No man or woman may put their son or daughter to serve as an apprentice in a craft within any borough, but may send the child to school, unless he or she has land or rent to the value of 20s. per year.This was because of scarcity of laborers and other servants of agriculture.
No laborer may be hired by the week.
Masons may no longer congregate yearly, because it has led to
violation of the statute of laborers.
No games may be played by laborers because they lead to
[gambling and] murders and robberies.
Apparel worn must be appropriate to one's status to preserve the industry of agriculture. The following list of classes shows the lowest class, which could wear certain apparel:
1. -Lords - gold cloth, gold corses, sable fur, purple silk
2. -Knights - velvet, branched satin, ermine fur
3. -Esquires and gentlemen with possessions to the value of 800s. per year, daughters of a person who has possessions to the value of 2,000s. a year damask, silk, kerchiefs up to 5s. in value.
4. -Esquires and gentlemen with possessions to the yearly value of 800s. 40 pounds - fur of martron or letuse, gold or silver girdles, silk corse not made in the nation, kerchief up to 3s.4d in value
5. -Men with possessions of the yearly value of 40s. excluding the above three classes - fustian, bustian, scarlet cloth in grain