Weights and Measures Act 1495

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1495 c. 4
Statutes made at Westminster, Anno 11 Hen VII. and Anno Dom 1494 The Names of the Cities and Towns limited for the keeping of Weights and Measures.

(11 Hen. 7) C A P. IV.

'PRayen the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, That where divers Acts, Statutes, and Ordinances, in the Times of the noble Progenitors and Predecessors of our now Sovereign Lord the King have been made, That one Measure and Weight should be used throughout this noble Realm; (2) and also, Thatin every City, Borough, and Town within the said Realm, upon certain and several Pains in the said Statutes and Ordinances limited, should be a common Balance, with common Weights, and common Measures, marked according to the Estandard of the Exchequer; by the which, and other like Balance, Weights, and Measures marked according to the said Estandard, all Men should buy and sell, for the avoiding of all Fraud and Discord in that Behalf to be used; (3) which Acts, Statutes, and Ordinances have not been observed and kept, as now in this present Parliamentit hath been openly by divers Persons of divers Parties of this Realm remembered, to the great Hurt and Vexation of divers and many of the King's Subjects of this his Realm:' (4) For Remedy whereof be it of the abundant Grace of our most gracious Sovereign Lord, by the Assent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and by the Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by Authority of the same, enacted and established, That unto the Knights and Citizens of every Shire and City, assembled in this present Parliament, Barons of the Cinque Ports, and certain Burgesses of Burgh Towns, before they depart from this present Parliament, be delivered one of every Weight and Measure, which now our Sovereign Lord hath caused to be made of Brass, for the common Wealth of all his Subjects and Lieges within his Realm ofEngland , according to the King our Sovereign Lord's Standard of his Exchequer of Weights and Measures, as they be in the Exchequer of our said Sovereign Lord; (5) and that the said Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, to whom the said Weights and Measures shall be delivered, as is aforesaid, surely convey, or cause the same to be conveyed on this side the Feast of Easter next coming, by the said Citizens to their Cities, and by the said Knights unto such Borough, or Town Corporate, or Market Town within the Shire for which they be elected, as is specified and contained in a Schedule unto this present Bill annexed, there to remain for ever in the Keeping of the Mayor, Bailiff, or other head Officer for the time being, of the same City, Borough, or Town, as the King'sStandard of Weight and Measure. (6) And that the Inhabitants of all Cities, Boroughs, and Market Towns within very of the said Shires, shall on this side the Feast of the Nativity of SaintJohn Baptist next coming, make or cause to be made, common Measures and Weights, according to the Weights and Measures abovesaid, to remain within the said Cities, Boroughs, and Market Towns, and every of them; (7) and the same Weights and Measures to be viewed, examined, printed, signed, and marked by the Mayor, Bailiff, or other head Officer, in whose Possession the aforesaid Standard shall remain; (8) and that every of the aforesaid Mayor, Bailiff, or head Officer, having the said Weights and Measures signed and printed under the Sign and Print for the same, with a LetterH crowned, have Authority and Power to make, sign, and print like Weights and Measures unto every of the King's Lieges and Subjects, duly requiring the same, taking for marking of every Bushel 1 d. (9) And that from the said Feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist , no Merchant, ne other Person or Persons, within any City or Market Town, buy ne sell with any Weight or Measure, except it be marked, signed, or printed in Manner and Form aforesaid, ne any other Person or Persons out of the...

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