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B08042	A true remonstrance of the state of the salt businesse, undertaken (for the furnishment thereof between Barwick and Pool; they with the Ile [sic] of Wight, and members inclusive) / by the Societie of Saltmakers of South, and North-Shields, and of Scotland.	Society of Saltmakers (London, England); England and Wales. Privy Council.	1640 (1640)	STC 21636.5; ESTC S121053	7,230	4

Kingdom if need be at jd. ob per Gallon which is far cheaper than it hath been at many yeers before or since the surrendring and discharging the said undertakers It having been sold before either of the said Societies were settled at 4l. 3l. 15s. 3l. 10s. and 3l. the Sheilds weigh many yeers together And since the discharge of the said Charter Salt hath been sold in London by the Ingrossers Forestallers and Regrators at 2s. and 2s 6d. the Peck Land-measure which is lightly measured whereby they make 5 Pecks and half out of every Bushell that they buy from the Merchant which is 13s. 9d. per Bushell accounting 40 Bushels to the weigh As in the moneths of Ianuary and February The French King for mixt clothes The States of the Netherlands for white Salt is 27l 10s the weigh which cost them not at the dearest laid up in their houses above 5l per weigh which in the being of both the Charters was not sold at above five pence or six pence per Peck at most by the Retayler which moderate rate was occasioned by the certainty of the price And therefore the Retailers of Salt in London with the Refiners of Salt And some Western Merchants trading to the Newfound-Land are the main opposers of this Native Manufacture which all other Princes and States do so nuch cherish when they can erect any Native Manufacture within their own principalities to give employment to their own Natives that they prohibit the importation of any such Commodity upon confiscation of Ship and Goods Objections by the opposers Are 1 That it is a Monopoly 2 That the Imposition laid upon the forraign and Native Salt is contraty to Law 3 That the prosecution hath been unjust and with violence 4 That the Comodity is not sufficient for the Fishery Trade 5 That the prices are extreame 6 That there cannot be sufficient quantities made to serve the Kingdome 7 That it is a very great decay to Navigation 8 That it is an Enbargement to Free Trade Answer 1 The Charter was granted for 14 yeers with proviso that if His Majesty or State should finde any better way for the settlement thereof to be surrendred at three yeers It debarres no man from making that formerly had any works no man from erecting of new works only requires them to be of the Corporation and to pay the duty imposed by His Majesty and to serve the Subject at the rates agreed on If a Monopoly be a sole Vendition the Society are not the sole Vendors for all Salt Retaylers are free to come and buy at the works or without the lymitts Chiefe Iustice Popham in the Case of Currents 2 It is a Judg'd case that His Majesty may under a nomine penae prohibite importation of any forraign Comodity it hath not at any time been adjudged against His Majesty that without a nomine penae he cannot prohibite the Importation of any forraign Commodity that he intends to make a Native Manufacture 3 The prosecution is warranted by order of the Lords and yet not prosecuted with violence but with great moderation 4 It is sufficient to cure both Cod and Ling and doth sell at any Market dearer and better then that which is cured with French or Spanish Salt 5 During the Charter Salt hath been cheaper then before or after the Society selling it at such moderate Rates to the Retaylers that the Common-wealth from the Retaylers of Salt might be served at any time at 2d½ or 3d the Gallon at the most and yet the Retaylers of Salt sufficient gainers thereby but since the Delivery up of the Charter Salt hath been and is sold by the Retaylers to the Subject at two shillings the Peck as at this day 6 The Society of both Kingdomes are able to make farre greater quantities then His Majesties Kingdomes can Vend 7 Navigation shall not be prejudiced but rather beneficed by the Manufacture for it will appear upon Examination by the Books of entry returned by the Officers of the Ports that whereas there is one English bottome that formerly hath imported Salt there have been ten strangers to one but hereby will be many hundreds of English Barqes imployed from Port to Port of His Majesties Subjects only 8 The complaint of want of free Trade concernes the Complainants private ends and not the generall good they intending in their particular way by ingrosing forestalling and regrating to make a scarcity at