royal blazon or coat of arms incorporating Scottish thistle and Tudor rose HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE ❧ By the King's majesties Surveyor of coals to be shipped at Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, and Blythe, and other places adjacent, to be brought to the City of London, or otherwise to be spent within the Realm of ENGLAND.  
THe Kings most Excellent Majesty, affecting nothing more than the good of his loving Subjects in general, and having been very credibly informed of the great abuses and wrongs daily committed in mingling amongst coals, commonly called Newcastle coals, much black Earth, Dirt, Slate, and other bad stuff not fit to burn or serve for firing, and so mingled are brought and uttered within the Realm of England, and thereby for the most part the same Newcastle coals are made unmerchantable, to the great hurt and prejudice of the buyers thereof, as well Noblemen, Knights, Gentlemen, and other his majesties loving Subjects, who partly for the preservation of woods, and partly for the scarcity of woods, do for the most part burn of the same.  
Hath been graciously pleased by his highness Letters Patents, under his majesties great Seal of England, bearing date the six and twentieth day of February, in the thirteenth year of his majesties reign of England, France, and Ireland, and of Scotland the nine and fortieth, to prohibit and suppress such wrongs and abuses as aforesaid: And to appoint the foresaid Surveyor to be Surveyor of the said coals, who, or his Deputy, or Deputies, are to be attending and attendant in and about the searching, viewing, seeing, and surveying of the said coals: And are appointed to inform and complain against such as shall offend in such mingling or uttering of unmerchantable coals, as aforesaid: And to have a Seal of office, under which to certify what coals, and of what sort of goodness of coals, any Master, Owner, or Shipper, do or shall take in, freight, or lad into their Ships or Barks at the places abovesaid, to be brought to the City of London, or otherwise to be spent within this Realm of England, to the end that the buyers of the same coals may the better know and be informed of the goodness or badness of them.  
And therefore if any person, or persons, shall at any time, or times hereafter, have any cause or causes of complaint against any Master, Owner, Shipper, or others, for bringing, uttering, or selling unto them such unmerchantable coals as aforesaid: Let him or them so grieved, repair unto Andrew Boyde Esquire, his majesties Surveyor in that behalf appointed, or unto his Deputy or Deputies, at his Offices hereunder mentioned, and there in writing (without any charge to such as shall so complain) leave his or their cause or causes of complaint touching the premises, & speedy information, according to the provision of the said Letters Patents, shall be made & given against such as do or shall offend against the same Letters Patents: As his majesties most gracious pleasure is therein signified.  
The Offices for receiving of such complaints concerning the abuses abovesaid, The one that is for the City of London is kept at Dowgate: And the other Office is kept in the Town of Newcastle upon Tyne.  
God save the King.