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ANNO QVINTO ET SEXTO EDVARDI SEXTI. ❧ acts made in the Session of this present parliament, holden vpon prorogation at Westminster, the .xxiii. day of Ianuarie, in the fiueth year of the reign of our most dread sovereign lord, Edward the. VI. by the grace of God, king of england, france, and ireland, defemder of the faith, and of the church of england and ireland, in earth the supreme head: and there continued and kept to the .xv. day of april, in the VI. year of the reign of our said sovereign lord, as followeth   

❧ THE Table. ❧  

IN primis, an act for the uniformity of common prayer, and administration of the Sacramentes. chapter .i.  
An act for the provision and relief of the poor. chapter .ij.  
An act for the keeping of holy daies, and fasting daies. chapter .iij.  
An act against fighting and quarelyng in churches, and churche-yardes. chapter .iiij.  
An act for the maintenance of Tillage, and increase of corn. chapter .v.  
An act for the true making of wollen cloth. chapter .vi.  
An act limityng the times for buying and selling of wolles. chapter .vij.  
An act limiting what persons shal wave or make broad wollen cloth. Chap .viij.  
An act that no man robbing any house, Bouthe, or Lent, shalbe admitted to the benefit of his clergy. chapter .ix.  
An act to take away the benefit of clergy, from such as rob in one shire, and fly into another. chapter .x.  
An act for the punishment of diverse treasons. chapter .xi.  
An act for the declaration of a statute, made for the marriage of priestes, and for the legitimacion of their children. chapter .xij.  
An act for the declaration of a statute made in the .xxxi. year of king Henry the eight, touching religious persons. chapter .xiij  
An act against regratours, forestallers, and engrossers. chapter .xiiij.  
An act against regratours of tanned leather. chapter .xv.  
An act against buying and selling of offices. chapter .xvi.  
An act for the continuance of certain statutes. chapter .xvij.  
An act repealyng a statute made in the fourth year of king Henry the seventh, against the bringing in of wine, and woad, in strange botomes. chapter .xviij.  
An act touching the exchange of gold and silver. chapter .xix.  
An act against usury. chapter .xx.  
An act for Tinckers and peddlers. chapter .xxi.  
An act for the putting down of Gygge milles. chapter .xxij.  
An act for the true stuffing of fetherbeddes, mattresses & quissheons. Chap .xxiij.  
An act for the making of hats, dornyckes, and couerlectes at norwich, and in the county of Northfolcke. chapter .xxiiij.  
An act for keepers of Alehouses, to be bound by recognisance. chapter .xxv.  
An act for writtes vpon proclamations and exigentes, to be current within the county palantine of lancaster. chapter .xxvi.    

¶ The first chapter. ¶ An act, for the uniformity of common prayer, and administration of the Sacramentes.  
WHere there hath been a very Godly order set forth, by authority of parliament, for common prayer, and administration of the Sacramentes, to be used in the mother tongue, within this church of england, agreeable to the word of God, and the primitive church, very comfortable to al good people, desiring to live in christian conversation, and most profitable to the state of this realm, vpon the which, the mercy, favour, and blessing of almighty God, is in no wise so readily, and plenteously powred, as by common prayers, due using of the Sacramentes, and often preaching of the gospel, with the devotion of the hearers. And yet this notwithstanding, a great number of people, in diverse partes of this realm, following their awne sensuality, and living either without knowledge, or due fear of God, do wilfully and dampnably before almighty god abstain, and refuse to come to their parish Churches, and other places, where common prayer, administration of the Sacramentes, and preaching of the word of God is used, vpon the sundays, and other daies, ordained to be holy daies.  
For reformation hereof, bee it enacted, by the king our sovereign lord, with the assent of the lords, and commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from, and after the feast of all Sainctes next coming, all and every person, and persons, enhabiting within this realm, or any other the kings majesties dominions, shall diligently, and faithfully, having no lawful or reasonable excuse to be absent, endeavour themselves to resort to their parish church, or chapel accustomend, or vpon reasonable let therof, to some usual place, where common prayer, and such service of God shalbe used, in such time of let, vpon every sunday, and other daies ordained, and used to be kept, as holy daies, and then, and there to abide orderly, and soberly, during the time of the common prayer, preachings, or other service of God, there to be used and ministered, vpon pain of punishment, by the Censures of the church.  
And for the due execution hereof, the kings most excellent majesty, the lords temporal, and all the commones in this present parliament assembled, doth in Goddes name earnestly require, and charge all the Archebishoppes, bishops, and other Ordinaries, that they shall endeavour theimselfes, to the uttermost of their knowledges, that the due and true execution hereof may be had, throughout their dioceses and charges, as they will answer before God, for such evils and plagues, wherewith almighty God, may justly punish his people, for necglectyng this good and wholesome lawe.  
And for their authority in this behalf, be it further likewise enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that all, and singular, the same Archebishoppes, bishops, and all other their officers exercising ecclesiastical jurisdiction, as well in place exempt, as not exempt, within their dioceses, shall haue full power and authority by this act, to reform correct, and punish by Censures of the church, all and singular persons which shall offend within any their jurisdictions, or dioceses after thesaied feast of all Sainctes, next coming, against this act and statute, any other Lawe, statute, preuilege, liberty, or provision, heretofore made, had, or suffered, to the contrary, notwithstanding.  
And because there hath arisen, in the use and exercise of the foresaid common service in the church, heretofore set forth, diverse doubts for the fashion and maner of the ministration of the same, rather by the curiosity of the minister, and mistakers, then of any other worthy cause therfore, as well for the more plain and manifest explanacion hereof, as for the more perfection of thesaid order of common service, in some places where it is necessary to make the same prayer and fashion of service more earnest and fit, to stir christian people to the true honouring of almighty God: The kings most excellent majesty, with thassent of the lords and commons in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, hath caused the foresaid order of common service, entitled the book of common prayer, to be faithfully and Godly perused, explained, and made fully perfect, and by the foresaid authority, hath annexed and joined it, so explained and perfected to this present statute, adding also a form and maner of making, and consecratyng of Archebishoppes, bishops, Priestes, and Deacons, to be of like force, authority, and value, as the same like foresaid book entitled the book of common prayer was before, and to be accepted, received, used, and esteemed, in like sort and maner, and with the same clauses of provisions and excepcions to all intents, constructions, and purposes, as by the act of parliament, made in the second year of the kings majesties reign, was ordained, limited, expressed, and appointed, for the uniformity of service, and administration of the Sacramentes, throughout the realm, vpon such several pains, as in thesaied act of parliament is expressed. And thesaied former act, to stand in full force and strength, to all intents, and constructions, and to be applied, practised, and put in ure, to, and for thestablishyng of the book of common prayer, now explained, and hereunto annexed, and also thesaied form of making of Archebishoppes, bishops, Priestes, and Deacons, hereunto annexed, as it was for the former book.  
And by thaucthoritie aforesaid it is now further enacted, that if any maner of person, or persons, enhabiting and being, within this realm, or any other the kings majesties dominions, shall after thesaid feast of al Sainctes, willingly, and wittingly, hear, and be present at any other maner, or form, of common prayer, of administration of the Sacramentes of making of ministers in the churches, or of any other rites, contained in the book annexed to this act, then is mentioned, and set forth in thesaied book, or that is contrary to the form of sundry provisions, and excepcions, contained in the foresaid former statute, and shallbee thereof convicted, according to the laws of this realm, before the Iustices of assize, Iustices of Dyer and determiner, Iustices of Peace in their Sessions, or any of them, by the verdict of twelve men, or by his, or their awne confession, or otherwise, shall for the first offence suffer enprisonment, for six months, without bail, or mainprize, and for the second offence, being likewise convicted, as is abovesaid, imprisonment for one whole year, and for the third offence, in like maner emprisonment, during his or their lifes. And for the more knowledge to be given hereof, and better obseruacion of this lawe: be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all, and singular Curates, shall vpon one sunday every quarter of the year, during one whole year next following the foresaid feast of all Sainctes next coming, rede this present act in the church, at the time of the most assembly, and likewise once in every year following, at the same time, declaring unto the people, by the authority of the scripture, how the mercy and goodness of God, hath in all ages been shewed to his people, in their necessities, and extremities, by means of hearty and faithful prayers, made to almighty God, especially where people bee gathered together with one faith and mind, to offer up their hartes by prayer, as the best Sacrifices that christian men can yeld.   

¶ The .ij. chapter. ¶ An act, for the provision and relief of the poor.  
TO the intent, that valiant beggars, idle, and loytryng persons, may be avoyded, and the impotent feeble, and lame, provided for, which are poor in very deed: Be it enacted by the king our sovereign lord, with the assent of the lords, spiritual and temporal, and the Commons in this present parliament assembled, and by authority of the same, that aswell the statute, made in the .xxij. year of the late king, of famous memory, king Henry the eight, as also the statute, made in the third, and fourthe year of the reign of the kings majesty that now is, concerning beggars, vagabonds, and idle persons, and every article, clause, branch, sentence, and other things, contained in them, and in every of them( other then such things, as shal be by this present act ordained, and provided for) shall stand, remain, and be in their full force, and effect, and shalbe from henceforth justly, and truly, put in execution, according to the true meaning of thesaied several statutes, and every of them.  
And further, be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that yearly, one holy day in Whiteson weke, in every city, borough, and town corporate the Maior, bailiffs, or other head officers, for the time being: and in every other parish or the country, the person, Vicar, or Curate, and the Churchewardeines( having in a register, or book, as well all the names of thenhabitantes, and householders, as also the names, of al such impotent, aged, and needy persons, as being within their city Borough town corporate, or parish, are not able to live of themselves, nor with their awne labour,) shall openly in the church, and quietly, after divine service, call thesaid householders, and enhabitauntes together. among whom, the Maior, and to of his brethren, in every city, the bailiffs, or other head officers, in boroughs, and tounes Corporate, the person, vicar, or Curate, and Churchewardeins, in every other parish: shall elect, nominate, and appoint yearly, two able persons or mo, to be gatherers, and collectors of the charitable almose of all the residue of the people, for the relief of the poor. which collectors, the sunday next after their eleccion,( or the sunday following, if need require) when the people is at the church, and hath heard Gods holy word, shall gently ask, and demand of every man, and woman, what they of their charity, willbe contented to give weakly, toward the relief of the poor. And the same to be written, in thesaid register, or book. And thesaid gatherers, so being elected, and chosen, shall justly gather, and truly distribute the same charitable almose weakly( by themselves, or their assigns) to thesaid poor, & impotent persons of thesaied cities, boroughs, tounes corporate, or Parishes without fraud, or covin, favour, or affection. And after such sort, that the more impotent, may haue the more help: and such, as can get part of their living, to haue the less. And by the discretion of the collectors, to bee put in such labour as they be fit, and able to do, but none to go, or sit openly a beggyng-vpon pam limited in the aforesaid statutes.  
Be it also enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that no person, or persons, so elected, nominated, and appointed to be gatherer or gatherers, as is aforesaid, shall refuse thesaied office, but shall justly, and truly execute the same by the space of one whole year next ensuing, vpon pain of forfeictyng .xx. s. to the almose box of the poor to be levied by the churchwardeins, where they, or he dwelleth, of the goods of the said gatherer, or gatherers, so refusing, by distress.  
And further, be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that thesaid gatherers, or collectors, shall make their just account quarterly, to the Maior of the city, bailiffs, or head Officers of the Borough, or town corporate: and in every parish of the country, to the person, Vicar, or Curate, and Churchewardeins of the parish. At which account, such of the parish, as will, may be present. And when they go out of their office, they shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, forthwith vpon thende of their accounts, al such surplusage of money, as then shall remain of their colleccion vndistributed, to be put in the common chest of the church, or in some other safe place, to the use of the poor, at the over sight, and discretion of thesaied Maior, or other the officers before mentioned. And if thesaid collectors, or any of them, do refuse to make their said account, within eight daies: then the Bishop of the Dioces, or ordinary, shall haue authority, by virtue of this act, to compel thesaied person, or persons, by Censures of the church, to make their said accounts, before such persons, as thesaied Bishop or ordinary, shall appoyncte.  
And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that if anypersone, or persons, being able to further this charitable work, do obstinately and frowardly, refuse to give towards the help of the poor, or do wilfully discourage other, from so charitable a deed: The person Vicar, or Curate, and Churchewardeins, of the parish where he dwelleth, shall gently exhort him, or them, towards the relief of the poor. And if he, or they, will not so be persuaded, then vpon the certificat of the person, Vicar, or Curate of the parish, to the bishop of the Dioces, the same bishop shall send for him, or them, to induce, and persuade him, or them, by charitable ways, and means. And so according to his discretion, to take order for the reformation hereof.  
And for the better maintenance of this charitable work, it is ordained, and established, by authority aforesaid, that where as the late king, of famous memory, king Henry the eight, by his several ereccions and foundations, hath ordained and appointed, any some, or sums of money, to th use of the poor( not being taken away, otherwise by act of parliament) whether the same be in any Cathedrall church, College, or else where: the bishop of the Dioces, for the time being, shall from time to time, examine, how, and after what maner, thesaied money is bestowed, and call to account the parties, which retain thesaied money, so that it may appear, that the same is distributed to the poor, according to the kings majesties foundation.  
provided always, and be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that this present act, nor any thing therein contained, shall extend, or bee prejudicial unto the Maior, Shirefes, and citizens, of the city of Chester, for, or concerning any gift, or grant, of any annuity, or yearly rent, heretofore made, given, or granted by the kings majesty that now is, unto thesaid Maior, Shiereues, and citizens, of thesaied city, going out of any manors, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, of the Cathedrall church of Christ, and our Lady, with in the city of Chester, but that the same Maior, Shiereues, and citizens, shall, and may, from henceforth, receive, use, and employ, the same annuities, yearly rents, or profectes, to such uses, and intents, and according to thesaid gift of our said sovereign lord the king any thing in this present act to the contrary, notwithstanding. This act to endure to the end of the first Session, of the next parliament.   

¶ The .iii. chapter. ¶ An act, for the keeping of holy daies, and fasting daies.  
forasmuch as at all times men be not so mindful to laud and praise God, so redy to resort and hear Gods holy word, and to come to the holy communion, and other laudable rites, which are to be observed in every Christian congregation, as their bound duty doth require: therfore to call men to remembrance of their duty, and to help their infirmity, it hath been wholesomely provided, that there should be some certain times and daies appointed, wherein the christians should cease from all other kind of labours, and should apply themselves onely, and wholly, unto the aforesaid holy works, properly perteinyng unto true religion. That is, to hear, to learn, and to remember almighty Gods great benefits, his manifold mercies, his inestimable gracious goodness, so plenteously powred vpon al his creatures, and that of his infinite, and unspeakable goodness, without any mannes desert. And in remembrance hereof, to render unto him, most high and hearty thankes, with prayers and supplicacions, for the relief of all our daily necessities. And because these bee the chief and principal works, wherein man is commanded to worship God, and do properly pertain unto the first table: therfore as these works, are both most commonly, and also may well bee called Gods service, so the times appointed specially for the same, are called holy daies. Not for the matter and nature, either of the time, or day, nor for any of the sainctes sakes, whose memories are had on those daies( for so al daies and times considered are Gods creatures, and all of like holiness) but for the nature and condition of those Godly and holy works, wherewith onely God is to be honoured, and the congregation to be edified, whereunto such times and daies, are sanctified and hallowed. That is to say, separated from all profane uses, and dedicated and appointed, not unto any saint or creature, but onely unto God, and his true worship Neither is it to be thought, that there is any certain time or definite number of daies, prescribed in holy scripture, but that the appoynctement, both of the time, and also of the number of the daies, is left by thaucthoritie of Gods word, to the liberty of Christes church to be determined and assigned orderly in every country, by the discretion of the rulers and ministers therof, as they shall judge most expedient to the true setting forth of Goddes glory, and the edificacion of their people. Be it therefore enacted, by the king our sovereign lord, with thassent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and the commons in this present parliament assembled, and by thaucthoritie of the same, that all the daies hereafter mentioned, shalbe kept, and commanded, to be kept holy daies, and none other. That is to say, all sundays in the year, the daies of the feasts of the Circumcision of our lord Iesus Christ. Of the epiphany. Of the purification of the blessed Virgin. Of S. Mathie the Apostle. Of the Annunciacion of the blessed virgin Of saint mark the evangelist. Of saint Philip and jacob the Apostles. Of the ascension of our lord Iesus Christ. Of the nativity of saint john Baptist. Of saint Peter the Apostle. Of saint james the Apostle. Of saint bartholomew the Apostle. Of saint Matthewe the Apostle. Of saint michael tharchaungel. Of saint Luke the evangelist. Of saint Simon and Iude the Apostles. Of all sainctes Of saint andrew the Apostle. Of saint Thomas the Apostle. Of the nativity of our lord. Of saint Stephen the martyr. Of saint john the evangelist. Of the holy innocents. Monedaie, and Twesdaie in Easter weke. And Monedaie and Twesdaie in Whiteson weke And that none other day shalbe kept, and commanded to be kept holy day, or to abstain from lawful bodily labour.  
And it is also enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that every even or day, next going before any of the aforesaid daies, of the feasts of the nativity of our lord, of Easter, of the ascension of our lord, Pentecost, of the purification, and the Annunciacion of the aforesaid blessed virgin, of all Sainctes, and of all of thesaid feasts of the Apostles( other then of saint john the evangelist, and Philip and jacob) shal be fasted, and commanded so to be kept, and observed, and that none other even, or day, shalbe commanded to be fasted.  
And it is enacted, by the authority above said, that it shalbe lawful to all Archebishoppes, and bishops, in their dioceses, and to all other having ecclesiastical, or spiritual jurisdiction, to inquire of every person, that shall offend in the premises, and to punish every such offendor, by the Censures of the church, and to enjoin him, or them, such penance, as shal be to the spiritual judge, by his discretion thought meet, and convenient.  
provided always, that this act, or any thing therein contained, shall not extend to abrogate, or take away, the abstinence from flesh, in Lent, or on Fridaies, and saturdays, or any other day, which is already appointed so to be kept, by virtue of an act, made, and provided, in the third year of the reign of our sovereign lord the kings majesty that now is, saving onely of those euens, or daies, whereof the holy day next following is abrogated by this statute. Any thing above mentioned to the contrary in any wise, notwithstanding.  
provided also, and it is enacted by the authority aforesaid, that when, and so often, as it shall chance any of thesaid feasts( the euens whereof be by this statute commanded to bee observed, and kept fasting day) do fall vpon the Monedaie: that then, as it hath always been heretofore accustomably used, so hereafter the Saturdaie, then next going before any such feast, or holy day, and not the sunday, shalbe commanded to be fasted, for the even of any such feast, or holy day. Any thing in this statute, before mentioned or declared, to the contrary in any wise, notwithstanding.  
provided always, and it is enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shalbe lawful to every husbandman, labourer, Fisherman, and and to all, and every other person, and persons, of what estate, degree or condition he, or they be, vpon the holy daies aforesaid, in harvest, or at any other times in the year, when necessity shall require, to labour, ride, fish, or work any kind of work, at their free wills and pleasure Any thing in this act to the contrary, in any wise notwithstanding.  
provided always, and be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that it shalbe lawful to the knights, of the right honourable order of the Garter, and to every of them, to keep, and celebrate solemnly, the feast of their order( commonly called saint Georges feast) yearly from henceforth, the .xxii. xxiii. and .xxiiii. daies of april, and at such other time, and times, as yearly shal be thought convenient by the kings highnes, his heires and successors, and thesaid knights of thesaid honourable order, or any of them now being, or hereafter to be. Any thing in this act heretofore mentioned to the contrary, notwithstanding.   

