1occupationtaxmerch.scavager, official appointed to levy ‘scavage’ customs, whose duty it is to clean and maintain the streets:
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qe vous facetz chargier conestables, escawangers et bedels, q’ils facent paver et nettement voyder totes maners de fymes, trunkes, robouses et autres ordeures hors des chymyns et venelles
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