A. D. 1513. Anno quinto Hen rici VIII. C. 5. 119 , and here within die fane ufc the faid dry calandring of Worded, and of the threat Hurt ' of the faid Common Weal, and Commodity of this Realm aforefaid : II. W'hi refore be it enacted, ordained, and edablidied by the Aflent of the Lords Spiritual and Tempo- w r.il, and the Commons, in t h i prefent Parliament aflembled, and by Authority of the fame, Th.it no Per- Jj" ?*J* *•" fon tie Perfona within this faid Realm, hereafter do take upon him or them to dry calandcr any Worded wo'iicd" n this faid Realm, upon Pain to forfeit for every Worded that is fo dry calandred one C.s. (t) And over that, whereas the faid old calandring of Wordeds, called Wet calandring, hath been uled well and Cub- it intially in Tunes pad in the City of Norwich, and yet is, by Perfons having Cunning in the lame; be it fore furthermore enacted, ordained, and edablidied by the Authority aforefaid, That no Perfon ne What Pcrfoni Perfons hereafter do take upon him or them to wet calander any Worded, but only fuch Perfons as have " n .'" * been bound Apprentices to other Perfons of the fame Craft and Occupation of wet calandring of Wordeds ^J,'^" ° r * by the Space of Seven Years, or be cunning in the lame, and their Cunning approved and admitted by the Mayor of the faid City of Norwich for the time being, and the Two Mafters of the faid Craft and Occupa- tion yearly to be chofen within the faid City of Norwich, or in the County of Norfolk, of the Craft of wct- calandrine, upon Pain of every fuch Perfon or Perfons, which hereafter fhall do the contrary, to forfeit for The F rfcitum every Piece fo calandred againd the Ordinances and Purveyances aforefaid, C. s. the one Moiety of which of the offenders. Penalties or Forfeitures above fbecined, and every of them, to be to the King our Sovereign Lord, and t | ie who fhall ha>e Other Moiety thereof to be to the Maders of the faid Occupation of Wet-calandring for the time being, 'v,.^' Means* And that it fhall be lawful to the Maders of the faid Occupation for the time being, and their Succeflbrs, to fue for the one Moiety of all fuch Penalties hereafter to be forfeited, againd every fuch Perfon or Perfons as hereafter fhall do contrary to the Form and Effect of this Statute, by Action of Debt, by Writ at the Common Law, or by Bill or Plaint, after the Cudom of fuch City, Fort, or Town wiiere fhall happen any fuch Forfeiture to be or fall, or by Information in the King's Exchequer. (4) And that no Protection or Eflbin, ne no Wager of Law for the Defendant in any fuch Action, Plaint, or Information, be allowa- ble before any Manner of Juitices, where any fuch Suit or Information fhall be ufed for the faid Forfeiture. Mad =pcrpctua! And this Act to endure to the next Parliament. mdhrtbtrpn? ■u.dcifor by 26 H. 8. C, 16. 33 H. 8. c. 16. I Ed. 6. c. 5. ar.d 13 &? 14 Car. 2. c. 5. • CAP. V. An Act concerning Jurors in London.
- 1T7HERE in this prefent Parliament holden at IVeftminJlcr the Fourth Day of February, in the Third A Rehearfal of
' VV Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord the King, and prorogued unto the Fourth Day of No- tlle Statute of
- vember, in the Fourth Year of the Reign of our faid Sovereign Lord the King, and adjourned unto JVeJl- 4 H> S- c ' T f '•*
' itiinfler. aforefaid ; forafmuch as after Iffues joined in Actions and Suits commenced, taken, or depending i^Lcndori t' ' in the King's Courts before himfelf in his Bench, and before his Judices of the Common Bench, and alfo Qu. if in Force >
- in his Exchequer, at the King's Suit, or at the Suit of the Party, triable in the City of London, as well the 11 H. 7. c, zti
- King as the Parties differed great Delay many Times for Default of Appearance of the Juries impanelled
- to try the faid Iffues, and many Times for lack of Jurors not having Lands or Tenements of the yearly
' Value of xl. s, (2) it was the faid Fourth Day of November ordained and enacted, by the Authority of 4 this prefent Parliament, that the Sheriffs of London for the time being, fliould have full Authority and
- Power to return in Panels, or Arrays of all Actions and Suits then depending, or that fhould depend in
- any of the faid Courts, or Exchequer, Perfons being Citizens, having Goods to the Value of C.Mark,
' or above, to try the IiTue joined in every fuch Action or Suit. (5) And that the Perfons fo returned, ha- ' ving Goods to the Value of C. Mark, or above, fhould be fworn, and do in all fuch Juries in like wife ' in every Thing as other Perfons fhould do, having Lands and Tenements of the yearly Value of xl. s.
- over all Charges. (4) And that the Sheriffs of the faid City for the time being, fhould return upon the
- did Didrefs in every- fuch Action or Suit, upon every of the Jurors impanelled to try the Iffues thereof,
- xx. d. and upon the fecond Didrefs, upon every of the fame jurors, xl. d. and upon every Didrefs after "
' that, upon every of the fame Jurors the Double, till a full Jury in every fuch Action and Suit ihould ap-. ' pear, and be fworn to try the Iffue joined in the fame, (5) And that the Sheriffs that fhould make any ' Return upon fuch Didredes, contrary to the Form aforefaid, fhould forfeit for every fuch Default, x. li, ' the one Half thereof to be to the King, and the other Half to the Party that will fue therefore : ' II. And that the Defendant in any fuch Action fhould not be admitted to wage his Law, nor Protection" ' therein for him allowed ; (2) which Statute was only made for the good Expedition of Juftice, for to have
- quick Appearance of Jurors Citizens of London at Saint Martha le Grand, within the faid City, where all
[ Juries were and been boundenonly to appear to try the iffues joined of all Things triable in London by ! Proccfs of Niji prius out of the faid Courts, and in none other Place, according to their ancient Liberty, ' Privilege and Cudom :' II. Wherefore, for more plain Declaration of the fame good Statute, be it ordained and edablidied by T Authority of this prefent Parliament, That the faid Act be expounded, interpreted, and taken, that 1 Sheriffs for the time being be bounden to return at every find Didrefs of Niji prius, to be had at the faid tu Martins, in every fuch Action or Suit, upon every of the Jurors impanelled to try the Iffues thereof, c ' 3 "- d. and upon the fecond Didrefs of Niji prius, upon every of the fame Jurors, xl. d. and upon every Di- Ceptupcn jurors.
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