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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65082	An humble declaration to the right honourable the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, touching the transportation of gold and silver, and other abuses practised upon the coynes and bullion of this realm, presented the 12th day of April, 1643 wherein is declared the great mischeifes that have befallen the common-wealth, by the above-said misdemeanours / by Thomas Violet ...	Violet, Thomas, fl. 1634-1662.	1643 (1643)	Wing V581; ESTC R39740	12,015	42

An Humble DECLARATION To the Right Honourable the Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled touching the transportation of Gold and Silver and other abuses practised upon the Coynes and Bullion of this Realme presented the 12th day of April 1643. Wherein is Declared the great mischeifes that have befallen the Common-wealth by the above-said misdemeanours By THOMAS VIOLET of London Gold-smith ¶ LONDON Printed by R. H. 1643. MAY it please this Honourable Assembly to take into their consideration the great mischiefes and inconveniences that have hapned unto this Kingdome and most especially since the first yeer of his Majesties Reigne by the exporting of Gold and Silver into Forreigne parts to the inestimable damage of the Common-wealth by the great abuses of many Gold-Smiths and others in culling and sorting the heavie current Coines of this Kingdome to the end to transport or melt down the same and in buying and selling Gold and Silver above the price of the Mint by which meanes they fore-stall the Mint and with the Gold and Silver thus bought for the most part furnish Merchants and others to transport the same being either the species and peeces of Forreinge Gold and Silver or the current Coins of Gold and Silver of this Kingdome Which Offences being of a high and transcendent nature and such as by the Judgement of Parliament 5 Richard 2. chap. 2. tend to the ruine and destruction of the Common-wealth for which causes all former ages have been very carefull to prevent these mischiefes And neverthelesse the covetousnesse of many men hath been such that notwithstanding all these Laws and severall proceedings and Sentences had and given against them in an extraordinary way in the Court of Star-chamber They have of late yeeres transported so much Gold out of the Kingdome that as it is credibly conceived by those that pay and receive great summes of money there is not the tenth part of the Gold left that was in the Stock of this Kingdome in the beginning of his now Majesties Reigne so that our new and old Gold is ten times more plentifull in France and in Flanders than it is with us in England to the unspeakable losse of this Kingdome That in the Ninth Tenth and Eleventh yeer of his now Majesties Reigne His Majestie being informed and taking notice of the plenty of English Gold and Coines current in France and of the abuses and disorders above mentioned befalling the Coyne and Bullion of the Kingdome and taking the same into serious consideration by the advice of His Privie Councell directed that the transporters of Gold or Silver the melters down of the current Silver Coynes of this Kingdome the buyers and sellers of Gold and Silver at above the price of the Mint their Agents Instruments and Assistants should with all diligence be found and severely punished according to the Laws which care of His and those that endevored therein neverthelesse for some time tooke no effect and notwithstanding it was generally conceived and understood as the truth was that great quantities of Gold were weekly carried into France yet were the Instruments used therein so few and secret and the wayes and means for the transporting the same so cunningly and closely contrived that the same could not either by the intercepting of Letters or by the Merchants or Factors Books of accompts or the Books of the Gold-Smiths as formerly it had been in the case of the Dutchmen about the yeer 1618. be found out or discerned for the Letters were for the most part written in Cyphers and Characters and subscribed and signed by strange and unknown names and yet well known to the Factors and Correspondents and for the contents of the Letters they made mention of Needles Blades Gloves Ribbon roles of Tobacco and such like things to be sent over and meant by those names and for the accompts the same was entred in the accompts kept of Exchangers so that no man upon perusall of such Books could finde any other thing mentioned but Bills of Exchange others kept double accompts and such as had been lesse warie and close presently upon the first report of the first that was questioned touching transportation cancelled and defaced all such Books as could any wayes manifest their dealings in the same and though divers Merchants Books of accompts were seized on by order from the Lords of the Privie-Councell and under Examination in the Hands of St. John Bankes His Majesties then Attorney Generall Mr. Diconson and Mr. Trumball then Clerkes of his Majesties Councell and divers others yet nothing could be proved by their Bookes Now His Majestie and the Lords finding that the abuses and offences above mentioned were acted by and passed through so many hands and grown to such a height that the same could not be reformed without exemplarie punishment and considering the discovery and prosecution of all offences of this nature so secretly and cunningly contrived as aforesaid would very hardly if at all be discovered and found out with any diligence of such as were not acquainted with the said contrivances Hereupon this Declarant being by some detected before the Lords of His Majesties Privie Councell to be a transporter of Gold and Silver and therefore suffered a long imprisonment with perill of his life and losse of much of his estate abroade and here was by His Majestie and divers Lords of the said Councell commanded and enjoyned to attend and prosecute in this businesse of transportation of Gold for the service of His Majestie and the Common-wealth for which he was to receive his enlargement with promise of his Pardon And further to more encourage him therein a promise in his Majesties name was declared by the then Lord Keeper Coventry Mr. Secretary Cooke and other officers of State that this Declarant besides his enlargement and pardon should aswell have satisfaction of such money as he should expend in the discovery and prosecution of Delinquents for the foresaid offences as also to receive a reward for his time taken and spent in this service out of the Fines of such Delinquents as should by other testimonies then of this Declarant be proved to be offenders Upon which Commands and Promises of the Kings Majesty and to preserve and keep himselfe from the evills then depending on him he undertooke this service as Sr. John Banks now chiefe Justice of his Majesties Court of Common Pleas Sr. John Cooke besides divers others of honour and quality very well know And thereupon this Declarant attending his Majesties said Attorney aswell with such names as this Declarant had presented touching the premises as with such as some others had named for transporters soon after his Majesties said Attorney 22 June 11o. Car. filed a Bill in the Star-chamber against divers persons that had offended touching the premises and after the 30th of the said June another Information was exhibited against other offenders in the Star-chamber That both these Informations were prosecuted in the Star-chamber and brought to