A22113	----	Officers fees for Englishmen as they are receiued in the port of London, set downe vnder the hands for the fermors, comptrollers, collectors and searchers of the custom-house there: for a rule and president to euery custome house in any port of his Maiesties dominions, according to the table of fees, signed by the late L. Treasourer, the Earle of Dorset, and the then Barons of the Exchequer. England and Wales. Commissioners of Customs. 1615 Approx. 8 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2007-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A22113 STC 8519 ESTC S100810 99836637 99836637 921 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . 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Dated at end: Custome House London this second of May, 1615. W. Garway far. [and 3 others]. Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). The general aim of EEBO-TCP is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic English-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in EEBO. 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Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Customs administration -- Great Britain -- Law and legislation. 2006-11 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-12 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-01 Jason Colman Sampled and proofread 2007-01 Jason Colman Text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion ¶ Officers Fees for Englishmen , as they are receiued in the Port of London , set downe vnder the hands of the Fermors , Comptrollers , Collectors and Searchers of the Custom-house there : for a rule and president to euery Custome house in any Port of his Maiesties Dominions , according to the Table of Fees , signed by the late L. Treasourer , the Earle of Dorset , and the then Barons of the Exchequer . Portus London . Subsidy outwards .   Collect. Comptrol . Surueiors . FOr euery Ships entry within the LEVANT , or beyond , xij . d. xij . d. xij . d. For euery Ships entry going for any other forreigne parts , iiij . d. iiij . d. iiij . d. For euery Ships entry going for the out-Ports , ij . d. j. d. j. d. For clearing of euery Ship , passing to forreigne parts , and examining the Shippers content , xij . d. vj. d. vj. d. For euery English Coquet , viij . d. iiij . d. iiij . d. For making of euery Certificate , aswell English as Strangers , for goods which payd Subsidy inwards , and payeth no Subsidy outwards , xiiij . d. vij . d. vij . d. For euery Certificate vpon Warrant from his Maiestie , or from the Lord Treasurer paying no dueties , xviij . d. viij . d. viij . d. For endorcements of all Warrants and Licences , iiij . d 0 0 For euery coast Certificate outwards , and for the entries in his Ma ies booke . xij . d. viij . d. viij . d. For the bond of the same , xij . d. 0 0 For discharging of the same bond , and filing the Certificate to it , iiij . d. 0 0 For making euery Certificate of returne , entry in the Kings Bookes , waxe and parchment , &c. xij . d. ij . d. single . ijd . single .     iiij . d. double iiijd . double Forreigne bills . vj. d.     The Fees of the head Searcher , and Vndersearchers Outwards . Dueties betwene the Headsearcher , and the 5. Vndersearchers that attend at London . Merchants English and strangers . COrne the Coquet , vj. s. viij . Wooll , Leather and Hides the Coquet , iiij . s. For Merchandize that do passe by Certificats . Belmettle , Hides , Tallow , Wine , Waxe , Cauiare , and all other prohibited commodities . iij. s. iiij . d. The Leuant company , East India Company for Grocery , or for fine wares . ij . s. Diuers other Merchandizes , xij . d. For euery Ship that passeth ouer the Seas . Spaine , the Streights , Canaries West Indies , the Ship , vj. s. East Indies , the Ship , x. s. All other Ships bound ouer Seas , iiij . s. Euery Strangers Ship or Bottome . vj. s. viij . d. Dueties of the said fiue Vndersearchers of London . Merchants English and Strangers . Pipe , Punchion , Hogshead , Bagge , ij . d. Tinne , Blocke , and Barrell , j. d. Saffron , Beere , Beereger , Tinne , and Seacoale the Coquet , xij . d. Lead , the Fodder , Iron the Tunne , Pitch , Tarre , Soape-ashes , and Saltfish the Last , ij . d. Lignum Vitae , Camphechia , and other Woods , Cordage , Wine , Brimstone , Woad , Rozen , Allum , and Oile the Tunne , iiij . d. Wainscots , Clapboards , Pipestaues , and Deale Boards the Coquet , ij . d. Maund , But and Fat , vj. d. Waxe the Roll , and clocke , and fine wares the Ballet or Chest , iiij . d. Red-lead the Tunne , vi . d. Raisins and Figges 20. Frailes or Barrels , iij d. Merchants adu●nturers , French and East countrey . The Fardell of eighteene , the trusse of 9. and all other Packs , vj. d. Ballet and Case , ij . d. Interlops and all Merchants Strangers . The fardle of 18. the trusse of nine , and all other packs , xij . d. Ballet and Case . iiij . d. Dueties of the two Vndersearchers of Grauesend . For euery Ship that passeth ouer Seas . The English Ship or Bottome bound ouer Seas , iiij . s. The Strangers Ship or Bottome bound ouer Seas , vj. s. viij . d. For the Passenger , vj. d. For euery Ship hauing a coast Certificate , iiij . d. Subsidy Inwards .   Colect . Comptrol . Surueiors . FOr euery Warrant by English , iiij . d. iiij . d. iiij . d. For euery Shippers oath from France and the Low Countreis , j. d. 0 0 For the Shippers oath from any other Forreigne part , iiij . d. iiij . d. iiij . d. To the Clearke for making a Shippers entry , xij . d. 0 0 Waiters . FOr euery particuler Englishmans forreigne goods or Merchandizes of what nature soeuer , paying Custome , Subsidie or Impost inwards , in the Port of London , or comming thither from any other place or Port by Coquet , xij . d. Register : For euery English Warrant , ij . d. ¶ These are the Fees receiued in the Port of LONDON , of Englishmen , as by the Table of Fees ( signed by the late Lord Treasurer , the Earle of Dorset , and the then Barons of the Exchequer , ) it doeth appeare . Custome House London this second of May , 1615. W. Garway Far. Barthol . Ellnor Comptrol . Io. Wollenholme Collector . Thomas Ivat Searcher . GOD SAVE THE KING . ¶ Imprinted at London by ROBERT BARKER , Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie . ANNO 1615. 
A32076	----	A proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of customes, and other maritime duties upon the late pretended ordinance of both Houses of Parliament England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32076 of text R40801 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2692). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A32076) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 108613) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1683:23) A proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of customes, and other maritime duties upon the late pretended ordinance of both Houses of Parliament England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. 1 broadside. By L. Lichfield ..., [Oxford : 1642] At head of title: By the King. "Given under our signe manuall at our court at Oxford, the sixteenth day of December, in the eighteenth yeare of our reigne." Imprint suggested by Wing. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. eng Customs administration -- Great Britain -- History. Customs administration -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. A32076 R40801 (Wing C2692). civilwar no A proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of customes, and other maritime duties upon the late pretended ordinance of both Houses o England and Wales. Sovereign 1642 720 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-09 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-09 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon or coat of arms BY THE KING . ❧ A Proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of Customes , and other Maritime Duties upon the late pretended ORDINANCE of both Houses of Parliament . WEE have made so many Declarations of Our Royall Intentions concerning the preserving of the Religion and Lawes of this Land , That Wee think it not fit often to repeat , Though by Gods grace We seriously intend never to decline or depart from the same . But this seems most strange unto Us , that whil'st ( especially at , and about London ) Our just and legall Commands are not obeyed , other Orders and Ordinances , ( for which there is no legall foundation ) which not only discountenance , but overthrow the Lawes of the Land that settle Religion , and were the fences of the Subjects property , are submitted unto and obeyed by many of Our weaker Subjects : And amongst these a blind obedience hath been yeelded unto the pretended Ordinance , for setling Customes without an Act of Parliament , when an Act this Parliament ( received from Us , and so understood by Us , as one of the greatest graces the Crowne ever conferred on the Subject ) declares , no Custome is due without an Act ; and all such Persons as receive the same incurr the forfeiture of a Premunire . This We thought would not have found obedience from the Merchant , who understood what his owne benefit was thereby , and could not be ignorant how penall it was in him to breake this Law ; especially when he found he paid his Custome for support of an unnaturall Warr against his Prince , and to foment an intestine and Civill dissention which hath already , and may in the future produce so many Evills upon this poore People . But upon the menances and usage some received that denyed it , We find since a more generall Obedience in such as Trade , then We expected , though We understand by it the Trade of the Kingdom is much lessened . Neverthelesse We thought not fit until this present , by any of Our Proclamations to prohibite the same , because We hoped before this time , We having so often and by so many means endeavoured the same , some happy understanding might have been between Us and both Our Houses of Parliament . But at present finding that the monyes arising from these Duties , are a great part of the fewell that maintaines this fire , and supports this unnaturall Rebellion against Us , and heightens the Spirits of such as have no Spirit to Peace , unlesse they may destroy Us , Our Posterity , and the setled Government both of Church and State ; We doe hereby Declare and Proclaime to all Our People of what sort soever , That whosoever henceforward shall , by vertue of the pretended Ordinance of Parliament , pay any Monyes for Custome or other Dutyes therein mentioned , other then to Our proper Ministers , what is due to Us by the known Lawes of the Kingdome , That We will proceed against him or them in due time , as an ill-affected person or persons to the Peace of this Kingdome , and as such as endeavour ( as much as in them lyes ) to hinder a true Intelligence betwixt Us and Our People . And for such person , or persons as shall continue to require or receive the same contrary to the Statute made this Parliament , We shall likewise proceed against them according to the penalty in the said Act , And because ( though the Law ought to have been every mans prohibition ) We did not , until this time , forbid the same , We doe hereby grant Our free Pardon to all such as formerly having either paid , or received these Customes , shall henceforth refuse the same , And to no other . ¶ Given under Our Signe Manuall at Our Court at Oxford , the sixteenth day of December , in the Eighteenth yeare of our Reigne . God save the King . 
