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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

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

the summe of xx.li as many halfe pence as shall amount to the summe of ten markes sterling and as many farthinges as amount to the summe of fiue markes sterlinge And that at any time that any coyners in any minte within this realme shall doe contrarye to thys acte the maister and keper of that minte for the time beinge shall forfayte and lose x.li The one moity thereof to be to the king our soueraygne lorde the other moyty to the party that shall sue for the same by bill information action of debte or otherwise wherein the sayd mais●…er shall not be admitted to do his law no protection ne Essoyne to be allowed for the defendant And for as muche as at this present time Farthinges and halfe pence be striken all with one coyne so that the common people of the realme manye times take these that be farthinges for halfe pence Be it therefore enacted by the auctority aforesayde that all suche farthinges that from henceforth shal be made wythin this realme shall haue vppon the one syde thereof the print of the port colice and vpon the other side thereof the print of the Rose with acrosse vpon like peine And furthermore be it enacted by the auctority aforesayde that all maner persons refortinge to the sayd mint with any plate or bullion vnder the value abouesayd to be coyned shall haue and receiue at the said mint the tenth parte of all such plate and bullion in halfe pence and farthinges Prouided alway that this acte or any thinge conteined in the same be not in any wise preiudiciall to the Coyners and minte maisters of Yorke Duresme and Canterbury ne to any of them for any money to be coyned there other than heretofore hath bene accustomed This acte to beginne to take effect at the feast of sainct Michaell the archaungell next commynge and not before ¶ An act cōcerninge the hauen and porte of Southampton Ca. xiij WHere in aparliament holden at westmin the .xiiij. day of Octobre the .xj. yere of the reigne of king Henry the .vij amongs other it was ordeined established and enacted by the kinge our soueraigne lorde with the assent of the lordes spirytuall and temporall the commons in the same parliamente assembled for the reformation remedy of the decay of the hauen and port of Southampton had by reason of diuers weres ingins for fyshynge made leuied in the same hauen betweene a certaine place called Calshare and another place called Reedbridge that it should be lawefull to euery man to abate plucke take away all and euery of the said weres and ingins at all times at their pleasure being in the sayd hauen betwene the sayd places called Calshare and Reedbridge directly without trouble let or vexation of any man wyth diuers penalties and forfaytures to all suche persons as hereafter shoulde make or leuye any such weares or ingins as in the same act more plainely may appere The which act was made to endure only the space of .xx. yeres than next ensuyng during which act the sayd weres and ingins were pulled downe and the sayd hauen greatly amended to the succour and cōfort of all the marchauntes there resortinge the which yeres be now expired paste and the same act in no force by the space of .vii yeres now passed duryng which .vii. yeres diuers newe weres gores stackes and ingins haue bene leuied and enhaunsed by reason wherof the sayd hauen is greatly decaied againe and likely to be lost for euer to the kinges disherison hurte of the common weth of all those parties if remedy therefore be not shortly had and prouided wherfore be it now enacted by auctority of this present parliament that the same acte and euery thinge therein conteined shall be from hēceforth good and effectuall accordinge to the purporte and entent of the same and to continue for euer And furthermore be it enacted that euery owner fermer occupier of the sayd weres gores and ingins and euery of the same do puldowne and put awaye the same a this side the feast of saincte Michaell tharchaungell next cōming without leuiyng mainteining making or repayringe the same from henceforth vppon peine of a hundred pounde to be forfaited leuied likewise in like maner as in the same former act is conteined This acte to endure for euer ¶ An acte concerninge suche as be in the kinges warres ouer or vpon the sea Cap. xiiij THe Kynge our soueraygne Lorde of hys most blessed dysposition well consideringe that nowe he is broughte into Warre of necessity with his auncient enemies the Frēche kinge and the Scottes and hathe had and shall haue daily the humble seruice in hys sayde Warres as well of hys nobles as other hys true subiectes of his mooste especiall grace and benigne fauour that he beareth vnto his sayde subiectes and for theyr more suretye and profyte and for other reasonable considerations hym especially mouinge by the assent of hys Lordes spyrytuall and temporall and the commons in this present parliamente assembled and by auctoritye of the same hathe enacted ordeined and established that euerye person and persons of what degree or condicion hee be of that shall passe ouer the sea or that abideth vppon the sea or beyonde the sea and be in the kings wages or seruice of warre at this time or hereafter shal be in any other place durynge his sayd