WHereas for the well ordering of the Tynne of this Our Realme of England , diuers and sundry good Customes , Lawes , and Ordinances haue beene heeretofore vsed , made , and established , by the wisedome of former times , amongst which there hath beene euer speciall care and prouision , that all the said Tynne should be duely brought to certaine places of Coynage , and there tryed and assayed and peyzed at certaine Ballances , and by weight vsed for that purpose , and by a Stampe or Marke ordained for that purpose , sealed and allowed before the same bee put to sale within the Land , or offered to bee Shipped for Forreigne vent . And to that end also Our noble Progenitors haue beene at charge to erect and maintaine certaine Coynage houses in seuerall Townes within Our Counties of Deuon and Cornwall , lying most commodious for the said Coynage , with Ballances and Weights there , and Officers and Ministers attending that seruice . At which places at certaine dayes of Coynage and post-Coynage appointed , speciall Officers of the Stannaries doe , and haue beene wont duely to attend , to receiue , try , assay , peyze , coyne , seale and allow the said Tynne , by setting a Marke , Seale , or Stampe vpon the same .

By which meanes both Wee and Our Progenitors were secured of the emption or preemption and Coynage duties of the said Tynne , being ancient and vndoubted hereditarie Reuenues annexed to Our Crowne in right of Our Duchie of Cornwall , and also the Tynne had his iust and true assay , according to the goodnesse and richnesse of it , that neither Our owne Subiects nor others might be defrauded in the buying of the same , nor yet the Subiect hindered by any vnnecessary delay in the lawfull Trading and Merchandizing thereof .

And whereas out of a Princely care to cherish and maintaine the Trade and Working of such a worthie and Staple Commoditie , of so much honour and profit to this Common-wealth , Our deare Father ( of blessed memorie ) did not long since take order to allow a greater price for the working and making thereof then euer was giuen before , which We haue hither-vnto continued .

And Our said late Father in His life time by sad aduice , did settle the Tynne businesse in a more orderly and better course then euer before it was , aswell for the benefit of Vs , being then Prince , as for the contentment and satisfaction of Our louing Subiects , the Merchants and Pewterers of London and other places .

Yet neuerthelesse We are informed , That by the secret practice and combination of sundry ill minded and couetous owners and workemen of the said Tynne and Tynne works , a great part of the said Tynne hath beene heeretofore , and daily is bought and sold , receiued , deliuered , and carried away vncoyned , aswell in Ships and other Vessells , which vnder colour of comming to buy Cornish Slate and Stone and such like occasions , vpon the coast of Cornwall , doe imbezill much vncoyned Tynne in Blockes , as also by Mariners and Seafaring men , who buy vp the Tynne in Barres , commonly called , Pocket Tynne , of Blowers and Melters of Tynne and others , contrary to the ancient Ordinances of Our Stannaries aforesaid , to Our preiudice and wrong in Our said Reuenue , and the disgracing of Our said Commoditie and abuse of Our Subiects buying the same vntryed and not assayed .

In respect whereof , as Wee might most iustly extend the rigour of Our Lawes against sundry offenders notoriously faultie in this behalfe , both against the Law and Custome of the Realme and of the Stannaries , and against Our late deare Fathers Proclamation , which in Our naturall inclination to mercy Wee haue forborne ; So Wee cannot in Our Princely care of the Common-wealth and Our owne right , but prouide for redresse and reformation of these great disorders for the time to come ; And finding that the Proclamation made by Our deare deceased Father , hath not wrought that good effect that was expected ; We therefore doe by these presents straitely charge and command , aswell all and singular Our louing Subiects , as all other person and persons whatsoeuer , that none of them presume , vpon any colour , shift , or pretence whatsoeuer , at any time or times heereafter , to vtter , sell , deliuer , or put to sale , or to receiue , ship , carry , land , or contract for any Blacke Tynne vnblowne , but such as cause the same to bee cast , melted downe , and blowne and brought to the place of Coynage , before it be sold for vse , nor to sell , giue , barter , or vtter any White Tynne , or Cast Tynne before it bee first Coyned and Stamped with Our Seale or Marke appointed for that purpose , as aforesaid , vpon paine of forfeiture aswell of the said Tynne , and other condigne punishment in case of land carriage , as also of confiscation of the Ships , Hoyes , Barques , Lighters , and other Vessells wherein any such prohibited Tynne shall bee shipped or laden for transportation contrary to the intendment of this Our Proclamation , and also vpon paine of Our high displeasure , and of such further penalties , forfeitures , and punishments in both cases , as by the Statutes and Ordinances of Our said Stannaries , or any other Law or Statute whatsoeuer , or by the censure of Our high Court of Starre-Chamber , for disobeying this Our Royall Commandement and Iniunction , or otherwise may bee inflicted vpon the offenders in this behalfe .

Giuing all Our louing Subiects to know , that any toleration or forbearance for the time past shall bee so farre from iustifying or warranting the like abuses to bee continued in time to come , as contrary wise it shall aggrauate the fault thereof in respect of Our former clemencie .

And whereas Wee are giuen to vnderstand , that there are certaine wandring Pettie-Chapmen , and Tinkers and others haunting much about the Tynne workes and places of melting of Tynne , who doe make it a vsuall Trade to buy and barter Blacke Tynne by the Bowle , and White Tynne vncoyned by the pound weight , or other small quantitie , and so doe carry the same from the said places , to certaine priuate places of receipt , till hauing gotten by this vnlawfull meanes some store together , they vent or spend the said Blacke Tynne before it be blowne , and sell the said White Tynne before it be Coyned , by sea or by land where they finde best Chapmen , to the preiudice of Vs and Our louing Subiects as aforesaid :

Our will and pleasure is , and Wee straitely charge and command all and singuler Our Iustices of Peace , and all the Officers and Ministers of the Stannaries , and others whom it shall or may concerne , before whom any such Tinker , Pettie-Chapman , or other person offending shall bee brought , diligently to examine and finde out , where , and of whom hee had the said prohibited Tynne White or Blacke found with him , and where and to whom hee meant or intended to sell the same , or hath heeretofore sold any other of like sort : And aswell the said Tinkers and Pettie-Chapmen , as all other persons who shall bee found priuie to the buying or selling , receiuing , deliuering , or bartering of the said Tynne Blacke or White , as aforesaid , to commit to Our Gaole of the Stannarie of that Countie where they shall bee taken , and otherwise to punish them according to the Lawes , Customes , and Ordinances of Our Stannaries , as the qualitie and nature of the offence shall by the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme deserue , and for contempt of Our Royall Commandement and Proclamation in this behalfe .

And where Wee haue lately granted to some of Our louing Subiects the emption or preemption of Tynne , during a terme vnexpired , and for reliefe of poore Pewterers of the Citie of London haue prouided , That if the said Lessees or Farmors shall be minded to transport any Tynne in Barres , they shall imploy the said Pewterers of London , or some of them that Our said Farmors shall nominate for the casting of Tynne out of Blockes into Barres , at such places as Wee shall appoint , and in default of such appointment , at such places as Our said Farmors shall appoint : Sithence which time many haue presumed to cast Tynne into Barres , both in the Counties of Cornwall and Deuon and elsewhere , which is a meanes that a great part thereof is the more easily conueyed from place to place and vented before the Coynage thereof , and others then Our Farmers haue opportunitie to transporte the same , contrary to Our agreements made with them : Wee doe straitely inhibite all persons that none of them , other then such of the Pewterers of Our Citie of London as shall bee nominated by the Farmors of the emption or preemption of Tynne , for the time being , doe presume to cast any Tynne into Barres , and that none of them cast any Tynne into Barres but in the Citie of London , And that in the same Citie none bee so cast but in such houses and places of melting as shall bee designed or allowed of by Our sayd Farmors , vpon the paines to bee inflicted vpon contemners of Our Commands in Our Court of Starre-Chamber and otherwise .