Reasons humbly offered against the passing of a bill, instituted, A bill for regulating and encouraging the art of weaving.
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A four-page English broadside of 1695 presenting merchants' arguments against a parliamentary bill for regulating and encouraging weaving. It objects to the proposed sealing of imported silks and stuffs, the sealing of home-made goods at Weavers' Hall, search and seizure powers over suspected French lace and ribbon, and the proposed ban on the broad tape (engine) loom. It argues the measures would harm trade, customs revenue and poor weavers, and would create a monopoly for the Weavers' Company.
- Type
- Book
- Date
- 1695
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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