¶ The .iiii. chapter. ¶ An act, against fighting, and quarellyng, in Churches, and church shepherds.  
FOr asmuch as of late, diverse and many outrageous and barbarous behauors & acts, haue been used, and committed by diverse ungodly, and irreligious persons, by quarellyng, brawling, fraiyng and fighting, openly in Churches, and church shepherds: therfore it is enacted by the king our sovereign lord, with the assent of the lords spiritual and temporal, & the commons in this present parliament assembled, and by thaucthoritie of the same, that if any person whatsoever, shall at any time after the first day of may next coming, by words onely, querell, chide, or brawl in any church, or church yard, that then it shallbee lawful unto the ordinary of the place, where the same offence shal be doen, and proved by two lawful witnesses, to suspend every person so offending. That is to say, if he be a lay man, ab ingressu Ecclesiae, and if he be a clerk, from the ministration of his office, for so long time as thesaied Ordenarie shall by his discretion think meet, and convenient, according to the fault.  
And further it is enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that if any person, or persons, after thesaied first day of may, shall smite, or lay any violent hands vpon any other, either in any church, or church yard: That then, Ipso facto, every person so offending, shalbe deemed excommunicate, and bee excluded from the fellowship and company of Christes congregation.  
And also it is enacted by the authority aforesaid, that if any person, after thesaied first day of may, shall maliciously strike any person, with any weapon, in any church, or church yard, or after the same first day of may, shall draw any weapon, in any Chuche, or church yard, to the intent to strike another with the same weapon: That then every person so offending, and therof being convicted by verdict of twelve men, or by his awne confession, or by two lawful witnesses, before the Iustices of assize, Iustices of Dyer and determiner, or Iustices of Peace, in their Sessions, by force of this act, shalbe adiudged by the same Iustices, before whom such person, shal be so convicted, to haue one of his ears cut of. And if the person, or persons, so offending, haue none ears, whereby they should receive such punishment, as is afore declared: that then he, or they, to be marked and burned in the cheek, with an hot iron having this letter. F. vhereby he, or they, may be known, and taken, for fray makers and fighters, and besides that, every such person, to be, and stand, Ipso facto, excommunicated, as is aforesaid.   

¶ The .v. chapter. ¶ An act, for the maintenance of Tillage, and increase of corn.  
FOR the better maintenance of Tillage, and increase of corn, to bee had within this realm, which of late time, been much decayed, by such as haue converted lands usually put in Tillage to Pasture: Bee it enacted by the king our sovereign lord, with the assent of the lords and Commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by thaucthoritie of the same, that there shalbe yearly, after the feast of the Annunciacion of our Lady, which shalbe in the year of our lord God, a thousand, five hundred, fifty and three asmuch land, or more, put wholly in Tillage, and used, and sown, according to the custom of the country, and nature of the ground, and so shal be continued and used for Tillage, and sown for ever, by the owners, farmers, or occupiers therof, in every town, parish, Village, and Hammelet, within the realm of england, and Wales: as was, or hath been put in Tillage, in any one year, and so kept in Tillage, by the space of .iiii. yeres, any time sense the first year of the reign of king Henry theight, vpon pain to forfeict to the king, and his heires, for every acre not put in Tillage, used and occupied, according to the form, and effect, of this present act v. s. for every year so offending. And for the better execution of this act: be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that our said sovereign lord the king, his heires and successors, at his and their will, and pleasure, from time, to time may direct his, and their several Commission, and Commissions, under the great seal of england, to such persons, as it shall please them. And that the same Commissioners, or four of them at the least, shall haue power and authority, by virtue of this act, and of thesaid Commission, to inquire, search, and try, by thothes of twelve lawful and indifferent persons, or more, in every Hundred, Rape, or Wapentake, such as may dispend yearly .xl. s. of Frehold: what lands, and tenements, in every town, parish, Village, or Hammelet, within the limits of their charge( haue against the form and effect, of this present act, and statute) at any time, or times, sense thesaied first year of the reign, of king Henry theight, been converted, and turned from Tillage, to Pasture, and so reckoning converted, and turned, from Tillage to Pasture, and is now, or hereafter so shal be continued, and occupied in Pasture. And that thesaid twelve persons, or more, vpon their oaths shall make true and lawful presentment, and certificate, as well of all, and singular, the premises, as of the names, or sirenames, of the oweners, farmers, and occupiers of the same, in writing under their seals, to thesaied Commissioners, at such day, time, and place, as shal be limited to them, by thesaied Commissioners. And that thesaeid Commissioners, after such presentments therof, had, and made, shall cause the same presentments, to be engrossed in parchment, endented, and sealed with their seals, whereof the one part therof, shal be delivered to the foreman of the jury, and the other part therof, shal be certified into the kings Court of chancery, within two months, next after such presentment, so had and made. And that from thencefurthe, thesaid presentments, with convenient speed shalbe certified, and streted out, and from, thesaied Court of chancery into the Court of the Escheaquer, there to remain of Record, among the kings majesties records of the same Court of the Escheaquer, to the intent that this statute shalbe the more diligently, and indifferently, put in the execution, according to the true meaning therof.  
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that such commissioners as shal hereafter be aucthorised by virtue of the kings commission, to put this act in execution, shall before such time as he, or they, shal sit vpon the same commission, take a corporal oath before the lord chancellor of england, or the Lord keeper of the great seal for the time being, or before such other person, or persons, as shall haue authority from the lord chancellor of england, or the keeper of the great seal for the time being, by Dedimus potestatem, to receive, and take his, or their oaths, truly, faithfully, indifferently, and justly, according to the uttermost of his, or their wits, learnynges and connynges to endeavour themselves, for, and to the true execution of this statute, and of al, and every thing, contained in the same, for the better maintenance of tillage, & increase of corn to be had, according to the true meaning of this act.  
And be it further enacted, by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that thesaid commissioners, or two of them at the least, shall haue authority, and power, to direct their precept to the Shieriefe of the county, being within the limits of their commission, to warn such, and as many honest men of his bailiwick as is aforesaid, by whom the truth may best be known, to inquire, and true presentment make, of all, and every the premises, and to set such reasonable fines, issues, and amerciaments, vpon such persons, as shall make default of their appearances, or making their appearances, shall neglect to do their duties, in, and about the execution of the premises, as to the same commissioners, or four of them, shal be by their discretions thought meet, and convenient, so that the same fine, or amerciament, for any one default exceed not the somme of xx. s. And that the same fines, issues, and amerciaments, so by them taxed, and set, shal be yearly, well, and truly streated, into thesaid court of theschequier, and there to be levied to the kings use, as other fines, and amerciaments, haue been there accustomend and used to be levied.  
provided always, and be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that the putting of any lands, or tenements hereafter, from pasture, to tillage, according to the form and effect of this act, shall not in any wise extend, to be any cause of breach, or forfeicture of any bonde, covenant, payment, or condition, made, or hereafter to be made, between any person, or persons, which in any wise is, or shalbe repugnant, or contrariant to this act.  
provided always, and it is enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that this act, ne any thing therein contained, shall not in any wise, extend to any land, converted, or to be converted into pasture, that shalbe kept without fraud, or couine, onely for the maintenance of the houses & hospitality, of any person, or persons, nor to any land, that commonly or usually, hath lain to pasture, by the space of .xl. yeres last past, nor to any wast grounds, or heithes, nor to any common downs, fens, moores, or marisshes, which haue not been commonly, and usually, for the most parte sown, or put in tillage, within .xl. yeres last past, nor to any land now being lawful warren, or now used and kept for Conies, nor to any ground stubbed, or won, from wood, bushes, broom, or fyrres, into the kind of pasture, nor to any land now enclosed in any park, commonly used with dere, and that without fraud, or couine, hath been used for any park, within .iiij. yeres, last before this present session of the parliament, nor to any salt marsshes, nor to any marsshes that commonly within ten yeres hath been ones surrounded, or over flown with water, nor to any ground enclosed by the licence of our sovereign lord the king, or any of his noble progenitors, nor to any orchard, garden, pool, or pond yard, nor to any meadow ground yearly mown, or to be mown for haye, nor to any land set or to be set, with saffron, or with hops, nor to any land sown, or to be sown, with hemp, flax. woad, or madder, nor to any land without fraud, or couine, sown, or to be sown with acorns, or set, or to be set with wood, during such times as the same shal be used, or put to the uses and intents before specified.  
provided also, and be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that this act, nor any thing therein contained, shal in any wise extend or be prejudicial, or hurtful to any person, or persons, which at any time heretofore hath converted, or at any time, or times, hereafter shal convert any arable land, to pastute, in any parish, town, village, hammelet, or other place, or places, of this realm, for the which such person, or persons, hath already, or within one year after the feast of easter next coming, or within one year next after any such enquisicion hereafter to be found, after such converting of arable ground, into pasture, hath, or shall turn, or convert to tillage, and arable ground, asmuch pasture ground, or lease within the same parish, town, village, or hammelet, or within any of them, where any such land so hath been, or hereafter shal be converted, from tillage, to pasture, and do suffer the same land, so turned from pasture to tillage, so to continue in tillage, and be arable without turning the same to pasture again, so long as the lands turned to pasture, as aforesaid, shalbe used in pasture. Any thing in this present act contained to the contrary hereof, in any wise, notwithstanding.  
And it is further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that as well all commissioners, Iustices of assize, Iustices of Oyer and determiner, as Iustices of peace in their sessions, and none other, shall haue full power, and authority, to inquire of the premises, and shal certify al presentments that shal be had before them, into the court of chancery, and from thence to be streated in convenient time, into the kings court of theschequier, and that the party grieved, if he will, may haue, and tend his hour-glass, according to the laws of this realm, in the same court, whether thesaid lands, or tenements, so founden, by any such enquisition, be holden of the king immediately, or not.  
provided also, and be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that this act, nor any thing therein contained, shal, or may, in any wise extend, to give any authority to any shierefe, vndershierefe, or any their officer, bailiff, or minister, to infringe, break, or entre, into any liberty, or liberties, for the execution of any precept, or other process, which shal be hereafter to him, or them, awarded by thaucthoritie, and virtue of this act, otherwise then he, or they, might haue done, before the making of the same. Any thing herein contained to the contrary in any wise, notwithstanding.  
provided also and be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that if any persons, or person offending this act, be at any time here after impeached, or sued by force of this act, for any offence, or offences committed, or done, or to be committed, or done, contrary to this act that thē the party offending so sued, shal not be impeached, by the king our sovereign lord, or by any other, for the same offence, by virtue of any lawe, act, or acts, statute, or statutes, heretofore had, or made, for the reformation of any the articles, or branches, contained in this act, Any thing in this act, or any other act, or acts, had, or made, to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.  
provided also, and be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid that this act, or any thing therein contained, shall not extend to charge any person, or persons, with any penalty, or forfeicture, for, or concerning any offence done, or to be done, contrary to the tenor of this act unless he, or they so offending, be sued, or impeached for the same, within iii. yeres, next after the same offence be found by enquisition, as is aforesaid. This act to endure for .x. yeres, and from thence, unto thende of the next parliament.   

