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Oils Act 1511

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 1 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1511 c. 14
Year1511
Statutes made at Westminster, Anno 3 Hen . VIII. and Anno Dom 1511 An Act for searching of unlawful Oils.

(3 Hen. 8) C A P. XIV.

'PRayen your Highness, the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, That whereas divers Manner of Oils being brought into this Realm, as well into the City ofLondon , as to divers other Places within this same Realm, which be daily used and ministred as well for Man's Sustenance and Comfort, as for Necessaries for draping of Woollen Cloths, and for other divers Necessaries used for the Weal of your Subjects; and for lack of good Oversight, Search, and Correction of such Oils, many simple Persons (Buyers of the said Oils to sell afterward) falsely and deceivably by crafty Means do mix and alter the same Oils from their former Nature and Goodness, to the great Loss, Jeopardy, Danger, and Deceit of your Subjects:' Wherefore be it by your Highness, by the Advice and Assent of your Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of your Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by Authority of the same, ordained, enacted, and established, Thatthe Mayor of the City ofLondon for the time being, with the Master and Wardens of the Mystery or Craft of Tallow-Chandlers of the same City for the time being, shall from henceforth have full Power and Authority to search all Manner of Oils brought into the said City of London to be sold, in whose Hands soever they be or shall be found, and that as often as the Case shall require: (4) And that the said Mayor, with the said Master and Wardens of the said Mystery or Craft of Tallow-Chandlers for the time being, shall truly search and oversee, that the same Oils to be put to Sale be not mixt nor altered from their right Kinds, but that they be good and lawful as they ought to be. (5) And that it shall be lawful to the said Mayor, with the said Master and Wardens for the time being, to damn, avoid, and utterly to cast away all such Oils as they shall find defective, or falsely or deceivably mixed, and altered from their right Kinds, as is afore said, without any Let or Perturbance of any Person or Persons whatsoever...

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