Act concerning
artificers and labourers, 1514 |
| An acte concernyng artificers and labourers HENRY R. Soit baill[e] Aux Com[mun] Where dyv[er]se estatutes bifore this tyme have ben made & ordeyned
for s[er]vaunts of Husbandry and also laborers and Artificers by dyv[er]s
and roiall and noble p[ro]genitours unto o[ure] Sov[er]aigne Lord the
Kyng nowe beyng, And in especiall a statute made by the right noble prince
of blessid memory Kyng Henry the vjth uncle unto o[ure] said Sov[er]aigne
Lord xxxiijth yere of his reign whiche notw[ith]stondyng grete and many
defaults dayly encrease rest and contynue amonge laborers and artificers
some by cause of the said estatutes be not executed and some by cause
the remedie of the seid estatutes is not very p[er]fite nor gevith certeyne
ne hasty remedie so that dayly by theire subtell ymaginacion in defraude
of the said estatutes many of the Kyng o[ure] Sov[er]aigne Lordes Subiettis
be hurt deceived lette and damaged in thaire buyldyng & husbandry.
Be it therfore establisshed enacted and ordeyned by auctorite of this
p[re]sent p[ar]leament First that noo balliff of husbandry shall take
for his wages by yere above xxvj s. viij d. for his clothing v s. w[ith]
mete and drinke, noo cheif hyne as a Carter or cheif Shepard above xx
s. by the yere & for his clothing v s. w[ith] mete & drink, noo
comyn s[er]vant of husbandry above xvj s. viij d. by yere and his clothing
iiij s. w[ith] mete & drinke noo woman s[er]v[au]nt above x s. by
yere and for hir clothing iiij s. w[ith] mete & drink noo child w[ith]in
age of xiiij yeres above vj s. viij d. by yere and for his clothing iiij
s. w[ith] mete and drink And that noo artificer ne laborer herafter named
take no more ne gretter wages than in this Statute is limetted upon the
payn seassed aswell to the taker as to the gever that is to say A fremason
m[astir] carpent[er] rough mason brekelayer m[astir] tyler plommer glaseo[ur]
kerver ne joiner fro Estre to Michelmas ev[er]y of theise Artificers aforesaid
vj d. by the day w[ith]out mete & drink and w[ith] mete & drink
iiij d And fro Michelmas to Estre v d. w[ith]out mete & drinke &
w[ith] mete & drink iij d And that the wages of a Shipwright from
the fest of Candelmas unto the fest of Seynt Michell tharchungell shallnot
excede the forme ensuyng That is to say a M[astir] shipcarpenter takyng
the charge of the Werke havyng men under hym by the day v d. w[ith] mete
& drynke & w[ith]out mete & drynke vij d And oy[ther] Ship
carpenter called an hewer by the day iiij d. w[ith] mete & drinke
& w[ith]out mete & drinke vj d An able clyncher by the day iij
d. w[ith] mete and drinke & w[ith]out mete & drinke v d An holder
by the day ij d. w[ith] mete & drink w[ith]out mete & drynke iiij
d A m[aster] Calker by the day iiij d. w[ith] mete & drynke &
w[ith]out mete & drink vj d An oy[ther] meane Calker by the day iij
d. w[ith] mete and drink and w[ith]out mete and drink v d A Calker laboryng
by the tyde for as long tyme as he may labore above the water and beneth
the water shall not excede for his wages for ev[er]y tyde iiij d. w[ith]
mete & drink. And from the fest of Michelmas to Candelmas the Wages
of a M[aster] Shipwright by the day iiij d. w[ith] mete & drynke and
w[ith]out mete & drinke vj d An hewer by the day iii d. w[ith] mete
& drinke, and w[ith]out mete & drinke v d An able Clyncher by
the day ij d. ob. w[ith] mete and drink and w[ith]out mete & drinke
iiij d. ob An holder by the day j d ob. w[ith] mete & drinke &
w[ith]out mete and drynke iij d A m[astir] Calker by the day iij d. w[ith]
mete & drink & w[ith]out mete and drinke v d. An oy[ther] meane
Calker by the day ij d. ob w[ith] mete & drynke and w[ith]out mete
and drinke iiij d. ob. Be it also enacted that in suche Shires & Cuntres
that where it hathe be & is nowe used to giff lesse wages that in
those Shires & Cuntres they shal giff And the taker of the wages be
compelled according as they have lesse used to take this acte not w[ith]stondyng
And the M[astir] Mason & M[astir] Carpenter whiche shall take the
charge of the werke havyng undir hym of theym vj men shall have vij d.