¶ The .vi. chapter. ¶ An act for the true making of wollen cloth.  
WHere heretofore diuers, and many goodly statutes haue been made for the true making of cloth within this realm, which nevertheless, forasmuch as clothiers, some for lack of knowledge, & experience, and some of extreme covetousness do daily more, and more, study rather to make many then to make good clothes, having more respect to their private commodity and gain, then the advancement of truth, and continuance of the commodity in estimation according to the worthiness therof, haue, and do daily, in stead of truth practise falsehood, and in stead of substantial making of cloth, do practise slight, and slender making, some by mynglyng of yarnes of diuers spinnynges in one cloth, some by mynglyng felle wool, and lambs wool, or either of them with fleece wool, some by putting to little stuff, some by taking them out of the mill, before they be full thicked, some by ouerstretchyng them vpon the tentour, and then stoping with stocks, such brackes, as shal be made by means therof, finally by using so many subtle sleights, and untruths, as when the clothes so made, be put in the water, to try them, they rise out of the same neither in length, nor breadth, as they ought to do, and in some place narrower then some, beside such cocklyng, bandyng, and diuers other great and notable faults, as almost cannot be thought to be true. And yet nevertheless, neither fearing the laws in that case provided, nor regarding the estimation of their country, do not only procure the alneagour, to set the kings seal to such false, untrue, and faulty cloth, but do themselves wave into the same, the likeness, and similitude of the kings highnes most noble, and imperial crown, and also the first letter of his name, which should be testimonies of truth, and not a defence of untruth, to great slander of the king our sovereign lord, and the shane of this land, and to the utter destruction of so great and notable commodity, as the like is not in any foreign nation Our said sovereign lord the king, therfore minding to advance al truth, and to abandonne falsehodde, and also to provide for the continuance of thesaid commodity of cloth making, to his honour, and the commune profit of the realm, hath by thaduise of the lords and commons in this present parliament assembled, caused, aswell diverse honest Clothiers, as also diverse Drapers, merchant Tailours, cloth workers, Sheremen, and other Artificers, to whom it appertaineth to be examined by certain wise, discrete, and sage knights and burgesses of this present parliament, of such matters as touch aswell the false, as the true making of clothes, by whose declaration, consent, agreement and aduise, after diuers & sundry metynges & great deliberate aduise taken in the premises, by authority of this present parliament it is enacted, as hereafter followeth, to remain firm, & perfect, notwithstanding any suggestions hereafter to be made by any clother, or clothmaker to the contrary, as they haue in like cases heretofore done:  
That is to say, that every cloth, carsey, piece of frise, and cotton shal be made in such sort and form, and shal contain in length, breadth, and weight, as is herein hereafter particularly mentioned, vpon such pains, penalties, & forfeitures, as be here after expressed and appointed.  
first that all, and every broad cloth, and Clothes, which shalbe made after thesaid feast of S. Michael Tharchaungel next coming within the shires of kent and Sussex, or at the town of reading, or any of them, or elles where of like making, as the Cloth made there shal be of, shal contain in length at the water, every piece being through wet, betwixt. xx viij. & xxx. shepherds of measure that is now customably used, & in breadth vij. quarters at the least within the lists by the whole length of the same cloth, the lists of the same clothes to be of like making, & assize, as they haue here before time been used to be made, & that every piece of thesaid clothes being well scoured, thicked, milled, & fully dried, shalbe in weight & weigh .xc. ł. at the least.  
And that al, & every white cloth & clothes, which shalbe made with in the city of Worcester, commonly called long worcesters, & al like clothes of like making, made within the city of Couentrie, or else where after thesaid feast, shal contain in length being wet as is aforesaid betwixt .xxix. & .xxxi. shepherds the piece, & to every yard one inch of the standard, & shal be of the breadth above specified, through out, & by al the length of the whole cloth, & listed, as hath been accustomend, & being well scoured, thicked, milled, & fully dried, shall weigh .iiij. score .iiij. ł. the piece at the least. And that al coloured clothes made in thesaid cities of Couentrie and Worcester, or else where, of like making, after thesaid feast, shal contain and be of like length, and breadth as is last afore mentioned, and be listed as is aforesaid, and being well scoured, thicked, and fully dried, shal weigh .iiij. score ł. the piece at the least.  
And that al, & every white cloth & clothes, commonly called short Worcesters, which shalbe made within thesaid city, or county, or else where, of the same sort, after thesaid feast, shal contain in length, being wet, betwixt .xxiij. & .xxv. shepherds, yard and inch of the rule, & shal be of the breadth as is aforesaid, through out, and by al the whole cloth, and listed according to the ancient custom, and being well scoured, thicked, and fully dried, shal weigh .iij. score ł. the piece at the least.  
And that al coloured long clothes, which after thesaid feast shalbe made within the shires of suffolk, norfolk, & Essex, or any of them or else where of like sort, shal contain in length, wet as is aforesaid, betwixt .xxviij. & .xxx. shepherds, yard and inch of the rule, and shalbe in breadth .vij. quarters of the yard within the lists at the least, through out, and by all the whole cloth, & listed as hath been accustomend, and being well scoured, thicked, milled, & fully dried, shal weigh .iiij. score ł. the piece at the least. And that al and every short cloth, and clothes coloured, which after thesaid feast shalbe made within thesaid shires last remembered, or any of them, or else where of like sort, shal contain wet as is aforesaid, betwixt .xxiij. & .xxv. shepherds, yard and inch of the rule, and shalbe in breadth, as last is remembered, through out, & by the whole cloth, & listed as is aforesaid, and being fully scoured, thicked, milled, and fully dried, shal weigh .iij. score .iiii. ł. the piece at the least.  
And that al. & every coloured cloth, & clothes which after thesaid feast shalbe made within thesaid shires, last remembered, or else where of like sorts, commonly called handy warpes, of what length they shal happen to be, shal be in breadth out of the water, through out, and by al the whole cloth, as is last remembered, & listed as they haue been accustomend, & being well scoured, thicked, milled, & fully dried, every yard of every such cloth, shal weigh .iii. ł at the least. And that al whites, which after thesaid feast shalbe made in thesaid shires, or else where, as cockesal whites glainsfordes, & other, being handwarpes, of what lengths soever they shal be, shal contain in breadth as is afore remembered, & be listed as is aforesaid, & being well scoured, thicked, milled, & fully dried shal weigh by the yard .iii. ł at the least, of such measure as hath been before used.  
And that al whites & reddes which after thesaid feast shalbe made in the shires, or counties of Wilteshere, Glocestre, & Somerset, or any of thē, or else where of like making, & al other whites, which shalbe made in any other partes of the realm, & not afore remembered, shal contain in length, being through wet, betwixt .xxvi. & .xxviii. shepherds, & shal be vii. quarters of the yard in breadth within the lists at the least, & listed according to the ancient custom, & being well scoured, thicked, milled, & fully dried, shal weigh every piece .lxiiii. ł. being white, & .iii. score being coloured at the least. And that al broad plunkets, azures, blewes, & other coloured cloth, which after thesaid feast shalbe made within thesaid shires of wilteshere, glocestre, or somerset, or else where of like making, shal contain being wet as is aforesaid, betwixt .xxv. & .xxvii. shepherds, yard & inch of the rule, & shal be .vii. quarters of a yard within the lists at the least, & listed according to the ancient custom, & being well scoured, thicked, milled, & fully dried, shal weigh .iii. score .viii. ł. the piece at the least. And that al carseis called Ordemaris, shal contain in length betwixt .xvii. & .xviii. shepherds, yard & inch as is aforesaid, & being well scoured, thicked, milled, dressed, & fully dried, shal weigh .xx. ł. at the least.  
And al carseis, called sortyng carseis, which after thesaid feast shalbe made in any parte of this the kings majesties realm of England, shal contain in length at the water, betwixt .xvii. & .xviii. shepherds, yard and inch as is aforesaid, & being well scoured, thicked, milled, dressed, and fully dried, ready to be shewed, shal weigh .xxiii. ł. the piece at the least.  
And that al Deuonshere carseis, called douseines, which shalbe made after thesaid feast, shal contain in length at the water, between .xii. & .xiii. shepherds, yard & inch of the rule, & being well scoured, thicked, milled, & fully dried, shal weigh .xiiii. ł. the piece at the least. And that al & every broad cloth, & clothes, called Taunton clothes, bridge waters, & other clothes, which shalbe made after thesaid feast in Taunton, bridge water, or in other places of like sort, shal contain at the water in length betwixt .xii. & .xiii. shepherds, yard & inch of the rule, and in breadth .vii. quarters of a yard, & every narrow cloth made after thesaid feast in thesaid towns, or else where of like sorts, shal contain in the water in length, betwixt .xxiii. & .xxv. shepherds, yard & inch as is aforesaid, & in breadth one yard of like measure, & every such cloth both broad, & narrow, being well scoured, thicked, milled, & fully dried, shal weigh. xxxiiii ł. the piece at the least. And that al clothes name check carsey, & straites, which shalbe made after thesaid feast, shal contain being wet, betwixt .xvii. & .xviii. shepherds, with the inches as is aforesaid, & in breadth one yard at the least, at the water, and being well scoured, thicked, milled, and fully dried, shal weigh .xxiiii. ł. the piece at the least.  
And that al & every welsh cotton, & cottons, which after thesaid feast shalbe made, & wrought ready to be sold for a whole piece, shall not be stretched on the tentour, nor otherwise above a nail of a yard in breadth, & shalbe in length .xxxii. goads in the water at the most, and in breadth .iii. quarters of a yard, at the water at the least, & being so fully wrought, every whole piece therof shal weigh .xlvi. ł. at the least, & every half piece of welsh cotton, being full wrought as is aforesaid, shal contain in length, weight, and breadth, after the same rate.  
And that all welsh frises, which after the feast aforesaid shal be made & wrought within the shires of Cardegan, Carmarden, & Pembroke, or any of them, or else where of like making, ready to be sold for a whole piece, shal contain in length at the water .xxxvi. shepherds, at the most, yard & inch of the rule, & in breadth .iii. quarters of a yard, & being so fully wrought, shal weigh every whole piece. xl viii. ł. at the least, & every half piece of welsh frises, being fully wrought as aforesaid, shal contain in length, breadth, & weight after the same rate.  
And that al & every northern clothes, which after thesaid feast shal be made, shal contain between .xxiii. & .xxv. shepherds in length, yard and inch of the rule, & in breadth, being through wet .vii. quatters of a yard within the lists at the least, & being well scoured, thicked, milled & fully dried, shal weigh .lxvi. ł. the piece at the least, and every half piece, called douseines, made after thesaid feast, shal contain in length, betwixt .xii. and .xiii. shepherds of measure aforesaid, and, vii. quarters of a yard in breadth, as afore, within the lists, and being well scoured, thicked, milled, and fully dried, shal weigh .xxxiii. ł. at the least.  
And that all cloth, commonly called Pennistones, or foreste whites, which shalbe made after the feast aforesaid, shal contain in length, being wet, betwixt .xij. & .xiij. shepherds, yard & inch as aforesaid, and in breadth .vi. quarters, & an half quarter out of the water, at the least, & being well scoured, thicked, milled, & fully dried, shal weigh xxviii. ł. the piece at the least. And that al & every cottons, called Manchestre, lancaster shire, and Chestshiere, cottons, which shalbe made after thesaid feast, full wrought to the sale, shal be in length .xxii. goads, & contain in breadth .iii. quarters of a yard in the water, & shal weigh .xxx. ł. the piece at the least. And that al clothes called Manchestre ruggues, otherwise name Manchestre frises, which shalbe made after thesaid feast, & full wrought to sale, shal contain in length xxxvi. shepherds, & in breadth. iij quarters of a yard, coming out of the water, & shal not be stretched on the taintour, nor otherwise, above a nail of a yard in breadth, & being so fully wrought, & well dried, shal weigh every piece xl viii. ł. at the least.  
And be it further enacted, that all, & every person, & persons, which after thesaid feast of S. Michael Tharchaungel next coming shal make, or cause to be made any of the several kindes of broad clothes above rehearsed, of any shorter, or longer measure, then is above specified & appointed for every country, or several kind of clothes to be made, or make any such cloth, or clothes of less breadth, or weight, being well scoured, thicked, milled, & fully dried, then as is above specified, & appointed for every several country, or kindes of clothes, & shal put the same to sale, shal forfeicte, & lose for every such default of every cloth sold, or offered to be sold, in length or breadth .xl. s. & for every pound weight, which any cloth so made, and sold, or offered to be sold, shal lack, exceeding not above .iiii. ł. in weight, shal also forfeicte .ij. s. for every pound, the same forfeicture to go to the finder therof. And that if any such cloth lack above .iiii. ł. weight, of the several receipt above mentioned, that every owner therof shal then forfeicte .xl. s. for every such cloth so lacking of his weight, as is aforesaid.  
provided always, that if any broad cloth shal exceed the several length before appointed for every country, or kind of making, by means of the finesse, or the good, perfect, and stuffie making of the same cloth, that then the maker therof shall not incur any loss, or penalty for the ouerlength of any such fine cloth. Any thing herein to the contrary in any wise, notwithstanding.  
And be it further enacted, that al & every person, or persons, which after thesaid feast shal make, or cause to be made any of the several kinds of carseis, narrow clothes, streightes, douseines, frises, or cottons above mentioned, which shal not be made in such maner, & form, as is above said, nor contain & haue in length, breadth, & weight severally appointed, & limited as is above specified, shal lose & forfeicte for every piece of cloth called streight, or dousein, & for every piece of narrow cloth carsey, frise, or cotton, so to be made, & sold, or offered to be sold .xx. s.  
And be it further enacted, that from & after thesaid feast, no person, or persons, shal put any hear, flocks, or any yarn made of lambs wool, in to any cloth, carsey, frise, or cottō, so made & sold, or offered to be sold, vpon pain to forfeicte every such cloth, carsey, frises, & cottō, wherein any such yarn, hear, or flocks shal be put, or the value of such cloth, carseis, or frise  
And be it further enacted, that if at any time, after thesaid feast, any cloth through the default, or negligence of the carders, spynners, or weavers, or any of them, shal, or do prove, either pursy, boudy, squally by warp, or woufe, or else shal happen to be evil burled, or wasted in the mill, or else through the default, or negligence of the mill man, or otherwise to be full of holes, mill brackes, or to be holy, that thē the seal of the alnegour shal not be fixed, or set to any such cloth, any law, statute, or usage, to the contrary in any wise, notwithstanding, but the accustomable fees, and allowaunces of the alnegour shal nevertheless be paid, vpon pain of forfeicture of such whole cloth, or the value therof.  
And be it further enacted, that if any clothier, or clothemaker do after thesaid feast, put any cloth, or carsey to sale, before he shal haue paid to the alnegour, or his deputy, the accustomable fee, or agree for thesaine, as he, she, or they, haue been accustomend, shall lose, and forfeicte for every default .xx. s.  
And be it further enacted, that no person, or persons, English, denizen, alien, or stranger, shal after thesaid feast carry, or transport, or cause to be carried, or transported, into any of the partes beyond the sea, any cloth, carsey, frise, or cotton of the several sorts above recited, unless the kings seal, or alnegours seal of this realm, and the seal of the owner, or maker of the cloth( declaring therein the length, of the cloth as it shalbe in the water) be set vpon every such cloth, vpon pain to forfeict every such cloth lacking the same seals, or any of them, or the value therof.  
And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that no draper matchaunt tailor, clothworker, or other persō, which shal retail any of the clothes, or carseis, frises, rugs, or cottons, of the several makynges aforesaid, shal after thesaid feast put to sale, any of the clothes afore mentioned, whereunto the alneagour shal haue set to the kings seal & the owner his seal, till such time, as he or they haue made trial, aswell by the water, as by the weight, & measure, whether they, & every of them shal be made according to the purport, and true meaning of this act, or no. And if any person, or persons, shal find any defective, or faulty cloth, in length, weight, or measure, made contrary to thordre aforesaid, the thē he, or they shal present every such cloth to every Maior bailiff, or other head officer, or head officers of every city, borough, or town corporate, or to two Iustices of peace next adjoining out of a city, borough, or town corporate, where such cloth shalbe found faulty as is aforesaid, to thentent the same cloth may be cut into .iii. equal partes, & pieces. The one piece therof to be forfeited to our sovereign lord the king, an other piece to be to the presenter therof, & the third part residue to such person, or persons, as it shal then be presented to, vpon pain that every such person, as shal not so search every of the clothes carseis, cottons, or frises aforesaid, so by him to be bought, & sold, & shal not seize, & present such cloth, or clothes, as he, or they shal find defective as is aforesaid, shall forfeict, & lose the double value of every such cloth.  
And be it further enacted that every clothier, or other person what soever, which so shal sel any such faulty carsey, cotton, or frise, where unto the alnegour, & the owner, shal haue set to ther seals, & shall so be seized, as is aforesaid, shall within .xiiii. daies next after request made by writtyng, message, or otherwise, by such person, which shal so buy such cloth, make payment of such sums of money as he received for the same, or shal otherwise satisfy, discharge, and acquit him for so much money as he shall, or should haue received for the same, vpon pain of forfaicture to the party grieved for every non payment, or not acquict al as is aforesaid the double value of the money so received, or to be received, the same to be recovered by bill, plaint, action of debt, or otherwise, in any of the kings majesties courts of record, wherein no essoin, protection, or wager of law shalbe admitted, or allowed.  
And for the further auoidyng of much untruth practised by stretchyng of clothes, be it enacted that no person, or persons, shal after thesaide feast, strain, or stretch, or cause to be strained, or stretched, any cloth, above one yard in length, and one half quarter in breadth, vpon pain to forfeict for every such default .v. ł.  
And be it further enacted, that no person, which shal after thesaid feast keep, haue, use, or occupy any taintour, shall haue, use, or occupy, any wrynche, rope, or ring with the same tentour, or shal use any other engine vnlawefully to strain, or stretch, any cloth, or clothes, vpon pain that every offeder that shal use, or occupy any tentour, or other engine to the contrary, shall forfeict .xx. ł.  
And be it also enacted by like authority, that if any merchant shal by any means transport, or carry over into the partes beyond the sea any cloth, carsey, frise, or cotton, which shalbe found defective, or faulty, either in length, breadth, or weight, or else shal haue any of the faults aforesaid, that then the merchant, or other person, which shall so transport the same, shal return again the same cloth, so found defective, into England, at the costs & charges of the clothier, or clothemaker, that sold the same cloth, the same costs, & things to be recovered against such clothemaker, or clothier by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information in any of the kings courts, any promise, or bargain to the contrary notwithstanding: Vpon pain that every merchant, or other person, which shal not so return such faulty, or defective cloth( if through misfortune, by tempest, pirates, or enemies he be not letted) shal forfeit and lose the value of the cloth so shipped, & transported & not returned as is aforesaid. Thone moiety therof to the king, & tother moiety to him that will sue for the same by action of debt, will, plaint, or information, in which actions no essome, protection, nor wager of Lawe shalbe admitted for the defendant.  
And to the intent that it may bee perfectly known, which clothes are perfectly dressed, died, and pressed with the cold press, without fraud, couine, and deceit, aswelle within the city of London, as else where, and haue sufficient workmanshippe: Be it further enacted, that aswell the major of the city of London, and Aldermen, or the most parte of them, for the time being, as all, and every other major, Balifie, and other head officer, or officers of every city, Borough, or town corporate, within this realm, shal haue full power and authority, by virtue of this act, to nominate, deputy, and appoint from time to time, as occasion shall serve, and shall so from time to time, nominate, deputy, and appoint, two, or mo honest discrete, and expert persons, which shal from time to time vpon their oaths, view, and search, al & every cloth, and clothes, that shalbe dressed, died, or pressed with the cold press, within every such city, borough, town corporate, or port town, & view, & search whether the same cloth, or clothes be well, & sufficiently dressed, & pressed with the cold press, without putting thereto flocks, solace, chalk, flower, or any other deceitful thing, & also whether the same shal be well & substantially died with good, & perfect colours without any deceivable thing, or whether it shalbe stretched, or strained any more thē is above specified: & shal haue full power & authority by virtue of this act to entre into al & every persons house, or houses, where they shal think meet, to search, & to seize al, & every such cloth, & clothes, as they shal finde defective in the premises, as forfeicted in whose hands soever they shalbe found. The moiety of which forfeicture shalbe to the use of our sovereign lord the king, & tother moiety to the use of the major, & commonalty of the city of London, or to the use of every city, borough, town corporate, port town, or market town, where the same shalbe seized.  
And be it further enacted that every person, or persons, in whose hands, or possession such defective, or faulty cloth, either by evil, or deceivable dying, dressing, or pressyng as is aforesaid, shalbe found, & seized as is aforesaid, shall haue his, her, or their remedy by action of debt, bill, plaint, information, or otherwise in any of the kings majesties courts of record, wherein no essoin, protection, or wager of lawe shalbe admitted, or allowed for the defendant against al, & every such person, or persons, by whose defaults, or negligence such cloth shal so be found faulty, and shal thereby recover all such costs, losses, and damages as he shal sustain by occasion therof.  
And be it further enacted by the same authority, that aswell thesaid major of the city of London, as every other major, bailiff, port rieue, or other head officer of every city, borough, town corporate, or port town, shal on thisside thesaid feast, cause to be prepared a seal of lead, wherein aswell the arms, as the name of every such city, borough town corporate, or port town shalbe grauē, which the same searchers shal cause to be fixed to every cloth that they shal find after thesaid feast well & sufficiently dressed, died, & pressed with the cold press without any of the disceiptes aforesaid, & shal haue for their pains, & travails therein to be taken, by the owner therof for the sealing of every cloth .ij. d.  
And be it further enacted that if any searcher, or searchers so to be appointed, do after thesaid feast find any of the clothes being coloured, or died, so made after thesaid feast, either cockly, pursy, boudy, squally, or ro wit, or evil burled, or wasted in the mill, or full of holes, or breaks, the then the same searcher, or searchers shal besides the seal of the city, borough, or town corporate, where the same cloth shalbe found, put another seal of lead at every end of thesaid cloth, wherein shal be grauē the letter F. & shal also set a mark in the list right against such place, where any of the faults aforesaid shal be, with the print of a letter, or mark of an inch compass at the least, whereby every buyer may well know what, & where the fault is.  
And be it further enacted that if any of the seachers aforesaid shall set the seal of any city, borough, town corporate, or port town, to any coloured cloth, which shal not be sufficiently dressed, died, pressed & wrought, as is aforesaid, that then the major & commonalty, or bailiffs, or commonalty, or other corporation of the towneshippe by whatsoever name or names they shalbe encorporated where such cloth shal so be sealed, shal forfeicte & lose the whole value of the cloth so seized.  
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that yf any of the searchers aforesaid, after thesaid feast do set to the seal of the city, borough, or town corporate within the limits of their search to any cloth which shalbe cockely, pursy, bawdy, squallie, rewie, evil butled wasted in the mill or full of holes, as is aforesaid, and not set at every end of thesaid clothes one seal with the letter F. as is aforesaid, & also declare by the lists as is aforesaid, what, and where the faults of the cloth be: that then the major and commonalty, or other the corporation of every such borough, city, or town corporate, where such searcher shalbe appointed, shal forfeicte, and lose for every such omission, or not setting to of any such seal as is aforesaid .v. ł.  
And be it further enacted that no person, or persons whatsoever they be, which commonly use to retail cloth, or carsey, shall put to sale, in gross, or by retail to any maner of person, any maner of cloth which shalbe made after thesaid feast, being dressed, died, & pressed as is afore said, except there be fixed thereunto at every end of the same cloth, the seal of such city, borough, or town corporate, where the same cloth shalbe so died, dressed, & pressed, or the several seal of every such city, borough, or town corporate, where it shalbe died, dressed, or pressed, to remain at the last end of every of thesaid cloth, which shalbe sold during, & by al the time, that any piece, or rēnaumt of such cloth is to be sold, vpon pain of forfeicture the whole value of such whole cloth.  
And be it further enacted, that every major, bailiff, or other head officer of any city, Borough, or town corporate, in which any such cloth, or clothes after thesaid feast shalbe made, died, dressed, or pressed with the cold press as is aforesaid, which doth not, or shal not after thesaid feast of S. Michael nominate & appoint from time to time so many searchers as shal be requisite to view and search clothes vpon their oaths as is aforesaid, shal lose, & forfeicte for every default .x. ł.  
And be it further enacted that if any of thesaid searchers so to be appointed by the major being a fre man of thesaid city, or by the major, bailiff, or other head officer of any city, borough, or town corporate as is aforesaid, having no reasonable excuse, do refuse to take vpon him to be a searcher, and do not use the office of a searcher, as is aforesaid shal forfeicte & lose for every such refusal, and not executing of his office so to him appointed .v. ł. The one half therof to be to the king our sovereign lord, and tother half, to the use of the commonalty of every city, borough, or town corporate, where he shal so be assigned, and to remain in ward till such time, as he hath made payment of thesaid forfeicture, or otherwise put in sufficient bonds for the satisfaction of the same. And forasmuch as there be now in this time many false, and deceivable colours made, in diuers places of this realm, whereby many of the kings loving subiectes are deciued,  
Be it enacted, that from and after the said feast of saint Michael Tharchaungel next coming, no person, or persons, shal put to sale by retail within this realm, any cloth, or clothes, which shalbe made after thesaid feast, of any other colour, or colours, then is hereafter expressed, that is to say, scarlet, red, Crymosen, murrey, Violet, puke, brown, blew, blacks, grenes, yellows, blewes, orange tawny, cusset, marble gray, sad, new colour, Azure, watchet, types colour, Lion colour, Mottley, or iron gray, vpon pain that every person offending to the contrary, shall lose and forfeicte the value of the cloth sold by retail, which shal be of any other colour.  
And be it further enacted, that no person, or persons, after thesaid feast of saint michael Tharchaungell, shall press any kind of cloth, with the hot press, or in any other kind of deceivable maner, but only with the could press, as is above specified, vpon pain of forfeicture of the whole cloth so pressed contrary to the meaning of this statute, or the value thereof.  
And be it further enacted, that if any person, or persons, but such as are appointed, assigned, and permitted, by this act, do at any time after thesaid feast, counterfecte, set to, or take away from any of the clothes, Carseis, frisys, rugs, or cottons aforesaid, any of the seals so to be fixed, as is above recited, that then every person so offending, shall for the first offence( being therof duly convicted, by verdict of xij. men, by two sufficient witnesses, or by confession of the party) forfeicte, and lose .x. ł. and for the second offence( being likewise therof convicted) shall sit on the pillourie, and lose, & forfeicte, to our sovereign lord the king, all such his goods and cattalles( his debts being duly & truly paid, without fraud or couine) as he had, or shall haue at the time of his conviction.  
And be it further enacted, that if between the first day of May next coming, and the feast of saint Michael Tharchaungel, then next coming, any person, or persons, which now doth use the arte or mystery of drapyng, or cloth making, shall give over drapyng or cloth making, except he be licensed so to do, by three iustices of peace, at the least, of the city, county, borough, or town corporate, where he dwelleth, vpon some reasonable cause shewed unto thesaid iustices, shall never after take vpon him to make, or cause to be made, any kind of cloth or carsey, to sel the same again, vpon pain of forfeicture of every such cloth or carsey that he shall so sell.  
And be it further enacted, that all and every article, clause, or sentence, in any act of parliament heretofore made, concerning making, dying, dressing, pressyng, searching, or sealing, of any of the kinds of clothes, broad or narrow, white or coloured carseis, frises, rugs or cottons, heretofore in this act mentioned, and being repugnant, or contrariant to any article or sentence in this statute, shall fro the feast of saint michael Tharchaungell next, be utterly void, and of none effect. And to thentent, that all such clothes as shal be made within this realm, or any other the kings dominions, after thesaid feast, shal be the better known from the other clothes made before the same time:  
Be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, that from after the said feast, the letter. E. crowned, shall not be wrought into the cloth, for, and by the space of two yeres then next ensuing, vpon pain of forfeicture of twenty. s. for every cloth or carsey, wherein thesayde letter. E. shall so be wrought, the moiety of all which forfeicture and of all other forfeictures before expressed, and not otherwise appointed by this present act, shall be to the king our sovereign lord, and the other moiety, to him or them that will sue for the same, by action of debt, detinewe, bill, plaint, or information, in any of the kings courts of record, wherein no wager of lawe, essoing, or protection shalbe admitted nor allowed for the defendant.  
provided also, and be it enacted by thaucthoritie abovesaid, that it shall not be lawful to any person, or persons, at any time after the feast of saint michael Tharchaungell next coming, to boil or cause to be boiled, any kind of wolles, to be converted into any kind of broad cloth, or Carsey, with any kind of galls, tyndes, barks of trees, or saw dust, vpon pain to forfeicte all such wool, or the value thereof, to be recovered, and had in such form and sort, as in the foresaid act is limited and expressed.  
provided always, that this act or any thing therein contained, shal not in any wise extend to any cloth or clothes, made in the town of Tauestocke, in the county of Deuonshiere, or else where within the said county, commonly called Tauestocke clothes, but that it shalbe lawful to all and every enhabitauntes of thesaid town, or makers of the said clothes, commonly called Tauestockes, to make and sell the same with the accustomend seal, as they haue heretofore been accustomend, any thing in this act to the contrary, in any wise notwithstanding.   

