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A75963 Clericus mercati, &c. An humble remonstrance of the severall heads and ground-worke conceived, for the draught of a bill of information, to be exhibited into the High Court of Parliament. Concerning the generall clarke of the market, and the legall proceedings thereof. Agar, Ben, 17th cent. 1641 (1641) Wing A757; ESTC R225970 6,159 15

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forasmuch as the brasen Quart standard hath beene found different from the other occasioning the Officer to misse guide or frame some me●sures uncertain if corrected by that originall quart standard 19. That whereas there are at this day in divers Cities Boroughs and Corporate Townes and in many other parts and places of the Kingdome especially in the Northerne and Westerne parts and Dominion of Wales false and deceitfull Weights and measures of different contents one from another and all repugnant and disagreeing from the originall standard of his Majesties Exchequer appointed by Law to bee the rule and direction for them all may it be enacted upon a severe penalty or forfeiture of Franchises that upon a set time prescribed a due reformation conformity may forthwith he obtained and procured within all such refractory Franchises or Liberties 20. And lastly that the ancient and accustomed Fees which have been formerly by long custome and use approoved off and setled by sundry Proclamations appertaining to the generall Clarke of the Market onely and to none other such like Officer may be revised considered ratified confirmed and declared by publique authority and so made plain and conspicuous to generall view and notion To the end such a necessary Officer and his severall Deputies may be supported continued and encouraged to execute their places with diligence and integrity the which acquire such assiduall trouble travell and charges Forasmuch as it doth and may appeare that the Country generally in former times have borne this Officers charges besides his recompence whereupon a particular Statute was afterwards enacted restraining and confining him to travell but with sixe horse to avoid as it seemed then unnecessary burden and charges to the subject The substance and contents of a Booke of Assize and plain direction as well for Officers as the subject generally and how to understand and put into generall practise and execution all and every the contents of the premisses which shall be thought meet and expedient The Tract is entituled The generall Clarke of the Market ready composed and provided for the Presse and publique use and service of the Common-wealth of England and Ireland and Dominion of Wales c. viz. The Argument Contents disposition and convenient use of the whole worke c. 1. A plain declaration of the generall proceedings of the Clarke of the Market or a true Assize of all things vendible by Weights or measures drawne and collected as well from the sacred Lawes of divine institution as also from the common Lawes and practise and most ancient Statutes of this Kingdome of England still in force and unrepealed 2. Together with a true and generall calculation of all sorts of Weights and measures with a proportionable differnece yet just agreement upon due and lawfull Assize with a nevv revised and enlarged booke of Assize for bread alone necessary for the use aswell of publique Officers as common Bakers and also very fit to be knovvne understood and practised by all men generally especially in matters of mutuall commerce and Traffique betweene man and man one Countrey and another whereby a just and equall conformity upon Weights and measures may be alwaies and every vvhere practised and observed proportionably according to the standards of his Majesties Exchequer neverthelesse every County or Shire may reserve among themselves their ancient customes and usages avoiding all colour of any sinister fraud or deceipt 3. And lastly a due regulation of that most ancient Office of the Clarke of the Market of the Kings Houshold according to its Primary and first institution digested into a plain setled forme and demonstration by way of an Inquisition to be holden before him or any other Officer that hath lawfull power or jurisdiction therein very beneficiall for all his Majesties Subjects in generall but chiefly for all Majors of Corporations Bayliffes of Liberties Portreeves Constables Ale-tasters Tything-men or any other Officers to whom the weekely or monethly observation of the due Assize of all things especially of Bread Drinke or any other victuall doth shall or may appertaine very need full to bee practised throughout his Majesties Dominions as well within Liberties as without Per me BEN AGAR FINIS