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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30617	The soveraignty of the British seas proved by records, history, and the municipall lawes of this kingdome / written in the yeare 1633, by that learned knight, Sr John Boroughs ...	Borough, John, Sir, d. 1643.	1651 (1651)	Wing B6129; Wing B3774_CANCELLED; ESTC R10587	24,855	175

prohibit all other wafters whatsoever that presumed to take that office upon them and to commit them to prison there to attend the Kings pleasure To this effect the venerable Camden in his description of the North riding of Yorkshire saith that the Hollanders in their fishing for herring upon the Northcoasts of England did first obtaine licence of Scarborough Castle for to doe But that which is most materiall to the Soveraigne command and proprietie of our King in this point of fishing especially appeareth in that all Neighbour Princes have by treatie obtained licence for their Subjects to fish in our seas As in truce and abstinence of war agreed betweene Henry the fourth and the French to the intent the Fishermen might fish in all parts the King sent forth his Letters as followeth Le Roy au toutz nous Admiralls a fin qu'en cest present herringinson les poissonniers de l'un pertie de l'auter puissoint peshenre plus seurement in le mere les Herrings touts autres poissons entre le haven de Scarborough de fin de pays de Flanders verle East dillonques sur le coast de Angleterre insanes an haven de Southampton sur le coast du Royanne de Frence de le dit fin de tout le dit pays de Flanders nisques a riviere de Sound sc. voulomus avomus ordonne oustre ordonnomus ottryons per ses presents Que touts les poissonniers de la dite partie de France poissoynt pesher seurement les herrens toutz autres pessons durant cest herringnison nisques an primer jour de Januarie prochainment a vener denis entre les bounds dessus limites The like liberty was granted by treaty between Henry the sixt and the Dutchesse of Burgundy to those of Brabant and Flanders witnessed by the Record following Rex omnibus ad quos c. Inspeximus quasdam continuationem prorogationem elargationem nuper facta super facto intercur sus commutationis Merchandiz Piscariae maris aliarum rerum necessarium ad utilitatem communem nostrorum regni Angliae dominii Hiberniae et villae Caliciae ex una parte et Ducatus Comitatus patriae Brabantiae Flandriae et Dominii villae Machlinae ex altera parte Amongst other Articles this is one Item et touts pecheurs tam de Angleterre Ireland et Calais peaceablement aller partont sur le mer pur pischer et gaigner leur venvre fans impeachment on disturber de l'vne partie on de l'auter So in a Truce to endure for thirty yeares between the King of England and his heires on the one party and the Duke of Burgundy and his heires on the other part One Article is Item et touts pecheurs tam D'angleter quam d'Ireland et de Calais sicome de pais de Mon Sur le Duke quelqueles soyent purront peaceablement aller par tout sur le mer pur pescher et sans 〈◊〉 lour so it be saigne sur ceo requirer ou obtitiner asc licence conge ou sau● conduict etc. The like in a truce and abstinence of War to endure the space of thirty yeares betweene Edward the fourth and his heires on the one part and Francis Duke of Brittaine on the other part where one Article is Item et touts pescheurs tam D'angleter ' sicome du dit pais et Duche de Britaigne quelqueles soyent purront peaceablement aller par tout sur mer pur pescher et gaigner lour unture sans impeachment ou disturber delv'ne partie au de la'uter et sans ceo lour soit besaigne sur ceo requirer sans conduct Moreover Philip the second King of Spaine in the first yeare of Queen Mary obtained license for his subjects to fish upon the North coast of Ireland for the terme of one and twenty yeares paying yearly for the same a thousand pound which was accordingly brought into the Exchequer of Ireland and received of Sir Henry Fitton being then Treasurer there as his sonne Sir Edward Fitton hath often testified To conclude this point It is notorious that at this day the King of France as others of his predecessors have done by the speciall license of the King of England fisheth upon our Coasts neare Rye with a set and limited number of small boates and that onely for provision of his own houshold being tyed to observe the Orders and Lawes of his owne Fishermen for breach whereof divers of his Subjects of late years have been taken and imprisoned in Dover Castle and elswhere Nor doth the King of England in these particulars claime or use any exorbitant Jurisdictions and differing from that of other States and Princes in like case who generally give Aliens lawes to passe or fish in the seas coasting upon their Territories And also impose Taxes and Tributes for their owne profit and commodity The Emperour of Russia compelleth all Fishermen within the Seas though it be many Leagues from the Maine to pay him Tribute In Scotland and other Islands under the King of Swede they are enforced to pay Taxes The King of Denmarke at his Wardhouse in the Sound hath for a Licence a Doller and for the Seale or Rose a Noble of every Ship and for every last of Herrings being 12 barrels a Doller The Duke of Medina Sidonia in Spaine hath his greatest revenues out of the Taxes layed upon Fishermen for their fishing in Tourney All Princes of Italy bordering upon the Seas receive a proportion of like benefit And the Hollanders themselves impose taxes on the fishes taken by their owne Fishermen in our Seas Now for the King of Englands Soveraignty in opening and stopping the passage of his Seas the presidents of ancient times imbarging and staying not onely Pyrates or Enemies but friends also that were suspected to trade with Enemies or had done particular wrong to the English subjects or upon some other urgent occasion or reason of State are so frequent in Record of Story that the transcribing and reading of a thing so generally known would certainly bee esteemed losse of time labour I remember those of Hamborough and other Easterlings though in amitie with us in the late raigne of Queene Elizabeth of famous memory were notwithstanding stayed from passing through our Seas towards Spain and good prize made of all other Nations that attempted to doe the like without license first had and obtained from hence I will therefore only note by the way to this purpose that strangers being to passe through our Seas either in coming to us or going to any other place without so much as touching upon any of the King of Englands Countries have used to take safe conducts and licenses of our Kings to secure them and protect them in their passage thereby acknowledging the right of their superiotie in this behalfe in the Seas Of