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 1 1 '8 C. 1—4. Anno quinto H e n r i c i VIII. A. D. 1 5 1 3, E X P. IE. 3. c, %, The true ma- king of White Straits in De- vonfhire. Every Maker to markhisCloths Continued by 6 H. g.c. 8. 5 & 6 Ed. 6. c. I. l6. 21 Jill. II Geo. I. c. 24 Rep. 6 Ann. c.c, 3 H. S. c. 7. 7 Ed. 4. c. 3. 3H. 7. c. 11. 33 H. 8.c. 19, Deceits in Wor fieds. 7 E d. 4. c. 1. 12 H.-j.e, 1. The Deceit and Lofs coming by dry calandring of Worfteds. Statutes made at Weftminfter, Anno 5 Hen. VIII. and Anno Dom. C ^T°^ H E King our Sovereign Lord Henry the Eighth after the Conqueflr, by the Grace of God King of England, and of France, and Lord of Ireland, at his Parliament holden at Wejlminfter the Twenty ' ■*■ third Day of January, in the Fifth Year of his moil noble Reign, after the Prorogation, to the c of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by ' Authority of the fame, hath done to be ordained, made, and enacted certain Statutes and Ordinances in ' Manner and Form following.' CAP. I. How the King's Subjects of Tournay and Tyrivin in France may have Affurance and Recovery of their Debts due to them by Englijhmen, and how Englijhmen of them. CAP. II. An Aft for the true making of Cloths in Devon, called White-Straits. PRayen the Commons and Inhabitants (Clothmakers, and Buyers of the fame) within the County of Devon, that where divers and many Cloths, called White-Straits, be and have been continually made within the faid County, to the great Profit of the King's Subjects there, the which Cloths were wont to be well and fufficiently made, and bear their Breadth Yard broad and half Quarter raw, and fifteen Yards of Length, and that no Man in Times part Rath ufed to make them, but that the Maker thereof hath fet his fpecial Mark upon every of the faid Cloths fo by him or them made, whereby every Man may know their own Cloths from other Mens by reafon of their faid feveral Marks ; (2) fo it is, that now-a-days the faid Cloths be not fufficiently made, ne bear their Length and Breadth according as they fhould do, ne marked with every Man's own Mark, whereof great Inconvenience 'doth daily enfue and increafe, to the impo- verifhing and hurting, as well of the King's Subjects, Buyers and Sell.rs of the fame, as of Merchant Stran- gers :' (3) Wherefore, the PremiiTes confidered, that it maybe therefore enacted by the King our So- vereign Lord, by the Affent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Par- liament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from the Feaft of Pent ec ojl next coming, no Perfon make no fuch Cloths (called White-Straits) to fell, without that he be when he is raw ready to be toked, of the Breadth of a Yard and half a Quarter, and of Length Fifteen Yards ; (4) and that no Per- . fon make no fuch Cloths, but if he fet his fpecial Mark upon every of the faid Cloths, fo by him or them made. And that no Perfon ufe no Mark on his Cloths fuch as any other Perfon doth and hath ufed be- fore him, upon Pain of Forfeiture of every of the faid Cloths, the one Half to the King, and the other Half to him that fo feifeth the faid Cloths, fo made or marked contrary to the Form and Effect; afore ex- preffed 5 (6) and this Act to endure unto the next Parliament. 6. 27EI.C.18. See farther 35 El. f.o,6f 10. 39 EI. e. 20. 43E/. c.10. I Jac. 1. c. 25. %J"c. 1. c. 16. 4 Jac. 1. c. 2. 7 jac. 1. 1. c. 18, & 28. 12 Car. 2. c. 22. 22 £f 23 Car. 2. c. 8. 6 Ann. c. 8, £f 9. 7 Ann. c. 13. 10 Ann. c. 16. I Gee. 1. c. 15, & 41. 7 Geo. 2. c. 25. II Geo. 2. c. 28. and 14 Geo. 2. c. 35. CAP. III. An Act that White Wooll and Cloths of Five Marks and under, may be carried over the Seas unfhorn. None fhall carry over the Sea white Woollen Cloths above the Price of Five Marks unfhorn, unrowed, or unbarbed. By 27 H. 8. c. 13. White Woollen Cloth fold for 4 /. &c. may be tranfported unfhorn. CAP. IV. An Aft for avoiding Deceits in Worftecls. ' TJRayen the Commons in this prefent Parliament affembled, That whereas Worfteds which been truly ' JL made, fhorn, dyed, and calandred, as of old Time hath been accustomed to be made, fhorn, dyed, ' and calandred, have been one of the goodlier! Merchahdife and greateft Commodity of this Realm, and ' not only worn within this Realm, but alio much worn and ufed in other Realms; (?) and fo it is, that ' now of late divers Strangers beyond the Sea have taken upon them to dry cajander Worfteds with Gums," ' Oils, and Prcffes, fo that a coaife Piece of Worfted, not being paft the Value of xxvi.s. viij.d. is and ' And if the fame Worfted, fo dry calandred, taketh any Wet, incontinent -it will fhew fpotty and fpttS and ever after continue {till foul, and will not endure, to the great Deceit and Hurt of the Wearers thereof, and Lofs of the faid Commodity ; and, for the faid Deceits, and Faifenefs, the faid dry calandring is fcornedand abhorred in the Parts beyond the Sea, fo that no Perfon do ne fhall ufe in thofe Parts any iitch Worfteds to dry calander : (4) And alfo now of late the faid Strangers, called Dry Calanders, are~coine ' into 4
 * Honour of God and holy Church, and for the Common Weal and Profit of this his Realm, by the Affent
 * fhall be made, by their faid Gums, Oils, and Preffes, to fhew like to the Value of xl.s. or better: