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Henricus Dei gra Rex Anglie ffrancie Dominus Hibnie Omnibz ad quos Psentes tre pueDint saftm Sciatis qd de gra nra speciali caritatis intuitu ac ob specialem deuocōem quam ad gliosam dei genitricem virginem mariam nie mentis intuitu gerim? hemus concessim9 p nob hered Successorib3 nris quantum in nobis est diftis ligeis nris hominib3 mistere Pannarion infra Ciuitatem nram london qd ipi in Ciuitate Pdca vnam Gildam siue ffratnitatem in honore bte marie uirginis de hominibz mistere pdce

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vnire fundare creare erigere & stabilire Gildamq3 siue fratnitatem illam sic unitam fundatam creatam erectam stabilitam ħere & tenere eademq3 gaudere possint sibi Successorib suis ppetuis futuris temporibus duraturis Et qd ipi eandem Gildam siue fratnitatem augere augmentare valeant quociens quando eis videbitur necesarm oportunum Et qd homines Gilde siue fratnitatis illius quoft Anno eligere facere possint de seipis vnum Magistrum quatuor Custodes qui tempore eleccõis eo

Letters Patent HENRY by the grace of God king of England and France and Lord of Ireland, To all to whom these present Letters shall come, Greeting: Know ye that we of our especial grace and charitable intent and on account of the especial devotion which we bear to the glorious Mother of God the Virgin Mary, Have granted for us our heirs and successors as much as lieth in us to our well beloved liegemen of the Mystery of Drapers within our City of London that they may unite, found, create, erect and establish in the City aforesaid one Gild or Fraternity in honour of the blessed Virgin Mary from among the men of the Mystery aforesaid and others, and that they may have and hold such Gild or Fraternity so united, founded, created, erected and established, and the same enjoy to them and their successors to all future times, And that they may increase and augment the same Gild and Fraternity as often and when to them it shall seem necessary and fit, And that the men of the said Gild or Fraternity may in every year elect and make from among themselves one Master and four Wardens, who at

f@int pannarij libi hoies Civitatis pice ad supportand onera negocion tam misteram pdcām qam Gildam siue fratnitatem illam tangencia concernenciu Necnon ad supintend regen@gubnand easdem misteram Gildam ffraternitatem omnes homines negocia condem imppm Et qd dcĎ Magister & Custodes ac fratres Sorores Gilde siue fralnitatis predcē sint in re nōie vnum Corpus vna Comunitas perpetua heantq3 Successione ppetuam Cōe Sigillum p negociis tam mistere pdce qam Gilde & ffralnitats Pican Suitur Et qd ipi & Successores sui imppm sint psone habiles capaces in lege ad pquirend in feodppetuitate terras tenta redditus alias possessiones quascuq3 de quibusc@q3 psonis Et qd ijdem magister Custodes eon Successores imppm p nomen Magistri Custodum Gilde siue fratnitats Ste marie Pannarion london pfitare possintimplitari Coram quibuscüq3 Iudicib3 in Cu? Accionib3 quibuscuq3 In cuius rei testimoniú has tras nrās fieri fecimus patentes Teste meipo apud Warrewyk tricesimo die Nouembris Anno regni nii decimo septimo. Sturgeon.

the time of their election shall be Drapers and freemen of the City aforesaid, to support the burden of business touching and concerning as well the Mystery aforesaid as the Gild or Fraternity; as also to overlook, rule and govern the same Mystery, Gild and Fraternity, and all the men and business of the same for ever, And that the said Master and Wardens and brothers and sisters of the Gild or Fraternity aforesaid may be in fact and name One Body and one perpetual community, and that they may have perpetual succession and a common Seal to serve as well for the business of the Mystery aforesaid as of the Gild and Fraternity aforesaid, And that they and their successors may be fit persons and capable in law to purchase in fee and perpetuitylands, tenements, rents and other possessions whatsoever, from whomsoever persons, And that the same Master and Wardens and their successors for ever by the name of the Master and Wardens of the Gild or Fraternity of the Blessed Mary of Drapers of London may plead and be impleaded before whomsoever judges in Court, and in whatsoever actions. In Witness whereof we have caused these our Letters Patent to be made. Witness myselfat Warwick the thirtieth day of November in the seventeenth year of our reign. Sturgeon.

