The Act Against Regrators, Forestallers and Ingrossers
In 1552 Edward VI’s Parliament passed an Act to regulate trade, saying in the preamble, as so often, that previous laws had proved inadequate (5&6 Edward VI c.12)iii.
The Act excluded from the penalties it imposed the purchase and sale “in open Fair or Market” of “corn, Fish, Butter or Cheese, by any such badger, Lader, Kidder, or Carrier” as was granted a licence by three Justices of the Peace from the County in which he dwelt.
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