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A56130	Aurum reginæ, or, A compendious tractate and chronological collection of records in the Tower and Court of Exchequer concerning queen-gold evidencing the quiddity, quantity, quality, antiquity, legality of this golden prerogative, duty, and revenue of the queen-consorts of England ... / by William Prynne, Esq. ...	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1668 (1668)	Wing P3898; ESTC R4976	161,571	146

sent to the Barons of the Exchequer to be firmly observed REX mand eisdem quandam Cedulam coram se et Consilio suo super AVRO REGINAE proviso o●dinatam praesentibus interclusam Mandantes eisdem quod 4 ea quae super hoc provisa sunt et ordinata de caetero firmiter servari faciant c. BAronibus c. salutem Mittimus vobis quandam Scedulam coram nobis Consilio nostro super Auro Reginae proviso ordinatam praesentibus interclusam Vobis madantes quod ea quae super hoc provisa sunt ordinata de caetero firmiter observari faciatis Teste c. apud Westm 9 die Julii Tenor illius Scedulae talis est De 4 donis quae spontanea voluntate donato●uis ex gratia conferuntur et contingat quod aliquis de dono proprio finem faciat non habebit Regina Aurum Si vero Papa conferat Decimam vel const●ilem gratiam Domino Regi et faciant inde finem vel siquis finem pro hujusmodi Decima vel Quintadecima vel Vicesima alicujus Communitatis seu patriae seu pro donis aliorum quam pro sui ipsius ibi fiat sicut fieri debet An. 5 E. 1. The Officers of Eleanor Queen Consort to King Henry the 3d. and mother of King Edward exacting Queen-gold from the Barons of the Cinque Ports for their free courteous gift of the 20th part of their goods to King Henry his Father by processe issued out of the Court of Exchequer against the King and Counsils resolution the year before contrary to all equity and right the King thereupon issued this Mandate to the Barons to discharge them thereof QVia 4 aequitati dissonum fore reputat Rex quod Barones Duinque Po●tuum pro curialitate quam Domino Henrico Regi fecerant de micesima bono●um suo●um eidem Patri gratis concedenda et praestanda distringantur ad AURUM REGINAE Angliae Matri Regis praestandum occasione micesimae praedictae Rex mandat eisdem Baronibus quod Barones quinque Po●tuum praedictos de pecunia quae ab iis erigitur per summonitionem Scaccarii pro AURO praedicto occasione praediatae Micesimae quietos esse faciant Teste c. REX Baro●bus suis de Scaccario suo Dublin salutem Allocate Magistro Thomae de Cheddeworth nuper Custodi nostro Archiepiscopatus Dubl in compoto suo ad Scaccarium praedictum triginta unam libras quas per praeceptum nostrum liberavit Willielmo de Walleye Auditori compoti ejusdem Archiepi●copatus et 5 AURI Consoztis nostrae c. Teste meipso apud Westm 6 die Julii anno r.n. 7. By which it appears that Queen-gold was then payd to the Queen in Ireland where she had an Officer to receive and account for it In the Roll of Vasconie Anno 8 E 1. I found this Record which hath some Analogie to Queen-gold in England that the wives of all the Lords of Agen for the time being had a certain Annual summe paid unto them over and above the Lords rent and fine out of all Bayliwicks of that land sold or let to farm which the King by this Writ commanded his Steward and Receiver of the Dutchy of Aquitain to pay to his Royal Consort Eleanor Queen of England and Dutchesse of Aquitain in as ample proportion as Jone Countesse of Poictiers and Tholouse in the time of her Husband whiles the lands were in his hands and afterwards the Queen of France enjoyed it when in the hands of the Kings of France that so she might not be in a worse condition than this Countess being a Queen and Dutchesse too REX Senescallo suo in Ducatu Aquitanniae vel Receptori suo in terra Agenensi salutem Cum er antiqua consuetudine Cro●es Domino●um Agen qui pro tempo●e fuerunt de singulis Ballibis illius Terrae benditis seu ad fir mam traditis ab illis qui easdem Ballibas emunt belad firmam recipiunt