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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74400	An act for regulating the making of stuffs in Norfolk and Norwich. Die Jovis, 14 Novembr. 1650. Ordered by the Parliament, that this Act be forthwith printed and published. Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.	England and Wales. Parliament.	1650 (1650)	Thomason E1061_29; ESTC R209270	4,986	11

respective Yarns shall pay unto the Wardens of the said Corporation or one of them to and for the use of the Poor of the said Corporation within Forty days after the same Fine shall be so set or in default thereof the said Wardens shall put to sale the said Yarns rendring the Overplus to be raised by sale thereof unto the said Owners upon demand And it is hereby further Enacted and Ordained That if the said Yarn shall not be presented and found by a Iury of Twelve men as aforesaid to be defective as aforesaid so as the same shall appear to be seized without just cause as aforesaid That then he or they that shall so seize the same shall forfeit to the Owner or Owners of the Yarn so seized the treble value of the Yarn so seized and three times so much Damages as he or they shall and may sustain by such Seizure or by means or reason thereof The same to be adjudged and taxed by the Mayor of the said City of Norwich for the time being and be levyed by sale of the Offenders Goods by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of the Mayor of the City of Norwich for the time being if such Seizure shall be made within the said City of Norwich or County of the same And if such Seizure shall be made within the County of Norfolk The same to be adjudged and taxed by any one or more Iustices of the Peace within the said County of Norfolk and to be levyed by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of any one or more such Iustice or Iustices of the Peace of the said County of Norfolk And it is hereby further Enacted That all sorts of Stuffs whether wooven of Wooll onely or of Wooll and other Materials within the City and County of Norwich and County of Norfolk or either of them shall be under the Power Government and Regulation of the said Corporation in such maner as by this and other Acts of Parliament and the By-Laws made and to be made by vertue hereof are or shall be Established except such Stuffs as are under the Regulation of the Wardens and Fellowship of the Mystery of Russel Sattins Sattins Reverses and Fustian of Norwich making within the said City of Norwich And that all Stuffs made or to be made under the Regulation aforesaid before the same shall be offered or put to sale shall be brought to some convenient place or places within the said County of the City of Norwich and County of Norfolk to be appointed by the said Wardens or the more part of them to be viewed and searched by the said Wardens or any two of them and if the same shall be found to be well and sufficiently made and wrought according to the Rules and Ordinances of the said Corporation for the time being Then all such Stuffs shall be by the said Wardens or any two of them sealed and allowed accordingly without any Sum of Moneys paid or to be paid for the same And if upon search or view thereof any such Stuffs shall be found and appear to be defective contrary to the Rules and Ordinances of the said Corporation Then such defective Stuffs shall be seized by the said Wardens or any two of them And shall be from time to time ordered and brought to Tryal proceeded on and Fined in such maner and form as is in this present Act before limited and appointed for the defective Yarns aforesaid And if any person shall buy or sell any piece of Stuff made under the Regulation of this Corporation unsealed and being thereof convicted by his own Confession or the Oathes of two or more Witnesses before the Mayor of the said City of Norwich or his Deputy for the time being or before any Iustice of the Peace for the time being for the County of Norfolk who have hereby power to administer an Oath for that purpose the said person if he be a Buyer shall forfeit for every piece of Stuff so brought unsealed Four shillings and if a Seller for every piece so sold shall forfeit other Four shillings to the use of the Corporation aforesaid And if any person counterfeit any Seal of the said Wardens or Seal any piece of Stuff with any Seal as shall be counterfeited Every person so offending and being thereof convicted as aforesaid shall forfeit the Sum of Twenty pounds to and for the use of the Poor of the said Corporation which said Penalties and Forfeitures respectively shall be levyed by sale of the Goods and Chattels of the Offender or Offenders by warrant to be granted from the said Mayor or Iustice of Peace respectively before whom such Conviction shall be and for default of Goods and Chattels whereon to levy the said Forfeiture of Twenty pounds the party so offending shall suffer Six Moneths Imprisonment without Bail or Mainprize And the said Presidents Wardens and Assistants or any two or more of them shall have and hereby have power to enter into the House and Work-house of any Artificer within the said City of Norwich and County of Norfolk under the Regulation of the said Corporation at all times of the day and usual times of working and opening of Shops and into the Shops Houses and Ware-houses of any Merchant Common Buyer Dealer in and Retailer of any the said Stuffs and into the Houses or Work-houses of any Dyer Sheerman Calender and all other Workmens houses and places of sale or dressing of the said Stuffs or selling of Yarns and may there search and view the Yarn and Stuffs respectively whether they be ordered and made according to the Laws Orders and Ordinances of the said Trade And if any Stuff or Materials aforesaid shall be found faulty or defective to seize take and carry away the same to be ordered brought to Tryal and proceeded in maner and form as is before in this Act mentioned and appointed for defective Yarns and Stuffs And all Mayors Iustices Sheriffs Bayliffs Constables and Officers shall be ayding and assisting to the said Presidents Wardens and Assistants or any of them as often as they shall be thereunto required And in all Actions or Suits that shall be brought against any person or persons for any acting according to the true intent and meaning of this Act That such person or persons shall or may plead the General Issue of Not-guilty and give the special Matter in Evidence And shall recover double Costs if the Verdict pass for him and them or that the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs be Non-suited Provided always That this Act nor any thing therein contained shall not be prejudicial or hurtful to the Weavers of the Towns of Great-Yarmouth and Lyn in the said County of Norfolk or either of them to deprive them or either of them of such Liberties or Priviledges as are granted unto them by an Act of Parliament made in the Fourteenth year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth or by any other Act of Parliament whatsoever Provided That this Act shall continue for the space of Three years from the First of November One thousand six hundred and fifty and no longer Die Jovis 14 Novembr 1650. ORdered by the Parliament That this Act be forthwith printed and published Hen Scobell Cleric Parliamenti

