14 C. i;. Aniiofecundo[vulgopnmo] Jacobi I. A. D. 1604. Waterman that fo fhall retain, take or have any Ivich Servant, fhall have been an Apprentice to a VJher- what Water- riman or Waterman by the Space of five Years before fuch Retaining; (3) And further, That no Wher- jnen only may riinaii or Waterman that now is, or tJiat hereafter Ihall be, upon tlie faid River of Thames, fliall retain, retain Servanis hjye, keep or take any Perfon or P^rfons to ferve him to row upon the faid River, as his Apprentice, un- and whaTsoiTof lefs the faid Perfon fo to be retained or to become an Apprentice, fliall then be of the Age of eighteen Perfons they Years at the leaft, and fliajl be retained and bound to his Mafter to ferve upon the faid River, for and du- ^%7tlT'e3led™S the Term of feven Years at the leaft; (4) upon Pain that every Perfon or Perfons doing the con- by 4 Ann'?/ trary Ihall from Time to Time, for every fuch Offence, forfeit the Sum often Pounds of lawful Englijh c. 13. fed. I. Money ; the one Half whereof Ihall be unto our (aid Sovereign Lord the King, his Heirs and Succeffors, and the other Half unto any Perfon or Perfons that will fue for the fame in any of the Courts of Record of our faid Sovereign Lord the King, his Heirs or Succeffors, by Adlion of Debt, Suit, Bill, Plaint or Infor- mation, in which no Wager of Law, Effoin, Proteftion, or other Delay Ihall be admitted or allowed. Hvherrimens H. Provided always. That this A61:, nor any Thing therein contained, (liall extend to the Son or Sons Sons excepted, which now are, or hereafter Ihall be, of any Wherriman or Waterman abovefaid (being of the Age of Sixteen Years at the leaft, and of convenient Growth and Strength) that formerly hatJi been, or that here- after Ihall be trained and brought up in Rowing, or have or hath accuftomed to row upon the faid River, and there have ufed or fhall ufe to tranfport or carry Paffengers from Place to Place; (2) but that all and
- every fudh Son or Sons fhall and may from time to time from henceforth be admitted and allowed to ferve,
and may ferve upon the faid River, and there tranfport or carry Pafl'engers from Place to Place as an Apprentce, as heretofore they have done ; any Thing in this Aft contained to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. Th« AVateimens IH. And be it further enafted and ellablilhed by the Authority aforefaid. That the eight Overfeers or ^ad'tw^Je'ln * B-ulers of the Society or Company of Wherri^^^en or Watermen that nov/ are, and that from Time to the i'ear. Time hereafter Ihall be, from henceforth twice in every Year, that is to fay, upon the firft Day of Sep- tember, and upon the firfi; Day of March, fhall openlv read and publilh, or caufe openly to be read and publilhed, in the Hall or Place of their common Affembly, where they ufually either have or hereafter ihall appoint to aflemble and meet together, all and every the Conftitutions and Orders already made by them, or that at any Time hereafter ihall be made by the Overfeers and Rulers, for the good or better , Ordering or Government of the faid Wherrlmen or Watermen; (2) upon Pain tiiat every of them Ihall from Time to Time for every fuch Offence forfeit to our faid Sovereign Lord the King, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, the Sum of fix Pound thirteen Shillings and four Pence ot lawful Englijh Money; the one Half whereof ihall be to our Sovereign Lord the King, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, and the other Half thereof unto any Perfon or Perfons that will fue for the fame in any of the King's Majefty's Courts of Record, by Acftion of Debt, Suit, Bill, Plaint' or Information, wherein no Wager of Lav/, Eflbin, or o-
- ther Delay (liall be admitted or allowed. 2 & 3 Ph. & Mar. c. 16. 11 & 12 W. 3. c. 21, 4 Annse, c. 13
& 19. 2 Geo. 2. c. 36, 4 Geo, 2. c. 24. 10 Geo. 2. c. 31. CAP. XVII. An Act for the better Execution of former Laws touching the making of Hats and Felts, -and lor the more Reftraint of unfkilful and deceivable Workmanfliip therein ufed, to the Wrong of all Sorts of the People of this Realm. Fi'j"'or'Hal^f'"' ' ^/^^^^A^ '" the Parliament by Prorogation halden at WeJlminftertQh^'DzY oi September m butwhohatii ' VV the eighth Year of the Reign of the late Queen ^A'zrt^if;/^, Qiieen of ii72^/(?W, there_ was made been Api)i.en- ' one Statute, intituled. An Aot for the true Making of Hats and Caps; by one Branch whereof it was cn- ttce. ' one Statute, intituled, Jn Ail for the true Making of . ' acied, That no Perfon or Perfons, by him or herfelf. or any other, fliould, after the Feafl: of the Nati- A Rehearfai f ' ^'^'^'^ ^^ '^'^' J^!:'^ Eaptilf then next coming, make, or work any Felt or Hat, of or with any foreign the staiuie^of" ' Wool or Stuff, unlefs fuch Perfon (hould lim have been Apprentice or Covenant Servant to fuch Myftery % EI12. u, u. ' of Hat and Pelt making, by the Space of feven "i'ears at the leaft ; (2) upon Pain to forfeit all fuch ' Hats or Felts as he lliould make or caufe to be made, while he worketh contrary to the Form of the ' faid A6f, and five Pounds in R'loney for every A'lonth that he Ihould fo continue, as by the faid Ail (a- ' mongft divers other Things therein contained) more plainly may appear: (3) Forafmuch as by the ' faid Aift, no Part of the Forfeitures or Penalties for fuch as let up and do ex-ercife the faid Ait ot Hat ' and Felt making, and have not been Apprentice or Covenant Servant thereunto by the Space of feven
- Yeai'j, (4) nor no Penalty nor Forfeiture at all for taking of Apprentices or Covenant Servants con-
' trary to the Tenor of the faid A&, is given or appointed to any common Perfon that would fue for the ' fame; (5) The Execution of the faid Aift hath been wholly neglefted, and the fame in thefe two ' Branches have been likewife tranigrelTed, and divers Perfons that never were Apprentices to the faid Art, ' and fome that have ferved but only fome fev/ Years therein, have taken upon them to fet up and exer- ' cife the fame Art, and retained great Number of Apprentices, who daily go away from their Mafters, ' and before their Terms be ended, and being unfkilful, do make and put to fale great Quantities of ' Hats and Felts very falfly and deceitfully made and wrought, to the great Damage of his Majefty's
- mort loving fubjecSls:'
rh^'porfeitur* ^^' ^^^ Reformation whereof, Beit enailed by the King's moft excellent Majefty, the Lords Spiritual accrued b'y"'ite and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Autjiority of the Stat, of SEiiz. fame. That from and after forty Days next enfuing the End of this prefent S&flion of Parliament, the Statute" "* Moiety or one Half Part of all and every the Forfeitures and Penalties contained in the fame former Ai, that Ihall arife or grow due after the End of the faid forty Days next enfuing the End of this Seffion of Parlia-
