Worsteds Act 1513
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
(5 Hen. 8) C A P. IV.
'PRayen the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, That whereas Worsteds which been truly made, shorn, dyed, and calandred, as of old Time hath been accustomed to be made, shorn, dyed, and calandred, have been one of the goodliest Merchandiseand greatest Commodity of this Realm, and not only worn within this Realm, but also much worn and used in other Realms; (2)and so it is, that now of late divers Strangers beyond the Sea have taken upon them to dry calander Worsteds with Gums, Oils, and Presses, so that a coarse Piece of Worsted, not being past the Value of xxvi. s. viij. d. is and shall be made, by their said Gums, Oils, and Presses, to shew like to the Value of xl. s. or better: (3) Andif the same Worsted, so dry calandred, taketh any Wet, incontinent it will shew spotty and foul, and ever after continue still foul, and will not endure, to the great Deceit and Hurt of the Wearers thereof, and Loss of the same Commodity; and for the said Deceits, and Falseness, the said dry calandring is scorned and abhorred in the Parts beyond the Sea, so that no Person do ne shall use in those Parts any such Worsteds to dry calander: (4) And also now of late the said Strangers, calledDry Callanders, are come into this Realm, and here within the same use the said dry calandring of Worsted, and of the great Hurt of the said Common Weal, and Commodity of this Realm aforesaid:'
II. Wherefore be it enacted, ordained, and established by the Assent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by Authority of the same, That no Person ne Persons within the said Realm, hereafter do take upon him or them to dry calander any Worsted within this said Realm, upon Pain to forfeit for every Worsted that is so dry calandred oneC. s. (2) And over that, whereas the said old calandring of Worsteds, called Wet calandring , hath been used well and substantially in Times past in the City of Norwich , and yet is, by Persons having Cunning in the same; be it therefore furthermore enacted, ordained, and established by the Authorityaforesaid, That no Person ne Persons hereafter do take upon him or them to wet calander any Worsted, but only such Persons as have been bound Apprentices to other Persons of the same Craft and Occupation of wet calandring of Worsteds by the Space of Seven...
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