A. D. 1405. Anno feptimo Henrici IV. C* 10, 11. 467 Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. diverfes tnerchandifcs come de vyns feer oilc & cere & autres chofes appurtenantz as merchandifes ejecerceantz & repairantz & confluantz al dite Citee ont achatuz & venduz en gros fibien ove aliens come deinzeins de les draps & autres mer- chandifes fuifditz a lour volunte & pleifer paiantz en ycelle partie tantfoulement cuftumes & autres devoirs ent refonablement duez & unqes par mefme le temps ne furont deftourbez ou en afcune ma- nere impedez de vendre ou achater en gros ove merchantz aliens ou denzeins de tielx draps & merchandifes a lour volunte & pleifer mes fole- ment a retaill Et ja foient fibien les ditz drapers come les autres merchantz fuifditz par les Mair Vifcountz Aldermannes drapers & marchantz de Loundr s deftourbez de jour en autre de vendre & achater en la rranere fuifdit fibien en gros come a retaill & grevoufement & continuelement con- ftreintz de vendre lour draps & merchandifes fuif- ditz tantfoulement as merchantz & autres enhabi- tantz la dite Citee a finguler avauntage & profit deux de Lo ndres & fibien commune damage & perde des Seignurs efpirituelx & temporelx & les com- munes du Roiaume come de les ditz drapers & merchantz enfi grevez & evident enfample & oc- cafion as tielx drapers &: merchantz enfi grevez de lour retraiher de la dite Citee enavaunt fi re- mede ne foit purveu le pluiftoft en ceft partie Or- deignez eft & eftabliz qe fibien les drapers & ven- dours des draps come autres merchantz ove lour diverfes merchandifes come de vyns ferre feel & cere & autres chofes appurtenauntz as mer- chandifes foient francz de vendre en gros lour draps ferre feel & cere & autres lour merchandifes fibien as quelxconqes lieges du Roy come a les ci- tezeins de Londres non obftant aucune franchife ou libertees grauntez a contraire. Merchants, with divers Merchandizes, as Wine, Iron, Oil, and Wax, and other Things pertaining to Mcrchandife, excrcifing, repairing, and having Recourfe to the faid City, have bought and fold in Grofs, as well with Aliens as with Denizens, of the Cloths and other Merchandifes aforcfaid, at their Will and Pleafure, paying in this Behalf only the Cuftoms and other Devoirs thereof reafonably due ; (2) and never in all the faid Time were dif- turbed, or in any Manner hindered to fell or buy in Grofs with Merchants, Aliens, or Denizens, of fuch Cloths and Merchandifes, at their Will and Pleafure, but only to retail ; (3) and now of late as well the fame Cloth-makers, as other the Mer- chants aforefaid, by the Mayor, Sheriffs, Aldermen, Drapers, and Merchants of London, be daily dif- turbed and let, to fell and buy in the Manner afore- faid, as well in Grofs as in Retail, and grievoufly
- an t continually conftrained to fell their faid Cloths
and Merchandifes only to the Merchants and Inha- bitants of the faid City, to the fingular Profit and Advantage of them of London, and alfo to the S Co, 12X. Damage and Lofs of the Lords Spiritual and Tem- ' poral, and the Commons of this Realm, as of the
- faid Cloth-makers and Merchants fo grieved, and
' a plain Enfample and Occafion to (uch Cloth-
- makers and Merchants fo grieved, to withdraw
- themfelves from the faid City from henceforth, if
• Remedy be not rather provided in this Behalf;" (4) it is ordained and eftablifhed, That as well the Drapers and Clothfellers, as other Merchants, with their fundry Merchandifes, as of Wine, Iron, Oil, and Wax, and other Things pertaining to Merchan- difes, fhall be free to fell in Grofs their Cloths, Iron, Oil, and Wax, and other their Merchandifes, as well to all the King's liege People, as to the Citiz ns of London, notwithstanding any Franchife or Liberty granted to the contrary.' C A P. X. The Length and Breadth of Cloth of Ray and Coloured. "I TEM come es diverfes parlementz de Seignur E. nadgairs Roy dEngleterre Aiel noftre Seignur le Roy •* qoreft eftoit ordeignez qe le drap de ray ferroit en longure de xxviii. aulnes & en laeure vi. quarters & le entier draps de coloure en longure de xxvi. aulnes mefure par le dorfe & en laeure de vi. quarters & di' au fyne qe lune drape & lautre entier ewe & tondue ferroit en longure de xxiiij. aulnes. Et ore les faifours des ditz draps font leurs draps fubtilement iflint qapeyne le drape contient xxi. aulnes -ou xxii. aulnes & de meindre laeure qe ne ferroit par grant partie en defceit & a grand damage du commune poeple du Koialme Ordeignez eft & eftabliz qe le drape de colour contiegne en lpngure xxviii.. aulnes & le drap? de ray a tant mefurez fanz deffbler les draps & en laeure come devaunt eft ordeignez par eftatut. Et li les fefours des draps facent defore leurs draps de meindre longure ou laeure qe mefmes les faifours forsfacent les draps qe f rront trovez par laulneour de meindre longure ou laeure et qe laulneour les preigne & les delivere al °-ar» derobe al oeps de mefme noftre Seignur le Roy. Repealed by 5 Sc 6 Ed. t. c'6. 43 El. c. 10. 4 Jac. I. c. 3. 4 H. 4. c. 6. 11 H. 4. c. 7. 3 H. 4. c. 4. CAP. XI. Commifiioners not receiving a Commiffion lhall be difcharged upon Oath. ITEM come pleufeurs des lieges noftre Seignur le Roy foient afllgnez par les commiflions pur fa ire & parfournir lacontenuedicellesaucuns doier & terminer & aucuns denquere & certifier & au- trement par ont mefmes les commiflioners font grevoufement conftreintz par proces hors de lef- cheqer par caufe des ditz commi.T.ons Et par celle ITEM, Whereas many of the King's liege Peo- ple be afiigned by his Commiflions to do and perform the Content of the fame, fome to hear and determine, fome to enquire and certify, and oth . r- wife, whereby the famo Commifiioners be grievously difbamed by Procefs out of the Exchequer, by reafon of the faid CoinmilTions, and by that Occa- Ooo% f )0a