The .vij. chapter. ¶ An act limityng the times for buying and selling of Wolles.  
FOr asmuch as the great plenty of wolles within this realm, ought by all reason to cause the same to be of convenient and reasonable prices, yet by the greedy and covetous minds, as well of such as haue the great plenty and abundance of sheep and wolles, as also by the corrupt practices of diuers Broggers ', engrossers, wool gatherers, and regratours, and sundry other persons, by the having to much liberty of buying, keeping, using, and occupieng of the same wolles, it manifestly appeareth, that the prices therof be wonderfully and exceedingly enhanced and raised, to the great hurt, detriment, and decay of the realm.  
Be it therefore ordained, established, and enacted, by authority of this present Parlamente, that no maner of person, or persons, being born within the kings obeisance, shall after the last day of May next, buy, bargain, take or make, any promise, or bargain of wolles, but onely such person or persons, his wife, or his, or their Apprentice, or Apprentices, enhabiting in his, or their mansion house, or houses, as shall of thesayde wolles make yarn, any kind of cloth, chamblettes, wolsteade, says, Stamyne, knit Hose, knit petticoats, knit gloves, knit slieues, hats, coyues, caps, arrasse, tapesserie, couerlectes, gyrdles, or any other thing used to be made of wool, or mixed with wool within the realm: or elles a merchant or merchants of Thestaple at Calleis, or his, or their apprentice, or apprentices, dwelling in his or their, mansion house, or houses, to be shipped only to thestaple at Calleis, vpon pain of forfeicture of the double value of thesayde wolles so to be bought, or bargained, or taken by promise of bargain, contrary to this present act.  
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that no merchant stranger, after the .xx. day of april next coming, by himself, or by any other person or persons for him, in his name, or to his use, in any year after thesayd .xx. day of april then to come, shall bargain or buy any wolles, before the feast of the Purification of our lady next after the clippyng or shearyng of the same wolles, vpon pain of forfeicture of the double value of the same wolles.  
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that no maner of person or persons, having any wool or wolles, of his or their own groweth, shall at any time after the feast of the nativity of saint john Baptiste next coming, keep the same wolles, to thentent to sell the same in wool unwrought, over and above one whole year next and immediately after the sheryng of the same wolles: So as there be offered without fraud or couine to the owner or owners thereof, within the same time, such price as then shal be most commonly given in the same shire for wool of like goodness and packyng, vpon pain of forfeicture for every tod or tod weight thereof so kept above one year vnsolde, as is aforesaid, the somme of .x. s. the moiety of all and every such forfeiture and forfeitures, penalty or penalties before rehearsed, to be to the use of our sovereign lord the king, his heires and successors, and the other half to the use of him that will sue for the same in any of the kings courts of record, by Action of debt, bill, plaint, information, or otherwise, wherein no wager of lawe, protection or essoing shalbe allowed for the defendant.  
provided always, that the Merchanntes of new Castle, and other persons, may buy wolles of the groweth of the counties of Norchumberlande, Cumberlande, Westmerlande, Rychemonde, and Allerton shire, or the Bisshopricke of Duresme, to thentent to ship or transport the same into the partes beyond the Sea, as they haue been accustomend, any thing in this Statute to the contrary, in any wise notwithstanding.  
provided also and be it enacted, that the deceipts of the Staple, may from time to time, bargain, or sell, their refuse course wolles, and locques, such as is not meet for thesayde Staple, to any person, or persons, that will buy the same to make yarn or cloth, or other things as is abovesaid, within this realm, so as the same be shot and packed by the wool packer, declaring of what packyng or country the refuse or locques be, and writing vpon the clothes wherein the said refuse wool is packed, in great lettres, as they do vpon the wolles that is shypped to Calais.  
provided always and be it enacted by thaucthoritie abovesaid, that it shall and may be lawful to the king our sovereign lord by his proclamation, at any time hereafter to be made and set forth, to repeal this Statute, and all and every article, clause, sentence, and other thing, and things, therein contained, and to make the same void to all intents, and purposes, as though this act had never been had or made, any thing in this Statute to the contrary, notwithstanding.  
provided always, that the act made at the first session of this parliament holden, in the first year of the reign of out souereygne lord the king, called and entitled the act for the continuance of making of Worsted yarn in norfolk, and every article and clause thereof, shall remain and continue in full force, virtue and strength. And that all persons enhabiting, or that shall inhabit, within the said county of norfolk, or city of norwich, and every of them shall and may buy, and sell wolles growing within thesayde county of norfolk, according to the purport, true effect, and plain meaning of thesayde act, made in thesayde first year of the reign of or said sovereign lord the king, any thing in this act contained to the contrary thereof, in any wise notwithstanding.   

¶ The .viij. chapter. ¶ An act limityng what persons shall wave or make broad wollen cloth.  
BE it enacted by the assent of the kings majesty the lords spiritual, and temporal, and the commons in this Parlamente assembled, and by the authority of the same, that no person, or persons within this realm of england, Wales, or other the kings Dominions, after the feast of saint michael the archangel next ensuing, shall wave, or make, or put to weaving, or making, any maner of broad wollen cloth, or broad wollen clothes, to be sold, oneles that such person, or persons, that shall so wave or make, or put to weaving, or making, thesayde broad wollen cloth, or clothes, so to be made to be sold, haue been an Apprentice to the occupation of broad wollen cloth making, or clothes weaving, or haue been exercised and practised in, and with broad cloth making, or cloth weaving, by the space of seven yeares at the least, before the same person, or persons, shall so take vpon him, or them, to make, or wave, or to put to weaving, or making, thesayde broad wollen clothes, vpon pain to forfeicte all, and every such cloth, and clothes, so woven, or made, contrary to the form of this act: the one half of which forfeicture, shal be to our sovereign lord the king, and the other half, to him or them, that will, or shall, sue for the same, by bill, plaint, action of debt, or information, in any court of record, within this realm of england, or Wales, in which action, suit, plaint, bill, or information, no essoing, protection, or plea to the jurisdiction of the court, shall be allowed for the defendant.   

¶ The .ix. chapter. ¶ An act that no man robbing any house, Bouthe, or tent, shalbe admitted to the benefit of his clergy.  
WHere at the parliament holden at Westminster, by prorogation, in the .xxiii. year of the reign of the late king of famous memory, king Henry the viii It was among other things, then and there enacted, established, and ordained, by authority of the same parliament, that no person nor persons, which after that time should happen to be found guilty, after the laws of this realm, for any maner petty treason, or for any wilful murder of malice pmpensed, or for robbing of any churches, chapels, or other holy places, or for robbing of any person, or persons, in their dwelling houses, or dwelling places, the owner or dweller in the same house, his wife, his children, or servants, then being within, and put in fear, or dread by the same, or for robbing of any person, or persons, in or nere about the high ways or for wilful burning of any dwelling houses, or barns, wherein any grain, or corn, should happen to be, nor any person, or persons, being found guilty of any abattement, procurement, maintaining, or concealyng of any, or to any such petty Treason, murders, or felonies, should from thencefurth be admitted to the benefit of his, or their clergy, but utterly to be excluded thereof, and suffer death, in such maner and form, as they should haue done for any the causes, or offences abovesaid, if they were no clerkes, such as be within the holy orders, that is to say, of the orders of Subdeacon or above, alonely excepted, as by the same act amongs other things more plainly appeareth, which act was made to endure until the last day of the next parliament, and after that at the session of the parliament holden at Westminster by prorogation, in the .xxij. year of the reign of the said late king the same act with other acts, was made to continue for ever. hearken the making of which statute, it hath been doubted, that if such robberies and felonies, hath been committed and done in dwelling houses, and dwelling places, the owner, or dweller, in the same houses, his wife, his children, or servants, being then put in fear, or dread, by the same shal not lose the benefit of their clergy, if the offenders be therein found guilty by the laws of this realm, unless the same robbery, or felony be committed and done, in the very chamber, house, or place, where the owner or dweller, in the same house, his wife, children or servants, shall happen to be, or lye at the time of such robbery, and felony committed & done, and put in fear or dread, although the owner & dweller in such house, and houses, his wife, his children, or servants, at the time of such robbery, and felony committed, & done, were or lay in other places, within the precinct of the same dwelling houses, nigh unto the house, or place, where such robbery, and felony shall happen to be done. Or if it happen that the owner, or dweller, within the same house where such robbery, & felony, shal happen to be done, his wife children, or servants, to be asleep, at the time of such robbery, & tellonie, committed & done, although the same robbery were done in the chamber, or place, where the owner or dweller in the same house, his wife, children, or servants, then lay, the offenders being found guilty there of according to the laws of the land, should not lose the benefit and advantage of his clergy: And where also it hath been in question, & doubted, that if such robberies, and felonies, happen to be committed, and done, in any bouth, or booths, tent, or tentes, in any fair or market the owner of the same, his wife, children or servants, happen to be with in the same, at the time of the committing of such felonies, & put in fear and dread, the offenders therein being found guilty, after the laws of this realm, should not lose the benefit of their clergy. For the true declaration & explanacion of the same doubts, or questions before recited  
Be it enacted, ordained, and established, by the king our sovereign lord, the lords spiritual, and temporal, and the commons in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that if it happen any person, or persons, to be found guilty, according to the laws of this realm, for robbing of any person, or persons, after the first day of May next ensuing, in any parte or parcel of their dwelling houses, or dwelling places, the owner, or dweller, in the same house, or his wife, his children, or servants, being then within the same house, or place, where it shal happen the same robbery, & felony, to be committed and done, or in any other place within the precinct of the same house or dwelling place, that such offendours, shall in no wise be admitted to their clergy, whether the owner or dweller in the same house, his wife, or children, then, and there being, shalbe waking, or sleeping. And that no person, nor persons, which after thesaide first day of May, shall happen to be found guilty, after the laws of this realm, of, and for robbing any person, or persons, in any bouthe, or tent, in any fair or market, the owner, his wife, his children, or servants, or servant then being within the same bouthe, or tent, shall not from henceforth be admitted to the benefit of his, or their clergy, but utterly be excluded thereof, and suffer death, in such maner and form, as is before mentioned in thesayde act, made in thesayde .xxiij. year of the reign of the same late king, for robberies, and felonies, committed, and done, in dwelling houses, and dwelling places, the owner, or dweller, in the same, his wife, children, or setuauntes, then being within the same and put in fear & dread, without having any respect or consideration whether the owner or dweller in such booths, and Tentes, his wife children or servants, being in the same booths, or Tentes at the time of such, robberies and felonies, committed, shal be sleeping, or waking.   

¶ The .x. chapter. ¶ An act to take away the benefit of clergy from such as rob in one shire, and fly into another.  
WHere in the parliament holden at Westminster, vpon prorogation the .xv. day of january, in the .xxv. year of the reign of our late sovereign lord king Henry the eight: It is recited that at the parliament holden at Westminster, in the .xxiii. year of the reign of thesaide late king, amongs other things, it was ordained, established, and enacted, that no person, nor persons, which after that time should happen to be found guilty after the laws of this land, of any maner of petty treason, or for any wilful murder of malice pmpensed, or for robbing of any churches, chapels, or other holy places, or for robbing of any person, or persons, in their dwelling houses, or dwelling place, the owner or dweller in the same house, his wife, his children, or servants, then being within, and put in fear & dread by the same, or for robbing of any person, or persons, in, or nere about the high way, or for wilful burning of any dwelling houses, or barns, wherein any grain of cornes, should happen to be, nor any person, or persons, being found guilty of any abbettement, procurement, helping, maintenyng, or concelyng, of, or to any such petty treason, murders, or felonies, should from thencefurthe be admitted, to the benefit of his, or their clergy, but should utterly be excluded therof and suffer death, in such maner and form, as they should haue done for any the causes or offences above said, if they ware no clerckes, which act extended, but only where such offeder was convicted in such county or place, where such offence was so committed and done, and not where he, or they, did such offence in one county, and were taken with the maner in another county. wherefore it was considered, that for asmuch, as diuers and many felons, and robbers, that committe and do, diuers and many great heinous robberies, and burglaries, in one shire, & conueie the spoil and robbery into any other shire, and there be taken, indicted, and arraigned of felony, of the fellonous stealing of the same goods, in the same other shire, then where the same robberies, or burglaries, were done, and committed, in the same shire, where they be so indicted, and arraigned, and that by reason therof, such felons, robbers, and burglaries, had, and enjoyed the privilege, and advantage of their clergy.  
For redress whereof, it was enacted in thesayde parliament holden in thesayde five and twenty year of thesayde late king, that if any person or persons, after that time, after such robbery or burglatie, by him or them done in one county, should be indicted of felony for stealing of any goods or cattalles, in any other county within this realm, and there vpon arraigned and found guilty, or stand mute of malice, or challenge peremptory above the nombre of twenty persons, or would not vpon his or their said arraignment directly answer to the same felony, that then the same person, and persons, so arraigned, and found guilty, or standing mute of malice, or chalengyng peremptory above the nombre of twenty persons, or that would not directly answer to the lawe, should lose and be put from the benefit of his or their clergy, in like maner and form, as they should haue been, if they had been indicted, arraigned, and found guilty in the same county where such robbery, or burglary, as is aforesaid, was done or committed, if it should appear to the iustices before whom any such felons or robbers should be arraigned, by evidence given before thē or by examinaction, that the same felons & burglares, should haue been put from their clergy in case they had been indited, arraigned, & found guilty in the same county, where the same robberies or burglaries were committed or done, as in the same Statute made in the said .xxv. year among other things more plainly appeareth. And where in the parliament holden at Westminster, the fourth day of november, in the first year of the reign of out sovereign lord the king that now is:  
It is ordained and enacted, amongs other things, that no person or persons, that before that time had been, or at any time after should be, in due form of the laws attainted, or convicted of murder, of malice pmpensed, or of poysonyng of malice pmpensed, or of breaking of any house, by day or by night, any person being then in the same house, where the same breaking had been, or after that time should be committed, being put in fear or dread, or of, or for robbing of any person, or persons in the high way, or nere to the high way, or for felonious stealing of horses, geldinges or mares, or of felonious taking of any goods out of any parish church, or other church, or chapel, or being indicted or appealed, of any of the same offences, and ther vpon found guilty, by verdict of .xii. men, or should confess the same vpon his or their arraignment, or would not answer directly, according to the laws of this realm, or should stand wilfully, or of malice mute, should not be admitted to haue or enjoy the privilege or benefit of his or their clergy, or sanctuary, but should be put from the same. And that in all other cases of felony, other then such as be before mentioned, all and singular person, & persons, which after the first day of march then next following should be areigned or found guilty vpon his or their arraignment, or should confess the same, or stand mute in form aforesaid, or would not answer directly in form abovesaid, should haue and enjoy the privilege and benefit of his, or their clergy, and the liberty and privilege of Sanctuary, in like maner and form as he, or they might, or should haue done, before the .xxiiij. day of april, in the first year of the reign of thesayde late king Henry the eight, as in thesayde act, made in thesayde first year among other things more plainly appeareth, by reason of which article, and clause, contained in thesayde act, made in thesaide first year, thesaide statute made in thesaide .xxv. year of thesayde late king, which did put such fellones and burglares, from their clergy, that do such offence in one county, and after are taken with the goods stolen in another county, and there indicted, arreygned, and found guilty, was made void. By reason whereof, diuers and many persons that hearken thesayde first year haue committed such robberies & burglaries, in one county, and after haue been taken with the maner in an other county, and there indicted, arreined, and found guilty haue had and enjoyed their clergy, which they could not haue had in case the said act, made in thesayde .xxv. year, had stand in force, to the great boldyng and comfort of such offenders.  
For redress whereof from henceforth to be had, be it enacted by authority of this present parliament, that the said act made in thesayde xxv. year, touching the putting of such offenders from their clergy and every article, clause and sentence, contained in the same, touching clergy, shall from henceforth touching such offences, from henceforth to be committed and done, stand remain, and be in full strength and virtue, in such maner and form, as it did before the making of the said act, made in thesayde first year of the reign of our said sovereign lord the king that now is, any clause, article, or sentence, comprised in thesayde act, made in the said first year, to the contrary there of notwithstanding.   

