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28 Twelve Men, and of such as ⟨are best filled and⟩ will and may attend best to that Office; and that they be sufficient to answer the King, if need be, and shall swear that they bear lawful Witness.&ensp; And if the TreasurerKing [sic] or Barons of the Exchequer have any Suspicion of Sale,False [sic] Allowances of Charges, or other Things, the Truth must be inquired; and he that is attainted, shall answer to the King for as much as the Allowance amounteth unto, and shall be imprisoned ⟨one Year and forty Days⟩, and shall be punished at the King's Pleasure, and the Surveyors shall be punished for their Consent.&ensp; And likewise he that upon the Accompt did conceal and keep secret such Things, whereof he ought to have charged himself, shall be punished in like wise as he that admitted such false Allowances.

&ensp;And that all the Justicers, Commissioners, and other, shall from henceforth deliver into the Exchequer, at the Feast of St. Michael, from Year to Year, the Extreats of Fines and Amerciaments made and taxed before them, and of all Things wherefore the Extreats are wont to be delivered there.&ensp; And they of the Exchequer shall make Extreats of the Summons through all Shires, saving that the Extreats in the Eyre of all Pleas shall be delivered immediately  after the Eyre made.

   

 

F a Baker or a Brewer be convict, because he hath not observed the Assise of Bread and Ale, the first, second, and third time, he shall be amerced according to his Offence, if it be not over grievous;&ensp; but if the Offence be grievous and often, and will not be corrected, then he shall suffer Punishment of the Body, that is to wit, a Baker to the Pillory, and a Brewer to the Tumbrel, or some other Correction.&ensp; First, six lawful men shall be sworn truly to gather all Measures of the Town, that is to wit, Bushels, half and quarter Bushels, Gallons, Pottles, and Quarts, as well of Taverns as of other Places; Measures and Weights, that is to wit, Pounds, half Pounds, and other little Weights, wherewith Bread of the Town or of the Court is weighed, that is to say, one Loaf of every sort of Bread.&ensp; And upon every Measure, Bushel, Weight, and also upon every Loaf, the Name of the Owner distinctly written;&ensp; and likewise they shall gather the Measures of Mills. After which Thing done, twelve lawful Men shall swear to make true Answer to all such Things as shall be demanded of them in the King's Behalf upon Articles here following; and such Things as be secret, they shall utter secretly, and answer privately.&ensp; And the Bailiffs shall be commanded to bring in all the Bakers and Brewers with their Measures, and all things under written. First, they shall inquire the Price of Wheat, that is to wit, how a Quarter of the best Wheat was sold the last Market-day, and how the second Wheat, and how 