By letter under the Privy Seal in return for £40 paid into the Hanaper.

HENRICUS Dei gratia Rex Anglie Francie Dominus Hibnie Omnibz ad quos Dsentes tre puenint saltm Sciatis q cum Dni Magnates Coitātes regni nostri Angt in magno Consilio DnD E. nup Regis Angt pgenitoris nrD apud Westm nup tento p remissione quam ad requisicõem eodem fecit de forisfcuris ad ipum de vlnagio pannon venaliu infra idem regnu nrm ptinentib9 concesserint eidem pgenitori nrō quoddam subsidiu de singulis pannis venalibz tam vnius coloris qam alPius infra idem regnu nrum Angt vlta custumas inde debitas de venditore capien videft de quoft panno de assisa inquo gran non fuit quatuor denarios de dimi@huius panno duos denarios de quoft panno de Scarleta de assisa sex denarios de dimid hui panno tres denarios de quoft panno de dimid gano de assisa quinq3 denarios de dimid huis panno duos denarios vnu obolum de quoft panno dimidiu pannu de assisa P tres ulnuas amplius excedente qui pannus de assisa integ non fuit. Et etiam de quoft panno pann@integrum de assisa ptres vlnas

amplius excedente iuxta ratam subsidij de panno integro de eadem sorte sic soluend ad opus nrm capiat?. Ita q quicqam de codem

HENRY by the grace of God King of England and France and Lord of Ireland, To all to whom these present Letters may come,Greeting: Know ye that, whereas the lords and commons of our kingdom of England in the Great Council of the Lord Edward late King of England our progenitor, of late held at Westminster, did, in return for a remission of forfeitures due to him from the aulnage of cloth sold within our kingdom which he made at their request, grant to the said ancestor of ours a certain subsidy from every cloth as well of one colour as another sold in our said kingdom of England, besides the customs thence due from the seller of the same, that is to say, that, on whatsoever cloth of assize (of legal measure) wherein there is no grain four pence shall be taken, and on every half such cloth two pence, and on every cloth of assize of scarlet sixpence, and on every half such cloth three pence, and on every cloth half grain of assize five pence, and on every half such cloth two pence half penny; and on every cloth exceeding the half cloth of assize by three yards or more, which is no whole cloth of assize, and also on every cloth exceeding the whole cloth of assize by three yards or more, after the rate of the subsidy which is to be paid on the whole cloth of the same sort; provided always that on cloths

subsidio de aliquib3 pannis quos aliquis p vestura sua familie sue fieri fecit aut de pannis sigillo collectoris subsidij pdcD ac signatis de quibz subsidiu pdcm semel p venditorem solutum fuit ad quorumcumq3 manus panni illi sic signati deueDint ad vendend vel alio modo non exigat vel vlnat q omēs panni antequa sigillo pdco sic signati fueint vendicōi expositi nob sint forisfic. in manu nram p dcū. collectorem vel vlnatorem aut eon altius deputatum vel balliuos ville vbi huiusmodi pannos venales non sigillatos inveniri contigit capiant.

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Acetiam in eodem Consilio ordinatum fuisset q ulnator Regis pannos venales vlnare fad p quod signu homo cognosce potit quantum huiusmodi pannus continet in se et qu ulnator capiat de quoft panno integro sic signato videft de venditore vnu obolum de dimid panno vnu quadrantem q& idem vlnator se de vlnacõe alion pannon qam venaliu in aliquo non intromittat Et insuper in diusis statutis contineat q pannus de Ray sit longitudinis viginti octo vlnay mensuratus p listam & quinq3 quartion latitudinis pannus de colore longitudinis viginti sex vlnay mensuratus p dorsum latitudinis sex quartion ad minus et qe dimid pannus sive sit de Ray sive de colore teneat longitudinem & latitudinem Pddas juxta ratam Ac in statuto

