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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

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

feastes should put vpon the foote or legges of any person or persōs any showes boot●… or galeges vpon peine to forfaite and lose twenty shillynges sterlitge as often and whansoeuer any person shoule doe contrary to the sayd ordinaunce or any parcell thereof And where by the same estatute it is ordeyned and prouyded that the same acte should not extende to the domage or preiudice nor any manner be hurtefull or preiudiciall to the Deane and Chapiter for the time beinge of the free chapell of the kynge of Sainct Martins le graunde of London nor to any person or persons Dwellinge Abidinge or Beinge within any place or places in sainct Martyns lane in London or wythin any place or places within the precincte fee or fraunchyse of the sayde Deane or of the sayde Deane and chapiter Wherefore to the honour of almighty god and to the intent that the kinges subiectes may be hereafter at their liberty as well as the sayd inhabitauntes within the liberties and precinct of the said sainct Martines the graund be it enacted by the auctority of this presente parliament that the sayd estatute made in the parliament holden at westminster in the sayd fourth yere of the reigne of kinge Edwarde the fourth stande and be from henceforth vtterly voyde and of none effect ¶ An act concenigne the huntinge of the Hare Cap. x. FOr as muche as our soueraygne lorde the kynge and other noble men of thys realme of Englande before this time hathe vsed and exercised the game of huntynge of the Hare for their dysporte and pleasure whyche game is nowe decayed and almooste vtterly dystroied for that that diuers persons in dyuers partyes of thys Realme by reason of the trasinge in snow haue killed and destroied and dayly do kill and dystroy the same Hares by x.xij or .xvj. vpon a daye to the dyspleasure of our said soueraigne lorde the kinge to other noble men of this his realme Wherefore be it enacted by our sayd soueraigne lorde by the lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in thys presente Parlyamente assembled and by auctoritye of the same that no person or personnes of what estate degree or condicion they be from hēceforth trace distroye and kill no Hare in snow with any dogge bytche nor otherwyse And that the Iustice of the peace within euery shire at euery sessions of the peace and stewardes of leetes shall haue full auctority anb power to power to enquyre of such offenders And after such inquisitions found the sayd Iustices of the peace stewardes of leetes for euery Hare so killed shall seasse vpon euery such offender vi.s.viij.d to be forfaited to our sayd soueraygne lorde that shall be so founden by the Iustices of peace in their sessions the forfaiture found in euery leete to be to the lorde of the leete ¶ An acte concerninge clothes called Vesses made in the county of Suffolke Cap. xj HVmbly shewen vnto your highnes your true subiectes clothiers of your Coūty of suffolke that where in the sixte yere of your most noble reigne it was is enacted amōges other thinges cōcerninge making of cloth the any person or persons shall not put any cloth to sale which whan it is full wet shall shrinke more than one yard in length one quarter of a yard in bredth for the more part therof and clothes called narrowes or straits after the rate vpō peine to forfaite for euery cloth otherwise put to sale vi.s.viij.d beside to deduct of his price for the same to be rebated to the bier therof as muche after the rate as the same cloth so otherwise put to sale beinge full wette shal be shronke more than one yarde of that it was in lengthe time of the same sale and as it shall beynge wette lacke of the bread of one yarde three quarters of a yard And in the same act was and is a prouiso made after the forme folowing Prouyded alwaye that this acte extende not to wollen clothes called kendalles nor clothes called carpenell whytes commonly made for lyning of hosen nor to any clothes called Tostockes made in the countye of Deuonshyre nor to any wollen clothes made in the county of Cornewall nor for any Cottons or plaine lininge or frise made or to bee made in wales Lancasshyre and Chesshyre or any of them So it is moste gracious soueraigne lorde that Vesses otherwise called Set clothes of diuers colours be made in your sayde county of Suffolke which be made to be worne and be worne in farre coūtreis not in Englande and be of small prices not aboue xl.s. a clothe that doe not holde the length nor breadth whan they be wet which the byers do know wel whā they bie them so that therin is no deceite which clothes in the thirde yeare of the reigne of your most noble father kinge Henry the seuenth were prouided for so that they might lawfully be solde without any penalty or forfayture though they lacked in length or breadth whan they were full wet and so they haue vsed to do time out of minde And in the prouiso made in the sayde acte of the sixte yeare of youre moste noble reygne they were forgetten not prouided for which should be to the vtter impoueryshinges of the clothiers of your sayde county and all other that be wrought by reason of clothe makinge wythin the sayde countye of Suffolke if no remedy should be therfore prouided Wherefore your humble subiectes humbly beseech your highnes that it be enacted by all the lordes spirituall and temporall and all the commons in this present Parliament assembled with your most royall assente to the same that all clothes called Vesses otherwise called Sette clothes what colour so euer they be of not beynge aboue the value of xl.s a clothe shall not be forfait for that they lacke in length breadth whan they be full wet after the iale of them afore this time made or hereafter be made The sayd act made in the sixte yere of your most noble reigne or any other acte heretofore made to the contrary notwithstandinge An act concerning coiners that shall coine and make any money at any mint within this realme of Englande Ca. xij BE it enacted by the kynge our soueraigne lorde and the lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present parliament assembled and by auctoritye of the same that all suche coiners as shall coyne and make any money at any mint with in thys Realme of Englande shall make and coyne of euerye hundred poundes woorthe of Goolde that they shall strycke into coyne xx.li. in the coyne of halfe angelles commonly called peeces of golde of xl.d And of euery hundred poundes worthe of Bullyon Plate or Siluer that they shall strike into coyne as many grotes as shall amount to the summe of fifty poundes sterlinge as many halfe grotes called pence of two pence as shall amounte to the summe of xx.li sterlinge as many pence as shall amounte to

