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properly constituted authorities of the Company.^ 

 Ill-made saddles were generally attended by the 

 imposition of a fine and a precept for amendment. 

 The fine Imposed by the ordinance of Elizabeth 

 was not to exceed 2s. 6d. each offence, with a 

 penalty for obstructing or resisting the Company 

 in their search of 205. The ordinances of 5 

 James I. Increased these penalties to ^s. and ^5 

 respectively, and these penalties were confirmed 

 by the ordinances of 21 Charles 11. (1669) ; these 

 last ordinances give the Company jurisdiction over 

 " all manner of works, wares, and stuffs whatso- 

 ever, belonging to the furniture of horses." The 

 Charter of Charles II. (1684) distinctly specifies 

 '' Saddles, chains, buttons, stirrups, girdles, and 

 horsecloths, as of other thing whatsoever apper 

 taining or belonging to the art or mystery of 

 Saddlers aforesaid." Instances, however, are 

 repeatedly recorded of even portmanteaus and 

 other wares being condemned, from which it 

 would appear that the Company exercised juris- 

 diction over all Saddler-made wares. 



The Act of 5 Elizabeth, c. 8, already alluded 

 to, not only Imposed the obligation of search 

 upon the Wardens of the Company, but imposed 

 a fine of ^5 upon them for every instance of 

 defective wares which they allowed to escape their 

 attention. 



Section xxi. — " Or yf any Shoemaker Sadler or other 

 Artificer using cutting or workeing of Leather doe make 



^ Ordinances, 5 James I. 



