STatuta bonū publicum concernēcia edita in parliamento tento apud westmonesterium xiiij die Octobris Anno regni Illustrissimi Domini nostri Regis Henrici septimi ¶ The statutes concernyng the comyn wee le made in the parliament holdē atte westmestre the fourtenth day of Octobre In the reygne of our souerayne lorde the king kyng henri the leuenth the enleuenth yere ¶ The table of euery chapitre or acte folowynge ¶ That men gooyng to bataylle wyth the prynce c̄ shall not be atteynted Capitulo primo ¶ For punyshment of vagabundes beggers Capitulo .ii. ¶ That actes afore made agaynst vnlawfull reteynours ryottes c̄ shulde be putte in excucyon Capitulo .iii. ¶ That one weyght and one mesure shall be vsyd thorugh all this reame Capitulo .iiii. ¶ The names of townes lymytted for the sauf custodie of weyghtes mesures accordyng to the kynges standarde Capitulo .iiii. ¶ For puttyng away weares in the porte of Southampton Capitulo .v. ¶ For packyng payen custumes of wullen clothes Capitulo .vi. ¶ For punyshment of ryottes Capitulo .vii. ¶ For punyshemente of vsurers Capitulo .viii. ¶ An acte concernynge the Inhabitauntes of Northe Southe Tyndale Capitulo .ix. ¶ For leuyenge of the arrerages of the benyuolence laste graunted Capytulo .x. ¶ An acte concernynge takynge of apprentyses in the cyte of Norwyche Capitulo .xi. ¶ For writtes to be geuen and lerned counseylle to be assygned to the poore peple with out payen ony mony therfore Capytulo .xii. ¶ That horses shall not be conueyed out of the londe without the kynges lycence nother mares ouer the pryce of syxe shelynges and eyght pence Capitulo xiii ¶ That straungers made deynezyns shall paye custume subsydies as straungers Capitulo .xiiii. ¶ Ayenst vntrue demeaynge of Shirefs and theyr offycers in holdynge theyr Countees Capitulo .xv. ¶ For kepynge of the watche in Calyce Capitulo .xvi. ¶ Ayenst dystroyenge of pertryches fesauntes with vnlawfull gynnes Capytulo .xvii. ¶ Not being with the kynge intyme of nede c̄ Shall lese fees annewytees to theym graunted Capitulo .xviii. ¶ Ayenst vnlawfull makynge of fether beddes pylowes and matresses Capitulo .xix. ¶ Ayenst wȳmen couert makynge alienacōn of londes moued by the fyrst barō Capitulo .xx. ¶ For enqueste hereafter to becharged within London Capitulo xxi ¶ For wages of hȳys in husbandry of Artyfycers labourers Capitulo .xxii. ¶ For gawgynge and packyng of Salmon Elys and hearying Capitulo .xxiii. ¶ For punysshing of periury lessyng the penalytee in atteint Capitulo .xxiiii. ¶ For punyssynge of periowrie by examynacion of the Chasiceler Tresorer Capitulo .xxv. ¶ For holdynge the Shyrefs Tournes within Countees of Suth̄ Surt and Sussex Capitulo .xxvi. ¶ For fustians to be shorne with the brode Shere Capitulo xxvii The kynge our souereyne lorde Henry the vij after the conquest by the grace of god kynge of Englond and of Fraunce lorde of Irlond Atte his parliamente holden at Westm̄ the .xiiii day of October in the .xi. yere of his reigne to the honoure of god and holy chyrche And for the comyn prouffite of the reame by the assent of the lordes spyrytuell and temporell and the comīs in the sayd parliament assembled and by auctoryte of the same parliament hath do to be made certayne statutes ordenaunces in maner fourme folowynge That men goynge to batayll with the prynce c shal not be atteyned Capitulo Primo THe kynge our souereyne lord callynge to hys remembraūce the duety of alligeaūce of his subgettes of this his reame that they bi reason of the same are bounde to serue theyr prynce souereyne lord for the tyme beyng in his warres for the defence of him the londe ayenst euery rebellyon power and myght reared ayēst him and with him to entre abyde in seruyse in batayll yf caas so requyre And that for the same seruyse what fortune euer fall by chaunce in the same batayll agaynst the mynde and wyll of the prynce as in this londe somtyme passed hath be seen That it is not resonable but ayenst al lawes reason and good consyence that the sayd subgettes goyng with theyr souerayne lorde in werres attendȳg vpon hȳ in his persone or beyng in other places by his commaūdement within thys londe or wythout ony thynge sholde lese or forfeyte for doyng theyr true dute seruyse of alligeaunce It be therfore ordeyned enacted and establysshed by the kynge our souereyne lorde by aduyse and assente of the lordes spyrytuell and temporell and comyns in this present