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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65091	A true narrative of the proceedings in the Court of Admiraltie against the ships Sampson, Salvador, and George, their silver and lading and an accompt presented what silver was taken out of the said ships, and coined in the tower (being above two hundred seventy eight thousand pounds), all which silver the common-wealth got by the chargeable prosecution and discovery of Tho. Violet, who saved the common-wealth this silver, Dec. 16, 1652 ... : together with several humble proposals, for the profit and honour of this common-wealth, in saving them many score of thousand pounds ... / by Tho. Violet ...	Violet, Thomas, fl. 1634-1662.	1659 (1659)	Wing V594; ESTC R18686	84,216	166

against the Judges of that Court and against all further Proceedings of theirs to discharge this Silver in the aforesaid ships till your Petitioners Witnesses were examined and shewed the Judges many Reasons being for the advantage and safety of the Common-wealth for respiting for some dayes their Judgment Thereupon the Court of Admiralty adjourned till the next day and the Judges being very angry with your Petitioner for making the aforesaid Protest and for what your Petitioner had said to the Judges in open Court the Judges thereupon command your Petitioner to attend the Council of State that very day in the afternoon being 16 of December 1652. the Petitioner to answer before them for his mildemeanor so the Iudges were pleased to call it that morning in the Court of Admiralty Your Petitioner did accordingly attend the Council of State that day 16 Dec. in the afternoon and upon full examination of the Business before them the Council stayed the silver and blamed the Judges for their complaining of your Petitioner and your Petitioner had thanks from the Council for what hee had done in his timely and seasonable staying this silver and commanded to use what expedition hee could in proving that great quantities of the silver then aboard these ships appertained to the Merchants of Amsterdam Thereupon your Petitioner undertook to the Council of State to disprove the Spanish and Flemish clamors and the Spanish Embassadors pretences to all this silver in the aforesaid ships And this discovery your Petitioner undertook to make to the Council of State at his own charge The Council of State upon the considerations aforesaid and to incourage your Petitioner to proceed they did faithfully promise your Petitioner for this his service and discovery that your Petitioner should be paid the sum of eleven thousand pounds out of the silver that should be taken out of these ships and converted to the use of the Common-wealth this summe of eleven thousand pounds being the value of your Petitioners Estate which the Parliament 1643. upon mis-information against your Petitioner had sequestred And the Council of State declared unto your Petitioner That if your Petitioner should fail to make good his undertaking in disproving the Spanish and Flemish Claims to all this silver then aboard the ships Sampson Salvador and George that the undertaking would undo your Petitioner for upon your Petitioners failing to make good proof of what he had undertaken the Councel of State would report your Petitioner to the Parliament to be an Incendiary therefore it highly concerned your Petitioner to be well assured of what he had undertaken and also to be justly dealt withal when he had done this service Upon the assurance of the Councel of State upon the aforesaid termes your Petitioner engaged and undertook this great difficult and dangerous service wherein your Petitioner employed above ten several persons for about two years and laid out of Purse besides all his time and hazard the summe of above seven hundred sixty five pounds which he payes interest for at this very day as is deposed by several Witnesses whom your Petitioners employed in this service and this is attested under the hands of several Honourable Persons to the late Lord Protector Oliver May it please your Honours besides this service your Petitioner did for the Common-wealth he discovered to the Councel of State in Jan. 1651. That from August to December 20. 1652. the Admiralty had discharged fifty eight ships all loaden with rich merchandize I printed the several daies of the moneth they were cleared out of the Court of Admiralty the names of the ships and the Master of the ships names and the parties to whom these ships and merchandize was delivered at London and that many of these ships after their discharge from hence unloaded their merchandize at Amsterdam for the account of the Dutch to the value of many hundred thousand pounds Upon examination of this Business the Council of State had certain intelligence from beyond sea that this information was true and these Letters were remaining in Captain Bisheps hands who can testifie the truth Whereupon your Petitioner humbly presented to the Council of State in writing several waies for the preventing this abuse for the future and the Judges in the Admiraltie was removed and other Iudges put in their places with particular instructions for the prevention of the former frauds put on the Nation By which discovery made by your Petitioner the Common-wealth got many score prizes which were condemned as Dutch prizes when they could not bring attestations from Hamborough under the Parliament Agents hands viz Mr Bradshaws that they really and truly belonged to Hamborough The value of the Ships and goods by your Petitioners means discovered was amounting to several score of thousand pounds besides all the silver your Petitioner stayed which the Dutch had cozen ed us of had not your Petitioner acquainted the Council in Ianuary 1652 with the former cheats put on the Nation in printing a list of 58 Saile of ships most of them Dutch prize which the Common-wealth lost for want of keeping a good Watch on the Actions of their Judges and Officers in the Admiralty in those times 1652. 1653. It was nothing for ordinary Proctors in the Admiralty to get foure of five thousand pounds a yeare by cozening the State in their prizes till your Petitioner by his discovery to the Councel of State spoiled their Trade for a great part of it This discovery got your Petitioner the envy of many hundred Merchants and others in the Admiralty There was not a motion nor any Proceedings in the Court of Admiralty for about three yeares touching the Silver Ships Sampson Salvador and George their silver and lading but every day your Petitioner was required to give his attendance therein at the Court of Admiralty and forced to employ at his own charge many persons and your Petitioner was required by Doctor Walker at his own charge to employ many persons to breviate and have inspection into all the Records Acts Bills of lading Pleas Extracts Allegations and Interrogatories Witnesses Depositions in the Silver businesse as will appear under the hands of several persons employed and paid by your Petitioner for that service Your Petitioner did several times move the Councel of State in December January February March 1652. to unload the silver out of the ships to avoid the embezeling thereof there being above an hundred thousand pounds stollen out of these ships while the silver was in the River there are bills of lading in the Admiralty for silver that was never delivered into the Tower to the value of above a hundred thousand pounds in silver which bills appertain to these ships Sampson Salvador and George Your Petitioner presented to the Councel of State in 1652. 1653. several frauds and abuses put upon the Common-wealth in the Sale of their Prizes Ships and Merchandize by the indirect meanes of some Officers they intrusted to sell the same