C. 5- 231 A. D. 1662. Anno deciiiio tertio & quarto Caroli II. often as need fhall be, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Mafter-Weavers of the faid City, County of the City oi Norwich and County 01 Norfolk ytfy^diwelY, as the Caufe (hall require, to choofe other War- den .or Wardens in tho Place of him or them lb dying or refufing, who fliall be fworn in fuch Manner as aforefaid, III. And for the Regulation and good Government of the faid Trade and Manufadure, the faid Wardens The Powen m and Afllrtants, or.any thirteen of them, whereof feven to be Wardens, fliall and may from Time to Time meet "",' ^^ ^°! '■^^' land confult together for the Good and Benefit of the faid Trade and Manufafture, and for the due Execu- ^rlde"ohe put Ition oif the Powers and Authorities given by this Ad, fo often as to them (hall feem expedient, or when it in Execution, i (hall be defired by eight or more of the laid Alfiftants, at the Place called JVeavers-HaU in the faid City, or affuch other Place as they (hall think ht : (2) And that any thirteen or more of the faid Wardens and Af- jfirtants whereof feven at the leaft to be Wardens, fhall have and hereby have Power and Authority from I Time to Time, fo often as Need (hall require, to make and ordain By-laws, Rules and Ordinances, for power torraVe and concerning the Regulation of the faid Worfted Stuffs, and other Stuffs now made, and which hereafter By laws and I fliall be made, within the faid City and County of the City of Norwich, and County of Norfolk, and in ei- ^'^"^' |ther of theiTU-bqth in Length, Breadth and Goodnefs, and of fuch other Particulars as fliall by the faid I Wardens ana Aiiiil:ants fo met, orthe greater Number of them, from Time to Time be adjudged requifite, ' {for the better regulatirig.the faid Trade and Manufadlure, and the Artificers of the fame, in the due Exe- I cution of this A6t (and to make Seals from Time to Time for the fealing of the fame Stuffs;) (3) which
- By-laws, Rules and Ordinances, being ratified and confirmed by the Mayor, and two Juftices of the Peace
i 01 the faid City and County of Norivich for the Time being, and three other Juftices of the Peace of the faid -j.^ ,,j pi,hii(hed I County oi Norfolk (whereof one to be of the Quorum) (liali be publiflied four Times in the Year at the atfourAifem- [ leaft, at four publick Alfemblies for the faid Trade and Manufadture, and (hall be obeyed and kept by the •'^s '<> be held j feveral Perfons within and under the faid Regulation. yearly, j IV. And the faid Wardens and Affiftants (hall have and hereby have Power to impofe a Fine or Penalty The'Penalty I upon any Perfon or Perfons under fuch Regulation, as fhall not confirm to fuch Rules, Orders and Ordi- "po" Offenders I nances, ib made and to be made and confirmed as aforefaid. fa^ws"andOf- ^' V. Provided that the faid Fine or Penalty upon any Perfon for not conforming as aforefaid, fhall not ex- decs. I ceed the Sum of ten Shillings for any one Offence. VI. And it is further enacted, That the Wardens and Affiftants of the faid City and County of the City Notice of Mtet- of Norwich, fliall from Time to Time give Perfonal Notice unto the Wardens of the faid County of Norfolk '"f^jl' '"^-^ P^ or Two of them at the leaft, of the Time when they intend to confider of the Making of By-laws, Rules be given'tVti^ and Ordinances as aforefaid, and (hall fet it up in Writing upon the Door of their Sealing-Hall, fourteen Wardens of the i Days at the leaft before they fliall proceed to the Making the fame; to the End, that fuch of the faid Coun- p?^"'^ ofNor- try Weavers as are therein concerned may be there prefent. • ' j VII. And for the better Regulation and carrying on the Work aforefaid, andfor Avoiding of all Frauds Vamscalied I and Deceits therein. Be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Yarns called Worfted- Yarns, J!|^*"^^'l Yarns,
