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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

maire of the sayd city of Norwiche wardens of the said city and county and euery of them may haue and vse all other poinctes articles power auctorityes conteyned and specified in the aboue remembred acte made in the sayd vij yere of kinge Edward the iiii as well for the serche sealynge correction and reformation of the sayd wardens newly to bee elect by vertue of this present acte and euery of them according and after such forme as they may do or vse any of the sayd wardeins of the sayd city or county by force of the sayd acte made in the sayd .vii. yere of kinge Edward the fourth as all and euery other inquiries corrections serches sealynges reformations to be had for the true makinge of worstedes saies and stamins in and vpon any person or persons as well within the sayd townes of Linne and Yarmouthe as without without trouble lette or vexatiō of any of the inhabitauntes of the sayd townes in as large and ample wise as they might haue done before the makinge of this present act any thing cōteined in the same present act to the contrary notwithstandinge And also prouyded and be it enactad by the auctoritye aforesayde that the sayd crafts men of worstede weauers inhabited or hereafter to be inhabited within either of the said townes of Linne Yarmouth or suburbes of the same and the marchauntes or any other persons whiche shall happen to bye of the same craftes men or any of them or of any other person any of the sayd clothes of worstedes stamins or saies made or to be made within either of the sayd townes of Lin and Yarmouth and sealed by the sayd wardens of the same towne to be elect and sworne as is aforesaide and any of them shall not shere die or put in colour or calendre any worstedes stamins or saies made or to be made within either of the sayde townes of Lin Yarmouth or suburbes of the same in any other place or places but onely within the sayd city of Norwich or suburbes of the same vpon peine of forfaiture of euery peece of worstede saies or stamins to be made wythin any of the said townes of Lyn and Yarmouth or suburbs of the same or the value therof shorne died coloured or calendred by enye of the sayde craftes men biers or marchaūtes in any other place or places than in the sayd city of Norwich or suburbs of the same the one half therof to be to the kinge our soueraigne lorde and the other half therof to such person or persons as shal cease the same so that the saide worsteds brought to the sayd city of Norwich to be shorne died coloured calendred wythout couin or craft of any of the sayd inhabitauntes marchaūtes may be shorne died coloured and calendred at and by as conuenient price or prices and in as redy wise as the sayd inhabitaūtes of either of the sayd towns of Lyn and Yarmouth marchantes biers of the sayd worstedes or other of the sayd citye or county hath had in times past or hereafter shall haue And also that the inhabitauntes and marchauntes euery of them so bringinge their sayd worstedes to the same city for to be shorne died colored calēdred be reasonably lawfully entreated according to the said act made in the sayd .vij. yere of kinge Edward the fourth the ordinances made affirmed or hereafter to be made affirmed for the sayd mistery without let or disturbaunce contrary to the same acte or ordinance in that behalfe And be it enacted by the auctority aforesayd that no person or persons any time after cōuey or transport into any of the parties of beyond the sea any maner of clothes of worstedes before the same clothes be shorne died colored calendred vpon peine of forfaiture the value therof the one half to the king our soueraigne lord tho ther half therof to the party that will sue therfore by action or plaint of debt in any of the kynges courtes In whiche action or suite no protection or essoyne shal be alowed nor the offēder admitted to wage his lawe This act to endure to the next parliamēt ¶ An Act concerninge Englishmen beyng sworne to forren princes Cap. iiii PRaien the cōmons in this presēt parliamēt that where many and diuers persons being the kinges subiectes naturally borne within this his realme haue wdrawen thē selues out of the same realme and transported them selues with theyr wiues children and goods into Hollande zeland Barband Flaunders and into other countries of forren princes and there be sworn to the obeisaunce of the princes and lordes of the countreis where they be now inhabited makynge their great buildinges and be contributories to all maner of charges as the subiectes of those coūtreis be thus they mainteine asmuch as in thē is the cities boroughes townes of those coūtreis and many mo of the kinges subiects intend to do the same if remedy therin be not prouided Which subiects borne in England notwithstandinge that they this estraunge theym selues from the kynges obeysaunce yet they occupy here in all the portes hauens and crekes cities boroughes townes of England as frely and as free in custome and subsidy as the kinges subiectes do occupy and not onely for them selfe but also colourably for other straungers their frendes partiners and also make them selues quite and exempte frō all charges within this realme in preiudice decay of the cities townes boroughes of England and as for beyonde the sea they will obey to none auctority graūted to the English nation by the kynges highnes and his noble progenitours vnder the great seale of Englād and by auctority of parliamente but they giue thē selues ouer to the protection defence of those outwarde princes to whom they be sworn subiects And by these maner of persons much coyne is conueyed out of the Lande Wherefore be it ordeyned and enacted by the kinge our soueraygne lorde the lordes spirituall temporall the commons in this presente parliamēt assembled by the auctority of the same that all and euery suche subiectes borne in England and sworne to be subiectes to forren princes lordes of outwarde parties from hēceforth as lōg as they shall so abide be as subiectes to forren prynces lordes that from hēceforth so longe they eueriche of them shall pay such customes subsidy tolle and other imposicions within this realme of Englade as other straūgers of those partes wher the sayd Englishemen make their inhabitacion pay or vse to paye wythin this sayd realme And that the knowledge of all and euery suche person or persons inhabitaūtes and sworne in maner and forme as is before rehersed within the Archedukes countries that is to say Holand Zeland Brabande Flaunders onely shal be had by certificat thereof made by the gouernour of the marchaunt auenturers and the assistens there for the time being and also for all other reamels and