cover'd
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           place
           not
           their
           Candles
           at
           their
           Beds-heads
           :
           and
           to
           that
           end
           the
           respective
           Governours
           are
           desir'd
           to
           command
           some
           Officer
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           to
           visit
           all
           Chambers
           and
           cause
           all
           Boards
           ,
           which
           are
           placed
           for
           that
           purpose
           at
           any
           Beds-head
           ,
           to
           be
           remov'd
           and
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           likewise
           strictly
           to
           prohibit
           the
           use
           of
           hanging
           Candlesticks
           .
        
         
           That
           when
           any
           new
           Buildings
           are
           erected
           ,
           care
           be
           taken
           that
           no
           Timber
           be
           layd
           under
           the
           hearths
           of
           the
           Chimneys
           .
        
         
           That
           when
           any
           Fire
           shall
           happen
           in
           any
           Colledge
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           the
           respective
           Governours
           cause
           their
           Buckets
           and
           Ladders
           ,
           to
           be
           brought
           with
           all
           speed
           ,
           to
           some
           place
           nere
           the
           Fire
           ,
           where
           they
           may
           be
           ready
           for
           use
           ,
           and
           appoint
           some
           discreet
           person
           to
           see
           them
           dispos'd
           off
           .
        
         
           That
           when
           any
           Fire
           shal
           happen
           abroad
           ,
           the
           respective
           Governors
           take
           care
           to
           restrain
           the
           Scholars
           under
           their
           commands
           from
           going
           out
           ,
           excepting
           such
           who
           will
           be
           assistant
           in
           quenching
           the
           Fire
           ;
           and
           because
           at
           such
           times
           many
           wicked
           Persons
           ,
           take
           an
           opportunity
           ,
           to
           break
           open
           Chambers
           ,
           and
           commit
           other
           villanies
           ;
           that
           the
           Colledge
           Gates
           be
           kept
           shut
           (
           especially
           if
           the
           Fire
           happen
           in
           the
           night
           )
           and
           none
           admitted
           but
           such
           who
           are
           well
           known
           to
           the
           Porter
           ,
           or
           such
           persons
           as
           the
           Governour
           of
           the
           House
           shall
           appoint
           to
           assist
           him
           .
        
         
           That
           no
           Scholars
           presume
           upon
           any
           occasion
           to
           let
           off
           Rockets
           or
           any
           other
           kindes
           of
           Fire-works
           .
        
         
           
             That
             these
             Orders
             be
             hung
             up
             in
             a
             Frame
             in
             the
             Halls
             of
             the
             respective
             Houses
             ,
             that
             so
             all
             Persons
             concern'd
             may
             from
             time
             to
             time
             take
             notice
             of
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             P.
             MEWS
             
               Vice-Cancell
               .
            
          
           
             
               Octob.
               23
               ,
               1671.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
  