¶ The .xi. chapter. ¶ An act for the punishment of diuets Treasons.  
FOR asmuch as it is most necessary, both, for common policy, and duty of subiectes above al things to prohibit, restrain and extinct, all maner of shameful slanders, which might grow, happen, or arise to their sovereign lord the kings majesty, which when they be heard, sene or understand, cannot be but audible and also abhorred of all those sorts that be true and loving subiectes, if in any poyncte they may, do, or shall touch his majesty, vpon whom dependeth the whole unity and universal weal of this realm, without prouidyng wherefore, to great a scope of unreasonable liberty should be given to al cancted & traiterours hartes, & the kings loving subiectes should not declare unto their sovereign lord now being, which unto them hath been, and is most entirely both beloved, and esteemed, their undoubted sincerity and truth.  
Be it therefore enacted, by thassent, and consent of our sovereign lord the king, and the lords spiritual and temporal, and the commons of this present parliament assembled, and by thaucthoritie of the same, that if any person or persons, after the first day of june next coming, by open preaching, express words or sayings, do expressly directly, and aduiledly, set forth and affirm, that the king that now is, is an heretic, schismatic, tyrant, infidele, or vsurpet of the crown, or that any his heires or successors, to whom the crown of this realm is limited by authority of parlamente, holden in the .xxxv. year of the reign of the late king Henry the eight, being in lawful possession of the crown, is an heretic, scismaticke, tyrant, infidele, or usurper of the crown: That then every such offeder being thereof duly convicted or attainted by the laws of this realm, their abbettours, procurers and counseilours, and al and every their aydours, & comfortours, knowing thesayde offences, or any of them to be done, for his or their such first offence, shall lose and forfeicte to the king, all his and their goods, and cattalles, and also shall haue and suffer imprisonnement, of his and their bodies, at the kings will and pleasure. And if any person being ones convicted, or attainted, of any of thesayde offences, shal after his said conviction, or atteinder eftsoons committe, or perpetrate any of the offences before mentioned, in form aforesaid committed, and shalbe thereof duly convicted or attainted, by the laws of this realm, that then every such offeundour and offenders, their abbettours, procurers, & counscilours, & al and every their aydours, and comfortours, knowing thesaide offences, or any of them to be done, for his or their second offence or offences, shall lose and forfeicte unto the king, the whole issues and profectes, of al his and their lands, tenements, and other hereditaments, benefice, prebends, & other spiritual promotions, for term of the life, of such offeder or offenders, and shall also lose and forfeicte unto the king, all his and their goods, and cattalles, and also suffer, during his and their lives perpetual imprisonnement of his and their bodies.  
provided always, that such of thesayde spiritual promotions, as shal be charged with cure, be always by the kings majesty, and his heirs and successors, sufficiently furnished of a Curate, for the discharge of the same. And if any person being two times hereafter convicted or attainted, of any of the same offences, in form aforesaid committed, shall after his second conviction or atteynder, eftsoons committe or perpetrate again, any of the said offences in form aforesaid, and be thereof duly convict or attainted, by the laws and Statutes of this realm, that then every such third offence or offences, shalbe deigned and adiudged high Treason, and the offeder or offenders therein, their abbettours, procurers, and counseilours, and al and every their aydours, and comfortours, knowing thesaid offences, or any of them to be done, being ther of convicted, or attainted, according to the laws and statutes of this realm, shalbe judged and deemed high traitors, and shall suffer pains of death, and lose and forfeicte all their goods, and cattalles, lands, and tenements, whereof he, or they, shalbe seyed of an estate of inheritance, in his, or their own right, to the king, as in cases of high treason.  
And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that if any person, or persons, at any time after thesayd first day of june next coming by writing, printing, paintyng, karuyng, or grauyng, do directly, expressly, and advisedly publish, set forth and affirm, that the king that now is, or any his heires, or successors, limited as is aforesaid, is an heretic, schismatic, tyrant, infidel, or usurper of the crown, that then every such offence and offences, shalbe deemed and adiudged high treason, and the offeder, and offenders, their abbettours, procurers, and counsellors, and all and every their aydours and comfortours, knowing the said offences, or any of them to be done, being thereof convicted or attainted, according to the laws & statutes of this realm, shalbe deamed and adiudged high traitors, and shall suffer pains of death, and lose and forfeicte all their goods and cattalles, lands and tenements, to the king, as in cases of high treason.  
And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that if any person, or persons, after thesaide first day of june next coming, rebelliously do detain, keep, or withhold, from our said sovereign lord, his said heires, or successors, any of his or their castles, fortresses, fortilesses, or holds within this realm, or in any other the kings dominions or marches, or rebelliously, keep, detain, or withhold from the kings said highnes, his said heires, or successors, any of his or their ships ordinances, artillery, or other munitions, or fortifications of war & do not obedienly render & give up to our said sovereign lord, his said heires or successors, or to such persons as shal be deputed by them, or any of thē, such castles, fortresses, fortilesses, holds, ships, ordinances, artillery, or other munitions, & fortifications of war, rebelliousli kept, & detained, within six daies next after they shalbe commanded by our said sovereign lord, his said heires, or successors, by open proclamation under the great seal, the same proclamation to be made in such place & order, so as the party & parties to be charged by this act, may conveniently haue notice or knowledge therof: that then every such person, or persons, so offending, in any the premises, after thesaid first day of june, their abbettours, procurers, & counseilours, & al & every their aidours and comfortours, knowing thesaied offences, or any of them, to bee doen, being lawfully convicted, of the rebelliously keeping, and deteinyng thereof, according to the laws and statutes of this realm, shallbee adiudged traitors, and shall suffer pains of death, and lose and forfeict al their goods and cattelles, lands and tenements, unto the king, as in cases of high treason.  
And over that, be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that if any of the kings subiectes, Denisens, or other, do commit, or practise, out of the limits of this realm, in any outward partes, any the offences, which by this act are made, or heretofore now standing in force, haue been made treason, that then such treasons, whatsoever they bee, or where soever they shall happen, so to bee dooen or committed, shalbe inquired and presented, by the oaths of .xii. good and lawful men, vpon good and probable evidence and witness, in such shire and county of this realm, and before such persons, as it shall please the king, his said heires, or successors, to appoynet by Commission, under his great seal, in like maner and form, as treasons committed within this realm, haue been used to bee inquired of, and presented. And that vpon every indictment and presentment, founden & made of any such treasons, and certified into the kings bench, like process and other circumstance shal be there made, and had against the offenders, as if the same treason so presented, had been lawfully found to bee doen, and committed, within the limits of this realm. And that all process of outlawry, hereafter to be made and had, within this realm, against any offenders in treason, being resiant, or enhabitaunt, out of the limits of this realm, or in any the partes beyond the sea, at the time of the outlawry pronounced against them, shal be as good and effectual in the Lawe, to all intents and purposes, as if any such offenders, had been resident and dwelling within this realm, at the time of such process awarded, and outlawry pronounced.  
provided always, and be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that if the party, so hereafter to be outlawed, shal within one year next after thesaied outlawry, pronounced or Iudgement given vpon thesaied outlawry, yield himself unto the chief Iustice of england, for the time being, and offer to travers the endictement, or appeal, whereupon thesaied outlawry shalbe pronounced, as is aforesaid, that then he shalbe received to thesaid hour-glass, and being thereupon found not guilty, by the verdict of .xii. men, he shalbe clearly acquitted, and discharged of thesaied outlawry, and of all penalties and forfeictures, by reason of the same, in as large and ample maner and form, as though no such outlawry had been made, any thing herein contained, to the contrary in any wise, notwithstanding.  
And bee it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that every offeder, and offenders, being hereafter lawfully convict, of any maner of high Treason, by presentment, confession, verdict, or process of outlawry, according to the due course, and custom of the laws of this realm, shall lose, and forfeicte to the kings highnes, his heires and successors aforesaid, all such lands, tenements, and hereditaments, which any such offeder, or offenders, shall haue, of any estate of inheritance, in his awne right, in use, or possession, within this realm of england, or else where, within any the kings dominions, at the time of any such treasons committed, or at any time after.  
And it is further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that no person, or persons, shal in any wise be impeached, for any of the offences above said committed onely by open preaching, or words, unless the offeder, or offenders, be therof accused, within three months next after the same open preaching, or words, and that the same accusation, or accusacions, be had, made, and declared, to one of the kings counsel, or to one of the kings Iustices of assize, or else to one of the kings Iustices of the peace, being of the Quorum, or to two Iustices of the Peace, within the shire, where the same offence, or offences, shall happen to be dooen, or committed, any thing contained in this act, to the contrary thereof in any wise, notwithstanding.  
provided also, and be it declared, and enacted, by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that concelement, or keeping secret of any high treason, be deemed and taken, onely misprision of treason, and thoffendor therein, to for feict and suffer, as in cases of misprision of treason, as heretofore hath been used, any thing above mentioned to the contrary, notwithstanding  
provided always, & be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that no person, or persons, after the first day of june next coming, shal be indicted, arraigned, condemned, convicted, or attamted, for any of the treasons, or offences aforesaid, or for any other treasons, that now be, or hereafter shal be, which shall hereafter be perpetrated, committed, or doen, unless the same offeder, or offenders, be thereof accused by two lawful accusets, which said accusers, at the time of the arraignment of the party accused, if they be then living, shalbe brought in person before the party so accused, and avow and maintain that, that they haue to say against thesaid party, to prove him guilty of the treasons, or offences contained in the bill of indictment laid against the party arraigned, unless thesaied party arraigned shall willingly without violence confess the same. saving to every person, and persons, their heires and successors, other then the offenders, and their heires, and such person, and persons, as claim to any their uses, all such rights, titles, interest, possessions, leases, rents, reversions, offices, and other profits, which they, or any of them shall haue, at the day of committing such Treasons, or at any time after, in as large and ample maner, as if this act had never been had, nor made.  
provided also, and be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that the wife, or wives, whose husband, or husbands, hereafter shal be attainted of treasons specified in this act, or of any other treasons whatsoever they be, shal in no wise be received, to ask challenge, demand, or haue dowry, of any the lands, tenememtes, or hereditaments, of any the person, or persons, to be attainted of treason, as is aforesaid, during thesaide atteindonr in his force, any thing before mentioned to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.   

¶ The .xii. chapter. ¶ An act, for the declaration of a statute, made for the marriage of priestes, and for the legitimation of their children,  
ALbeit, that at the Session of this parliament, holden by prorogation at Westminster, the .iiii. day of Nouembre, in the second year of the reign of the kings majesty that now is, it was ordained & enacted by thaucthoritie of the same parliament, that all and every lawe, and laws positive, Canones, constitutions and ordinances, before that made, by the authority of man onely, which then bid prohibit and forbid marriage to any ecclesiastical, and spiritual person, or persons, of what estate, condition, or degree, they then were, or by what name or names so ever they then were called, which by gods law might law fully mary, and all and every article, branch, & sentence, concerning onely the prohibition for the marriage of the persons aforesaid, should be utterly void, and of none effect: And that al maner of forfeictures, pains, penalties, crimes, or actions, which were in thesaid laws contained, or of the same did follow, concerning the prohibition for the marriage of the persons aforesaid, should be clerelye and utterly void, frustrate, and of none effect, to all intents, constructions and purposes, aswell concerning marriage afore that time made by any of the Ecclesiastical, or spiritual persons aforesaid, as also such, which there after should be duly and lawfully had, celebrated, and made, betwixt the persons which by the laws of God might lawfully mary. Yet sense the making of thesaide act, duiers evil disposed persons, perversely taking occasion, of certain words, and sentences, in the same act comprised, haue, and do untruly, and very slanderously report of priestes matrimony saying, that the same statute is but a permission of Priestes matrimony, as usury, and other unlawful things bee now permitted, for theschuyng of greater inconucnience, & evils, so that thereby the lawful Matrimony of priestes in the opinion of many, and the children procreate, and born in such lawful matrimony rather be of a great nombre of the kings subiectes, accounted as bastards, then lawfully born, to the great slander peril, and disherison of such children. which untrue slanderous reproach of holy matrimony, doth not onely redound to the high dishonour of almighty God, but also to the kings majesties dishonour, and his high court of parliament and the learned clergy of this realm, who haue determined the same to be most lawful, by the lawe of God, in their conuocacion, aswell by their common assent, as by the subscription of their hands. And that most of al is to be lamented, through such vncomelye railynges of matrimony, and slanderous reproaches of the clergy, the word of God is not heard with reverence, followed with diligence, the godly proceedings of the kings majesty, not received with due obedience, and thereby the wealthy men of this realm discouraged, to nourish and bring up their children in learning, so as it is to be feared, lest in place of good learning and knowledge, shall creep in ignorance, and for learned men, unlearned ambitious men, and staterers, to the great displeasure of almighty god, & to the peril of the whole state of Gods true religion, within this realm, if speedy remedy be not provided herein.  
Therfore it is enacted, by the king our sovereign lord, with the assent of the lords, spiritual and temporal, and the commons in this present parliament assembled, and by thaucthoritie of the same parliament that the Matrimony of al, and every priest, and other ecclesiastical, and spiritual persons, and person, heretofore had, celebrated, and made, and the matrimony of every priest, and other ecclesiastical and spiritual person, which shall hereafter duly be had, celebrated and made, shalbe adjudged, deemed and taken, for true, just, and lawful Matrimony, to al intents, constructions, and purposes. And that all and every children, and child, born in any such Matrimony, shallbee deemed, judged, reputed, and taken, to al intents, constructions, and purposes to be born in lawful matrimony, and to be legitimate, and enheritable to lands, tenements, and other hereditaments, from, & by any of their fathers, mothers, and other ancestors, in like maner and form, to all intents, constructions, and purposes, as any other children, born in lawful Matrimony, betwixt any of the kings lay subiectes be enheritable, and that by the authority aforesaid, aswell al and every priest, and other ecclesiastical, and spiritual person, and persons, be, and shalbe enabled to be tenants, by the courtesy, after the death of their wives, of all such lands, tenements, and other hereditaments, as their wives shall happen to be seized of, of estate in fee simplo, or estate in fee tail general, during the espousails, as also every wife, of every such priest, and other ecclesiastical person, shalbe enabled to claim, demand, haue and enjoy dower, of the lands, tenements, and other hereditaments, whereof her husband, during the espousailles between them, was seized of estate in fee simplo, or Fee tail general in his awne right, in like maner and form, to al intents, constructions, and purposes, as any other husband, or wife, may or might, claim, demand, haue or enjoy. Any Lawe, Statute, ordinance, Canon, constitution, prescription, or custom, had, made, exercised or used in this tealme to the contrary in any wise, notwithstanding.  
provided alway, that this act, nor any thing therein contained, shall extend to give liberty to any person to matie, without asking in the church, or without the Ceremonies, according to the book of Common prayer, & administration of the sacramentes, nor shall make any such matrimony already made, or hereafter to be made, good, which are prohibited by the lawe of God for any other cause.  
provided also that this act, nor any thing therein contained, shall extend to alter, change, revoke, repeal, or other wise to disannul any decree, iudgement, or sentence of divorce, heretofore had or made, or to change or alter, the possession or inheritance, of any lands or tenements, already descended, but that they and every of them, shall remain continue, and be of such like force, effect, strength and degree, to all intents, constructions and purposes, as they were before the making of this act. This act, or any thing therein contained to the contrary in any wise, notwithstanding.   

