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7th May 1773 - 19th December 1774

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Image 44 of 23724th March 1774


Hearing and Determining of the said Petition hath been (in Pursuance of an order of Court for that
Purpose) given to the said Journeymen Weavers and the same stands July adjourned
unto this Day and the said Petition coming on this Day to be heard and determined

The Justices here Present having proceeded to take into their Consideration the
said Wages and Prices of Work of the said Journeymen Weavers for making of
Love Ribbons do think it reasonable that the same should be altered and therefore do (in Pursuance of the Powers vested in them by the said Act)
hereby settle regulate order and declare that from this time the Wages and Prices
of Work of the Journeymen Weavers, working within the City of London in the
single Hand Looms of the narrow Branch of the Silk Manufacture, forthe
making of Love Ribbons except in the time of a General Mourning) [..] shall be as follows, that is to say

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8d &10d.2..93..0
12d.3..33..6
14d.3..63..9
16d3..94..3
18d.4..04..9
20d.4..65..3
22d5..05..9
24d.5..66..3

And the said Justices do hereby further settle regulate order and declare that [..]
in Case of any order for a General Mourning published by the Earl Marshall of
England in the London Gazette that then for the Space of Six Weeks from the
Publication of any such order the wages and Prices of Work of the Journeymen
Weavers, working within the City of London in the single Hand Looms of the narrow
Branch of the Silk Manufactured for making of Love Ribbons shall be as follow
that it to say.




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