364 A. D» 1630. 



tion, Sec. for die encouragement of the EngUfh woollen manufa6lures ; 

 and ordering that, for the better utterance of cloth within this king- 

 dom, all black cloths and mourning flufFs at funerals fliould be only of 

 the wools of this kingdom. And the falie dying of cloth and fluffs be- 

 ing a great hinderance to their vent, none fhould therein ufe any log- 

 wood or blockwood. [Foedera, V. xix, p. 155.] 



In another proclamation King Charles obferves, ' that iron-wire is a 

 ' manufadure long pra(ftifed in the realm, whereby many thoufands 

 ' of our fubjecfs have long been employed; and that Englifh wire is 

 ' made of the toughefl and befl Ofmond iron, a native commodity of 

 ' this kingdom, and is much better than what comes from foreign parts, 



* efpecially for making wool cards ; without which no good cloth can 

 ' be made. And whereas complaints have been made by the wire- 

 ' drawers of this kingdom, that, by reafon of the great quantities of 

 ' foreign iron-wire lately imported, our laid fubjeds cannot be fet on 

 ' work, therefor we prohibit the importation of foreign iron-wire, and 



* wool-cards made thereof, as alfo hooks and eyes, and other manu- 

 ' failures made of foreign wire. Neither fhall any tranflate and trim 

 ' up any old wool cards, nor fell the fame either at home or abroad.' 

 \_Fcedera, V. \ik, p. 163.] 



The king ifllied another proclamation againfl eredling houfes on new 

 foundations in London, Weflminfler, or within three miles of any of 

 the gates of London, or of the palace of Weflminfler. Alfo againfl: en- 

 tertaining inmates in houfes there, 'which would multiply the inhabi- 

 ' tants to fuch an excefTive number that they could neither be govern- 

 ' ed nor fed.' He alfo enjoins the rebuilding of old houfes with brick 

 or Hone ; and forbids cellars for vidualling houfes, and fheds and other 

 annoyances in the flreets : renewing alfo his former regulations for 

 making bricks and tiles. And that all thefe regulations may be etfed- 

 ual, he appoints Sir James Campbell lord mayor of London, jointly 

 with many lords and gentlemen therein named, or any four of them, 

 to be his commiflioners for thefe ends. [Fadera, V. x'lx, pp. 177, i8x.] 



The following proclamation by King Charles, partly fliews the flate 

 of the filk manufadure of England, viz. ' that the trade of iilk within 

 ' this realm, by the importation thereof raw from foreign parts, and 

 ' throwing, dying, and working the fame into manufadures here at 



* home, is much increafed within a few years paft. But a fraud in the 

 ' dying thereof being lately difcovered, by adding to the weight of filk 



* in the dye beyond a jufl proportion, by a falfe and deceitful mixture 



* in the ingredients ufed in dying, whereby alfo the filk is weakened 



* and corrupted, and the colour made worfe ; wherefor we flridly cora- 



* mand, that no filk-dyer do hereafter ufe any flip, alder-bark, filings 



* of iron, or other deceitful matter, in dying filk either black or co- 



* loured. That no filk fhall be dyed of any other black but Spanilli 



* black,, and not of tlie dye called London black, or light weight. Nei- 



