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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65092	Two petitions of Thomas Violet of London goldsmith, to the Kings Majestie I. Seting forth the great abuses practised by the makers of gold and silver thread, wire, lace, to the great waste of the stock and treasure of the kingdome, in culling and melting down the heavy currant silver. II. One hundred & twelve several parcels of course and adulterate silver lace, ... Mr. Alexander Jackson, who is sworne assay-maker at Goldsmiths Hall, ... III. Ten several heads or branches certified by the Committee of Trade the 17th of June 1657. seting forth the several abuses in making gold and silver lace, wire, and thread; ... IV. Thomas Violet's petition to the Right Honourable, several Lords of the Privy Council, who are appointed a committee for the removing the obstructions of the mint, ...to present to your Lordships such rules, orders, and instructions for the due vending, and uttering of the said manufactures, ... for the ends expressed.	Violet, Thomas, fl. 1634-1662.	1661 (1661)	Wing V594A; ESTC R222530	22,825	26

being taken out of all his imployment to his damage of above 20000 l. and could never obtain any part of his estate to his total ruine without your Majesty in your mercy relieve him Your Petitioner prostrate at your Majesties feet presents to your Majestie the great severity of your Petitioners sufferings there never being the like sad president in the Nation during all these distracted times that a man for bringing up a letter of peace from his late Majesty of glorious memory should be ruined for obeying his Majesties commands the only cause of your Petitioners sequestration and ruine being for so doing That upon complaint made by several persons that great quantities of the currant heavy silver coynes and plate in this Nation is daily melted and wasted for the making of the manufacture of gold and silver thread wyer and lace to the great waste and destruction of the stock of heavy English money and great quantities of gold and silver transported without licence To prevent these abuses your Majesties Royal Father by the advice of his Privy Counsel did grant unto your Petitioner for three lives and the longest liver of them the 7th day of September in the 14th year of his late Majesties reign a Patent under the great Seal of England for the regulating the aforesaid abuses and granted to them and the longer liver of them a Seal being the Rose and Crown with a prohibition to all persons not to presume to counterfeit the same Which Seal was for the fealing of all gold and silver thread which they found upon Assay Survey or Tryal to be made of good silver with a due proportion of silver to silk And your Petitioners had by Patent for two lives four pence the pound weight Venice for warranting all the aforesaid gold and silver thread to be good silver at least Sterling according to the Standard of this Nation And thereupon being made up in skeynes we were to put the aforesaid seal upon it and by their aforesaid grant we were upon the drawing and disgrossing of all gold and silver wyer for the making of spangles oaes purse or gold and silver thread upon the assaying of the said wyer at the bar we were to register the weight and finenesse and thereupon your Petitioner to receive one half penny an Ounce for all wyer employed in any the aforesaid Manufactures and your Petitioner was impowered to receive all duties imposed laid or to be laid upon any the said manufactures Upon consideration of the said Fees your Petitioner is bound in the Exchequer with good security in 1500 l. that all silver assayed sealed marked or surveyed as aforesaid was to be fine silver at the least as good as sterling Whereas many yeares your Petitioner regulated this manufacture and caused the same to be as exactly made as the coyne or plate of this Nation till these sad troubles when the Parliament sequestred your Petitioner And as in duty bound your Petitioner shall pray for your Majesties long health and happinesse Your Petitioners humble prayer is That your Majesty would be pleased to recommond to the Parliament or to your Majesties Commissioners of your Treasury the restraining of the melting of the currant silver coynes of this Nation for the making of any the aforesaid manufactures and against transporting gold and silver and for the due paying of the duties and fees according to the afoaesaid Letters Patents Which will prevent the abuses daily practised and committed and these manufactures shall by your Petitioner for the future be warranted to be good to the wearers or to pay all dammages to the parties grieved according as your Petitioner covenanted in the said Letters Patents And in regard of your Petitioners great sufferings and losses for doing your Royal Majesties Fathers service as aforesaid That your Majesty would be gratiously pleased by patent to make your Petitioner one of your Majesties Auditors for the impresse with the same fees as Auditor Beale and Auditor Bingly formerly received or one of the Tellers of your Majesties Exchequer with the usual fees or that your Majesty would be gratiously pleased to appoint your Petitioner some Office in the Custome-house or Excise your Petitioner by the blessing of God and his own industry and experience will improve your Majesties revenue in the said Offices At the Court at White-Hall 27. June 1660. HIs Majesty being very sensible of the Petitioners Loyalty and sufferings is Gratiously pleased to refer the Consideration and Examination of the Assertions in this Petition to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesties Treasury who are accordingly to inform and certifie his Majesty what their Lordships conceive fit for his Majesty to do for relief of the Petitioner as is desired and then his Majesty will Declare his further Pleasure concerning the Petitioners humble request ROB. MASON This Original Petition and Reference is in the Hands of Sir Phil. Warwick TO THE Right Honourable the Lord High Chancellour of England the Lord High Treasurer of England the Lord Privy Seal the Lord Ashley Chancellour of the Exchecquer being all of the Committee for removing the obstructions of the Mint The humble Petition of Thomas Violet Goldsmith May it please your Lordships WHen I first left this aforesaid Petition with Sir Philip Warwick I was commanded by some of your Lordships to bring into the Lords of the Council a draught of a Proclamation against transporting of Gold and Silver which I did which begat a dispute at the Council of Trade and a Certificate from them for the Merchants to have free liberty to Export Gold and Silver without Licence to have a free Market Whereupon I thought my self bound by my Allegiance considering how much it did import the honour safety and welfare of his Majesty and the Lords of His Privy Council who by the Law can only grant to the Merchants upon their Petition and just Reasons shown leave to transport Gold and Silver out of the Kingdome and I know the mischiefs which might come to the Kingdome if this great trust were left to the Merchants I did humbly according to my best abilities state the Kings right and His Privy Councils by the Law to have the only liberty to dispence with the Statutes against transporting Gold and Silver which Reasons was opposed by some Honourable Gentlemen of the Council of Trade before his Majesty and His Privy Council Sir George Downing and others humbly pressing Arguments for to have that Royal Flower of the Crown and to leave it free to the Merchants and others to transport Gold and Silver Your Petitioner being commanded by his Majesty to give Sir George Downing an answer I was necessitated to make a further Reply and his Majesty was graciously pleased not to part with so great a power and trust to any other then as the Law had invested it his Majesty and His Privy Council being soly the Judges to restrain or licence the transporting Gold and Silver according as they in their wisdoms