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Leather.
' pain of 10 s. for every Hide or piece not well and speedily
carried, to
' the party grieved. |
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| 1 Jac. 22 |
' The Wardens of the Curriers, or such as they shall
appoint, shall try
' and seal all curried Leather within a day after Currying, by any of their
' Company, and Request; taking a penny for a Dicker, and a penny for
' six dozen of Calves-skins, or forfeit for every Hide 6 s. 8 d. |
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' Cordwainers, &c. shall make no Shoos, Boots,
Buskins, Startups,
' Slippers, or Pantosles of English Leather wet curried (other than
Deer-skins,
' Calves-skins, Goat-skins, made and dressed like Spanish Leather)
' but of Leather well tanned and curried, or well tanned and well sewed
' with good Thred, well twisted and waxed, and Wax well Rosoned,
' and stitches hard drawn with Hand-Leathers, without mixing the over
' Leather, i. e. Part Neat, part Calve. |
§. 12.
Cordwainers. |
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' Nor put into any Shoos, &c. Leather made of
Sheep-skin, Bull-hide,
' or Hors hide. |
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' Nor into the upper Leather of any Shoos, &c.
Nor into the neather
' part of any Boots (the inner part of the Shoo excepted any Leather
' called Wombs, Neck, Shank, Flank, Powl, or Cheek. |
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| 1 Jac. 22. |
' Nor put into the utter Sole, any other Leather
than the best of Ox,
' or Steer hide. |
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' Nor into the inner Sole, any other than Wombs,
Neck, Powl, or
' Cheek. |
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' Nor into the Treswels of any double Soled Shoos,
other than the
' Flanks of the Hide. |
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' Nor shall make or put to sale in any year, between
the last day of
' September, and the twentieth day of April, any Shoos, fit
for one above
' four years old, any Boots, &c. wherein shall be any dry English
Leather,
other than Calve and Goat-skins drest like Spanish Leather. |
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' Nor shall shew with intent to put to sale any
Shoos, &c. upon the
' Sunday, upon pain to forfeit for every pair of Shoos, &c. 3 s.
4. and the
' full value thereof. |
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| 1 Jac. 22. |
' The Master and Wardens of the Companies of Cordwainers,
Curriers,
' Girdlers, and Sadlers in London, upon pain of 40 l. shall
every quarter
' of the year, at the least in London, and within three miles thereof,
where
' any Artificers cutting Leather dwell, may enter, search, and seise, if
Wares
' be not made of Tanned Leather; and according to that Act, each Company
' to search those of their own Trade only. |
§. 13.
Companies
searching. |
| 1 Jac. 22. |
' The Major and Aldermen, upon pain of 40 l.
shall yearly appoint
' eight out of those four Companies, whereof one shall keep the Seal to
' Seise, and Seal Leather in London, or three Miles next it. |
§. 14.
London. |
| 1 Jac. 22. |
' All Majors, Bailiffs, and Head Officers of all
Cities, Boroughs, and
' Towns; Lords of Liberties, Fairs, and Markets, upon pain of 40 l.
(a
' moiety to the King, and the other moiety to the Prosecutor) shall chuse
' and swear two or more persons yearly, to search and view Leather; who
' shall search and have a mark, and therewith mark Leather that is sufficient.
' Who if they find any Leather not well tanned or curried, or
' Shoos, Boots, &c. not well made, may seise the same, and retain them
' until tried by the Tryers. |
Searchers. |
| 1 Jac. 22. |
' The Lord Major shall within six days after seisure,
choose six; Two
' Cordwainers, two Curriers, and two Tanners, who upon Oath shall the
' second or third Market day try it. |
§. 15.
London,
Tryers. |
| 1 Jac. 22. |
' Other Majors, Bailiffs, Head-Officers, and Lords,
with convenient
' speed shall elect Tryers, who upon Oath, upon some Market day, within |
Majors. |
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