annis singulis certam habuerunt quantitatem pecuniae Nos nolentes quod karissima Conso●s nostra A. Dei gratia Regina Angliae Domina Hiberniae et Ducissa Aquitaniae deteriozis conditionis eristat quam fuerunt Crores Domino●um Agenen tempo●ibus retroactis set potius st fieri possit meliozis Hobis mandamus quod diotae Canso●ti nostrae bel ejus Mandato be singulis Ball bis a tempo●e quo dida Terra ad manum nostram debenit benditis bel ad firmam traditis seu benditis imposterum aut tradenois tantum quantum Johanna quondam Comitissa Pictaven et Tholesena tempo●e birisui et postmodum illustris Reginae Franciae tempo●e quo ipsa terra fuit in manu Domini Regis Franciae biri sui consueberunt percipere et babere faciatis annis singulis restitui Teste Rege apud Westm 5 die Julii REX Thes Baronibus suis de Scaccario salute●● Cum nuper sexto die Januarii anno regni nostri decimo concesserimus Bonefey de Crekelade Judaeo quod de illis viginti quinque libris tresdecim solidis sex denariis per quos 4 finem fecit nobiscum pro transgressione monetae solveret nobis per annum ad Scarcarium nostrum quadraginta solidos ad duos anni terminos donec praedicta pecunia nobis plenè solveretur Aetdem Judaeus in 5 prisona nostra detineatur pro AURO karissimae Conso●tis nostrae Alienorae Reginae Angliae per quod pecuniam illam solvere non potest ut accepimus Nos eidem Judaeo gratiam facere volentes uberiorem concessimus eidem Judaeo quod de praedictis viginti quinque libris tresdecim solidis sex denariis solvat nobis per annum ad Scaccarium nostrum viginti solidos unam videlicet medietatem ad Scaccarium nostrum Sancti Michaelis proximo futur aliam medietatem ad Scaccarium nostrum Paschae proximo sequens sic de anno in annum ad eosdem terminos viginti solidos donec pecunia praedicta nobis plenè solvatur Et ideo vobis mandamus quod eidem Judaeo terminos illos habere sic fieri irrotulari fac T. R. apud Westm 20 die Inn. QUia Rex concessit karissimae Consorti suae A. Reginae Angliae omnes exitus finium amerciamentorum catallorum fugitivorum dampnatorum al●orum quorumcunque de Hundredo de Gattre in manu ipsius Consortis Regis ex concessione Domini H. Regis existente provenientes de ultimo Itinere Justic in Com. Leyc Rex mand Baron quod exitus illos per extract Scaccar levari Iohanni de Berewyke 5 Custodi Auri ejusdem Reginae ad opus ejusdem Reginae liberari fac That the Queen Debts of AURUM REGINAE and other Debts belonging to her by antient and approved Custome were by her Prerogative to be received and levyed before all other Creditors Debts in the same manner and by like Processe as the

like nature with those here enumerated mentioned in the Fine and Pipe Rolls and 6. Section On the other hand Aurum Reginae is not due or payable for any Subsidies Aides Quindisms Tonnage Poundage voluntarily granted to the King by the Lords Commons in Parliament or Disms by the Pope or Clergy for the Necessary defence of the Kingdom or Church of England or Holy Land or for Fines for respite or remission of their payment at the times limited as most conceive Nor for Fines imposed and ascertained by Judgement of the Court against the Offenders wills not left indefinite to the Kings pleasure and parties subsequent Composition or agreement Nor for voluntary Fines or Oblations of Palfries Hawks Tuns of Wine or the like to the King either alone or joyntly with any certain sum of money as of 10D marks or pounds in gold or silver and of one two three or more Palfries Hawks or Tunnes of Wine frequent in all ancient Fine and Pipe Rolls because these were not money nor apportionable and their rates values being uncertain variable our Law could set no certain rate or proportion on them nor any processe be legally issued to levy them SECT V. What Interest the Queen-Consorts have in their Queen-Gold By what officer it is to be received By what Processe to be levyed when unpaid and on what lands goods To whom the Arrears there of accrue after the Queens death THIS Duty of Aurum Reginae