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1698. 10 & 11 William III. An Act for making Billingsgate a Free Market for Sale of Fish,. 7pp,

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1698. 10 & 11 William III. An Act for making Billingsgate a Free Market for Sale of Fish,. 7pp, plus parliamentary session title?page, disbound, folio. For many centuries Billingsgate and Queenhithe were the main wharfs in the City for the mooring of fishing vessels, Billingsgate gradually superseding its rival. It became a "free and open market for all sorts of fish" in 1698, when this Act was passed to break the monopoly of a group of fishmongers. The foul and abusive language used there became notorious, incidently. (1)

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1698. 10 & 11 William III. An Act for making Billingsgate a Free Market for Sale of Fish,. 7pp, plus parliamentary session title?page, disbound, folio. For many centuries Billingsgate and Queenhithe were the main wharfs in the City for the mooring of fishing vessels, Billingsgate gradually superseding its rival. It became a "free and open market for all sorts of fish" in 1698, when this Act was passed to break the monopoly of a group of fishmongers. The foul and abusive language used there became notorious, incidently. (1)

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