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A95984	The advancement of merchandize or, Certain propositions for the improvment of the trade of this Common-wealth, humbly presented to the right honoroble the Council of State. And also, against the transporting of gold and silver. / By Tho. Violet of London goldsmith.	Violet, Thomas, fl. 1634-1662.	1651 (1651)	Wing V578; Thomason E1070_1; ESTC R208173	121,676	189

in this Manufacture som men that have deceived the Common-vvealth in making of slight Gold and Silver-Thread fear if a Regulation should bee settled by Parlament to have no Silver-thread spun either by the Hand or Spindle but such as is covered vvith a good Plate of Silver and five Ounces Troie at the least to the pound Venice that then they shall bee suffered to cousen no more and this is the true reason of their anger against any that stand's for a Regulation then they know their own guilt in so notorious defrauding the State in the Excise and how much monie they owe the State in Arrears vvithin this four years beeing above twentie thousand pounds vvhich is in the hands of fewer then thirtie men and they know if I bee commanded by the Parlament I will give a good accompt of this business I do humbly desire Sir Robert Harlow that my Grant might bee delivered to the Honorable Council for Trade and that hee would pleas to report vvhat hee found concerning it to your Honors and that if I cannot maintain my Grant for the surveying the Manufacture of Gold and Silver-Wier and Thread for the good of the Common-wealth and for the service of the wearer and honor of the Manufacture I shall with all humilitie laie my self at the Honorable Council for Trade's feet so to regulate my Grant as they in their great Wisdoms shall finde most advantageous to the Common-vvealth And I do humbly farther propound to the Council for Trade that they would bee pleased to take notice that there is an Ordinance of Parlament of the sixt of August 1646. for all Gold and Silver-Wier to paie four pence on the Ounce Troie at the disgrossing at the Bar and this Ordinance follow 's in these words viz. That four pence shall bee paid by waie of Excise for everie Ounce of Silver Troie weight and so for a greater or lesser quantitie proportionable of Silver and Gold that any Refiner Gold-smith or Gold-Wier drawer or other that shall prepare melt down or disgross for Wier the same to bee paid by everie Refiner Gold-smith Gold-Wier-drawer or other at the Bar where the same shall bee disgrossed And that all Gold and Silver to bee disgrossed for Wier as aforesaid bee brought to one certain place or places appointed or to bee appointed by the Commissioners of the Excise and not elswhere and that no Bars Benches Screws Engins or other Instruments for disgrossing of Silver bee used or allowed in any other place this is in the Book of Ordinances fol. 1114. That for almost four years this four pence the Ounce did not make to the State above one thousand pounds for all that time of near upon four years And during these four years the Refiners of London beeing named in the Act many of these Refiners durst not sell Guilt and Silver-Wier without taking and securing the dutie of four pence the Ounce to the State whereupon rather then they would run into contempt of this Act som of them gave over their trades and others of them lost their customers for many of the Wier-drawers drew and refined all their own Silver and never paid the State the duties reserved by the Ordinance and there remain's in the hands of som of the Gold-Wier-drawers Refiners above twentie thousand pounds contrarie and in contempt of this Ordinance of Parlament and which som of the said Wier-drawers and Refiners are in Arrears to the State The Wier-drawers and divers other Trades having with great advantage made the wearer paie four pence the Ounce Venice for Excise vvhen any bought it in Lace and this which I now put in writing is that the Gentrie may know what to paie for the future for upon a true accompt four pence an Ounce Troie in Silver-Wier is not above one pennie farthing upon everie Ounce Venice in Silver Thread So though the Wier-drawers made a great advantage of the Excise collecting far more from the Gentrie of this Nation then four pence the Ounce Troie yet they have not paid these Arrears to the State a business of great concernment now there is occasion for monie and require's a speedie examination That for this last year the Wier-drawers and Refiners did paie but one pennie the Ounce which pennie make's now fifteen hundred pounds a year so that four pence the Ounce would have been above six thousand pounds a year if the four pence had been justly gathered Now upon examination it may bee proved there was more Silver-Wier disgrossed and made into Thread and small Wier by the Refiners and Wier-drawers in everie of the years 1646 1647 1648 1649 then in this last year 1650 so that by this accompt there will clearly remain in the Refiner's and Master Wier-drawer's hands above twentie thousand pounds and the number of them is not above thirtie men which owe this monie for which summe they are tied by an Ordinance of Parlament and no discharge can bee given them of this debt but by an Act of Parlament for all that drew Silver at the Bar are upon the drawing of it bound to paie the State four pence the Ounce for vvhat they drew and no persons have any power to discharge this debt but the Parlament and if I bee required and impowered I make no question to give the State a good accompt of this debt I do most humbly desire the Honorable Council for Trade to take notice that by the eighth Article of their Commission they are to consider what Excise is fit to bee laid on all goods and commodities and so equally and evenly laie it that the State may not bee made uncapable to defraie publick charges Now I humbly desire the honble Council for Trade to take especial notice of this my humble Proposition which is that one pennie on the Ounce Troie upon all Gold and Silver-Wier disgrossed at the Bar and made into Gold and Silver Thread is no equal Excise in proportion to other commodities that are rated with Excises which are far more serviceable to the Common-wealth Besides the Gold-Wier-drawers before any Excise was thought of did offer unto the late King and his heirs for ever one thousand pounds a year and two pence the Ounce to have a Corporation as I shall make it appear But the deceits so grosly practised by many of them was so clearly proved that then at that time the State would not trust them with a Corporation as I have formerly declared Neither would the late King and his Council trust the Finers but under a Regulation by Commissioners though they saw paid the late King six pence the Ounce for all Gold and Silver disgrossed at the Bar upon sale of the Silver Now I saie after the Excise of one pennie the Ounce upon Silver and Guilt Wier when it is Manufactured into Thread it is not above ten shillings the hundred pounds Excise for som sorts and not above fifteen shillings in one hundred pounds worth upon any sort of Gold

