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(
viz.
(
Viz
William
Carter
Another
Deputation
from
the
dealers
in
the
Woollen
Manufacturies
,
of
several
Counties
in
and
particularly
of
thus
Worded
WE
whose
Names
are
Subscribed
Manufactures
of
Wooll
,
for
the
Counties
of
&c.
Having
considered
as
well
in
what
we
know
,
as
by
the
Information
we
have
received
from
other
parts
of
this
Kingdom
;
the
great
abuses
that
have
been
done
to
us
,
and
other
Manufactures
,
by
such
as
have
been
employed
in
the
Office
of
Aulnage
,
The
Case
of
the
Merchants
,
Clothiers
,
Drapers
,
&c.
False
Accuser
viz.
We
are
very
sensible
of
the
several
Artifices
us'd
to
oppose
the
Bill
,
amongst
the
numbers
employ'd
therein
,
there
is
one
known
by
the
name
of
who
was
formerly
a
zealous
Solicitor
against
the
but
now
by
reason
of
yearly
payment
,
is
become
their
friend
,
this
Man
pretending
himself
a
friend
to
the
Shop-keepers
,
have
in
several
Sessions
sent
down
Printed-Forms
of
Letters
to
a
great
many
Corporations
,
for
them
to
Transcribe
and
Subscribe
,
and
direct
to
their
Parliament-Men
the
substance
of
the
Letters
were
to
pray
them
to
oppose
the
Bill
,
and
think
of
some
other
method
for
the
ease
of
the
Shop-keepers
.
pretence
of
kindness
manifest
Aspersion
Winchester
,
Windsor
James
Smith
Office
of
Aulnage
Real
Service
Wooll
Carter
He●ford
,
Essex
(
viz.
(
Viz.
(
Viz.
France
,
Holland
(
Viz.
(
&c.
(
viz.
Whereas
in
pursuance
of
an
Order
of
this
Board
,
of
the
last
,
referring
,
to
the
Council
of
Trade
the
Proposals
of
for
preventing
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
;
the
said
Councel
having
returned
their
Report
to
the
Board
,
that
having
discoursed
with
the
said
and
such
other
Persons
,
as
they
thought
capable
of
giving
them
any
good
information
,
touching
this
matter
,
they
find
the
Exportation
of
is
of
a
destructive
consequence
to
the
Trade
of
this
Kingdom
,
and
that
the
same
hath
grown
into
practice
;
as
well
by
reason
of
the
doubtfullness
and
provisions
in
the
Statute
made
in
the
year
of
his
Majesties
Reign
Prohibiting
the
Exportation
of
as
by
the
neglect
and
remissness
of
Officers
,
in
not
putting
the
Laws
in
execution
:
Orlando
Bridgman
William
Facon
St.
A●bans
Liverpool
,
Chester
,
Bristol
Dover
,
Folkstone
THis
bearer
brings
along
with
him
a
Coppy
of
an
Information
,
concerning
the
Transportation
of
but
it
being
a
matter
of
so
high
Concernment
to
his
Majestie
and
this
Kingdom
,
as
scarce
any
thing
more
;
to
prevent
the
Transportation
of
and
the
punishment
of
the
Offenders
:
I
do
earnestly
recommend
it
to
you
,
to
examin
the
Persons
named
in
the
Information
,
and
to
make
all
the
enquiry
you
can
,
concerning
these
and
such
others
,
as
you
shall
have
cause
to
suspect
to
be
guilty
in
this
kind
,
and
to
certifie
what
you
find
herein
,
that
his
Majestie
in
Council
may
give
further
Orders
thereupon
,
not
doubting
of
your
care
herein
,
Thomas
Peirce
Mark
Spicer
Hampton
Court
Keeper
Bridgman
before
nentioned
,
who
had
been
before
the
House
of
Commons
,
was
brought
up
to
the
King
and
Council
,
in
and
before
he
could
have
his
Tryal
,
was
privately
Compounded
with
by
his
Accusers
the
second
time
,
tho'
the
King
had
expresly
ordered
his
Tryal
.
