Section XII Persons not to buy Stuffs unsealed.; Saving King's Right of Aulnage.

Stuffs unsealed found in Possession.; Exception.; Penalty.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That it shall not bee lawfull for any person or persons to buy any peice or peices of Stuffs before the same be sealed by the Wardens of the said Trade saving to the Kings Majesty his Heires and Successors all such right of Customes Subsidies and Aulnage of Norfolke and Norwich Stuffs or Worsteds or any of them as he or they might lawfully have claimed before the making of this Act. And that if any peice or peices of Stuffs shall be found in the possession of any person or persons unsealed except in the possession of the first Owner or Maker thereof the person or persons in whose custody the same shall be found shall be adjudged guilty of deceit and shall forfeit for every such peice of Stuffe which be so found in his or theire possession unsealed as aforesaid the su[m]m of four shillings And the Maker and Seller of the same who shall deliver the same out of his or theire possession before the same be sealed shall likewise forfeit for every such peice other four shillings to the use of the poore of the said Trade and Manufacture