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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95991	A true narrative of som [sic] remarkable-proceedings concerning the ships Samson, Salvador, and George, and several other prize-ships depending in the High Court of Admiralty; humbly presented to the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England, and the Councell of State, and the Councell of Officers of his excellency the Lord Generall. / By Tho. Violet of London, gold-smith.	Violet, Thomas, fl. 1634-1662.	1653 (1653)	Wing V593; Thomason E1070_4; ESTC R208665	74,616	123

A True NARRATIVE Of som remarkable-Procedings concerning the ships Samson Salvadore and George and severall other Prize-ships depending in the Admiralty humbly presented to the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England and Councell of State and the Councell of Officers of his Excellency the Lord GENERALL By THO. VIOLET of London Gold-Smith Humbly desiring them to take the same into their Consideration it being of very great concernment to the security of this Nation And further hee humbly refers himselfe to his Papers Petitions and Letters delivered to severall Members of the Councell of State wherein is discovered many Designes of Merchants and others upon fraudulent pretences to have defeated the Common-wealth of all the Silver now coyning in the Tower beeing neere foure hundred thousand pounds Also an Order of the Councell of State for removing severall obstructions in the Mint And severall Petitions and Proceedings thereupon by order of the abovesaid Committee All which are humbly presented to your Honors and to all true lovers of their Countrey who shall Reade and take notice of the same LONDON Printed in the yeere of our Lord God 1653. TO THE PARLIAMENT of the Common-wealth of ENGLAND The humble Petition of THO. VIOLET Sheweth THat your Petitioner in December last finding the Common-wealth daily deceived in severall Prizes that had beene unduly discharged in the Court of Admiraltie and else where since August last to the value of many hundred thousand pounds which frauds if continued had proved highly prejudiciall to the Common-wealth by enabling the Dutch in their mischievous practises to circumvent and eclipse the glory of this Nation and all this constantly acted by some Merchants and others by compliance with some persons in trust in the Admiraltie For prevention thereof for the future your Petitioner did about the eighth of December last deliver in writing unto the Lord Bradshawe a Paper discovering that at that present time a practise and combination was set on foote and acted against the State by severall Merchants and others who at that time combining with some publique ministers of forraigne Princes did endeavor and plot to put a blind on the Parliament and Councell of State and having the connivance and assistance of some persons in power and trust for the Common-wealth and Admiraltie contrived by fraud false pretences and claimes to get cleered out of the Admiraltie severall ships taken as prize but most espicially three rich Ships viz. the Sampson the George and the Salvador in which ships your Petitioner had certaine intelligence there was many hundred thousand pounds of Silver and Merchandize for the accompt of severall people in Amsterdam Dort and other places of the united-Provinces your Petitioner having beene imployed by the late King and his Councell for making known many secret practises of the like nature unto them your Petitioner out of his affection to the prosperitie of this Common-wealth did undertake to the Lord Bradshawe to unmaske these frauds In pursuance whereof your Petitioner knowing how much it did concerne this Common-wealth to have these abuses discovered and made known hee delivered severall Papers unto severall Members of the late Councell of State and to Doctor Walker in December and January last which did manifest by what waies and practises these abuses were daily committed which service was so acceptable to many of the Councell of State that your Petitioner had an assurance from many of them in the behalf of the Common-wealth that if your Petitioner could intitle the State to the Silver in the aforesaid ships and make it out by sufficient proofe then he should have all his Estate both reall and personall restored unto him which is under sequestration upon malicious and untrue information or the full value thereof which amounted unto the some of eleven thousand pounds to bee paid unto your Petitioner out of the Silver which your Petitioner should gaine to the Common-wealth out of the aforesaid prize-ships which by your Petitioners painfull endeavors and to his great and vast expence was then accordingly stayed and proofe made to entitle the State to all the Silver which is now coyning in the Tower Notwithstanding the strong combinations and designes of some in the Court of Admiraltie and some other great ones in power to defraud the Common-wealth as was intimated by Master James Stanieres letter and in truth your Petitioner hath run as great hazard of being ruined both in his estate and person for his protesting in the behalfe of the Commonwealth against the discharge of these ships and Silver which had then without your Petitioners protest in Court beene all discharged and at that time the Dutch had such a party even in the Councel of State that by som of them your petitioner was discouraged to proceed in this busines by which means the merchants were encouraged to claime as is well known to many hundreds of Merchants in London insomuch as your petitioner was enforced in the face of the Court to charge ten severall Merchants who were then all in the Court of Admiraltie for fraudulent practises in laboring to discharge the said Ships and your petitioner did then declare to the Judges in the Court of Admiraltie that if they did discharge the said Ships and Silver upon any pretence of any Merchants or other persons whomsoever before your petitioners witnesses were examined they did not Judge but give away the Common-wealths Treasure and that your petitioner did appeale to the Parliament against their proceedings to discharge the Silver which did so exasperate the Judges in the Admiraltie that they complained to the Councell of State against your petitioner for endeavoring to stay the Silver and said ships and upon full examination of the businesse before the Committee of forraigne-affaires these ships were notwithstanding ordered to be staid and your petitioner ordered to prosecute with all expedition and vigilance in the behalfe of the Common-wealth for entitling the State to it which he hath done accordingly Your Petitioner therefore humbly prayes your Honors to bee pleased to consider the greatnesse of your petitioners service in staying the Treasure in December last and discovering the frauds of some in the Admiraltie at such time when the Hollander was domaniering in the Downes and how much it did weaken them and disappoint their occasions and what an advantage it is to the Common-wealth to have the State accomodated with neere foure hundred thousand pounds of the enemies Treasure in this conjuncture of time for your petitioners doing thereof hee hath contracted the malice of many hundred Merchants In consideration of all which Services your Petitioner humbly prayes his Sequestration may bee discharged and his estate both reall and personall restored unto him or the true value thereof paid him as was promised your Petitioner upon his undertaking this businesse or that your Honors would take such Order for your Petitioners reliefe in the Premises as by your grave Wisedomes shall bee thought agreeable to Justice And as in duty bound