warres in seruice of warre that euery of them which haue lands tenements holden of the kinge or any other to their only vse shall now lawfully make therof alienation feoffements and transmutacion of possession by dede or dedes fine or fines recouerye or recoueries for the perfourmaunce of his or their will or willes without any fine or fines for the said alienations feoffements fines recoueries or trāsmutacion of possession therfore or for any of thē to be made And that thei and euery of them their heires assignes the heires assignes of euerye of them by auctority of this presente acte be discharged of all euery suche fines without letters patētes of licēce or pardō or other discharge in that behalfe And furthermore be it also ordeined and enacted by the sayd auctority that if any person or persons so beinge in the sayde seruice of warre which hold lands tenements or hereditamēts of the kyng or of any other by knightes seruice or otherwyse wherefore his heyre or heyres oughte or might be in warde fortune in the sayd seruice to decease beyond the sea or vpon the sea or els where in the seruice of the kinge in his warres against his enemies or that any feoffement of the same landes and tenements be supposed to be made by collusiō the heire or heires of the owner of the same lands tenements being within age that than the feoffees or executours of euery such person persons so deceased haue the warde and mariage of the heire or heires so being within age vntill they come to their full lawfull age And the landes and tenementes and other hereditaments so holden during the nonage of euery such heire or heires to the perfourmaunce of the wil of the sayd person or persōs so deceased without any accompt or sommes of money or other thinge therefore to be yelden payinge therout yerely the rentes of the chiefe lorde or lordes of the fee of the same sauinge to euerye person or persons other then the sayde person or persons that shal make any such alienation feoffement fine or suffer recouery to be had against him without paying therefore any fine to the kinge or the lorde or lordes of whom the sayde landes be holden for the same suche right tytle vse and interest as they had before the said feoffement alienation fine recouery or transmutacion of possession or any of them made or suffered of any such lands tenements or hereditamentes wherof any such feoffemēt fine recouery or alienation so shall be made Prouided alwayes that thys act extend not to any capitaine or capitaines souldiour or souldiours that now be or hereafter shall be reteygned wythin the townes of Calis Hammes Guines Risebanke Berwike Wales or any of them or marches of the same Excepte they or any of them procede in army royall againste the kynges enemyes God saue the king

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

stamins within the same towne except he be an Englishman borne and haue ben apprentise to the same occupation without he weaue therin such propre marke as shal be limitted and appointed by the sayd warden of the same towne of Lin for the tyme being vpon peine forfaiture therof to the king our soueraigne ne lorde And that euery warden of the sayd towne shall limit distinct and seuerall markes to euerye of the worstede weauers of the same towne and the same markes by the sayd warden to be regestred in a booke And be it further enacted by the auctority aforesayd that from the feast of sainct Michaell tharchaūgell next comming vnto such time as the sayd towne of Lin shall be inhabited with the sayd number of ten housholders of the sayd craft of worstede weauers alwaies after whan that number of ten housholders shall happen to faile not be inhabited in the said towne of Lin the sayd wardens of the sayd city of Norwiche their successours shal procure and cause one of them selues or one of the wardens of the sayde craft of the sayde county of Norffolke personnally to come be euery .xxviij day from and after the saide feast of sainct Michaell the archangell in and to the sayd towne of Lyn or within sixe dayes next after euery such .xxviii. daye and there to continue and abide by so longe tyme as hee maye serche and seale all such worstedes saies and stamins made in the same towne of Lynne as than shall be broughte to hym to be sealed wythin the space of one hole daye And the sayde Inhabitauntes of worstede weauers of the same towne of Lyn beynge shall content and paye to the sayd warden of Norwiche or Norff. whiche shall so come to Linne in the sayd .xxviij. daye or within sixe dayes nexte after the sayde .xxviij. day for hys costes and expences for euery tyme that he shall so come to Lynne betwene the feastes af Saincte Michaell the archangell and the Annunciation of our Ladye saincte Marye .iii s and for euerye tyme that hee shall so come to the sayde towne of Linne betwene the feast of the Annunciation of our Lady the feast of sainct Michaell the archangell ii.s And if the sayd inhabitauntes of worstede weauers of the sayd towne of Lin do not content and pay to the sayd warden comminge to Lyn in forme aforesayd for the sayde costes and charges the sayde iii.s or ii.s as is aboue lymytted than the same inhabitauntes shall forfaite and paye to the sayde warden or to his executours for euery such default of payment xl s And if none of the sayd wardens of Norwich and Northfolke come to the