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 3°4 V. XP. 23 El. c. 7. 27 El. c. 15. 39 El, c. 10. Wellh Cloths .called Whites, &c. /hall be folded either in Pleats or .Cuttles. C. 2—4. Anno tricefimo tertio Henri ci VIII. A. D. 1541. the aforefaid Juftices of Affife or Juftices of Peace have by Force of this Act within their Jurifdutions and Authorities. CAP. II. Whofocver fhall buy any frefh Fifh (except Sturgeon, Porpofe and Seal) of any Stranger in the Parts of Flanders, Zealand, Picardy or France, or upon the Sea between Shore and Shore, or in any Place beyond the Sea, to put to Sale to any Perfon within this Realm, fhall forfeit for every Time ten Pounds : But this fhall not extend to any Perfons which fhall buy Fifh in any Part of Ifeland, Scotland, Orkney, Shetland, Ireland or Newland, CAP. III. The Bill for folding of Cloths in North Wales. WHERE a certain kind and fort of Weljh Cloths, called Whites, Ruffets and Rennets, made and wrought in North Wales and Orcejhr Hundred, adjoining to North Wales, of long Time have been and be fo craftily and hard rolled together, that the Buyer thereof cannot perceive nor difcern the untrue Making and Breadth thereof, to the great Hurt, Deceit and impoverifhing of the King's true and loving Subjects :' (z) For Remedy whereof, be it enadfed, ordained and eftablifhed by the King our Sove- reign Lord, his Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by Authority of the fame, That all and every the faid Cloths, from and after the Feaft of the Nati- vity of St. J.ohn Bapt'ift next coming, that fhall be brought to any common Markets or Fairs to be uttered and fold, fhall be folded either in Pleats or Cuttles, as the Cloths of all other Countries of this Realm commonly have been ufed and be ufed, to the Intent that the Buyers thereof may plainly fee and per- ceive the Breadth and Goodnefs of fuch Cloth and Cloths as he fhall buy; (3) and that every Piece of the faid Cloths, which after the faid Feaft fhall be brought to any Market or Fair to be uttered and fold contrary to the Form aforefaid, fhall be forfeited ; that is to fay, the Moiety or one Half thereof to the .Ufe of our faid Sovereign Lord the King, and the other Moiety thereof to any of the King's Subjects which will fue for the fame in any of the King's Courts of Record, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, In- formation or otherwife, wherein the Defendant fhall not be admitted to wage his Law, nor any Pro- tection nor Effoin, nor any other dilatory Plea admitted or allowed. a.;H. 8. c. 9. None fhall buy "Wares made of Tin out of the Realm. JC)B. 7. c 6. Searchers of Wares made of Tin brought into this Realm. No Pewterer fliall.takc a Stranger born to tice, &c. Sep. 5 El. c. 4. No Stranger born /hall work any Pewter or Tin. No Pewterer /hall teach his Trade in a fo- reign Realm. CAP. IV. The Pewterers Bill. HERE at the Parliament begun at London the third Day of November in the xxi. Year of the Reign of the King our Sovereign Lord, and from thence adjourned to Wejlminjler, and there holden, and from that Time continued by divers Prorogations unto the fifteenth Day of January in the xxv. Year of his moft noble Reign, it was ordained and eftablifhed by the AfFent of the King's Majefly, his Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in the faid Parliament then affembled, and by Authority of the fame, That no Perfon nor Perfons from that Time then inhabiting, or which after that Time fhould inhabit within this Realm, fhould buy or otherwife take by Exchange for other Wares, any manner Wares made or hereafter to be made out of this Realm, of Tin, or mixed with Tin, as Platters, Difhes, Saucers, Pots, Bafins, Ewers, Flaggons, Goblets, Salts, Saltcellers, Spoons, or any other Thing made of Tin or Pewter as aforefaid, whatfoever it were, upon Pain of Forfeiture of the fame Wares, in whole Hands foev.er it might be found or taken, and alfo lawful Money current in this Realm to the full Value thereof, the one Half of the fame Forfeiture to be to the Ufe of the King's Highnefs, and the other Half to be to the Ufe of the Finders of the fame. ' II. And further it was enacted-. That it fhould be lawful to the Matter and Wardens of the Pewterers, as well within the City of London, as within every other City, Borough or Town within this Realm, where fuch Wardens were, and where no fuch Wardens were, to the Head Officer or Governor, Head Officers or Governors of the fame City, Borough or Town for the Time being, to appoint divers Per- fons moft expert in Knowledge of the fame, to make Search and Seifure, and to take into their Hands and Poffeffion all fuch Wares as thereafter fhould be brought contrary to the true Intent and Effect of the faid Act, in whofefover Hands or Poffeffions any fuch fhould be found. ' III. And it was alfo enacted by the Authority abovefaid, That no Perfon or Perfons occupying the faid Craft or Occupation of Pewterers within this Realm, fhould fet on work or retain in his or their Ser- vice any Perfon or Perfons to be his or their Apprentice or Journeyman, Eftranger born out of this Realm, upon Pain to forfeit for every fuch Apprentice and Journeyman, x. li. Sterling ; (z) and that no Stranger born out of this Realm fhould occupy, exercife or ufe, from the Feaft of Pentecojl then next coming, the faid Craft of Pewterers, ne work any manner of Veffels, or other Ware aforefaid, to be made of Tin or Pewter, within any Place or Places of this Realm, upon Pain of Forfeiture of x. 1. Sterling, and alfo upon Pain of Forfeiture of the fame Pewter or Tin fo wrought, in whofe Hands foever it fhould be found or taken. ■ ' IV. And it was further enacted by the faid Authority, That no Perfon nor Perfons being born within this Realm, then occupying or exercifing the faid Craft of Pewterers, fhould from thenceforth refort into any Arrange Regions' or Countries, there to ufe, teach, or exercife the faid Craft of Pew- terers, upon Pain to lofe the Privilege and Benefit of ,an Engllfonian. [z) And if in cafe any of the King's
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