¶ The .xiii. chapter. ¶ An act, for the declaration of a statute, made in the .xxxi. year of king Henry the eight, touching Religious persons.  
WHere by an act of parliament, made in the .xxxi. year of the reign of the most noble Prince, of famous memory, king Henry theight, for, and concerning the enablement of professed, and religious persons, to purchase to them, and to their heires, in fee simplo, fee tattle, for term of life, for yeres, or at will: manors, lands, tenements, tentes, annuities, and other hereditaments, and things whatsoever: And that they, and every of them, should or might, from thencefurthe use, and exercise, receive, take, haue, and enjoy, all, and every lawful thing, and things, to bee grown, fallen, or happened to them, or any of them, after the same decraiment, or departing out of religion. And in which said act of parliament, there is a proviso contained, that none of the same teligious persons should, or might, at any time after the making of the same act, bee taken, deemed, or judged, for, or as heir, or heires, or enheritable to any person, or persons, to any purpose, respect, construccion, or intent in the lawe, as by the same act, among other things therein contained, more fully at large it may and doth appear. And forasmuch as sithe the time of the making of thesaid act, there hath been certain ambiguities and doubts, grown and arisen, and hereafter are like to grow, and arise, vpon the exposition of thesaid act, whether thesaied late teligious, and professed persons should, or might be adiudged, able to enherite, and to be enheritable, as heir, or heires, to any of his, or their ancestor, or ancestors, and to haue, and enjoy, all, and every thing, and things, descended, grown, fallen, or happened, to them, or any of them, after thesaied deraiment, or departing out of Religion, yea; or no. For the full and plain declaration whereof, be it enacted, declared, and expounded, by the authority of this present parliament, and by the authority of the same, that all, and every of the same late Religious, and professed person, and persons, shall, and may, by authority of this act, bee enabled, to all intents, constructions, and purposes, at all time, and times hereafter, to be taken, deemed, and judged, as heir, or heires, and enheritable to all, and every their ancestor, or ancestors, and to haue, challenge, enjoy, receive, and take, all manors, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and every other thing, and things, to them or any of them, fallen, come, grown, or descended, from any their ancestors, by any maner of ways, sense the time of their several deraimentes, or departing out of their religion, in as ample and large maner, form, and condition, as they had never been professed, nor enteted into Religion, the same profession, or Religion, or any Lawe, custom, or use, within this realm to the contrary thereof in any wise, notwithstanding.  
provided always, and be it further enacted, by thaucthoritie aforsaied, that none of thesaied religious persons, shall, or may, by virtue of this act, at any time hereafter, be taken, deemed, or judged for heir, or heires, or enheritable to any person, or persons, to any construccion, or intent in the Lawe, by reason of any former right, title, interest, matter, or cause, had, made, doen, descended, or grown, to any respect or purpose, before their said several detaimentes, or departing out of their Religion, any thing before in this act, or in thesaied former act contained to the contrary hereof in any wise, notwithstanding.   

¶ The .xiiii. chapter. ¶ An act, against Regratours, Forestallers, and Engrossers.  
ALbeit, diverse good statutes, heretofore haue been made, against forestallers of Met chaundises, and victuals, yet for that good laws, and statutes, against regratours, and engrossers of the same things, haue not been heretofore sufficiently made, and provided, and also for that it hath not been perfectly known, what person should be taken for a forestaller, Regratour, or Engrosser, thesaied statutes, haue not taken good effect, according to the minds of the makers therof: therfore, be it enacted and declared, by the king our sovereign lord, with thassent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and the commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same: that whatsoever person, or persons, that after the first day of may next coming, shall buy, or cause to be bought, any merchandise, victual, or any other thing whatsoever, coming by land or by water, toward any Market, or fair, to be sold in the same, or coming toward any city, Port, haven, crick, or road, of this realm, or Wales, from any parte beyond the sea, to be sold, or make any bargain, contract, or promise, for the having, or buying of the same, or any part therof, so coming, as is aforesaid, before thesaied merchandise, victuals, or other thing, shalbee in the market, fair, city, Port, haven, crick, or road, redy to be sold: or shall make any motion by word, letter, message, or otherwise, to any person, or persons, for thenhauncyng of the price, or derer selling of any thing, or things, above mentioned, or else dissuade, move, or stir, any person, or persons coming to the Market, or fair, to abstain, or forbear, to bring, or convey, any of the things above rehearsed, to any market, fair, city, Port, haven, crick, or road, to be sold, as is aforesaid, shalbe deemed, taken, and adiudged, for a Forestaller.  
Further bee it enacted, and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that whatsoever person, or persons, that after thesaied first day or may, shall by any means regrate, obtain, or get, into his, or their hands, or possession, in any fair, or market, any corn, Wine, fish, Butter, cheese, candles, tallow, sheep, lambs, calves, Swine pigs, Giese, Capons, hens, Chekins, Pigeons, Comes, or other ded victual whatsoever, that shalbe brought to any fair, or Market within this realm, or Wales, to be sold, and do sell the same again in any fair, or Market, holden, or kept in the same place, or in any other fair, or Market, within four miles thereof, shal be accepted, reputed and taken, for a Regratour, or Regratours.  
And be it also enacted, and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that whatsoever person, or persons, that after thesaied first day of may, shall engross, or get, into his, or their hands, by buying, contractyng, or promise taking, other then by demise, grant, or Lease of land, or tithe: any corn, growing in the fields, or any other corn, or Grain, Butter, cheese, fish, or other ded victuals whatsoever, within the realm of england, to thentent to sell the same again, shal be accepted, reputed, and taken, an unlawful Engrosser, or Engrossers.  
And if any person, or persons, shall at any time, after thesaid first day of may, offend in any of the things before recited, and being therof duly convicted, or attainted, by the laws of this realm, or after the form hereafter mentioned: shall for his, or their first offence, haue, and suffer imprisonment, by the space of two months, without bail, or mainprize, and shall also lose, and forfeicte the value of the goods, cattle, and victual, so by him, or them bought, or had.  
And if any person, lawfully convicted, or attainted, of, or for any the offences above said, bee thereof eftsoons lawfully convicted, or attainted, that then every person, or persons so offending, shall haue, and suffer, for his said second offence, imprisonment by the space of one half year, without bail, or mainprize, and shall lose the double value of all the goods, cattle, and victual, so by him bought, or had, as is aforesaid.  
And if any person being lawfully twice convicted, or attainted, of, or for any of thesaied offences, shall eftsoons offend the third time, and bee thereof lawfully convicted, or attainted, that then every such person, for thesaid third offence, shal be set on the pillourie in the city, town, or place, where he shall then dwell, and inhabit, and lose, and forfeicte all the goods, and cattle, that he, or they, haue to their awne use, and also be committed to prison, there to remain, during the kings majesties pleasure.  
provided alway, and it is enacted and declared, by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that the buying of any such barley, big, or oats, as any person, or persons( not forestallyng) shall buy, to convert into malt, or otemeale, in his, or their awne house, or houses, and so shal be conuetted in deed, or the buying of any such thing, by any such Fishemonger, Boucher, or Pulter, as concern his, or their awne faculty, craft, or mystery( otherwise then by forestallyng) which shall sell the same again vpon reasonable prices by retaill, or the taking of any cattle, corn, grain, butter, cheese, or any other thing above mentioned, reserved without fraud, or covin, vpon any lease for term of life, or lifes, year, or yeres, heretofore made, or hereafter to be made: or the buying of any wine, or other dead victual above mentioned, being apt and meet for mannes sustenance, by any Inneholder, or other victualler, to sell the same by retail within his house, or to any of his neighbors for their sustenance, for reasonable prices, or the buying of any dried, or salted fish, herring, or sprottes( not forestalled) and sold for reasonable prices, or the buying of any corn, fish, butter, or cheese, by any such badger, ladder, kiddier, or carrier, as shal be assigned, and allowed to that office, or doing, by three Iustices of Peace, of the country, where thesaid badger, ladder, kidder, or carrier shall dwell, which shall sell, or deliver in open fair, or market, or to any other victualler, or to any other person, or persons, for the provision of his, or their house, or houses, all such corn, grain, butter, and cheese, as any such person shall buy, or cause to be bought( and that within one month, next after he shall so buy any such corn, Grain, Butter, or cheese) so that the same shal be bought without forestallyng: or else that any common provision made or hereafter to be made, without fraud or covin, by any person, or persons, of any of the things abovesaid, for any city, borough, or town corporate, or for provision of victualling of any ship, Castle, or fort, within the kings dominions, without forestallyng, which shalbe employed onely to that use, and purpose: Or the buying and provision of any of the victuals above mentioned, necessary, and requisite for the furniture and provision of the enhabitauntes of Calais, Guisnes, and other the Marches of the same, or of the town of berwick, Holly island, or the Marches of england against Scotlande, which with out fraud, or couine shalbe transported, & conveyed, as soon as wind and wether may serve, to such of the places aforesaid, for the which the same shal be so provided, shall not be in any wise deemed, adiudged, or taken any offence contrary to this act.  
And it is also further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that if any person, or persons, after thesaide first day of may next coming, having sufficient corn, and grain for the provision of his, or their own house, or houses, and sowyng of their grounds, for one year do buy any corn in any fair, or Market, for the change of his, or their seed, and do not bring to the same fair, or Market, the same day so much corn, as he shal fortune to buy for his seed, and sel the same, if he can, as the price of corn then goeth in thesaid Market, or fair: that then every such person, or persons so buying corn for seed shal forfeicte and lose the double value of the corn so bought. Or if any person, or persons, after thesaide first day of may shall buy any maner of Oxen Roontes, Stieres, Kine, Heckfers, calves, sheep, lambs, goates, or kiddes living, & sel the same again alive, unless he or they do keep, & feed the same by the space of .v. weeks, in his, or their own houses, ground, ferme ground, or else in such ground, or grounds where he, or they haue the herbage, or common of pasture, by grant, or prescription: that then euerry person, or persons, so buieng and selling again shal lose the double value of the cattle, or things so bought and sold again. The moiety of al which forfeitures afore rehearsed shalbe to the king, and the other moiety to him, or them, that will sue for the same, in any of the kings courts of record, by bill, plaint, action of debt, or information, in the which bill, plaint, action, or information, no wager of law, essoin, or protection shalbe admitted  
Bee it also further enacted, by the authority afore said, that the Iustices of the Peace in every county, within this realm, or Wales, at their quartre Sessions, shall haue full power and authority by virtue of this act, to inquire, hear, and determine, all, and every the defaults and offences perpetrated, committed, or done, contrary to this act, within the county, where any such sessions shalbe kept, by inquisition, presentment, bill, or information before them exhibited, and by examination of two lawful witnesses, or by any of the same ways, or means, by the discretion of the said Iustices, and to make process thereupon, as though they were indicted before them by inquisition, or by veredict of .xii. men, or more: and vpon the conviction of the offendor, by information, or suit of any other then the king, to make extractes of the one moiety of the forfeictures, to be levied to the kings use, as they use to do, of other fines, issues, and amerciaments grown in the Sessions of peace, and to award execution of tother moiety for the complainaunt, or enfourmer against the offeder, by Fieri facias, or Capias, as the kings Iustices at Westminster may do and use to do. And if any such conviction, or attamdour, shal hereafter happen to be at the kings sure onely, that then the whole forfeictures to bee extracted and levied to the kings use onely.  
And it is further enacted, by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that whatsoever person, shall at any time hereafter, bee punished by virtue of this act, for any thing mentioned in this act, that then the same person shal not otherwise be, vexed, troubled, sued, or put to any pain, or punishment for that thing, wherefore he, or they shal haue been so punished.  
provided always, and it is enacted by the authority aforesaid that it shalbe lawful to any person, or personnes, which shalbe assigned, and allowed by three Iustices of the peace, of the county where he shall dwell, thereunto, to buy,( otherwise then by forstallyng) corn grain, or cattle, to be transported, or carried by water from any port or place within this realm, or Wales, unto any other port, or place, within thesaide realm, or dominions, if he, or they shal without fraud or couine, ship, or embark within .lx. dayes next after he, or theie shal haue bought the same, or taken covenant, or promise for the buying thereof, and with such expedition, and diligence, as wind, and wether will serve, to carry and transport the same to such port, or place, as his, or their cockettes shal declare, and there do disbarke, unlade, and sel the same, and do bring a true certificat thereof, from one Iustice of peace of the county, or Mayor, or bailiff of the town corporate where the same shal be unladen, and also of the Customer of the port, where such vnladyng shal be: of the place, and day, where thesaide corn, or cattal shalbe disbarked, unladen, and sold, to be directed unto the Customer, and controller of the port, where the same ware embarked, any thing mentioned in this act to the contrary, notwithstanding.  
And over that, that at al times hereafter, when wheat shalbe commonly at the price, of .vi. s .viij. đ. the Quarter, or under, malt, and Barley, at .iii. s .iiii. đ. the Quarter, or under, oats, or oats malted, at the price of ii. s. the quarter, or under, Pease, or beans, at the price of iiij. s. the quarter, or under, and rye, or Misseleine, at the price of .v. s. the quarter, or under( al which quarters shal be intended to be of London measure,) that then it shalbe lawful to every person, and persons( not forstallyng) to buy, engross, and keep, in his, or their Graneries, or houses, such corn of the kinds aforesaid, as without fraud, or couine shalbe bought, at, or under the prices afore expressed, any thing in this act to the contrary notwithstanding.  
provided always, and be it enacted, by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that this act, or any thing therein contained, extend not to charge any person, or persons, for any the offences above mentioned, unless he, or they be sued for the same, within. it yeres next after such offence doen or committed. This act to endure until the end of the next parliament.  
provided always, and be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shalbe lawful to all, and every of the kings majesties subiectes, now dwelling, and enhabiting, or that hereafter shall dwell, or inhabit within one mile of the maigne sea, to buy all maner of fish, fresh, or salted( not forestallyng the same) and to sell the same again at reasonable prices: this act, or any thing therein contained to the contrary in any wise, notwithstanding.  
provided also, and be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shalbe lawful to all, and every person, and persons, known for a common drover, or drovers, being licensed, aucthorised, and allowed in writing, by three Iustices of the Peace( whereof one to bee of the Quorum) of the county, or Counties, where the same drover, or drovers, shalbe most abiding, & dwelling, to buy cattle in such shires, or counties, where drovers haue been wont in times past accustomably to buy cattle, at their free liberty and pleasure, and to sell the same as is aforesaid, at reasonable prices, in common Faiers, and markets, distant from the place, or places, where he, or they shall buy the same .xl. miles at the least, so that the same cattle be not bought by way of forestallyng. This act, or any thing therein contained to the contrary in any wise, notwithstanding.  
provided always, that such licence of Iustices of the Peace, shal not endure above one year, unless the same be yearly renewed by so many Iustices, as is aforesaid.   

¶ The .xv. chapter. ¶ An act, against regratours of Tanned leather.  
WHere, by the covetousness of diverse gredye persons, regratyng and engrossyng, al kind of tanned leather into their hands, and selling again the same at excessive prices, to Sadlers, Girdlers, Cordewainers, and such other artificers, and handicraftes men, as make wears of tanned leather, the kings loving subiectes are enforced to buy thesaid wears, at unreasonable prices, for remedy and reformation whereof: Be it enacted by the king our souercigne lord, with thassent of the lords, spiritual and temporal, and the commons in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from, and after the first day of may next coming, no person, or persons, of what estate, degree, or condition, soever he, or they bee, shall buy, or engross, or cause to be bought, or engrossed, any kind of Tanned leather, to thentent to sell the same again, vpon pain to forfeict thesaied leather so bought, or the just price thereof. The one moiety of which forfeicture, shal be to the king our sovereign lord, and the other moiety to him, or them, that shall lease, or sue for the same in any of the kings courts of record, by action of debt, bill, plaint, information, or otherwise, wherein no wager of lawe, essoing, halcyon, or Iniunccion shalbe admitted, or allowed for the defendant.  
provided alway, and be it enacted, by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that all Sadlers, Girdlers, Cordewainers, and al other artificers, such as make males, Bougettes, leather pots, Tanckardes, bare hides, or any other wears of leather, shall, or may buy, all such kind of Tanned leather, as is, or shalbe necessary for their occupying, to be wrought and made by them, or by their servants, in, or about their said wears, any thing before mentioned in this act to the contrary, notwithstanding.  
provided also, that every Girdler, and other artificer before mentioned in this act, may at his free will and pleasure, sell their necks, wombs, and shreddes of Tanned leather( such as they, or any of them cannot occupy, about the wears they use to make) to any person, or persons, without incurryng any forfeicte, pain, or penalty before expressed in this act, any thing herein contained to the contrary, notwithstanding.  
provided also, and bee it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that it shalbe lawful, to, or for, every person, or persons, which now haue, or hereafter shall haue, the kings majesties special licence or licences, to transport, carry, or convey over the seas, any kind of Tanned leather, to buy for the furniture of their said licence, or licences, in open fair, or Market, such, and so much Tanned leather, as he, or they be, or shalbe licenced to transport, carry, or convey. So that the same licence, or licences, be presented, and shewed, unto the chief officer, or officers, that now haue, or hereafter shall haue, the governance of any city, town fair, or Market, whereas thesaid leather, or any part thereof, shal be bought. And so that thesaied officer, or officers, seeing the same licence to be good, and perfect, do justly, and truly writ vpon the backside of every such licence, or licences, how much Tanned leather, he or they, shall there haue bought, and the certain day, time and place of buying the same, that thereby it may manifestly appear, how, and when, every such licence, or licences, be, or shalbe satisfied, any thing in this act to the contrary, notwithstanding.  
And be it further enacted, by the authority abovesaid, that after thesaid first day of may next coming, no person, or persons, shall ship, or cause to bee shipped( to the intent to carry, transport, or convey over the seas, as merchandise to be sold, or exchanged there) any Shoes, Bootes, bufkins, Stertuppes, or Slippers, vpon pain to forfeict all, and every such Shoes, Bootes, bufkins, Stertuppes or Slippers. so shipped, contrary to the true meaning of this act, or the value of the same. The one moiety of thesaid forfeicture to be to the king our sovereign Lord, and the other moiety to him, or them, that shal seize, or sewe for the same, in any of the kings majesties courts of record, by action of debt, bill, plaint, information, or otherwise. wherein no wager of lawe, essome, protection, or injunction shalbe admitted, or allowed for the defendant.  
provided always, and be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that this act, ne any thing therein contained, shall not in any wise extend to be prejudicial, or hurtful to any person, or persons, being the kings subiectes, for transportyng or carieng over the Seas unto Calice, or the marches of the same, and unto the Isle of man, so much, or as many of the afore said made wears( as Bootes, Buskyns, Stertuppes, and Slippers heretofore recited) as shalbe necessary and convenient for the wearing, and furniture of the kings subiectes in them, or any of them. Any thing in this last act contained to the contrary hereof in any wise, notwithstanding.  
provided always, and be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that no saddler, Girdler, Cordwainer, nor other artificer, dwelling within the city of London, and the suburbs of the same, which shal cut the same tanned leather,( as is aforesaid to thentent to make wears therof) shal courrie, or dress, any of the foresaid tanned leather, in his, or their own house, or houses, or by his, or their servant, or servants, vpon pain of forfeicture, al, and every thesaid tanned leather, so to be courried. The one moiety of which forfeicture shalbe to our sovereign lord the king, and the other moiety to the party that will sue for the same, in any of the kings courts of record, by bill, plaint, Action or information. wherein no wager of lawe, essome protection, or injunction, shalbe admitted, or allowed for the defendant.   