have it examined I shall leav Master Elconhead to the world to judg of him to give mee a Charge of Treason and then by that means to get my Estate for a quarter of the pretended summe hee compounded for when I was close prisoner in the Tower and could not make my defence and then M. Edward Elconhead the 28 of Julie 1649. to denie before the Committee of Essex that hee ever charged mee with a Conspiracie against the Parlament though it bee attested by the Committees of Essex Warrant as aforesaid and that Honorable Gentleman Sir Will. Rowe told then to M. Elconhead before the Committee that if hee could not prove my conspiracie against the Parlament hee had don mee Tho. Violet wrong and the Committee of Essex wrong for it was onely upon M. Elconhead's Information to the Committee of Essex that the Committee certified any thing against mee to the Parlament and wished M. Elconhead to bring the Acquitance of the Committee for what monie hee had paid for this Extent and hee said the Ordinance of Parlament for giving my Estate away which I had in that Countie beeing an Extent on the Manors of Battel and Paton-Hall was made on the Committee's Information to the Parlament against mee and their information was onely grounded on M. Elconhead to the Committee and if hee could not prove his Charge the Sequestration would ceas and what monie M. Elconhead could prove hee paid to the use of the Countie should bee paid him back for if Master Elconhead failed in the foundation all that was don on that Charge against mee would ceas and I ought to bee restored to the possession of my Lands in the Countie but as yet I could not get the Committee of Essex to restore mee to my possession Master Elconhead desiring further time of the Committee therefore I am an humble suitor to bee relieved in Parlament Here followeth the Copie of the late King's Letter To Our Trustie and Well-beloved Our Lord Major and Aldermen of Our Citie of London and all other our well affected Subjects of the Citie It is Superscribed Charls Rex And beneath By His Majestie 's Command George Digbie TRustie and Well-beloved Wee greet you well When Wee remember the many Acts of Grace and Favor Wee and Our Roial Predecessors have conferred upon that Our Citie of London and the manie Examples of eminent Dutie and Loialtie for which that Citie hath been likwise famous Wee are willing to believ notwithstanding the great defection Wee have found in that place that all men are not so far degenerated from their affection to Us 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 som principal Persons of that Citie to present a Petition to Us which may tend to the procuring a good understanding between Us and that Our Citie whereby the Peace of the whole Kingdom may bee procured Wee have thought fit to let you know That Wee are readie to receiv any such Petition and the Persons who shall bee appointed to present the same to Us shall have a safe conduct And you shall assure all Our good subjects of that Our Citie whose hearts are touched with any sens of dutie to Us or of Love to the Religion and Laws established in the quiet and peaceable fruition whereof they and their Ancestors have enjoied 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 observ and for the which Wee will not bee alwaies readie to give them any securitie that can bee desired And of these Our Gracious Letters Wee exspect a speedie Answer from you And so Wee bid you farewell Given at Our Court at Oxford in the nineteenth year of Our Reign 26 Decemb. 1643. Two Letters fo Master Read's sent to M. Theophilus Rilie Scout-master of the Citie of London from Oxford SIR I Wrote to you formerly but never had any answer I assure you faithfully I have not been wanting to do what you desired as you may perceiv by the effects and if you have not your desire blame your self but give mee leav to tell you that if you neglect the opportunitie now offered to you it may bee you shall never have the like again for I have made those whom you have given just occasion to bee your worst friends to bee your best and the onely instruments to procure what here is sent you and bee you confident shee shall still bee so provided you do your part consider I beseech you what a gap is opened by bringing in of the Scots for the destruction of this Kingdom if there bee not a Peace which I praie God Almightie to send speedily you must exspect Armies of Strangers from several places who are now preparing who certainly at their coing in will over-run the whole Kingdom and when it is past remedie you will see your own errors and therefore to prevent more miserie then I am able to express to this deplorable Kingdom and the effusion of the bloud of Millions of men women and children which must inevitably bee this Summer apply your selvs in an humble and submissive waie to his Majestie whom I know you will finde readie with arms out-stretched to receiv you to favor and mercie and grant you favors even beyond your exspectation Defer no time for God's sake and what you will do do it speedily I saie again do it speedily for reasons I may not write The direction of the Letter by the same hand that it is written within is for the Man in the Moon without date Sir I Assure you I have not been wanting to further your good desires and if it bee not your own faults I make no doubt but things will have an happie issue for I finde those that are most concerned in it forward enough Reflect now upon the miserie of the times and upon the groans and sufferings of those you see not which yet have been nothing to what they will bee if not speedily prevented by a Peace which to obtain I beseech you let it not onely bee your own care but the care of all those you love or have power with otherwise bee confident of a general ruine which certainly will bee inevitable both to your selvs and posteritie and therefore take it into your serious consideration and let not causless jealousies hinder you to apply your selvs in an humble and submissive manner to his Majestie who I am sure will yet look upon you with a gracious eie lose no time for the longer you delaie it may prove the more difficult no doubt This last Letter I Tho. Violet delivered from Read to Master Rilie in November 1643. UPon the bringing up to London of the aforesaid Letter of the late King I