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

¶ The .xxii. Chapitre. ¶ An acte for the puttyng doune of Gigge Milles.

FOrasmuche, as true Drapery of Wollen Cothes is to be cōmended, aswel in forein realmes, as in thys realme of England, and al wayes and meanes, vsed to the contrary are to be eschued, and taken awaye: And forasmuche, as in many partes of this realme, is newly, and lately deuised, erected, builded, and v∣sed, certaine Milles, called Gigge milles, for the per¦chyng, and burlyng of clothe, by reason whereof, the true Draperie of this realme is wonderfully empaired, and the clothe thereof deceipt∣fully made, by reason of the vsyng of thesaide Gigge Milles: For re∣medy wherof, be it enacted by the Kyng our souereigne Lorde, the lor∣des spirituall and temporall, and the commons in thys present parla∣mēt assembled, and by thaucthoritie of thesame, that no maner of per∣son or persons, aftre the last day of May next comming, shal vse, or oc∣cupie, any of thesaide Gigge Milles, for the woorkyng of any Wol∣len Clothe, or Clothes, made, or to be made, within this Realme, v∣pon paine of forfeiture, for euery cloth so wrought, in, or by any of the∣saide Milles, called Gigge Milles .v. ł. The moietie of all, and eue∣ry suche forfeicture, and forfeictures, penaltie, and penalties, to be to the vse of our Souereigne Lorde the Kyng, and his heyres, and the

other moietie, to the vse of hym that wil sue for the same in any of the Kynges Courtes, be it by writte, bille, plainte, or enformacion, where∣in the defendaunt shal not be admitted to wage his lawe, nor any pro∣tection, essome, or Iniunction, shalbe to hym allowed.