¶ The .xvi. chapter. ❧ An act against buying, and selling of Offices.  
FOR the auoidyng of corruption, which may hereafter happen to be in the officers, and ministers, in those courts, places, or rooms, wherein there is requisite to be had the true administration of iustice, or services of trust, and to thentent that persons worthy, & meet to be advanced to the place where iustice is to be ministered, or any service of trust executed, should hereafter be preferred to the same, and no other:  
Be it therfore enacted, by the king our sovereign Lord, the lords Spiritual, & Temporal, and the commons in this present parliament assembled, and by thaucthoritie of the same: That if any person, or persons at any time hereafter, bargain, or sell any office, or offices, or deputation of any office, or offices, or any parte, or parcel of any of them, or receive, haue, or take any money, fee, rewaide, or any other profit directly, or indirectly, or take any promise, agreement, covenant, bond, or any assurance, to receive, or haue any money, fee, reward, or other profit directly, or indirectly, for any office, or offices, or for the deputation of any office, or offices, or any parte of any of them, or to thentent that any person should haue, exercise, or enjoy any office, or offices, or the deputation of any office, or offices, or any parte of any of them, which office, or offices, or any parte, or parcel of them, shal in any wise touch, or concern thadministracion, or execution of iustice, or the receit, comptrolement, or payment of any the kings highnes treasure, money, rent, revenue, account, alneage, auditourshippe, or surueieng of any the kings majesties honours, castles, manors, lands, tenements, woods, or hereditaments, or any the kings majesties customs, or any administration, or necessary attendance to be had, doen, or executed in any the kings majesties custom house, or houses, or the keeping of any the kings majesties towns, castles, or fortresses, being used, occupied, or appointed for a place of strength, and defence, or which shal concern, or touch any clerkeshippe to be occupied in any maner of court of record, wherein iustice is to be ministered, that then all and every such person, and persons, that shall so bargain, or sell any of thesaid office, or offices, deputation, or deputacions, or that shall take any money, fee, reward, or profit for any of thesaid office, or offices, deputation, or deputacions of any of thesaid offices, or any parte of any of them, or that shall take any promise, covenant, bonde, or assurance for any money, reward, or profit to be given for any of thesaid office, or offices, deputation, or deputacions, of any of thesaid office, or offices, or any parte, of any of them, shall not onely lose, and forfeicte all his, and their right, interest and estate, which such person, or persons shall then haue, of, in, or to, any of thesaid office, or offices, deputation, or deputacions, or any parte, of any of them, or of, in, or to, the gift, or nominacion of any of thesaid office, or offices, deputation, or deputacions, for the which office, or offices, or for the deputation, or deputacions, of which office, or offices, or for any parte of any of them, any such person, or persons, shall so make any bargain, or sale, or take, or receive any somme of money, fee, reward, or profit, or any promise, covenant, or assurance to haue, or receive any fee, reward, money, or profit: But also that all, and every such person, and persons that shall give, or pay any somme of money, reward, or fee, or shall make any promise, agremente, bonde, or assurance for any of thesaid offices, or for the deputation, or deputacions, of any of thesaid office, or offices, or any parte of any of them, shall immediately by and vpon the same fee, money, or reward, given, or paid, or vpon any such promise, covenant, bonde, or agreement, had, or made, for any fee, somme of money, or reward to be paid, as is aforesaid, be adiudged a disabled person in the law, to al intents, and purposes, to haue, occupy, or enjoy thesaid office, or offices, deputation, or deputacions, or any parte of any of them, for the which such person, or persons, shall so give, or pay, any some of money, fee, or reward, or make any promise, covenant bonde, or other assurance, to give, or pay, any somme of money, fee, or reward.  
And be it also enacted, by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that al, and every such bargains, sales, promises, bonds, agrementes, covenants and assurances, as be before specified, shalbe void, to and against him and them, by whom any such bargain, sale, bonde, promise, covenant, or assurance, shalbe had, or made.  
provided alway, that this act, or any thing therein contained, shal not in any wise extend, to any office, or offices, whereof any person, or persons, is or shalbe seized, of any estate of inheritance, nor to any Office of parkershippe, or of the keeping of any park, house, manor, garden, chase, or forest, or to any of them, any thing in this act heretofore mentioned, to the contrary thereof in any wise, notwithstanding.  
provided also, that if any person, or persons, do hereafter offend in any thing contrary to the tenor, & effect of this act, yet that notwithstanding, al judgements given, and al other act, and acts, executed, or done, by any such person, or persons, so offending, by authority, or colour of the office, or deputation, which ought to be forfeited, or not occupied, or not enjoyed by the person, so offending as is aforesaid, after thesaid offence so by such person committed, or done, & before such person so offending, for the same offence be removed from the exercise, administration, and occupation of thesaide office, or deputation, shalbee, and remain, good, and sufficient in Lawe, to al intents, constructions, and purposes, in such like maner and form, as the same should, and ought to haue remained, and been, if this act, had never been had or made.  
provided also that this act, or any thing therein contained, shal not in any wise extend, to any bargain, sale, gift, grant nominacion, bonde, conenaunt, promise, agreement, or assurance whatsoever it be, of, or for any the office, or offices, deputation, or deputacions aforesaid or any parte of any of them, had made, done, concluded, or agreed, before the first day of march next coming, but that the same bargain, sale, gift, grant, nominacion, bonde, covenant, promise, agremente, or assurance, had, made, concluded, or agreed, before the said first day of march, shall always remain, continue, and be in such force, strength, and effect, as if this act had never been had, or made, any thing before in this act mentioned to the contrary therof in any wise, notwithstanding.  
provided always, and be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that this act, or any thing therein contemed, shal not in any wise extend, or be prejudicial or hurtful, to any of the chief Iustices of the kings courts, commonly called the kings bench, or Common place, or to any of the Iustices of assize, that now be, or hereafter shal be, but that they, and every of them, may do in every behaulfe, touching, or concerning, any office or offices, to be given or granted, by them, or any of them, as they, or any of them might haue doen, before the making of this act, any thing above mentioned to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.   

¶ The .xvii. chapter. ¶ An act, for the continuance of certain Statutes.  
WHERE, in the parliament begun and holden at London, the third day of november, in the one and twenty year of the reign, of our late most dread sovereign lord, of most famous memory, king Henry the eight, and from thence adjourned to Westminster, and there holden and continued, by diverse prorogacions, unto the dissolution thereof, one act was made and established, for the restraint of carieng, and conueighyng of Horses and Mares, out of this realm. And also one other act was there made in thesaide parliament, for the true making of Cables, Halsers, and Ropes: And also one other act was ther made for the true windynge of Wolles: And one other act, to restrain kyllynge of wainlinges, bullocks, Stieres, and Heickfers, being under the age of two yeares, which said several acts ware then made to endure, and continue, unto the next parliament, as by the same three several acts, more plainly appeareth. And where also in the same parliament, one other act was made and established, for atteintes to be sued, for the punishment of perjury, vpon untrue verdicts: which act last before rehearsed, was then made and ordained, to continue and endure, to the last day of the next parliament, as by the same act more plainly at large, is shewed and may appear: And where also in the Parlamente, begon & holden at Westminster, the .viij. day of june, in the .xxviij. year of the reign of our said most dread sovereign lord, king Henry the .viij. and there continued & kept, until the dissolution therof, it was ordained, & enacted, that al & singular thesayde acts above remembered, & every of thē, should continue & endure in their force and strength, and also be observed, and kept, until the last day of the next parliament, as by the same act amongs other things therein contained, more plainly appeteth:  
And where also in the parliament begun, and holden at westminster the .xxviij. day of april, in the .xxxi. year of the reign of our said most dread sovereign lord king Henry theight, and there continued until the .xxviij. day of june, then next following: It was ordained, and enacted by thaucthoritie of the same parliament, that all, and singular thesaid several acts above remembered, and every of them, and al clauses articles, and provisions in them, and every of them contained, should continue and endure in their force, and strength, and also be observed, and kept until the last day of the next parliament, as by the same act amongs other things therein contained, more plainly appeareth.  
And where also in the last Session of the same parliament begun at westminster the .xij. day of april in thesaid .xxxi. year of the reign, of our said late sovereign lord, and there by diuers prorogacions continued, until the .xxiiij. day of july, in the .xxxij. year of our said late sovereign lord, there was one other act made, and establisshed, concerning buying of fish vpon the Sea: And also one other act was there made in thesaid parliament for reasonable prices of wines to be set, as by the same two acts last recited more plainly doth appear:  
And where in the parliament holden at westminster in the .xxxv. year of the reign of our said most dread sovereign lord king Henry theight, one act was made for the preservation of woods, to endure for .vij. yeres, then next following, and from thence unto thende of the next parliament, as by the same act more plainly it doth and may appear:  
And where also at the parliament holden at westminster in the xxxvij. year of the reign of our said most dread sovereign lord king Henry theight, and there continued, and kept until the dissolution therof: It was ordained, and enacted, that all and singular thesaid acts above mentioned, and every of them, except thesaid act made for the preservation of woods as is aforesaid, should continue, and endure in their force, and strength, and also be observed, and kept until the last day of the next parliament, as by the same act amongs other things therein contained, more plainly appeareth:  
And where also in the Session of the parliament holden at westminster the .iiij. day of november, in the third year of the reign of our now most dread sovereign lord king Edwarde the sixth, one other act was made in the same parliament against unlawful hunting in any park, forest, chase, or other enclosed ground, which act was then made to endure the space of three full yeres to be complete, and fully ended from the first day of May then next coming, as by the same act more plainly appeareth. And for asmuch, as all and singular thesaid several acts above mentioned, be good and beneficial for the common wealth of this realm:  
Be it therfore enacted, ordained, and established by the king our sovereign lord, with thassent of the lords spiritual, and temporal, and the Commons in this present parliament assembled, and by authority of the same, that all, and singular thesaid several acts and Statutes above mentioned, or rehearsed, and every of them, and all Clauses, Articles, and provisions in them, and every of them contained, and also all, and every other branch, article, and sentence contained in thesaid act made in thesaid .xxxvii. year of thesaid late king of most famous memory Henry theight, touching, or in any wise concerning the setting of prices of wine, or the sale of the same, shall be revived, continued, stand, and endure in their force, and strength, to all intents, constructions, and purposes, and shalbe observed, and kept in all things unto the last day of the next parliament.   

¶ The .xviii. chapter. ❧ An act repealyng a Statute made in the fourth year of king Henry the seventh, against the bringing in of wine, and woad in strange botomes.  
WHERE in the parliament holden at westminster the .xiii. day of january in the fourthe year of the reign of the famous prince, of worthy memory, king Henry the seventh, after the conquest, grandfather to our now most gracious, and natural sovereign liege lord, it was amongs other things ordained, established, and enacted, that no maner of person, of what degree, or condition that he ware, should convey, or bring into this realm, ireland, Wales, Calais, or the marches therof, or berwick, from the feast of the nativity of saint john Baptist that after that was in the year of our lord God, a thousand, four hundred, four score, & ten: any maner wines growing of the duchy of guienne or Gascoine, or woad, called Tholouse woad, but such as should be conveyed, auentured, and brought in ship, or ships, whereof thesaid late king, or some of his subiectes of this realm of england, ireland, Wales, Calaice, or berwick, ware owners, possessors, and proprietaries, and the master under God, and the mariners of the same ship, or ships, Englishe, irish, or welsh, or men of berwick, or men of Calaice, or of the marches of the same for the more party, vpon pain to forfeicte the same wines, or woad, so brought contrary to thesaid act, as in thesaid act more at large it doth and may appear.  
The which act was supposed to be made for the maintenance of the nauoie of this realm. And also to thentent, and vpon good hope, and trust to haue had the same wines, and woad, at more easy prices then before they had been, the experience whereof hath ever hearken( and now of late most of al) appeared to the contrary, for that thesaid wines and woad, be daily sold at such excessive prices, as hath not before been sene within this realm, and the navy of the realm thereby never the better maintained.  
In consideration whereof be it enacted, ordained, and established by the king our sovereign lord, with thassent of the lords, and Commons in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same: That from the first day of february next coming, after the Session of this present parliament, unto the first day of October then following, and so yearly, and from year to year, beginning at, and between the first day of february, and the first day of October, it shall, and may be lawful to all, and every person, and persons being of the partes, or countries in amity with our sovereign lord the king, to convey, or bring in to this realm, ireland, Wales, Calais, or marches of the same, or berwick, any maner of wines of the growing of the duchy of guienne, or Gascoine, or of any other parte of france, and Tholouse woad, or any of them, in whatsoever ship, or ships, crayer, or crayers, boat, or botes, or by any other mean, whosoever be, or shalbe therof owner, possessor, or proprietatie, being of the partes, or countries in amity of our said sovereign lord, or whosoever be therof master, or master, or mariners in the same, without any forfeicture, or penalty thereof to be had. Thesaid Statute, or any thing therein contained to the contrary in any wise, notwithstanding.   

¶ The .xix. chapter. ❧ An act, touching the exchange of gold and silver.  
WHere in the parliament holden at westminster the .xxv. year of the reign of king Edwarde the third, it was accorded, that it should be lawful for every man to exchange gold for silver, or silver for gold, or for gold and silver, so that no man did hold the same as exchanged, nor take no profit for making of such exchange, vpon pain of forfeicture of the money so exchanged, except the kings exchaungers, which take profit of such exchange, according to an ordinance before that time made. which Statute notwithstanding, diuers covetous persons of their own authorities, haue of late taken vpon them to make exchanges, aswell of coined gold, as of coined silver, receiving and paying therfore, more in value then hath been declared by the kings proclamation to be current for, within this his realm, and other his dominions, to the great hindrance of the commune wealth of this realm.  
Be it therfore enacted by the king our sovereign lord by thassent of the lords, and Commons in this present parliament assembled, and by thaucthoritie of the same, that if any person, or persons, after the first day of april next coming, exchange any coined gold, coined silver, or money, giving, receiving, or paying any more in value, benefit, profit, or advantage for it, then the same is, or shalbe declared by the kings majesties proclamation to be currant for, within this his highnes realm, and other his dominions: That then al thesaid coined gold, silver, and money so exchanged, and every parte, and parcel therof shal be forfeicte, and the parties so offending, shal suffer imprisonment by the space of one whole year, and make fine at the kings pleasure. The one moiety of thesaid gold, silver, or coin so forfeicted to be to the king our sovereign lord, and the other moiety to be to the party that seizeth the same, or will sue for it by bill, plaint, Original, Action of debt, information, or otherwise in any of the kings courts of record, in which suite, no essoin, protection, or wager of lawe shall lie, be allowed, or admitted.   

¶ The .xx. chapter. ❧ An act against usury.  
WHERE in the .xxxvij. year of the reign of the late king of famous memory king Henry the eight, father to our sovereign lord the king, that no we is, amongst other acts, and Statutes then made, it was enacted by authority of parliament, that no person, or persons, at any time after the last day of january in thesaid .xxxvij. year, should haue, receive, accept, or take in lucre, or gains, for the loan, forbearing, or giving day of payment of any somme of money, for one whole year, above the somme of x. ł. in the C. and so after that rate, and not above, of, and for a more, or less some, or for a longer, or shorter time, vpon the pains and forfeictures, in thesaide act mentioned and contained. The which act was not ment, or intended for the maitenaunce, and allowance of usury as diuers persons, blinded with inordinate love of theymselues, haue and yet do mistake the same, but rather was made & intended, against all sorts, & kinds of usury, as a thing unlawful, as by the title and preamble of thesaide act, it doth plainly appear And yet nevertheless the same was by thesaid act permitted, for thauoidyng of a more evil and inconvenience, that before that time was used & exercised. But for asmuch, as usury, is by the word of God, utterly prohibited, as a 'vice most odious and detestable, as in diuers places of the holy scripture, it is evident to be sene, which thing by no godly teachynges and persuasions can sink into the hartes of diuers gredye, uncharitable, and covetous persons of this realm, nor yet by any terrible threatnynges, of Goddes wrath, and vengeance, that justly hangeth over this realm, for the great and open usury, therein daily used and practised, they will forsake such filthy gain, and lucre, oneles some temporal punishment be provided and ordained in that behalf. For reformation whereof, be it enacted by thaucthoritie of this present parliament, that from the first day of May, which shalbe in the year of our lord God M. D. Lit. thesaide act and statute, concerning onely usury, lucre, or gains, of, or for the loan, forbearing, or giving daies of any somme, or sums of money, be utterly abrogated, void, and repealed.  
And furthermore be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that from and after thesaide first day of may next coming, no person, or persons of what estate degree, quality, or condition soever he, or they be, by any corrupt, colourable, or deceitful conueighaunce, slight, or engine, or by any way, or mean, shal lend, give, set out, deliver, or forbear any somme, or sums of money, to any person or persons, or to any corporation, or body politic, to, or for, any maner of usury, increase, lucre, gain, or interest, to be had received, or hoped for, over & above the somme or sums so lent, given, set out, delivered, or forborn, vpon pain of forfeiture the value, aswell of the somme, or sums so lent, given, set out, delivered, or forborn, as also of the usury, increase, lucre, gain, or interest therof. And also vpon pain of imprisonment of the body, or bodies, of every such offeder, or offenders, and also to make fine, and raundsome, at the kings will and pleasure. The moiety of which forfeicture of thesaid value shalbe to the king, and the other moiety to the party that will sue for the same in any of the kings courts of record, by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, wherein no wager of lawe, essome, or protection, shalbe allowed, or admitted.   

¶ The .xxi. chapter. ¶ An act against Tinckers and peddlers.  
forasmuch, as it is evident, that Tinkers, peddlers, and such like vagraunt persons, are more hurtful then necessary, to the common wealth of this realm. Be it therfore ordained, established, & enacted, by authority of this present parliament, that from, & after the feast of the nativity of S. john Baptist next coming, no person, or persons, commonly called pedlar, Tincker, or petty chapman, shal wander, or go, from one town to another, or from place to place, out of the town, parish, or village, where such person shal dwell, and sell pings, points, laces, gloves knives, glasses, tapes, or any such kind of wears, whatsoever, or gather coney skins, or such like thing, or use, or exercise the trade, or occupation of a Tincker, but onely such person, or persons, as shalbee thereunto licenced. And that in such circuit, or compass, as shal be to him, or them, assigned by two Iustices of peace, or mo, of the shire where he, or they, shal dwell by writing under their hands & seals, vpon pain that every person which shall offend contrary to the meaning of this act, shall by any Iustice of the shire where the same offence shalbe committed, vpon complaint and due proof had, by witness or otherwise be imprisoned by the space of .xiiij. daies at the least.   

