¶
By
the
Quene
.
ALthough
the
Quenes
most
excellent
Maiestie
myght
accordyng
to
the
good
example
of
good
and
wyse
Prynces
,
leuie
great
sommes
of
money
at
this
presente
,
by
●ue
execution
of
sundrye
holsome
lawes
,
vpon
great
nombre
of
her
subiectes
,
for
transgressyng
the
same
,
and
namely
for
the
weryng
of
such
excessiue
and
inordinat
apparell
,
as
in
no
age
hath
ben
sene
the
lyke
,
wherby
also
shoulde
ensue
such
notable
benefite
to
the
common
wealth
,
as
harde
it
were
by
any
other
wayes
to
deuyse
so
greate
.
yet
the
singuler
goodnes
of
her
Maiesties
nature
is
such
,
to
forbeare
thextendyng
of
anye
sodayne
and
vnloked
for
extremitie
,
that
in
these
caces
her
Maiestie
hath
thought
rather
necessary
by
this
Proclamation
to
notifie
her
hyghnes
determinacion
,
with
her
priuie
counsayle
,
amonges
many
other
her
weyghtie
affayres
for
this
that
foloweth
,
then
sodenly
textende
the
penaltie
of
her
lawes
.
Fyrst
her
Maiesties
sayde
counsayle
,
by
her
commaundement
,
shall
and
wyll
presently
take
order
that
the
statute
made
in
the
first
&
seconde
yeares
of
kyng
Phyllyp
and
Quene
Mary
,
and
certeyne
other
braunches
of
an
other
Statute
made
the
.xxiiii.
yeare
of
kyng
Henry
the
eyght
,
agaynst
excessiue
apparell
,
shal
be
put
in
execution
both
within
her
Maiesties
court
,
and
in
theyr
owne
houses
,
with
a
certeyne
fauourable
proceadynge
,
touchyng
such
as
can
not
presently
without
theyr
ouergreat
losse
,
chaunge
theyr
vnlawefull
apparell
which
they
presently
haue
.
Wherein
because
her
Maiestie
trusteth
that
thexample
shall
enduce
the
rest
of
her
subiectes
to
reforme
theyr
disorders
:
Her
Maiestie
hath
wylled
her
sayde
priuie
counsayle
,
to
publyshe
by
her
aucthoritie
theyr
decree
and
order
in
this
behalfe
.
And
for
lyke
tolleracion
toward
such
as
liue
in
the
countrey
out
of
her
court
,
her
Maiestie
chargeth
forthwith
all
Maiors
and
gouernours
of
Cities
and
Townes
corporate
,
al
Sheryffes
and
Iustices
of
peax
in
shires
,
all
noble
men
of
thestate
of
Barons
and
aboue
,
al
gouernours
and
heddes
of
any
societies
or
companies
,
eyther
Ecclesiasticall
or
Temporall
,
fourthwith
,
or
at
the
furthest
within
the
space
of
.xii.
dayes
after
the
publication
hereof
,
to
deuise
,
accorde
,
and
take
order
,
eyther
accordyng
to
thexample
of
her
Maiesties
counsell
,
or
els
after
some
other
better
maner
,
as
the
place
shall
require
for
thexecution
of
the
foresayde
Statute
and
braunches
specified
hereafter
,
in
a
briefe
abstract
and
draught
annexed
to
this
Proclamacion
within
the
limitte
of
theyr
charge
,
so
as
her
Maiestie
may
take
some
comfort
of
her
tolleracion
,
and
the
common
wealth
some
reliefe
of
the
greate
damage
hereby
susteyned
.
Wherein
yf
her
Maiestie
shall
see
her
expectacion
deceiued
,
she
shal
therby
haue
iust
occasion
to
procede
with
execution
of
her
lawes
,
both
to
the
benefite
of
her
common
weale
,
and
to
the
chastisement
of
such
disordred
subiectes
,
as
being
fauourably
warned
,
wyl
not
amende
.
Which
thyng
her
Maiestie
purposeth
certeynely
to
do
in
more
effectuall
sorte
than
heretofore
hath
bene
.
And
because
the
tolleracion
of
these
abuses
shall
not
be
drawen
to
any
sinister
occasion
of
continuaunce
of
this
abuse
:
Her
Maiestie
chargeth
and
commaundeth
that
there
be
no
tolleracion
had
,
nor
excuse
allowed
,
after
the
xx
.
day
of
December
next
,
as
touchyng
all
the
contentes
of
the
sayde
Statute
,
in
the
first
and
seconde
yeares
of
kyng
Phyllyp
and
Quene
Mary
,
neyther
after
the
last
of
Ianuary
next
,
as
touchyng
the
braunches
of
thother
Statute
of
the
.xxiiii.
yere
of
kyng
Henry
the
eyght
,
noted
hereafter
in
thend
of
this
Proclamacion
,
other
then
is
conteyned
in
the
same
Statutes
and
braunches
.
