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B03390	A full and true relation of the whole transaction of the Company of Vintners, the farmers, and co-adventurers as to the farmes of 40 s. per tun, and wine licenses, and the medium.		1654 (1654)	Wing F2336; ESTC R177324	21,136	62

A full and true Relation of the whole Transactions of the Company of Vintners the Farmers and Co-adventurers as to the Farmes of 40 s. per Tun and Wine Licenses and the Medium ON the sixth of November 1637 at a general meeting of all Retailers of Wines in London Westminster and the Confines thereof at Vintners Hall the generality made choice of Alderman Abel then Master of their Company Edward Kynaston Ralph More Wardens Rowland Wilson Thomas Hutchinson William Bowyer Esqui●es Robert Shaw and Joseph Graves George Hulbert Michael Gardiner Thomas Langton and John Wilcoxe or any three or more of them whereof the Master and the chief Warden to to be one to deal for the generality touching an advancement of price upon retail of Wines suppressing the Coopers a general pardon and divers other benefits to be granted by his Majesty to the retailing Vintners But the Committee was not to conclude any thing therein without the consent of the generality of Retailers as by the Order made that day at Vintners Hall may appeare The Committee proceeded therein accordingly by and with the advice consent and direction of the generality from time to time as appears by their own Orders at Vintners Hall which are here faithfully set down as they were truly transcribed and compared with their Book of Orders there The Orders are in these words ●…se were the ●…sistants be●…s the gene●…y 22 Die Novemb. 1637. Master Abel Alderman Master Master Kinaston Master More Master Courtman Wardens Master Bowyer Master Davis Master Robert Shaw Master Wilde Master Bonomy Master King Master Darling Master Leechland Master Hamond Master Griffith Master Hulbert master Field master Gardiner ●…neral ●…rt At this Court all the vintners and others Retailers of wine in London Westminster and the parts thereunto adjoyning were warned to meet together at the Vintners Hall in London the greater number whereof there appeared and upon report made to them by the Committees formerly chosen by them what was demanded for his Majesty It was assented unto by the generality that the Committees might yeeld to pay forty shillings upon a tun provided that they might be assured to have from his Majesty the immunities and benefits proposed the which their assents was shewed and expressed by holding up of their hands and they to report their proceedings to the Court from time to time The immunities and benefits were then put into writing by the Clarke of Vintners Hall and were comprehended in eleven heads or Articles and intituled The humble desires of the Retaylers of Wines and were Presented together with a petition to his Maiesty a true Copy of both which here followeth The Petition of the retailing Vintners of London and their Propositions and Demands contrived and made amongst themselves at their Hall in November 1637. Whereby it may appeare who projected the penny a Quart on Wines To the Kings most Excellent Majestie The humble Petition of your Majejesties Loyall Subjects the Vintners and Retailers of Wines Freemen of the City of London Most humbly sheweth THat whereas the Company of Vintners of London hath anciently in times past been a flourishing Company and hath had and enjoyed sundry ancient Priviledges and Immunities whereby the Freemen of that Company have in the exercise of their Calling become men of eminent place and authority in this your City of London May it please your most excellent Majesty to be informed that of late times the Wine Coopers have so invaded the priviledges and intruded into the Trade and Profession of the Vintners as that the said ancient Company is much decayed thereby and impoverished and like further to decline unlesse by your Princely Clemencie the same be restored and upheld And therefore your humble Petitioners prostrating themselves at the feet of your sacred Majesty do most humbly pray your Majesty wil be graciously pleased to restore them to their ancient freedom in the use of their profession And withal for the better enabling them to do your Majesty service and go on cheerfully in their Callings and to grant unto them such further additions of your Princely Favours and Immunities as are conteined and expressed in the Schedule annexed and to pardon all their Delinquencies and transgressions past And in an humble and thankful acknowledgment of your Majesties so ample and royal favours extended to them your humble Suppliants will with a free and unanimous consent pay to your Majesties use● and your royal Successors the sum of 2 l. for every Tun of Wine which they shal hereafter retail or vend within this your Kingdom and as in duty bound wil ever pray The humble desires of the Retailors of Wines THat all Merchants and others Importers of Wines into the Ports of London may be enjoyned to sell their Wines to none but Retailors of Wines being Vinters to the end your Majesty may have 2 l. on the Tun upon all the Wines that shall be imported whereby the Merchants and others may not undersel the Vintners and deprive your Majesty of the said 2 l. on the Tun aforesaid and the said Vintners be hindred both in their whole Sale and Retail 2 That no Retailors of Wines and other Buyers of Wines within any place or places of this Realme be permitted to buy any Wines at any Port or places within this Realm unlesse the said Retailors or Buyers do pay the aforesaid 2 l. on the Tun to his Majesty otherwise it will come to passe that all Retailors and other Buyers of Wines will furnish themselves to save the 2 l. a Tun and neglect the free Vintners of London 3 That all Coopers and others may be restrained from intruding into the Vintners Trade buying or selling Wines either in grosse or by retail for time to come 4 That all free Vintners may dresse and sell Victuals Beer Sugar and Tobacco in their Houses in London or elswhere as anciently they have done heretofore they buying their Tobacco of any licensed to sell it 5 That there may be a repayment by way of defalcation of the 6000 li. which the Vintners payed into your Majesties receit of the Exchequer for a great part whereof they pay Interest at this day 6 That the granting of Licenses to retayle Wines within London and three miles compasse may be hereafter and hence forth restrained and none to be hereafter granted And also that the free Vintners may have power according to their ancient Charter to draw wines freely in the four principall Roads and all Cities and Port Towns within this Realm 7. That his Majesty will be graciously pleased to grant to all free Vintners and retaylors of Wines his his most gracious generall and free pardon for all delinquencies and transgressions whatsoever by them committed in the exercise of their Trade either by whole sale or retail to this day And also a confirmation of their ancient Charter with liberty to adventure for Wine of all sorts with such additions as it shall please your Majesty to