their pleasure to the great abuse of the Weale publike which they cannot so well do if this Comodity be made a Native Manufacture and settled at a certain moderate known rate as aforesaid Inconveniences 1 THe importation of Salt by the French is the exportation of the treasure of the kingdome although the Law command that the mony taken for Salt c shal be imployed in the Commodity of this kingdome yet not one stranger of ten imploys his money in England for between the Buyer the Officer and the Seller there are only factionall Bills of imployment but no imployment 2 If Salt proove scarce in France then our English must dearely pay for that scarcity 3 If the French King lay an Edict that none shall be transported as he hath done upon confiscation of Ship goods and life then these Kingdomes cannot be served with that most usefull and necessary Commodity 4 If wars fall between the Crownes of France and England then we can have no French Salt but such as is imported by Flemings or some other Neutrall States who as they have done will make advantage of our necessities 5 In the like Case we stand with Spaine to both of them we shall be Subiect to what tax or Imposition they please to lay upon that Comodity which we cannot be without nor the Common-weale at any certaintie unlesse the Manufactures be supported Conveniences BE it warre or peace Scarcity or plenty in forraign parts His Maiesties Kingdomes and Subiects may be served with a sufficiency of good Salt many thousands of his poore Subiects set on work and gain their daily livelihood the materialls that the Salt is made by not usefull for these Kingdomes only for the Salt works being Salt water and Pan-coales Navigation no wayes preiudiced much lesse destroyed nor any Enbargement of any free Trade to the preiudice of the Weale-publike why should the Manufacture be destroyed to the dishonour of His Maiesty the ruine of such His Loyall Subiects who by His Maiesties command and Princely Encouragement have spent many thousands of pounds to bring the work to perfection beside the miserable distresse that many thousands of His Maiesties poore Subiects will be left in who eate their dayly bread by their dayly labour in that Manufacture Which reasons are humbly offered for the supportation of so absolute and necessary a Comodity which must of necessity be destroyed unlesse the inhibition of importation of forraign Salt within the Lymitts be ratified and confirmed The consideration whereof is humbly presented to the most honourable Houses of Parliament

A true Remonstrance of the State of the Salt businesse undertaken for the furnishment thereof between Barwick and Pool they with the I le of Wight and members inclusive by the Societie of Saltmakers of South and North-Shields and of Scotland IN the times of Hostility with Spain and France which was in Anno 1627. 28 29 30. there was such a scarcitie of Salt in this His Majesties Kingdome that it was sold at extream rates Viz. 5 6 7 8 9 10s per Bushell and upwards and in many places of this Kingdome Salt not to be had for any money and that which in those times was imported unlesse by way of Reprizall was imported by Hamburghers and Flemings who made their advantage of our necessities for so usefull and necessary a commodity When the Peace was concluded between His Majesty and the French King the French King made an Edict that no Salt should be exported out of His Kingdome upon confiscation of Ship goods and life In which streight in December 1630. The Lord Maior and Aldermen and the Company of Fishmongers of the City of London together with the Maior Aldermen and Cominalty of the Town of Kings-Lynne the Bailiffs and Aldermen of Great Yarmouth and divers others in behalf of themselves and the Fishermen Inhabiting amongst them did petition to the right Honourable the Lords and others of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Counsell in haec verba Petition inhiting exportation HUmbly shewing That whereas by an Edict made by the French King about six Moneths since the exportation of any Salt was forbidden whereas since that time the Dutch for their supply have repaired to Newcastle and places thereto adjoyning in this Kingdom and have there bought great quantities of Salt which they export out of this Kingdome into their own Countrey who before the said Edict for the advance and benefit of their own people did make a decree that no Newcastle Salt should be imported into their Countrey upon pain of Confiscation and now by their daily and continuall exportation of Salt out of this Kingdome the Fishermen here should be altogether unprovided of Salt for their voyages to Wesmony Iseland and North-Seas