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 '86 G. 15^ 16. Anno feptimo Jacobi I.' A. D. 1609. ' or vithln thsfkirs of Sturhidge^tidElf, in whofe Hands foever they be to fell, that was defedVive au'd ' iiifuiPiicle'nt, it fhould be lawful to them to take the fame Ware and Stuff, and bring it before the Mayo'i ■* of thefaid City of jLswiio;?, the Mayors or Bailiffs of the aforefaid Fairs for the Time ; (5) and the fame ' there being proved defedive, to be forfeit, the one Half thereof to our Sovereign Lord the King, and A'^terEngliih- « the Other Half to the faid Wardens, to be ordered at their Pleafure : (6) In which faid Ad it is pro'- Womrs^an- ' vidcd. That after that Men of the faid Occupation within this Land have taken out and chofen fuch and gers ai'ay buy ' S.S many Homs as (hould be needful to their Occupation, that then it ihould be lawful to them all, and the Refidue. ' to every of them, and other Perfons of this Realm of England, to fell and deliver all the Horns refufed, ' which be not able to be occupied in their Myftery, to any Stranger or other Perfon, to fend or carry be- ijac. I.e. 45, ' yond the Sea, or elfewhere, as fhould pleafe them : (7) The which Aft in the Parliament holden at' ' If^e/lminjier in the firfl: Year of your Highnefs Reign, was wholly repealed and made void : The CorKphint ' lIL Forafmuch as fince the Repealing of the faid A6t, Strangers and Aliens by the Hands of divers dn^lu^Er^'iiai * of their Faftors, Servants and Dealers for them, have and do (as before the making of the faid i-i]-.™" un"*^ ' ' Statute of Edvjard the Fourth they did, that is) daily buy up and procure unto themfelves the great andi wrougiit. « chief Stuff of £';'i2-/f/7;. Horns unwrought, -of Tanners and Butchers, and otherwife, and do. daily con- ' vey and carry them beyond the Seas, and there make them into divers Works, v;hereby many Houf- ' holders of your Majefty's Subjefts, that lived and maintained their Families, and paid Subfidies and! ' other Duties' to your Highnefs, by the Benefit of their Labour in working the faid Horns, having no 'other Trade or Means by Labour to maintain and keep themfelves, their Wives and Children,, 'the Company being greatly increafed, and the Stuff altogether in. a manner tranfported, occafionethi ' fuch a Decreafe of the Ware, as hereby the Company is grown fo poor and decayed, as in fliort Time, Partoft^Sta- ' if Remedy be not provided, they and theirs fhall be utterly undone : (z) And alfo by the repealing of c'"«. revived',*' ' the faid Aft, the Wardens of the faid Homers of the faid City oi London are difabled to fearch the touching Horns. ' the Wares belonging to their faid Craft, as well within the laid City, as in other Places in the faid ' Aft mentioned, and have lofl their Government in their Company :' (3) Therefore pleafeth it your Hiffhnefs, That it may be enafted by your moft excellent Majefty, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That the faid Aft, and every Part and Point thereof, (except Power of Search within the Fairs of Stourbridge an4' Ely, and except the Limitation of fuch Prices for Horns as they were to be had for at the making of the faid Aft) (hall be revived, and be of like Force, Power and Virtue from henceforth, as if the fame had not been repealed. En "ffhHorn" ^^ • "^"^ ^^ ''^ further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That no Perfon or Perfons whatfoever fhall unwroughTto a fell any ^K^/zy^i Horns unwrought to any Stranger, or fend any ^w^/^/^i Horns unwrought over the Sea, Stranger. contrary to the true Meaning of the faid Aft j (z) upon Pain of Forfeiture of double the Value of the Horns fo by him or them fo fold or fent ; the fame Forfeiture to be recovered by him or them that will fue for the fame, by Aftion of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of the King's Majefty's Courts of Record ; the one Moiety thereof to be to the King's Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, and the other Moiety to him or them that will fue for the fame j in which Suit no Proteftion, Privilege or Wager of Law to be admitted for the -Defendant. CAP. XV. An A6b concerning fome Manner of Affignment of Debts to his Majefty. What Debts ' T7'HEREAS it is conceived that fome Manner of Aflignments of Debts, if they fliould be made only may beaf- ' VY to his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, the fame would be inconvenient :' His Majefly there- fisnedtothe fgj-g jg well pleafed that it be enafted, (2) and be it enafted by Authority of this prefent Parliament, Hob%«. That na Debt fnall at any Time after the firft Day oVJiily, which Ihall be in the Year of our Lord' /fafi. ^.'1.589. God pne thoufand fix hundred and ten, be affigned to the King's Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, by. or from any Debtor or Accountant to his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, other than fuch Debts :is did before grow due originally to the King's Debtor or Accountant bona fide; (3) and that all Grants and Affignments of Debts to the Kir.g's Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, which from and after the ■ faid firft 'Day of July fliall be had or made contrary to the true Intent of this Aft, fhall be void and of .' no Force ; any Law, Cuftom, Privilege or Thing to the contrary in any wife notwith'ftanding. ^ CAP. XVL An A£t for the Encouragement of many poor People In Cumberland and TVeftmorknd, and in the Towns and Parifhes of Carptmell, Oxhead and Brcughton in the County of Lancafter, to continue a Trade of making Cogware, Kendals, Carptmeals- and coarl'e Cottons. ■ -Ed ^. I * TT/FIEREAS by a Statute made in the ninth Year of the late Y^'iw^ Henry the Fourth, it was Jjertaincoar'fe ' W enafted. That no Cloth called Kendals (v.'hereof the Dozen paffed not fix Shillings and eight- eioths made in c pence) (hould be fia.led with the King's Seal, nor Aulnage great nor little to be paid for the fame : •Aiaifnot'br' ' (2) And that the Owners might freely fell the faid Cloths not fealed, without forfeiting any Thing to ffaied, nor Cu- < jjjg inakinc of which Statute the faid Kendals, and other coarfe Things of like Nature, and made of p^'Ifonhe'm^'' the like coarfe Wool, and differing in Name only, called Cogware, coarfe Cottons and Carptmeals,. V" ' ' i liave
 * i*'arche°d or .' the King for the fame, notwithftandins; any Statute or Ordinance made to the contrary: (3) Sirhence