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A65091	A true narrative of the proceedings in the Court of Admiraltie against the ships Sampson, Salvador, and George, their silver and lading and an accompt presented what silver was taken out of the said ships, and coined in the tower (being above two hundred seventy eight thousand pounds), all which silver the common-wealth got by the chargeable prosecution and discovery of Tho. Violet, who saved the common-wealth this silver, Dec. 16, 1652 ... : together with several humble proposals, for the profit and honour of this common-wealth, in saving them many score of thousand pounds ... / by Tho. Violet ...	Violet, Thomas, fl. 1634-1662.	1659 (1659)	Wing V594; ESTC R18686	84,216	166

Harrington Sir George Flettwood and the Officers of the Mint This memoriall I put down to let Doctor Walker know that though hee could forget mee and certifie his knowledge by halfes It may ' one ' day I le in my lot not to forget him but to certifie my knowledge of him fully when I finde a convenient time If Doctor Walker could have made this discovery without mee hee would never have intreated mee to doe it as appears by his Orders and Letters to Mr. Dorislaws Mr. Bud Mr. How and Mr. Arnold Officers in the Court of Admiraltie vid. fol. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. Sir James Harringtons Report and Certificate upon the desire and request to him of Sir Thomas Viner Sir John Barkstead Iohn Limbery Maurice Thomson Esquires I Have read Mr Thomas Violets Petition and his desires mentioned in the annexed Paper as also the desires of the Referrees and in compliance of his sad request so farr as my memory serves mee which hath been refreshed by the veiw of severall Orders of Parliament Council of State Certificates Depositions and memorialls formerly transacted in the Petitioners business both concerning the Silver mentioned in the Petition and severall other of Mr. Violets faithfull services done by him for this Common-wealth I do signifie and declare that from the yeare 1649. to the year 1653. being the time I had acquaintance with Mr. Violet I observed that hee had a deepe profound judgement and insight into the secrets of our Mint in England knew the mistery and secrets of other Mints in forreign parts and the severall Arts misteries and waies forreign Nations used to induce and draw Bullion both gold and silver to their several Mints and Countries and the Lawes and ordinances forreign Nations made for hindering the exportation in every respective Countrey And that both my selfe and others my Associates of the Council of State in business of high and great concernments as to the Civil part especially concerning the Mint and Trade made use of him in many perticular services for the Publique And indeed for my selfe I must give him this just and due Commendations that for all the time I knew him at the Council of State hee was very diligent to advance the publique service as will appeare by the Acts of the Council in those times if recourse be thereunto had Which actings of his and his diligent attendance at the Council of State was in prosecution for many years to obtain his estate which was taken from him by the Parliament as hee constantly affirmed both to my selfe and others my associates of the Council of State when wee imployed him in many great businesses for the Common wealth and this dilligent and vigilant carriage of his presented him both to the Parliament and Council of State as a man whose abilities activity resolution and fideliry was very necessary and serviceable for the benefit of the State and great use was made of him in those times by the State as appeares by the Silver businesse mentioned in his Petition And that to those that knew him both in Parliament and Council of State his trust and faithfullnesse was held in very good estemee and his services were eminently taken notice of both by my selfe and divers others both in the Parliament and Council of State for severall years before Mr. Violet ingaged in this great undertaking of staying the Dutch Silver in December 1652. mentioned in his Petition And truly I must attest that both my selfe and severall others of the Parliament and Council looked upon Mr. Violet in this great undertaking of staying the Silver mentioned in his Petition in the Ships Sampson Salvador and George That Mr. Violet was the great wheele of the worke that got the State this great Treasure for hee both discovered to the Council of State the fraude of the Spanish Ambassadour and the fraudes of the Dutch and Spanish Claimers to the Silver which seasonable discovery of his at the Council stayed it together with his Protest in the Court of Admiraltie being by him faithfully and actively performed the true Attestation whereof was examined at the Council of State and now shewed mee under the handes of the Officers of the Mint By all which proceedings it appeares to mee that Mr. Violets engagements in this service was not only the instrumentall occasion of getting the State this great Treasure mentioned in his Petition but the only cause and without him and his Protesting in the Court of Admiraltie at that very instant nicke of time 16. Decemb. 