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A74019	Anno XIIII. et XV. Henrici VIII. The Kynge our soueraygne lorde Henrye the viij. after the conquest, by the grace of God king of England and of Fraunce and lorde of Irelande, at his parlyamente holden at London, the xv. day of April in the xiiii. yeare of his moste noble reygne: and from thence adiourned to Westminster the last day of Iuly the xv. yeare of his sayde reigne, and there holden to the honour of Almightye God and of holye Churche, and for the wealthe and profytte of thys hys realme, by the assent of the lords spiritual and temporall, [and] the commons in thys presente parliament assembled, [and] by aucthoritye of the same, hath, doo, to be ordeined, made, [and] enacted, certaine statutes and ordynaunces in maner and fourme folowing.; Laws, etc.	England and Wales.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1509-1547 : Henry VIII)	1575 (1575)	STC 9363.4; ESTC S121456	28,836	29

straungers by reason of any bargaine or sale made by them or any of them of the said clothes before the twenty day of Iulye in the .xv yere of kynge Henry the .viii. But that the sayde kynges subiectes may freeely and quietly deliuer or cause to be deliuered the sayd clothes so bargained and bought before the said .xx. day of Iuly without any penalty or forfaiture any thing in this present acte contayned to the contrary therof not withstanding ¶ And be it enacted by auctority aforesayde that no person or persons at any tyme hereafter and before the sayd feast of saynct Mighell bargaine or sell to any marchaunt or marchaūtes straungers-any such brode white wollen clothes to be deliuered vnto the sayd marchaunt or marchauntes straungers at any tyme after the same feast of saynte Mighell to the entent to defraud the effect trew meaning of this estatute vpō the peyne before limitted and expressed ¶ And furthermore be it prouided that euery of the kinges naturall subiectes at their liberties and pleasures may any tyme hereafter sell and deliuer for redy money or wares or for redy mony and wares or any of them to be payed deliuered as is aforesayd to any marchaunt or marchauntes straūgers al maner of brode white wollen clothes made or to be made in Coggishal Bockyng Blanctre or any of them and whyte clothes called Eleinforthes and all maner of whyte brode wollen clothes with crūpillistes otherwise called bastardes so that euery of the said whyte wollē clothes contained in this prouise contein in length .xxvii. yardes at the least or aboue at the water any thing in this present act contayned to the contrary thereof notwithstanding ¶ And ouer this be it further prouided ordeined and enacted by the auctoritie aforesayd that it shall be lefull to euery person or persones beinge the kinges naturall subiectes to vtter bargaine contracte selle and deliuer all maner of whyte brode wollen clothes to any marchaunt or marchauntes straungers in and at all common faires to be holden and kepte within any place or places in this realme And also to all and euery marchaunte straunger or straungers repairing from forreine countries by the sea to any portes or crekes within this realme with any vittail or other marchādise at al tymes from tyme to tyme So that all such clothes so or in any otherwyse hereafter to be bargained and sold to any marchaunte or marchauntes straungers as is before sayd be alwaies sold and deliuered with out couin or make ingin for redy money or wares or for redy money wares or any of them to be payed and deliuered at such tyme or tymes as is before limitted without any other or further respite or dayes of paymente to be had accorded and agreed in any behalfe any thing in this present act conteined to the contrarie therof notwithstanding And be it further enacted by the auctoritie aforesayde that no person or persons which do sell their wollen clothe or clothes to any citizen and free man of London without the liberty of the sayde citye and before the sayde cloth or clothes be conueighed and brought within the same citie shall not be compelled by any persō or persones to bringe their sayde cloth or clothes sold in fourme aboue said to the market called Blackwellhal within the sayd citee ne to pay any tolle custome or other imposicion for any libertye or ease to be had in the same Halle for any suche clothe or clothes so solde but may freely at their pleasure bringe conueigh deliuer their saide clothe or clothes immediately to the house or houses of such citizen and free men as did bye the same in fourme aforesayde without any lette or disturbance in any behalfe ¶ And if any clothmaker or other person be letted or disturbed contrarye to this