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A22131 By the Kings Maiesties surueyor of coales to be shipped at Newcastle vpon Tyne, Sunderland, and Blythe, and other places adjacent, to be brought to the city of London, or otherwise to be spent within the realme of England 1616 (1616) STC 8537; ESTC S3127 962 1

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HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE 1615 By the Kings Maiesties Surueyor of coales to be shipped at Newcastle vpon Tyne Sunderland and Blythe and other places adiacent to bee brought to the City of London or otherwise to be spent within the Realme of ENGLAND THe Kings most Excellent Maiestie affecting nothing more then the good of his losting Subiects in generall and hauing beene very credibly enformed of the great abuses wrongs daily committed in mingling amongst coales commonly called Newcastle coales much blacke Earth Dirt Slate and other bad stuffe not fit to burne or serue for firing and so doe bring and vtter the same into this Realme and thereby for the most part doe make good coales vnmerchantable to the great hurt and preiudice of the buyers therof which are very many whom for the preseruation of woods many Noble-men Knights and Gentry of this Realme besides others of his Maiesties Subiects doe burne of the same coales Hath beene graciously pleased by his Highnesse Letters Patents vnder his Maiesties great Seale of England bearing date the sixe and twentie day of February in the thirteenth yeere of his Maiesties raigne of England France and Ireland and of Scotland the nine and fortieth to prohibite and suppresse such wrongs and abuses as aforesayd And to appoynt a Surueyor of the said coales who or his Deputie or Deputies are to bee attending and attendant in and about the searching viewing seeing and surueying of the said coales And are appointed to enforme and complaine against such as shall offend in such mingling as aforesaid And to haue a Seale of office vnder which to certifie what coales and of what sort of goodnesse of coales any Master Owner or Shipper doe or shall take in fraight or lade into their ships or boates at the places abouesayd to bee brought to the City of London or otherwise to be spent within this Realme of England To the end that the buyers of the said coales may the better know or bee enformed of the goodnesse or badnesse of them And also if any person or persons shall at any time or times heereafter haue any cause or causes of complaint against any Master Owner Shipper or others for selling vnto them such vnmerchantable coales as aforesaid Let him or them repaire vnto Andrew Boyde Esquier his Maiesties Surueyor in that behalfe appointed or vnto his Deputie or Deputies there in writing leaue his or their cause or causes of complaint touching the premises speedy Information according to the prouision of the said Letters Patents shall be made and giuen against such as doe or shall offend against the same Letters Patents As his Maiesties most gracious pleasure is therein signified The Office is kept at the Towne of Newcastle vpon Tyne God saue the King