ale. Forestallers were those
who bought raw material on its way to market. Regrators were those
who tried to create a "corner" in the article in the market
itself.

Imported cloth shall be inspected by the King's officials for non-
standard measurements or defects [despite town franchises].

No one shall leave the nation except at designated ports, on pain
of one year's imprisonment.

Social distinctions by attire were mandated by statute of 1363. A
servant, his wife, son, or daughter, shall only wear cloth worth
no more than 27s. and shall not have more than one dish of meat or
fish a day. Carters, ploughmen, drivers of the plough, oxherds,
cowherds, shepherds, and all other people owning less than 40s. of
goods and chattels shall only wear blanket and russet worth no
more than 12d. and girdles of linen according to their estate.
Craftsmen and free peasants shall only wear cloth worth no more
than 40s. Esquires and gentlemen below the rank of knight with no
land nor rent over 2,000s. a year shall only wear cloth worth no
more than 60s., no gold, silver, stone, fur, or the color purple.
Esquires with land up to 2,667s. per year may wear 67s. cloth,
cloth of silk and silver, miniver [grey squirrel] fur and stones,
except stones on the head. Merchants, citizens, burgesses,
artificers, and people of handicraft having goods and chattels
worth 10,000s. shall wear cloth the same value as that worn by
esquires and gentlemen with land or rent within 2,000s. per year.
The same merchants and burgesses with goods and chattels worth
13,333s. and esquires and gentlemen with land or rent within 400s.
per year may not wear gold cloth, miniver fur, ermine [white] fur,
or embroidered stones. A knight with land or rents within 2,667s.
yearly are limited to cloth of 80s., but his wife may wear a stone
on her head. Knights and ladies with land or rents within 8,000s.
to 20,000s. yearly may not wear fur of ermine or of letuse, but
may wear gold, and such ladies may wear pearls as well as stones
on their heads. The penalty is forfeiture of such apparel. This
statute is necessary because of "outrageous and excessive apparel
of diverse persons against their estate and degree, to the great
destruction and impoverishment of all the land".

If anyone finds a hawk [used to hunt birds, ducks, and pheasant]
that a lord has lost, he must take it to the sheriff for keeping
for the lord to claim. If there is no claim after four months, the
finde