is so absolutely vested in the Queen that although the King himself should pardon or remit all or any part of his Fine to the party by which it became due to the Queen yet he could not pardon remit nor apportion this Duty to his Queen nor respite the Process to levy it without her own consent And if the King her Husband deceased this Debt survived to the Queen and was leviable in the reign of the succeeding Kings not withstanding by like processe as before This Duty or Revenue was received collected levyed by a special Officer or Clerk in the Court of Exchequer authorized and appointed by Patent from the King or Queen or both of them to receive collect levy and render an Account there of in that Court If this Duty was not voluntarily paid it being a Debt grounded on and warranted by matter of Record as the Fine Rolls in the Court of Chancery or Extracts Pipe-rolls in the Exchequer wherein the Oblations Fines out of which it arose are enrolled it was levied by Writs of Extent or Execution issued out of the Court of Exchequer to the Sheriffs in the self-same manner form as the Kings debts were next after the Kings own debts but not before them and that upon the Debtors lands or goods which he had at the time when it first grew due or upon his Sureties in case he had no lands nor goods to satisfie it If the Queen-Consort deceased all the Arrears of this Duty accrued and survived of right to the King her Husband if living and to his Successor if dead who levied them by processe out of the Exchequer as they did their other proper Debts SECT VI. A Chronological Collection of the Principal Records Patents Writs Accounts in the Tower of London and Court of Exchequer at Westminster concerning Aurum Reginae with brief Observations on them HAving rendred you this Summary Account of this Duty of Aurum Reginae and of the several materials circumstances that concern or relate unto it in general and special I shall in this last Section present to your view a Chronological Collection and Transcript of all the principal Records Patents Writs and Accounts extant in the Tower of London and Court of Exchequer at Westminster which have hitherto come to my view with some brief Observations on and from them Which will copiously evidence justifie ratifie the truth of what I have asserted concerning Aurum Reginae in the premised Sections and display what else may conduce to the full discovery or knowledge of this abstruse over-long-concealed discontinued Prerogative of the Queens of England to all those who desire information or satisfaction therein I shall begin with the ancientest and so descend in order of time to the last Records and Memorials of this Subject referring each of them by figures to the premised Sections so farr as they prove evidence confirm or illustrate the contents thereof The first and most memorable Record I have yet seen which both mentions and Treats of Aurum Reginae is a Dialogue or Treatise enrolled in the Red and Black Book of the Kings Exchequer at Westminster whereof there is a fair Transcript in Lincolns Inne Library given to it by our Famous Antiquary Mr. Will Lambard a Member of that Society An. 1572. intituled Gervasii Tilberiensis De Necessariis Scaccarii Observantiis Dialogus dedicated by him to K. Henry the 2. in the 23. year of his reign as himself relates in his Proeme Anno Domini 1177. in the second Part of which Dialogue cap. 26. 