A. D. 1390. Anno decitno quarto Richardi IL C, 397 C A P. I. The Staple fhall be removed from Calice into England. Every Alien Merchant fhall befloV half the Money received upon the Commodities of this Realm. Ex Rat. in Turr. Lond. EN primes qe leftaple foit remuez de Caleys en Engleterre iflint qil foit en Engleterre Lundy profchein apres le feft de la Tiffanie a pluiftard & qil foit tenuz es lieux contenuz en leftatut de lefta- ple fait Ian xxvii. laiel noftre dit Seisnur le Roy & en null autre lieu. Et qe le dit eftatut foit te- nuz & gardez & duement execut en toutz pointz ove les additions defouz efcriptz Nient contrefteant afcune declaration ou eftatut fait depuis a contraire ceftaffavoir qe chefcune perfone aliene de quelle degre ou condition qil foit qamefne afcune mer- chandife en Engleterre trove fufficeante feurete de- vant les cuftumers el port ou la dite merchandife ferra amefne dachater autre merchandife .a la value Ide la moite du dite merchandife iflint amefne au meyns come leyns quirs peaux lanutz plumb efteyin bure furmage draps ou autre commoditees de la terre. FIRST, That the Staple be removed from Calice 27 Ed. 3. ftat.i; into England, fo that it be in England the Mon- =■ '■ day next after the Feaft of the Epiphany at the fur- z &#• 74 4i theft : (2) And that it be holden in the Places con- tained in the Statutes of the Staple, made in the feven and twentieth Year of the King's Grandfather that now is, and in none other Place. (3) And that the faid Statute be firmly and furely holden, and duly executed in all Points, with the Additions under- written, notwithftanding any Declaration or Statute made fince to the contrary, that is to fay, That every Altered by Perfon Alien, of what Degree or Condition that he 4 H - 4- «• 15* be, that bringeth any Merchandife into England, fhall find fufEcient Sureties before the Cuftomers, in the Port where" the Merchandife fhall be brought, to buy other Merchandife, to the Value of half the faid Merchandifes fo brought at the leaft, as Woolls, Leather, Woollfels, Lead, Tin, Butter, Cheefe, See father Cloths, or other Commodities of the Land.' 27 H. 6 17 Ed. 4. c. t. 3 H. 7. c. 8. which- direS that Alien Merchants Jhall bejlow all their Money on Commodities of the Realm, I CAP. ii. Upon Exchanges by Aliens, other Commodities of the Realm fhall be bought. TEM qe pur chefcun efchaunge qe ferra fait par merchantz a la court de Rome ou aillours qe les ditz merchantz foient fermement & fure- nent liez en la Chancellarie dachater deinz trois noys apres la dite efchaunge faite marchandifes de eftaple come leyns quirs peaux lanutz & plumb ou dleyin bure furmage draps ou autres commoditees le la terre a la value de la fomme iflint efchaunge ur forfaiture dycelle. ITEM, That for every Exchange that fhall be made by Merchants to the Court .of Rome, or elfewhere, that the faid Merchants be firmly and furely bound in the Chancery, to buy within three Months after the faid Exchange made, Merchandifes of the Staple, as Woolls, Leather, Woollfels, Lead or Tin, Butter or Cheefe, Cloths, or other Com- modities of the Land, to the Value of the Sum fo ex- changed, upon Pain of Forfeiture of the fame.' See II H. 4. C.8. 9 H. 5. * c. 9. containing far~ tier Provijims concerning Ex- changes. Aiijlat. 2. xa C A P. III. Officers of the Staple fhall be firft fworn to the King, and then to the Staple. ITTEM qen chefcun lieu & port ou leftaple ferra les mairs coneftables brogqurs & toutz autres officers & 27^- 3. flat, 2, L miniftres de leftaple foient jurrez primer-ement au Roi & puis a leftaple. CAP. IV. Of whom Denizens may buy Woolls, and where ; but they fhall not regrate them. 'TEM purmeutz garder lehaut prisdes leyns qe null deinzein en Engleterre nachate 1'eynes forfqe de les R» p . 2! J a . poffeflburs des berbrtz & des difmes finoun en leftaple et qe null deinzein regrate leyns nautres merchan- c. »8. ifes de leftaple ert prive nen appert fur peyne de forfaire la value de la chofe regrate & qe les Juftices de la ees en paiis eient poair denquere & enquergent de temps en temps de tielx regratot.irs Engleys &'de les oifes de leftaple & les puniffent par la peyne avarrtdite. Et qe null homme Engleys nachate afcune levne de ulh forfqe pur lui mefmes pur fon oeps demefne comede vendre a leftaple &pur faite drap. CAP. V. No Denizen fhall tranfport any Merchandife of the Staple forth of the Realm. TEM qe null deinzein amefne leynes quirs peaux lanutz ne plumb hors del RoialmedEn- eterie as parties dela fur peyne de forfaiture dy- lle mes. fouk m nt eftrangers, 4 ' T TEM, That no Denizen carry Woolls* -Leather, q g, ' JL Woollfels, nor Lead out of" the.j^eajm oXEng- 1 land, to the Parties beyond- the jSe'aj irpon Pain of 27 Ed. C A P. .«..«, ..^ «*~, ^"'"^'J ^^.j^..u ^.i^^v^-j ^-v Forfeiture- of- the fame, but ohly-Stra«g6rs; : flat.*.
