House of Commons Journal Volume 1: 17 March 1553

Veneris, 17o Martii

Bristol Apprentices.

1. The Bill for Apprentices to be taken at Bristol, as London, or Norwyche.

Cloth Trade.

2. The Bill for Making of Broad Cloths in Towns, notwithstanding the former Act of Cloth-making. - Master of the Rolls.

Clothiers, &c.

2. The Bill for Clothiers and Handicraftsmen to dwell in Boroughs and Towns. - Mr. Chancellor.

Cap-making.

3. The Bill for Thicking and Fulling of Caps not by Mills, but Hands and Feet. - Jud'm.