1 DE AURO REGINAE he renders us this exact Account concerning the Quiddity Quantity Quality Legality and manner of levying this duty in the Exchequer in that and former ages per Consuetudines et Iura Scaccarii as his Proeme informs us I shall present you with his intire Dialogue concerning this Duty Ad haec noverint hi 1 qui in pecunia numerata Regi 4 sponte obligantur quod REGINAE similiter tenentur licet expressum non fuerit Quamvis enim non sit expressum est tamen promisso compromissum Vt cum Regi Centum vel Ducentas Marcas promiserit REGINAE pariter teneatur pro Centum Marcis Argenti Regi promissis IN UNA MARCA AURI pro Ducentis IN DUABUS MARCIS AURI et st● deinceps In his autem perquirendis 5 eadent lege Vicecomes per omnia utetur qua in Regiis usus est non tamen ante sed post Cum ergo de Regiis debitis summonitiones fiant 5 adest Clericus Reginae ad hoc constitutus Et addit in summonitione de illo has Centum Marcas pro causa illa ET AD OPUS REGINAE UNAM MARCAM AVRI. Summonita autem ad Scaccarium ab eius Officialibus ad 〈◊〉 i●●titutis seors●m suscipiuntur Noveris etiam quod 5 llicet Rex de promissa s●bi summa mediam partem dimiserit vel universam v●l etiam summonere dis●ulerit de his tamen quae ad REGINAM pertinent s●cundum quod sibi visum fuerit per omnia fiet ut ea nolente nec dimittantur nec differentur quae sibi debentur sed summonita solbantur et non solventes praedicto modo coerceantur Discipulus Nunquid de promissis Regi citra Centum Marcas aliquid REGINAE debetur Magister Quibusdam sic videtur ut 1 usque ad Decem Marcas teneatur ut scilicet is qui Regi decem Marcas promiserit IN UNA UNCIA AURI REGINAE TENEATUR Aliis non nisi de Centum

per 50. Marc. et AVRVM REGINAE NOSTRAE si dare deberet 4 pro gratia nostra recuperanda et rehabenda custodiam Com. Wygorn c. REX Mand. Baronibus quod cum 5 Regina deputaberit Robertum de Thaury Clericum suum ad colligendum AURUM SUUM eadem Regina habeat Custodiam terrarum Baldewini de Insula vult mandat quod officium Camerar quod Thom. Espurun tenet in Scaccario et ad ipsam Reginam pertinet ratione praedictae Custodiae liberari faciant propter sumptus vitandos praedicto Roberto qui de utroque officio servire poterit Et ipsum Thom. Contrarotular receptae Scacarii custodire fac sicut prius facere consuevit Et Regina similiter mandat quod ex quo hoc placet Domino Regi quod Barones secundum Mandatum Domini Regis in dicto officio ipsum Robertum admittant Breve est in for Maresc PRaeceptum est Vic. Leye quod ingrediatur libertatem Com. Leicestr 5 distringat Willielmum de Quevill pro AURO REGINAE quam nuper ei abstulimus pro Transgressione sua PRaeceptum fuit Vic. London quod 5 distringerent Cives London pro AVRO REGINAE ita quod habeant denarios coram Baron die Lunae prox ante festum S. Barnabe Apostoli Quo die dicti Vic. venerunt coram Baronibus cum requisit esset ab eis an dictos denarios haberent dixerunt quod non sed quod vadia dictorum Civium ceperint et penes se habuerunt sed non invenerunt qui ipsa emerent Postea injunctum fuit eis quod ipsa vadia afferrent coram Baronibus die Martis sequent qua die venerunt et dixerunt quod fere mille homines de Civitate restiterunt eis et non permiserunt dicta vadia asportare Et cum quaereretur ab eisdem Vic. qui essent illi impeditores dixerunt quod plures Draperii Aurifabri Speciar Cordewinarum alii Ministri de Civitate sed nullum nomen exquirere voluerunt Ideo liberati fuerunt dicti Vic. Marescallo REX mandavit Bar. quod ad 3 instantiam Reginae replegiavit Majori Communitati London usque ad Octab. Sancti Hillarii proxim futur Civitatem London quam capi fecerat in manum suam pro 5 Auro praedictae Reginae quod à praedictis Majore Communitate exigitur Ita quidem quod nisi interim satisfaciant eidem Reginae pro AVRO SVO Cibitas illa extunc sit in manu sua in statu in quo tunc fuit Et quod Civitatem praedictam eis restituant sicut praedictum est cum omnibus inde perceptis à tempore captionis ejusdem Civitatis Breve est in For. Mar. Eodem die liberavit Dominus P. Lovell qui habuit Custodiam ejusdem Civitatis Majori Ballivis London 15 l. 9 s. 5 d. ob de exitibus ejusdem Civitatis MEmorand quod Robertus de Thaury 5 Clericus Dominae Reginae venit coram Baron recognovit quod Philippus Basset satisfecit eidem Dominae Reginae de Centum Marcis quas ei debuit pro AURO SUO de fine mille Marcarum quem idem Philippus fecerat cum Domino Rege 4 pro habenda Custodia filii et Haeredis Richardi de Riperiis et de una Marca quam debuit pro eodem Oe fine decem marcarum quam fecerat cum Domino Rege 4 pro habenda Wclarrenna et de 4. Marc. de