acte thā the letter or disturber to forfait to the owner of the said cloth or clothes for euery cloth letted or disturbed to the contrary hereof xii.d for which forfaiture the sayd owner shall haue his remedy against the said letter or disturber by action or plainte of debt in any of the kynges courtes in which action or plaint the defendant or defendantes shall not wage their lawe ne any essoine licence or protection shall be allowed this acte to endure vnto the last day of the next parliament ¶ Prouided alwaies that this act extende not to northerne whytes commonly named and called dosins made in the Northe parties of this realme An acte concerning straungers artificers for taking of apprentices iourneimen and couenant seruantes C. ii BE it enacted by the kyng our soueraigne lord the lordes spiritual and temporal and the commons in this presente parliament assembled and by auctoritye of the same that no maner of straunger borne out of the kinges obeisaunce be he denizē or not denizen vsing any maner of hādi craft with in this realme shall take frō hensforthe any aprentise except the same apprentise be borne vnder the kinges obaisaunce vpon peine to forfait for euery apprentice that he shall take contrary to this acte x. li the one halfe therof to our soueraigne lorde the kinge the other halfe to him or them that will sue for it be it by action of dett byl plainte informacion or otherwise in which sute the defendant shal not be admitted to wage his law ne any essoine licence or protection to be allowed ¶ Be it also enacted by the auctoritie afore said and vnder lyke peine to be forfayted and recouered as is aforesayd that no straūger being alien born and vsing any maner of handye craft within this realme from the feast of al sainctes next ensuing shal in any maner of wise vse take reteine or kepe into his or their seruises any maner of iourneimen or couenaunt seruaunt aboue the numbre of ii at one tyme excepte the same iourneiman or couenaunt seruaunt be borne vnder the kinges obeisaunce And ouer this be it enacted by auctoritie aforesaid that all maner of persōs bring aliens borne vsing any maner of handye crafte be they denizens or not denizens and inhabited within the citye of London or suburbes of the same within the towne of westminster the parish of sayncte Martins in the field the parishe of our lady of the Stronde faince Clement of Danes without temple barr sainct Giles in the field sainct Andrewes in holburne in the towne borough of Southwarke Shordiche whyte Chapell parishe sainct Iohn streete the parishe of Clerkenwel saincte Bottolphes parishe without Algate saincte Catherins Barmondsay streete or within two miles cōpasse of the said citie of Lōdō or the parishes aforsaid shal be vnder the serche reformaciō of the wardens and the felowshippes of handy craftes within the sayd citie of Londō with one substancial strāger being an housholder of the same craft by the same wardens to be cho sen that is to say euery such stranger occupying any misterie or hādi craft as is aforesayd shal be vnder the serch

reformacion of the wardens and one substanciall straunger being an housholder of that craft that thei shal so occupie And that the wardens of the said citie of euery suche handy craft with one straunger or housholder as is aforesayd of the same craft haue full power and auctoritie by this present act to limitte appoynt to euery straunger of the mistery handy craft that they be of inhabitinge within the sayde citee suburbes places or precincte aboue remembred a proper marke without taking any thing therfore by the which their wares vessels and workmanshippes that they make may be knowne And that the wardens of euery such handy craft and misterye aforesayde calling to thē one straunger of the misterie and occupaciō that they be of being an housholder shal haue full power and auctoritie to serch view and refourme as well within the sayd citee of London as in all other places limittes before sayde all maner of wares of workmanshippes made by any maner of such handy crafte men being aliens borne as is before sayde ¶ And that no straunger borne out of the kyngs obeisaunce vsinge any of the misteries or occupacions of smithes ioigners or coupers shall make any maner of wares or vesselles concerning the same misteries or occupacions excepte that they and euery of them put to such markes to euery of the same wares vessells before they shal be put to sale or vse as the wardens of their occupacions craftes or misteries shall limitt and appoynte without taking any thing therefore vppon peyne of forfayture the double valure of the same wares and vessells The one halfe of which forfaiture to be