Note 718 — Chapter XIV

New houses in London had to be of a certain size and height, and in the country had to have land attached to them. During the same setting of this Court the Attorney-General informed against a certain Negroose and others for building cottages in London "contrary to the proclamation." One offender was fined £100, another £40, and another £20, while the houses were destroyed "for their base condition" and the timber was to be sold for the benefit of the poor. Les Reportes del Cases in Camera Stellata, 1593-1609. John Hawarde, edited by W. P. Baildon, F.S.A.