parlyament assembled by auctorite of the same that from hensforth no maner of person ne persones what so euer he or they be that attende vpon the kynge souerayne lord of this londe for the tyme beyng in his parsone and do hym true and faythfull seruyce of alligeaunce in the same or be in other places by his commaundemente in his werres within this lond or without that for the same dede and true seruyce of allygeaunce he or they be in no wyse conuycte or atteyne of hygh treason ne of other offences for that cause by acte of parliament or otherwyse by ony proses of lawe wherby he or ony of them shal mow forfeyt lyf londes tenementis rētes possessyons heredytamentes goodes cataylles or ony other thynges but to be for that dede seruyse vtterly discharged of ony vexacyō trouble or losse ¶ And yf ony acte or actes or other prosesses of the lawe herafter thervpon for the same happ to be made contrary to this or denaunce that thenn̄ the acte or actes or other processe of the lawe whatsoeuer they shal be stonde be vtterly voyd Prouyded alway that no parsone ne persones shall take ony benefice or auauntage by this acte whiche shall herafter declyne from his or theyr sayd allygeaunce For punysshment of vagabondes beggers Caplō ij FOr asmoche as the kyngis grace moost entyerly desyreth amonge all erthly thynges the prosperyte restfulnes of this his lond his subgettis of the same to lyue quietly surely to the playsure of god according to his lawes wyllynge alway of his pyte intendyng to reduce them therunto by softer meanes than by extreme rygour therfore purueyed in a statute made in the tyme of kynge Rychard the seconde consyderyng also the grete charges that shulde grow to his subgettes for bryngyng of vagabundes to the gaoles acordyng to the same statute and the longe abydynge of theym therin wherby by lyklehede many of them shuld lese theyr lyues In modryng of the sayd estatute his highnes wyll by thauctoryte of this present parlyament it be ordeyned enacted that where suche mysdoers shuld be by examynacyon cōmytted to the comyn gaole there to remayne as is aforsayd that the Shyrefs Mayres Bayllifs hygh̄ Constables pety Constables and all other gouernours offycers of Cytees Burghs Townes townshyp̄s villages other places within thre dayes after this acte proclamyd make
Iustices of his Benche shall or may doo of or for ony reconysaunce taken afore theym forfeyted for the kepeynge of the kynges peas And yf ony persone or persones after the feest of Ester nexte comynge take vpon hym or theym to let or dymytte as before is reherced ony londes or tenementes within the sayd lordshyp or boundes of North and South Tyndale where noo suche suretie is before had and founde as before is reherced that persone persones that so letten or dimitten shall by this same acte for euery acar of grounde and euery mese and mansyon or dwellynge place wythin the sayd lordshyppe and boundes aforesayd by hym or theym soo letten or dymitte forfeyte .xl. shelynges the one halfe to the kynge and the other to hym or theym that wyll sue therfore And that the Iustyces of the peas of the sayd Shire of Northumbrelonde for the tyme beynge shall haue lyke auctoryte in all thinges concernynge this forfeyture as by this acte ordynaunce is gyuen to they ym in reconysaunce afore expressed and that all manere of leasses dinussions made or to be made of ony londes or tenementes wythin the sayd lordship and bouÌ„des of North South Tyndale for the whyche noo suche surete shall be had founde at the sayd feest of Ester and so forth as tofore is rehercid be and stonde from thens forthwarde voyde of none effect And yf ony persone or persones of what estate degree or condicoÌ„n he or they be of take vpon hym or theim after the sayd feest of Ester to entre occupie dwell holde or inhite ony loÌ„des tentes or grounde whiche the sayd lordeship and boundes of North and South Tyndale not beyng his owne inherytaunce in fee symple or in fee tayll without vnlawful or suffycient auctoryte and sufficient suretie by hym or theym founde as before is reherced except he be a lorde spirituall or temporall of this realme that he they so doynge haue ymprysonement by the space of a yere wythout bayll or maynpryse and so to contynue tyll he haue founde suffycient surete to the kyng by reconysaunce afore the Iustyces of peas of the sayd Countie to be of good beriÌ„ge ayenst the kynge and all his liege