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A06312	Anno quarto Henrici octaui. These be the statutes established in diuers Parlyaments, for the mistery of the pewterers of London and concerning the search of pewter, brasse, and vntrue beames and weights, and for deceiuable hawkers, with diuers other orders and redresses to be had in the sayd mystery, with the renewing and confirming of the same statutes,; Public General Acts. Selections: Pewterers.	England and Wales.; Wood, Thomas, fl. 1593.; Mayor, William.; Hyll, Walter.	1593 (1593)	STC 16783; ESTC S107729	11,348	24

ANNO QVARTO Henrici octaui HONI SOIT QVI MALO Y PENSE These be the Statutes established in diuers Parlyaments for the mistery of the Pewterers of London and concerning the search of pewter brasse and vntrue beames and weights and for deceiuable Hawkers with diuers other orders and redresses to be had in the sayd mystery with the renewing and confirming of the same Statutes ¶ An acte made the fourth yeere of our Soueraigne Lord King Henry the viij concerning Pewterers and true weights and Beames the vij chapter FOR as much as a certaine Acte was made and stablished in the Parlyament holden at Westminster the xix of the raigne of the last most famous King your Father Henry the vij whom GOD pardon concerning Pewterers and Brasiers hawking and walking about the Countryes and also concerning false Beames Scales and Weights with a prouision for casting of fine Mettall and of perfect goodnesse which acte was made to endure to the next Parliament the tennor whereof insueth That where many simple and euill disposed persons of thys your Realme of England vsing the sayd crafts daily go about this your Realme from village from Towne and from house to house aswel in woods and Forrests as other places to buy Pewter and Brasse And that knowing theeues and other pickers that steale aswell Pewter and Brasse belonging to your Highnesse and vnder your marke and to the Lordes spirituall and temporall as to other your Subiectes of thys your Realme bring soch stolen vessels to them in such hid places to sell and sell it for little or nought and about they bring it to priuie places or into corners of Citties or Townes and there sel much part of it to straungers which carry it ouer the Sea by stealth Also the sayde persons so going about and diuers other vsing the sayde craftes vse to make newe vessels and to mixt good mettall and bad togethers and make it nought and sell it for good stuffe where in deede the stuffe and mettall thereof is not worth the fourth part that it is solde for to the great hurt deceyt and losse of your Subiects Nota. Also dyuers persons vsing the sayde crafts haue deceiueable and false Beames and Scales that one of them wyll stand euen with twelue pound weight at the one ende against a quarter of a pounde at the other ende to the singuler aduantage of themselues and to the great deceyt and losse of your Subiects buyers and sellers with them The ordinaunce For reformation of the premises it woulde please your Highuesse of your most aboundaunt grace with the aduise of your Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present Parlyament assembled and by the authoritie of the same to enact and stablish that no person nor persons vsing the sayde craft of Pewterers and Brasiers from henceforth shall sell or chaunge any Pewter or brasse newe or olde at any place or places within this your Realme but onely in open Fayers or Markets or in theyr own dwelling houses but if they be desired by the the buyers of such wares vppon paine of forfeiture to our Soueraigne Lorde the King Penalttie x. pound for euery such Default ten pounds Nota. Also by the same authority may it be established that no person nor persons of what condition or degree so euer hee or they bee from henceforth wythin the Cittie of London and Yorke or without eyther cast or worke any Pewter vessels or Brasse at any place or places within this your Realm but that it be as good fine mettall as is the Pewter and brasse cast and wrought after the perfect goodnesse of the same within the Cittie of London and by the statutes of the same ought to be vpō payne of forfeiture of all such Pewter and Brasse so cast and wrought of worse Pewter or Brasse than ought to be wrought in the same Citties The one halfe of euery such forfeiture to bee to the vse of your Highnesse and the other halfe to the vse of the finders therof Prouision Prouided alwayes that thys forfeyture in no wise extend to brasse or pewter being in the possession of any person other than the workers of the same or such as haue the same to sell and beeing of the craftes or mistery Nota. Also that