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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

never been coined in the Tower being two hundred seventie eight thousand pounds but by the treachery of some Merchants and others in the Admiraltie had been cleared out of the Nation and sent to the Dutch Had your Petitioner December 16. 1652. at nine of the clock in the morning in the Court of Admiraltie been possessed with the dumb spirit of malignancie your Judges of the Admiraltie that verie daie and hour had cleared the aforesaid silver the Admiral Van-Trump then lying on the Downes to have wasted the silver to Holland which had not your Petitioner prevented by seasonable applications to the Councel of State might have prov'd of sad consequence and have cost many thousand English mens lives and God knowes what other dammages to this Nation such an over-sight in the Court of Admiraltie might have brought upon this Nation Here followeth the Lord Bradshawes CERTIFICATE upon the Desire and Request to him of Sir Thomas Viner Sir Iohn Barkestead Iohn Limbery Maurice Thompson Esquires Authorised by his late Highness Oliver to be Commissioners to Examine this Business The Lord Bradshawes CERTIFICATE I Have perused the Petition and considered of the desires mentioned in the annexed Paper and in compliance therewith so farr as my memory serves mee which hath bin assisted by the view of several Orders Certificates Depositions and memorialls formerly made in the Petitioners Case and now shewed unto mee I signifie and declare as followeth That although I may not take mee to make a narrative of Mr. Violets Case much lesse to give a punctuall accompte after so many years of what passed at the Council relating to that engagement of theirs asserted in the Petition which to be in the manner therein set down I can neither knowingly affirme nor deny yet the Petitioners addresses in the time of the Warr with the Dutche concerning the stay of the Ships which had the Silver in them being very remarkable I can for the substance testifie and do well call to minde the Petitioners tenders and intimations to the Council and undertaking the service touching the Silver specified in his Petition and that upon good deliberation taken of the matter the probability of his allegations being also much strengthened by the concurrant circumstances of some Letters about that time intercepted he had thereupon very good encouragement given him by the Council that performing h●s discovery his paines cost and care should bee throughly considered and he honourably rewarded or was told or promised to that effect Whereupon hee was Authorised and appointed by the Council to sollivite and assist in that whole business as by their Orders appeareth and whilest that Council satt was taken notice of as the maine Agent in the whole conduct thereof as the proceedings of those times will shewe what the beneficiall consequence of that imployment and what fruite thereof hath been to the State may bee better manifested by others who have been at the Heline of Affaires since the 20th of Aprill 1653. the day of the dismission of the Parliament and old Council But if I may offer my sence of the man and his actings which I apprehend to be in part expected my opinion was and is that his seasonable interposition and protest in the Admiralty applications to the Council and discovery of the Dutch and Spanish frauds touching the Silver Contested for these actions accompanied also with great Charge hazzard and trouble on his part as hee offers to Demonstrate and affirmes to bee well knowne adjoyning thereto for the legall part the constant assistance of the learned Advocate for the Common wealth were the maine occasion if not the causa sine qua non of the after benefit received by the State upon conversion of that Silver the Petitioner being looked upon as the great Wheele that sett all on work as I believe it would bee testified for him by others who had the honour to serve the Common-wealth in Council when this businesse was first began and afterwards untill the close of the same if they were consulted herein His losses Anno 1643. and his disburstments aboute the Silver for which hee prayes satisfaction and indemnity I must leave to his own Evidencinge and it seemes hee is ready for it The Councils Ingagements and Intentions to him-wards at his first assuming the employment were not without good reason uncommitted to writing for avoiding of all misconstruction they proposing on the one hand a faire and just proceeding and on the other all due encouragement to that person whose disquisition and effectual prosecution for making good the claime they knew must needs be very expensive and liable to many difficulties and hazards from the multitude of the contrary interessed parties and their many and powerful abettors So as any one in reason may conclude that without such assurance of the part of the Councel and relying upon it on the