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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

the Tenants owed mee when I was committed to the Tower in arrears for rent about one hundred pounds and for this seven years I received no rent of them but Master Elconhead hath received the rent ever since 6. Som of the Wier-drawers by their clamor caused my Office to bee sequestred from mee which was for the surveying and sealing of all Gold and Silver-Thread by which means they have made slight Silver-Thread to the deceit of this Nation ever since which office for the surveying and sealing of all Gold and Silver-Thread and Wier I had from the late King for three lives and it hath cost mee near fifteen hundred pounds to my Lord Treasurer Lord Cottington Sir John Cook Sir John Banks before I could get the Grant to pass under the Great Seal of England and that Office made mee above three hundred pounds a year besides an Hous rent-free the necessitie of having that Office I have shewed before 7. I had one quarter part of the Ladie Viller's Farm for the importation of all Forrain Gold and Silver-Thread Hat-bands or Lace and Copper-Thread throughout England and Wales sor fourteen years which cost mee a little before I was sequestred seven hundred pounds and it was worth one hundred and fiftie pounds per annum to mee 8. I spent in my imprisonment in the Tower for almost four years seven hundred pounds and could never get my Caus to bee heard An Order of the Committee of Shropshier WHereas by Vertue of an Ordinance of Parlament autorizing us the Committee for the Countie of Salop to seiz sequester and secure the Estates of Papists and Delinquents for the raising of Monies for the service of the Parlament in the Countie of Salop which wee shall discover wee have seized and taken into our possession three several Bonds or Obligations whereby you amongst others stand bound to Thomas Violet a Delinquent and Prisoner in the Tower of London for paiment unto him of several summes of Monie therein mentioned It is therefore Ordered by the said Committee That you paie such Monies as are due upon the said Bonds unto the said Committee or to such as they shall appoint and unto none other until further order bee taken therein by the said Committee And further you are desired to bee present at the said Committee at Salter's Hall in Bread-street in London upon Tuesdaie next at three of the Clock in the afternoon Dated the tenth daie of October Anno Dom. 1644. H. Mackworth Jo. Corbet Tho. More Ch. Meredith To Master Philip Cage of Great Harwel in the Countie of Hartford Esquire Memorand That the 21 of December 1646. this Warrant was shewed unto Master John Corbet at the Tower in the presence of us and hee did acknowledg it to bee his hand and that the said Bonds were seized upon according to their Order and were in the hands of one Brome belonging to the Committee of Shropsheir And that the said three bonds were in two thousand pounds for the paying of Thomas Violet one thousand pounds Henrie Cogan William Bourn Two Orders of the Committee of Essex Essex scilicet WHereas Thomas Violet a Delinquent is imprisoned in the Tower of London for a Conspiracie against the Parlament and that his Estate is seized and sequestred and that it appear's to the Parlament that there is an extent of the Lands of James Waad Esquire at the suit of the said Violet or som others to his use of the penaltie of one thousand pounds for the paiment of five hundred pounds charged upon the Manors of Battels and Paton Hall with their appurtenances within this Countie of Essex The high Court of Parlament taking the same into consideration have been pleased to order the benefit and advantage of the said extent to the use of this Countie Now wee the Committees of the Countie aforesaid have assigned and do by these presents assign the said extent and all the benefits thereof unto Edward Elconhead Esquire giving him hereby full power and autority to take and receiv all and singular the profits and rents of the said Manors of Battels and Paton Hall with their and everie of their appurtenances And wee do also hereby appoint the said Edward Elconhead Esquire to take into his hands and possession the said Battels and Paton Hall with their appurtenances And wee do hereby further Order and Appoint all and singular the Tenants and Land-holders thereof respectively to paie their several rents with the arrearages thereof as the same are or from time to time shall grow due unto the said Edward Elconhead And wee do hereby require all Captains and all other forces as also all High Constables and Pettie Constables within this Countie to bee aiding and assisting to the said Edward Elconhead in gaining preserving and keeping him in the quiet possession of the premises aforesaid At the standing Committee at Chelms-ford the 17 of August 1644. Thomas Barington Will. Goldingham Rich. Harlakenden H. Holcrost William Roe Robert Smith S. Sparrow Essex scilicet WHereas wee the Committee for the said Countie now sitting at Chelms ford have assigned the extent of the Manors of Battels and Paton-Hall with their appurtenances made not long since by Thomas Violet now prisoner in the Tower of London unto Edward Elconhead of the said Countie Esquire Wee do also hereby Order and Appoint that if any differences shall happen to arise betwixt him the said Edward Elconhead and any of the Tenants of the aforesaid Lands that then wee refer the consideration and settling thereof unto Timothie Middleton Esquire High Sheriff of the aforesaid Countie and Sir Thomas Barington Knight and Baronet or either of them who are hereby desired to mediate therein or in case of refusal or obstinacie of any of the said persons to make their return to us thereof whereupon wee shall proceed as to the demerit of the caus shall appertain At the standing Committee at Chelmsford the 17 of August 1644. Will. Roe Will. Goldingham Rich. Harlakenden H. Holcrost Rob. Smith These two are true Copies of the Committee of Essex Orders witness our hands this first daie of August 1646. Philip Cage Thomas Conningsbie Christ Hatton A DECLARATION OF PHILIP CAGE Esquire Shewing by virtue of the Committee of Essex Order dated 17 August 1644. Hee was forcibly driven out of the possession of the Manors of Battels and Paton-Hall which hee held for and to the use of THOMAS VIOLET Attested by Thomas Conningsbie Esquire of Hartford-shier and Christopher Hatton of London Gentleman UPon this Order of the Committee I Philip Cage beeing in possession of both the Manors of Battels and Paton-Hall with the appurtenances in the Countie of Essex by vertue of a Leas of an extent from his Majestie assigned to mee and others by M. Thomas Violet in trust of those Lands with divers other Lands and Tenements in London and Middlesex for the use of Thomas Violet I Philip Cage and my Family were forcibly driven out of possession about the 20 of