1652. this great Treasure being about three hundred thousand pounds as Mr. Violet affirmes to mee there was so much money taken out of the Sampson Salvador and George had bin all let go out of the Nation and bin discharged by the Court of Admiraltie and of what prejudiciall and dangerous consequence such an oversight in the Court of Admiraltie might have produced to this Common-wealth at that conjuncture of time when Van Trumpe the Dutch Generall was in the Downes is obvious to all men to conjecture as also the contrary the great advantage and benefit that hath accrued to this Nation by Mr. Violets happie and succesfull Protesting in the Admiraltie against the discharge of this Silver and opposing the Spanish Ambassador and all their numerous interessed parties and Claimers and their powerfull abettors joyned with it the hard and voluntary taske hee imposed upon himselfe as I finde it sworne by severall Witnesses and that besides all his paines and hazards hee expended in this service above five hundred pounds And I finde by Doctor Walkers Warrants directed to Mr. Dorislaus Mr. Bud Mr. Arnold and Mr. Howe the States Officers and ministers in the Court of Admiraltie and by Orders of the Council of State that since the 20th of Aprill 1653. Mr. Violet was required and enjoyned not only to contribute his own endeavours but also at his own charge to imploy many others in makeing this discovery which I finde to be attested under Doctor Walkers hand and by the Depositions of severall Persons imployed by Mr. Violet for that although the Parliament and Council of State were dismissed the 20th day of Aprill 1653 yet Mr. Violets fore taske expensive and dangerous imployment was imposed and continued on him till the State had gotten the Silver and this appears by Warrants from his Highnesse Council and Doctor Walker of a later date ready to bee produced which I have seen These actings of his accompanied with great charge hazard and trouble shewes to all the world Mr. Violets faithfull service constant fidelity and love to his Country Upon due consideration of all the premisses I am very willing to testifie my knowledge of Mr. Violet according to that true worth and great abilities I know in the man with his readines to serve his Countrey and I do it the rather because hee had severall times my faithfull promise when I was a Councellor of State that I would testifie his several services done to

your Petitioner his freedom your Petitioner presentlie to shew that he was oppressed and the Parliament misinformed and his estate unduly taken away given and disposed of upon false and untrue pretences for particular mens profit to several Committees and others the Petitioner did humblie addresse himself for relief to many honourable Members of Parliament and Councel of State and presented them with the true estate of his sufferings in Print The Cause of your Petitioners sufferings was for bringing up a Letter from Oxford 1643. from the late King who had then a desire to emploie and make your Petitioner Master-worker of his Mint at Oxford which place the King did give me there and the Petitioner had an Order from the House of Parliament and a Passe from the Lord General Essex about the 28. of Decemb. 1643. to go to Oxford to the King upon condition to put in security in a thousand pounds which security I did accordingly give to make good my Exchange for one Mr. Hesilrigge and did accordingly bring up my Exchange to London and left it with Sir Arthur Hesilrigge about the 3. of Jan. 1643. And the late King Charles upon my Exchange as aforesaid commanded me to bring up a Letter from him to the Lord Mayor Court of Aldermen and Common-Councel of the City of London I do confesse I honoured and loved the late King for many benefits received from him and it was my dutie to obey him as my King though I had never received benefits from him but had I known there had been any Act or Order of Parliament to prohibite me or any other to bring up the said Letter at that time or that the Parliament would have taken any offence against me for doing thereof my principles at that time and the whole course of my Actions since hath clearlie demonstrated to your Honours and the World that I would have humblie declined that emploiment for I have ever been an Honourer of the