Petitioners part the whole business had miscarried as left un-undertaken and undone The Petitioners sore task and merit of the State in this particular I shall not further meddle with or take upon me to divine or determine what the issue will or should be as to his just recompence and compensation His zeale resolution activity and ability to promote the publick interest in divers respects being known to me heretofore in good measure as I formerly held my self obliged to cherish and so much as in me was to improve for the States advantage So upon the occasion now offered wherein the honour and justice of the State and their profit also as I conceive is mainly involved I am very free to render him according to my best observation of him and his actings this due and deserved Testimony Septemb. 5. 1657. John Bradshaw This is a true Copy of the Lord Bradshaws Certificate on the behalf of Mr. Thomas Violet examined by me Thomas Hewet Iohn Rimmer Francis Allen Esq Report and certificate upon the desire and request to him of Sir Tho. Viner Sir Iohn Barkstead Iohn Limbrey and Maurice Thomson Esquires Gentlemen I Have received an intimation from you as referrees by vertue of an order from his Highness the Lord Protector referring to a Petition of Mr. Thomas Violet concerning his staying the Ships Samson Salvador and George And the silver therein contained That I would testifie my knowledge in writing concerning the same or what else is contained in the aforesaid Petition in a ready compliance with what is so intimated I do in the first place say That I had not the particular knowledge of those affairs as they respect Master Violets actings in them which other Honourable Persons had and therefore cannot testifie so particularly concerning those transactions as others may see just cause to do on Mr. Violets behalf only Thus much in general I can and do freely testifie from my own observation and knowledge that Mr. Violet did engage in that concernment of the staying the ships Samson Salvador and George and in discovering the fraudes endeavoured to be put

regulating the Work-masters nor the Workers but every one is ' est to cozentle Common-wealth and they have certified it by what several wayes they do it as will appear upon your Honours Perusal of the Certificate of the Committee for Trade And the Committee for Trade finding this to be a great abuse and cheat put on the Nation have upon many dayes consideration presented to that Parliament a Report of a Model and Way for the due Regulation of all these abuses and recommend in their Certificate your Petitioner for the execution of that service to be appointed the sworn Officer and to take the fees for doing that service as formerly your Petitioner did and that your Petitioner for the future put in security in the Exchequer to warrant all these Manufactures of Gold and Silver Lace Wyre and Thread to be good silver that is drawn assayed marked or sealed at the Office And to warrant the same to be sterling silver according to the Standard at the least or to pay all damage to the Party or Parties grieved and that all Gold and Silver Thread shall be duly spun with a due proportion of Silver to Silk to the end that the Silver may not be brushed and rubbed of Lace Buttons and other sorts of works in Gold and Silver Thread as it daily is to the quantity as hath bin proved to the Committee for Trade of thirty thousand pounds a year Whereupon his Highnesse refers this Petition July 13. 1658. and all the aforesaid Reports together with a Report of the Councel of Trade for the regulating the Manufacture of Gold and Silver Thread to the considerations of the Privie Councel to take all the premisses into their consideration and to see your Petitioner paid for these services in staying the Silver and for his former losses according to Equity and Justice And that if the Councel conceived it fit I should have the emploiment to see to the due regulating the manufacture of Gold and Silver Wyre and Lace and to prevent the melting down heavy English money as I desired but the Protector soon after died before I could get the Councel of State to meet and so I renewed my Petition to the late Lord Protector Richard who signed this Order to Gabriel Beck and Francis Bacon Esquires viz. RICHARD P. WHereas wee are informed that Thomas Violet of London Goldsmith hath formerly done our most dear Father of famous memory and this Nation severall great services and that the said Thomas Violet hath made his addresses unto you and in many particulars hath acquainted you with his humble desires and good affections to our service and shewed you severall transactions which ought to be taken into our considerations being as wee are informed both for our service and the profit safety and honour of this Nation Wee therefore require you to give us an accompt of all such particulars concerning the Publique as the said Thomas Violet hath already acquainted you with and if you conceive