to the king our soueraigne lord the other halfe to the party that first will sue for the same by action of dette bille plaint or informaciō in which the defendaunr shal not wage his lawe nor any essoyne shal be cast or protection allowed And further it is enacted by the auctoritie aforesaid that if vpon any such serche or viewe to be made by the wardeins and one straunger of any craft or misterie beforesayd after the fourme of this estatute in vessells or wares to be found in the possession of the workers or owners therof putring the same vessels or wares to workemanship of any straunger falsely and disceitfully made to the hurte of the kinges liege people and so adiudged by the sayd wardens and one straunger that then such worker or owner in whose possession the same false and disceitfull wares shal be found shall forfait the same wares the one halfe therof to the king our soueraigne lorde and the other halfe therof to the first finder thereof suing for the same in any of the kinges courtes by action of detinue in which action the defendant nor defendantes shal not be admitted to wage their lawe nor protectiō ne essoyne be to them herein allowable ¶ Be it also enacted by the auctoritye afore sayde that all wardens and maysters of felowshippes of all and euery such handy craftes within any suche citye boroughe or towne corporate within this realme where any suche wardens happen to be and in suche boroughes and townes corporate where no wardens of handy crafts are the bayliffes or the gouernour or gouernours of the same boroughes or townes so lacking wardens shal haue lyke power and auctoritie with the bailiff or bailffes of the libertyes with them where any such libertye shal be being content so to do to view serche and refourme straungers borne out of the kinges obeisaunce inhabitinge and vsinge within any suche citye boroughe or towne corporate any maner of handy craft in as large and ample maner as the sayde wardens and felowshippes of the said citie of London may do by vertue of this present acte And that all straungers vsing any of the sayde handy craftes in any of the said cities boroughes or townes corporate be bounden to do and obay in euery thing according to the tenour of this present acte vpon lyke peines and forfaitures as is aboue remembred to be had and recouered in fourme aboue rehersed ¶ Prouided alwaie that if the wardens of any felowship or mistery beforesayd bayliffes gouernour or gouernoures beforesayd wrongfully will entreate any straunger in executinge of this act or any thinge therin conteyned that than the straunger so greeued may by auctoritye of this acte by byll or informacion complaine to the lorde Chauncellour and Tresorer of England or the Iustices of assise in the countie for the time being whiche by their examinacions shal haue ful power and auctoritie to heare and determine the same complaynt and award to the partye compleinant such amendes as by their discrecions shal be thought reasonable Prouided also that it shal be lawful for and to euery the said straungers borne out of the kinges obeisaunce being a housholder to haue and retaine aswell all and euery such straungers borne out of the kynges obeisaunce being the time of this parliament with him reteined as a iurneiman as to haue and reteine euery suche straunger being borne out of the kinges obeisaunce being a prentise with him the tyme of this parliament this act not withstanding This to endure to the last day of the next parliament Prouided also that this act extend not to thinhabitauntes straungers that nowe be or hereafter shal be in the vniuersytyes of Oxforde or Cambridge or within the sainctuarie of sainct Martins le graunde within the said citee of London Prouided alwais that if the said wardens of the said citie of Londō with a straunger or gouernour or gouernours of any citye or borough corporat within this realme refuse to make the wares of any straunger after that they be required so to marke that thā it shal be lawful to the same straunger or straungers to who such refusal shall be made to sel and put to sale his sayd wares so required to be marked refused this act notwithstanding Prouided also that this acte extende not to any other handicrafte than to the craftes of ioigners pouchmakers coupers and blacke smithes for or cōcerning the foresaid article of marking of wares of the said estrāgers Also that it shal be lawful to any lord of the parliamente and euery other of the kinges subiectes hauinge landes and tenementes to the yerely value of one C poundes to take retaine estraungers ioigners and glasiers in their seruice from tyme to tyme to and for the exersisyng with them their craftes this act notwithstanding ¶ An acte onccrnyng worstede weauers in Yarmouth Linne Ca. iii. BEcause it is discretely cōsidered in this presente parliament that the trew making draping of worsteds sais stamins is one of the most profitable occupacions of this realm And that the same worstedes saies and stamins truely and substancially made and wrought bene righte acceptable and commodious marchaundises as well in this realm of England as in other foreine regions and countries For establishmente and good order whereof dyuers good and lawdable estatutes actes ordinaunces