sayd towne of Linne for the cause aforesayd in maner and forme aboue remembred than the said wardens of the said cittie of Norwich shal forfaite and pay to the sayd inhabitauntes of Linne of the said misterie of worstede weauers for euery such default xl.s. For recompence of which penalty and forfaites the sayd wardens of Norwich or Norff being therunto entitled by this present act by his proper name with this addicion That is to say Vnius gardianorum or nuper vnius gardianorū artis siue misteriae textorum panni lanei vocat VVorstedes in ciuitate Norwich vel comit Norffolke as the truth requyreth shal and may haue action of det by writ bill or plaintee in any competent or lawfull court of this realme against the saide inhabitauntes of Linne of the sayde mistery for the time being by theyr sondry proper names And the sayde inhabitantes by theyr sayd names wyth this addiciō Textorum pannilanei voc VVorstedes inhabitantes ville de Linne shall and maye haue like actions of dette against the sayd wardeins of Norwich by the name of Gardiani artis siue misteriae textorum pannorum laneoruin voc VVorstedes infra ciuitatem Norway com Norff. To be vsed in good congruities of laten and fourme of the lawes of this realme In which actions or any of them none essome protection or wager of lawe shal be suffered or alowed And that the particuler bodies or goods of any of the sayd wardeines or inhabitauntes beinge condempned in any of the sayde actions shall and maye be put in execution after suche manner and forme as is vsed in actions of debt by course of the cōmon lawe of this Realme And moreouer be it enacted by the auctority aforesayd that al clothes of worstedes saies and stamins made or to bee made within any of the sayde townes of Lyn great Yarmouth or suburbes of the same or any of thē marked with such markes as shal be limitted to the makers by the sayde wardens of the sayde towne in maner and forme abouesayd weaued sealed by any of the wardens of the sayde townes of Lyn and Yarmouth in forme aboue remembred by force and vertue of this present act maye be lawfully put to sale by the owners and makers of the same withoute any other marking or sealinge vpon the sayde clothes or vpō any of them to be had or made by any other wardens dwelling or abiding without the sayd towne and without any arrest seisure or forfaiture to be had or made of or vpon any of the sayde clothes for lacke of any other seales or markes anye thinge conteined in the sayde former acte made in the sayde seuenth yere of kinge Edwarde the forth to the contrary notwithstandinge And ouer this be it enacted by the auctority aforesayd that euery crafts man of the said mistery occupation of worstede making dwelling within any of the sayd townes of Lin great Yarmouth and suburbes of the same at their owne free wylles and lyberties from hēceforth for euer may haue take apprentice or apprentyces beynge male of the age of .xiiii. yeres and vpwarde and beying the kinges naturall subiectes for the terme of .vij yeres and not vnder so that none of them excede the numbre of two at once to lerne vse and exercise the sayd crafte within either of the sayd townes of Lyn great Yarmouth or suburbes of the same All be it the father of the same apprentises or apprentise may not expende in any landes tenemēts to the yerely value of xx s any acte or ordinaunce to the contrary made or to be made notwithstandinge Prouided alway that this present act nor any thinge therein conteyned be not in any wise hurtefull or preiudiciall to the mayre of Norwiche or to his successours or to the wardens of the sayd Citye and county or to their successours in any point article power or auctority other thā for weuinge serching sealinge of worstedes saies stamins made or to be made only within the sayd townes of Linne Yarmouth or suburbes of the same or to any of thē And for limittinge of markes to the maker of worsteds saies and stamins only enhabited in either of the sayd townes or suburbes therof taking of apprētises in fourme aboue remēbred but tha the sayd

of Cranbroke fro the bridge called hempstede bridge diuiding the sayd hundred of Cranbroke and the hundred of Roluinden in the same weld of your sayd county to a crosse called Contenden crosse standinge nighe to a greate Oke named Hempstede oke which is in length vpon a hundred foure score and ten perches which common way so vsed is in diuers places thereof ryght deepe annoyous for the passage of your people and also is not so directely leading betwene the sayd bridge and crosse neither so cominodious for your people as an other way of lyke bredth in other places within and ouer the landes of the sayd maner mought be made In consideracion wherof in maye please your highnesse of your blessed disposicion with the assente of the lordes spiritual and temporall and the commons in this presente parliamente assembled and by the auctoritye of the same to enacte ordayne that it shal be lefull to your sayde besecher his heires and assignes owners of the sayde maner of Hempstede at his and their propre costes charges at any time on this side the .xxvii. day of May which shall be in the yere of our lord god M.D.xxvii by the ouersighte and assent of two Iustices of peace of the said county of Kente and .xii other discrete men inhabitauntes within the sayde hundredes of Cranbroke Roluiden