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P. Ibid. 6. |
Wax. Wears. Weavers.
3. Watermen shall not hide themselves in time
of pressing for the Kings
service, &c. |
241 |
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4. Watermen shall not take for their Fare
and Labor above the prices
assessed, &c. and set up in Tables in Westminster-Hall, &c.
But Quære whether
the Justice of Peace be to meddle in this. See the Statute at large.
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18 H. 6. 18.
P. Wax. 8.
P. Just. 42. |
CHAP. CVI. V. 62.
Wax.
EVery Justice of Peace may examin and search (by
his discretion) such
as do sell, or set forth to be sold, any Candles, or other works of
Wax at higher price than after the rate of 4 d. the pound, over
the common
price of plain Wax, between Merchant and Merchant, and may punish them
by Forfeiture of the Work or value thereof, and by Fine to the King.
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§. 1.
Price. |
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CHAP. CVII.
Wears.
EVery person that shall erect any new Wear along
the Sea-shore, or any
Haven, Harbor or Creek, or within five miles of the Mouth of any
Haven
or Creek, 3 Jac. 12. |
§. 1.
Erecting
Wears. |
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Or shall willingly take, destroy, or spoil any
Spawn, Fry or Brood, or any
Sea-fish in any Wear, Engine or Device whatsoever shall forfeit 10
l. for every
such erecting or spoiling. The one moiety to the King, the other
moiety to the
Prosecutor, 3 Jac. 12. |
§. 2.
Catching
Fish with
them. |
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Any person, which in any Haven, Harbor, Creek,
or within five miles of
the Mouth of any Haven, Harbor or Creek of the Sea, shall Fish with
any
Draw-net or Drag-net, not three Inches Meash, viz. an inch and a
half from
knot to knot, except for the taking of Swolds in Norfolk only; or
with any
Net with Canvas, or any other Engine or Device, whereby the Spawn, Brood,
or Fry of Fish may be destroyed, shall forfeit for every Net, and every
time so
doing 10 l. a moiety to the Poor of the place, &c. the other
moiety to the Prosecutor,
to be levied by Warrant to the Mayor, &c. or one or more Justice of
Peace, to the Constable by Distress and Sale, rendring the Overplus, &c.
3 Jac. 12.
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§. 3.
Unlawful
Nets. |
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CHAP. CVIII.
Weavers.
NOne using the Trade of Cloth-working living out
of a City, Borough,
Market Town, or Corporate Town, shall keep above one Loom at one time
in his House or Possession, or make profit by setting a Loom, or
of a
House wherein a Loom is, and be let with it, upon pain to forfeit for every
week 20 s. 2 & 3 Phil. & Mar. cap. 11. |
§. 1.
What
Looms they
may keep. |
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No Woollen Weaver living out of the City, &c.
shall keep above two Looms,
or make profit by any other Loom, upon pain to forfeit for every week 20
s. |
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None using the Trade of a Weaver, and not Cloth-making,
shall keep a Tucking-mill,
or use the Trade of a Tucker, or Fuller, or Dier, upon pain to lose for
every week 20 s. |
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None using the Trade of a Tucker or Fuller, shall
keep or have a
Loom, of make any profit thereby, or forfeit for every week 20 s. |
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