504 C 5. Anno quarto & quinto Philippi & Marine. A. D. 1557, Broadcloth VIII. Item, TKat no Perfon or Pcrfons inhabiting within the Weft-Riding in the. County of r»r£ fhall y.Y*A- in the make orcaufe to be made any Broad-Cloth or Clothes called Pewlces, Tawnies, Violets or Greens, except Weft-Riding in the Wool thereof before it be converted into Yarn be firft died, litted and coloured with the Colour Blue, Yorkfliire. Q r t j le v a i ue f jj. d, a Pound, upon Pain of Forfeiture of every fuch coloured Cloth, or the Value thereof, whereof the Wool fhall not be firft die 1, litted and coloured with the Colour Blue, ofij.d. a Pound, as is aforefaid. Osdinary Kerfie. IX, Item, That every ordinary Kerfie mentioned in the faid Act fhall contain in Length in the Water bstwixt xvi. and xvii. Yards, Yard and Inch; and being well fcoured, thicked, milled, d.eflcd and fully Sjrting Kerfie. d rise!, fhall weigh nineteen 1'ounds the Piece at leaft : (2) And every Kerfie called Sorting Kerfie, men- 1 r ' C 'c°'i6 t' " ^ m the faid Act, being well fcoured, thicked, milled, dreffed and fully dried, ready to be {hewed, - - 1 1 " ' ' fhall weigh xxii Pound at the leaft. D^yonfhire Ker- X. And that every DevonjJiire Kerfie, called DolTon, the which is appointed by the fame Statute to fip - weigh, being dry, xiv. Pounds at the leaft, fhall weigh being well fcoured, thicked, milled and fully dried, . after the Rate of every Yard one Pound at the leaft. Weifh Linings. XI. It m, That one Article mentioned in the faid Statute concerning Weljh Cottons, touching the Length 5 & 6 Ed. 6. c. anc j Weight, fhall be clearly void ; (2) and every Gode oiJVelJh Lining fhall contain and be ttnee Quarters 6 ' >' l6, of a Yard in Breadth in the Water, and fhall weigh one Pound and a Half Quarter; (3) and every ^ ard of Cotton being fully wrought and cottoned fhall weigh one Pound at the leaft. None that buy XII. And be it further enacted, That no Perfon orPerfons which fhall buy to fell again by way of Retail, to fell again or otherwife, any of the faid Weljh Linings, fhall drefs or work, or caufe to be drelied or wrought within WdihTinin ny ms or t ^ eu ' Dwclling-houfe or Houfes, or in any other Place, by himfelf or his Servant or Servants, any 8 El. c. 7. 6 " of the faid JVelJb Linings, but fhall put the fame to fome fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall be of the Art or Sci- ence of Sheennen, Cottoners or Frifers, to be by them wrought and dreffed, upon Pain of Forfeiture for every Weljh Cotton or Lining frifed or cottoned to the contrary, vj. s. viij. d. Cottons, Rugs XIII. Item, That all and every Cotton or Cottons called Manchefler, Lancajhire and Cbe/hire Cottons,
- "?"]"» . may and all Cloths called Manchejler Rugs, or Manchcjler Frifes, may be divided into two Half Pieces, and
two Pieces." I na ^ contain and be after the Rate of fuch Breadth and Weight as in the faid Act is limited and appointed to be a whole Piece of every the feveral Pieces of Cottons and Rugs aforefaid ; any Thing in the faid former Statute to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. XIV. And if any Cloth or Kerfie of the feveral Kinds of Makings mentioned in the faid former Act, or this Statute, do exceed the feveral Lengths mentioned in the fame, that then every Yard fo exceeding fliall ju'-afures". im weigh after fuch Rate as every Yard of fuch Cloth or Kerfies containing the faid feveral Lengths fliall or ought to weigh, upon Pain of Forfeiture for every Yard not weighing after fuch Rate, v. s. XV. And if any fuch Cloth or Kerfies fhall lack of fuch Weight as by the faid Statute or this Ait it ought and is appointed to