fine quatuor marcarum Auri 4 pro habenda custodia REgina mand Roberto de Thaurey Archid. Bathon Clerico suo quod relaxavit Johanni de Romesy Canonico Sancti Pauli London tertiam partem 50 Marcarum quas ab eo Petro Capello quondam W. Arch. Eborum Willielmo de Bromham Vicar de Merton in Episcopatu Dunolm Executoribus quondam Richardi Dunolm Episcopi pro Auro suo de Quingentis Marcis quas dederant Domino Regi pro quodam fine quam fecerunt 4 ad habend plenam administrationem bonorum quae fuerunt ejusdem Episcopi Et vult quod residuum illarum 50 Marcarum dempta tertia parte ut praedictum est de praedictis Petro Willielmo Coexecutoribus praedicti J. plenè recuperetur de illa tertia parte praedicto J. nullam de caetero faciat executionem Breve est in Custodia praedicti Roberti REX Thes Hiberniae salutem Cum Edwardus primogenitus noster terram Hiberniae cum omnibus pertinentiis suis habeat et teneat de dono nostro adeò liberè quietè sicut eam in manu nostra tenuerimus per quod karissima filia nostra Alienora Consors dicti filii nostri AURUM SUUM tam de 4 finibus quam sponte oblatis in terra 1 Hiberniae habere debet sicut karissima Consors nostra Alienora Regina Angliae 1 AURUM SUUM habet de eisdem in regno nostro Angliae Vobis mandamus firmiter injungentes quatenus praefatae Consorti filii nostri praedicti AURUM prtediaum de Finibus et sponte oblatis et eciam de quibuscunque aliis finibus praedictis habere facias in forma praedita Et hoc nullo modo omittatis In cujus c. ELianora Dei Gratia Regina Angliae Domina Hiberniae Ducissa Aquitaniae dilectis sibi Philippo de Ey Domini Regis Thesaurario Baronibus ejusdem Domini Regis de Scaccario salutem dilectionem Sciatis quod assignavimus dilectum Clericum nostrum Johannem de Whitebergh Collectorem et Custodem AVRI NOSTRI quamdiu nobis placuerit Et ideo vobis rogamus quatinus eundem Johannem in officio suo informetis et consiium et juvamen ei prout nobis expedire videritis impendatis Ita quod vos regratiari specialiter teneamur Valete Datum apud Guldeford 30 die Junii anno regni Regis H. Domini nostri 56. From these Records of King Henry the 3d. I shall observe 1. That King Henry the 3. himself not the Queens Chamberlain who claimed this priviledge as an appendant due to his office at first appointed the Receiver and Keeper of the Queens gold both in his own Grand Exchequer and in the Exchequer of the Jewes no doubt by his Queens consent and agreement And that the Queen her self by her own Letters Patents in the latter end of his reign appointed her own Clerk to receive it without the King 2ly That Aurum Reginae was then due and payd to the Queen as well out of the Oblations and Fines of Jewes as Christians 3ly That Queen-gold was then due out of Fines made to the King for the Custody of the Lands and bodies of Wards For Licenses for Wards and the Kings Widdows to marry at their pleasure to any that were loyal to the King For grants of Warrens restitution of Lands Liberties Counties seised For licenses to Executors to have full administration of the goods of their Testators who were Tenants to the King or

endebted to him to perform their wills 4ly That the ordinary proportion of Queen-gold in King Henries reign was only one Mark to the Queen for every ten Marks to the King yet in the case of Jone Wake the Queen had one thousand Marks for the Kings nine thousand 6ly That the King himself sometimes appointed when and how the whole Ten thousand Marks as well that due to Queen as to himself should be paid at several payments into the Exchequer and that by expresse agreement when the Fine was made 6ly That the Queens gold was to be levyed by the Kings processe issued to the Sheriffs in the same manner as the Kings Fine was And that the Sheriffs of London were imprisoned by the Barons and the Liberties of the City seised into the Kings hands for their neglect in not levying it and for the Citizens riot and rescous of those pawnes they had given for it 7ly That all the Lands and goods of the