¶ The .viij. Chapiter. ¶ An Acte limityng what persones shall weaue or make brode wollen clothe. (Book 8)
BE it enacted by the assent of the Kynges Maiestie the Lordes spirituall, and temporal, and the com∣mons in this Parlamente assembled, and by the aucthoritie of thesame, that no persone, or perso∣nes within this Realme of Englande, Wales, or other the Kynges Dominions, after the feaste of saincte Michaell the Archaungell next ensuyng, shall weaue, or make, or put to weauyng, or ma∣kyng, any maner of brode wollen clothe, or brode wollen clothes, to be solde, oneles that suche persone, or persones, that shall so weaue or make, or put to weauyng, or makyng, thesayde brode wollen clothe, or clothes, so to be made to be solde, haue bene an Ap∣prentice to the occupacion of brode wollen clothe makyng, or clothes weauyng, or haue bene exercised and practised in, and with brode clothe makyng, or clothe weauyng, by the space of seuen yeares at the least, before thesame persone, or persones, shall so take vpon hym, or them, to make, or weaue, or to putte to weauyng, or makyng, thesayde brode wollen clothes, vpon payne to forfeicte all, and euery suche clothe, and clothes, so wouen, or made, contrarie to the fourme of this acte: the one halfe of whiche forfeicture, shalbe to our souereigne lorde the Kyng, and the other halfe, to hym or them, that will, or shall, sue for thesame, by byll, playnte, action of debte, or enformacion, in any courte of Recorde, within this Realme of Englande, or Wales, in whiche action, sute, playnt, bil, or infor∣macion, no essoyne, protection, or plea to the iurisdiction of the Courte, shall be allowed for the defendaunt.