Henereta
Maria
John
St●ell
I
Received
Yours
of
the
under
covert
about
the
Wooll
Affair
;
I
have
much
●eason
to
believe
,
unless
some
are
made
Examples
,
there
will
be
continual
Abuse
;
the
Comodity
both
Raw
and
Combed
,
abound
so
much
in
these
Countries
,
that
for
that
which
would
yeild
,
not
long
since
and
a
half
Pound
,
will
yeild
now
but
and
a
half
;
yet
they
would
be
contert
to
give
rather
than
want
it
,
for
they
cannot
make
abundance
of
There
is
a
City
not
Leagues
from
this
,
called
a
Place
renownd
,
for
the
making
of
all
sorts
of
Stockings
of
Wooll
;
it
's
not
above
Years
since
,
that
they
betook
themselves
,
to
make
the
Worsted
Hose
;
A
Trade
,
whicb
in
my
Minority
,
was
considerable
from
into
these
Countries
,
and
now
you
may
have
a
Parcel
of
Worsted
Hose
Years
by
you
It
's
not
above
three
Year●
agon
,
that
there
was
ascarcity
of
Combed
Wooll
,
in
this
Quarter
of
the
Country
,
and
several
of
those
Stocking
Merchants
,
came
hither
to
buy
some
;
I
told
them
,
that
such
severity
was
used
in
that
People
Were
mad
if
they
Adventure
.
Edward
Nichols
(
viz.
It
is
this
day
Ordered
by
his
Majestie
in
Council
,
that
the
Recorder
of
the
City
of
do
,
and
is
hereby
required
,
by
the
lest
wayes
he
can
,
speedily
to
find
out
in
what
County
that
part
of
the
River
of
lyeth
,
wherein
the
said
was
apprehended
,
for
Transporting
of
contrary
to
Lay
,
and
that
he
Report
the
s●me
to
the
Lord
Cheif
Justice
of
his
Majesties
Court
of
to
the
end
his
Lordship
may
give
order
for
removal
of
the
said
Prisoner
,
to
the
Goal
of
the
said
County
,
where
it
shall
appear
he
was
taken
,
in
order
to
his
Tryal
at
the
next
Assizes
,
to
be
holden
for
that
County
.
(
viz.
In
Obedience
to
your
Majesties
second
Order
of
Refferance
bearing
,
date
the
last
,
hereunto
annexed
;
I
have
considered
of
the
Matter
thereby
to
me
Refered
,
and
have
discoursed
with
the
Petitioner
about
his
Charges
and
Expence
,
in
prosecuting
the
Transporters
of
Wooll
;
the
which
he
hath
reduced
to
some
certainty
,
and
put
it
into
writing
,
and
hath
also
made
Affidavit
of
the
Truth
thereof
;
the
which
is
likewise
hereunto
annexed
,
whereby
it
appears
that
during
these
Years
last
past
,
wherein
he
hath
brought
into
your
Majesties
Exchequer
about
l.
more
than
in
former
Years
had
been
received
,
he
hath
Expended
near
as
much
,
but
there
be
many
more
Informations
still
depending
,
if
proved
may
bring
in
a
grater
Summ
;
But
without
some
supply
at
present
from
your
Majesty
he
will
not
be
able
to
proceed
with
them
;
if
therefore
your
Majesty
be
pleased
to
give
your
Petitioner
l.
it
will
incourage
and
Inable
him
to
prosecute
the
Informations
depending
.
And
if
he
shall
Convict
the
Offenders
,
he
will
be
capable
of
your
Majesties
further
Grace
and
Favour
,
all
which
I
most
humbly
submit
unto
your
Majesties
Judgment
.
(
viz.
(
viz
(
viz.
Wooll
,
Raw
and
Kembed
abounds
much
in
these
Countrys
,
and
for
the
Kembed
Wooll
,
most
of
which
comes
from
all
over
these
Provinces
,
every
place
is
choaked
with
it
;
so
that
you
may
easily
see
how
insensibly
th●s●
Transporters
,
draw
the
Kingdoms
Hearts
Blood
from
them
;
I
could
ad
much
more
of
the
great
benefit
our
Neighbours
receive
by
it
,
which
proves
to
an
absolute
Ruine
;
But
I
guess
you
can
as
easily
comprehend
my
Meaning
,
as
if
I
had
further
enlarged
.
In
a
word
rejects
our
Fabricks
at
this
day
,
presuming
that
they
shall
never
want
our
Wooll
to
make
their
own
fantastick
Fabricks
,
which
are
so
variable
,
as
puts
a
great
stop
to
the
Currant
de●nd
,
that
used
to
be
of
our
more
solid
Fabricks
,
for
they
will
pretend
to
give
the
Mode
to
all
the
World
and
so
by
this
means
,
in
time
,
all
the
World
will
be
disgusted
with
our
Fabricks
,
when
by
Consequence
,
they
shall
receive
the
Mode
from
the
French
;
consider
of
this
I
pray
,
that
so
there
may
be
some
speedy
remedy
.
(
viz.
