Rules of Ye Olde Inn
~NO THIEVES, FAKIRS, TINKERS or ROGUES~
~NO SKULKING, LOAFERS or FLEA-BITTEN TRAMPS~
~NO SLAP an TICKLE o’ THE WENCHES~
~NO BANGING of TANKARD on the TABLES~
~NO DOGS ALLOWED in the KITCHEN~
~NO COCKFIGHTING~
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~FLINTLOCKS, DAGGERS, CUDGELS and SWORDS to be
HANDED to the INN KEEPER for SAFEKEEPING~
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~BED for the NIGHT~
~ 1SHILLING~
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~STABLING for HORSE~
~ 4 PENCE~
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A commonly used sign in the 18th Century setting out the ‘House Rules’.