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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22119	Iames by the grace of God king of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the faith &c. ... whereas Iohn Pinnell, Robert Trow, Robert Baxter, Edward Frier [and 18 others] ... makers of playing cards within our realme of England ...	England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1566-1625.; Suffolk, Thomas Howard, Earl of, 1561-1626. Copie of the Lord Treasourers letter.	1615 (1615)	STC 8525; ESTC S3818	7,745	4

HONI ✚ SOIT ✚ QVI ✚ MAL ✚ Y ✚ PENSE ✚ IAmes by the grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting Whereas Iohn Pinnell Robert Trow Robert Baxter Edward Frier George Batch Salomon Law Thomas Bee Edward Pigget Richard Windar Peter Edwards Edward Heather Iohn Harlow Iohn Achley Iohn Iames Edward Strensham Thomas Ghostlee Thomas Radnor Richard Lucke William Pedel William Eley Iasper Coard Iohn Hostler and others makers of playing Cards within Our Realme of England haue by their humble petition lately shewed and complained That these being naturall borne Subiects of Our Realme of England trained and brought vp in the Art trade and skill of making of playing Cards within this Kingdome and whereon their onely maintenance and meanes to liue dependeth haue bene and still are much decayed and impouerished in their said trade by the Importation conueying and bringing of playing Cards into Our said Realme of England from sundry the parts beyond the Seas whereby not onely many of Our poore subiects of that other trades do want those meanes whereby they were formerly set on worke but other Our louing subiects also by the said Cards deceitfully made in the said parts beyond the Seas and Imported and sold in this Our Realme are greatly deceiued to their no small hurt and damage For reformation whereof the said makers of playing Cards for themselues and others haue humbly petitioned Vs to nominate and appoint some fit and discreet person for to view search scale and allow aswel of all such playing Cards as shall be hereafter made within Our Realme of England and Dominions thereof as of all such playing Cards as shall hereafter be conueyed imported or brought into Our said Realme and Dominions thereof from any the parts beyond the Seas voluntarily offering That if they the said Cardmakers or any of them or any others by their meanes or procurement shall at any time hereafter deceitfully make or cause to be made any playing Cards and the same shall sell or offer and put to sale That then all such Cards should become wholy forfeited vnto Vs whereby the said frauds and abuses now practized might be taken away and the said Cardmakers of this Our Realme much relieued And whereas the said Makers of playing Cards before named haue made choice of Sir Richard Cognisby Knight one of Our Gentlemen Vshers in Ordinarie for the viewing searching scaling and allowing of all such playing Cards as shal be hereafter made within or be Imported into this Our Realme or the Dominions thereof and haue alreadie granted and assured vnto the said Sir Richard for the terme of one and Twentie yeeres fiue Shillings vpon euery Grosse of playing Cards by them or any of them to be hereafter made vttered within this Our Realme or the Dominions thereof in recompence of the paines care and attendance of the said Sir Richard or his Deputies in and about the viewing searching sealing and allowing of the same playing Cards to bee from time to time made and vttered within this Our Realme or the Dominions thereof And the said Cardmakers of this Our Realme haue further humbly prayed that for the better repressing of the Importation into this Our Realme of the said playing Cards deceitfully made in the parts beyond the Seas We would be pleased to impose lay and cause to beleuied to Our owne vse the ●ike summe of fiue Shillings for and vpon euery Grosse of the said playing Cards to be so imported brought in and conueyed ●nto this Our Realme or the Dominions thereof as aforesaid And that the same playing Cards so to be Imported might ●irst be viewed searched sealed and allowed by the said Sir Richard Cognisby or his Deputies before the same should be vttered ●old or put to sale within Our said Realme and the Dominions thereof And whereas Wee much commiserating the de●ayed estates of Our said poore Subiects referred the consideration of their Petition to Thomas Earle of Suffolke Our high Treasourer of England Henry late Earle of Northampton deceased and Edward Earle of Worcester Master of Our horse then our Commissioners of and for Our Treasurie who hauing duely considered of the contents of the said Petition gaue like●ng and passage thereunto So as the same might not preiudice the then Treatie with the French And for their better satis●action in that behalfe referred the same to the consideration of Sir Iulius Caesar knight then Chancellour of Our Court of Ex●hequer Sir Thomas Parry knight Chancellour of Our Duchie of Lancaster and Sir Daniel Dun knight one of Our Masters of Requests who thereupon certified that there was nothing in the last Treatie with the French which did or might impeach ●he said suite of the said Cardmakers and that thereby good profit might arise to Vs without damage to Our Subiects of ●his Our Realme And whereas Wee affecting the reliefe of Our said subiects the Cardmakers and the better to represse ●nd restraine the excessiue Importation of Playing-cards into this Our said Realme from the parts beyond the Seas by Our Letters giuen vnder Our Priuie Seale at Our Mannour of Greenwich the foure and twentieth day of Iune last before ●he date hereof directed to Our right trustie and right welbeloued cousin and Councellour Thomas Earle of Suffolke Lord ●igh Treasurer of England Haue ordained appointed and commanded at the humble suite of the said Cardmakers and ●or other considerations Vs especially moouing That there shal be leuied receiued and taken to the vse of Vs Our Heires ●nd Successors by way of Imposition thereby newly set and imposed ouer and besides the Customes Subsidies dueties and ●ummes of Money then before due payable and answerable the summe of fiue Shillings of lawfull English Money for and 〈◊〉 respect of euery Grosse of Playing-cards which from and after the Twentieth day of Iuly then next comming should ●appen to be brought from any the parts beyond the Seas into Our Realme of England Dominion of Wales or Port or Towne of Berwicke by any person or persons Englishmen denizens or strangers to the end to be vttered sold or put to sale as by the same Our Letters more at large it doth and may appeare NOVV KNOVV YE That we minding the reformation of the aforenamed frauds and abuses and to the intent that the said Cardmakers Our naturall borne Subiects may againe be more freely set on worke and imployed in the trade and course of life wherein they haue bene trained vp and exercised And for the better effecting of all the premisses according to the humble Petition of the same Our poore Subiects in that behalfe We doe by these presents for Vs Our Heires and Successors ordaine constitute make and appoint one Office of and for the viewing searching sealing and allowing of all and all maner of Playing-cards whatsoeuer aswell of such as shall from time to time be made by the aforenamed Cardmakers or