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which a man maketh to clothe him self and his family, and on cloths sealed with the seal of the Collector of the said subsidy on which the said subsidy shall have been once paid by the seller, into whosoever's hands such cloths thus sealed shall have come for the purpose of being sold or in any other manner, no subsidy should be demanded or paid and that all manner of cloths which be put to sale before they be sealed with the said seal, shall be forfeited to us, and be taken into our hands by the said Collector or aulnager, or by the deputy of either of them, or else by the bailiffs of the town where such cloths for sale not sealed shall be found. And also in the same Council it was ordained that the king's aulnager of cloth shall measure the cloth and mark the same, by which mark a man may know how much the said cloth containeth, and how much the ulnager takes on each whole cloth thus sealed, namely from the seller one halfpenny, and on each half cloth one farthing, and that the said aulnager shall not interfere in the aulnage of any other cloths except those exposed for sale. And moreover in divers statutes it is contained that cloth of ray should be of the length of eight and twenty yards measured from the list, and of the breadth of five quarters; and cloth of colour of the length of six and twenty yards measured by the back, and of the breadth of six quarters at least; and that a half cloth either of ray or of colour shall have the aforesaid length and breadth according to scale. And in the statute of the Ff

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in parliamento dñi R. nup Regis Angt scdi post Conquestum anno regni sui decimo septimo tento ordinatum existat qe quilt homo regni sui fade possit tam pannos de Kerseys qam alios talis latitudinis longitudinis put sibi placuerit @ eosdem pannos vendicõi expone vendere solvendo vlnagiū t subsidiu alia den?a videft de quoft panno quaft pecia panni juxta ratam Aliquo statuto ordinacõe proclamacõe restriccõe sive defensione incontrariu fcis non obstante q nullus aliquos pannos vendat aut vendicoi exponat anteqam panni illi pulnatorem nrm vlnent sigillo ad hoc ordinato sigillent sub penis contentis in Statutis indeeditis Et insup in Parliamento DnD H. nup Regis Angt aui nrD apud Westm primo die Marcij anno regni sui septimo tento ordinatum fuisset & stabilitum qu pannus de colore contineat in longitudine viginti & octo ulnas mensuratus p dorsum absq3 conculcacõe pannon in latitudine sex quation dimid si factores pannon pannos suos minoris latitudinis vel longitudinis extunc ferint ijdem factores pannos illos qui pvlnatorem minoris longitudinis vel latitudinis inuenti tuint forisfat Et quidem vinator dcōs pannos capiat eos ad Garderobam nram ad opus nrm libet. Ac in statuto in Parliamento dcDaui nrD anno regni sui vndecimo tento int ceta ordinatum sit & sta

Parliament of the Lord Richard late King of England the Second held in the seventeenth year of his reign, it was ordained that every man of his realm might make and put to sale and sell cloths, as well Kerseys as others, of such length and breadth as him pleased, paying the aulnage, subsidy, and the other duties, that is to say, on every cloth and every piece of cloth after the rate, notwithstanding any statute, ordinance, proclamation, restriction or order to the contrary; and that none should sell or put to sale any cloths before that they were measured by the King's aulnager, and sealed with the seal ordered for that purpose under the penalties contained in the Statutes published in this matter. And moreover in the Parliament of the Lord Henry late King of England our grandfather, held at Westminster the first day of March in the seventh year of his reign, it was ordained and established, that cloth of colour should contain in length twenty-eight yards measured by the back without any crushing of the cloth, and in breadth six quarters and a half, and if the Clothmakers from thenceforth should make their cloths of less length and breadth, that then the same makers should forfeit the cloths, which by the aulnager should be found of less length or breadth; and that the said aulnager should seize the same and deliver them to our wardrobe to our use. And in the Statute of the Parliament held in the eleventh year of the reign of our said grandfather, it was amongst other things ordained and established that open