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prince_n	edward_n	england_n	wales_n	3,387	5	10.2709	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42371	Englands grievance discovered, in relation to the coal-trade with the map of the river of Tine, and situation of the town and corporation of Newcastle : the tyrannical oppression of those magistrates, their charters and grants, the several tryals, depositions, and judgements obtained against them : with a breviate of several statutes proving repugnant to their actings : with proposals for reducing the excessive rates of coals for the future, and the rise of their grants, appearing in this book / by Ralph Gardiner ...	Gardiner, Ralph, b. 1625.	1655 (1655)	Wing G230; ESTC R3695	131,711	221

the Town of Gates-head unpunished and that often they cast Rubbish into the River and also that the Bridge went to decay very much which belonged to that Town humbly beseeching that his Majesty would be graciously pleased to incorporate that Town with them under their Government with all its members and Salt-meadows and Park and that it may be quite taken from the County of Durham and all the people therein to become subordinate to their Laws Be it Enacted that the whole Town of Gates-head with the Salt-meadows the whole Water and Bridge with all the Liberties thereunto belonging except the Common which shall still remain to the inhabitants be incorporated with Newcastle and dis-joyned from the County of Durham as Newcastle was from Northumberland by Charter King Richard The Second RICHARD the 2. borne at Burdeaux Sonne to Edward Prince of Wales begann his Raigne the 21 of Iune An o Dni 1377. he Raiḡed 22. Yeares was Deposed died the 14. of February 1399. First buried at Langley in Hartf●dshire afterwardes of Westmister A Free Trade in all England A STat. 11. Richard 2. 7. and the 14. Richard 2. 9. Be it Enacted that all Merchants Aliens and Denisons and all other and every of them of what estate or condition they b● which will buy or sell Corn Wine Averdepoize Flesh Fish and all other Victual or other Merchandizes and all other things vendible from whencesoever they come in whatsoever place they please be it City Borough Town Port of the Sea Fair Market or other place within this Realm within Franchizes or without may freely or without disturbance sell the same to whom they please as well to Foreigners as to Denizons except to the enemies of the King and of his Realm And if any disturbance be done to any such Merchant c. upon his sail of the same in any of the places aforesaid the Mayor and Bayliffs of such Fanchizes shall make remedy but if they do not and being thereof convicted the Franchizes shall be taken into the Kings hand and the party grieving shall make to the Merchant grieved double damages And if such disturbance be out of the Franchized Towns then the Steward or Bayliffe of such Lord who is Lord of the Mannor shall give right or pay double damages the party offending shall be imprisoned for one whole year and that none such shall be disturbed but shall freely buy and sell for his own use or to the Kings c. except that the Merchant Aliens shall carry no Wines out of the Realm as it is contained in their Charters And that the said things be holden kept and performed in every City Borough Town Port of the Sea or any other place notwithstanding any Charter of Franchize to them granted to the contrary nor Usage Custome nor Judgement given upon their Charters Usages nor Customes which they may alleage which Charters Usages and Customes the said King the Grand-fathers the Prelates Earls Barons and great men and Commons in Parliament aforesaid Holds these said Charters c. of no force and as being things granted used and accustomed to the damage of the King the Prelates Earls Barons and great men of his Realm and great oppression of the Commons saving to the King and to other the Customes due of the said Merchandizes And the Chancellor Treasurer and Justices assigned to hold the Pleas of the King in places where they come shall enquire of such disturbances and grievances and do punishment according as is before ordained And by a Statute made the 25. Edw. 3. 2. It was Ordained and Established That the said Statutes made in the ninth year Chapter 1. in all Points and Articles contained in the same should be holden kept and maintained c. And if any Charter Letters Pattents Proclamations or Commandements Usage Allowance or Judgement were made to the contrary the same should be utterly repealed avoyded and holden for none And that it is free for any whatever that brings any provisions whatever to sell the same or other Merchandizes by Grosse or retail either in the City of London or any other Port City Borough or Town-Corporate in England without challenge or impeachment and to sell them freely to any that will buy the same notwithstanding any grant whatever to the contrary notwithstanding any Franchize Custome used since such Franchizes and Customes Usages be in common prejudice to the King and all people c. And that no Mayor Bayliff Catch-pole Minister nor other shall meddle in the sail of any manner of Victuals vendible brought to the places aforesaid And all men that will sue may have a Writ out of the Chancery to attach him by his body that offends herein as a disturber of the common profit c. The King seeing cleerly if the said Statutes were duly put in execution would much extend to the profits and wealth of the whole Nation do Ordain and Establish by assent of the Prelates Dukes Earls Barons great men Nobles and Commons in this present Parliament assembled That the said Statutes shall be firmly holden kept maintained and fully executed in all Points and Articles of the same notwithstanding any Ordinance Statute Charter Letters Pattents Franchizes Proclamations Commandements Usage Allowance or Judgement be made or used to the contrary it shall be utterly repealed avoyded and holden for none This Statute was obtained by a Petition worth reading from all the Nobles and Commons of England as you may read in the ninth of Edward the third Chapter the first it laying open the great grievance of the whole Nation in Parliament of Provisions and other Merchandizes being engrossed into private hands and restraining all others from trading but themselves c. See Chap. 29. C 30. D 32. D 35. A 38. A 51. B. C. This Statute revived would make England as happy as Venice for Riches c. Merchant-strangers shall be well used B Stat. 14. Rich. 2. 9. Be it Enacted that Merchant-strangers repairing into the Realm of England shall be well and courteously and rightfully intreated and governed in the said Realm to the intent that they shall have the courage to repair into the same See Chap. 30. B 41. A. The Duke of Venice by tollerating a free Trade all the Nobility and Gentry trades in Merchandizings which doth so improve his revenew that it maintains his Wars without other Impositions he being able to wage war with the most potentest Prince that is c. No Customers to be Traders nor to have parts of Ships C Stat. 14. Rich. 2. 10. The King ordains that no Customers nor Controlers have any ships of their own nor meddle with the fraught of ships and to eschew as well the damage of the King of his Customes as the losse of the Merchants repairing to the Port as well Aliens as Denizons And that no Customer Controler Searcher Waiter or Finder have any such Office for terme of life but onely as long as shall please the King notwithstanding