people For leuyenge of the arrerages of the beneuolence laste grauÌ„ted Capitulo x PRayen the comyns in thys present parlyament assembled that where dyuers and many of your subgetes seuerally graunted to your hyghnes dyuers sommes of moneye of theyr free wylles and beneuolence for the deffence of this your realme towarde the charge and greate expences that your hyghnes susteyned and bare for the sayd deffence aswell in your sayd viage royall in the parties of Fraunce beyonde the see as on this syde in and for abowte the same whyche viage your sayd hyghnes toke vpon you in your moost royall personne â—o the grete Ieoperdye and labour of the same aswell for the sayd defence of thys your sayd realme as for the suerty profyte wee le commodite of vs all youre true lyege men and subgettes enhabited in the same of which sommes of money dyuers your sayd subgettes inhabyted in the same of which sommes of money dyuers your sayd subgettes full louyngly haue made to you true payment accordyng to theyr grauntes and other many seuerall summes of money by dyuers your subgettes to you in that partye graunted as yet remayn not content ne payed part wherof reste in the hondes of the sayd grauntours and parte in the hondes of the Commyssyoners Collectours receyuours in that party assignyd for the leuy rerynge and kepynge of the same whiche is not only to the damage losse and hurte of your sayd hyghnes but also to the murmure grudge myscontentynge of suche your sayd subgettes as hauen made their sayd paymentes in that behalfe Wherfore may it please youre sayd hyghnes by the aduyse and assent of your lordes spyrytuall and temporall and the Comyns in this present parlyament assembled and by autoryte of the same to ordeyne enacte and establyssh that proclamacyon be made in euery Shyre towne and hundred within this your reame that euery persone persones whiche haue not coÌ„tente and payed the sommes of money by them graunted to your hyghnes for the causes remembred That suche Commyssyoners Collectours Receyuours other persones deputed to receyue the same that they do make payment therof within thre monethes nexte after the sayd proclamacyon made to the sayde Commyssyoners Collectours Receyuours or other persones that herafter shall be therunto deputed or assyngned by your highnes by your letters patentes vnder your greate seale in lyke wyse to be proclamed And that the sayd Commissyoners haue auctoryte and power to make processe to take euery such persone or persones as soo shall make defaute of payment by his body and the same to commyt to the comyn gaole there to remayne and abyde without bayll or mayÌ„npryse vnto the tyme he hath payed his sayd dutyes or ellys-fynde suffycyent suerty for the payment of the same to the sayd CoÌ„myssioners agreable And yf ony suche persone that hath made payment of his sayd duty graunted be decessed that thenne the goodes and catayles of hym decessed beyng in the hondes of his executures of admistratours not admynystred be charged and chargeable to the sayd payment And that the sayd Commyssyoners haue lyke auctoryte power to doo ordeyne and awarde processe for the leuy of the same as the Barons of the kinges Eschequer doo and may doo for the kynges dutyes restynge afore theym of recorde in the sayd Eschequer ¶ And the sayd Commyssyoners Collectoures or Receyuours afore this tyme therunto deputed or that hereafter for and to the same shall be deputed hauyng and takynge the Recept of the same your money or ony perell therof be seuerally countable for the porcyons by theym seuerall receyued before your Tresorer of your warres that was by you assygned in your sayd vyage royall or ony other persone or persones that herafter by your hyghnesse shal be therunto deputed and assygned of and for all suche sommes of money as they seuerly haue receyued or shall come to theyr hondes before suche Auditours as by your hyghnes shall be assygned in that partye And yf ony of the sayd Commyssyoners Collectours or Receyuours come not to make theyr accomptes att suche daye and place as shall be lymytted in your pryue seale to theym dyrected in that partye that thenne vpon Certyfycat of the delyuere of the sayd wryttes or pryue seales made by hym that the same delyuered vpon his othe vnto the Chaunceller of Englond for the tyme beyng the sayd Chaunceller for the same tyme beyng haue auctoryte and power to make Commyssyons vnder your greate seale to certayne persones by his discrecyon to be lymytted and chosen to take the bodyes of the sayd persones that soo shall make defawte and theym to commyte to warde on lesse thenne he make before the sayd Tresorers or Commyssioners such excuse as to them shall seme resonable there to
