November 1449
No resident of the town shall (after next Christmas) own sleds or carts
that are shod [with iron], but shall have unshod carts
and also "bouges" for carrying water. Anyone delinquent in this shall
forfeit the shod vehicles. The custodians of the town gates
[shall warn] others living outside town that after
Christmas they may not bring beyond the gates carts lined with iron.
[I suspect a "bouge" to have been a type of cart perhaps
one that bulged like a barrel, although etymologically a French derivation is
more likely to be from "bouger"(to move) than "bouge" (bulge). By the
19th century "bogie" was a term used for a cart, 'budge' for a specialized
type of barrel with only one fixed head, and Budge Well at Rye had been
named after wheeled barrels used to fetch water from that source; while
in the 20th century bogie was being used for railway vehicles, some of
which were barrel-shaped. Presumably the implication here is that shod
vehicles were being used to transport water, whereas the authorities had a
preference for unshod or wheeled vehicles. The issue addressed by this ordinance
was probably related to damage done by such vehicles to paved streets.]