parties that made the Fines which they had at the time of the Fines made were to be extended for the Queens gold as well as for the Kings Fines And that if the party failed of the last payment of the Kings Fine he was to lose all that was payd and the Custody of the Wards lands and body too for which it was payd 8ly That Aurum Reginae was due to the Queen out of all voluntary Oblations and Fines made to the King in Ireland as well as in England And that by King Henry his special grant of the Land of Ireland to his son and Heir Prince Edward in as free and ample manner as himself enjoyed it the Queen-gold there became due to the Princes wife by his special Patent to her I shall next present you with such Records concerning QUEEN-GOLD as I have found and perused in the Tower and Court of Exchequer during the reign of King Edward the 1. John de Waterele Keeper of the Aurum Reginae accruing to Queen Eleanor wife to King Henry the 3d and Mother to King Edward the 1. exacting this Duty in the Court of Exchequer after King Henries death from those who granted him the 20th part of their goods in his life-time towards the relief of the Holy Land and likewise out of the Tallages last assessed on the Kings Lands and Tenants throughout England to their great grievance upon complaint thereof to King Edward the 1. his Counsil he being then absent in the Holy Land in the first year of his reign some of them came personally into the Court of Exchequer and there openly prohibited Waterele from thenceforth to exact or receive any Gold from any upon these occasions as this Record and Memorandum in the Office of the Kings Remembrancer in the Exchequer informs us MEmorandum quod die Lunae prox ante festum Conversionis Sancti Pauli vener ad Scaccarium W. Eborum Archiepiscopus Rogerus de Mortuo mari Robertus Burnel quidam alii de Consilio Regis et inhibuerunt 5 Johanni de Waterele Custodi AVRI Alienorae Reginae matris Regis Edwardi 4 ne de caetero exigat seu capiat ab aliquo AVRVM ad opus ejusdem Reginae occasione vicesimae praedicto Regi concessae tempo●e H. Regis patris sui in Subsid terrae sanctae nec etiam occasione Tallagii ultimo assess per Angl. super Dominica Regis praedicti In the 3d year of King Edward the 1. Nicholas de Ely Bishop of Winchester being prosecuted in the Kings Exchequer for Queen-gold by Queen Eleanors Clerk for a Debt of 2229 l. 13 s. 1 d. due to King Henry the 3d her husband by John Gernsey his predecessor for the corn and stock of the said Bishoprick which he bought of the King upon the Kings command to the Treasurer and Barons deliverd to them by word of mouth in the Exchequer they discharged him from the payment of the said Gold by authority of the Kings command whether out of meer grace to the Bishop or because the successor Bishop was not obliged by this contract of his predecessor for this stock and corn devolved to the predecessors Executors or to the King by his decease Or because no Aurum Reginae was due in strictnesse of Law upon this bargain or emption appears not by the Record thereof entred in these words MEmorand quod die Lunae proxim post Festum Sanctorum Nerei Achillei venit Walterus de Heleni ad Scaccarium dixit Thes Baron ex parte D. Regis quod in proximo adventu Nicholai Episcopi Wint. ad idem Scaccarium absolverent eundem Episcopum de AVRO quod exigitur ab eo ad oPUS Dominae Reginae matris Domini Regis de 2229 l. 3 s. 1 d. in quibus Johannes quondam Wynton Episcopus Regi H. tenebatur 4 pro emptione bladi et instauri dicti Episcopatus Postea venit idem Episcopus ad Scaccarium praedictum et auctoritate mand praedict absolutus est de AVRO praedicto Eleanor first Queen Consort to King Edward the 1. in the 3d. year of his reign constituted Walter Kent Receiver and keeper of her gold in the Kings Exchequer whereupon she sent this Letter to the Barons to admit him to this Office without any difficulty and to advise and assist him therein when need should require as Eleanor wife to H. 3. had done before