AN ACT FOR REGULATING The Making of STUFFS IN Norfolk and Norwich Die Jovis 14 Novembr 1650. ORdered by the Parliament That this Act be forthwith printed and published Hen Scobell Cleric Parliamenti London Printed by Edward Husband and John Field Printers to the Parliament of England 1650. AN ACT FOR REGULATING The Making of STUFFS IN Norfolk and Norwich WHereas divers Abuses and Deceits have of late years been had and used in the Making of Worsteds and other Stuffs commonly called Norwich Stuffs and in the Reeling of the Yarns whereof the said Stuffs are either wholly or in part made All which tends to the debasing of the said Manufacture unto the prejudice of the Publique For prevention of all which Abuses and Deceits It is Enacted by this present Parliament That from henceforth there be and shall be a Corporation within the said City and County of Norwich and County of Norfolk consisting of Two Presidents Twelve Wardens and Forty Assistants All which are to be Master Weavers within the places aforesaid and one of the said Presidents and Six of the said Wardens and Twenty of the said Assistants shall be yearly Chosen upon the last Wednesday in the Moneth of November at some publique place by the Master Weavers or the greater part of them present of the said City and County of Norwich and the other of the said Presidents six Wardens and Twenty Assistants shall be Chosen on the same day in some publique place by the Master Weavers or the greater part of them present of the County of Norfolk And the said Twelve Wardens shall within Fourteen days after they shall be so Chosen or Elected take the Oath ensuing to be administred to them by the Mayor of Norwich for the time being or his Deputy or any one Iustice of the Peace of the County of Norfolk for the time being if he be present otherwise by the said Mayor or his Deputy onely which they have hereby power to administer accordingly viz. I A.B. do Swear That I will well faithfully and honestly perform and discharge the Office of a Warden of the Corporation of Worsted-Weavers according to the best of my skill power and knowledge And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Presidents Wardens and Assistants for the time being shall for ever hereafter in Name and Fact be one Body Politique and Corporate in Law to all intents and purposes and shall have a perpetual Succession and be called by the Name of the Presidents Wardens and Assistants of the Worsted-Weavers of the City and County of Norwich and County of Norfolk and sue or plead and be sued or impleaded by the Name aforesaid in all Courts and places of Iudicature within this Nation and by that Name shall and may without License in Mortmain purchase take or receive any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments of the Gift Alienation or Demise of any person or persons who are hereby without further License enabled to transfer the same and any Goods or Chattels whatsoever for the use and benefit of the Corporation aforesaid not exceeding the yearly Value of One thousand pounds And for the Regulation and good Government of the said Trade and Manufacture The said Corporation or any Thirteen or more of them whereof one President and Seven or more Wardens to be present shall have hereby Power and Authority from time to time to meet and keep Courts for the ends in this Act mentioned within the City of Norwich at such time and place as shall be appointed by the said Presidents or one of them and Wardens or the greater number of them for the time being who are hereby Required upon the desire of any Eight or more of the said Assistants at any time to warn and keep a Court accordingly And the said Corporation or any Thirteen or more of them whereof one President and Seven or more Wardens to be present as aforesaid or the greater number of them shall have and hereby have Power and Authority from time to time to make and appoint a Common Seal or several Common Seals for the use of the said Corporation and to make By-Laws Rules and Ordinances for and concerning the Regulation of the Premises and of such Particulars as shall be by them or the greater number of them found requisite for the better Regulation of the said Trade and Manufacture and the due Execution of this Act which By-Laws Rules and Ordinances being Confirmed and Ratified by the Mayor and one Iustice of the Peace for the time being of the said City and County of Norwich and two other Iustices of the Peace of the said County of Norfolk or the greater number of them shall be obeyed and kept by the several persons within or under the Government of the said Corporation or Regulation And for the better Regulation and carrying on of the work aforesaid and avoiding of all Frauds and Deceits therein Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Yarns called Worsted-Yarns or used by the Worsted-Weavers shall be made without fraud and shall before the same be put or offered to sale be Reeled on a Reel of a full Yard about every Reel-staff containing Fourteen Leas and every Lea containing Forty thrids Twelve of those Reel-staves making a Dozen and Twelve of those Dozens making a Gross And in case any person or persons shall after the Tenth of October One thousand six hundred and fifty offer to put to sale any the Yarns aforesaid within the City of Norwich and County of Norfolk made and Reeled in any other maner then as aforesaid That then it shall and may be lawful to and for the Presidents Wardens and Assistants aforesaid or any two or more of them to seize take and carry away all such Yarn as is defective and false as abovesaid The same to be within Eight days after such Seizure brought into the Common-Hall of the Corporation aforesaid and within Twenty days after such Seizure to be brought to a Tryal by a Iury of Twelve honest and able Artificers of the same Regulation whereof Six to be of the City and County of Norwich and other Six of the County of Norfolk Which Twelve Artificers the Mayor of the City of Norwich or his Deputy for the time being are hereby authorized to Summon and Warn to appear at the Guildhall of the said City at time certain by him to be appointed and to be Impannelled and Sworn to enquire of the defects of the said Yarn contrary to this present Act Which Oath the said Mayor or his Deputy are hereby authorized to give And for such and so much Yarn aforesaid as shall be so found and presented by the said Iury to be defective the said Iury shall have and hereby have power to set and impose such Fine or Fines upon the Owners thereof as in their discretion shall be thought meet not exceeding the value of the moyety of such defective Yarns which said Fines the Owners of the said

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