A32430	----	A proclamation for discovering and preventing the many fraudulent practices of under-officers, and others in stealing His Majesties customs England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) 1661 Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A32430 Wing C3328 ESTC R10036 12275810 ocm 12275810 58440 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32430) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 58440) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 863:42) A proclamation for discovering and preventing the many fraudulent practices of under-officers, and others in stealing His Majesties customs England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 2 leaves. Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker ..., London : 1661. Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library. Imprint from colophon. Caption title. At head of title: By the King. At end of text: Given at the court at Whitehal, the nineth day of August, 1661. in the thirteenth year of His Majesties raign. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. 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Customs administration -- Great Britain -- Officials and employees. 2008-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT royal blazon or coat of arms By the King. A PROCLAMATION , For Discovering and Preventing the many Fraudulent Practises of Under-Officers , and others in stealing His Majesties Customs . CHARLES R. WHereas the Kings Majesties Customs and Subsidy due and payable upon Goods and Merchandize exported and imported out of , and into the Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , Port and Town of Berwick , being the greatest and most considerable Branch of His Revenue , are not so well answered and paid as they ought to be , by reason of sundry Fraudulent and Deceitful courses daily practised by divers evil-affected persons , secretly combining with Vnder-Officers , Wharfingers , Lightermen , Watermen , Carmen , Porters , and others ; as also by a sort of leud people called Smuckellors , never heard of before the late disordered times , who make it their Trade and Profession , by many strange and new devices to steal and defraud His Majesty of His Customs ; and likewise by another sort of Head-strong and Malicious People , who in a violent way by open force with Clubs , Swords , and other Weapons , convey and carry away uncustomed Goods , and oftentimes rescue Goods seized , beating , wounding , and many ways evil-intreating the Officers attending His Majesties Service , and thereby giving evil example to others , who from these unlawful Courses and Proceedings , take encouragement to oppose the Officers in executing and performing their duty in entering into and searching of Houses , Ware-houses , and places where they may suspect or be informed of uncustomed Goods to be housed , hidden , or any way concealed . And besides , it is conceived and believed , That great quantities of Goods by the Laws prohibited to be exported or imported , are by like practises , subtil and unlawful courses , frequently exported and imported , to the great detriment as well of His Majesty as of His loving and faithful Subjects . And whereas the Commons House of Parliament , out of their great care of His Majesties Revenue , have by their 
A37778	----	A declaration The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, taking into their consideration the urgent occasions for the present payment of the duty of excise and customes, ... Proceedings. 1660-05-25. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A37778 of text R218751 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E1519A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A37778 Wing E1519A ESTC R218751 99830322 99830322 34773 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A37778) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 34773) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2089:7) A declaration The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, taking into their consideration the urgent occasions for the present payment of the duty of excise and customes, ... Proceedings. 1660-05-25. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed by Edward Husbands and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the Commons House of Parliament, London : [1660] Dated at head below the royal arms: Thursday, May 24, 1660. Order to be printed dated "Friday, May 25, 1660." and signed, "Will: Jessop clerk of the Commons House of Parliament". Steele notation: Assem- the due. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. eng Customs administration -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Restoration, 1660-1688 -- Early works to 1800. A37778 R218751 (Wing E1519A). civilwar no Thursday, May 24, 1660. A declaration. The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, taking into their consideration the urgent occasions f England and Wales. Parliament 1660 278 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-10 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-10 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Thursday , May 24 , 1660. A DECLARATION . THe Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled , taking into their consideration the urgent occasions for the present payment of the Duty of Excise and Customes , do hereby declare , That the Commissioners for Appeals and Regulation of Excise and Customs , Commissioners of the Excise and Customs respectively , and their Sub-Commissioners and Collectors and other Officers , in the several Counties and Places of this Kingdom , shall proceed effectually ; not onely in the Collecting of the growing Duties , but in the getting in of all Arrears , both of Excise and Customs , continued by an Act or Ordinance beginning the Five and twentieth day of February last , and ending the Twenty fourth day of June next , according to the several Powers to them respectively given thereby , and during the time aforesaid . And it is further declared , That all Brewers of Beer and Ale , and other persons concerned , do from time to time make Payment of what they and every of them are Charged with , or Lyable to , as they will answer their neglect , in a time when His Majesties and the Kingdoms Service and Occasions require the most punctual satisfaction of what is respectively due from them . Friday , May 25 , 1660. ORdered by the Commons Assembled in Parliament , That this Declaration be forthwith Printed and Published . WILL : JESSOP Clerk of the Commons House of Parliament . London , Printed by Edward Husbands and Thomas Newcomb , Printers to the Commons House of Parliament . 
A46204	----	Whereas we are informed, that in many cities and towns corporate within this kingdom, greater customers, tolls and duties than are really due, have been of late exacted in right of the said corporations, upon goods imported or exportd into or out of the said cities and towns corporate, to the great prejudice of His Majestie his customers, the decay of trade, and the discouragement of merchants ... by the Lord Lieutenant and Council, Essex. Ireland. Lord Lieutenant (1672-1677 : Essex) 1672 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2007-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A46204 Wing I970 ESTC R36959 16164171 ocm 16164171 104950 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A46204) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 104950) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1595:68) Whereas we are informed, that in many cities and towns corporate within this kingdom, greater customers, tolls and duties than are really due, have been of late exacted in right of the said corporations, upon goods imported or exportd into or out of the said cities and towns corporate, to the great prejudice of His Majestie his customers, the decay of trade, and the discouragement of merchants ... by the Lord Lieutenant and Council, Essex. Ireland. Lord Lieutenant (1672-1677 : Essex) Essex, Arthur Capel, Earl of, 1631-1683. [2] leaves. Printed by Benjamin Took ... and are to be sold by Joseph Wilde ..., Dublin : 1672. Title from first 10 lines of text. Statement of responsibility transposed from head of title. Imprint from colophon. "Given at the Council-chamber in Dublin the 25th day of October. 1672"--leaf [2] Reproduction of original in the Society of Antiquaries Library, London. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). 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Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Customs administration -- Ireland -- Officials and employees. Fraud -- Ireland. Ireland -- History -- 1649-1775. Ireland -- Politics and government -- 17th century. 2006-11 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-11 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-12 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2006-12 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon or coat of arms BY THE Lord Lieutenant AND COUNCIL . ESSEX , WHEREAS We are Informed , That in many Cities and Towns Corporate within this Kingdom , greater Customes , Tolls and Duties than are Really due , have been of late exacted in Right of the said Corporations , upon Goods imported or exported into , or out of the said Cities and Towns Corporate , to the great prejudice of His Majesty in His Customes , the decay of Trade , and the discouragement of Merchants , and others from setling themselves and their ● Families in this Realm . For Remedy whereof , We the Lord Lieutenant and Council have thought fit hereby , to Require all Magistrates , and other Officers intrusted with the Collection , or Receipt of any Customes , Tolls or other Duties , claimed or pretended unto by any the Corporations of this Kingdom , or by any Companies , Societies or Guilds within such Corporations , that they do at their perills hereafter forbear exacting or demanding any other Duties , upon any Goods or Commodities Imported or Exported into or out of the said respective Cities or Towns Corporate , but such onely as are really and justly due unto them , and were constantly received and paid in such Cities and Towns Corporate in the year of our Lord , One thousand six hundred forty one , or have been since the said year One thousand six hundred forty one by any new Charter granted unto them . And We do also hereby require all Mayors , Soveraigns , Portrives , Bayliffs and other chief Officers of Cities and Towns Corporate , and all Masters , Wardens , and Heads of inferior Guilds , Fraternities and Corporations within any Cities or Towns Corporate , at or before the Twenty forth day of December next , to send unto Vs under such cheif Officers hands , and the usuall Seal of the Corporation , a perfect Schedule or Certificate of all the Customes , Tolls and other Duties of what kind soever usually received in their Corporations ; And that they do therein particularly insert which and how many of the said Duties are granted unto them by their respective Charters , and upon what grounds they claim or pretend unto any other Duties than what are expressed in their said Charters : To the end that We may thereby be Enabled to judge of the lawfulness and reasonableness of such their Demands , and to give such Order thereupon as shall be just , and that they do from henceforth forbear to take or receive any Custome , Toll or Duty which they shall not certifie as aforesaid , and in case any Merchants , or other persons shall complain unto Vs , of any Duties which are or have been illegally exacted from them in any Cities or Towns Corporate within this Kingdom , We shall be ready to hear such complaints , and to give such releif thereupon as can be reasonably expected from Vs. Given at the Council-Chamber in Dublin the 25th day of October . 1672. Ja : Armachanus . Mich. Dublin Canc. Fran : Aungier . Ro : Booth . J : Temple . Will : Steuart . Mau Eustace . J : Stephens . Will. Flower . Hen : Ford. God Save the King. DVBLIN , Printed by Benjamin Took , Printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty ; And are to be Sold by Joseph Wilde Book-seller in Castle-street . 1672. 