no doubt will leave no stone unroled to prevent us in that particular if great care be not taken in this businesse All the Premisses considered I humbly desire your Honor that the Councel of State may know of these my most humble propositions and take such Order in it as the greatnesse of the cause requires for the safety and benefit of the Common-wealth all which I humbly submit to your Honors great wisdome and remaine My Lord your humble servant THO. VIOLET Decemb. 8. 1652. Monday the 13. of December 1652. At the Councel of State at White-hall ORDERED That Master Thomas Violet doe assist in the behalfe of the Common-wealth in the prosecution of this present Suit in the high Court of Admiralty against the ships Samson Salvador and George And that hee doe repaire to Doctor Walker Advocate for the Common-wealth and acquaint him from time to time what hee hath to offer on the behalfe of the Publique in Reference to the said Ships Ex. John Thurloe Cleark of the Councel A Breviat of severall Papers delivered to Doctor Walker severall of the Committee of Forraigne affaires since tht 13. of December 1652. to the 27. of January 1652. according to an Order of the Councel of State of the 13 of December last concerning severall prize-ships and the silver and merchandize therein with a Letter to Doctor Walker the 29. of January 1652. concerning all the Premisses Dr. WALKER My service presented SIR the Bullion Money and Merchandize at present under question in the ships Sampson Salvador and George depending in the Admiralty is of so great and considerable a value and of so high concernment in president and other relation to the Common-wealth and most of it so probable to prove lawfull prize if timely and duly prosecuted and the passengers in the said ships and other witnesses I have presented to Master Bud to be examined it behoves the State as I humbly conceive not to suffer these ships to passe as many ships of great value since the warre with the Netherlands have done to the unspeakable dammage of this Nation it being no new thing for the Hollanders in time of warre to saile under the colours and names and with the cockets of Hamborough or some other of the Hanse-townes for they did it all the while they had warres with Spayne nor for the ships of the Hance-townes Ostenders and Dunkirkers to bee transporters of Dutch goods through our Seas from and to all parts of Christendome especially Spayne Nay many times the better to countenance their ship or ships shall be built in Holland and formerly sold to some friend or correspondent in Hamborough Emden Lubeck Dunkirk Ostend or the like and for the better colour called the Lion or Dove c. of som of the aforesaid places when really and actually it belongs to Holland or Zealand and for instance whereof one of the ships now in question stiles it self by the name of the Hamborough of Hamborough and is certainly known and will be proved to belong to Rotterdam and so no question will many more of the ships under arest prove to belong to some towne of Holland and the united Provinces when strictly and duly examined Nor is it any new practise for publique Ministrs of other States to make use of their function and Masters Roabe to befriend the subject of their Allies in case of the like nature of clayming Treasure and Merchandize wherein the native trade as in this may be concerned or were it not but for the advantage of salvage in such cases conived at and many times by the instructions of their superiors allowed to publique ministers as perquisites of their imployments they many times gaining more by such avenies then by their constant salaries I have often heard sir Lewis Dives say that when he lived in Spayne with his father in law the earle of Bristoll and the Lord Cottington they did doe the same for the Dutch in Spayne as is now offered for the Dutch in England And I beleeve there are some forraigne Princes agents in England at this time that understand to make their particular profit in this conjuncture of time as well if not better then eyther the earle of Bristoll or the lord Cottington did in Spayne and upon this ground and for this end it is more then probable that some publique agents appeare in this present question in the Admiralty not that eyther their Master or his subjects in all likelyhood are otherwise concerned nor he or they warranted therein but only for their particular profit Sir this is not a common cause and I see you take it so by your care you keepe your word you bid me find proofe and you will hold the ships and silver let some of the Judges talke what they please you will discharge your trust Sir the state of Spayne is rarely known to have sent or transported any bars of silver or coyne on their owne or other ships whatsoever to the prejudice of their Mint that being most absolute contrary to their lawes which makes transporting money death without the Kings originall Licence had the Merchants one they would have shewed it before now True it is often stoln away by the Dutch which is done without the Kings warrant bills of store or publique allowance and so you will finde this is and thereby the more lyable to question and upon strict examination it will be cleerely proved prize if the Dutch should cozen us of this money now they are ranting in the Downes the Commonwealth would suffer extraordinarily Therefore all persons that claime this silver I humbly conceive ought to be prest to declare specially and particularly whether he or they pretend the money or bullion or any part of it to be the King of Spaynes peculiar Treasure or his subjects and if so he or they ought to shew some speciall and authentique Warrant or Order of his or their Masters or Officers for it Registred in the ports of Spayne and also to prove that by authentique witnesses by some of his Masters subjects at the place or Port of S. Lucar or Cadiz and attested here by like originall bills from the officers of the Customes in Spayne which bills of lading correspondent and their authentique duplicats with letters of consignement suteable the Pursers bookes of entries with all the particular and respective marks agreeing with the bills of lading bills of store and letters of consignement and all the markes of the bars and bags duly Registred either for the King of Spayne or his particular subjects If they cannot spell and speake all this perfectly justly and truly at the Port of saint Lucar or Cadiz they may faile of their ends for all their confident clayming and the like might every Merchant pretender doe or fail of his Nor can the Articles of the old League supposing it to be renued and confirmed by this Common-wealth excuse the ships Sampson Salvador and George under question from a search as