her CUM dilecto fideli Waltero de Cantia Clerico nostro terrarum tenementorum nostrorum in Anglia et Auri nostri commiserimus custodiam et exitus inde recipiend de eisdem ordinand et disponend prout nobis viderit expedire ac quaedam dictam custodiam tangentia existant quae per vos cautiorem sortire valeant effectum per quod vos rogamus affectuosè quatinus dictum Walterum ad custodiam Auri praedicti nostro nomine faciend sine aliquo diffugio recipiatis eidem in Ofeficio praedito aliis negotiis nostris coram vobis expediend quociens opus fuerit consulentes esse velitis auxiliantes precibus nostris amore Dat. apud Woodstock 26 die Decembris Anno regni Domini nostri Edwardi tertio Anno 4 E. 1. Queen Eleanor assigned Benett of Wynton a Jew to keep her Gold and dispatch her other businesse in the Exchequer for the Jews as other Jews had alwayes accustomed to do as appears by this Mandate of the King to the Barons to admit him to this office CUM karissima Consors Alienora Regina Angliae 5 assignaverit Benettum de Wynton Judaeum ad Aurum ipsius Consortis Custod ad alia negotia ipsam contingentia exequend prout alii Judaei semper hactenus facere consueverunt Rex mand eisdem quod praefat Benettum ad hoc admittant in forma praedita Teste c. This year there arising some new Controversies and doubts out of what Oblations QUEEN-GOLD ought to be paid the King and his Counsil made these resolutions therein which they

her husband 3ly That the Queen by her own Patents or Writs both during the life and after the decease of the King usually constituted the Keepers and Receivers of her Queen-gold in the Exchequer whom the Barons were to counsell advise and assist upon all occasions for her advantage who were to cause processe to be issued to levy this and other her Debts and to render an annual Account of them in the Exchequer 4ly That if the Keeper of the Queen Mothers or Queen Consorts Gold or other Officers did injuriously sue or vex the Kings subjects for Queen gold where none was due by Law they were restrained prohibited and the parties discharged by the Kings and his Counsils special Orders and commands to the Barons of the Exchequer 5ly That no Queen-gold was due to the Queen for any publike Ayds Fifteenths or Tenths freely or voluntarily granted to the King out of meer grace and courtesie by the Lords or Commons in Parliament or Clergy in their Convocation or by any particular Corporations or Persons for the ayde and defence of the Holy Land or Realm nor for any Fines or Compositions for the same made by the granters and givers thereof 6ly That Queen-gold was due and payable for Fines to and voluntary compositions made with the King for Disms Quindisms and Twentieth parts granted to the King by the Pope or Parliament out of meer grace by such persons who were not parties to the grant or who made Compositions for them for Counties Corporations or other persons not for themselves alone 7ly That when new questions and doubts arose concerning this Duty of Queen-gold they were usually determined and setled for the future by the King and his Counsil and the Ordinances therein made by them were sent to the Barons of the Exchequer to be there enrolled observed executed 8ly That Queen-gold was due and payd to the Queen Consort in Ireland as well as in England where the Queen had a special Officer and Auditor to receive it 9ly That Queen-gold was due and levyed from Jewes both for their Fines Oblations Trespasses and compositions for Forfeitures as well as from Christians and that the King could not enlarge those Jewes who were imprisoned for Queen-gold without satisfaction made to the Queen or by her consent 10ly That Queen-gold was then due paid levyed for Oblations and ●●es made to the King for trespasses in falsifying clipping or abusing his money and for all other sorts of Trespasses abuses concealments offences committed as well within or concerning the Kings Forests as without for adhaering to some Nobles against the King for licenses to