A74221	----	By the King. A proclamation for the speedy payment of all such summes of money as are due to His Majesty for customes or other duties upon merchandize, into His Majesties receipt at His city of Oxford. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A74221 of text R211765 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.5[145]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A74221 Wing C2633 Thomason 669.f.5[145] ESTC R211765 99870466 99870466 160856 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A74221) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160856) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f5[145]) By the King. A proclamation for the speedy payment of all such summes of money as are due to His Majesty for customes or other duties upon merchandize, into His Majesties receipt at His city of Oxford. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1642] At foot of page: Given at Our court at Oxford, this 23. or February, in the eighteenth yeare of Our reigne. God save the King. Imprint from Wing. With engraving of royal seal at head of document. Annotation on Thomason copy: "March 11". Reproductions of the originals in the British Library (Early English Books) and the Beinecke Library, Yale University (Goldsmith's-Kress Library of Economic Literature). eng Customs administration -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Finance -- Early works to 1800. A74221 R211765 (Thomason 669.f.5[145]). civilwar no By the King. A proclamation for the speedy payment of all such summes of money as are due to His Majesty for customes, or other duties upon England and Wales. Sovereign 1642 371 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion CR DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon or coat of arms BY THE KING . A Proclamation for the speedy payment of all such summes of Money as are due to His Majesty for Customes , or other Duties upon Merchandize , into His Majesties Receipt at His City of Oxford . WHereas great summes of Money are due to Vs , as well in Our ancient Right , as by severall Acts made this Parliament for Customes , Duties , and Impositions upon Merchandize , which either have not been paid to Our Farmors , Officers , or Collectors , or remain still in their hands , whereby We have not in this Our great necessity the benefit of Our own Revenue ; VVe doe hereby VVill and Command all Our Officers , Farmors and Collectors , in all and every of Our Ports of this Kingdome , who have received any Duties , Customes or Impositions upon Merchandize , due to Vs , either by any act of Parliament , or in Our ancient Right since the beginning of this Parliament , that they forthwith pay all such summs of Money , as remaines in their hands upon any such Receipts , into the Receipt of Our Exchequer at Our City of Oxford , and at , or into no other place . And VVe likewise VVill and Command all such Persons who have entred into Bonds , or other obligations to any Ministers , Officers or Collectors of the said Customes , for the payment of such Duties , that they pay the same into Our said Receipt at Our City of Oxford , and at , or into no other place , and VVe doe hereby promise to save and keep harmelesse all such Persons from any penalty or dammage , by reason of such Bonds ; and wee doe expect a strict obedience to these Our commands from all Persons whom it may concerne , as they tender Our service , and will answer the contrary at their utmost Perills . Given at Our Court at Oxford , this 23. of February , in the Eighteenth yeare of Our Reigne . God save the King . 
A79033	----	By the King a proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of customes, and other maritime duties upon the late pretended ordinance of both Houses of Parliament. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A79033 of text R211524 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.5[115]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A79033 Wing C2693 Thomason 669.f.5[115] ESTC R211524 99870241 99870241 160827 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A79033) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160827) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f5[115]) By the King a proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of customes, and other maritime duties upon the late pretended ordinance of both Houses of Parliament. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1642] Imprint from Wing. As the customs afford the fuel to feed this war, it is ordered that no person is to pay or receive them in future. A free pardon to all who henceforth refuse to pay. With engraving of royal seal at head of document. At foot of document: "Given under Our signe manuall at Our court at Oxford, the sixteenth day of December, in the eighteenth yeare of Our reigne. God save the King." Annotation on Thomason copy: "Decemb: 22 1642". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Customs administration -- Great Britain -- 17th Century -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Finance -- Early works to 1800. A79033 R211524 (Thomason 669.f.5[115]). civilwar no By the King a proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of customes, and other maritime duties upon the late pretended ordinance of b England and Wales. Sovereign 1642 717 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-04 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-05 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-05 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion CR DIEV ET MON DROIT . HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon or coat of arms BY THE KING A Proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of Customes , and other Maritime Duties upon the late pretended ORDINANCE of both Houses of PARLIAMENT . WEE have made so many Declarations of Our Royall Intentions concerning the preserving of the Religion and Lawes of this Land , That Wee thinke it not fit oft to repeate , Though by Gods grace We seriously intend never to decline or depart from the same . But this seemes most strange unto Vs , that whil'st ( especially at , and about LONDON ) Our just and Legall Commands are not obeyed , other Orders and Ordinances , ( for which there is no Legall foundation ) which not onely discountenance but overthrow the Lawes of the Land that settle Religion , and were the sences of the Subjects property , are submitted unto and obeyed by many of Our weaker Subjects : And amongst these a blind obedience hath been yeelded unto the pretended Ordinance , for setling Customes without an act ; of Parliament , when an Act this Parliament ( received from Vs , and so understood by Vs , as one of the greatest graces the Crowne ever conferred on the Subject ) declares , no Custome is due without an Act ; and all such persones as receive the same incurr the forfeiture of a premunire . This We thought would not have found obedince from the Merchant , who understood what his owne benefit was thereby and could not be ignorant how penall it was in him to breake this Law ; especially when he found he paid his Custome for support of an unnaturall Warr against his Prince , and to foment an intestine and Civill dissention which hath already , and may in the future produce so many Evills upon this poore People . But upon the menaces and usage some received that denyed it , We find since a more generall Obedience in such as Trade , then We expected , though We understand by it the Trade of the Kingdom is much lessened . Neverthelesse We thought not fit untill this present , by any of Our Proclamations to prohibite the same , because We hoped before this time ; We having so often and by so many meanes endeavoured the same , some happy understanding might have beene between Vs , and both our Houses of Parliament . But at present finding that the monyes arising from these Duties , are a great part of the fewell that maintaines this fire , and supports this unnaturall Rebellion against Vs , and heightens the Spirits of such as have no Spirit to Peace , unlesse they may destroy Vs Our Posterity , and the setled government both of Church aod State ; We doe hereby Declare to all Our People of what sort soever , That whosoever henceforward shall , by vertue of the pretended Ordinance of Parliament , pay any Monyes for Custome or other Dutyes therein mentioned , other then to Our proper Ministers , what is due to Us by the knowne Laws of the Kingdome , That We will proceed against him or them in due time , as an ill-affected person or persons to the Peace of this Kingdome , and as such as endeavour ( as much as in them lyes ) to hinder a true Intelligence betwixt Vs and Our People . And for such person or persons as shall continue to require or receive the same contrary to the Statute made this Parliament , We shall likewise proceed against them according to the penalty in the said Act , And because ( though the Law ought to have been every mans prohibition ) We did not , untill this time , forbid the same , We doe hereby grant our free pardon to all such as formerly having either paid , or received these customes , shall henceforth refuse the same , And to no other . Given under Our Signe Manuall at Our Court at Oxford , the sixteenth day of December , in the Eighteenth yeare of Our Reigne . GOD SAVE THE KING . 
A82444	----	An act for the continuance of the customs until the twenty sixth of March, in the year one thousand six hundred fifty and four. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A82444 of text R211653 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.16[90]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 1 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A82444 Wing E1105 Thomason 669.f.16[90] ESTC R211653 99870363 99870363 163243 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A82444) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163243) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f16[90]) An act for the continuance of the customs until the twenty sixth of March, in the year one thousand six hundred fifty and four. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament of England, London : 1652 [i.e. 1653] Order to print dated: Tuesday the Two and twentieth of March, 1652. Signed: Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti. With Parliamentary seal at head of text. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Customs administration -- England -- Early works to 1800. A82444 R211653 (Thomason 669.f.16[90]). civilwar no An Act for the continuance of the customs until the twenty sixth of March, in the year one thousand six hundred fifty and four. England and Wales. Parliament. 1653 166 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-11 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-11 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion blazon or coat of arms AN ACT For the continuance of the CUSTOMS UNTIL The Twenty sixth of March , in the year One thousand six hundred fifty and four . BE it Enacted by this present Parliament , and by the Authority thereof , That one Act of this present Parliament , Entituled , An Act for continuance of the Customs until the Twenty sixth of March , in the year One thousand six hundred fifty and three ; And all Powers and Clauses therein contained , be and are hereby continued , and shall and do stand in full force until the Six and twentieth day of March , in the year , One thousand six hundred fifty and four . Tuesday the Two and twentieth of March , 1652. ORdered by the Parliament , That this Act be forthwith printed and published . Hen : Scobell , Cleric . Parliamenti . London , Printed by John Field , Printer to the Parliament of England . 1652. 