it may by the same authoritie be enacted and stablished that no maner of person or persons of what degree or condition soeuer hee or they be frō hence forth make no hollowe wares of Pewter That is to say Saltes and Pots that is made of pewter called ley mettall but that it may bee after the assyse of pewter ley mettall wrought within the Cittie of London Penaltie And that the makers of such wares shall marke the same with seuerall markes of theyr owne to the intent that the makers of such wares shall auowe the same wares by them as is abouesayd to bee wrought And that all and euery such wares not sufficiently made and wrought and not marked in fourme aboue saide founden in the possession of the same maker or seller to bee forfeited Penaltie And if the same ware be sold the saide maker to forfeit the value of the same so vnlawefully wrought and sold the one halfe of the saide wares or the value thereof to be to the vse of your Hignesse and the other half to be to the vse of the finders or searchers of the same Beams weights Also that it may by the same authoritie be enacted and stablished that if any person or persons heereafter vsing buying and selling of Pewter or brasse that hereafter occupy and deceaueable or false beames or weights of the said wares that euery such person or persons vsing or occupying such deceiuable vntrue beames or weights to forfeit twentie shillings the one halfe to the King and the other halfe to the party that therefore shall sue by action of debt And that in the sayde action no protection nor essoyne shall bee allowed And also the sayde party so offending shall forteit hys Beame to him that shall sease it And if the saide offender or offenders be not sufficient to pay the sayd somme or sommes by them so forfeited that then it shall be lawful to the Mayors Baylifs or other head Officers of such place or places where any such offenders shal be found to put them in the Stockes and them so to keepe till the next Market day next adioyning and in the Market place to put them in the Pillory all the Market time And furthermore that it be lawfull by the sayd authoritie Search that the Maister and Wardaines of the sayd craft of Pewterers within euery Cittie or Borough of this Realme where such wardaines are And where no such wardaines are the head officers or gouernours of the same Cittie or Borough to appoint certaine persons most expert in the knowledge of the same to make search wythin the said Citties or boroughs where they dwel And ouer this the Iustices of

peace wythin euery shire at the generall Sessyons holden at Michaelmas shall assigne and appoynt two certayne persons hauing experience therin to make search in the premises in euery part of the shire as wel within the franchise as without sauing in Citties or boroughs where searthers be appointed by the heads or gouernours of the same And that all such vnlawfull pewter or brasse as the sayde searchers shall finde the one halfe to the vse of your Grace and the other halfe to the searchers And that in the default of the sayde Maisters and Mardaines of the saide occupations not searching in forme as is aforesaid and whereby that any such vnlawfull Mettall is cast or made or vnlawfull weightes vsed that then it shal be lawful to any person or persons hauing sufficīet cunning knowledge in the saide occupations by ouersight of the Maiors Baylifs or head Officers of the said Citties and boroughs and townes to search all the saide places and to put those saide authoritie and acte in execution in forme aforesaide Please it therefore your Grace and wisdomes in so much as the said act is thought good and profitable that it bee ordayned enacted and established by the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present Parlyament assembled and by the authoritie of the same that the saide acte may endure for euer For true mettallct workmanship And ouer that it bee enacted by the said authority that if any vntrue or deceiuable mettall or workmanship of Tinne or Pewter bee founden eyther in Platters Chargers Dishes Sawcers Potengers Trenchers Basons Flagons Bottles Pottes Saltsellers Goblers Spoones Cruets or Candlestickes or in any other such wares of Tinne or Pewter where soeuer it bee cast made or wrought within this Realme or without and brought to bee solde wythin the same Realme That then it shall bee lawfull to the Mayor of the Cittie of London and the Mayster and Wardaynes of the craft of Pewterers of the sayd Cittie for the time being and theyr deputyes to haue search of the same within the cittie of London and the suburbes of the same and that in all other Citties Boroughs and Townes where any Mardaines