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Cloth.
but the narrow to contain between 17 and 18 Yards of like measure,
' bredth and weight, proportionable. |
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| 4 Jac. 2. |
' 16. All Devonshire Kersies called
Defeas, length between 12 and 13
' Yards, weight 13 l. |
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| 35 El. 10. |
' 17. Check Kersies, strait and plain
Greys, between 12 and 18 Yards
' bredth one Yard, weight 24 l. |
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| 4 Jac. 2. |
' 18. Ordinary Pennistones or Forrest Whites,
length between 12 and 13
' Yards, bredth five Quarters and an half weight 28 l. |
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| 4 Jac. 2. |
' 19. Sorting Pennistones, length between
13 and 14 Yards, bredth six
' Quarters and an half weight 35 l. |
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| 4 Jac. 2. |
' 20. Kersies called Washers or
Washwhites length between 17 and 18
' Yards, half-thicked, and between 18 and 19 Yards, quarter-thicked, and
' weight 17 l. |
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| 4 Jac. 2. |
' 21. If longer, then as before directed,
the seller to forfeit for every
' Yard and Inch, Ten shillings. If of less weight, shall forfeit
10 s. for every
' pound above two pounds so wanting; and if failing in bredth, to
' forfeit for every Cloth falling narrow throughout, 20 s. half
way 10 s.
' a Quarter of it 5 s. |
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| 4 Jac. 2. |
' 22. A Cloth found in the Parties presence,
or upon notice in his absence
' to be of lesser length, than the Seal fixed imports, the seller shall
' forfeit to the buyer 6 s. 8 d. for every Yard wanting,
and the value of so
' much as is wanting. |
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| 35 El. 10. |
' 23. Every raw Devonshire Kersey,
or Dozen, being a Rudys Wash
' Kersey, shall in the Market weigh 17 pound raw, as it comes off the Weavers
' Loom, and without racking, shall contain between 15 and 16 Yards;
' and if of less weight or measure, the Weaver shall forfeit for every
' Quarter of a Pound Twelve pence; and for every Quarter of a Yard
' Twelve pence. |
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' 24. Several Forfeitures by the Statute of
35 Eliz. 10. may be sued for
' in any Court of Record, (as the Sessions, &c.) |
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| 1 El. 12. |
' 25. Every Cotton shall weigh 21 at least,
and in length 20 or 21
' Yards, and in bredth three Quarters of a Yard, or within one half Nail
' thereof. Every Frize and Rugg shall weigh 44 l. and in length
between
' 35 and 37 Yards, and in bredth, at most, 3 Quartes, and, at least, within
' a Nail thereof; and if longer, it shall weigh as it ought to weigh,
' proportionably, upon pain, for every Yard, not so weighing, Twelve
' pence; and if of less weight, the seller to forfeit for every pound
under
' three pounds, Twelve pence; and for every pound, lacking above three
' pounds 5 s. One half to the King, the other half to the
Informer. |
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If any person (which shall retail any of the Cloths,
Kersies, Frizes Ruggs,
or Cottons, of the several makings specified in the Statute 5 Ed.
6. cap. 6.)
do present any such Woollen Cloth which is defective or faulty unto the
two Justices of Peace next adjoyning, (out of a City, Borough, or Town
Corporate) where such Cloth shall be found faulty; the same Justices shall
cause the same Cloth to be cut into three equal pieces, whereof the King
shall have one, the Presenter another, and the third the said Justices
shall
retain to themselves. |
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| 7 Jac. 7. |
And two Justices of Peace may take order between
the Clothier and his
Spinsters, Carders, Kembers, Sorters, and Weavers, which shall unjustly
or deceitfully convey away, imbezzil, sell, or detain any part of the Wool
or Yarn delivered to them: And as well every such Spinster, &c.
so offending,
as also the Buyers and Receivers, (knowing the same to be imbezziled)
being thereof convicted by the Confession of the Party, or by
one sufficient Witness upon Oath, before two such Justices, shall give
such |
§. 9.
Spinsters
&c. imbezilling. |
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