ANNO XIIII ET XV. HENRICI VIII THe Kynge our soueraygne lorde Henrye the viij after the conquest by the grace of God king of England and of Fraunce and lorde of Irelande at his parlyamente holden at London the xv day of April in the xiiii yeare of his moste noble reygne and from thence adiourned to Westminster the last day of Iuly the xv yeare of his sayde reigne and there holden to the honour of Almightye GOD and of holye Churche and for the wealthe and profytte of thys hys Realme by the assent of the lords spiritual and temporall the commons in thys presente parliament assembled by aucthoritye of the same hath doo to be ordeined made enacted certaine statutes and ordynaunces in maner and fourme folowing THE TABLE AN act concerninge brode white wollen clothes Cap. j. An act concerninge straungers artificers for takyng of apprentices Iourney men and couenaūt seruaunts Cap. ij An acte concernynge worstede weauers of Yarmouth and Lynne Cap. iij. An acte concerninge Englishmen veynge sworne to forreyne Prynces Cap. iiij ¶ An acte concernynge Physicions Cap. v. ¶ An acte concerninge the high waies in the wilde of Kent Cap. vj. ¶ An act for shoting in crosbowes and handegonnes Cap. vij ¶ An act for the sixe clerkes of the Chaūcery to be maried Cap. viij ¶ An act cōcerninge the liberty of Cordewayners or shoomakers Ca. ix ¶ An act for huntinge of the Hare Cap. x. ¶ An act concerninge clothes called Vesses made in the countye of Suffolke Cap. xj ¶ An acte concernynge coyners that shall coyne and make money at any mint within this realme of Englande Cap. xij ¶ An act for the hauen and porte of Southampton Cap. xiij ¶ An act for such as be in the kinges warres ouer or vpon the sea Ca. xiiii FINIS TABVLAE HENRICH OCTAVI An acte concerning brode whyte wollen clothes Cap. i. FOr as much as marchaunt straūgers studiyng and ymagining the policies wayes and meanes sette aworke the people inhabited in forreine countreis and regions with by the commodityes of this realme and to bring the kinges naturall subiectes from occupacion to idlenes do dayly conveigh transporte and cary out of this realme of Enlande for theyr owne singular lucre a greate numbre of brode whyte wollē clothes to be coloured died and wrought in diuers and sondrie partes beyond the sea to the greate encrease comforte profit and aduauntage of the people inhabited in the saide outwarde and foren regions and to the vtter ruine decay impouerisshing and vndoyng of a greate numbre of the kynges owne naturall subiectes And for the effectuall furtherance of the sayd euell ententes and purposes in the premisses the said marchant strangers as well by colour of enhansyng of price of the sayde clothes for longe dayes of payment as by fayre promisses and subtill adulacyons haue herefore gottē and regrated into their handes an innumerable numbre of the sayd clothes vpon their credence amoūting vnto great summes of money farre exceding theire owne valours substance which sommes of money many and oftentimes they haue not paied according to their appointmentes whereby the makers of the said clothes subtilly cōpassed by and with their faire and flattering promisses haue sustayned importable losses to the greate impoueryshing of this the kynges owne realme and to the enriching of the regions and coūtreis of foreine princes ¶ For remedye wherof be it enacted by the kinge our soueraigne lord and the lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present parliament assembled and by auctoritie of the same that from the feast of saynt Mighell the archangell next comming no persō or persons inhabited with in this realme of what estate degree or condicion so euer he be of shall sell or deliuer or cause to be solde or deliuered within this realme by contracte couenaunt bargaine gifte or any of them or otherwyse to any marchaunt or marchauntes straūgers being borne in any of the partyes beyond the sea or els where out of the kinges obeisance or to any of his or their factoures deputies or attourneis straungers or Englyshmen to the vse of the sayde marchant or marchantes straūgers any maner of brode