Fisiii":i>:iKS. 271 



Parliamentary papers. Coulitmcd. 



Bill for fishing at Berwick. 1549. 



Bill for buying heri'iims on the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk. 1554. 



Bill concerninsj; the sale of lieirintfs in Yarmouth Haven. 1555. 



Bill af>ainst buvinc; henins^s and pilchards on the sea. 1555. 



Bill for the pieservation of the spawn and fry of fish. 1558. (See 



Statutks I Kliz. c. 17). 

 Bill against using unlawful fishing nets in the Thames. 1562. 

 Bill to make the stealiiTg of fish and conies felony. 1562. 

 Bill against stealing fish, deer or hawks. 1562. (Sec Sr.VT. 5 Eliz. c. 21.) 

 Bill for ships to defend herring fair. 1566. 

 Bill to take away the eating of fish on Wednesdays. 1566. 

 Bill touching lading of fish in strange bottoms. 1566. 

 Bill for bringing in of staple fish and herrings. 1584. 

 Bill to repeal 23 Eliz. touching biinging in of fish. 1586. 

 Bill appointing the width of mesh for nets for taking of herrings, sprats 



and smelts, in Orford Haven and the Gull. 1586. 

 Bill concerning the increase of mariners and the bringing in of salt fish 



and salted herrings. 1592. 

 Bill to reform abuses in the buying and selling of fish in Devon and 



Cornwall. 1604. 

 Bill to encourage the seamen of England to take fish. 1604. 

 Bill for the better preservation of the fishing in the counties of Somerset, 



Devon and Cornwall. 1604. 

 Bill for the preservation of the spawn and fry of fish. 1604. 

 Bill for better maintenance of fishing and navigation in Devon and 



Cornwall. 1605. 

 Bill for reformation of unlawful fishing. 1606 & 16 10. 

 Bill for free utterance of herrings at Yarmouth and Lowestoft. 1609. 

 Bill for repeal of 5 Eliz., touching packing of fish. 1614. 

 Bill for the preservation of the fry of fish. 1621. 

 Bill for freeing fishermen from paying custom. 1621. 

 Bill to prevent the taking of tythes from fishing voyages. 1621. 

 Report as to a patent for packing cod. 1621. 

 Bill for free liberty of fishing upon the Coast of America. 162 1. 

 Patent of restraint of fishing in Newfoundland. 162 1. 

 Report as to patents for sole importation of lobsters and salmon. 162 1. 

 Bill for the preservation and increase of salmon and the fry of salmon. 



1623. 

 Bill for free liberty of fishing in America, namely Newfoundland, Vir- 

 ginia, New England, etc. 1623. 

 Report of Sir F. Gorge's patent of restraint of fishing in New England 



and resolutions thereupon. 1623. 

 Petition of grievances touching the same. 1623 

 Bill for the preservation of the fry and brood of fish. 1628. 

 Report of Committee on fishery business. (16-18 Car. I.) 1640-2. 

 Petition of fishmongers, ropemakers, etc. 1641. 

 Petition [to Lords] of the Earl of Essex relative to his sole right of 



fishing in Walflete, and the river of Burnham, Essex. 1642. 

 Petition of Elinor, Dowager Countess of Essex, complaining of divers 



orders of the House of Lords being disobeyed. 1644. 

 Petition of several fishermen of Essex relative to their right of fishing 



