Anno quinto et sexto Eduardi Sexti Actes made in the session of this present parlament, holden vpo[n] prorogacion at Westminster, the. xxiii. daie of Ianuarie, in the fiueth yere of the reigne of our moste drad souereigne Lorde, Edward the. VI. by the grace of God, kyng of Englande, Fraunce, and Irelande, defendour of the faith, and of the Churche of Englande and Irelande, in yearth [sic] the supreme hed: and there continued and kept to the. xv. daie of Aprill, in the vi. yere of the reigne of our saied souereigne lorde, as foloweth

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Anno quinto et sexto Eduardi Sexti Actes made in the session of this present parlament, holden vpo[n] prorogacion at Westminster, the. xxiii. daie of Ianuarie, in the fiueth yere of the reigne of our moste drad souereigne Lorde, Edward the. VI. by the grace of God, kyng of Englande, Fraunce, and Irelande, defendour of the faith, and of the Churche of Englande and Irelande, in yearth [sic] the supreme hed: and there continued and kept to the. xv. daie of Aprill, in the vi. yere of the reigne of our saied souereigne lorde, as foloweth
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mense Aprili. 1552.
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"Anno quinto et sexto Eduardi Sexti Actes made in the session of this present parlament, holden vpo[n] prorogacion at Westminster, the. xxiii. daie of Ianuarie, in the fiueth yere of the reigne of our moste drad souereigne Lorde, Edward the. VI. by the grace of God, kyng of Englande, Fraunce, and Irelande, defendour of the faith, and of the Churche of Englande and Irelande, in yearth [sic] the supreme hed: and there continued and kept to the. xv. daie of Aprill, in the vi. yere of the reigne of our saied souereigne lorde, as foloweth." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A74034.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 12, 2024.

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¶ The .xxi. Chapiter. ¶ An acte against Tinckers and Pedlers. (Book 21)

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FOrasmuche, as it is euident, that Tinkers, Pedlers, and suche like vagraunt persones, are more hurtefull then necessary, to the common wealth of this realme. Be it therfore ordeined, established, & enacted, by auc∣thoritie of this present Parlament, that from, & after the feaste of the Natiuitie of S. Ihon Baptist nexte commyng, no persone, or persones, commonlye called Pedler, Tincker, or petie chapman, shal wander, or go, from one toune to another, or from place to place, out of the toune, parishe, or village, where suche persone shal dwell, and selle pinnes, pointes, laces, gloues kniues, glasses, tapes, or any suche kinde of wares, whatsoeuer, or ga∣ther cony skinnes, or suche like thyng, or vse, or exercise the trade, or oc∣cupation of a Tincker, but onely suche persone, or persones, as shalbee thereunto licensed. And that in suche circuite, or compasse, as shalbe to hym, or theim, assigned by two Iustices of peace, or mo, of the Shiere where he, or they, shal dwell by writyng vnder their handes & seales, vpon paine that euery persone whiche shall offend contrary to the mea¦nyng of this acte, shall by any Iustice of the Shiere where thesame of∣fence shalbe commited, vpon complaint and due proufe had, by witnes or otherwyse be imprisoned by the space of .xiiij. daies at the least.

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