First Act of Parliament kept at Westminster, 1497
| Until the late 15th century the records of Parliament were kept
among those of Chancery, but in 1497 the clerk, Master Richard Hatton,
decided that the documents relating to the Parliament that had just
met should be kept separately. Ever since that date, the archives
of Parliament have been kept at Westminster and have remained distinct
from the archives of government held by The National Archives. After
1497, Parliament developed its own administrative structures and record-keeping
practices. The Act reproduced here is the first of the Acts kept by
Hatton. It concerns the taking of apprentices for making worsted (woollen
yarn) in Norfolk. HLRO HL/PO/PU/1/1497/12H7n1 (1497) |
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