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state_n	council_n	majesty_n	privy_a	1,209	5	9.6979	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08042	A true remonstrance of the state of the salt businesse, undertaken (for the furnishment thereof between Barwick and Pool; they with the Ile [sic] of Wight, and members inclusive) / by the Societie of Saltmakers of South, and North-Shields, and of Scotland.	Society of Saltmakers (London, England); England and Wales. Privy Council.	1640 (1640)	STC 21636.5; ESTC S121053	7,230	4

A true Remonstrance of the State of the Salt businesse undertaken for the furnishment thereof between Barwick and Pool they with the I le of Wight and members inclusive by the Societie of Saltmakers of South and North-Shields and of Scotland IN the times of Hostility with Spain and France which was in Anno 1627. 28 29 30. there was such a scarcitie of Salt in this His Majesties Kingdome that it was sold at extream rates Viz. 5 6 7 8 9 10s per Bushell and upwards and in many places of this Kingdome Salt not to be had for any money and that which in those times was imported unlesse by way of Reprizall was imported by Hamburghers and Flemings who made their advantage of our necessities for so usefull and necessary a commodity When the Peace was concluded between His Majesty and the French King the French King made an Edict that no Salt should be exported out of His Kingdome upon confiscation of Ship goods and life In which streight in December 1630. The Lord Maior and Aldermen and the Company of Fishmongers of the City of London together with the Maior Aldermen and Cominalty of the Town of Kings-Lynne the Bailiffs and Aldermen of Great Yarmouth and divers others in behalf of themselves and the Fishermen Inhabiting amongst them did petition to the right Honourable the Lords and others of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Counsell in haec verba Petition inhiting exportation HUmbly shewing That whereas by an Edict made by the French King about six Moneths since the exportation of any Salt was forbidden whereas since that time the Dutch for their supply have repaired to Newcastle and places thereto adjoyning in this Kingdom and have there bought great quantities of Salt which they export out of this Kingdome into their own Countrey who before the said Edict for the advance and benefit of their own people did make a decree that no Newcastle Salt should be imported into their Countrey upon pain of Confiscation and now by their daily and continuall exportation of Salt out of this Kingdome the Fishermen here should be altogether unprovided of Salt for their voyages to Wesmony Iseland and North-Seas And forasmuch as all other things to furnish them to Sea are now at excessive rates as victualls Cordage and all other materialls and also Salt by reason of the said exportation much inhaunced in price by reason whereof the Fishermen shall be disabled to go to Sea their voyages overthrown and thereby this Kingdome destitute of victuall which is by them brought in The Petitioners humbly pray this Honourable Board to take into consideration that it concerneth the maintenance and imployment of many thousand Seamen the Nursery of Navigation the supply of this Kingdom with Fish and therefore to restrain the exportation of all Salt from Newcastle and places thereto adjoyning out of this Kingdome untill Midsomer next by which time we hope this Kingdome which is now destitute in all parts may be supplyed out of Spain And your Petitioners shall pray c. Whitehall the eight of December 1630. Ordered that none be exported Their Lordships upon mature advice and deliberation had thereof have thought fit and ordered that the exportation of all Salt aswell from the Ports of Newcastle as from all other Ports of this Kingdome into forraign parts be hereby strictly prohibited and that no Salt shall be laden or Shipped at any Port of this Kingdome before good security be given that the same shall be brought to some other Ports of this Realm and there sold and disposed to his Majesties Subjects within the same Hereof the Lord Treasurer is prayed and required to take notice and give directions to the severall Ports accordingly 1630. The Peace being concluded between the Crowns of England and Spain divers Merchants of this Kingdome sent to Spain betweene 2. and 300. sail of Ships to fetch Salt for the supply of this Kingdome and the King of Spain taking advantage of our necessities did not only along time imbarge the said Ships but did also impose upon his Salt 30 Ryalls per Moy and 3 Moys making a London weigh and the principall price of the Salt was formerly but 12 to 15 Ryalls per Moy so the Impost on every weigh was 45 ' per weigh by which means of imbargement and Imposition His Majesties Subjects were damnified in that voyage though Salt was sold here at a very dear rate at the least forty thousand pounds sterling Whereupon divers of the said Merchants for their relief did a long time Petition His Majesty and the Board for imbargement of their Ships and impositions laid by the King of Spain upon the said Salt but could get none Thereupon His Majesty in His Princely care with the advice of His most Honourable Privy Counsell and His Councell learned in the Law fell into consideration how to erect a native manufactury within His Majesties Kingdomes of England and Scotland for the supplying of these His Kingdomes without dependency upon any forraign State with Salt being so necessary and usefull as cannot be wanted His Majesty being informed that there were sufficient materialls as Pan-coales fit for no other use within His Kingdomes of England and Scotland to go on with the work and by which means many thousands of His poore Subjects should have imployments in making the said Comodity which hath been proved and will be maintained to be as sufficient for Sea and in land uses as any forraign Salt whatsoever And that Fish salted with that Salt doth out sell Fish salted with any Forraine Salt in any Market whatsoever Vndecimo Caroli The first Society Upon which weighty considerations His Majesty was pleased to give incouragement by incorporating many of His Subjects of England and Scotland to erect works for the making of Salt enabling them with divers liberties and priviledges for the regulating of the said Trade or Mistery for the term of fourteen yeers with Proviso that in case His Majesty and the State should finde any better way for the settlement thereof within three yeers their Charter of Incorporation to be surrendered wherein the said Societies were tyed to these particulars 1 To make a sufficient quantitie of good and Merchantable Salt for the supply of His Subjects within the limits between Barwick and Southampton they with the I le of Wight included 2 At a certain moderate price not exceeding three pounds per weigh for Land-use accompting forty Bushels to the weigh and ten Gallons to every Bushell and 50s per weigh for Fishery-use out of which they were to pay His Majesty for what they did make 10s per weigh for Land-use and 3s 4d per weigh for Fishery use In recompence to His Majesty for what he should loose in his customes by restraint of forraign Salt 3. To permit any that had any Salt-workes erected within the Limits to make and sell they conforming themselves to such meet orders of the said Society for the