have, then the Maker thereof, or other i J erfon in whole Hands or PoiTeffion the- fame fhall be found, fhall forfeit for every Pound lacking above iv. 1. v. s. and alfo for every Pound ex~ ceeding, not above iv. 1. ij. s. in Manner and Form as in the faid former Ad is appointed. The Aulneger's XVI. Item, One Article mentioned in the faid Statute, wherein the Aulneger is prohibited to fet his Seal Seal - to any Cloth or Kerfie which fliall prove purfy, bandy, fqually, in or by Warp or Woof, or elfe fhall hap- 5 & 6 Ed. 6. p en to 1^ ev ;j burled or wafted in the Mill, or otherwife to be full of Holes, Mill-bracks, or to be holely, fhall be void and of none Effect. How faulty XVII. Item, It is enacted, That if at any Time after the firft Day of May any Cloth or Kerfie, through C fl' d th l be { ^ e Default or Negligence of the Carders, Spinners or Weavers, or any of them, fliall or do prove puriy, cockly, bandy, fqually or rowy, by Warp or Woof, or elfe fhall happen to be evil burled, or wafted in the Mill, or elfe through the Default or Negligence of the Mill-man, or otherwife, to be full of Holes, Mill-bracks, or to be holely, that then the Maker of every fuch Cloth or Kerfie fo being defective or faulty as is aforefaid, fhall fix unto every End of the faid Cloth or Kerfie fo being defective and faulty and offered to be fold, one Seal of Lead, in the which Seal fhall be ingraved this Word (faulty) upon Pain of Forfeiture of fuch Cloth cr Kerfie, or the Value thereof, fo offered to be fold, whereunto fuch Seal fhall not be fet. No defective XVIII. Item, The Article mentioned in the faid former Act, of returning of defective Clothes, Kerfies, Forfeiture for Defaults in neths and ' Frifes or Cottons, being tranfported over the Seas by the Merchants, fhall be utterly void. (2) But never- thelefs, be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if it fhall fortune hereafter any Merchant or Mer- lurned, fliall be-.reco'm- chants to tranfport any Cloth or Clothes, Kerfies, Frifes or Cottons, whereunto the Seal with this Word peofed upon a (faulty) was not annexed at the Time of the Sale thereof by the Clothier, and the fame Clothes, Kerfies, Certificate Frifes or Cottons, .fo tranfported, or any of them, to be found faulty or defective, and the fame Merchant Repealed by .* ? r Merchants thereof, within two Years after fuch Sale, to bring a Certificate fealed with the Seal of any El F c. 10. 4. 9. Town or Company in the Parts beyond the Seas, or figned by a Notary there after the aceuftomed Manner, tcucb'iflg tlefe teftifying and declaring thereby the Lofs and Damage which the [V erchants fhall have fuftained by fuch de- Certi/kates. fective and faulty Cloth or Clothes fo tranfported ; (3) that then the Clothier or Clothiers, or other Perfon of whom the Cloth or Clothes was bought, their Executors or Adminiftrators, fhall within fix Weeks next after Requeft made by the faid Merchant, his Executors, Adminiftrators or Afligns, well and truly iatisfy, content and pay to fuch Merchant, his Executors, Adminiftrators or Afligns, all and every fuch Sum arid Sums of Money, as fliall be mentioned, expreffed and declared in the faid Certificate ; (4) upon Pain of Forfeiture to the Party grieved for every Non-payment upon fuch Requeft, double the Value of fuch Sum or Sums mentioned in the faid Certificate. Cloth venting XIX. Provided always, That fuch Merchant fhall not in any wife have, by Virtue of this Act, any Re- jtnjrh,&c compence for lack of Length, Breadth or Weight, of or for any Cloth whereunto the Seal of any City, EeaJ^faCity 6 Borou £ h or Town Corporate fhall be fixed. XX. Item, &c. {hai! be affix* I.
