Tiles Act 1477
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1477 c. 4 |
| Year | 1477 |
(17 Edw. 4) C A P. IV.
‘ITEM, Whereas in divers Parts of this Realm great damage hath been, and daily is, and by likelihood in time to come will much increase, for default of true, seasonable, and sufficient making, whiting, and anealing of Tile, called Plain Tile, otherwise called Thak-tile, Roof-tile, or Cres-tile, Corner-tile, and Gutter-tile, made and to be made within this Realm:’ '(2) Our Lord the King (the Premisses considered) for the general Profit of this Realm, by the Advice of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and at the Request of the Commons, in the said Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, hath ordained and established, That all and every Person or Persons, which hereafter shall use the Occupation of making of any such Tile as before is said, shall make it good, seasonable, able, and sufficient, and well whited and anealed. (3)And that the Earth whereof any such Tile shall be made, shall be digged and cast up before the First Day ofNovember next before that they shall be made, and that the same Earth be stirred and turned before the First Day of February then next following the same digging and casting up, and not wrought before the First Day of March next following; and that the same Earth before it be put to making of Tile, be truly wrought and tried from Stones; (4) and also that the Veins called Malm or Marle, and Chalk, lying commonly in the Ground near to the Land convenient to make Tile, after the digging of the said Earth whereof any such Tile Shall be made, shall be well lawfully and truly severed and cast from the Earth whereof any such Tile shall be made. (5) And that every such plain Tile so to be made, shall contain in Length Ten Inches and half, and in Breadth Six Inches and a Quarter of an Inch, and in Thickness half an Inch and half a Quarter at the least. (6) And that every such Roof-tile or Crestile so to be made, shall contain in Length Thirteen Inches, and the Thickness of half all Inch and half a Quarter at the least, with convenient Deepness according. (7) And that every Gutter-tile and Cover-tile to be made, shall contain in Length Ten Inches and an half, with convenient Thickness, Breadth, and Deepness according. (8)And if any Person or Persons set to Sale to any Person or Persons any such Tile above specified, made or to be made contrary to the said Ordinance, then the Seller thereof shall forfeit to...
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