25.0 C. 6-8. Anno vicefimo tertio Edward i III. A. D. 1349. MS. Reg. Anno Vicefimo & aliis Ann : s communibus precedentibus ut premittitur, in locis quibus eos operari conti- gerit, talibus folvi confuevit. Et fi quis plus receperit gaole proxime modo quo premittitur committatur. CAP. VI. Victuals (hall be fold at reafonable Prices. c TTEM, That Butchers, Fifhmongers, Regrators, c X Hoftelers, Brewers, Bakers, Pulters, and all other
- Sellers of all Manner of Victual, {hall be bound to
' fell the fame Victual for a reafonable Price, having ' Refpe6t to the Price that fuch Victual be fold at in ' the Places adjoining, fo that the fame Sellers have
- moderate Gains, and not exceffive, reafonably to be
' required according to the Diftance of the Place from ' whence the faid Victuals be carried. (2) And if any ' fell fuch Victuals in any other Manner, and thereof
- be convict in the Manner and Form aforefaid, he
' fhall pay the Double of the fame that he fo received, ' to the Party damnified, or, in Default of him, to ' any other that will purfue in this Behalf. (3) And ' the Mayors and Bailiffs of Cities, Boroughs, Mer- ' chant-Towns, and others, and of the Ports of the ' Sea, and other Places, fhall have Power to inquire ' of all and fingular which fhall in any'Thing offend- ' the fame, and to levy the faid Pain to the Ufe of ' them at whofe Suit fuch Offenders {hall be convict. ' (4) And in cafe that the fame Mayors and Bailiffs be ' negligent in doing Execution of the Premiffes, and
- thereof be convict before our Juftices, by us to be
"* affigned, then the fame Mayors and Bailiffs {hall be
- compelled by the fame Juftices to pay the Treble of
' theThingfo fold to the Party damnified, or to any 13 R. 2. flat. 1. ' other in Default of him that will purfue; and never- c ' 8 - „ ' thelefs towards us they fhall be grievouily puniftied.' 12 Ed. 4. c. 8. J b j f 25 U.S. c. 2. contain farther Regulations -with RcfpeS to Viclualleri and Viciuah. Mayors and Bailiffs of Ci- ties ar.d Bo- roughs ihall inquire of Of- fenders, and punilh them. TEM Carnifices PifcenariiHoftellarii Erafiato- res Piftores Pulletarii et omnes alii Venditores I Victualium quorumcunque teneantur hujufmodi j Victualia vendere pro pretio rationabili, habita I confideratione ad pretium quo hujufmodi Victualia j in locis propinquis venduntur, ita quod habeant
- hujufmodi Venditores Moderatum lucrum et non
exceffivum, prout diftantia locorum a quibus Vic- i tualia hujufmodi carriantur duxerint rationabiiiter requirendum. Et fi quis hujufmodi Victualia alio modo vendiderit, et inde in forma predi eta convic- tus fuerit, folvat Duplum illius quod fie recepit dampnificato, et in delectu illius alteri qui profe- qui voluerit in hac parte; et habeant poteftat m Majores et Ballivi Civitatum et Burgorum Villa- rum Mercatoriarum et aliarum ac portuum et loco- rum maritimorum, ad inquirendum de omnibus et fingulis qui contra hoc in aliquo deliquerint, et ad penam predictam ad opus illorum ad quorum fectam hujufmodi Delinquentes convicti fuerint levandam. Et in cafu quo iidem Major et Bal- livi executionem premifforum facere neglexe- rint, et de hoc coram Juftitiariis per ipfum Re- gem aflignatis convicti fuerint, tunc iidem Major et Ballivi ad triplum rei fie vendite hujufmodi dampnificato, vel alteri in defectu illius profe- quenti, folvendum, per eofdem Juftitiarios com- pellantur, et nichilominus quod verfus ipfum Re? gem punjantur. jlerealed fcy j Ed. 6. c. 3. & 21 Jac. I. c.28. CAP. VII. No Perfon fhall give any Thing to a Beggar, that is able to labour. jT T quiamulti validi.mendicantes, qui diu poffint ex mendicatis elemofinis vivere, laborare renuunt, va- ™J cando otiis & peccatis, quandoquc latrociniis & aliis flagitiis ; nullus fub pena imprifonamenti pre- dicta talibus qui commode laborare poterunt fub colore pietatis vel elemofine quicquam dare feu eos in defidia fua confovere prefumat, ut lie compellantur pro vite neceffariis laborare. Per quod idem Rex xviii die Julii Armo Regni fui vicefimo lertio fingulis Vicecomitibus Anglie per brevia fua precepit, quod premiffa omnia & fingula in Civitatibus Burgis & Villis mercatoriis Portubus maris & aliis locis in ballivis fuis Ubi expediri viderint publice proclamari & teneri, 6c executionem inde debitam fieri facerent, ficut predictum eft. EXP. Regift. 189. CAP. VIII. He that taketh more Wages than is accuftomably given, fhall pay the Surplufage to the Town where he dwclleth, towards a Payment to the King of a Tenth and Fifteenth granted to him. SUbfequentia idem Dominus Rex ex populari conqueftione accipiens ipfum populum propter hujufmodi excefliva ftipendia liberationes & pretia, que Servitoribus operariis & artificibus coacte folvebantur, taliter deprimi quod decima & quintadecima ipfum populum contingentes folvi non poterant, nifi aliud re- Uiedium providerettir advertenfque coactiones hujufmodi et extortiones fore manifeftas, & quod non fuit 5 houis qui contra tales delinquentes profequebatur ; ad dictum commodum fie ordinatum obtinendum, per quod equaliter confonebat, ut quod ufibus fingularibus fie ordinatum fuerit applicandum, ipfis non profe- quentibus nee profequi volentibus, in publicum commodum verteretur, ex deliberatione coniilii fui adjicien- dum duxit ordinando, quod omnes & finguli opcrarii fervitores et artifices tarn viri quam femine, cujufcunaue vidcljcet ftatus aut conditionis fuerint, plus pro laboribus fervitiis & artificiis fuis quam Anno xx" & aliis Annis fupradictis folcbant percipere capicntes, ad totam illam fummam quam ultra receperint cum aliis fummis, tarn pro tempore tunc preterito quo ftipendia liberationes Salaria Si pretia augmentata fuerint quam pro tempore futuro affidcrentur, que tota ipfa fumma ultra fie recepta a fingulis eorundem levaretur et col- 4 ligeretur
