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 A. D. 1 54 1. Anno tricefimo tertlo Henrici VIII. C. 13 — 16. 315 ■ ice, by th I imandment, or of any ol his Grace's* !.'.-! Offi- fh al 1 1 1 a p p e n, f b r t h Hands or Fifts, or with ai Stick, or with any Staff commonly called a Tip-f iff, within the or Houfi, or any I , aforefaid, me Stroke or Strokes thi re h; pp n to be any Blood (hoi of fui 1. Pi i the Perfon fo ftricken do die ol the i; Stroke within i fo given. [I. And alio be ii furthci enadted by irefaid, '/'hat if any Perfon 01 from t lie full 1 )ay of April next com ine, fteal or felon ioufly take away any Plate, ; of our faid Sovereign Lord the King, hi ; Heirs 01 Su< c fl «, Kings, of th<- Value of a/7. </, break or enter into any the King's Houfes, to the Intent to fteal any of ihc King's Goods, his Hi, Kings, though his Majcfty be abfent, or any other Houfc, while it fhall fortune the fame hi., Ma- jefty to be lodged or abiding therein, every fuch Offence to be deemed Felony ; (2) and the Perfon or Per- c - '*•' fufFer like Penalties, Forfeitures and Pains of Death, as appertained) to Felon!, without havii nefit of their Clergy or Sanctuary ; (3) and every fuch Offender being apprehended within the Verge of the > Bulflr. 19V King's Houfe, to be arraigned and tried by Men of the Country, as other Offenders for Offences done "" j;"' * within the V 1 the Steward of the faid Marjhalfey, and other unto him affociated, are to be ar- l " ■ 1 and tried within the lame Precinct. CAP. XIII. pR Lonlfhips in Wales removed from the County of Denbigh to the County of Flint, &c. When and where 32 '•'• S- e, 43. the Shire Court of Chijler fhall be kept. There fhall he two Coroners chofen for the County of Ckcficr. 3 1 Ed - 3- f '"- '• When the Scffions for the County of Cbejler fhall he holden. Certain Lordfhips and Parifhcs in finales £' 'jj g c „ € annexed to the County of Flint. Certain Towns in the County of Flint in It ales affigned to be within Explained by 34 the Hundreds of Moldefdak and Rutland. & 3 cH. 8.c'.»6." §• 97- CAP. XIV. It fliall be Felony to declare any falfe Prophefy upon occafion of Arms, Fi elds, Letters, Z$c. r e P. 1 Ed. 6. c. iz. I Man Sat. 1. c. 1. 3 & 4 Ed. 6. c. 15. See 5 El. c. 15 C A P. XV. A Repeal of fo much of the Statute of 32 H. 8. c. 12. as doth afiign the Town of Manchc/lcr to be a Place REP. 1 j«, 1. of Sancluary. But inftead thereof, the City of Wejlchefier in the County of Chejhr fhall be a Place of c 2 S- *■' 2 « Sanctuary. J CAP. XVI. A Bill for Worfted Yarn in Norfolk. ' X 7 HERE AS for the mod part in all the Shires and Counties of this Realm of England; there be and 7 Ed. 4. r. 1. ' W have been certain private Commodities growing and arifing only within the faid Shires or Counties, li H ' "■ '• u ' faid Shires and Counties, and the Inhabitants of the fame, be and have been, without any foreign Aid or ' Succour, plenteouily and wealthily kept, maintained, defended and preferved ; (2) all which Commo- ' dities, by the Deceit and fubtile Practices, as well of Merchant Strangers, as of divers other covetous and ' evil-confcienced Perlons, have been and be many Time clearly deftroyed and fubverted, to the great Lois ' and Decay as well of the faid Cities and Towns within every fuch Shires and Counties, as of the Inha- ' bitants of the fame; (3) amongft the which faid Cities, Towns, Shires and Counties, having private Worfle'd Yam ' Commodities, the City of Nor-wich, and divers other and many Towns in the County of Norfolk, hath ' ' been always heretofore kept, preferved and maintained, and the poor Men, and other Dwellers and In- l ; m ™ ,c ' habitants in the fame, godly, honeftly and vertuoufiy brought up, occupied and exercifed, by a Com- Klc ^ ^t ih'e ' Worfteds and other Cloths, which hath been made and woven of the Yarn called Worfted Yarn, fpun fi 1 of the Wooll growing and coming of the Sheep bred only within the County of Norfolk, and in no Place ' faid City of Norwich and County of Norfolk, by the Deceit and crafty Practices of the great Multitude of ' laid Dwellers and Inhabitants in the faid City and Shire ; that is to fay, in that, that the faid Regrators c County, but do fell, fend and carry away the fame Yarn out of this Reahn of England, into France, F ' under the King's Dominions, do make and weave Says, Ruflets, Worfteds, and divers and fundry other ' Cloths and Things, the which after they havefo made and woven, the faid Strangers do fell again unto us ' Englijhmen, within this faid Realm of England, to their great Profit, Lucre and Advantage, and to the c ' Decay and DeftrucTtion of the faid Commodity; (6) by reafon whereof the faid City of Norwich, and ' other the faid Towns in the faid County of Norfolk, are not only moft likely to be brought to utter Ruin ' and Decay, and the poor Men, and other Dwellers and Inhabitants of the fame, winch have been here- ' toforc fet on work, kept and maintained only by the faid Commodity, illudcd and deceived thereof, S f 2
 * , their Abettors, Procurers, Counfellors and Receptors, thereof lawfully coi ■ ' '•
 * by the which only Commodities politickly provided for and continued, the Cities and Towns within the
 * modity growing and rifmg only within the laid County, that is to fay, by the making and weaving of Count) I
 * elfewhcre : (4) And forafmuch as the faid Commodity of making and weaving of Worfteds within the
 * Regrators and Buyers of the faid Yarn called Worfted Yarn, is wholly decayed and taken away from the
 * do buy the faid Yarn by frnall Parcels of many Men, and after that they have fo by little and little bought
 * a great Quantity of the faid Yarn, do not caufe it to be woven, cr otherwife wrought in the (aid Cit ;
 * ders, and fuch other like Places beyond the Sea ; (5) where with the laid Yarn, Strangers, not being '