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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

sentence by the great care and diligence of his Majesties said Attorney as this Remonstrant humbly conceiveth but so as all the endeavours and labours of making the discovery and finding out the witnesses and bringing them from France and other places and the charges thereof rested wholly upon this Declarant and all other necessary Fees for Counsell and other attendances was disbursed by this Remonstrant for no other person disbursed one penny in or about the said service in the prosecution of which service and to bring fourteene offenders to be censured in the Star-chamber besides three which were Pardoned by His Majesty it cost the Declarant above 2000l. above six yeers since disbursed there having been examined in Court above one hundred Witnesses found and brought up at this Declarants proper cost and charges as aforesaid and about three yeers time spent in the daily attendance of that service Both these Informations by the continuall attendance charge and industry of this Declarant and the great and due care of his Majesties then Attorney were notwithstanding many difficulties in respect of some witnesses to bee found and brought out of France made fit and brought to hearing in the Star-chamber within the space of about a yeere and a halfe viz. in Hillary Terme in the twelfth yeere of His now Majesties Reigne and there were found guilty and censured by the Lords such persons and such Fines set upon them as follow viz. 25 Jan. 12 Car. In the first Cause Charles Franke 4000l Robert Ellis 4000l Isaac Romeere 3000l Jacob Delew 1000l Roger Fletcher 1000l Rich. Cockram 1000l John Parrat 2000l 17 February 12 Car. In the second Cause Peter Herne 2000l Jo. Terry 2000l Timothy Eman 2000l Isaac Brames 1000l Henry Futter 500l Henry Sweeting 500l John Perrin 100l The totall of the said Fines amount to the summe of 24100l. Sr. John Wollaston Knight and William Gibs Esquire both Aldermen of the City of London being informed against in this Information by his Majesties then Attorney Generall procured his Majesties gracious Pardon and so were discharged Many others there were that were Delinquents and charged by the said Bill besides those who were sentenced some whereof were taken off by order of the Lords as charged only with selling Silver above the price of the Mint and Peter Fountaine who was informed against for transporting of Gold procured his pardon upon payment of 1100l. After all these proceedings at this Declarants cost and expences the Delinquents being fined at 24100l. this Declarant being informed that there was way made by the Merchants to some of the Lords to have these Fines mitigated and them installed in a manner to nothing divers Merchants and others informing the Lords that it was no prejudice to the Common-wealth to transport Gold and Silver hereupon this Declarant attended the Lord Keeper Coventry and Mr. Secretary Coze and they acquainted His Majestie therewith and told His Majesty that if the Fines were mitigated it would but in effect give license to transport Gold and Silver and desired His Majesty to signifie His pleasure to the Lords that the offenders should be cōmitted to the Fleet if they would not pay their Fines and not goe at liberty as they did Whereupon His Majesty was pleased to send a Message to the Lords in Star-chamber by the Earle of Holland that His Majesties pleasure was that the transporters of Gold should pay their Fines imposed on them by the Lords in Star-chamber or else the Warden of the Fleet to take them into custodie and that there should be no mitigation of their Fines for that would but encourage the transportations of Gold and Silver by which means no treasure would be left in the Kingdome notwithstanding which expresse Command from His Majestie though this mitigation was forborne for a while yet shortly after the said offenders managed their businesse in that manner that they got themselves off the 24100l. for 1720l. and 1100l. more Mr. Fountaine paid in all 2820l. onely John Parrat his Fine who was a chiefe Instrument in the discovery of these offenders remained on him still without mitigation at all By which the transporting of Gold and Silver hath rather been sleighted and licensed then hindred it having cost this Declarant more in the prosecution than was payd in by the said mitigation the effect of which mitigation in manner aforesaid hath been that many of those who transported Gold before the filing of these two Bills have since followed it more than ever as this Declarant beleeveth knowing they can get more in a moneth by transporting of Gold into France and Flanders than they shall pay according to like mitigation to get off were it proved against them In the time of this imployment by His Majesties Command the Declarant did receive divers interruptions in the prosecution of the transporting of Gold and Silver and was imprisoned and detained close prisoner for many dayes by one Mesy and Stockdale Messengers by warrant signed under Mr. Secretary Windebanks hand onely for proceeding against transporters of Gold and Silver And some others in doing their duties in seizing Gold and Silver water-borne according to severall Statutes have been sued and imprisoned to their great oppressions contrary to the Lawes of this Kingdome That soon after these two Bills already censured in the Star-chamber at this Declarants cost his Majesties then Attorney Sr. John Bankes filed a third Bill against transporters of Gold and Silver and for melting downe the heavy current silver Coynes of this Kingdome but by reason of the great charge and disbursments to bring the two former Bills to sentence the Declarant was unable to proceede any further till he could receive satisfaction from his Majesty according to His promise to this Declarant for the moneys he had disbursed in that service which this Declarant did from time to time sue for First expecting the same out of the said Fines according to the said Declaration untill such time as the same was reduced to the small mitigation as aforesaid and that all disposed to his Majesties service whereupon this Declarant was inforced to Petition his Majesty for satisfaction according to His Promise formerly made to this Declarant as aforesaid which Petition His Majesty 10th March 1638. referred to the now Bishop of London then Lord Treasurer the Lord Cottington and Sr. John Coke principall Secretary who calling unto them Sr. John Banks his Majesties then Attorney Generall were to consider thereof and make report to His Majesty in their opinions what satisfaction they thought fit to be allowed for his service but their Lordships though often therein attended by this Declarant and moved therein by Sr. John Coke who had principall charge from His Majesty touching this service to take the said Petition into their considerations yet nothing was therein done by their Lordships to his great damage and discouragement to proceede further in this service that so much concerned the Common-wealth and all trade