whyte wollen clothes made or hereafter to be made within this realme of Englande vpō peine to fortaite xl.s for euery clothe solde or deliuered after the sayd feaste of saynte Mighell contrary to the effect and forme of this present acte the one halfe of euery such forfayture to be to the vse of our soueraygne lorde the kyng the other halfe therof to be to the persone or persons other than the offender that will firste sue for the same by originall of debte bill playnte or informacion in any of the kynges courtes after the vsuall course of the lawes and customes of the realme In which sute or actiō the defendaunt of defendantes shall not be admitted to wage their law ne any Essoyne licence or protection shal be alowed ¶ Prouided alwaye that if any person or persons beyng the kinges naturall subiectes conueighe and bring or cause to be conueighed and brought any brode whyte wollen cloth or clothes to the common market kept and holden in Blackwelhal within the citye of London and do not ther cor els where bargaine vtter and sell the sayd cloth or clothes thither brought to or with some Englishe marchante or marchauntes within .viii. dayes next after the sayd cloth or clothes shal be brought and shewed to sell in the sayd market That than it shal be lefull to any suche person or persons immediately after the sayde .viii. dayes and not before to contracte bargaine vtter sell and deliuer his or their sayde cloth or clothes so brought and shewed at and in the sayd market as is before sayde and bring vnsold to any and euery marchaunt straunger or straungers beinge priuileged and hauing libertie to contract and bie wollen clothes freely and openly within the libertie of the sayd citie of Londō So that the said marchant or marchauntes straungers do pay and deliuer for the sayd cloth or clothes so by hym or them to be bought without couin or male ingin at and vpon the receit of the sayd cloth or clothes or within one moneth next ensuynge the sayd sale and deliuerie of the sayd cloth or clothes or within lesse tyme at the will of the seller therof all such hole and entier sommes of redy money or wares or redie mony and wares or any of them as was agreed contracted to be had for the sayde clothes by the sayde sellers or seller of them without any other or further respite or dayes of paimente to be had made or agreed in any behalfe any thing before contained in this present acte to the contrary thereof notwithstanding ¶ Prouided also that this present act or any thing therin contayned bee not in any wyse hurtful or preiudicial to any of the kinges subiectes for or concerning the deliuery of any suche wollen clothes to any marchaunt or marchauntes

our soueraige lord by the assent of his lordes spiritual and temporall and the commons in this present parliament assembled by auctoritie of the same that euery person and persons hauing landes tenementes hereditamentes fees anuities or other yerely profites in his owne right or in his wiues to the yerely value of one hundred poundes from hensforth may lawfully vse and shote in crosbowes and hand gonnes and in euery of them retayne and kepe the same Any thing contained in the acte made at a parliament holden at westminster in the sixt yere of the raygne of our soueraigne lord for reformacion of shotyng in crosbowes and hand gonnes and for keping of the same notwithstanding And further be it enacted by auctoritie aforesaid that al licences grauntes and placardes made by our sayde soueraigne lord to any person or persons before the .xx. day of August in the .xv. yere of his raigne for showting in crosbowes or hand gonnes or for kepynge of the same or any of them shal be from the feast of sainct Michael the archangel next comming vtterly voyd and of none effecte And be it further enacted by the auctoritie aforesayde that euery person not hauing in vse or possession landes teūtes fees annutties or other yerely profites to the yerely value of C. poundes as aforesayde offending contrary to the sayd acte made in the sayd .vi. yere shall forfaite for euery tyme that he shal so offende but onely xl.s and the crosbowes hand gonnes to he had recouered seased leuied according to the sayd former act any thing contained in the sayd former acte of or for any greater penalti notwithstanding And that it shal be leful to all Iustices of peace in their sessions and stewardes bailiffes in their leetes to enquire of euery person persones other than be prouided for by this present acte offending contrary to the said form●t acte of or for any great penalty notwithstanding ¶ And that it shall be lefull to all iustices of peace in their sessions and stewardes and bailiffes in their leetes