to assigne limitte and laye ouer and thoughe the landes of the sayde manour one other way for cariages passages of your grace and of your people and your and their heires and successoures of as great largenesse in bredeth or larger than the sayd olde waye now being is and as cōmodious for the sayd cariages and passages as the same waye now being is or better extending and leading dyrectly betwene the sayde bridge and crosse so that your grace and your people by the sayd new way so to be assigned and layed out shall haue the more easye cariage and passage than is or of late tyme hath bene by the sayd olde waye And that after the sayde new way so layde out and assigned the sayde cariages passages and other businesse there may be as liberally commonly and freely from thens forthe there vsed and had for euer and euery other thinge there exercised kept as before this tyme hath bene had and vsed exercised and kept in the sayd olde waye with out let or interrupcion of the sayd George his heyres or his assignes or any other personne which hereafter shall haue holde or possede the said manet And that immediately after that the sayde new way as is beforesayd to be assigned and limitted shal be as is abouesayd layed out and fully made it shall be lefull to your sayde besecher his heires and assignes owners of the said manour to enclose the said old way and eueri party therof And that fro hensforth to holde in seueralty to them and to their heires and assignes to their owne vse and profit for euer as parcel of the said manour without any commō way or passage their fro thensforth to be had or claimed any prescripciō or vse to the contrarye heretofore had not withstanding ¶ And in consideracion that many other commom waies in the said weld of Kent be so depe and noyous by wearing and course of water and other occasions that people can not haue their cariages or passagss by horses vpon or by the same But to their great peines petil and ieoperdye it may be by the sayd auctoritie enacted and established that if any other persō or persons any tyme hereafter in any place within the sayd weld of your said countye of his good mynd and disposicion without any value of good by him or them to be receiued for the same will for the common weale of your people assigne and lay out a more commodious way in and ouer the lādes thervnto adioyninge wherof the person or other to his vse shal be ceased of fee in estate of inheritaunce that the same new way so to be assigned and layd out by ouersight and assent of two Iustices of peace of the said countye and .xii. other disecrete mē inhabitinge within hundred where any suche new way shal be limitted layde out or inhabiting within the same hundred and other hundreds to that hundred nexte adioyninge shall be frō thensforth holden occupied and vsed in lyke maner as the olde waye ther now is or before hath bene ¶ And that also the same person or persons so disposed willynge and accomplishynge the same shall and may for the saide new waye so assygned and vsed retaine and holde in way of recompence for the same new way so to be geuen the soyle and grounde of the olde way in seueralty as is aboue sayd to him or them and to their heires for euer in lyke maner as is aboue sayd of the sayd new waye to be assigned at Hempstede And that the sayde two Iustices of peace .xii other discrete persons by whose ouersight and assent the sayde new waye at Hempstede or any other waye by vertue of this acte shall be hereafter assigned limitted and layde out shal within thre monethes next after the assignement limittacion laying out of the same make certificate into the kinges most honorable courte of Chauncery vnder their seales of the length and bredeth of the same new way or strete of other thinges adioyning or concerning the same as by their discrecions shal be thought most expedient or requisite for the cōmon welth of the coūtre to be certified And that certificat to be made frō time to time as often as any suche new waye or strete shal be assigned limitted and laied out in forme aboue written ¶ Prouided alway that if any person or persons or bodye politike haue or ought to haue or hereafter shall haue any churche way or other what so euer way or passage ouer or through any maner landes adioyning to any of the sayd olde wayes or stretes which shall be taken and vsed by force ol this acte as seuerall soyle and free holde in recompence for any new waye to be made layed out in fourme aforesaid or haue or ought to haue hereafter shall haue landes or tenementes adioyning to the sayd olde way that they and euery of them their heires and successours shall and maye haue and vse their sayd waye or wayes out of and into the sayd new way ouer and through the land of the sayd olde waye or streete into or ouer the sayd lande or tenement adioyning to the same so to passe and repasse as shal appertaine ouer the same olde waye at such conuenient place or places thereof as therefore shal be limitted and assigned by the sayd two Iustices of peace and other .xii. men and by them to be certifyed into the chauncerie among other thinges by thē to be certified in fourme aforesaide any thing in this acce aboue written notwithstanding An acte concerning shoting in crosbowes and hand gonnes Cap. vii BE it enacted by the kinge

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