sayd maare yf she be not afore taken by the kynges offycer nor the kynges lycence be not in the behalfe aforsayd for the same maare to be caryed obteyned ¶ Prouided alway that it shall be lefull to euery persone or persones beynge Deynezyns hereafter to cary hors beyonde the see the kinges lycence in that behalf not obteyned for their owne vses not in tendynge at the tyme of the shyppynge of the same nor thenne fully purposed to selle hym and that entente to be knowen by the othe of hym that shall do shyppe the same horse taken before the custumer or sercher of the same porte this acte notwithstōding That straungers made deynezens shall paye custume subsidiees as straungers Capitulo xiiii WHere the kynge our souerayne lorde is greatly dysceued in his custumes and subsidies bi marchauntes straungers suche as the kynge our souerayne lorde hath grauntyd by his letters patentes to be deynezyns and to paye none other custumes ne subsidies for they re marchaundyse Inwarde outward but as a deinezinge vnder colour where of thei custume not all oōli their owne marchaundyse vnder the fourme aforesayd but also they colorably entre in to the Custumers bokes the marchaundyse of other straungers callynge sayenge the sayd godes of other marchauntes to be the godes of theym so made denesins to the grete losse defraude to the kyng our souerayne lorde wherfore be it enacted by the kynge our souerayne lorde the lordes spūall temporall the comyns of this presente parlyamente assēbled by auctorite of the same that all marchauntes straungers other that be made deynezins the kyngys letters patentes or otherwise peye from hensforth suche custumes subsidees for theyr godes marchaundyse Inwarde and outwarde as they sholde haue payed yf suche letters patētes graūtes had neuer to theim be made Ayenst vntru demeanyng of Shyrefs their offycers in holdyng theyr countes Capitulo xv WHere as grete extorcōn is yerely vsed and had within dyuers Countes within this realme of Englonde by the subtyltee vntrue demeanoure of Shyrefs vndershyrefs Shyre clerkes or ony other offycers holdynge or kepynge the Countees in the name of a Shyref that is to saye yf ony man afferme a playnt before the shyrefs in the coūties the sayd shyrefs vndershirifs or his shyre clerke or byfore ony other of the sayd offycers wyll entre or cause to be entre in to theyr bokes in the same playntyfs name dyuers and many plaintes both of dette trespace and couenaunte at theyr playsure and vnknowyng to the sayd playntif in whoo 's name the sayd playntes ben affermed to thentente that yf the defendaunte appere not at euery shire daye or courte hauynge the same playnt he shall lese for his defawte made at euery playnt .iiij. d where dyuers tymes by couyne bytwene the sayd Shyrefs vndershirefs shire clerkes and the other forsayd offycers the sayd defendauntes beynge neuer attatched sūmone nor warned accordinge to the due fourme of the comen lawe wherfore the same parties so put in suyte haue no knowlege of ony suche sute had agayn them and ouer that the same shyrefs vndershyrefs shire clerkes wyll cause dyuers playntes to be take in the names of suche persones that are not in playne lyf where the sayd defendaunt shall haue lyke losse as is before reherced So that by the vnlawfull demeanour of the sayd shirefs vndershyrefs shyre clerkes for tyme beynge the bayllyfs of the hundredes for theyr defawte and neclygence in theyr ofices and couyne bytwene the sayd shyrefs vndershyrefs shyre clerkes and other of the forsayd offycers causeth the amercyamentes to be in one yere after the bokes be ingroced to a monute to greate and importunable sōmes of money whiche sōmes of money ben yerely leuyed of the poore comens in the sayd Counties by the shyrefs vndershyrefs shyre clerkes and other deputies beyng of none substaunce neyther of haucour whiche deputees takyth and leuyeth more bi extorcōn than is conteyned to theyr estrettes to the expresse pyllage and empouerysshinge of the sayd Comens ¶ Be it therfore enacted ordeyned establysshed by the kynge our souereyne lorde by thassent of the lordes spirituall and tēporall the