to enquire of euery person persons other than be prouided for by this present acre offendinge contrary to the sayd former act that vpon all presentmentes had before iustices of peace in their sessions processes shal be made for leuiynge of the sayde xl.s to the kinges vse in such fourme and in lyke maner as is made vpon̄ enditemēts of riottes and vpon euery presentmente had in any leetes the lorde and owners of the leetes to leuie and haue the sayd penalty if xl.s by way of distresse accion of dette or otherwise in the which the offender shal not be admitted to wage his law ne any essoyne or protection to be alowed ¶ And be it further enacted by auctoritye afore sayde that no lordes or owners of leetes beare or mayntaine any of their tenauntes or seruauntes within the iurisdiction of their leetes to do or offend contrary to the sayd former act vpon peine to forfane for euery time so doing xl.s the one halfe therof to the king our soueraigne lorde and the other halfe to the parti that wil sue for the same by action of dette byl plaint or informacion in which sute no wager of law ne essoyne or protection shal be alowed or admitted The olde act in al other poyntes not otherwise prouided for in this acte to be of force and effecte ¶ An act concerning the six clerkes of the Chauntery to be maried Cap. viii IN most humble wise besecheth your trew faithful subiectes dayly seruauntes the sixe clerkes of your high courte of Chaūcerie that wheras of olde tyme accustomed hath bene vsed in the said court the al maner clerkes and ministers of the same courte wryting to the great sease shold be vnmaried except onlye the clerke of the crowne so that as wel the coursetoures other clerkes as the sixe clerkes of the said Chauncerie wear by the same custome estrained from mariage wherby all those that contrarye to the same dyd mary were no longer suffered to write in the said Chauncery not onely to their great hinderance losing therby the benefite of their longe studie and tedious laboures and peines in youthe takine in the sayd court by also to the great decaye of the trew course of the sayd court ¶ And for as muche as the sayde custome taketh no place nor vsage but onely in the office of the sayde sixe clerkes but that it is permitted and suffered for maintenance of the sayd courte that as wel the said coursetoures as the other clerkes aforesaid may and doe take wiues and mary at their lybertye after the lawes of holy churche and of longe tyme haue so done without interruption or left of any person It may therefore please your highness of your most aboundant grace with the assent of the lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present parlyamente assembled and by auctoritye of the same in consideration of the premisses ●nd also for that the sayd custome is not groūded vpon any law to ordeine enacte and establishe that Iohn Treuerthen Rycharde Welles Oliuer ●…der Iohan Croke Wyllyam Iessen and Iohn Lemsey nowe beynge in the office of the sixe clerkes of the Chauncery euery of them and all other whiche in time to come shal be in the same office euery of them may and do take wiues mary at their liberty after the laws of holy churche And that they and euery of them so maryed maye haue holde and enioyne their sayd office of sixe clerkes in as ample large and like manner as they did or should do before the sayd espouselles or as if they had neuer ben maried the sayd custome or any other custome or ordinaunce heretofore had or made to the contrary notwithstandinge Prouided alwaye that by any thinge in this acte conteined the maister of the Rolles for the time being be not preiudiced either in the geuing and disposicion of the sayde offices from time to time as hath beene heretofore accustomed the forfaiture of that office by reason of mariage onely excepte And that the sayd officers which nowe be hereafter shal be do geue such attendance vnto the sayd maister of the Rolles for the tune being as heretofore in the sayd offices hath bene accustomed ¶ An act cōcerninge the liberty of Cordwainers or showmakers Cap. ix PRaien the commons in this presente parliament assembled that where in the parliament holden at Westmin in the fourth yere of the reigne of the excellēt prince of famous memory Edward the .iiij. late kinge of Englande your noble graunfather among other things it was ordeined established and enacted that no person cordwainer of the city of London or within three myles next about the same vpon any sonday of the yeare in the feastes of the Natiuity or Ascencion of our lord or Corpus Christi should sell commaund or make to be solde any showes bootes or galeges or vpon any of the sayd sondaies or