¶ The .xxii. Chapitre. ¶ An act for the putting down of gig Milles.  
forasmuch, as true Drapery of Wollen Cothes is to be commended, aswell in foreign realms, as in this realm of England, and al ways and means, used to the contrary are to be eschewed, and taken away: And forasmuch, as in many partes of this realm, is newly, and lately devised, erected, builded, and used, certain Milles, called gig milles, for the perchyng, and burlyng of cloth, by reason whereof, the true Draperie of this realm is wonderfully impaired, and the cloth thereof deceitfully made, by reason of the using of thesaide gig Milles: For remedy whereof, be it enacted by the king our sovereign lord, the lords spiritual and temporal, and the commons in this present parliament assembled, and by thaucthoritie of the same, that no maner of person or persons, after the last day of May next coming, shal use, or occupy, any of thesaide gig Milles, for the woorkyng of any Wollen cloth, or Clothes, made, or to be made, within this realm, vpon pain of forfeiture, for every cloth so wrought, in, or by any of thesaide Milles, called gig Milles .v. ł. The moiety of all, and every such forfeicture, and forfeictures, penalty, and penalties, to be to the use of our sovereign lord the king, and his heirs, and the other moiety, to the use of him that will sue for the same in any of the kings courts, be it by writ, bill, plaint, or information, wherein the defendant shal not be admitted to wage his lawe, nor any protection, essome, or injunction, shal be to him allowed.   

¶ The .xxiij. chapter. ¶ An act for the true stuffyng of Fetherbeddes, Mattresses, and quisshions  
FOR the auoidyng of the great deceit used, and practised, in stuffyng of fetherbeddes, bolsters, pillows, mattresses, quissheons, and quiltes,  
Be it enacted by the authority of this present parliament, that from, and attre the last day of june next coming, no person, or persons, whatsoever, shal make( to thentent to sell, or offer to be sold) any fetherbedde, bolstre, or pillow, except the same be stuffed with dry pulled feathers, or clean down onely, without mynglyng of skalded feathers, fennedowne, thistledowne, sand, lime, gravel, hear, or any other unlawful, or corrupt stuff, vpon pain of forfeicture of al such fetherbeddes, bolsters, and pillows, and every of them so offered to be sold, or the value therof.  
And be it further enacted by the same authority, that from, and after thesaid day, no person, or persons, shal make( to thentent to sell, or offer, or put to sale) any quilte, mattress, or quisshions, which shalbe stuffed with any other stuff, then feathers, wool, or flocks alone, vpon pain of forfeicture, of al, and every such quiltes, mattresses, or quisshions, so sold, or offered to be sold, or the value therof. The moiety of all which forfeictures shal be to the king our sovereign lord, his heirs, and successors, and the other moiety therof to any such person, or persons, as will sue for the same in any of the kings courts of record, or in any other court, where in no wager of lawe, essoin, or protection shalbe allowed for the defendant, or defendauntes.   

¶ The .xxiiii. chapter. ¶ An act for the making of hats, Dorneckes, and Couerlectes, at norwich, and in the county of Norff.  
WHere the making of hats, Dorneckes, and Couerlectes, haue of late been begun to be practised with in the city of norwich, in which city there be good and profitable ordinances, and constitutions, provided, and ordained for the preservation, and continuance of the good making of the same hats, dorneckes, and couerlectes, by reason whereof the young and idle people of thesaid city, to a great nombre, haue been and yet be well occupied, maintained, and set on work. And forasmuch as diuers evil, and couetouse disposed persons, exercysyng the mysteries of making of hats, and weaving of couerlectes, and dorneckes, within thesaid city, and not being brought up, or practised in thesaid Attes, or mysteries, to thentent they might occupy and exercise thesaid mysteries out of thesaid city of norwich, where no such ordinances and constitutions be made, or provided, haue withdrawn themselves from thesaid city into certain towns nigh about the same city, where they do, and may occupy, and exercise the making of hats, weaving of couerlectes, and dorneckes, disceiptfully, and insufficiently, without controllement, to the utter decay, as well of thesaid crafts, and mysteries, as of thesaid city, if remedy be not therein provided:  
It may therfore be enacted by the kings majesty, with thassent of the lords Spiritual, and Temporal, and the commons in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that no person by himself, or by his servant, or apprentice, shall from, and after the feast of S. Michael Tharchaungel next coming, make, or work any feltes, or thrommed hats, or wave, or make any couerlectes, or dorneckes, or occupy, use, or exercise the mysteries, or occupations of making of feltes, or thrōmed hats, or weaving of dorneckes, and couerlectes, or any of them, within thesaid city of norwich, or within the county of Norff, oneles he, or they, that shal so make, or work any such feltes, or hats, or so occupy the occupation, or mystery of making of feltes, or hats as aforesaid, within thesaid city, or county, be licensed, and admitted so to do by the major, recorder, steward, and two iustices of the peace of thesaid city, or by four of thē, or that haue been apprentice to the same occupation, and mystery of feltes, and hats making, by the space of .vij. yeres, & in like case oneles such person, or persons, that shal so make or wave dorneckes, or so occupy the occupation, or mystery of dorneckes weaving within thesaid city, or county be licensed, or admitted so to do by the major, recorder, steward, and two Iustices of the peace, of thesayde city, or by four of them, or that haue been apprentice to thesayde mystery, and occupation, of dorneckes weaving, by the term of .vij. yeres: And unless he or they that shall so make, or wave, couerlectes, or so occupy the attes or mystery of couerlectes weaving or making, be licensed and admitted so to do, by the major, Recorder, steward, & two iustices of the peace, of thesaid city. or by .iiij. of them, or that haue been apprentice to the occupation, and mystery of couerlectes weaving & making, by yē space or term of .vij. yeres  
And be it also enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that no person, or persons, shal from henceforth make any feltes, or hats, or wave or make, any dorneckes, or couerlectes, as aforesaid, or occupy, exercise, or use thoccupacion, artes, or mysteries, of making of hats, or feltes, or weaving or making of dorneckes, or couerlectes, or any of thē, as aforesaid, in any place, out of thesaid city of Norwich, within thesaid county of Norfolcke, but only in a corporate, or market town, vpon pain of for feictyng, aswell of the feltes, hats, dorneckes, and couerlectes, & every of them, which shalbe made, wrought, or woven, contrary to the form effect, and tenor of this act, or of any parte or clause thereof, as also ten shillings, for every haulf douseyne of thesayde feltes or hats, and of iij. s .iiij. ł. for every couerlecte, and of .vi. s .viij. ł. for every .vi. shepherds of dorneckes, so as is aforesaid, to be made, woven or wrought contrary to this act, the one haulf of which forfaictures, to be to the king our sovereign lord, his heires, and successors, and the other half therof to the person, or persons, that shall or will seyse the same or that will or shall sue for the same, or for any parte therof, in the kings court of the guild hall within thesaid city of norwich, or in any other of the kings courts of record, within this realm of england, by Action of detinew, debt, plaint, bill, information, or other wise, in which said action or actions, suit, bill, plaint, or information, no essoing, wager of lawe, protection or foreign plea to the jurisdiction of the court, shalbe admitted or allowed.  
provided alway, that all and every such person and persons, as do now dwell or hereafter shall dwell, and exercise the mystery of dorneckes, and couerlectes making, within the town or parish of Pulham, in thesayde county of Norfolcke shall and may occupy, and exercise the making of dorneckes, and couerlectes, within thesayde town of Pulham, as they haue heretofore used to do, any thing in this act contained to the contrary, notwithstanding.  
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that if the major, Recorder, steward, or iustices of peace, of thesaide city, for the time being, or any of them, shall take any somme of money or reward, for admittyng of any person to occupy or use any of the artes or mysteries aforesaid, that for every such time, and every such case, the person so offending, shall lose and forfeicte .v. ł. the one parte of which forfeicture to be to our sovereign lord the king, and the other half to him, or them that shall sue for the same, as is aforesaid.   

¶ The .xxv. chapter. ¶ An act for keepers of Alehouses to be bound by recognisance.  
FOR as much, as intolerable hurts and troubles to the common wealth of this realm daily do grow and increase through such abuses and disorders, as are had and used in commune Alehouses, and other houses called tippling houses:  
It is therefore enacted by the king our sovereign lord, with thassent of the lords, and commons in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same that the Iustices of peace within every shire, city, Borough, town corporate, franchise, or liberty within this realm, or two of them at the least( whereof one of them to be of the Quorum) shal haue full power and authority by virtue of this act, within every shire, city, Borough, town corporate, franchise, and liberty, where they be Iustices of peace, to remove, discharge, and put away, commune selling of ale and bier, in thesayde commune Alehouses and tippling houses, in such town, or Tounes, and places, where they shall think meet and convenient. And that none after the first day of May next coming, shalbe admitted, or suffered to keep any commune Ale house, or tippling house, but such as shal be thereunto admitted, and allowed in the open sessions of the peace, or else by two Iustices of the peace, whereof one to be of the Quorum. And that thesayde Iustices of the peace, or two of thē( whereof the one to be of the Quorum,) shall take bonde, and surety, from time to time, by recognisance, of such as shal be admitted and allowed hereafter to keep any commune Alehouse, or tippling house, as well for, and against the using of unlawful games, as also for the using and maintenance of good order and rule to be had and used within the same, as by their discretion shalbe thought necessary and convenient. For making of every which recognisance, the party or parties that shal be so bound, shall pay but .xij. d. And thesayde Iustices shal certify the same recognisance at the next quarter sessions of the peace, to be holden within the same shire, city, Borough, town corporate, franchise, or liberty, where such Alehouse, or tippling house shal be. The same recognisance there to remain of record before the Iustices of peace of that shire, city, Borough, town corporate, franchise, or liberty vpon pain of forfeicture to the king for every such recognisance taken, and not certified .iij. ł .vi. s .viij. d.  
And it is further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that the Iustices of peace of every shire, city, borough, town corporate, franchise, & liberty, where such recognisance shalbe taken, shal haue power and authority by this act, in their quarter Sessions of the peace, by presentment, information, or otherwise by their discretion, to inquire of all such persons, as shal be admitted, and allowed, to keep any Alehouse or tippling house, and that be bound by recognisance, as is abovesaid, if they, or any of them, haue done any act, or acts, whereby they or any of them haue forfeicted the same recognisance. And thesaid Iustices in every shire, and places where they be Iustices, shal vpon every such presentment, or information, award process against every such person, so presented, or complained vpon before them, to show why he should not forfeit his recognisance, and shal haue full power, and authority by this act, to hear, and to determine the same by all such ways and means, as by their discretion shalbe thought good.  
And it is further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that if any person, or persons, other then such as shal be hereafter admitted and allowed by thesaide Iustices, shal after thesaide first day of May, obstinately, and vpon his own authority, take vpon him, or them to keep a commune alehouse, or tippling house, or shal contrary to the commandment of thesaid Iustices, or two of them, use commonly selling of Ale, or bier, that then thesaid Iustices of peace, or .ii. of them( whereof, one to be of the Quorum) shal for every such offence, commit every such person, or persons so offending, to the commune Gaole, within the same shire, city, Borough, town corporate, franchise, or liberty, ther to remain without baille or maiprise, by the space of .iij. daies And before his, or their deliverance, thesaide Iustices shall take recoguisaunce for him, or them so committed, with two sureties that he, or they, shall not keep any commune Ale house. tippling house, or use commonly selling of Ale, or bier, as by the discretion of thesayde Iustices shal be sene convenient. And thesaid Iustices shal make certificat of every such recognisance, and offence, at the next quarter Sessions that shalbe holden within the same shire, city, borough, town corporate, franchise, or liberty, where the same shal be committed, or done. which certificat shalbe a sufficient conviction in the law, of the same offence. And thesayde Iustices of peace vpon thesaide certificat made, shall in open Sessions assess the fine for every such offence, at twenty shillings.  
provided alway, that in such towns and places, where any fair or faiers shal be kept. that for the time only of the same fair, or faiers it shal be lawful for every person, and persons, to use, commune selling of Ale, or bier in booths, or other places there, for the relief of the kings Subiectes, that shall repair to the same, in such like manner, and sort, as hath been used, and done, in times passed. This act, or any thing therein contained to the contrary, notwithstanding.   

¶ The .xxvi. Chapitre. ¶ An act for writtes vpon proclamations, and exigentes, to be currant within the county Palantine of lancaster.  
WHere the county of lancaster is, and of long time hath been, one ancient county Palantine of itself in which county the kings writ hath not, nor yet doth not renne, so that the writ of proclamation awarded vpon any exigende, against any person, or persons, inhabiting within the same county, in any action wherein process of outlawry doth lye, according to the statute made in the .vi. year of the reign of our late souereygne lord of famous memory, king Henry the .viij. can not be directed to the Shierefe of the said county Palantine, but unto the Shierefe of the county next adjoining unto thesayde county Palantine, so that the party dwelling within thesaid county Palantine, against whom any such Exigende and Proclamation hath been, or shalbe awarded, hath not had, nor hereafter can haue, any knowledge of the same suit, or process, by reason whereof many persons inhabiting within thesaide county Palantiue, without knowledge haue been outlawed, and hereafter be in like manner like to be outlawed, to their utter vndoinges, if some speedy remedy be not the sooner provided.  
Be it therfore, and for diuers other good considerations enacted, or deigned, and established, by the king our sovereign lord, with thassent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and the commons in this present parliament assembled, & by thaucthoritie of the same, that if, and when soever any writ of exigend, at any time after the first day of april next coming, shalbe awarded at the suit of the king, his heires, or successors, kings of this realm, or at the suit, or suits of any other person or persons, plaintiue, or plamtiues, in any action, or suit, in any of the courts of our said sovereign lord the king, his heirs & successors, kings of this realm, commonly called the kings bench, and the common place, against any person, or persons dwelling within the said county Palantine, that then immediately vpon the awardyng of every such exigende, the Iustice, or Iustices before whom any such writ of exigend vpon such suit, or action shalbe sued, shall haue full power & authority, by virtue of this act, to award one writ of proclamation, according to the tenor and effect of writtes of proclamation awarded vpon exigentes, and commonly directed out of any of the said courts into London, or into any other shires of this realm against any person, or persons, dwelling in other shire, or shires of this realm where the kings writ doth renne, according to the order and form of thesaid statute, made in the sixth year of the reign of thesaid late king to be directed to the shierefe of thesaid county palantine of lancaster, where it shal happen thesaid defendant against whom any such action shalbe sued, as is aforesaid, to be dwelling & not to the Shierefe of any other shire next adjoining to thesaide county palantine, any law, custom, or usage heretofore used to the contrary notwithstanding. And that every such writ of proclamation so to be hereafter awarded to the Shierefe of thesaid county palantine shal haue the same teste and day of return, as the exigendes whereupon every such writ of Proclamation shalbe awarded, shall haue. And that every such shierefe of the said county Palantine of lancaster, to whom any such writ, and writtes of proclamation shalbe directed, shal make Proclamations of thesaide writ, and writtes of proclamation, according to the tenor of the same, and shal make true returns of the same, in such court, and courts, and before such Iustices as the tenor of the same writ, and writtes of proclamations, shal require, and demand. And that all outlawries hereafter to bee promulged, or pronounced against any person, or persons, vpon any such exigend, or exigendes awarded against any person, or persons dwelling in the said county Palantine of lancaster, and no writ of Proclamations awarded in form abovesaid, to the Shierefe of thesaid county Palantine of lancaster, where the party defendant shal be as is aforesaid dwelling, or not returned, to bee clearly void, and of none effect nor force in the law.  
And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid, that every shierefe of thesaide county Palantine for the time being, shal haue in every of thesaide courts of the kings bench, & of the common place, one sufficient deputy at the least, to receive al such writtes of proclamations, which shalbe hereafter directed, to every such Shierefe of the said county palantine, for whom the same deputy, or deputies shal be appointed, in like maner and form, and vpon like pains, as by the former statutes and laws of this realm, other Shierefes of other shires, or counties within this realm of england, be bound to haue in either of the same courts. And that al such writtes of proclamations aforesaid, shalbe delivered unto every such deputy, or deputies, of record, in the same courts, & either of them, & also like fees shalbe paid for making every such writtes of Proclamations, and for enrollyng the same of record, as is limited in the same statute, made in thesaid .vi. year of our said late sovereign lord king Henry the .viii.  
Be it further enacted, and established by the authority aforesaid, that if any such writ, or writtes of proclamations, hereafter to be directed to any Shierefe of thesaid county Palantine of lancaster, be delivered unto any of the shierefes of thesaid county palantine for the time being, or to his, or their deputy, or deputies, in maner & form aforesaid, & the same shierefe, or shierefes, do not make true return of every such writ, and writtes, of proclamations into such court, and courts, out of which thesaid writ or writtes of proclamations, shalbe awarded, that for every such default of non return, every such sheriff for the time being, shal lose, and forfaicte .v. ł. the one half where of shalbe to our sovereign lord the king, his heirs, and successors, & the other haulf therof, to any such person, or persons, as will sue for the same, in one action of debt to be grounded vpon this act, in any of the kings courts of record, wherein none essoin, protection, or wager of lawe shalbe allowed, or admitted.  
provided always, that this act, or any thing therein contained, shall not in any wise extend, or be prejudicial to the same county Palantine of lancaster, for, or concerning such liberties, fraunchesses, or privileges, as belong to the same, or to any ministres, or officers of the same county Palantine otherwise, or in any other maner then by the true meaning of this act is before provided and declared, any thing in this act mentioned to the contrary notwithstanding.  
provided also, and be it further enacted and established, by the authority aforesaid, that if any person, or persons, dwelling within the said county Palantine, after the aforesaid first day of april, shalbe outlawed, in any such suit, or action, as is aforesaid, the then al writtes of special Capias utlegatum, single capias utlegatum, non molestandum & al other process, for, or against any person, or persons, so outlawed, shal and may, from thencefurthe be directed, from time to time, to the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, who shall make like writtes and process thereupon, and of like effect, sealed with the seal of thesaid county Palantine of lancaster, to be directed to the Sherefe of thesaid county Palantine, for the time being as heretofore hath been used, and accustomend in such cases.   

richardus GRAFTON typographus Regius excude: bat. mensae Aprili. 1552.  
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