We have here a miserable Tarriff lalely come forth , that Taxes Serges at 25 , Cloth at 40 , Cottens , &c. at 10 Florens per. 100 weight , the misery is the great quantity of Wooll that is stolen from England to France .
(
viz.
The French are now got into a way of makeing a low price sort of Cloth , called Searg de Berry , which comes as che●p as Northern Cloth , it s about 5 quarters broad ; they have so much , in wbich they have Cloathed a great number of their Souldiers , and all made of English and Irish Wooll .
William
●ayly
Nicholas
Davis
Nicholas
Davis
Nicholas
Davis
Thomas
Knight
Thomas
Stoner
Edward
Nichols
Edward
Nichols
Marriner
24
tb
Thomas
Night
,
Nicholas
Davis
Thomas
Stoner
Wm.
Carter
Nichols
,
Night
,
Davis
Francis
Monk
White
▪
Hall
(
viz.
st.
March
Francis
Monk
Mr.
Attorney
General
Merchant
Adventurers
Merchants
Adventurers
,
Levant
Worcester
,
Glocester
,
Somerset
Hamburgh
,
Turkey
P.
Per.
Annum
France
,
Spain
,
Portugal
Per.
Annum
d.
Per.
Cloth
d.
Per.
Serge
p.
Per.
Annum
John
Noble
(
viz
)
23th
William
Eaton
Hebeas
Corpus
d.
Per.
(
viz.
s.
per.
per.
Cent.
(
viz.
(
viz.
)
August
(
viz.
Yours
of
the
fourth
Instant
was
conveyed
to
me
last
night
,
while
I
attended
his
Majestie
at
Councel
,
which
I
immediatly
communicated
:
Both
His
Majestie
and
we
that
had
the
honour
to
attend
him
were
all
surprized
,
that
the
Malicious
Falce
Reports
that
you
seem
to
Insinuate
,
had
obteined
credit
in
your
Neighbourhood
,
of
His
Majesties
Intentions
,
to
give
Licence
for
the
Transportation
of
Wooll
to
parts
beyond
the
Seas
:
It
hath
been
so
farr
from
His
Majesties
Intentions
,
that
He
has
long
ago
given
strict
Orders
,
both
to
His
Admiralty
,
and
in
His
several
Ports
to
use
their
utmost
endeavours
for
the
strict
Prosecution
of
all
Offenders
in
that
kind
,
and
hath
further
given
directions
to
the
Officers
of
the
Customes
,
to
give
their
utmost
assistance
in
the
Affair
:
But
for
your
satisfaction
the
King
Commanded
me
to
let
you
know
His
Royal
Pleasure
the●ein
,
and
that
He
expects
You
to
take
Care
that
His
Royal
Intentions
may
be
made
Publick
.
I
have
also
in
Command
that
the
Justices
of
Assizes
,
do
take
especial
Care
to
satisfy
the
Country
in
this
particular
;
so
Gentlemen
having
no
more
at
present
to
trouble
you
,
I
crave
leave
to
Subscribe
my self
,
●ob
.
Howard
(
viz.
(
viz.
The
Wooll
I
have
taken
and
seized
was
by
my
own
Endeavours
and
Industry
,
Condemned
by
a
due
Course
of
Law
,
and
the
King's
Moiety
paid
with
my
own
Money
:
No●
I
humbly
pray
your
Honours
that
if
his
Majestie
please
to
grant
the
Bounty
,
I
may
receive
it
for
my
Encouragement
,
(
viz.
maketh
Oath
,
that
these
Deponents
being
employed
under
Captain
Commander
of
a
Sloop
to
prevent
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
,
and
having
been
at
Sea
with
the
said
Captain
as
Mariners
,
in
His
Majesties
Service
about
tenn
Days
,
came
not
on
Shore
from
Sea
,
'till
Sunday
last
:
by
which
reason
they
could
not
Appear
according
to
the
contents
of
a
issued
out
of
this
Honourable
Court
,
requiring
them
to
be
at
on
Munday
l●st
at
one
of
the
Clock
,
to
give
their
Testimony
for
the
King
against
And
they
could
not
possibly
come
to
before
Teusday
morning
l●st
,
and
are
come
on
purpose
to
give
their
evidence
at
the
said
Tryal
,
which
they
apprehend
to
be
on
Thursday
,
if
they
could
not
come
time
enough
on
Munday
,
and
they
are
able
to
prove
,
that
the
said
hath
Exported
divers
quantities
of
Wooll
,
having
taken
him
in
the
Fact
of
Exporting
the
same
.
maketh
Oath
that
being
employed
as
Mate
under
his
Father
in
the
Service
of
the
Customes
,
for
about
sixteen
Years
past
,
he
hath
observed
that
after
the
Seizures
of
Wooll
by
the
Custome
House
Officers
,
the
Owners
of
the
Wooll
,
or
some
Agent
for
them
generally
bought
the
Wooll
of
the
Officers
,
which
afterwards
was
Commonly
exported
,
and
this
he
hath
the
greater
reason
to
believe
,
for
that
several
times
,
when
this
Deponent
hath
been
present
at
the
Seizing
of
Wooll
,
after
the
same
hath
been
condemned
,
he
hath
taken
the
very
same
parcels
again
at
Sea
,
as
it
hath
been
Exporting
the
second
time
.
