Anno xi henrici vij Statuta bonu[m] publicum concerne[n]tia edita in parliamento tento apud westmonesterium xiiij die Octobris anno regni illustrissimi Domini nostri regis Henrici septimi.

For puttīg away weares in the port of southāptō Caplo v

FOr asmoche as the portes hauens ryuers crekes and aryuell of shyppes within this realme of Englond. and the costes of the same ben now of la¦te greatly anoyed and hurte & decayed / and in especyall the porte of Southamp¦ton the whiche byfore this tyme hath ben the gretest hauen socour and resceyte aswell for marchauntes & shyppes of this reame of Englonde. as of Carrikes Galeys & other shyppes and marchauntes of other regyons and countrees the¦re aryuyng and resortyng to the profyte of oure souerayne lorde the kynge the greate encrease of the marchauntes of this londe and the comyn weele and com¦forte al the countre therto adioynyng the whiche is now latly greatly decayed / and is lyke shortely more to decaye by reason and occasyon of dyuers and ma∣ny weares and other engynes for fysshynge there made leuyed fyred and hadd bytwene a certayn place in the sayd hauen called calshord & another place in y^e sai¦de hauen called Redbrydge dyrectly / So y^t by reason by y^e sayd weares & engȳs w^tin few yeres. no shyp of grete burdō shall mow come or aryue in y^e sayd hauē w^tout due & hasty remedy be purueyed in this behalf / For remedy wherof & for y^e comyn wele of this reame of Englond & thencrease of the marchaūtes of y^e same

The kȳge our soueraȳe lord bi thassēt of his lordes spyrituall & tēporall & y^e cōȳs•• thys present perl yament assembled and by auctoryte of y^e same ordeyneth establ¦yssheth & enacteth y^t it be lawfull to euery man to abate plucke & take away alle and euery of the sayd weares & engynnes and euery of theym at all tymes at th¦yr pleysure being in the sayd hauen bitwene the sayd places called Calshorde & Redbryge dyrectly wythout trouble lette or vexacōn of ony man and that noo man lette trowble vex hurte or sue the pluckers vp takers away of the sayd we∣ares and engynnes or theym vpon payne of forfeiture of xl.li. of euery of theim that soo lettyth trowblyth sueth vexith or hurtyth / And that yf ony persone or persones from hensforth make leuy fyxe or sette ony weares or engynes for fys∣shynge stone tymber or erthe in the sayd hauen dyrectly bytwene the sayd pla∣ces thenne he or they that so doo. shall forfeyte .C.li. the one halfe of eyther of the sayd sommes to be to the kynge oure souerayne lorde and that other halfe to hym or theym that wyll sue in that behalfe by accōn of dette playnt or byll or in formacion in the kynges Eschequer / And that the defendaunt in suche ac∣cōn playnt byll of informacyon be not essoyned nor ony proteccyon be alowed for hym nor be admitted to wage his lawe in that behalfe / And this acte to en∣dure the space of .xx. yeres nowe nexte ensuynge /