conferre on them and to be annexed to their Charter 8 That all Retailors of Wines within London and three miles thereof may be reduced to be Freemen of the Company of Vintners for the better government of their trade in general 9 That your Majestie will be graciously pleased to grant to the said free Vintners licence to sell at 1 d. a quart over and above the prices yeerly set by the Lords of the Council whereby they may be enabled to pay to your Majesty 2 l. upon the Tun. 10 That high Country Wines in regard of their extraordinary prices and small Cask may be sold at 1 d. a quart above the rate allowed for ordinary French Wines 11 That if his Majesty hereafter shall be graciously pleased to let to farm the said 2 l. per Tun Then that the Company of Vintners may be admitted to farm the same before any other Whereby and by the said Order of the 22 of November it appears that the demand of liberty to raise 1 d. 2 d. a quart and the offer 40 s. a tun proceeded originally from the generality of the Vintners and as it was their voluntary offer and project so every Article of their desires is for the benefit of each drawing Vintner the Clark of the Company put the said Articles into writing in the Common Hall as the several drawing Vintners directed and dictated to him The next meeting at Vintners Hall was on the 27 of November 1637. The Order thus These the Assistants this day 27 Die Novemb. 1637 Reg. Car. 13. William Abel Alderman Master Master More Master Courtman Wardens Master Wilson Master Bowyer Master Shaw Master Bludworth Master Bonamy Master King Master Robert Lee Master Griffith Master Hulbert Master Baily Master Gardiner At this Court upon relation made by our Master of the passage of the businesse referred to him and other Committees touching the payment of 40 s. on a tun to his Majestie for Wines retailed and upon reading of the Petition prepared to be delivered to his Majesty with the several reasons thereto annexed It is ordered that the master together with the former Committees appointed by the court shall proceed in that businesse as they shall from time to time find expedient acquainting this court with their proceedings By these orders it is manifest that this project was the worke of the generall company of drawing vintners for they chose the Committee they take account of the Committee and they order and direct the Committee to proceed acquainting them with their proceedings In all which Alderman Abel was but one of the Committee chosen and employed by his Company for their publick service and neither he nor any particular man but the drawing vintners had or could have any private interest or end For Alderman Abel had given over his trade long before The next Order was the seventh of February in these words viz. Septimo die Februarii 1637 Reg. Car. 13. These were Assistants b●sides the ge●…rality Master Abel Alderman Master Master Kinaston Master More master Courtman Wardens Master Wilson Master Hutchinson master Bowyer Master Davies Master Robert Shaw Master Bludworth master Bonamy Master King Master Darling master Conradus Master Griffith Master Hulbert Master Field Master Ashwell master Gardiner A general Court This day all the Retailors of Wines inhabitants within the City of London and adjacent places being warned to appear at this Court the greater number of them appeared To whom the Master related what had been further propounded in that businesse now in agitation with his Majesty and amongst other things that his Majesty was pleased to accept of forty shillings a tun for wines retailed and likewise for the farm thereof thirty thousand pound a yeer but his majesty would not contract with the whole generality but with some particular men of ability to whom his majesty may resort for the performance of that which shall be contracted for and thereupon the said master propounded to the generality First whether they did hold and confirm their former resolution to pay forty shillings a tun for all Wines to be retailed and Secondly whether they would accept of the Farm thereof at thirty thousand pounds a yeer To both which Propositions with an unanimous consent they agreed and declared their consents by holding up their hands And likewise it was also considered for furtherance of the proceeding in the said businesse that ten persons should be named who should contract with his majesty in such manner as learned Council should advise and for that purpose the generality did nominate William Abel Alderman Rowland Wilson Thomas Hutchinson William Bowyer Esquires Robert Shaw Edward Kynaston Ralph More Jacob Bonamy George Hulbert Esquire and Michael Gardiner Citizens and vintners of London with this that if any of the said ten should refuse to take upon him to be one of the said Contractors that then another should be chosen in his steed and those ten to contract with his Majesty and to stand engaged for payment of the ●arm rent at the times and in the manner to be agreed upon and it was thought necessary and agreed that the said ten should take unto them so many as should make up thirty who should under write and bring in every man a thousand pound for so much thereof as should be thought expedient from time to time to disburse and that every of them should ratably according to their summes disbursed receive profit if the businesse proved profitable and likewise to beare their proportionable shares of charges and losse if the businesse shall not happen to produce profit but losse By this order it is to be observed first that as this project had his birth at Vintners Hall being there contrived by the generality of drawing Vintners so it was still prosecuted by the generality for the greatest number of them appeared at this Court Secondly That the generality confirmed it with an unanimous consent not one contradicting it Thirdly That for furtherance of the businesse the generality nominated Alderman Abel then Master and nine more Vintners who should contract with his Majesty on the Companies behalf because his Majesty would not contract with the generality Which shewes with what cheerfulnesse and earnest desire they prosecuted the effecting of the project and this convinceth those that pretend that the Vintners were perswaded or threatned by Alderman Abel the Alderman did not nor needed to perswade them for they nominated and ingaged him And had not this and nine other Orders of their Hall clearly manifested with what earnest desires and unanimous assents they contrived and prosecuted it they would have out-faced all truth But against their own orders what can be replied And none doe testifie any words of perswasion or threats but those that are parties and delinquents in the highest degree 1 Parties to the originall contriving the Project 2 Parties to the Indenture of creation of the project and 3 Parties that took benefit by the project