Large
salmon shall be sold without any small fish or broken-bellied
salmon and the small fish shall be packed by themselves only, or
forfeit 6s.8d. Herring shall be sold at standard volumes. The
herring shall be as good in the middle and in every part of the
package as at the ends of the package, or forfeit 3s.4d. Eels
shall be sold at standard volumes, and good eels shall not be
mixed with lesser quality eels, or forfeit 10s. The fish shall be
packed in the manner prescribed or forfeit for each vessel 3s.4d.
Fustians shall always be shorn with the long shear, so that it can
be worn for at least two years. If an iron or anything else used
to dress such injures the cloth so that it wears out after four
months, 20s. shall be forfeited for each default, one half to the
king and the other half to the suer.
Pewter and brass ware for sale shall be of the quality of that of
London and marked by its maker, on pain of forfeiture of such, and
may be sold only at open fairs and markets or in the seller's
home, or forfeit 200s. If such false ware is sold, its maker shall
forfeit its value, one half to the king and one half to the
searchers. Anyone using false weights of such wares shall forfeit
20s., one half to the king and one half to the suer, or if he
cannot pay this fine, to be put in the stocks until market day and
then be put in the pillory all the market time.
No alien nor denizen [foreigner allowed to reside in the nation
with certain rights and privileges] may carry out of the nation
any raw wool or any woolen cloth which has not been barbed, rowed,
and shorn.
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