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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

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

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