William Yerbury. Nicholas Phippe. John Usher. Walter Yerbury. John Yewe. Edward Cogswell. Richard Dycke. Weavers Signing-- Hugh Watts. Henry Cappe. William Rundell. Henry Prior. Thomas Lavington. Bartholomew Skege. [Footnote 286: For the meaning of "beer" and "abb" see notes to document No. 8.] [Footnote 287: Instead of "about 800 under 900," as printed in _op. cit._] 10. AN ACT EMPOWERING JUSTICES TO FIX MINIMUM RATES OF PAYMENT [_1 James I, c. 6. Statutes of the Realm, Vol. IV, Part II, pp. 1022-24_], 1603-04. ... And whereas the said act [_i.e._ 5 Eliz., c. iv] hath not, according to the true meaning thereof, been duly put in execution, whereby the rates of wages for poor artificers, labourers and other persons whose wages were meant to be rated by the said act, have not been rated and proportioned according to the plenty, scarcity, necessity, and respect of the time, which was politicly intended by the said act, by reason that ambiguity and question have risen and been made whether the rating of all manner artificers, workmen and workwomen, his and their wages, other than such as by some statute and law have been rated, or else such as did work about husbandry, should or might be rated by the said law; Forasmuch as the said law hath been found beneficial for the commonwealth, be it enacted by authority of this present parliament, that the said statute, and the authority by the same statute given to any person or persons for assessing and rating of wages, and the authority to them in the said act committed, shall be expounded and construed, and shall by force of this act give authority to all persons having any such authority to rate wages of any labourers, weavers, spinsters, and workmen or workwomen whatsoever, either working by the day, week, month, year, or taking any work at any person or persons' hands whatsoever, to be done in great or otherwise....