And forasmuch as all other things to furnish them to Sea are now at excessive rates as victualls Cordage and all other materialls and also Salt by reason of the said exportation much inhaunced in price by reason whereof the Fishermen shall be disabled to go to Sea their voyages overthrown and thereby this Kingdome destitute of victuall which is by them brought in The Petitioners humbly pray this Honourable Board to take into consideration that it concerneth the maintenance and imployment of many thousand Seamen the Nursery of Navigation the supply of this Kingdom with Fish and therefore to restrain the exportation of all Salt from Newcastle and places thereto adjoyning out of this Kingdome untill Midsomer next by which time we hope this Kingdome which is now destitute in all parts may be supplyed out of Spain And your Petitioners shall pray c. Whitehall the eight of December 1630. Ordered that none be exported Their Lordships upon mature advice and deliberation had thereof have thought fit and ordered that the exportation of all Salt aswell from the Ports of Newcastle as from all other Ports of this Kingdome into forraign parts be hereby strictly prohibited and that no Salt shall be laden or Shipped at any Port of this Kingdome before good security be given that the same shall be brought to some other Ports of this Realm and there sold and disposed to his Majesties Subjects within the same Hereof the Lord Treasurer is prayed and required to take notice and give directions to the severall Ports accordingly 1630. The Peace being concluded between the Crowns of England and Spain divers Merchants of this Kingdome sent to Spain betweene 2. and 300. sail of Ships to fetch Salt for the supply of this Kingdome and the King of Spain taking advantage of our necessities did not only along time imbarge the said Ships but did also impose upon his Salt 30 Ryalls per Moy and 3 Moys making a London weigh and the principall price of the Salt was formerly but 12 to 15 Ryalls per Moy so the Impost on every weigh was 45 ' per weigh by which means of imbargement and Imposition His Majesties Subjects were damnified in that voyage though Salt was sold here at a very dear rate at the least forty thousand pounds sterling Whereupon divers of the said Merchants for their relief did a long time Petition His Majesty and the Board for imbargement of their Ships and impositions laid by the King of Spain upon the said Salt but could get none Thereupon His Majesty in His Princely care with the advice of His most Honourable Privy Counsell and His Councell learned in the Law fell into consideration how to erect a native manufactury within His Majesties Kingdomes of England and Scotland for the supplying of these His Kingdomes without dependency upon any forraign State with Salt being so necessary and usefull as cannot be wanted His Majesty being informed that there were sufficient materialls as Pan-coales fit for no other use within His Kingdomes of England and Scotland to go on with the work and by which means many thousands of His poore Subjects should have imployments in making the said Comodity which hath been proved and will be maintained to be as sufficient for Sea and in land uses as any forraign Salt whatsoever And that Fish salted with that Salt doth out sell Fish salted with any Forraine Salt in any Market whatsoever Vndecimo Caroli The first Society Upon which weighty considerations His Majesty was pleased to give incouragement by incorporating many of His Subjects of England and Scotland to erect works for the making of Salt enabling them with divers liberties and priviledges for the regulating of the said Trade or Mistery for the term of fourteen yeers with Proviso that in case His Majesty and the State should finde any better way for the settlement thereof within three yeers their Charter of Incorporation to be surrendered wherein the said Societies were tyed to these particulars 1 To make a sufficient quantitie of good and Merchantable Salt for the supply of His Subjects within the limits between Barwick and Southampton they with the I le of Wight included 2 At a certain moderate price not exceeding three pounds per weigh for Land-use accompting forty Bushels to the weigh and ten Gallons to every Bushell and 50s per weigh for Fishery-use out of which they were to pay His Majesty for what they did make 10s per weigh for Land-use and 3s 4d per weigh for Fishery use In recompence to His Majesty for what he should loose in his customes by restraint of forraign Salt 3. To permit any that had any Salt-workes erected within the Limits to make and sell they conforming themselves to such meet orders of the said Society for the