appropriate Churches or to alien or give lands in mortmain to any pious religious or charitable use for pardons and saving the lives of persons convict or condemned For the restitution of lands or goods seised by or forfeited to the King for any offence breach of Covenants conditions or other lawfull causes for not going with the King beyond the Seas to his Wars when bound by tenure thereunto for respites or discharges from taking the Order of Knighthood when summoned to take it by the Kings Writs for licenses for alienation of lands held of the King in Capite to other persons for the Custody of the lands bodies and marriages of Wards for reliefs and for Charters to confirm Liberties formerly granted In the reign of King Edward the 2. these Records concerning Queen-gold are most observable the first whereof informs us what fee the Bailiff of a Liberty claimed by prescription for every distresse for Queen-gold from the parties distrained which was deemed an abuse for which his Liberty was seised IDem Vic. reddit compotum de Exitibus Libertatis quam Philippus le Lardin aliquando tenuit viz. capiend de unaquaque distr vend pro debito Regis et AVRO REGINAE in hoc Com. 32 d. qua libertate dictus Philippus abusus fuit sicut continetur in rotulo de rebus Regis recuperat in Itinere H. de Cressingham in Com. Eborum In the seventh year of King Edward the second Queen Isabel his Consort assigned John Drury to exact collect and receive her Queen-gold by this Patent ISabella Dei Gratiâ Regina Angliae Domina Hyberniae Ducissa Aquitaniae Universis ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint salutem in Domino Sciatis quod 5 assignavimus dilectum Clericum nostrum Dominum Johannem Drury ad exigend colligend et recipiend nomine nostro quoscunque denar nobis debitos seu debendos ratione AVRI NOSTRI levand in Anglia quamdiu nobis placuerit Et ideo omnibus singulis quorum interest tenore praesentium fore duximus destinand quod eidem Johanni in praemissis praemissa contingentibus prout decet pareant intendant quousque aliud inde duxerimus ordinand In cujus testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes Dat. apud Westm 11 die Octobris anno regni charissimi Domini nostri Regis Edwardi septimo In the 10th year of King Edward the 2. there happened this memorable case between Queen Margaret wife to King Edward the 1. and the Mayor Aldermen and Citizens of London about the duty of Aurum Reginae for a fine of 2000l alleged to be made to the King but denied by them in lieu of the twentieth part of all their goods upon a general Tax in Parliament of the 20th part of all mens goods given to K. Edward the 1. her deceased husband which she claimed to be due to her and other Queens by the Books Records and Memorials in the Exchequer which the King ordered to be levyed and payd without delay if it should appear to the Barons to be due by this Writ CUM nuper ex parte Majoris Aldermannorum Civium Civitatis London Regi suggerentium ipsos nuper concessisse Domino E. quondam Regi Angliae Patri Regis 2000 l. pro Vicestmis omnium bonorum ipsam Communitatem ratione Vicesimae eidem patri Regis pro Communitate Civium et Burgorum suorum Angliae tunc temporis concess contingen Ac Barones ad prosecutionem Margaretae Reginae Angliae dictos Majorem Aldermannos et Cives pro 200 l. quas eadem Reginae pro AVRO SVO in hac parte ac se asseruit pertinere reddend Ac cum iidem Major Aldermanni Cives finem per summam praedictorum 2000 l. pro Vicesima praedicta fecissent cum non fecerint per summonitionem dicti Scaccarii graviter distringi secerunt in ipsorum Majoris Aldermannorum et Civium dispendium non modicum et gravamen Rex mandavit Baronibus quod demanda quam eisdem Majori Aldermannis Civibus pro 200 l. praedict per summonitionem dicti Scaccarii fecerunt supersederi facerent quousque modo debito discussum fuisset si praedicta Regina in hujusmodi casu AURVM habere deberet necne Ac etiam ex parte dictae Reginae Regi dicto ostensum fuisset quod in Libris