comens in this presēt parliamēt assēbled bi auctorite of the same that no shyrefs vndershyrefs shire clerkes hereafter nother ony persone in theyr names nor by theyr cōmaundemēt shall take entre no playntes in to theyr bokes in no mannes name on lesse the parti plaintif be in his proper persone presente in the courtes or elles by a suffycient attorney or deputie that is knowen to be of good name dysposicion and that the same parti plaintif shall fynde pledges to pursue his sayd playnt suche persones as are knowen there in that counties and that the parti playntif shall haue but one playnt for one trespace or contracte And yf the sayd shyrefes vndershirefs shire clerkes take entre or cause to be entre ony moo playntes than the playntif supposith that he hath cause of accōn ayenst the defendaunt that thenne the sayd shyrefs vndshirefs shire clerkes that dooth entre or cause to be entre ony suche playntes contrary to the sayd prouysion ordinaunce shall forfeit for euery defawte .xl. s the one halfe therof to be had to the vse of our sayd souerayne lorde the kynge and the other parte to hym or theym that woll sue and proue the same matere by accion of dette or Informacōn in the Eschequer And ouer that the Iustice of peas in the same Coūties and euery of them shall haue auctorite vpon complaynte made by the partie soo vnlawfully greuyd to examyne the sayd shirefs vndershirefs or shire clerkes and playntifs And yf the sayd Iustices of peas or one of theym fynde by theyr examynacion defawte in the sayd shirefs vndshirefs or other shire clerkes in entryng of the sayd playntes dysceyfully for his or their auauntage as is before reherced contrari to this present acte that thenne the sayd shirefs vndshirefs shire clerkes shall be conuicte atteint of the same offence without ferder enquerre or examinacion and that he shall forfeit vpon the same examynacōn .xl. s to the vse of our souerayne lorde the kynge for euery defawte And the sayd Iustyces of peas that so shall take the examynacion shall certefie the same examinacion within a quarter of a yere in to the kynges Eschequer vpon payne of .xl. s And ferdermore that the sayd shirefs and vndshirefs and shire clerkes make or cause to be made a sufficient presept to the bayllyfs of the hundredes to attache summone or warne the defendauntes that are so in sute to appere and answere to the sayd playntes And yf there be ony defawte in the sayd bayllyfs of the hundredes in warnynge of the sayd defendaunce to appere and answere to the sayd playntes commended agayne theym theyr Courtes in executinge their sayd offyce that thenne the same bayllyfs shall forfeyt for euery defawte vnto our
dey or be nonsuyte the other by this acte shall be enhabled to sue for the procedynge in the same atteynt and notwtstondyÌ„ge the dethe of the defendaunt or tenaunt defendauntes or tenauÌ„tes or ony of the pety Iury named in the same atteynt so that there be two of the same pety Iury on lyue the same atteynt shal not abate And also be it ordeyned by the same autoryte that yf ony of the Iuryours of the sayd graund Iury impanelled suÌ„moned in fourme aforsayd at the suÌ„mons make defaut so that the ateynt remayneth to be taken for defaut of Iurours that thenne euery of the same Iurous so makyng defawte lose forfeyte for the fyrst defawte .xl. s and at the second defawte v.li And at euery defawte after that x.l And lyke proces to be made sued therayenst the graund Iury and the pety Iury And the party and partyes as is to be made and sued in atteynt sued at the comen lawe And that the same proces to be retornable at euery Hustynges of comen plees and that the atteynte remayne not to be taken after the fyrst suÌ„mons retorned for or by the defawte of the defendante or tenaunt defendaunt or tenauÌ„tes or of ony of the pety Iury named in the same atteynt by this acte ordeyned And that the sayd yssues or penalties forfeited by ony of the sayd graunde Iuri be forfeyt leuyed and perceyued to thuse of the wayr and coiÌ„altie of the sayd cyte And that no proteccoÌ„n nor essoyne be alowed in this atteynt by this acte purueyed Prouyded alway that vpon all atteyntes hereafter to be coÌ„menced wythyn the sayd cyte vpon only recorde wherin the tryall and enquest was by halfe toÌ„ge That the sayd mayr and aldermen shall impanell the graundez Iuri in the same atteynt the tone half of straungers of good fame and of the substaunce of