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Item it is ordayned that noe person or persons of the said Corporation,* 1.1 Art or Mistery, shall from hence forth keepe any Apprentice at all, vntill he shall haue beene an ap∣prentice seauen yeares or more in the said Art or Mistery or shall be alowed to be a sufficient worke-man, by the said Master Wardens and assistants or the greater part of them. And that no Iorneyman shall retaine or keepe any more then one Apprentice, at any one time vntill he be a∣lowed
and licensed to be a master work-man. Nor any master worke man shall haue or take aboue the number of two Apprentices at any one time, vntill he shall be an Assist∣ant of the said Corporation. Nor any Assistant aboue the number of three at any time vntill he shall be a Warden of the said Corporation: Nor any person being or hauing beene a Warden aboue the number of foure at any one time vntill he shall be Master of the saide company, nor any person beeing or hauing beene a Master aboue the number of fiue at any one time. And whosoeuer shall offend this ordinance, shall forfaicte and pay to the said Master and Wardens, to the vse of the said Corporation, fiue pounds of lawfull money of England. Prouided alwaies that it shall be lawfull to and for euery person and persons hereby au∣thorized, to retaine or keepe one or moe apprentice or ap∣prentices at any time within the space of two yeares before the expiration of the tearme of any such apprentice, to take another prentice to succeed him that is growing nere the end of his time as aforesaid. And that two apprentices in this case shall be accompted but as one.
Taking of apprentices.