A83297	----	An ordinance of the Lords and Commons, assembled in Parliament, inhibiting the importation of currans. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83297 of text R210994 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.5[74]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A83297 Wing E2079 Thomason 669.f.5[74] ESTC R210994 99869737 99869737 160787 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A83297) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160787) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f5[74]) An ordinance of the Lords and Commons, assembled in Parliament, inhibiting the importation of currans. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for Laurence Blaiklock, London : Anno Domini, 1642. £100,000 of ready money is being annually spent on currans, a mere superfluity, .. Their importation is forbidden after 30 September. .. -- Steele. Order to print dated and signed: Veneris 26 August. 1642. Hen. Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aug. 27.". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Customs administration -- Great Britain -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. A83297 R210994 (Thomason 669.f.5[74]). civilwar no An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, inhibiting the importation of currans. England and Wales. Parliament. 1642 742 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS assembled in PARLIAMENT , Inhibiting the importation of CURRANS . WHereas it is found by daily experience , that the Importation of Currans into this Kingdome ( it being a Commodity of little or no use at all , but a meere superfluity , and may well bee spared ) is a matter of great concernment , not only to the Merchant , but to this Nation , in regard the said Commodity cannot be had in the parts beyond the Seas , where the same are bought , without ready money , an hundred thousand pound per annum at least being bestowed in Currans , which otherwise would be brought into this Kingdome , is wholly diverted ; whereas formerly ( till of later yeares ) the said Currans were bought for Commodities of this Kingdome , exported hence of small value , besides the great advantage which is yearly made upon the Merchant ( where the said Currans are laden ) to their exceeding prejudice by the high and excessive Rates and Taxes which are there imposed upon the said Commodity . For the prevention of the like mischiefe for time to come , the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled , at the instance and desire of the Merchants of this Kingdome , and by and with their consent , doe order , ordaine , and declare , that from and after the last day of September , which shall be in the yeare of our Lord God 1642 , That no Currans be imported into the Kingdome of England , or Dominion of Wales , by any Merchants strangers , Denizens , or others by way of Merchandize or otherwise , from any parts beyond the Seas ; But the importation thereof from and after the said last day of September , is hereby utterly prohibited and forbidden . And further by the Authority aforesaid , it is ordered and declared , That from and after the said last day of September , no Entries be taken of any Currans that shall be imported into this Kingdom or Dominion of Wales , by any Officer whatsoever , in any of the Custome-Houses or elsewhere ; And in case any Merchant Denizen , or Alien , or any other person whatsoever contrary to this Ordinance , shall presume to Import and unlade any Currans within this Kingdome or Dominion of Wales after the said last day of September , that it shall be lawfull for the Officers of the Custome-House respectively , to seize , take , and carry away all such Currans , and them to detaine untill they shall receive further order from both the Houses of Parliament in that behalfe ; And that every person that shall offend herein , shall be liable to such further punishment and censure as the Lords and Commons in a Parliamentary way shall inflict or impose . And it is further ordered that the respective Officers of the Custome-houses doe take speciall care to put this Ordinance in execution , or doe cause it to be fully executed in every point according to the true intention of the same , and that such persons as shall not obey in any of the premises shall answer their neglect and contempt before the Lords and Commons in Parliament , and not otherwise or elsewhere . And lastly , it is ordered and declared , That from and after the three and twentieth day of August , which shall be in the yeere of our Lord God , 1642. that no Currans which are already bought in the parts beyond the Seas , and brought into this Kingdome or the Dominion of Wales , shall be sold by retaile for more than after the rate of five pence the pound , and that if any person ( that shall sell the same ) shall offend contrary to this Ordinance , that he shall be liable to receive such punishment as the Lords and Commons in a Parliamentary way shall impose for his contempt in that behalfe . Veneris 26 August . 1642. It is this day Ordered by the Lords and Commons , that this Ordinance concerning Currans be forthwith printed and published . Hen. Elsynge , Cler. Parl. D. Com. London printed for Laurence Blaiklock , Anno Domini , 1642. 
A83154	----	Die Mercurij 8. Februar. 1642. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament. For the better levying and receiving of moneyes assessed by vertue of the late ordinance of 29. Novemb. 1642. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83154 of text R211664 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.5[127]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 8 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A83154 Wing E1942 Thomason 669.f.5[127] ESTC R211664 99870373 99870373 160839 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A83154) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160839) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f5[127]) Die Mercurij 8. Februar. 1642. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament. For the better levying and receiving of moneyes assessed by vertue of the late ordinance of 29. Novemb. 1642. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) for Robert Dunscomb, Printed at London : February 11. 1642. [i.e. 1643] Order to print dated and signed: Die Veneris 3. Feb. 1642 [i.e., 1643]. Jo. Browne Cler. Parliamentorum. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Customs administration -- Great Britain -- History -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Finance -- Early works to 1800. A83154 R211664 (Thomason 669.f.5[127]). civilwar no Die Mercurij 8. Februar. 1642. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament. For the better levying and receiving of moneyes assessed England and Wales. Parliament. 1642 1365 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-01 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-01 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Die Mercurij 8. Februar . 1642. AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS AND COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT . For the better Levying and receiving of Moneyes Assessed by vertue of the late Ordinance of 29. Novemb. 1642. WHEREAS Information is given , That divers Collectors , nominated for the Collecting , Levying , and receiving of the summes of money Assessed by vertue of the late Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament , of the 29. of November last , for Assessements , by reason their other Imployments in the Publique Affaires of the State , have beene taken off , from the due execution of the same Ordinance , whereby well affected Persons are still occasionally pressed to further contributions , whilest those that have not contributed , or not in proportion to their Estates , doe not make a proportionable supply ; Be it therefore Ordained , and Declared by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament , That the Collectors nominated or to be nominated by vertue of the said Ordinance , shall from and after the eleventh day of this instant moneth of February , onely give notice to the Persons assessed , or to be assessed of the severall summes of money at which they are or shall be assessed ; And after the dayes limitted by the said Ordinance for payment , shall be elapsed , shall repaire to the houses of the persons assessed , or to be assessed , and demand the severall summes of money , at which they are or shall be assessed ; and if the same be unpaid , then to take notice whether sufficient distresse may be had , to satisfie the summes assessed or no , and accordingly to certifie the same under their hands , to the Committee of Lords and Commons for Advance of money and other necessaries for the Army ; And the said Collectors are hereby required and authorised to enquire of any summe or summes of money due , or to be due unto the persons respectively assessed , or to be assessed , from any person or persons for any Rents , Tithes , Goods , or Debts , or for any other thing or cause whatsoever ; And to compound and receive the same , and give discharges therefore , according to the power to them formerly given by the said Ordinance ; And it is hereby further Ordained , that where the said Collectors shall certifie that a sufficient Distresse may be had for the summes of money assessed , or to be assessed ; That Colonell Randall Manwaring , Colonell Richard Browne , Captaine Edmund Harvey , Captaine Robert Manwaring , Captaine Heriot Washborne , and such Captaines , Lieutenants , Officers , and Souldiers under their severall and respective Commands , as they or any of them shall appoint ; Upon notice thereof given , shall immediately repaire unto the severall houses of the persons assessed , or to be assessed , and certified as aforesaid ; And levy the summes of money so assessed , by distresse , in as ample manner , as by the said Ordinance of 29. November , and an Order of both Houses of Parliament , of the third of this instant moneth of February , the Collectors nominated upon the said Ordinance are authorised and appointed to doe and performe : And the distresse and distresses so had and taken , to carry into Guild-hall London , or Crosseby-house in Bishops-gate streete London , or to such other place or places as the said Committee shall appoint ; To be sold and disposed of , for or towards satisfaction of the summes assessed , at such times , and by such persons , and in such manner , as by the said Committee shall be directed ; And in case certificate be made by the said Collectors , that no sufficient distresse can be had , or found , and the sums of money assessed , cannot be levyed by any of the wayes or meanes in the said Ordinance mentioned . Then the said Colonell Randall Manwaring , Colonell Richard Browne , Captaine Edmund Harvey , Captaine Robert Manwaring , Captaine Heriot Washborne , and such Captaines , Lieutenants , Officers and Souldiers under their Command , as they or any of them shall Command and appoint , shall repaire unto the dwelling houses of such person or persons , as are or shall be assessed , and certified as aforesaid , and there or within any other place within this Kingdome , where such person or persons shall be suspected to be , to make diligent search , and him , her , or them , to apprehend and bring in safe custody before the Committee of the house of Commons for Examinations , who have power to imprison them in such places of this Kingdome , and for so long time , as the same Committee shall appoint and Order ; And the said Colonells and Captaines , and other the Captaines , Lieutenants , Officers , and Souldiers , under the command of them or any of them , shall have power to breake open any of the lockes and doores of any roome or other place in or belonging to the said houses or places where search shall be made for the parties assessed , or to be assessed , respectively ; and the Goods , Debts , Money , and Estate of such persons as already are imprisoned , or to be imprisoned , shall still be lyable , and shall and may be seized on , sould , received , and disposed of , for satisfaction of the summes assessed , wheresoever , or in whose hands soever the same shall be found : And the Families of such Persons Assessed , or to be Assessed , who have or shall absent themselves from their dwelling houses , or places of aboade , within the Cities of London and Westminster , the Suburbs of the same , and the Borough of Southwarke , shall be further proceeded against , as in the said Ordinance of 29. Novemb. is provided . And the said Collectors , and all Collonels , Captaines , Lieutenants , Officers , Souldiers , and other person or persons as shall be appointed or imployed , in , and for the better execution of the said Ordinance as aforesaid , shall have the protection of both Houses of Parliament for their indempnity in this service ; And if any thing not mentioned in the said Ordinance of 29. November . or this present Ordinance , may conduce to the more effectuall levying and receiving of monies to be assessed upon the said Ordinance of 29. November , the same is hereby referred to the wisdome and care of the said Committee of Lords and Commons for advance of money and other necessaries for the Army ; And lastly it is Ordered that this Ordinance shall be Printed and published . Jo. Browne Cler. Parliamentorum . Die Veneris 3. Feb. 1642. IT is this day Ordered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled , that the Collectors made upon the Ordinance of the 29. of November , for Assessements , shall have power to breake open any Chests , Trunkes , Boxes , Doores , or other things , whereby to take a Distresse for the summes of money assessed upon any person , and unpaid ; And the time limited for payment by the said Ordinance elapsed ; And also if they finde any Chests , money , or other Goods in the hands of any persons , which shall be proved or confessed to belong to any person assessed , that hath not satisfyed the assessement ; That the said Collectors shall have power to seize such Chests , money , or Goods , for satisfaction of the summes assessed . Jo. Browne Cler. Parliamentorum . Printed at London for Robert Dunscomb . February 11. 1642. 
