230 C. 5. Anno declmo tertlo & quarto Caroli II. A. D. 1662 Previfo for the King's Profeflbr of Law in Ox- ford. Provifo con- cetnine; the 56'.h Anicle agreed in the Convoca- tion, Anno I56j,- The Common Prayer ufed by Authority of Parliament. I Eliz. c. X, 8 Eliz. c. I. CO be ufed until Bartholomew Day 166.. EXP, 7 £(3.4. c. I. Th« Number of Wardens and Afiiflants of Marter Weavers in. Norwich, how and when to be chofen. The Oith to he taken by tiiem, Records as this Book it felf hereunto annexed; any Law or Cuftom to the contrary in any wife notwith- {landing. XXIX. Provided alfo, That this A6t, nor any Thing therein contained, (hall not be prejudicial or hurt- ful unto the King's ProfelTor of the Law within the Univerfity of Oxford, for or concerning the Prebend ofS/v/iifwi within the Catliedral Church of 5«r«;/z, united and annexed unto the Place of the fame Kiiig's Profeflbr for the Time being by the late King James of bleffed Memory. XXX. Provided always, That whereas the fix and thirtieth Article of the nine and thirty Articles agreed upon by the Archbifliops and Bilhops of both Provinces, and the whole Clergy, in the Convocation holder at London'm the Year ofour Lord one thoufand five hundred fxxty-two, for the avoiding of Diveriities ol Opinions, and for eftabliihing of Confent touching true Religion, is in thefe Words following, viz. (2) " That the Book of Confecration of Archbifliops and Biflwps, and Ordaining of Priefts and Dea- " cons, lately fet forth in the Time of King Edward the Sixth, and confirmed at the fame Time by Au- " thority of Parliament, doth contain all Things neceffary to fuch Confecration and Ordaining, neitlier " hath it any Thing that of it felf is fuperftitious and ungodly : And therefore whofoever are Confecrated " or Ordered according to the Rites of that Book, fince thefecond Year of the aforenamed King Edward " unto this Time, or hereafter fhall be Confecrated or Ordered according to die fame Rites, We decree all " fuch to be rightly, orderly and lawfully Confecrated and Ordered;" XXXL It be enadled, and be it therefore enadled by the Authority aforefaid, That all Subfcriptions hereafter to be had or made unto the faid Articles by any Deacon, Prieft or Eccleilaftical-Perfon, or other Perfon whatfoever, who by this A<5t, or any other Law now in Force, is required to fubfcribe unto the faid Articles, fhall be conftrued, and be taken to extend, and (hall be applied (for and touching the faid fix and thirtieth Article) unto the Book containing the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining and Confed- erating of Bilhops, Priefts and Deacons, in this Adt mentioned, in fuch Sort and Manner as the fame did heretofore extend unto the Book fet forth in the Time of King Edward the Sixth, mentioned i.n the faid fix and thirtieth Article; any Thing in the faid Article, or in any Statute, Ac5t or Canon heretofore had or made, to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding, XXXIL Provided alfo, That theBook of Common Prayer, .and Adminiftration of the Sacraments, and" other Rites and Ceremonies of this Church of England, together with the Form and Manner of Ordain-^ jngand Confecrating Bifhops, Priefts and Deacons, heretofore inUfe, and refpedlively eftablilhed by Aft of Parliament in the firft and eighth Years of Queen Elizabeth, fhall be ftill ufed and obferved in the Church oi England, until theFeaftof St. Bartholomew, which ftiall be in the Year of our Lord God one thoufand fix hundred fixty and two. EXP, as to this laft Claufe. farther Pr<n>i/!om relating berito, 1 ff. & M, St. i, c, l8. and 13 Geo. 2. e. ,28. C A P. V. An Adl for Regulating the making of Stuffs in Norfolk and Norwich.
- TT7HEREAS divers Abufes and Deceits have of late Years been had and ufed in the making of
- V V Worfteds, and other Stuffs commonly called Norwich Stuffs, and in the Reeling of Yams, wh'ere-
- of the faid Stuffs are either wholly or in Part made, which tends to the Debafmg of the faid Manufaifure,
- unto the Prejudice of the Publick; (z) which faid Trade of Weaving of Stuffs tiath of late Times been
' very much increafed, and great Variety of new Sorts of Stuffs have been invented} fo that the Power ' given by the Statute of the Seventh oi Edward the Fourth, Chapter the Firff, is- not fafficient for the '■ Regulating of the fame i (3) and that the Number of the Wardens by the fame Act appointed, being ' but eight, are too few for the governing and ordering the fame Trade; by which Means the fame Ma- ' nufadture will foon be loft, (if not prevented) and carried into Foreign Nations, to thegreatDiminutioii ' of his Majefty's Cuftoms, and turning out of Work many thoufands of pOor People:' • IL For Prevention of which Abufes, Deceits and Evils, it is enacted by the King's moft Excellent Ma- jefty, with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, affembjed in Par- liament, and by the Authority of the fame. That there (hall lie tv/elve Wardens and thirty AfTiitants, all which are to be Mafter Weavers within the County of the City oi Norwich and County of Norfolk; (2) fix of which' faid Wardens and fifteen of the faid AfTiftants (hall be chofen the firft Mond.y -ihtx Pentecojlm the Year of our Lord God one thoufand fix hundred fixty and two, and from thence yearly and every Year oh the next Monday after Peniec:ft, at fome publick Place, by the Mafter Weavers or the greater Part of theni prefent, of the faid City and'County of AVwzV/;; (3) and the other fix Wardens and fifteen AfTiftants fhsll be chofen upon the fame Day yearly within the City oi Norwich or County of NorJ'olk, in fome publiek Place, by the iVl after Weavers, or the greater Part of them prefent, of the County or AVyW/ .- (4) And the faid Wardens refpcttively fliall within fourteen Days after they Ihall be fo cholen or eledted, and Notice thereof given, take the Oath enfuing, to be adminiftred by the Mayor of the faid City for die Time beinj;, pr his Deputy,- and the Steward of the Duchy of Laticajler within the faid County for the Time being, ifit (liall happen the faid Steward fhall be there prefent, or elfe before the faid Miiyor or his Deputy°only.; which Oath they and every of them are hereby authorized and required from 'Fime to Time to adminifter accordingly, viz. I A. B. do [wear. That I -will well, faithfully and hbneftly tcrform and difcharge the Office if aJVardc7i_ ofthefaidTrade oflVorftedTVe.,ven, according to the beft of my Skill, Power and Knowledge : [^ And thai:' the laid Al'fiftants, and every of them, within the Time a'fore'aid (hall take the like Oath before ftich Person or Perfons before whom the Wardens Ihall be fworn for the Execution of that Oiflce of an Afliftant; (6) ^nd that if it (hall happen that any of the faid Wardens who ftiall be fo chofen, (hall refufe to take the laid Oath, or after he be fworn (hall die before the End of the Year, That then from Time to Time, fo often
