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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
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
A22993	Anno primo et secu[n]do Philippi & Mariæ actes made at a Parliament begon and holden at Westminster, the xij day of Noue[m]ber, in the fyrst and second year of the reigne of Our Soueraigne Lorde and Lady, Philippe and Marye by the grace of God, Kinge and Quene of England, Fraunce, Naples, Jerusalem, and Irelande, defendours of the faith, princes of Spayne & Sicile, archdukes of Austria, dukes of Millaine, Burgondie and Brabant, counties of Haspurge, Flaunders, and Tyrol, and there continued and kepte vntyll the dissolution of the same, beinge the xvj daye of January then next ensuing, were enacted as foloweth.; Laws, etc.	England and Wales.; Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558.; Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598.	1555 (1555)	STC 9448.3; ESTC S113142	63,051	69

wryteth any suche writtes not beyng signed as is aforesayde to forfayte to our sayde soueraygne lorde the kynge and the queene for euerye suche writte and writtes fiue poundes An act for the makyuge of russell sattens sattens reuerses and fustian of Naples in Norwiche The .xiiii. Chapter WHere of late yeres passed russelles called russels sattens and sattens reuerses haue bene practised to be made beyonde the seas of the wolles bredde in the countye of Norfolke and by reason thereof so greate quantytie of the sayde russelles sattens sattens reuerses haue bene brought into this Realme solde and worne as well in euery parte of thys Realme as in the partes beyond the seas that therby the mysteries of worstedes makynge and weauynge whereby marchauntes and inhabitauntes of the Citie of Norwiche haue here tofore bene well maynteyned and relieued is nowe at this present almost wholy decayed and broughte out of estimation and verye lyttle worne either within this realme or in any other forreyne realmes to the great hynderaunce and decaye of the sayde citye and Citezens of the same Citie For remedy whereof Thomas Marsham Maiour of the citie of Norwiche Iohn Corbet Esquier Austen Stewarde Robert Leche Robert Rugge Iohn Ball and Alexander Mather aldermen of the sayde citie Thomas Whale Thomas Pecke Raphe Marsham Robert Henry Iohn Sutton Rycharde Tomson Cytezins and marchauntes of the sayde Citie at theyr greate coastes and charges as well in bringynge of certayn strangers from the partes be yonde the seas into the sayd cytye as also in makinge of Lombes and all other pronision for the same and also haue called vnto them eyghte persons of the mooste discrete and worthy men of the misterye of Worstede weuinge within the sayd citie that is to saye Iohn Cooke Iames Lyn. Iohn Crosse Simon Petit Iohn Marshall Roger Lecke Edmunde Barker and Edmunde Selers beynge the number of .xxi. persons which haue not onely made Russels Sattens and Sattens Reuerses and fustian of Naples within the saide citie of Norwiche of Norfolke wolles but also haue learned and taught other citizens and inhabitauntes of the said citie to make the same in suche good and perfect maner that muche better Russels Sattens Sattens reuerses and fustian of Naples and suche lyke and for easyer pryces be now at thys present wrought and made within the sayd citie then heretofore hath bene or nowe be made in anye of the partyes beyonde the seas whereby the said citie and inhabitauntes therof maye and be in lyke agayne to be relieued and bronghte to the olde estate to the greate aduauncement of the commodytyes of thys realme and enrichynge the same yf some good and polytyke lawes and ordynaunces were made for the good continuaunce of the true makynge of the sayde Russeles Sattens Sattens Reuerces and Fustyan of Naples and suche lyke In consideration whereof be it enacted by the assent of the kynge and queenes hyghnes the Lordes spyrytuall and temporall and the commons of this present Parlyament assembled and by thauctoritie of the same that the saide russels sattens and sattens reuerses and fustian of Naples hereafter to be made only within the sayd citie maye from henceforth beare the name and be called by the name of Norwiche sattens and Norwiche fustians and that the maior and the afore mentioned citezens of the same citie which before this tyme hath ben at the costes and charges of the bringing of the sayde straungers into the same citie for the making of the sayd russels sattens sattens reuerses and fustians of Naples and suche the afore mentioned eyght persons that they haue called vnto them shal be a felowshyp of them selfes and shall yerely the thyrd daye of Februarye choose of theyr felowes foure wardens within the guilde hall of the sayde citie or anye other common and conuenient place in the same Cytie and the same wardens so beynge choosen shall stande and be wardens of the same felowshyp during one whole yeare next ensuing the said election that the same wardeynes after the sayd election shall come before the maior of the sayd citie for the tyme being yerely the mondaye nexte after the sayde thirde daye of Februarye and before the sayde maior shal be sworne diligentlye to viewe searche and see al the russels sattens sattens reuerses and fustian of Naples then made or that shal be made within the sayd citie durynge the sayde yeare And suche of the sayde russels sattens sattens reuerses and fustian of Naples as shal apeare and be demed by them to be lawfully truely and workmanly wrought shall seale with a seale of leade bearyng the armes of the cytie of Norwiche wherby it may be knowen to the marchaunt or buyer of them that the same be allowed and truely made And that also it maye be enacted by the auctoritie aforesayde that the sayd wardens and felowshippe shal be a bodye corporate and to be named and be enabled by this acte 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 makynge within the said cytye of Norwiche And yf any defaulte at anye tyme shal be founde in any of the sayd russels sattens sattens reuerses fustian of Norwiche or in any of them by the sayde wardeynes that the same default shal be reformed and the offendour or offendoures therein to be punished accordinge to such rules and ordinaunces as hereafter from time to time shal be made within the said citie by the maior of the sayd city for the tyme beynge and by the sayde foure wardeynes and the felowshyppe of the sayde occupation or misterye or the greatest number of the sayde felowshyppe for and concernynge the same and that the same defaultes from time to tyme as occasyon shall serue shal be enquyred of and tried before the maior of the said cytye of Norwiche for the tyme beynge by the othes of twelue honeste menne of the foresayde felowshyppe And that the sayde foure wardeynes so chosen and sworne shall haue full power auctoritye to doo execute presente and reforme all and singuler thynge and thinges of for and concernynge the sayd mysterie makyng workyng and occupiynge of the said russels sattens sattens reuerses and fustian of Norwich with in the sayde citie in such maner and fourme as in or by the sayde ordynances shal be expressed and declared and that at all tymes hereafter and from tyme to time it shal be lawful to the Maior of the sayde cytie for the tyme being and to the before named felowshyp and wardeyns of the same mysterie and the more parte of theim to theyr successors to make and ordeyne from time to time rules lawes and ordinances mete and necessary for the good order and gouernaunce of the sayde mystery and for the true and wel makyng of the sayd russels sattens sattens reuerses and fustian of Norwiche and the same ordinaunces so made to be at all times obeied by al thinhabitaunce of