goodes to the value of C.li. and more inhabytynge wythyn the same cyte at large And the residue of the same graunde Iury to be of lyke value and substaunce of goodes impanelled of citeyzins as is aforsayd And ouer this be it enacted bi the sayd auctoryte that no acte of atteynt of the pety Iury made in this present parliament nor no thinge therin ronteyned other than thys present acte nor none other penaltye or punysshment in oni other acte than is afore conteyned in this present acte be hurtfull nor extende to ony Iury or enquest herafter to be taken before ony Iuge of within the same Cyte For wagys of hynes in husbondrye and artyfycers and laborers Capitulo xxii WHere dyuers estatutes before this tyme haue ben made and ordeyned for seruauntes of husbondrye also for laborers and artyfycers by diuers and many ryall and noble ê“genytours vnto oure souerayn lord the kynge now beyng in especyall a statute made by the ryght noble crysten pryÌ„ce of blyssed memory kynge Henry the .vi. vncle vnto our sayd souerayn lord the .xxiii. yere of his of his reyne which notwtstondyng grete many defawtes dayly encrease rest and contynue amonge laborers artyfycers some by cause the sayd estatutes be not executed some by cause the remedy by the sayd estatutes is not very perfyte nor yeuith certayn ne hasty remedy so that dayly by theyr subtyll ymagynacyon in defraude of the sayd estatutes many of the kyng our souerayn lordê subgettys ben hurt disceyued lette and damaged in theyr buyldyng husbondry ¶ Be it therfore establysshed enacted ardeyned by auctoryte of this pÌ„sent parlyament Fyrst that no baylyf of husbondry shall take for his wages by the yere aboue .xxvi. s viiij d for his clothing .v. s with mete and drynke No cheyf hyue as a carter or cheyf shepherd aboue .xx. s by the yere for his clothing .vi. with mete and drynke No comen seruaunt of husboÌ„dry aboue .xvi. s viij d by the yere and for his clothyng .iiij. s with mete and drynke No woman seruaunt aboue .x. s by the yere for her clothing .iiij. s with mete drynke No chylde wtin thage of .xiiij. yeres aboue .vi. s viii d. by the yere for his clothyng .iiij. s with mete drynke And that no artyfycer ne laborer herafter named take nomore ne gretter wagis than in this estatute is lymytted vpon the payn assessed aswell vnto the taker as to the yeuer that is to say A fremason mayster carpynter rough mason brykleyer mayster tyler pluÌ„mer glasyer keruer nor Ioyner fro Ester vnto Mychelmas euery of thyse artifycers aforsayd .vi. d. by the daye withoute mete or drynke with mete and drynke .iiij. d. And fro Mychelmas vnto Ester .v d. without mete or dryÌ„k with mete dryÌ„ke .iij. d that the wages of a shypwright fro the fest of Candelmas to the fest of saynt mychel charchaÌ„gel shall not excede the forme ensuyng That is to say a mastership carpyÌ„ter takyÌ„g the charge of the werke hauyÌ„g men vnd hyÌ„ by the day .v. d. with mete dryÌ„ke wtout mete drynke .vij. d And other shypcarpenter called an hewer by the day .iiij. d. with mete and drynke without mete and drynke .vi. d. An able clyncher by the day .iij. d with mete and drynke without mete drynke .v. d An holder by the day .ij. d with mete and drynke and without mete and drynke .iiij. d A mayster calker by the day iiij d with mete drynke and without mete and drynke .vi. d Another meane calker by the day .iij. d with mete drynke without mete drynk .v. d A calker laboryng by the tyde for aslong tyme as he may aboue the water bineth the water shal not excede for his wages for euery tyde .iiij. d with mete dryÌ„k And froÌ„ the fest of mychelmes to CaÌ„delmas the wages of a mayster shypwryght by the day .iiij d with mete and drynke and without mete and drynke .vj. d. An hewer by the day iij. d. with mete and drynke without mete and drynke .v. d. An able clyncher by the day .ij. d. obÌ„ with mete and drynke without mete drynk .iiij. d. obÌ„ An holder by the day .j. d. obÌ„ with mete and drynke and without mete and drynke .iij. d A mayster calker by the day .iij. d. with mete and drynke and without mete and drynke .v. d. An other meane calker by the day .ij. d. obÌ„ with mete and drynke without mete and drynke .iiij. d. obÌ„ ¶ Be it also enacted that in suche shyres countrees that where it hath be and is now vsed to geue lasse wages that in those shyres and countrees they shall so geue ¶ And the taker of wages be compelled accordiÌ„g as they haue lesse vsed to take this acte notwtstondyÌ„g And that thou mayster mason and mayster carpynter whyche shall take the charge of the werke hauyng vnder ony of theym .vi. men shall haue .vij. d. without mete drynke v. d. by the day with mete and drynke And that euery