And
that
several
Officers
,
after
they
have
Seized
Wooll
,
have
delivered
it
to
the
Owners
,
without
any
Proceedings
therein
.
And
this
Deponent
further
saith
,
that
when
his
Father
formerly
made
Seizures
of
Wooll
,
he
agreed
with
the
Superior
Officers
of
the
Customes
,
to
give
them
part
of
the
benefit
of
his
Seizures
,
besides
the
full
Charge
of
the
Prosecution
to
Condemnation
;
by
which
the
said
Officers
generally
had
an
equal
Profit
of
the
said
Seizures
,
with
the
said
but
since
Mr.
hath
looked
after
the
Exporters
,
the
said
hath
paid
the
said
all
his
Charges
,
in
Taking
,
Appraising
and
Condemning
the
Vessels
and
Wooll
,
and
the
full
Moiety
thereof
clear
of
all
Charges
,
and
besides
when
the
Wooll
Condemned
was
Sold
for
more
than
the
Appraisement
,
the
overpluss
was
paid
by
the
said
to
his
Father
John
Knight
In
obedience
to
your
Lordships
commands
upon
the
annexed
Petition
,
and
other
Papers
of
delivered
to
us
by
your
Lordships
in
last
We
have
considered
the
said
Petition
and
Papers
;
and
do
humbly
Report
to
your
Lordships
that
we
have
observed
the
Petitioner
to
have
been
a
very
Zealous
prosecutor
of
the
Transgressions
,
and
transgressors
mentioned
in
the
Petition
,
and
that
upon
his
motion
the
King
was
pleased
about
two
years
since
,
att
his
own
charge
to
set
out
two
Vessels
to
prevent
the
Transportation
of
Wooll
,
which
are
continued
in
that
Service
to
this
day
,
that
in
his
proceedings
he
hath
met
with
great
opposition
and
difficulty
,
and
upon
that
consideration
he
has
upon
diverse
occasion
obtained
favourable
Reports
from
this
Board
;
as
a
Person
fit
to
be
countenanced
and
encouraged
in
his
proceedings
:
yet
we
never
intended
that
his
charge
was
to
be
born
by
the
King
,
supposing
his
recompence
to
be
out
of
his
share
of
such
penalties
and
Forfiturs
,
as
he
should
himself
Prosecute
and
recover
,
or
should
be
otherwise
contributed
to
him
,
by
the
Merchants
and
Clothiers
,
who
he
alledged
to
be
willing
to
undergoe
the
Charge
,
and
by
the
Account
hereunto
annexed
we
find
that
he
has
run
himself
into
very
great
Expence
,
and
we
are
informed
that
not
having
met
with
the
Encouragement
he
Presumed
upon
from
the
Merchants
and
others
,
he
has
much
lessened
his
own
private
fortune
thereby
.
Vpon
the
whole
Matter
we
are
humbly
of
opinion
that
he
has
with
great
Heartiness
and
Zeal
,
Prosecuted
the
Offenders
and
Vessels
,
that
have
been
Guilty
in
Transporting
Wooll
,
and
that
he
hath
dealt
therein
with
all
Honesty
and
Integrity
,
and
we
are
humbly
of
Opinion
that
the
said
Account
hereunto
annexed
,
is
a
true
Account
,
he
having
offered
to
make
Oath
of
the
Truth
thereof
,
and
we
do
Humbly
recommend
the
same
to
your
Lordships
Favourable
consideration
,
but
we
cannot
advise
the
disposing
of
his
Majesties
part
of
the
Forfiture
,
otherwise
than
they
are
already
disposed
by
Proclamation
.
(
viz.
Ireland
,
Flanders
,
&c.
Rumny
Marsh
Ireland
,
Flanders
March
John
Morten
Mark
Gabree
Thomas
Petley
page
5
tb
d.
per
l.
(
viz.
d.
per
Holland
,
Flanders
per
cent
d.
per
(
viz.
d.
per
s.
per
(
viz.