B04141	----	Chiverton Mayor. Tuesday the eighth day of December 1657. An order of the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, against concealing and colouring the goods of aliens and foreyners. City of London (England). Lord Mayor. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B04141 of text R173836 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing L2864GA). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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An order of the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, against concealing and colouring the goods of aliens and foreyners. City of London (England). Lord Mayor. Chiverton, Richard. City of London (England). Court of Aldermen. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by James Flesher, printer to the honourable City of London, [London] : [1657] Signed at end: Sadler. Place and date of publication taken from Wing (2nd ed.) Reproduction of original in: University of London. Library. eng Customs administration -- Law and legislation -- London (England) -- 17th century. London (England) -- Commerce -- 17th century -- Sources. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. B04141 R173836 (Wing L2864GA). civilwar no Chiverton Mayor. Tuesday the eighth day of December 1657. An order of the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, against concealing and colouring Corporation of London 1657 638 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-12 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-12 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Chiverton Mayor . Tuesday the eighth day of December 1657. An Order of the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen , against concealing and colouring the goods of Aliens and Foreyners . WHereas the Offices of Package , Scavage , Waterballiage , Portage , and weighing the Goods and Merchandizes of Alyens and Foreyners , doe perteine unto this City , and for the same severall Customes , Fees and Profits are due , and time out of mind have been payed to the Officers deputed to those places , and been imployed towards reliefe of the Poore , the conservation of the River of Thames , the maintenance of Hospitality , and support of the Magistracy of this City , and other publique uses : And however the trade especially into foreyne parts is now more then ever it hath been in the hands of Alyens and Foreyners , who have attained to great estates under the Government of this City , without bearing any Charge of the same ; And yet the profits of the said Offices doe fall exceedingly short of what formerly they have been , to the great hindrance of the good uses aforesaid : The decay whereof , as this Court hath understood , is especially caused by many ill disposed and unworthy Freemen of this City , who mindlesse of their Oaths & the Laws under which they live , do in complyance with Alyens and Foreyners ofttimes pretend that the goods they export are their own goods untill they are on Ship-board or beyond the Seas , when in truth such goods are for the accompt of Alyens , or are contracted for by Aliens or Foreyners , and after such contract are the goods of Alyens or Foreyners , and are lyable to the said duties ; And divers other wayes do fraudulently owne and colour the Goods and Merchandizes bought and sould , taken in or sent out , by the said Aliens and Foreyners , some being received into partnership to colour the whole , some for hire permitting the use of their names , and others in their own persons , and in their own names , buying , selling and negotiating , meerly for the use and accompt of Alyens and Foreyners , of which sort too many Cloathworkers , Packers , and Drawers of Cloth are suspected to frequent the Market of Blackwell-hall , and all to defraud the City of their just Rights and Customes which by strongest Obligations they are bound to maintaine ; This Court therefore resolving to put forth the utmost of their power and indeavours for remedy of this so great a mischiefe to the City , and to bring upon the Practicers of the said offences the just shame and punishment due for their perjury and unfaithfulnesse to the interest of the City , according to the Laws and provisions in this behalfe ; Doe require and enjoyne the severall persons deputed and intrusted in the said severall Places or Offices , and whom else it may concern , to be diligent and active in the finding out and apprehension of any the Offenders aforesaid , and do admonish and desire all other honest and well affected Freemen of this City to be assistant to them , and as they have opportunity to endeavour as well the preservation of the City in its said Rights and Duties , as to discover those of its own unnaturall members , and others that would violate and betray the same by any the said practices , to be dealt withall and disfranchised as by Law they ought to be , and doe truely deserve . SADLER . Printed by James Flesher , Printer to the Honourable City of London . 
A85656	----	A declaration in vindication of the honour of the Parliament, and of the committee of the navy and customes; against all traducers: concerning the managing of the navy and customes, and many other weighty affaires of state: faithfully relating what strength of shipping have been yearly employed for the guarding of the seas, and what moneys arising by the revenue of the customes, excise of flesh and salt, and other receits, have been applyed to that use. The rules by which they have been all managed; and a just account how the moneys have been disposed. By Giles Grene, a member of the Honourable House of Commons. Grene, Giles. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A85656 of text R201878 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E405_8). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 38 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 13 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A85656 Wing G1817 Thomason E405_8 ESTC R201878 99862367 99862367 160472 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A85656) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160472) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 64:E405[8]) A declaration in vindication of the honour of the Parliament, and of the committee of the navy and customes; against all traducers: concerning the managing of the navy and customes, and many other weighty affaires of state: faithfully relating what strength of shipping have been yearly employed for the guarding of the seas, and what moneys arising by the revenue of the customes, excise of flesh and salt, and other receits, have been applyed to that use. The rules by which they have been all managed; and a just account how the moneys have been disposed. By Giles Grene, a member of the Honourable House of Commons. Grene, Giles. [2], 22 p. Printed for Laurence Blaiklock., London, : 1647. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Sept: 1". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng England and Wales. -- Parliament. -- Committee of the Navy -- Early works to 1800. England and Wales. -- Royal Navy -- Early works to 1800. Excise tax -- England -- Early works to 1800. Customs administration -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Finance -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Naval operations -- Early works to 1800. A85656 R201878 (Thomason E405_8). civilwar no A declaration in vindication of the honour of the Parliament,: and of the committee of the navy and customes; against all traducers: concer Grene, Giles. 1647 6555 10 0 0 0 0 0 15 C The rate of 15 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Robyn Anspach Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Robyn Anspach Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A DECLARATION In Vindication of the Honour of THE PARLIAMENT , And of the COMMITTEE of the NAVY and CVSTOMES ; against all Traducers : Concerning the managing of the Navy and Customes , and many other weighty Affaires of State : Faithfully Relating what strength of Shipping have been yearly employed for the guarding of the Seas , and what moneys arising by the Revenue of the Customes , Excise of Flesh and Salt , and other Receits , have been applyed to that Use . The Rules by which they have been all managed ; and a just Account how the moneys have been disposed . By GILES GRENE , a Member of the Honourable House of Commons . LONDON , Printed for Laurence Blaiklock . 1647. A DECLARATION In Vindication of the Honour of the PARLIAMENT , and of the Committee of the Navy and Customes ; against all Traducers . Concerning the managing of the Navy and Customes , and many other weighty Affaires of State . THere is no truth now more apparent , then that the tongues and pens of many men ; and the Presse have in these latter times been so loose and disordered , as that they have been applied too frequently to the scandalizing of proceedings in Parliament , and the severall Committees , and Members by them imployed , in the transacting of the weighty affaires of the Kingdome , during the times of these late distempers : that so they might bring them into the disaffections of the people . The truth of this is clearely proved by those severall Pamphlets which every day are engendred , and sent abroad into the world : and by the cunning and artifice of severall evill disposed persons , of different tempers , they are made instrumentall for different ends and intentions . And this is perceived by all wise men , so that it is hoped those Libells take no impression with them , in regard of the persons scandalized : And amongst others finding the Committee of the Navy and Customes , as they have had no small part of the care and trouble of these weighty affaires , so not to have the least share in those scandalls and reproaches : In discharge of the duty I owe unto the Parliament , who when the King deserted them , were necessitated to undertake the Government of the Navy Royall of this Kingdome , for the safety and good thereof , and likewise of the Customes appointed for its maintenance and support , and also in discharge of that particular duty I owe the Committee of the Navy and Customes , and the Gentlemen attending those services , unto whose care and trust both Houses of Parliament committed that great and weighry Charge . And to cleare up the Honour , Care , Prudence , and Fidelity of both Parliament and Committee , against all Traducers , in the advantagious and faithfull discharge of the trust for the weale and safety of the People , and all the three Kingdomes ; I thought it not the least part of my duty , ( being best acquainted with those affairs ) to make this following Declaration of the beginning , progresse , and present State of the same ; relating to the Customes and Navy ; and by what Rules they have been transacted . In the yeare 1641. shortly after the Parliament first sate , and before the King deserted them , the House of Commons appointed some Gentlemen of that Committee , and recommended to their charge the discovery of the abuses of the then Farmors of the Customes , and the Examination of their Accounts from the first yeare of his Majesties Raigne , unto that time : And notwithstanding the work was conceived by many worthy Gentlemen not to be feazible , yet that Cmmittee within few Months by their report did so satisfie the House of the whole State of that affaire , as it produced 176000. in fines to the use of the state . This done about the 25. of May 1641. the House of Commons commanded that Committee to frame a Bill for the legall payment of Tonnage and Poundage , to continue for a few weeks , untill some difficulties and misunderstandings between the King and Parliament were removed ; and upon the same grounds severall other short Acts of Parliament were passed untill Iuly 1642. But the burthens upon Merchandize , both forreign and domestick being unequally layd by the old Book of Rates , occasioned severall complaints and Petitions , from Merchants , Cloathiers , Shopkeepers , and others , unto the Parliament , for ease of those burthens ; whereupon in the yeare 1641. the House ordered that Committee to frame a new Book of Rates : This proved a work of that travell and consequence in relation to the support of the trade of the Kingdome on the one side , and the Revenue of the Kingdome for support of the Navy , the strength of the Kingdome , on the other side , as it became full of labour and intricacy to keep the Ballance even ; for the encrease of the one , and support of the other , of which the very bare discovery of those Rules which the wisedome of that Committee found out to the due framing of that elaborate work , will sufficiently satisfie the Reader at first view . They first divided all Merchandize into Domestick and Forreign . Domestick into Commodities totally to be prohibited , or to be transported . Transportations into Manufactures of Wooll , and Other Staple Commodities . The Manufactures of Wooll , in regard of their generall influence throughout most conditions of men , and hazard of the losse of that Trade in Forraigne parts so much of late undermined by Forraigne manufactures , was much eased of its former imposition . The other Staple Commodities as Tyn , Lead , &c. not so subject to danger as the others , were raised to some higher Rates , according as the same could well beare . The Forraign Commodities were divided into Necessaries . and Superfluities . Necessaries , and of certain use , as victualls , and all materialls for to encrease the Manufactures of the Kingdome were eased . Superfluities which might be spared , and were incentives to Prodigality , either in apparrall , or diet , food , or rayment , had their full load ; saving that in the very superfluities they found it necessary to make addifference : As , Those of bulk , advantagious in the employment of Shipping and Marriners , in that relation , were somewhat eased . Those of small Stowage had a full load laid on them . Yet in those likewise they made a difference : Easing all such as were unmanufactured , Burthening the re●t . But the Marchants of the Kingdome not only suffering under the unequall impositions laid on their Commodities , but under the Arbitrary power , and undue Fees of the Officers of the Customes , which oftentimes more oppressed them then the payment of the impositions themselves . It was not the least labour of that Committee , to dispose of the manner of payment of the duty , and to give such directions therein as by those Rules they delivered the Merchant , from all occasions of oppression , by the Officer , and yet kept up the Officer in his due esteeme . In compleating of this great work , the Committee proceeded by a further rule , as well to attaine to the knowledge of the value of all Commodities , as to their usefulnesse , without which , they could not well agree on the duty : And to that end did make use of the labours and judgements of many Merchants of quality , of known integrity , and best experienced in Forraigne Trade , and Importers of the severall Commodities , who having with much labour laid the foundation of this great work ; It was also the wisdome of the Committee in so high a trust to take advice from the Retailors , and severall Traders in the respective Commodities . And after divers dayes disputes with them , having made their observations in writing of the differences in opinion between the Importer and Buyer , did referre the whole work together with their own observations , unto the Farmours and Officers of the Customes , who according to their great experience and wisedome , did contribute much unto the compleating thereof : And upon return of their opinions , the Committee finding yet further differences ; did after divers dayes spent in conference with the three Parties , viz. the Importer , the Buyer , and the Officer , and upon observations from them all , appoint a generall meeting of the Merchants , Retailors , and Officers , acquainted them with their differences in opinion , which were reduced to very few , considering the variety and greatnesse of the work : And after a deliberate debate with them joyntly , the Committee did compleat that work ; and so presented it to the House of Commons , where it received a generall approbation with very few amendments . The Book of Rates thus formed , and upon Report made to the House of Commons thereof , being approved and passed without a contradicting voyce , Order was given for the same to be printed and published ; and an Act of Parliament to be drawn for Tonnage and Poundage , relating to these Rates , which with great deliberation of that Committee , and advice with the Kings Councell , learned in the Law , was drawn accordingly , reported and past both Houses , and sent to the King then at York , for the Royall Assent , which his Majesty refusing , Order was given to that Committee to consider of a way how to continue the payment of Tonnage and Poundage by an Ordnance which they did accordingly , which upon Report passed both Houses : Here arose the great difficulty of managing the affaires of the Customes , which by Ordnance of Parliament was committed to the charge of that Committee , wherein power was given them to remove and place all Officers belonging to the Customes , to give Orders and Directions to the Commissioners of the Customes as occasion should serve : To heare and decide all differences happening between the Merchants and Officers in reference to the Customes ; and by their Orders to dispose of all moneys arising on the Customes , for the use of the Navie . An imployment of great weight and as great trust , and which they discharged with as much faithfulnesse , wisedome , and advantage to the State , the distractions of the times , the disaffections of many Merchants , and the want of a penalty to enjoyn the payment , considered , as ever that affaire was managed sithence the Conquest ; which doth manifestly appeare by their saving upward of twelve thousand pound per Annum , in the very charge of the Commissioners ; and reduced unnecessary Officers , formerly employed in the managing of those affaires , and yet encreased that Revenue at least one third per Annum , in those Ports which were still under the obedience of Parliament , besides the receits of those Out-Ports that were regained from the Enemy . The distractions of the Kingdome encreasing after the Kings deserting the Parliament : It pleased both Houses by Ordinance in August 1642. to commit the charge of the Navy , and setting forth the yearly Fleets to Sea for the defence of the three Kingdomes , unto the care of that Committee of the Customes , and so they became the Committee of the Navy and Customes : By which Ordinance they had power to order the payments of moneys arising from the Customes to the Treasurer of the Navy , who was a member of that Committee , for the carrying on of that work : And the moneys being so setled in his hands , they were all to be issued out by him , by the only Order of that Committee ; which Trust I dare confidently affirm he hath discharged with as much clearnesse and freedome from any corruption as ever Treasurer did . And to satisfie the world that this trust was faithfully discharged by that Committee , I will here give a short account of the severall Fleets set to Sea , with their strength and charge . In the year 1642 the Parliament doubting that Forraign Force would be invited into this Kingdome , commanded that Committee that a strong Fleet should be set to Sea , for that yeare , which consisted of twenty Saile of the Kings Ships , and twenty three Merchants Ships with 5382. Marriners , the charge whereof as well in the Summer as Winter Guard , with other matters incident to the keeping up of the Navy , that yeare amounted to two hundred and one thousand , seven hundred sixty one pounds . 201761 l. In the year 1643. the Parliament having more particular information of preparation of Forraign Forces to infest this Kingdome , there were set forth for the Summer Fleet 34 of the Kings Ships , & 34 Merchants Ships , with 7265 Marriners , and for the Winter Guard 21 Kings Ships , and 24 Merchants Ships , with 4035 Marriners , the whole charge whereof with other matters incident to the keeping up of the Navie , did amount unto three hundred and thirty thousand three hundred sixty nine pounds . 330369 l. In the yeare 1644. there were set forth for the Summer Fleet , 36 Kings Ships , and 20 Merchants Ships , with 5099 Marriners , and for the Winter Guard , 18 Kings Ships , and 13 Merchants Ships , with 2677. Marriners : The totall charge whereof with other matters incident to the keeping up of the Navy , did amount unto two hundred thirty eight thousand foure hundred and seventy pounds . 238470 l. In the year 1645. there were set forth for the Summer Fleet , 34 Kings Ships , and 20 Merchants ships , with 4483 Marriners , and for the Winter Guard , 27 Kings Ships , and 14. Merchants Ships , with 2950 Marriners ; the totall charge whereof with other matters incident to the keeping up of the Navy , amounted to two hundred twenty five thosand , five hundred forty foure pounds . 