Stat. 2. of Hen. 5.
It was then ordered, that no Merchant of the Staple, should Transport Wooll, Woollfells, Lead, or Tin, without the King’s Licence, until they were brought to the Staple, on pain to forfeit the same.
27. Ed. 3. ca. 3.
28. Ed. 3.
8 Hen. 5. cap. 2.
It was then made Fellony to Transport Wooll, by the Statute of the Staples, as you may find it concerning the Transportation of Wooll, by English Merchants, but this Statute for Fellony was repealed, the 38 of Edw. 3. Stat. 1. and 6. and the forfeiture for Lands and Goods, was still continued, and in March the 37. of Edw. 3. the Staple for the sale of Wooll was fixed at Callis.
Stat. 47. E. 3. cap. 1.
Then the Staple aforesaid was removed from Callis, and clearly put down, 43. Edw. 3. Cap. 1. and the Staples appointed and fixed in England, at the places following: Viz. at Newcastle, Kingston upon Hull, St. Buttolphs Boston, Yarmouth, Quinborough, Westminster, Chester, Winchester, Exeter, and Bristol, and the Staples of Ireland and Wales, were to be kept where first they were ordained, and several other good clauses were added concerning the Regulation of the Staples, as may be seen at large, in the Statute of the Staple, 27. Edw. 3.
Sta. 8 Hen. 5. cap. 2