it fit for our service you are by these presents authorised to send for the said Thomas Violet and to examine him upon any other questions or matters which you shall conceive is fit for our service and in what way the said Thomas Violet may be serviceable unto us and the Publique and the result of your debates to present unto us in writing with what expedition you can Dated 28. October 1658. To our trusty and Welbeloved Francis Bacon and Gabriell Becke Esquires May it please your Highnesse IN obedience to your Highnesse Order of Referrence dated 28. October last hereunto annexed wee have several times mett and finde that Thomas Violet Petitioned your Highnesse royall Father for his promised reward which Petition his late Highnesse 13 July 1657. referred to the Lord Barkstead Sir Thomas Viner and severall other Persons and their Report thereupon is hereunto annexed which Report we have perused and also severall Certificates of the Lord Bradshawe Lord George Fleetewood of the Vache Sir James Hanington and Francis Allen Esquires and severall other Certificates of the Officers of the Mint as also the Orders of the late Council of State Depositions and Orders of the Court of Admiraltie whereby it appears to us that the said Thomas Violet by his seasonable interposition and Protest in the Admiraltie 17. December 1652. his application to the then Council of State and his discovery of the Spanish and Dutch fraudes touching the Silver in the Ships Sampson Salvador and George being neere three hundred thousand pounds this his discovery and prosecution in the Admiraltie in all probabillity saved the State this great Treasure or else the State had been cozened thereof as appeares to us at large by all the aforesaid Certificates ready to bee produced to your Highnesse Wee finde it proved and certified that Thomas Violet expended seven hundred sixty five pounds in the prosecution of this service besides all his time and hazard which monies appeares to us he tooke up at interest for which he stands indebted to severall persons and he hath proved to us he is every day in danger to be taken in execution for the very monies hee expendded in this service to get the State this great Treasure And wee finde it attested unto your Highnesse royall Father by the Certificates of all the aforesaid Referrees that the State did promise unto Thomas Violet upon his undertaking at his own charge to do this service to pay him the sum of eleven thousand pounds and some other rewards for this service in stopping the aforesaid Silver And it is further certified to your Highnesse royall Father by all the aforesaid Referrees that they finde it proved that Thomas Violet was offered ten thousand pounds in the behalfe of the Claimers to have desisted his prosecution in the behalfe of the State touching this Silver And we finde that the Lord Barkstead Sir Thomas Viner and all the other Referrees humbly propounded to your Highnesse royall father as very fit and just that a considerable summe of money bee presently paid unto Thomas Violet for to discharge his debts and for his support lest otherwise hee should bee throwne into Prison and utterly ruined for the very money he hath expended in this service and that care be taken for the future for Thomas Violets subsistence according to his quality and that the remainder of the money to make it up the summe of eleven thousand pounds promised to him by the State for this service may be paid unto Thomas Violet as soone as the great occasions of the State can permit This Certificate is hereunto annexed and signed by all the aforesaid Referrees 1. May 1658. to your Highnesse royall Father And wee humbly offer it as our opinions that it is both just and fit for the honour of the State that the monies Thomas Violet hath expended in this service and a due consideration for his support for the future be speedily paid unto him to preserve him from a present ruine

great expence pains and faithfulness shall have its due and promised Reward considering that in these humble Proposals which I have propounded to your Honours for my satisfaction I take no money from the publick but humbly offer to pay in monethly a great Revenue to the maimed Souldiers to regulate the abuses of the Manufacture of Gold and Silver Thread and Lace to give a stop to the Transportation of Gold and Silver to keep your Mint constantly at work to coyn money great quantities yearly all which services are of very great consequence to the Common-wealth the consideration of the premisses I humbly leave to your Honours and remain Your Honours dutifull and humble Servant TH. VIOLET THE TABLE THO. Violets Petition to the late Protector Oliver for getting the Common-wealth two hundred seventy eight thousand pounds and to be paid his reward according to Promise p. 51. The Lord Protectors Reference 61 The Officers of the Mint their Certificate concerning this businesse 61 Several persons Affidavits of Tho. Violets Services 63 A Copy of Tho Violets Letter sent to the Lord Bradshaw 67 Mr. Wilson and Mr. Hills Letter to Mr. Thurloe 68 Doctor Walkers Warrants to the Examiners Mr. How Mr. Arnold Mr. Dorislaws Mr. Bud concerning Tho. Violet 69 Sir Tho. Viner Sir Iohn Barkstead Iohn Limbery Maurice Thomson Esq their desires to the Lord Bradshaw touching Tho. Violet 74 Doctor Walkers Certificate 90 Lord Com. Bradshaws Certificate concerning Tho. Violets service in staying this Silver 80 Alderman Francis Allen Esq his Certificate 83 Sir George Fleetwoods Certificate concerning this service and the Councel of States Promise and engagement to Tho. Violet for his reward 84 Sir Iames Harringtons Certificate of many services done in staying this Silver and in other Particulars 92 Sir Tho. Viner Sir Iohn Barkstead Gabriel Beck Capt. Iohn Limbery Edward Dendy Henry Middleton Maurice Thomson Isaac Dorislaws Esq Certificate touching Th. Violets great service in the Silver-business 99 The Late Lord Protector Richards Order to Gabriel Beck and Francis Bacon Esquires touching Tho. Violet 112 Francis Bacon and Gabriel Becks Certificate to the late Lord Protector Richard 113. Tho. Violets Petition to the late Lord Protector in the name of Edward Iohnson Esq for the making of a publick farthing 118 The late Protectors Warrant to Master Solicitor General Ellis to prepare a Grant for these Farthings 120 An Account given to Sir Thomas Viner Mr. Alexander Holt c. of this business of the Silver Ships 122 The several abuses and obstructions of the Mint with ways propounded by Tho. Violet to set the Mint on work 11 The late King Charles's Letter to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London 33 An Account of what hath been taken from me by the Parliament 38 An Order of the Councel of State requiring Th. Violet to pay fourty pounds to the Committee of Salop for certain Bonds with power to take the benefit of them and sue them as he might have done before any Sequestration 47 Iohn Corbet Esq his Receipt for the aforesaid fourty pounds 48 To the High Court of PARLIAMENT of the Common-wealth of England c. AND TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE THE COUNCEL OF STATE I. THomas Violet of London Goldsmith humbly presents this Narrative concerning his staying in the Court of Admiralty the Silver in the Ships Sampson Salvador and George together with the Certificates and Reports of many Honourable Persons attesting your Petitioners great service done this Nation in his seasonable Applications to the Councel of State 1652. and his protesting in the Admiralty against the discharge of this silver and discovering the frauds of the Spanish and Flemish Claimers and in many other particulars II. Further sheweth that there was unloaded out of the aforesaid ships 1653. upon your Petitioners discovery the summe of two hundred seventy eight thousand pounds which your Petitioners stayed by his Protest in the Admiralty the same houre the Judges would have discharged it And this silver was all coyned in the Tower And Colonel Barkstead Lieutenant of the Tower paid all this treasure to the Army and Navie for the defence and service of this Common wealth in 1653. and 1654. as will appear to your Honours upon the sight of his Accounts concerning this businesse III. These Particulars with many others are certified to his late Highnesse Oliver Lord Protector under the hands of Col. Barkstead Lieutenant of the Tower Alderman Viner Capt. John Limbery Doctor Walker Serjeant Dendy Maurice Thomson Treasurer of the East-India Company Serjeant Middleton Isaack Dorislawes Gabriel Beck Esquires By vertue of his late Highnesse reference directed to them 13. July 1657. IV. The true Copies of these original Petitions and Certificates and several other Transactions touching this silver are here presented to your Honours view to the end your Petitioner may after so long a delay of Justice have his dearly earned reward Your Honours upon perusal of all the Premisses will see it clearly proved your Petitioners great expence eminent zeal faithfulnesse and integritie with the hazard of his life in this service of the Common-wealth Your Honours Humble Servant THO. VIOLET May 25. 1659. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE The LORDS and others of the COUNCEL OF STATE VIZ. Thomas Lord Fairfax Major Gen. Lambert Col. John Desborough Col. James Bury John Bradshaw Serjeant at Law Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper Sir Horatio Townsend Sir Arthur Hesilrigge Sir Henry Vane Lieut Gen. Ludlow Lieut. Gen. Fleetwood Major Saloway Col. Dixwell Mr. Reynolds Mr. Josiah Barners Col. Morley Mr. Thomas Scot Mr. Robert Wallop Sir James Harrington Col. Walton Col. John Jones Col. Sydney Col. Sydenham Mr. Hen. Nevill Mr. Thomas Chaloner Col. Downs Lord Chief Justice St. John Col. Thompson Lord Whitlock Sir Robert Honywood Sir Archibald Johnson May is please your Honours YOur Petitioner did about the eighth of Decemb. 