A. D. 1.662. Anno decimotertlo & quarto Caroli II. C. j. 233 and into the Houfe and Work-houfe of any Dyer, Sheer-man, Callender, or other Workman's Houfe and Place of Sale and dreffing of the faid Stuffs, at all Times of the Day and ufual Times of Working, and may there fearch and view the Stuffs there found, whether they be ordered and made according to this prefent AiSt, and the Laws, Orders and Ordinances of the faid Trade; (z) and that if any Inch Faulty and de- Stuff as aforefaid fliall be found faulty or defedive, that then they, or any two of them, (hall feize, take feftive Stuffs to and carry away the fame, to be ordered and brought to Trial, and proceeded againfl, in Manner and be^feized and Form as is before in this prefent A<5t mentioned and appointed for defedtive Stuffs.
- XVIII. And for the better providing that poor Journeymen wh6 have ferved in the faid Trade, and ivovifo for poor
! are not able to fet up for themfelves, may be imployed in Work, it is hereby enadted, That whatfoever Journeymtr. Perfon under the Regulation of the faid Trade, who (liall imploy two Apprentices in the faid Trade, Ihall likewife imploy and fet on work two Journeymen in the faid Trade, during the Time he imploys two Apprentices; (z) and that no Mafter- Weaver under the Regulation of the faid Trade, fhall at any I Time have, imploy or fet on work above two Apprentices, or any Week-boy, to weave in a Loom in I tiie faid Trade in Worfted-weaving, upon Pain that every Perfon fhall forfeit for every Month lb offend- ing as aforefaid, the Sum of five Pounds to the Ufe of the King's Majefty. i XIX. And be it further enatfted, That all Perfons who are or may be concerned in any Thing con- obedience and j tained in this prefent A&, are hereby flriftly enjoined and required to yield due Obedience thereunto, ac- Confo-mity lo I cording to the true Intent and Meaning of this prefent Adl; (z) and that if any Perfon oi: Perfons (hall thisAa. i refufe, hinder or will not permit the faid Wardens or Affiftants, or any two or more of them, to execute ^^fjlf g^ftlan'Ve- their Office according to the Tenor of this Adl; That then every Perfon fo offending, being thereof con- fufe or hinder
- vilfted by the Oath of one or more credible Witnefles, b'eforfc the Mayor of the faid City or his Deputy, tiie Execution,
i or any one Juftice of the Peace of the faid City of Norwich, or County of Not-jTolk refpedtively, who are ' hereby authorized to adminifter fuch Oath, (hall forfeit the Sum bf forty Shillings to the Ufe of the King's Majefty. I XX. And if any Perfon lawfully fummoned to appear upon any Jury or Trial, according to the Tenor The Penalty fcr ! of tills Aft, fhall refufe or negledt to appear and proceed upon the fame, every Perfon fo refufing or neg- not appearing 1 kaing fhall forfeit for every luch Negleft or Retufal the Sum of five Shillings, to the Ufe of the Poor oP^^^^ ^!">' "
- the faid Trade and Manufadlure
- (z) Which faid Penalties and Forfeitures, together with alHother Fines
j and Penalties which are appointed to go to the Poor of the Trade and Manufadture or for the Ufe thereof,'
- mentioned in this A(5t, the Means of Recovery of which is not alreadyotherwife herein provided aiid fet'
- forth, fhall be levied by Diftrefs and Sale of the Offender's Goods and Chattels, by Warrant to be grant-'
i cd by the faid Mayor, or his Deputy for the Time being, or any one Juftice of Peace of the City of . _ .
