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A. D- 1 5 12. Anno quarto Hen rici VII J. C. 8. 117 it may be after the Aflife of Pewter Ley-Metal wrought within the City of London ; (3) and that the Makers The Make™ of of Inch Wares 'hill "i;;rk the feme with feveral Maiks of their own, to the Intent that the Makers of fuch i*e*«" Vcir--l» W arcs Dull avow the fame Wares by thcin (as is abovefaid) to be wrought ; (4) and that all and every fuch JT' m " k tilB Wares not fufficicntly made and wrought, and not marked in I>rm abovefaid, found in the Poflcffion of the fame Maker or Seller, to be forfeited; and if the fame Ware be fold, the faid Maker to forfeit the of the fame lb unlawfully wrought and foldj the one Half of the faid Wares, or the Value thereof, to be to the Ufe of your Highncfs, and the other Half to be to the Ufc of the Finder or Searchers of the fame. allowed ; and alio the faid Party fo offending, {hall forfeit his Beam to him that fhall fc-ife it ; (3) and if the faid Offender or Offenders be not fufficient to pay the faid Sum or Sums by them fo forfeited, that then it fhall be law fill to the Mayors, Bailiffs, or other Head Officers of fuch Place or Places where any fuch Of- fenders fhall be found, to put them in the Stocks, and them lb keep till the next Market-day next adjoin- insr, and in the Market-place to put them on the Pillory all the Market-time. VI. And furthermore, that it be lawful by the faid Authority, That the Mafter and Wardens of the faid Searchers of Craft of Pewtcrcrs, within every City and Borough of this Realm, where fuch Wardens are, and, where Pewter and no fuch Wardens are, the Head Officers or Governors of the fame City or Borough, to appoint certain Per- Br ' fs j 1 " bc3 P* fons molt expert in Knowledge of the fame, to make fearch within the faid Cities or Boroughs where they fointc dwell. (2) And over this, the Juftices of Peace within every Shire, at their General Seffion holden at Mi- chaelmas, fhall affign and appoint Two certain Perfons, having Experience therein, to make fearch in the Premiffes in every Part of that Shire, as well within the PVanchifes as without, favingin Cities or Boroughs where Searchers be appointed by the Heads or Governors of the fame; (3) and that all fuch unlawful Pew- ter or Brafs as the faid Searchers fhall find, the one Half fhall be to the Ufe of your Grace, and the other Half to the faid Searchers ; (4) and that in the Default of the faid Mafters and Wardens of the faid Oc- ' cupations not fcarching in Form as isaforefaid, and whereby that any fuch unlawful Metals is caft or made, or unlawful Weights ufed, that then it fhall be lawful to any Perfon or Perfons having fufficient Cunning and Knowledge in the faid Occupations, by Overfight of the Mayors, Bailiffs, or Head Officers of the faid Citus, Boroughs, and Towns, to fearch all the faid Places, and to put the faid Authority and Act in Exe- cution in Form aforefaid. (5) Pleafeth it therefore your Grace and Wifdoms, infomuch as the faid Act is The Statute of thought good and profitable, that it be ordained, enacted, and eftablifhed by the Lords Spiritual and Tem- 19 H. 7. c. 6. poral, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That the confirmed and faid Act may endure for ever. made P"P etul1 ' - VII. And over that be it enacted by the faid Authority, That if any untrue or deceivable Metal, or Work- manfhip, of Tin or Pewter, be founden either in Platters, Chargers, Difhes, Saucers, Pottingers, Trench- ers, Bafons, Fla^gons, Bottles, Pots, Saltfellers, Goblets, Spoons, Cruets, or Candlefticks, or any other fuch Wares of Tin or Pewter, wherefoever it be caft, made, or wrought within this Realm or without, and brought to be fold within the fame Realm ; that then it fhall be lawful to the Mayor of the City of London, and the Mafter and Wardens of the Craft of Pewterers (of the faid City for the time being) and their De- puties, to have fearch of the lame within the City of London, and the Suburbs of the fame ; (z) and that Searchers of Tir. in all other Cities, Boroughs, and Towns, where any Wardens be or fhall be, the Mayors, Bailiffs, or or PeKt " Vef- Head Officers and Wardens to have like Authority ; (3) and where no Wardens be, then the Head Offi- fel . s JS" te ap * cers or Governors of the fame Cities, Boroughs, and Towns, .to appoint certain Perfons moft expert and cunning in Knowledge of the fame, to make fearch within the faid Cities, Boroughs, and Towns where they dwell; (4) and if any fuch new Wares wrought of Tin and Pewter, as isaforefaid, be found defec- tive, and being in the Pofleffion of the Seller, that then the fame Perfon or Perfons that putteth any fuch new Wares of Pewter to fale, fhall forfeit the fame Wares, the one Half to the Ufe of our Sovereign Lord . the King, and the other Half to the Searchers or Finders of the fame. VIII. Provided alway, That this Act concerning the Forfeiture be not prejudicial nor hurtful to any Per- Tn!s Afl . "f 9 . fon or Perfons having Grant of our Sovereign Lord the King, or of any of his noble Progenitors, by his ^^prejudicial •■ Letters Patents of fuch Forfeiture, but that they and every of them fhall have and enjoy the fame according Grams ofLiber- to their former Grants and Liberties. ties. z 5 H. s. c. 9. CAP. VIII. Ma £ P er f ctul1 - 3J H. 3. c. 4, All Suits, Condemnations, Executions, Charges, and Impofitions, put or hereafter to be put upon Richard ' Strode, and every of his Complices, that be of this Parliament, or any other hereafter, for any Bill, fpea- king, ,or reafoning of any Thing concerning the Parliament to be communed and treated of, fhall be void, p r, Statuits i