225544 l. In the yeare 1646. there were set forth for the Summer Fleet , forty foure Kings Ships , and 29 Merchants Ships , with 5605 Marriners , and for the Winter Guard , 26 Kings Ships , and 12 Merchants ships with 2880 Marriners ; the totall charge whereof with other matters incident to the keeping up of the Navy , amounted to two hundred ninety six thousand , fifty one pound . 296051 l. And this year , there are set forth for the Summer Fleet 43 of the Kings Ships and Frigats , and 13 Merchants Ships ; the charge whereof with the Frigots now building , furnishing the Magazin , and paying the Ordinaries , and the other matters of the Navy , will per estimate amount unto two hundred thirty three thousand foure hundred and fifteen pounds . 233415 l. Besides , there have severall years been set out severall Ships , by private Adventurers by way of reprizall , which have been allowed victuals by the State . In all which Expeditions , these particular actions of that Committee are remarkable . 1. That being furnished with this great power and trust , in setting forth of Ships , providing of materials and payment of moneys , they took along with them the concurrent advice and full consent of the Commissioners of the Navy , Victulars of the Navy , Officers of the Ordnance , and all other Officers of the Navy respectively , as fellow servants trusted with them , who by the order and directions of that Committee , did with all chearefulnesse and faithfulnesse , for any thing that ever appeared unto that Committee , act and execute all things for the greatest advantage of the State , in relation to the honour , safety , and profit thereof . 2. That with their concurrent advice and help , the severall Yards , & Store-houses of the Navy Royal , were so plentifully & seasonably maintained with Pitch , Tarre , Hemp , Cordage , Planck , Timber , and all other materials for shipping : And the Office of Ordnance so furnished with Ordnance , Powder , Shott , & other Gunners Stoares , The victualling Office so carefully and advantagiously managed , as that there was not one ship of all these severall Fleets , but at her setting to Sea was compleatly and Arithmetically furnished with double Equipage , of Cordage , Sayles , &c. with due proportion of Powder , Match , Bullett , according to the Number and dimensions of her Ordnance : and with Beef , Pork , Fish , Pease , Butter , Cheese , Bread , Beere , and all other victuals , and all of the choysest and best , as there was never complaint made to the Parliament or Committee of any defect of any of these , either for quantity or quality . 3. That comming in of ships , ( saving in the time of the late Commissioners of the Customes , who for some reasons best known to themselves , did refuse upon pressing occasions to furnish the Parliament or that Committee with money or credit : ) The Committee took that care for providing of moneys , ( many times with their credit ) as the Marriners were so timely paid off , that the State was not at the charge of one dayes dead pay , neither was ever complaint of Marriners hard at the doores of the Parliament , since the time of these Commissioners . 4. That the whole body of the Navy was kept up , in that honour , strength , and readinesse for service , as no age can parallel , there being at this present an increase of above thirty ships and Frigats more then they found belonging to the Navy Royall , whereof some have been taken by reprizall , some bought for money , and some built from the stocks , which are most active nimble Vessels , all now in service . 5. That this great work was so advantagiously carried on , as notwithstanding the State was sometime above three hundred thousand pounds in debt , an● atpresent about two hundred and fifty thousand pound● yet hitherto ( saving in the time before mentioned ) there never wanted monies to carry through all the difficulties of that service . Neither was the managing of the Customes and of the Navy , though two such great workes , the only imployment of that Committee : But in the yeare 1643. the Parliament having by reason of the great fleetes contracted great debts on the Navy , were pleased to put an Excise on Flesh and Salt , the profits whereof they appropriated to the use of the Navy , and committed the charge and care thereof to that Committee , by whose wisedome and care , with the concurrence of the Commissioners of Excise , only by changing the manner of the collection , the yearly income was encreased from about seven or eight thousand pound , unto near sixty thousand pound per Ann. as by the Commissioners of Excize Accounts will appeare ; All which monies were disposed of by that Committee by the same Rule of Customes . Besides , there are severall Gentlemen of this Committee who being with divers honourable Lords , appointed a Committee for the Excize , have transacted very great matters concerning the regulating of those Receipts , and reconciling of differences happening in the same . There was a further charge lay on that Committee , which was the managing of the ships , and goods taken by reprizall , which begot not the least trouble to the Committee , in regard of the many intricare cases , which fell out , scarce numerable , in so short a Narrative , yet was that distracted work with the faithfullnesse , care , and 〈◊〉 of the Commissioners and Collectors appointed for reprizall goods , carried on with all advantage as was possible for so unhappy a work to bee managed , which proved much the more troublesome and intricate , ( though the cheifest part of that trouble fell to the Collectors ) by reason owners of Merchants ships and all mariners had shares in all prizes and prize goods taken ; And this is here remarkable , that there is not an owner of shipping , nor mariner in the Kingdome that can justly complaine , but that he hath received his full payment of all advantages which have been made in this kind , saving in some cases of late , only for want of a Iudge of the Admiralty to adjudge the same . Beyond all this , It is observeable , that in the first yeare of these unhappy distractions , six of the Committee of the Navy with three honourable Lords , did discharge the office of the Lord high Admirall , and of the Judge of the Admiralty : and with unexpressible trouble and care , without the help of the Admiralty Court , the Iudge having deserted it , did by the order of the Parliament , wade through those intricare cases which fell out that first yeare . Besides this , severall worthy Gentlemen of that Committee , have for divers years since , together with divers honourable Lords , for want of a Lord High Admirall , by command of both Houses , carried on the whole frame of the affaires of the Admiralty and Cinque-ports . There lay yet a further charge on divers Gentlemen of that Committee , in regard of those relations which that Committee had unto all Sea affaires and to trade : It pleased the Parliament to joyne them with divers honourable Lords as a Committee of forreign affaires , who by reason of the variety of complaints , which came from the severall Ambassadors of Spaine , France , the States , and orhers , of the ships and goods of their Masters subjects to be taken in reprizall , by ships imployed by the Parliament , were often incumbred with many intricate points of State ; And it was no ordinary service which those noble Lords and the rest of that Committee , laboured under to defend the just rights of the Parliament , upon those severall Emergencies which fell out , in speciall , between the Ambassadors of the States ; And this Committee , who after three Moneths debate , did maintaine the Actions of the Parliament as warrantable , by Treaties of State , and by Law of Nature , and Nations ; As by a Declaration sent unto the States from both Houses of Parliament , most clearely appeareth ▪ and this Committee held constant weekly intelligence with the Parliaments Agents imployed in France , Flanders , and Holland , for the obtaining of Justice for those Merchants , who were agrieved by the taking or seazure of their ships or goods , or otherwise . There was another burthen lay on that Committee , which was the managing of that most Christian and honourable work for the Redemption of the poore Captives from their slavery under the Turke , who with the help and unwearied paines of divers worthy Merchants of the City of London , did with all advantage carry on that work , which will bee memorable to Posterity : The care of the money collected for those uses , and the imployment of them being trusted by the Parliament , with that Committee , and that trust with all faithfullnesse discharged , so as had not that sad accident happened on the Ship Honour in the losse of the first Cargason at Gilbraltar , ( which much increased the trouble of that Committee , and those Gentlemen ) the work had well neare been finished ; yet blessed be God , two hundred and fifty Captives are redeemed and brought home , Ten thousand pounds sterling more in peeces of Eight sent away for Argier , and another Cargason of the like value ready to be sent upon the first intelligence from the Agent at Argier : And care is taken for the redemption of those in Tunnis , Sally , Saphia , and all south Barbary . Besides all those publick and weighty imployments of that Committee , uncessant were their labours in particular businesses referred unto them by the House of Commons : As the recovery in of the monyes due on the bonds delivered in by the Farmours taken for Customes in the time of the late Act of Parliament : preparing Ordinances for the advancement of the Trade of severall Companys of Merchants trading into forreign parts , with limited Rules and Restrictions ; composing of differences upon severall occasions between Merchants and Officers of the Customes ; and examining , and stating that intricate affaire of the Vintners , which subjected them to just Fines ; and many other businesses of great weight and intricacy , and were with all cheerefullnesse and faithfullnesse transacted to cleare up the Honour and Iustice of the Parliament : and that without the use of any Arbitrary power , but in all cases which they found proper to receive their Tryalls in any Courts of Iustice , were carefull to referr such causes to their proper Courts . But the whole former Narrative may bee true , yet the Honour of the Parliament , or of the Committee of the Navy no way cleared , but rather stands the more deeply charged : For it doth appeare by severall passages in the Narrative , That the Committee of the Navy have executed the