(
viz.
(
viz.
there
is
a
Bill
depending
,
the
Parliament
whereof
seems
to
be
against
Transportation
of
Wooll
,
the
Scope
and
Consequence
of
it
(
as
is
humbly
conceived
)
will
tend
rather
to
encourage
it
:
For
whereas
it
is
suggested
in
the
said
Bill
,
that
the
Act
made
in
the
Year
of
His
Majesties
Reign
,
making
Transporting
of
Wooll
Felony
,
is
ineffctual
for
the
preventing
thereof
,
and
therefore
prays
the
Repealing
the
Felony
of
that
Act
,
without
confirming
the
rest
of
that
Act
;
as
if
making
Transportation
to
be
Felony
did
encourage
Transporting
;
that
Suggestion
with
all
submission
is
conceived
to
be
a
great
mistake
:
For
though
it
must
be
granted
(
whatever
Laws
have
been
or
shall
be
made
in
this
case
)
that
some
Persons
for
their
own
Lucre
(
though
it
be
never
so
much
to
the
Damage
of
the
great
Manufacture
of
this
Kingdom
,
and
notwithstanding
all
the
Care
imaginable
)
will
adventure
to
Transport
Wooll
.
Yet
for
some
Years
after
the
Act
of
the
was
in
force
,
there
was
a
great
stop
put
to
the
said
Transportation
,
until
wooll
so
increased
in
beyond
its
Consumption
there
and
here
,
that
great
Quantities
were
actually
Transported
from
thence
;
but
till
that
Glut
the
Act
of
the
Year
of
His
Majesties
Reign
(
by
which
the
Forfeture
was
Three
Shillings
for
every
pound
of
Wooll
besides
the
Wooll
forfited
)
conjoyned
with
the
Act
in
the
Year
of
His
Majesties
Reign
,
was
found
effectual
to
prohibit
Transporting
Wooll
,
for
the
Prosecutor
having
liberty
to
Prosecute
upon
what
Act
he
please
.
Henry
Colmer
Nicoles
●u●●er
page
10th
James
Webb
John
Edwards
John
Milner
John
Slaughter
John
Slaughter
Camber
point
John
Edwards
JAmes
Atkins
JOhn
Syer
RAndal
Gosley
William
Carter
Camber
Point
John
Slaughter
Broomhil
House
John
Smith
Warners
Horse
John
Smith
Horse
▪
Webb
,
John
Warner
,
Henry
Spillet
,
William
Ellis
These
are
all
True
Coppys
of
the
Original
upon
Record
,
here
examined
by
me
.
Transportation
of
Wool
Transportation
of
Wool
three
shillings
per
l.
James
Webb
,
John
Edwards
Henry
Spillot
John
More
maketh
Oath
,
That
upon
the
day
of
He
was
importun'd
by
and
other
to
pursue
Mr.
who
suddenly
after
met
with
a
greater
number
of
Men
,
about
one
Hundred
,
who
went
after
the
said
Mr.
and
his
Men
,
towards
and
had
they
not
got
into
some
Boats
,
Mr.
would
have
received
some
hurt
,
for
many
of
the
were
Desperate
Fellows
,
not
caring
what
mischief
they
did
,
Exportation
of
Wool
Exportation
of
Wool
Exportation
of
Wool
,
(
viz.
)
Exportation
of
Wool
Exportation
●f
Wool
In
obedience
to
your
Lordships
Commands
,
signified
to
us
by
Mr.
of
the
13th
.
instant
,
on
the
Petition
of
and
Papers
thereunto
a●●e●'d
.
We
do
humbly
Report
to
your
Lordships
,
That
we
are
of
opinion
,
that
if
the
Pteitioner
Mr.
shall
engage
in
the
Service
his
Petition
relates
to
,
the
assistance
of
four
men
on
Horseback
,
which
he
can
conside
in
,
is
but
a
reasonable
assistance
to
him
,
and
being
diligently
employed
,
may
very
much
conduce
to
the
proposed
purposes
;
and
we
conceive
that
a
nimble
Frigate
of
some
Force
,
to
cruise
upon
that
Coast
,
whose
Commander
may
be
sometimes
instructed
by
the
said
Mr.
would
also
effectually
conduce
to
the
same
purpose
,
and
we
think
it
but
reasonable
,
that
the
said
Mr.
personally
engaging
in
the
Service
at
aforesaid
,
should
be
also
assisted
by
the
Officers
of
the
Customs
,
which
is
humbly
submitted
to
your
Lordships
Consideration
.
Stealing
of
Customs
saving
a
Penny
and
loosing
a
Pound