1652. deliver into the Councel of State a Written Paper wherein was discovered that at that present time a Practice and Combination was set on foot by several Merchants and others to deceive the Common-wealth of a great quantity of silver above three hundred thousand pounds which was then aboard the Ships Sampson Salvador and St. George then riding about Black-wall Upon Examination of this Businesse at the Councel of State the Councel within few dayes after commanded and engaged your Petitioner in this service and your Petitioner did faithfully promise the Councel his uttermost endeavours to discover this fraud and at his own charge to prosecute this Businesse in the Court of Admsraltie The Judges of the Court of Admiraltie did appoint the 16. day of Decemb. 1652. to give sentence for clearing these ships and silver being to the value of about three hundred thousand pounds in silver as appears by the Certificate of the Officers of the Mint Whereupon your Petitioner came into the Court of Admiralty the very day and houre the Judges were clearing the said silver and at his own peril made his Protest in the Admiraltie

squandred away was pleased to tell your Petitioner he could do him a courtesie in procuring to your Petitioner three Bonds taken from your Petitioner in two thousand pounds for the payment of your Petitioner one thousand pounds 1644 which Bonds Mr. Corbet told me were at Shrewsbury in Shropshire morgaged by that Committee for fourty pounds which the Committee had laid out for publick use Your Petitioner was glad to hear where these Bonds were and to know who had them though they day in Lavender for fourty pounds your Petitioner for many yeares making diligent enquiry after them and had never got true information where they were had not Mr. John Corbet told him and it was a thousand to one that these Bonds being eleven yeares out of your Petitioners Custodie that your Petitioner ever heard of them or got them again into his hands This Worthy Gentleman Mr. John Corbet advised me to make my Application by Petition to his late Highnesse Oliver Lord Protector and to his Councel for to have these Bonds restored and that if his late Highnesse and his Councel would give him order to do it he wished me so well be would procure your Petitioner these three Bonds safe and uncancelled Provided your Petitioner would pay the Committee of Shropshire for them the summe of fourty pounds which your Petitioner willingly offered to do whereupon your Petitioner petitioned the late Lord Protector Oliver and his Councel for the aforesaid three Bonds And the Councel of State ordered John Corbet Esquire should attend them to give them true information of this businesse which accordingly he did and thereupon this Order following of the Councel of State was made and your Petitioner paid his money to Mr. Corbet accordingly Friday March 21. 1655 At the Counsel at White-Hall UPon reading a Report from the Committee to whom the Petition of Thomas Violet was referred praying that certain Bonds seized upon by the Committee of Salop may be delivered unto him Upon consideration of the said Report and for that the said Bonds are ingaged for forty pounds which the said Committee imploied for publique use Ordered by his Highnesse the Lord Protector and his Counsel That upon the said Thomas Violets paying unto the said Committee the said summe of forty pounds for which the said Bonds are ingaged That the said Committee bee required to deliver up the said Bonds unto the said Thomas Violet and that hee bee at liberty to sue the same and to take the benefit thereof as formerly hee might have done and that it bee referred to John Corbet Esq to see the said Bonds delivered up accordingly upon payment of the said forty pounds Henry Scobell Clerk of the Counsell Mr. John Corbet I attended with this order March 28. 1655. Hee was pleased to tell mee hee was to go down into Shropshire and would speak with the Committee who were to receive the forty pounds and then I should know where to pay my money for hee told mee hee had never received Publique monies and hee was verie unwilling to receive any now But upon his return upon my earnest intreaty and to save mee from further trouble hee told mee hee would receive and keep this forty pounds in deposito for the use of the Committee till he had order from them for the disposing of it That transaction follows viz. MEmorandum That the 24th of May 1656. In obedience to the Order of his Highness the Lord Protector and his Counsel of the 21. of March 1655. I John Corbet Esq have delivered unto Thomas Violet of London god-God-Smith three Bonds the first bearing date the 6th of June 1638. of eight hundred pounds for the payment of four hundred pounds within one year after the death of the Lady Anne Waad in which Bond the said Lady Anne Waad Charles Mordent Philip Cage and Edmund Lenthal Esquires stand bound to the said Thomas Violet and one other Bond of the 6th of June 1638. in