[1706/10/461]¹

Act for burying in woollen

Our sovereign lady, for encouragement of the manufacture of wool within this kingdom, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament, rescinds the sixteenth act made in the parliament held in the year 1686 entitled, act for burying in Scots linen; as also another act entitled, act for burying in Scots linen made in the parliament held in the year 1695. And her majesty, with advice and consent foresaid, statutes and ordains that hereafter no corpse of any person, of what condition or quality soever, shall be buried in linen of whatever kind, and that where linen has been made use of about dead bodies formerly, plain woollen cloth or stuff shall only be made use of in all time coming, and that under the same penalties and rules as are contained in the foresaid two acts against the contraveners therein-mentioned, which penalties and rules her majesty, with advice and consent foresaid, hereby transfers and declares to take effect in all cases of contravention of this present act.