the Rolles and they to haue power to here and examyne the sayd persones and yf the sayd persones of the periury or other mysbehauing before reherced soo be conuycte that thenne they to be punysshed vnder lyke fourme as is afore reherced Prouyded alway that this acte begyn to take his effect at the feest of the Natiuite of our lorde nexte comynge and no lenger to endure but vnto the nexte parlyament For holdynge the Shyrefs Tournes wythin the Countees of Suth Surr. and Sussex Capitulo xxvi PRayen the comens in this present parlyament assembled that where it was establysshed and enacted the fyrst yere of the reyne of kynge Richarde the thyrde late in dede and not of ryght kynge of Englonde that noo Bailly nor other offycer shold retourne or lawday ony persone but suche as be of good name and fame and haue londes and tenementes of free holde within the same countee where they ben enhabytaunt of the yerely value of .xx. shelynges at leest or elles londes and tenementes holden by the custume of the ManerÌ„ called copiholde within the sayd Countie of the yerely value of xxvi shelynges .viii. pence ouer all charges at lest as in the sayd stature more playnly it appereth And that all inditementes and presentementes taken afore ony Shyref in his Torne otherwise be voyde and of none effecte By reason of whyche statute many Shyrefs of the Countees of SuthÌ„ Surt and Sussex intending truely haue loste the proffite of many of his or theyr Tornes and many grete myssantes and offences not presented nor the offendours and trespassours iÌ„ the same punisshid to the greate hurte of thinhabitauntes of the same for within some hunders there There ben not soo many persones of suche londes and tenementes dwelling out of Fraunchyses and though they were of that hauyour they wolde not appere for the losse of two pence or foure pence atte the daye of the Tourne whyche small amerciament is of olde time vsed wherby the kynges sayd courtes in dyuers parties of the sayd Counties ben lost In consideracoÌ„n wherof it maye be stablysshed and enacted by the aduyse and assent of the lordes spirituall and temporall and the comyns in this present parlyament assembled and by auctorite of the same that it shall be lefull to euery Shyref of ony of the sayd Countes to impanell and suÌ„mon .xxiiij. lawfull men of suche Inhabytauntes within the precyncte of euery of his or theyr Tournes as owe sute to the same Tourne or Tornes And wherof euery of the sayd .xxiiij. men haue londes and tenementes of free holde to the yerely value of x. shelynges ouer all charges or londes and tenementes of Copy holde to the yerely value of .xiii. shelynges .iiii. pence ouer all charges within ony of the sayd Counties where suche Tourne or Tournes is or to be kepte And soo many there to appere at the day of the Tourne before the sayd shyref vndershiref or clerke to enquire of the articles of the sayd Tourne And that euery of the sayd .xxiiii. men so beynge impanelled soÌ„moned not apperynge be amerced in the sayd Shirefs Tourne or Tournes for not doinge of theyr suyte to the same .xii. pence Prouyded alway that yf there be .xii. of the sayd Inhabitauntes soo impanelled within the precyncte of euery Tourne appere Soo that in euery Tourne there be a lawfull Iury of theym sworne that thenne alle the remanaunte of theym soo impanelled that make defawte be not amerced for that defawte but oonly for their suyt And as it was lawfully vsed afore the makyng of the sayd statute And ouer that be it enacted that after dewe and lawfull soÌ„mons had of the Inhabitauntes as is aforsayd yf that there appere not .xii men in euery of the sayd Shyrefs Tournes of the sayd Inhabitauntes hauyng londe and tenementes of the yerely value of .x. shelynges or .xiii. shelynges .iiij. pence as is aboue sayd And yf there be not .xxiiij. suche Inhabitauntes whiche maye be ympanelled soÌ„moned iÌ„ manere fourme aboue sayd in ony of the sayd tournes That thenne it shall be lefull to euery shyref vndershiref clerke baylly or other mynystre to charge and swere ony other persone or persones in ony of the sayd shirefs tournes where suche none suffycient and