Bowstaves, Subsidiaries, Liveries, Wool, Commissions of Sewers, etc., Act 1472

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Statutes made at Westminster, Anno 12 Edw IV. and Anno Dom 1472 An Act for Bowstaves.

(12 Edw. 4) C A P. II.

‘ITEM, Because that our Sovereign Lord the King, by a Petition delivered to him in the said Parliament, by the Commons of the same, hath perceived, That great Scarcity of Bowstaves is now in this Realm, and the Bowstaves that be in the Realm be sold at an excessive Price, whereby the Exercise of Archery is greatly discontinued, and almost lost;’ '(2) our said Lord the King considering the Premisses, by the Advice, Assent, and Authority aforesaid, hath ordained and established, That every Merchant Stranger, and every, or any of their Factors, Attornies, or Servants, which at any Time after the Feast of St.Michael the Archangel next coming, shall bring, send, or convey into this Land any Merchandise in Carrack, Galley, or Ship, of the City or Country of Venice , or of other City, Town, or Country, from whence any such Bowstaves have been before this Time brought, sent, or conveyed into this Land, at every Time of their bringing, sending, or conveying of any such Merchandises into this Realm, shall bring, send, or convey into this Realm, with the said Merchandises, in the same Carrack, Galley, or Ship, wherein any such Merchandises shall be hereafter brought, sent, or conveyed, for every Tun Weight of such Merchandises which hereafter shall be contained in every Carrack, Galley, or Ship, Four Bowstaves, (3) upon Pain of Forfeiture to the King for every Default of bringing of every such Bowstaff vi. s. viii.d. (4) and also the said Bowstaves so brought, sent, or conveyed...

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