SECTION III. The Regulation of Industry by the State

THE REGULATION OF INDUSTRY BY THE STATE

1. Proposals for the Regulation of the Cloth Manufacture (temp. Henry VIII) 317

2. Administrative Difficulties in the Regulation of the Manufacture of Cloth, 1537 319

3. An Act Touching Weavers, 1555 320

4. Enactment of Common Council of London as to Age of Ending Apprenticeship, 1556 323

5. William Cecil's Industrial Programme, 1559 323

6. The Statute of Artificers, 1563 325

7. Proposals for the Better Administration of the Statute of Artificers, 1572 333

8. Draft of a Bill Fixing Minimum Rates for Spinners and Weavers, 1593 336

9. Draft Piece-list Submitted for Ratification to the Wiltshire Justices by Clothiers and Weavers, 1602 341

10. An Act empowering Justices to fix Minimum Rates of Payment, 1603-04 342

11. Administration of Acts Regulating the Manufacture of Cloth, 1603 344

12. Assessment made by the Justices of Wiltshire, dealing mainly with other than Textile Workers, 1604 345

13. Assessment made by the Justices of Wiltshire, dealing mainly with Textile Workers, 1605 351

14. Administration of Wage Clauses of Statute of Artificers, 1605-08 352

15. Administration of Apprenticeship Clauses of the Statute of Artificers, 1607-08 353

16. The Organisation of the Woollen Industry, 1615 354

17. Proceedings on the Apprenticeship Clauses of the Statute of Artificers, 1615 356

18. A Petition to Fix Wages Addressed to the Justices by the Textile Workers of Wiltshire, 1623 356

19. Appointment by Privy Council of Commissioners to Investigate Grievances of Textile Workers in East Anglia, 1630 357

20. Report to Privy Council of Commissioners appointed above, 1630 358

21. High Wages in the New World, 1645 360

22. Young Men and Maids ordered to enter Service, 1655 360

23. Request to Justices of Grand Jury of Worcestershire to assess Wages, 1661 361

24. Proceedings on the Apprenticeship Clauses of the Statute of Artificers, 1669 361