w[ith]out mete and drinke & v d. by day w[ith] mete & drinke And
that ev[er]y p[er]son & Artificer specified in this Statute beyng
not reteyned in any s[er]vice for any werke be compelled to s[er]ve ev[er]y
other p[er]son for such wages as in this this Statute bifore is limytted
And that no Artificer reteyned in any s[er]vice to warke w[ith] the Kynges
Highnes or any oy[ther] p[er]son dep[ar]te not from his seid Hieghnes
or from the seid oy[ther] p[er]son till suche tyme as the warke be fynysshed
if the p[er]son so reteynyng thartificer so long will have hym & pay
his wages upon payne of imprisonment of any p[er]sone so dep[or]tyng by
the space of a moneth & to make fyne of xx s Always p[ro]vided and
forsene that if the same Artificer be desyred to the Kynges s[er]vice
and warke that then he may lawfully dep[ar]te so that he entre & be
in the Kynges s[er]vyce and warke. And it is further ordyned by the seid
auctorite that ev[er]y oy[ther] laborer & Articificer not affore named
shall take from Estre to Michelmas for ev[er]y day that he so laboreth
except the season of Hervest iiij d. w[ith]out mete & drinke &
ij d. w[ith] mete & drinke and from Michelmas till Estir iij d. w[ith]out
mete & drinke & i d. ob. w[ith] mete & drinke; and in the
said tyme of Hervest ev[er]y mower shall take by the day iiij d. w[ith]
mete & drink and w[ith]out mete & drink vj d a repar and Cartar
ev[er]y of theym iij d. by the day w[ith] mete & drynke & w[ith]out
mete & drynke v d A woman laborer & oy[ther] laborers ev[er]y
of theym ij d. ob. by the day w[ith] mete and drink & w[ith]out mete
& drinke iij d. ob and that noo artificer nor laborer warkyng but
the half day take no wages but for the half day & noo thinge for the
holy day. And if any baillif of Husbandry Hyne Carter Shepard comen s[er]vant
Woman s[er]vnt or child s[er]vnt above specified not reteyned in any s[er]vice
or werke refuse to s[er]ve or werke according to the orden[a]nce above
specified Then the same p[er]sone to be comytted to ward by the Constable
or oy[ther] hedde officer w[ith]in the Citie Towne or Village where the
partie so refusyng is at complaynt of hym that will receive suche s[er]v[au]nte
there to remayne till he have founde surtie to s[er]ve accordyng to the
seid Ordynnce Ferthermore if any Artificer or laborer being not reteyned
in any s[er]vice or werke refuse to s[er]ve after the rate of [his] astate
or to take gretter or more wages than therein is lymytted for the same
Artificers & laborers or if any artificer or laborer take wages for
the holy day where he werketh but the half day, that then ev[er]y Artificer
& laborer offendyng in any of the forsaid articles forfeite for ev[er]y
defaulte as oft as they offend xx s and they to be comytted for ev[er]y
suche defaulte by p[re]sentment affore the Justices of peace in the Sessions
accordyng to the comen lawe or by examynacion of the Justice in the same
Sessions or by examynacion of too Justices of peace out of the Sessions
in any place w[ith]in the Shire wherin they ben Justices & where suche
default shalbe made & that the said forfeture of xx s. to be lyvied
of their lands goods & catellis so offendyng. And ferthermore where
dyv[er]se artificers and laborers reteyned to warke & s[er]ve wast
most part of the day and do not des[er]ve theire wages some tyme in late
comyng to theire werke erly dep[ar]tyng therfro long syttyng att theire
brekefast at theire dyn[er] & at theire nonemete & long tyme at
slepyng at aftir none to the losse & hurte of such p[er]sons as the
seid Artificers & laborers ben reteyned w[ith]in s[er]vyce It is therefore
establisshed enacted & ordeyned by acutorite aforeseid that ev[er]y
Artificer & laborer be at wereke betwen the Mydd[es] of the moneth
of marche & the mydd[es] of the moneth of September before v. of the
Cloke in the mornyng, & that he have but half an houre for his brekefast
& an houre & an half for his dyn[er] at such tyme as he hath season
for slepe to hym appoynted by the seid estatute, & at suche tyme as
it is herin appoynted that he shall not slepe then he to have but an houre
for his dyn[er] & half an houre for his nonemete and that he dep[ar]t
not from his werke betwene the middes of the seid monethes of marche &
Septembr till betwene vij & viij of the Cloke in the evenyng And if
they or any of theym offende in any of theise Articles that then theire
defaults to be marked by hym or his deputie that shall pay theire wages
& at the weeks end to be abated of suche rate of tyme as they have
offended And that from the midd[es] of Septembr to the Middes of marche
ev[er]y Artificer & laborer be at theire worke in the springyng of
the day & dep[ar]te not till nyght of the same day and that the seid
Artificers and laborers slepe not by day but only from the middes of the
moneth of May unto the middill of the moneth of August Also it is establisshed
and enacted that by the said auctorite that if any artificer or laborer
reteyned in s[er]vice with any p[er]son for bilding or Rep[ar]acon do
assaute or make or cause to be made any assemble to assaute herme or hurte
any p[er]son assigned to countroll and ov[er]see theym in thair working
that he or they so defending have imprisonement for a yere withoute letting
to baill or maynprise And forthermore to make fyne at the Kings will The
same assemble or assaute to be tried by examynacion before the Justices
of peace as is aforesaid This acte to begyn and take effecte at the fest
of Whitsontide next comyng and in the meane tyme the same to be p[ro]claymed
in ev[er]y goode Citie borow and Towne of this Realme. |
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