Section VI Recital that there is no Standard for the New Drapery.

Length, Weight, and Breadth of New Draperies settled.; Ends or Half Cloths.; Short Cloths.; Long Cloths.; Searcher by his Oath to examine all Broad Woollen Cloths, and affix a Seal.; If said Cloths found faulty, Justices, &c. may impose a Fine on Offender; how to be disposed of; to be recovered as by 21 Jac. I. c. 18. Searchers to take, the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and also the following Oath.

And in regard the nature of Cloth is much changed in these late yeares and that the New Drapery is now most in use for which sort of Cloth there is no certain Standard for Length Weight and Breadth appointed by any Statute Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Length Weight and Breadth of the said New Draperies of broad Woollen Cloth made within the said West Riding be and shall be as is hereby limited and appointed (viz) That every Cloth called by the name of X1and End or half Cloth shall be betwixt fifteen yards and eighteen yards in length in the water and not to exceed, and one yard and an halfe in breadth at the least within the Lists And every Cloth co[m]monly called a Short Cloth X2between twenty four yards and twenty eight yards in length in the water and not to exceed and one yard and an halfe in the breadth at the X3leat within the Lists And every Long Cloth so called betwixt thirty yards and thirty six yards in length in the water and not to exceed and one yard and an halfe in breadth at the least within the Lists And that every yard of such Cloth shall weigh respectively two pounds and a quarter accounting sixteen Ounces to the pound being well thicked scowred milled and fully dryed And that the said Searcher shall according to his Oath duly try and examine by weight or by water all broad Woollen Cloths of what sort soe ever made within the said West Riding and shall affix thereunto a Seal of Lead expressing the true length and weight thereof And in case any of the said Clothes be found faulty upon trial and examination the said Justices Masters Wardens and Assistants or any thirteen of them shall have power to impose such Fine and Penalty upon the Offenders as by the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme in that behalfe are or ought to be imposed upon them for such defaults the one third part of all such Fines and Penalties to be disposed of to the use of such Searcher or Searchers certifying the said Default of Length Weight or Breadth and the other twoe parts to the Poor of the Parish where such offence shall be committed to be recovered in such manner as is limited and appointed by the Statute made in the X4One and twentieth Yeare of the late King James Ch: 18. And that all and every such Searcher and Searchers so chosen as aforesaid shall before he or they enter upon the execution of the said Office take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and also the Oath ensuing which Oath the Justices Masters Wardens and Assistants or any thirteen of them as aforesaid have power to administer as followeth I. A. B. do swear that I shall well and truly execute the Office of Searcher of broad Woollen Cloth within the West Riding of the County of Yorke according to the Lawes and Statutes of this Realm and according to the best of my Skill and Knowledge

So helpe me God.