Except
it
be
for
certeyne
costly
furres
and
riche
enbroderies
bought
and
made
by
sundry
gentlemen
,
before
this
Proclamacion
,
to
theyr
great
costes
,
with
which
her
hyghnesse
is
pleas●●●o
dispence
.
Yeuen
at
her
highnes
palays
of
Westminster
,
the
xxi
.
day
of
October
,
the
fyrst
yeare
of
her
Maiesties
reigne
.
¶
The
briefe
content
of
certayne
actes
of
Parliament
agaynst
thinordinate
vse
of
apparell
.
Anno
.xxiiii.
Henrici
.viii.
None
shall
weare
in
his
apparell
any
-
-
Cloth
of
-
Golde
-
syluer
,
-
or
tincele
.
-
Satyn
,
sylke
,
or
cloth
〈◇〉
with
golde
or
syluer
,
nor
any
Sables
.
Except
Erles
,
and
al
of
superiour
degrees
and
Uiscountes
,
and
Barons
in
theyr
doblets
&
sleuelesse
coates
.
-
-
Wollen
Cloth
made
out
of
the
Realme
-
Ueluet
-
Crimsin
-
Scarlet
or
-
Blewe
.
-
Furres
.
-
Blacke
Ienets
.
-
Luzerns
Except
-
Dukes
theyr
children
.
-
Marquesses
theyr
children
.
-
Erles
theyr
children
or
-
Barons
&
knyghtes
of
thorder
.
-
-
Ueluet
in
-
Gownes
-
Coates
,
or
vtter
most
garments
.
-
Furre
of
Libardes
Embroderye
-
Pricking
or
printyng
-
with
golde
-
syluer
or
-
sylke
.
Except
-
Barons
sonnes
.
-
Knyghtes
or
men
that
may
dispend
cc.li
.
by
yere
-
-
Taffata
Satyn
Damaske
or
sylke
Chamlet
in
his
vttermost
garmentes
.
-
Ueluet
otherwyse
then
in
Iakectes
,
dobletes
.
&c
Furre
whereof
the
kynde
groweth
not
within
the
Quenes
dominions
.
Except
-
Grey
Ienets
.
-
Bodge
.
Except
A
man
that
may
dispende
one
hundred
pounde
by
yere
.
Anno
.i.
et
.ii.
Philippi
et
Mariae
.
None
shall
weare
any
sylke
in
-
Hatte
,
-
Bonet
,
-
Nyghtcap
,
-
Gyrdell
,
-
Scabbard
,
-
Hosen
,
-
Shoes
,
-
Spurlethers
.
Except
-
The
sonne
and
heyre
or
doughter
of
a
knight
or
the
wyfe
of
the
sayd
sonne
.
-
A
man
that
may
dispende
.xx.
li.
by
yere
,
or
is
woorth
two
hundred
poundes
in
goodes
.
¶
These
be
the
briefe
contentes
but
of
certayne
partes
of
the
lawes
now
remaining
in
force
,
to
thobseruance
whereof
her
maiestie
thynketh
best
to
induce
her
subiectes
by
thys
shorte
memoriall
,
and
yet
neuerthelesse
wisheth
that
all
of
inferior
estates
,
shoulde
not
neglect
the
rest
of
the
same
lawes
,
leste
if
they
shal
be
founde
to
contemne
these
orders
here
mencioned
,
they
maye
fele
the
payne
of
the
rest
.
There
be
certaine
other
exceptions
in
the
Statutes
:
as
for
suche
as
haue
licence
by
the
Quenes
Maiestie
,
or
such
as
shall
run
in
any
Iustes
,
or
shall
serue
in
warre
,
or
shal
haue
apparell
geuen
thē
to
be
worne
by
her
Maiestie
and
such
like
.
All
whiche
are
wel
to
be
consydred
by
them
that
wyl
clayme
any
priuilege
thereby
,
and
that
at
theyr
peryll
.
¶
And
where
there
is
mencion
made
of
values
of
yerely
liueloodes
&
goodes
,
the
best
accompt
therof
is
to
be
made
by
the
taxations
in
this
last
subsedy
,
so
as
if
any
wil
be
excused
by
pretence
of
hys
lyueloode
or
substaunce
,
to
offende
,
it
is
as
meete
that
he
aunswere
to
the
Prince
in
subsedye
for
that
value
,
as
seke
defence
to
breake
anye
good
lawe
,
wherof
her
maiestie
geueth
to
all
men
admonition
.
Anno.
M.
D.
L
.
IX
.
Mense
Octobris