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city_n	esquire_n	john_n	robert_n	7,993	5	10.4722	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22992	Anno primo & secundo Philippi & Mariæ actes made at a Parliament, begon and holde[n] at Westminster, the xij. daye of Nouember, in the fyrste and seconde yeare of the reigne of our soueraygne lorde and lady Philip and Mary, by the grace of God, Kinge & Quene of England, Fraunce, Naples, Jerusalem, and Ireland, defendours of the fayth, princes of Spayne and Cycilie, archedukes of Austria, dukes of Myllayn, Burgondie, and Braband, counties of Haspurge, Flau[n]ders and Tyroll, and there continued and kept to the dissolution of the same, beynge the xvi. day of Januarye then next ensuynge, were enacted as foloweth.; Laws, etc.	England and Wales.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1553-1558 : Mary I)	1555 (1555)	STC 9447.9; ESTC S1983	63,068	70

queene for euerye such writte and writtes fiue poundes ¶ An act for the makyng of russel sattens sattens reuerses and fustian of Naples in Norwiche ¶ The .xiiii. Chapter WHere of late yeres passed russels called russels sattēs and sattens reuerses haue bene practised to be made beyonde the seas of the wolles bredde in the county of Norfolke and by reason therof so great quantytye of the sayde russelles sattens sattens reuerses haue ben brought into this realme solde worne aswel in euery part of this realme as in the partes beyonde the seas that thereby the mysteries of worstedes makynge and weuynge whereby marchauntes and inhabitauntes of the citye of Norwiche haue heretofore ben wel maynteyned and relieued is now at this present ●lmost wholy decayed and brought out of estimation and verye lyt●●e worne either within this realme or in any other forreyne realms to the great hynderance and decay of the sayde cytye and Citezens of the same citye For remedy wherof Thomas Marsham Maiour o● the citie of Norwiche Iohn Corbet Esquier Austen Stewarde Robert Leche Robert Rugge Iohn Ball and Alexander Mather Aldermen of the sayd citie Thomas Whal Thomas Pecke Raphe Marsham Robert Henry Iohn Sutton Rycharde Tomson Cytezins and marchauntes of the sayd citye at their great costes and charges aswel in brynging of certayn strangers from the partes beyonde the seas into the sayd citie as also in makyng of Lombes and all other prouision for the same and also haue called vnto them eight persons of the most discrete and worthy men of the misterye of Worstede weuyng within the sayd citie that is to saye Iohn Cooke Iames Lyn Iohn Crosse Simō Pe●it Iohn Marshal Roger L●cke Edmond Barker and Edmonde Selers beynge the number of .xxi persons which haue not only made Russels Sattens and Sattens ●euerses and fustian o● Naples within the said citie of Norwich of 〈◊〉 wolles but also haue learned taughte other citezins and in 〈…〉 auntes of the said citie to make the same in such good and perfect maner that much better Russels Sattens Sattens reuerses and fu●●●a● of Naples and such lyke and for easier prices be now at this present wrought and made within the sayd citie then hertofore hath ben or nowe be made in anye of the parties beyonde the seas whereby the said citie and inhabitauntes therof maye and be lyke agayn● to be relieued and broughte to the olde estate to the greate aduauncement of the commodities of this realme and enrichynge the ●ame yf some good and polityke lawes and ordinaunces were made fo● the good continuaunce of the true makynge of the sayde Russels Sattens Sattens Reuerses and Fustian of Naples and suche lyke In consideration whereof be it enacted by the assent of the kynge and quenes hyghnes the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons of this present Parliament assembled and by thauctorytie of the same that the saide russels sattens and sattens reuerses fustian of Naples hereafter to be made only wythin the sayd city may from henceforth ●er● the name and be called by the name of Norwiche sattens and Norwich fustians and that the maior and the afore mencioned citezens of the same citie ▪ which before thys tyme hath ben at the costes and charges of the bringyng of the sayd strangers into the same city for the makyng of the sayd russels sattens sattens reuerses and fustians of Naples and such the afore mencioned eyght persons that they haue called vnto them shal be a felowshyp of thēselfes and shal yerely the thyrd daye of February choose of theyr felowes foure wardens within the guilde hall of the sayd citie or anye other common and conuenient place in the same cytye and the same wardens so beynge choosen shall stande and be wardens of the same felowshyp duryng one whole yeare next ensuing the said election that the same wardeynes after the sayd election shal come before the maior of the sayd city for the tyme being yerely the mondaye next after the saide thyrde daye of February and before the sayde maior shal be sworne diligently to viewe search and see al the russels sattens sattens reuerses and fustian of Naples then made or that shal be made within the sayd citie duryng the sayd yeare And suche of the sayde russels sattens sattens reuerses fustian of Naples as shal apeare and be demed by them to be lawfully truely workmanly wrought shal seale with a seale of leade bearing the armes of the citie of Norwiche wherby it may be knowen to the marchaunt or buyer of them that the same be allowed and truly made And that also it may be enacted by the auctorytye aforesayd that the sayd wardens and felowshyp shal be a bodye corporate and to be named and be enabled by this act to sue and be sued and to geue and to take by the name of wardeynes and felowshyppe of the mysterye of russel sattens sattens reuerses and fustian of Norwiche makyng within the sayd citye of Norwiche And yf any defaulte at any tyme shal be founde in any of the sayd russels sattens sattens reuerses fustian of Norwich or in any of them by the sayd wardeynes that the same default shal be reformed and the offendour or offendours therin to be punished according to such rules and ordinaunces as hereafter from time to tyme shal be made within the sayd city by the maior of the sayd city for the tyme beyng and by the sayde foure wardeynes and the felowshyp of the sayde occupation or mysterye or the greatest number of the sayd felowshyppe for and concernynge the same and that the same defaultes from time to time as occasion shal serue shal be enquired of tried before the maior of the sayd cytye of Norwiche for the time beynge by the othes of twelue honeste menne of the foresayde felowshyppe And that the sayde foure wardeynes so chosen and sworne shal haue full power auctorytye to doo execute present and reforme all and singuler thyng and thinges of for and concernyng the sayd mysterie makyng workyng and occupiynge of the said russels sattens sattens reuersers fustian of Norwich with in the sayde citie in such maner and forme as in or by the sayde ordynances shal be expressed and declared and that ●t al tymes hereafter and from time to time it shal lawfull to the Maior of the sayde cytye for the tyme beyng and to the before named felowshyp wardeynes of the same mysterie and the more part of them to their successors to make and ordeyne from time to time rules lawes ordinaunces mete and necessary for the good order and gouernance of the sayd mystery and for the true and wel makyng of the sayd russels sattens sattens reuerses and fustian of Norwiche and the same ordinances so made to be at al tymes obeyed by al thin habitaunce of the said city or ●uburbes of the same to be put in due execution by the said maior wardeyns and their successors for the time beyng