power and trust of two great Officers of State ; as in the first yeare of these unnaturall Distempers , being 1642 , the Office of the Lord High Admirall : and from that very yeare to this day the greatest part of the office and trust of the Lord Treasurert ; These had the power of disposing multitudes of offices , the one In the Navy , the other in the Customes ; besides great fees and other perquisites of profit and great advantage ; yet the power of the Committee rested not here , but the Narrative setts forth divers other imployments of trust , whereby great advantages have bin very probably made by that Committee or some private Gentlemen , as the preferment of persons to Offices , and those unworthy or not qualified for such Offices , and men of more merit , sufferings and abilities laid by , which doth lay a great blemish on the honour of the Parliament , to imploy their own Members in such great places of trust and advantage ; And this is visible to all men , that the Chaireman of that Committee , had five hundred pounds per annum , allowed him , besides all his other great advantages , or otherwise neither he nor some others of that Committee would ever have followed the affaires of that Committee , with that zeale and paines early and late , that scarce a Trades-man in the City , or husband-man in the Countrey tooke the like : so that he was thereby brought to such weaknesse at three times , he was at the very gates of death by sedentary diseases . Vnto all which it is necessary to give this further account that as to my own particular , I do here in the presence of the Almighty God , the searcher of all hearts , and the righteous Iudge as well of all mens intentions , as of their Actions , protest ; That next that duty I owe unto God , who hath called me to this imployment , and to the Parliament , who hath intrusted mee with the same , and to my Country , for whose sake and preservation I was sent hither , all irresistable motives to an Ingenious and conscionable Christian , to make me account no labour too great , nor care too much , to be any way instrumentall in so great and glorious a work as the Reformation in Church and State , being the main end of the Endeavours of the Parliament ; I say next the duty I owed to those former relations , I was impatiently studious ( with the help , wisedome , and care of that Committee ) to manage those great workes with that advantage to the Common-wealth , and with that clearenesse from all private ends , as that on the one side the King , on the other side the people , might be in love with Parliaments ; the King that he might see the great difference in the managing of the affaires of State , between the Councells of the Parliament , and his old Councellours , of whom he was so fond , and by most of whom he was so grosly deceived , and the State abused ; on the other side , that the people might see their happinesse under the Government of a King directed by the Councell of Parliament , in receiving redresse of their grievances , releise in their wants , due and speedy justice with all cleerenesse , and without consumption of their time , by long attendance , or of their estates by needlesse and forced expences . And as to the five hundred pound allowed mee by the Parliament , towards the defraying of my expences , having my whole estate then under the power of the Enemy for above three yeares ; I acknowledge it a great mercy from God , and a great favour in the Parliament , to provide so liberally for me : yet I doe professe that those monies have not supplied my necessities , but before the Quarters have come about , I have been forced to borrow mony of my children or servants , for to defray my ordinary disbursements ; yet have I not bin profuse either in apparrell or dyet , but have lived in a far lesse plenty then before I came to attend the service of the Parliament . And as to the disposing of those severall Offices , either in the Navy or Customes ; I doe make this Answer , that it is true , that many hundreds of persons most of them destroyed in their Estates by these civill warrs , had their Petitions ly before that Committee for preferments unto office ; and that Committee did accordingly dispose of very many as they fell , wherein they used all possible care that the persons they preferred should be qualified for the imployment , men that had suffered in their Estates , and recommended for their integrities ; And to my best remembrance they never preferred any but upon the speciall recommendation and certificate of the Members of one or both Houses or Parliament : All which offices were by that Committee conferred with so much care and clearnesse , as what ever was the former practice of officers of State , in disposing of them for money , a thing too apparent , and too great a blemish to those times : yet I doe with all confidence affirme , that neither my selfe , nor any Gentleman of that Committee ever received one penny for any such preferment ; And that Committee in this point have been so exact and tender , in regard of the Scandall that might arise to the Parliament , by sale of Offices , as that they have from time to time taken strict Account of the Clerks attending that Committee , what advantages they made by the disposing of such Offices ; And it appeares by their Accounts duly kept , they have gotten between them all for Orders , Warrants , and Grants for Offices , not full thitty five pound , whereof neare forty places have been Customers , Comptroulers , and Searchers in the Custome house , all places of repute and profit , And as to the profits which did arise the first year , for the Admirall tenths , and were alwayes by him carefully taken and converted to his private use . I do confesse there were Prizses taken that year which amounted unto twenty two thousand pound or thereabouts , whereof two thousand two hundred pound accrued to the tenths , but that neither out of the tenths , nor any other profits whatsoever , I never received one farthing , but all the profits were faithfully converted by that Committee to the use of the State . As to the Office of the L. Treasurer in the disposing of moneys , the last particular , and wherein satisfaction may more especially be expected , of what advantages have been made by the moneys arising by those three springs , or otherwise appropriate to the disposall of this Committee . From the Customes hath bin ordered unto Sir Henry Vane ( whereof seventy thousand pounds is borrowed ) nine hundred twenty three thousand eight hundred sixty foure pounds two shilling & ten pence half-penny . 923864 l. 2 s. 10 d. ●b . From the Excise of Flesh and Salt , one hundred forty five thousand foure hundred seventy one pounds seventeen shillings and seven pence . 145471 l. 17 s. 7 d. From Prize goods , twenty three thousand nine hundred forty three pounds six shillings six pence halfe-penny . 23943 l. 6 s. 6 d. From other hands and receipts being either moneys borrowed , which are since repaid , or otherwise for speciall reasons appointed for the use of the Navy , ninety three thousand six hundred pounds three shillings and nine pence . 93600 l. 3 s. 6 d. Amounting in the whole , 1186879 l. 10 s. 9 d. To which I say , That as in the case of Offices , so in this also , the Committee have commanded their Clerks to give an account of what hath been given them for the Orders signed for moneys ; and it appeares , it hath not been communibus annis , fifty pounds per Annum unto each ; yet in Orders , Letters , &c. twenty Reames of Paper at least , have yearly been written , besides the Journals of the Committee , which are with all faithfulnesse and care preserved for the use of the Parliament . And to satisfie the World of my own integrity , I do solemnly professe , as in the presence of God , at whose Tribunall , I must give an account for all my Actions before all Men and Angels ; that for the appointing of all those moneys disposed of by that Committee , I never received , nor any other to my knowledge for my use , any Summe or Summes of money , not the value of a penny from any person or persons whatsoever as a Fee , Bribe , Reward , or what other name you may give it ; but the same hath in every part been faithfully conveyed from the Treasury of the State to the hands of the subject without any advantage made upon them , saving that there was about foure yeares since , three pounds sent unto me from a Captaine at Sea for a Beaver hat , which mony I gave freely away , and was disposed to my best remembrance thirty shillings to the distressed protestants which came from Ireland , the other moity to maymed Souldiers in the Parliaments service : ) Nor have I ever received any Sume or Sums for any other affai●●s of Parliament whatsoever transacted by that Committee All provocations tending there unto I have avoyded , and declined , I abhorre and from my soule detest the very thought of such proceedings : It is so farr below a Gentleman and a Member of the high Court of Parliament . If any man can justly charge me with any such matter , there is a Committee appointed by the House of Commons for examination of such matters , where he may complaine : and I will give him fouresold reparations ; Or further , if any man can make it evident , that he hath given any thing as a reward , gratuity , or such like to my wife , any child , servant , or any other for my use , I will make him reparation to the full value . And for any Gentleman , or other person , that hath at any time by way of civility brought or sent me any thing whatsoever , which yet among men is lawfull , and may have in it no dishonest intentions either in the giver or receiver ; I doe hereby invite and desire him to let me know the value of the same , and I will willingly satisfie him for it : And what I have here asserted on my own behalfe , I am confident I may with much freedome assert on the behalfe of those worthy Gentlemen of the Committee , who constantly attended those Services . And now I have done , and by this I hope have 〈◊〉 all modest Christians , and stopped the mouth 〈◊〉 slander : whereby I trust I have discharged my first ●●gagement , in clearing up the honour of the Parliam●●● and of the Committee of the Navy and Customes , 〈◊〉 their faithfull transacting of all the affaires 〈◊〉 to their trust and charge : that they have been 〈◊〉 not with any base or private ends or advantages , 〈◊〉 with publick spirits to the honour of the Parlia●●●● good of the people , advantage and safety of the ●●●dom . By GILES GRENE Esquire A Member of the Honourable House of Commons . FINIS .