six hundred pounds for the payment of three hundred pounds within two years after the death of the said Lady Anne Waad in which the Persons aforesaid stand bound to the said Thomas Violet and one other Bond of the same date of six hundred pounds for the payment of three hundred pounds within three years after the death of the said Lady Anne Waad in which Bond the Persons aforesaid stand bound to the said Thomas Violet The summe of forty pounds being paid by the said Thomas Violet according to the said Order JOHN CORBET Witnesses then present Edward VVatkins VVilliam Davis Edmund Cogan John English Scr. The Lady Anne Waad of Battels Hall in Essex died about May 1643. And the Bonds are due to mee Thomas Violet at this day as abovesaid Your Petitioner may justly say his Estate was squandred away when a thousand pound of good Bonds of your Petitioners lay in lavender for eleven years for forty pounds and your Petitioner had never known where they had bin had not Mr. Corbet tould him your Petitioners humble Prayer to your Honours is that seeing your Petitioner hath paid Mr. Corbet the forty pounds according to the aforesaid Order and hath these Bonds safe and uncancelled now in his Custody and in consideration of your Petitioner services in staying this Silver That your Honours would be pleased in part of your Petitioners satisfaction of eleven thousand pounds by your Honours Order to Impower your Petitioner by Authority of Parliament to shew and Implead these Bonds notwithstanding any Order of Parliament to sequester the said Bonds and to Impower your Petitioner to take out Judgement and Execution thereupon notwithstanding any Order or Ordinance to the Committee of Shropshire or any other Committee Touching or Concerning these Bonds And my most humble Petition is to John Corbet Esquire one of the Honourable members of this Parliament that as hee received my money for the use of the Committee of Shropshire and gave mee the first notice and discovery in whose Custody these Bonds were so hee would now bee pleased out of his love to Justice to certifie his knowledge of the truth of this Business that so I may have Releif in this business according to Justice and equity Hereafter followeth your Petitioners Petition to Oliver Lord Protector and his Reference thereupon to Col. Barkstead Alderman Viner Capt. Iohn Limbery Doctor VValker c. TO HIS HIGHNESSE OLIVER LORD PROTECTOR Of the COMMON-WEALTH of England Scotland and Ireland And the Dominions thereunto belonging The Humble Petition of Thomas Violet SHEWETH THat your Petitioner did about the 8th of Decemb. 1652. deliver unto the Council of State a written Paper wherein was discovered that at that present time a practice and Combination was set on foot by the then Spanish Ambassador Don Allonso de Cardenas with several other Merchants both Strangers and Natives to deceive the State of a great quantity of Silver near fower hundred thousand pounds which was aboard the Ships Sampson Salvador and George then riding at Eriffe

and the remainder of the aforesaid sum to be paid him as soone as the great occasions of the Common-wealth will permit And the Referrees do bold Thomas Violet to be a person very fit and usefull for imployment either in your Highnesse Mint or in the Office for the due Regulation of gold and silver wyer and Lace c. and in several other emploiments as appears by several Certificates And Violet himself hath made several Proposals unto us in writing for his satisfaction which we have hereunto annexed for your Highnesse gracious perusal In some of these Proposals we do humblie apprehend Thomas Violet may be useful for your Highnesse and the publick service All which we humblie submit to your Highnesse consideration 18. Jan. 1658. Francis Bacon Gabriel Beck Examined by us Jo. Symes Jo Rimmer ABout the middle of April 1659. the late Lord Protector Richard receiving these Certificates and this following Petition blamed some persons whom he had interessed to give him a true Account of my sufferings and of my abilities and willingnesse to serve the Common-wealth that they had not done it before but to shew that his late Highnesse put a great value of my services and sufferings and of my abilities to serve the Nation as some Honourable Gentlemen told me he did he was pleased upon the Reading this following Petition to give me and some other Gentlemen which I had nominated in trust for my use this ensuing Warrant for the making of a publick farthing for the use of England Scotland and Ireland referring the Approbation and Confirmation thereof to the Parliament to provide such Orders and Rules as they thought best for the good of the People I used the name of Edward Johnson Esq and some other Names for my use and here followeth my Petition and Reference from his late Highness And if the Parliament please to employ me in this service and to grant me for thirty one years the entire and whole management of this Office for making a