In spite of the protection afforded by these Acts and Letters Patent, the exportation of horns continued. [Sidenote: Evil days.] [Sidenote: 1635. New Orders allowed.] These were evil days for the Horners’ Craft, and it would appear that the Horners themselves were not entirely guiltless in the matter. Consequently, in 1635, to stem the tide of ill-fortune which seemed to have set in, the Company approached the Mayor and Aldermen to give them fresh rules “for the reformation of the Crafte.” The following rules were allowed and confirmed by the then Lord Mayor, Christopher Clitherow:— 1. Horns to be bought for the General good. 2. None to buy Horns within 20 miles of London. 3. Everyone to pay for his share as the Wardens shall think fit. 4. None to keep above one apprentice, except he hath been a partner or sharer with the said Company seven years at least, in which case he may keep two apprentices. 5. Apprentices shall be bound. 6. No one to be set to work at the trade unless he have served seven years. 7. Every journeyman to serve two years after having been made “free of the Company.” 8. None to enter for their shares until called by the Wardens. 9. Anyone elected a Warden must serve the office or pay a fine of 20 shillings. 10. None shall sue or arrest another without permission from the Wardens. 11. The Wardens may commit offenders to prison with the consent of the Mayor. For two years the Company exercised their powers under these new rules, but still harder times were in store for the Company. [Sidenote: Further troubles.] Whether as the result of an information laid by some member who was suffering under these stringent regulations, or, as would appear most probable, the King’s growing need of money to carry on the coming political struggle between himself and his people, the Horners were suddenly discovered to be acting illegally. Under the powers conferred by the Act of 19 Henry VII, which was no doubt revived for the purpose, no Master, Wardens, or Companies could make any acts or ordinances except such as should be approved by the Chancellor and Treasurer of England or Chief Justice of either Bench, or three of them. [Sidenote: The Legal Plight of the Company.]