- Nonvich or County of Norfolk, rendring the Overplus of fuch Diftrefs to the Owner thereof, if any (hall
- be, and the fame fnall be by him demanded, or otherwife to be recovered by Adlion of Debt,. Bill, Plaint,
I Indidtment or Information, in any his Majefty's Courts of Record, wherein no Wager of Law, Effoin ' or Protedion fhall be allowed to the Defendant as aforefaid. . . - ' XXI. And whereas the Cuftom hatii been retained Time out of Mind, and found expedient, that no Weaving of ' there (hould be a Ceffation of Weaving every Year in the Time of Harveft, in regard the Spinners of Stuffs in Time j * Yarn which the faid Weavers do ufe, are "at that Time chiefly imployed in Harveft-work;' Be it ena6t- of Harveft. ed, That no Weaver under the Regulation of the faid Trade and Manufadture, (liall fet any Loom on I work for the Weaving of any Stuffs under the faid Regulation, in the Time of Harveft-yearly, from the '., fifteenth Day of Jugii/i m. every Year until the fifteenth Day of September then next following, uponi j Pain of forfeiting to the King's Majefty the Sum of forty Shillings for every Loom which (hall be ufed in • work within the faid Time. , ' .,r, ■ '; , ■ . XXII. And be it further enadVed by the Authority aforefaid, That a true Account (hall be made, at the ^rue Accounts , four Affemblies (to be held quarterly as aforefaid) by the Wardens, before the Mayor of the City of Nor- tohe made at wich for the Time being, and one of the Juftices of the Peace of the faid City and County' of Norwich, ^^^^"o/an'Fines and two Juftices of the Peace of the County of Norfolk, of all fuch Fines and Forfeitures as fliall be re- and Fmfeitures. ceived and had, belonging, to the faid Trade and Manufadture, and of the neceflary Charges and Dif- ! burfements touching the lame Trade and Manufadlure; (2) and that the Overplus whichftiall remain j after the faid neceflary Charges and Difburfenients are dedudted, iliall be divided into two equal Parts; ' the one Moiety thereof to be difpofed of by the Wardens and Affiftants of the faid City of Norwich, or the greater Part of them; and the otlier Moiety thereof by the Wardens and Affiftants of the faid County of Norfolk, or the greater Part of them, for the Ule of the Poor of the faid Trade and Manufadlure, ift fuch Manner as the faid Mayor and Juftices aforefaid refpedlively fliail order and diredt, and no other-} any Thing in this Adt to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithl^anding. XXIII. And that all Mayors, Juftices, Sheriffs, Bailiffs, Conftables, and all other Officers, fliall beAllMayors, Aiding and Affifting to the faid Wardens and Alflftants, or any of them, as often as they (hall be there- P^"'- f?' *^'^' ^'r, unto required: (z) And in all Adtions and Suits that (hall be brought againft any Perfon or Perfons, for c^fng'"^^" adling in any Thing according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Adt, the Perfon or Perfons fo fued Defendant m^y or molefted, (hall or may plead the General Iffue of Not guilty, and give the fpecial Matter in Evidence; plead the Gene- (3) and fliall recover double Cofts in every fuch Cafe, if the 'V'erdich pafs for fuch Perfon ot Perfons, or Doubi&Cofts. that the Plaimift" or Plaintiffs be nonfuit therein. . XXIV. Provided always. That this Adr, nor any Thing therein contained, (hall extend to compel the Provifo for the Weavers of the Towns of Great y'arfnouth and Lyn in the faid County of Norfolk, to bring their Wares ^e^tyaf^outh to Noriuicb to be fedled, or be. prejudicial to the Weavers of the faid Towns, or either of them, to de- andLynT prive them or either of them of fuch Liberties or Privileges as are granted unto them' by an Adt of Par- '„ '. liument made in the fourteenth Year of King Henry the Eighth, or by anv other Adt of Parliamentj or ^-^^ 15 "■ 5. Grant or Charter whatfoever. This Adt to begin and take Effed from the fifteentli.Day. otJl^ay one thoiifand fix hundred fixty and two. : ..^ . : .(1 -iJsm i>nfi /v/^; ■ ."> Vol. IIL H h i ' CAP.