common farthing I will thankfully accept of the emploiment and humbly and thankfully allow it as five thousand pounds paid unto your Petitioner from the Common-wealth in part of his due debt of eleven thousand pounds for staying the aforesaid silver And your Petitioner will be tied to pay the maimed souldiers during the time of this Grant twelve-pence upon every twenty two shillings in farthings which shall be uttered by me or my Assignes in England Scotland and Ireland which will be a constant revenue and I will pay it in monethly to the Treasurers for the maimed souldiers And if the State please to have farthings made of a smaller proportion I will allow the souldiers five shillings for every twenty two shillings and yet these Copper farthings shall be above as heavy again do the ordinarie farthings that now passe among us To his Highnesse RICHARD LORD PROTECTOR of England Scotland and Ireland And the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging The Humble Petition of Edward Johnson Junior Esq c. SHEWETH THat there are many fraudes and deceits daily practiced by diverse petty Retayling Tradesmen Chapmen and others in makeing and uttering farthing tokens of their own stamping almost every petty Retayling Tradesman putting forth a severall farthing token not valueable without any Licence some of Pewter Tinn Lead Brass and some of Copper according to every mans fancy that makes their own farthing tokens Great numbers of these Retayling Tradesmen breake others remove themselves from one place to another and many of them die insolvant and their farthing tokens thus unduly uttered beiug not valueable one of them not being worth in value the sixth part of a farthing and some of their farthing tokens not worth the twentieth part of a farthing the people of this Nation especially the poorer sort are daily cheated and cozened by these indirect practices To prevent these abuses for the future your Petitioners humbly pray your Highnesse that a common valueable farthing may be made of fine Rose Copper of a valueable weight that is to say of the weight of about halfe a quarter of an ounce Haver du poys to a farthing and twenty two Shillings by tail to weigh eight pounds Haver du poys with the remedy of six pence under or over to pass currant within your Highnesse Dominions of England Scotland and Ireland for all such persons as will make use of them for their necessity of change and to prohibit all other farthing tokens now made or to be made or uttered within your Highnesse Dominions aforesaid That to have a valueable common farthing to be made to pass currant within your Highnesse said Dominions is so needfull a thing in the Common-wealth and of such necessity for change that the making of the same will relieve and accommodate many thousands of petty Tradesmen and poore people as will plainly appeare unto your Highnesse in our most humble Reasons and motives hereunto annexed to which wee do most humbly Referr Your Petitioners most humbly pray your Highnesse in respect of the great charge and trouble they shall undergo in performing this service for the good of the Common wealth to grant unto them and their Assignes and Deputies the sole making and uttering of the aforesaid Common farthing for one and thirty yeares and to prohibite all other farthings and the making and counterfeiting of this farthing by any other upon paine and losse of Estate and imprisonment during your Highnesse pleasure and in consideration thereof your Petitioners will serve your Highnesse Dominions with valueable farthings of the goodnesse and weight aforesaid and also pay unto your Highnesse Exchequer to your Highnesse use twelve pence for every two and twenty shillings in farthings which shall be vented and uttered by your Petitioners their Deputie or Deputies in England Scotland and Ireland which will bee certaine revenew to your Highnesse of many hundred pounds a yeare and a great accommodation and benefit to the poore of all your Highnesse Dominions And your Petitioners shall dayly pray c RICHARD P. WEE have perused the Petition of Edward Johnson Junior Esquire c. together with the reasons hereunto annexed and our will and pleasure is that our Sollicitor Generall prepare a booke fit for our signature for the erecting of an Office for the sole making venting and uttering of a Common farthing to go currant in England Scotland Ireland and Wales according to the weight proportions and propositions in their Petition conteined with such Rules to be observed by the Petitioners or their Assignes for the stamps figures and Arms of the said farthings as wee and our Successors shall appoint and for the granting the same to the said Edw. Johnson Junior Esq c. and their Assignes and Deputies for one and thirty yeares Reserving to us and our Successors twelve pence for every two and twenty Shillings of the said farthings so vented and uttered And our Solicitor Generall is to attend and acquaint the Parliament with