- and fuch other Yarns as are commonly ufed by the Worfted- Weavers, fliall be made without Fraud, and °'" ° ^""^ *"
' fhall be reeled on a Reel of a full Yard about, and every Reel-ftafF fhall contain fourteen Leas, and every
- Lea forty Threads, twelve of which Reel-ftafts fhall make a Dozen, and tv^relve of thofe Dozens ftiall
make a Grofs : And in Cafe any Perfon or Perfons fhall fell or expofe to fale, any of the faid Yarns made and reeled in any other Manner than as is aforefaid; that then every fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall forfeit the Moiety of the Value of the faid Yarns to the Ufe of the faid Trade and Manufadtu: es, after Charges of ■ - '• Suit and of Profecutionfirft deduced out of the fame; which Forfeiture fhall be recovered by AcTion of , Debt, Bill, Plaint, Indiftment or Information, in any of the King's Majefty's Courts of Record, wherein ' no Wager of Law, EfFoin or Protedion fliall be allowed for the Defendant. ' VIII. And that it fliall and may be lawful to and for the Wardens and Affiftants of the faid Trade and vie-x-andSearcli Manufadures or any Two of them, from Time to Time to view and fearch in all Fairs and Markets and ^ll'nuTa^'iSr"'^ other publick Places of Sale of Yarns within the faid City of Norwich and County of the fame, and County in pl'i.rand" oi Norfolk, and either of them, all Yarns which fliall be there expofed to Sale; (2) and fuch of the faid MaiUets. Yarns as they fhall find defei'tive, contrary to the Rules herein before fet, that then it fhall andmaybelaw- ftil to and for the fame Wardens and Affiftants or any Two of them, to feize the fame Yarns, and bring the fame within twenty Days next after the Seizure thereof, to Trial by a Jury, and to be proceeded in and fined in fuch Manner and Form' as in this prefeatA6tis limited and appointed for defedive Stuffs; • - ■■■ which faid Jury fliall have and hereby have Power to fet fuch Fine or Fines upon the faid arns, as they fliall in their Difcretions fee Caufe; the fame Fines not to exceed the Moiety of the Yarn fo found de- fc<5live; (3 ) and the fame Fines to go to the Poor of the fame Trade and Manufadure as aforefaid. . IX. Provided always. That no Penbn or Perfons fliall be doubly puniflied for any one Offence touch- ing Yarns (that is to fay) by this and the former Claufe in this AiK X. And it is hereby further enadted, That all Sorts of Stuffs, whether woven of Woollen only or of All Woollen Wool and other Materials, within the City and County oi Norwich and the County oi Norfolk, and the S'.uffs ar^ vyea- Makers and Weavers of the fame- Stuffs, fliall be under the Power Governtnent and Regulation of the J'he6^yeir!!wn[ faid Wardens and Affiftants, in fuch Manner as by this and other Ads of Parliament, and the By-laws of the r^idWac- made and to be made by Virtue thereof, are or fliall be eftabliftieJ, (except fuch Stuffs as are under the fii"!,?!- '^'" Regulation of the Wardens and Fellowlhip of the Myftery of Ruflel-Sattens, Suttens-Reverfes and Fu- ftians of iVi?rwzV/^-Making, within the City oi Norwich :) (z) And that all Stuffs made and to be made un- der the Regulation' aforefaid, before the fame fliall be offered or' put to fale, fliall b(j brought to Weavers- Hall for the Time being within the County_ of the City of iV<jr«MV/j, to be viewed and fearched by the faid ' ■ • Wardens or any Two of them; (3 )' And if the fame fliall be found' to be well and lufficiently made and Good sn^ fuffi- wrought according to the Rules and Ordinances of the faid Trade, then all fuch' Stuffs fliall be by the cicyt fliaube .Wardens, or any Two of them, fealed and allowed accordingly, without any Sum of Money paid or fo be ^^^'« ■