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

heretofore haue bene made and enacted and namely in a parliament holden at westminster the third day of Iune in the seuenth yere of the raygne of the late kinge of famous memory Edward the fourth Sithē which parliamente the makyng of the sayd worstedes sais and stamins hath much encreased bene multiplyed in the citye of Norwiche and in dyuers townes places in the countie of Norffolke And because the townes of great Yarmouth and Linne in the sayd countye ben townes corporated and the inhabitauntes of the same townes now dayly pratise and vse the making and draping of the sayd clothes of worstedes saies and stamins more busely and diligently than they haue done in tymes paste to whom it is peinefull and costly to transporte and conueighe their said clothes to the said citie of Norwich or to places within the sayd county of Norffolke which ben farre distaunt from ether of the said townes to be serched and sealed by the wardens of the worsted weauers of the same citye of Norwick or county according to the sayd act of parliament made the sayd vii yere of kinge Edwarde the fourthe It is therfore ordeined established and enacted by the king out soueraigne lord and by the lordes spiritual and temporall the commons in this presente parliament and by auctoritye of the same that the craftes men called worsted weauers inhabited in the sayde towne of greate yarmouth shall haue power and auctoritye by this present acte frō henceforth to elect and chose yerely for euer in the munday next after the feaste of penticost one honest man of the same misterie and occupacion being and househoulder within the sayd towne of great yarmouth hauing of his proper goodes and cattells to the value of x.li at the least or landes tenementes to his owne vie of the estate of freehold at the least to the clere yerely value of xx.s to be warden of the same craft misterie for the yere next ensuing which mā so elected and chosē shall personally appear before the mayre of the said citie of Norwich for the tyme being the monday next after the feast of Corpus Cristi than next ensuing than and there to be sworne and charged by lyke othe cōcerning the trew and substancial making of the said clothes within the said towne of great Yermouth as the foure wardens of the saide citie of Norwyche by vertue of the sayd acte or parliament made in the said vii yere of king Edwarde the iiii bene charged and sworne for the same citye of Norwich And if the said maire happē to be absent the said monday after Corpus Christi or els than refuseth to receiue or take the said othe than the said warden so elect within foure daies next after the same munday shall come before the bayliffes of the said towne of great yarmouth for the tyme being or before one of them the other being absent than and their receiue a corporal othe for the trew exercising of the same office of wardenship after the tenour of the othe accustomably vsed to be geuen to the said wardens of the said citie of Norwich And thā the said wardē of the said towne of great Yarmouth for that tyme being so electe sworne may ordaine apoynt a seale with this letter Y. to be grauē in the same seale and maye haue full power and auctoritye to view serche cease seale in lead with the same seale so to be appoynted engrauen none other all worstedes saies stamins within the sayd towne of yarmouth suburbes of the same made or to bee made not els where in as large ample maner as the sayd wardēs of the said citye of Norwich wardens of the said countye of Norff. or any of thē hath or haue within the sayd citye or countie or in any wise may doe in that behalfe by auctoritee or vertue of the before remembred act made in the sayd vii yere of king Edward the fourth any thing in the same act cōtained to the cōtrary notwithstanding ¶ And that no person inhabited within the said towne of great yarmouth or suburbes therof weaue any worstedes saies or stamins within the same towne exepte he be an English mā borne and haue bē apprentise to the sayd occupaciō and without he weaue ther suche proper marke as shal be limitted and appoynted by the saide warden of the said towne for the time being elect and sworne as is afore said vpon peine of forfayture therof to the king our soueriagne lord And that euery warden of the said towne shal limitte destincte and seuerall markes to euery of the said worstede weauers of the same towne of great yarmouth the same markes by the said warden to be regestred in aboke ¶ And also be it enacted by the auctoritee aforesayd that if and whatsoeuer hereafter the said towne of Linne shal be inhabited with ten sondri housholders or more number of houshoulders exercising vsing the sayde crafte or misterie of worsted weauers thā and from thensforth that is to saye as long as the same towne of Linne shal be inhabited with the number of tē such housholders at the least it shall be lefull to the same inhabitauntes of the sayd towne of Linne yerely in the munday next after the feast of Pentecost to electe and choose of them selfe one warden of the sayd crafte and misterie of worstede weauers to be of the value in landes goodes as is beforesaide of the warden of yarmouth which warden so electe shall yerely be sworne and charged at the sayd citye of Norwich in lyke maner and at lyke daye as is before limitted to the wardens of yarmouthe Or in defaute of the sayde mayre of Norwich than the sayde warden so to be electe for the sayd towne of Linne to take a corporal othe before the maire of the said towne of Lynne within suche tyme and after suche fourme as is before limited vnto the warden of yarmouth And that the sayd warden of the sayd towne of Linne or the tyme being so electe and sworne by him selfe may ordeine apoinct a seale with this letter L. to be grauen in the same seale and may haue full power auctoritye to viewe serche cease and seale in lead with the same seale so to be engrauen and with none other all worstedes saies and stamins within the sayde towne of Linne and suburbes of the same made or to be made and not els where in as large and ample maner as the sayd warden of the Citye of Norwich and Wardens of the sayde county of Norff. or any of them hath or haue within the sayd City of countye or otherwise may do by auctority or vertue of the before remembred act made in the sayd .vij. yere of kinge Edward the fourth any thing conteined in the same act to the contrary notwithstanding And that no person enhabited within the sayd towne of Linne or suburbes therof make any worstedes saies or

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