Parliament and my Countrie as this Narrative will demonstrate to posteritie The Tree is known by its fruit and no man I humblie conceive in the Nation of my condition hath yielded better fruit or ever got the Common wealth two hundred seventie eight thousand pounds in silver but your Petitioner At the same instant of time Van Trump was in the Downes with the Dutch Fleet upon the clearing of these ships out of the Admiraltie to have conveyed them to Holland This was a real Plot not a feined one as appears by the Commissions this day in the Court of Admiraltie under the Great Seal of Holland to De Weet and De Ruyter their Vice-Admirals to guard these ships from the English upon the Petitions of the Merchants of Amsterdam I pray God England never forgets this deliverance nor the Councel of State the Performance of their Promise to your Petitioner for this discovery your Petitioner going in danger of his life by the Claimers for several yeares for doing of this service Here followeth the Copie of the late King Charles's Letter to the City of London To Our Trusty and Wel-beloved Our Lord Mayor and Aldermen of Our City of London and all other Our well-effected Subjects of that City Charles Rex TRustie amd Well beloved wee greet you well When wee remember the many Acts of Grace and Favour Wee and Our Royal Predecessors have conferred upon that our Citie of London and the many examples of eminent Duty and Loyaltie for which that City hath been likwise famous Wee are willing to believe notwithstanding the great defection wee have found in that place That all men are not so farr degenerate from their affection to Vs and to the peace of the Kingdom as to desire a continuance of the miseries they now feel And therefore beeing informed That there is a desire in some principal persons of that City to present a Petition to Vs which may tend to the procuring a good understanding between Vs and that Our City whereby the peace of the whole Kingdom may bee procured Wee have thought fit to let you know That wee are ready to receive any such Petition and the Persons who shall bee appointed to present the same to Vs shall have a safe conduct And you shall assure all our good Subjects of that Our City whose hearts are touched with any sense of Duty to Vs or of Love to the Religion and Laws established in the quiet and peaceable fruition whereof They and their Ancestors have enjoyed so great Happiness That wee have neither passed any Act nor made any Profession or Protestation for the maintenance and defence of the true Protestant Religion and the Liberties of the Subject which wee will not most strictly and religiously observe And for the which wee will not bee alwaies ready to give them any security that can bee desired And of those Our gracious Letters Wee expect a speedy Answer from you And so Wee bid you farewell Given at our Court at Oxford in the nineteenth year of our Reign December 26. 1643. By his Majesties Command GEORGE DIGBY I do most humbly desire the Common Council of the Citie of London to certifie your Honours if ever amongst all their Records ever since the foundation of their City they find such a sad President as mine is And whether that any Messenger from any former King of England suffered the loss of his Estate to his damage at this day above twenty thousand pound for bringing them or any their Ancestors the like Letter for peace as I did from the late KING And at that time viz. in December 30. 1643. there was sent and came from Oxford the Writs weekly under the Great Seal of England without any Countermand My hard usage After-ages will hardly believe had I not Printed it to Posterity that it may serve as a warning to prevent other Persons from beeing got in the like Snares for the future For this cause I Suffered Imprisonment in the Tower almost four years for bringing up the aforesaid Letter from Oxford to the Lord Mayor and Common Council of the City of London in December 1643. although I had an Order from the Hous of Commons as appears by their Journal Book and a Pass from the Lord General Essex to go to Oxford for an exchange for Mr. Hesilrigge Sir Arthur Hesilrige his Brother and I left my Exchange with Sir Arthur Hesilrigge about the 2. of January 1643. which were both procured for mee by Mr. Theophilus Ryley Scout-master General of the City of London who was authorized to execute that place by the Common Council of London and I was authorized by the said Mr. Ryley to do the same Mr. Ryley being impowered by the Parliament and Common Council of London to hold Intelligence in any the Kings Quarters as by his Orders hee shewed me Mr. Ryley was a man of a known approved Integritie and in great esteem with the then Parliament and Citie of London at that time and would not have acted