Crown to seal all Gold and Silver-Thread in scanes at one end of the scane and to warrant it to bee good Silver to the Nation with a Prohibition to any to presume to counterfeit that Seal The other end of the scane of Silver-Thread the work-man was to put to his seal by which waie the Nation had the Gold and Silver-Thread warranted to them and if any Gold or Silver-thread were sealed with the seal of the Office and had the workman's seal to it which seal of the work-mans was put in a Table in the Office for any man to see by which means if any man should have counterfeited the Office-seal and the Thread was found courser or worser then the standard and not to have five Ounces to one pound Venice the partie offending was to bee punished and if any Clerk of mine should have sealed any cours Silver with the seal of the Office then I Thomas Violet was to make it good to the Common-wealth or any partie grieved what they were damnified and to warrant this Manufacture right both for to have five Ounces Silver on a pound Venice and that to bee good Silver I had no more then four pence the pound weight Venice for my pains and hazard which was little more then one farthing an Ounce and if any person did complain then I Tho. Violet was to make all the damage good to the partie or parties grieved and out of this fee I was to paie Clerk's wages and other Officers for their attendance in sealing the Thread and for wax for sealing Besides it is no small trouble to have daily conversation with people of such several humors and som of them of such uncivil and cours behavior that the Honorable Council for Trade have had more patience to hear their speeches one to another at the board then I believ they ever had with any people that came before them then they must needs bee clamorous when the Officer doth his dutie to see they make all good work and this place I Thomas Violet was required to execute And I have the Grant of this Office under the Great Seal of England for two lives and though I was commanded to deliver my Patent to the Honorable Gentleman Sir Robert Harlow who was then Master of the Mint and Chair-man for this business but as yet hee hath not made any report concerning this business I stand upon my Grant as a good Patent and for the benefit of the Common-wealth for the fee was not 10 s. in 100 pounds for all Gold and Silver Manufactured in Silver-thread Silver-spangles Oes and Purl and Wier and for that fee I was to run the hazard to make all the Manufacture good to this Nation that was bought in the Office or had the seal appointed by the State put to the thread and I shall humbly appeal to all the wearers of Gold and Silver-Lace in this Nation whether they would not bee glad to paie ten shillings in the hundred pounds now to have their Gold and Silver-thread and wier warranted to them to bee good Silver and the Silk truly covered with a substantial Bodie of Silver and to the Thread everie pound Venice to weigh at the least five Ounces of Silver by which order and rule their Silver-Lace would last six times as long as it doth and never lose the color and when they had don wearing it it would yield above one third pennie it cost to the melting pot whereas now upon som Silver-Lace that is made in London when it is worn out that Silver that cost ten pounds will not yield twentie shillings to the melting pot and this is known by slight Wheel-work and slight Laces a great deal of difference upon the return to the melting pot of rich Lace made by the Hand spinners and slight Wheel-work made by your Wheel-men and this can bee proved by many Trades-men as Tailors and Silk-men and Silver-spinners who are best able to judg the Manufacture that the Gold and Silver-Thread and Wier was never so well made in England before nor since as during all the time I had the regulating of the Manufacture and it did concern mee to look to have it well made or els I might have been undon for I was to make it all good It was not to receiv a fee and never to look how the Manufacture was made but my fee was to bee earned with a great deal of attendance and charge and hazard and my constant searching to see the Manufacture was vvell made The Wier-drawers and Silk-men knew I would spare none of them that made bad ware for I caused Gares to stand in the Pillorie that made Gold and Silver-Thread vvith a Core of Copper I caused slight vvork to bee unspun again that was not covered vvith five Ounces Silver to one pound Venice and this I did to Archer that was the Clerk of the Commission though hee brought mee a Letter from a Privie Counsellor to deliver the Silver-Thread without defacing yet I valued the keeping my trust before a Lord's Letter and hee was no mean man in power then I questioned Master Bradbourn the Queen's Silk-man for putting in Copper into an Honorable Ladie 's Silver-Lace and selling it her for good Silver and a second time for putting Copper into my Lord Carlile's Suit and Cloak and selling it to him for good Silver and if the Queen had not sent to mee and laid her commands on mee not to proceed farther I had made him an example Many other Silkmen sold Silver-Thread with a Core of Copper and som sold Copper for Silver vvhich as long as I had the Trust I vvould not spare any man I seized on fiftie pounds of Silver-Lace mixed with Copper in Master Alderman Garrawaie's custodie when hee was Lord Major of London and brought it away from him against his will as Sir George Sands knoweth and the vvorld know's hee had spirit enough and upon that seizure I found twentie men had an hand in it for it was sent to Russia and there the Emperor's Council seized it and laid Master Sands in prison Sir George Sand's brother who had brought the adulterate Silver-Lace into the Countrie And upon examination and proof that Master Sands was cousened by buying this Silver-Thread for good Silver in London it was sent over to the Russia Companie to have the offendors found out vvhere upon examination before the Commissioners twentie men run away By these good waies I so ordered the Regulation of the Manufactures during the time of the Regulation that the stuff was made all good Silver and five Ounces to one pound Venice and if any did work in Corners that which was with a Cote of Copper or against the rule my Instruments were sure to finde them out one time or another And for doing of this service I had Warrants directed to several people for to discover the offendors and becaus I was true to my trust I would not suffer the Common-vvealth to bee cousened