be or shal be the Mayors Baylifs or head Officers and Mardaines to haue like authoritie And where no Mardaynes be then the head Officers or gouernours of the same Citties Boroughs and Townes to appoint certaine persons most expert cunning in knowledge of the same to make search within the sayd citties Boroughs and Townes where they dwell Pewter being defectiue to be forfeited And if any such new wares wrought of Tin and Pewter as is aforesayd be found defectiue and being in the possession of the seller that then the same person or persons that putteth any such new wares of pewter to sale shal forfeit the same wares the one half to the vse of our Soueraigne Lord the King and the other halfe to the searchers or finders of the same Prouision Prouided alway that this act concerning the forfeiture be not preiudiciall or hurtfull to any persō or persons hauing graunt of our Soueraigne Lord the King or of any of his noble Progenitors by his letters pattents of such forfeiture but that they and euery of them shal haue enioy the same according to their former graunts and liberties An Acte concerning Pewterers made in the xxv yeere of the reigne of our Soueraigne Lord King Henry the eyght in the minth Chapter Peticion IN theyr most lamentable wise showen and pitteously complaine vnto the Kings most royall Maiestie to this most high Courte of Parliament the Kings most humble poore and obeysaunt subiects the Maister wardaines poore fellowship of the craft mistery of Pewterers as wel of the Citty of London as of all other places within thys Realme of England that where the said craft or mistery before this time hath been one of the best handicrafts within this Realme which hath not onely growen and contiuued by meane of diuers good acts and statutes made for the true exercise of the same whereof one was made in the xir yeere of the Kings most renowmed Father whose soule God pardon And one other was made in the fourth yeere of the Kings most victerious raign concerning the crafts of Pewterers and Brasiers of for the true making mixting and selling of good and true pewter and brasen vessels And also for exercising and vsing of true weights and beames to be occupyed by the sellers of any such pewter or brasen vessels within thys Realme so that none of the Kings Subiects nor any other person should by any sale of any false mixed brasen and pewter vessell or any vntrue weights bee deceiued as by the sayde statutes more plainely dooth appeare Which good Statutes duely put in execution hath caused the saide craft to encrease and multiplye to the great profite and vtilitie of a great number of the Kings Subiects and the commoditie of pewter vessell much to be had in reputation in all straunge Regions and Countreys vntill now of late diuers euill disposed persons beeing the Kings Subiects borne which haue been apprentises and brought vp in the exercise of the sayde crafte of Pewterers haue nowe of late for their singular lucre repayred into straunge Regions and Countreys and there doo exercise the saide craft of Pewterers teaching straungers not onely the cunning of mixting and forging of all manner of Pewter vessell but also doo teach all thinges belonging to the sayde craft of Pewterers By meanes whereof there is not onely brought daylie into this Realme out of strange Regions to bee solde great number of thinges made of Pewter vntruely mixted and made of Tinne where with the Kings Subectes bee daihe deceiued and the people of strange Countries greatly instructed in the cunning of the said craft of Pewterers in such wise that thereby not onely a great number and quantity of pewter vessel and other things of pewter made in diuers sorts and fashions amounting to a great value which was dayly and continually wont to bee carryed and conueied out of this Realme by Merchants into straunge Regions and Countries and there to be sold and vended Whereby the commoditie of Tin made into Pewter vessell which hath bin had in great estimation as things very necessary and commodious the kings customes thereby much aduaunced is nowe lyke vtterly to cease and decay and not to bee esteemed as heere to fore hath beene but also the sayde craft of Pewterers which at this day setteth and keepeth in worke and occupation a great number of people shal be be vtterly vndone And a great multitude of the Kings natural subiects thereby fall into idlenes to the great impouerishment of this Realme if speedy remedy for the redresse of the premises bee not prouided In tender consideration wherof and for reformation of the premisses Any manner of Pewter wrought out of this Realm to be forfeited it may please your highnesse by the assent of