defawte of Inhabytauntes and apparaunce is hadde suche as be of good name and fame and the best by his or theyr dyscrecion that appere afore him or theym and none offycer nor seruaunt to the sayd shyshyrefs vndâ—shyâ—s clerkes bayllyfs or mynysters And that all inditements pÌ„sentmentis other than felony so taken concernyng the sayd shyryfs tournes be good effectuell notwithstondyng the sayd acte made in the fyrste yere of kynge Rychard aforsayd And that the shyryfs vndshyrefs clerkes nor bayllyfs of ony of the sayd countyes nor none of theym doyng accordynge to this present acte forfeyt ony thyng or be in ony wyse preiudised for doyng ony thynge contrary to the sayd statute made in the fyrst yere of the sayd kynge Rychard And that euery shyref vnder shyref clerk baylly or mynyster that do contrary to this ordynaunce in ony poynt forfeyt the soÌ„me of C. s at euery tyme that they or ony of theym do the contary of the same in ony poynt of the same Sauynge to euery persone persones theyr lawfull lybertyes and fraunchyses and tenaunâ—es iÌ„ habytantes of the same This acte to endure vnto the next parlyament For fustyans to be shorne with the brode sheare Capitulo xxvij PRayen the comens in this present parlyament assembled that where as fustyans brought from the partyes of bâ—yond these vnshorne in to this realme haue be shold be the moste profytablest cloth for doublets for other weryng clothes gretly vsed among the comen people of this realme lengest haue endured of ony thyng that hath comen in to the same realme from the sayd partyes as to the entent wherof the cause hath ben that such fustyans afore this tyme haue be truely wrought shorne with the brode shere wyth none other instrument or other duceyfull meane occupyed vpon the same Now so it is the dyuers ê‘sones by subtylte vndue sleyghtes meanes haue dysceyuably ymagyned contryued instrumentes of Iron with the whych yrens in the most hyghest secrete places of theyr houses they stryke and draw the sayd yrons on the sayd fustiaÌ„s vnshorne by meanes wherof they plucke of both the noppe and the cotton of the the same fustyans and breke comynly both the ground and thredes in sunder after by crafty slykyng they make the same fustyans to appere to the comen people fyne hole and sound And also they reyse vp the cotton of such fustyaÌ„s and then take a lyght candell and set in the fustyan breÌ„nyng whyche sengeth breÌ„nyth a way the cotton of the same fustyan from the tone end to that other down to the hard thredes in stede of sheryng after that put them in colour and so subtylly dresse theym that theyr fals werke can not be espyed wythout it be by werkmen sherers of suche fustyans or by the werers of the same And that by such subtyltees where as fustyans made in doublettes or put to ony other vse were wont and myght endure the space of two yeres or more wyll not endure now hole by the space of .iiij. monethes scarcely to the grete hurt of the pore comens seruyÌ„g men of this reame to the grete damage losse disceyt of the kyÌ„ges true subgetê byers werers of suche fustyan for remedy wherof be it enacted ordeyned and establysshed by the kynge our souerayne lorde the lordes spyrytual and temporall and the comyns in this present parlyament assembled and by auctoryte of the same that none suche yren or instrumentys nor ony other vntrue subtyll mene of sleyght be from hensforth vsed vpon ony fystyan within this reame but only by the brode sheres vpon forfeyture of .xx. s to be leuyed for euery defawte of euery suche persone or persones herafter offendyng and vsyng ony suche dysceyuable Instrumentis or sleyghtes as is aforsayd The tone half of the forfeytures to be to the kynge our souerayn lord and that other half to hym or theym that wyll sue for the same forfeytures by accyon of dette byll or Informacyon in ony of the kynges courtes of recorde where the same may be determyned after the course of the comen law and that the defendaunt in suche behalf in noo wyse be admytted to wage his law nor that ony proteccyon or essoyne be in the same alowable And ouer this be it ordeyned by the sayd auctoryte that the mayr and wardeyns of shermen of the Cyte of London for the tyme beyng haue auctoryte to entre and serche the werkmenshyp of all manere persones occupyeng the brode shere as wel fustyans as cloth and the execucyon of this present acte to aswell of deynezyns as of forens and straungers