A
Brief
Advertisement
to
the
Merchant
and
Clothiers
,
&c.
GENTLEMEN
,
I
Had
an
intention
,
the
beginning
of
the
last
Summer
,
(
before
a
long
and
chargeable
fit
of
sickness
befel
me
,
for
near
three
Moneths
,
)
to
inform
you
in
what
state
that
affair
about
exportation
of
Wool
,
then
stood
;
in
which
the
Life
and
Death
of
your
Trade
,
and
the
subsistence
of
many
Thousand
Families
that
depend
on
that
Manufacture
,
consists
.
Give
me
leave
,
(
by
some
of
the
many
instances
I
could
give
,
)
to
demonstrate
,
that
,
my
Labour
,
in
this
affair
,
hath
not
been
fruitless
altogether
.
I
have
now
been
four
years
engaged
in
this
Service
,
and
how
I
have
been
forced
,
as
well
upon
Travails
,
as
Watchings
both
at
Sea
and
on
shore
,
I
presume
is
well
known
to
many
of
you
.
And
what
expence
I
have
been
at
,
in
that
time
,
both
for
servants
and
horses
,
and
in
my
attendance
at
Court
,
and
on
the
Parliament
,
gratuities
to
Sea-men
,
and
parties
of
horse
,
and
for
the
holding
,
and
man●●●ng
correspondencies
in
Ireland
,
Flanders
,
&c.
you
cannot
but
in
some
measure
be
able
to
apprehend
.
And
that
it
must
be
the
greater
,
in
that
I
have
not
spent
six
daies
,
in
twelve
Moneths
,
at
my
own
habitation
,
with
my
Friends
:
either
to
abate
expences
,
or
to
look
after
any
private
business
of
my
own
.
What
damage
I
have
sustained
,
by
losing
my
Trade
in
pursuance
of
this
affair
,
is
well
know
(
at
least
)
to
some
:
for
,
When
first
I
undertook
this
Affair
,
I
intended
to
spend
only
one
Moneth
,
or
thereabout
,
in
attendance
on
the
Parliament
for
a
new
Act
,
which
held
me
near
six
Moneths
;
and
at
the
Adjournment
of
the
Parliament
,
I
returned
to
my
calling
it
being
kept
on
foot
for
me
,
during
the
time
of
my
attendance
on
the
Parliament
.
But
those
that
knew
my
Trade
at
that
time
,
know
right
well
what
opportunities
of
advantage
I
lett
slip
.
Therefore
it
must
be
a
great
mistake
in
some
,
that
think
I
took
up
this
Affaire
,
as
though
I
had
nothing
else
to
doe
.
For
I
was
importuned
by
several
Merchants
and
Others
,
soon
after
the
Adjournment
of
the
Parliament
,
to
address
my self
unto
his
Majestie
in
Council
,
for
a
Party
of
Horse
,
to
be
in
Rumny
Marsh
in
Kent
,
where
the
greatest
part
of
the
Wool
is
shipped
from
England
;
and
some
Friggats
for
preventing
the
said
mischief
;
which
through
his
Majesties
favour
and
incouragement
,
I
did
obtain
.
Upon
the
promise
of
those
Merchants
,
to
re-imburse
my
charge
,
I
proceeded
;
and
the
rather
,
seeing
it
was
judged
by
most
,
that
there
was
as
much
,
if
not
more
,
need
of
the
due
exceution
of
those
Laws
that
are
in
force
,
than
there
was
for
making
any
new
Act
,
as
was
inserted
in
a
Report
from
the
Councel
for
Trade
,
the
second
of
April
1669
,
to
his
Majesty
,
in
pursuance
of
several
Proposals
,
that
his
Majesty
had
refered
to
them
,
upon
my
Petition
to
Him
,
and
the
Council
.
The
Sum
whereof
followeth
.
Whereas
in
pursuance
of
an
Order
of
this
Board
,
of
the
twentieth
of
November
last
,
referring
to
the
Council
for
Trade
,
the
Proposalls
of
William
Carter
,
for
preventing
the
exportation
of
Wool
,
and
conveying
thereof
beyond
the
Seas
;
the
said
Council
have
returned
their
report
to
the
Board
,
that
,
having
discoursed
with
the
said
William
Carter
,
and
such
other
Persons
,
as
they
thought
capable
of
giving
them
any
good
information
,
touching
this
matter
,
they
find
the
exportation
of
Wool
,
is
of
destructive
consequence
to
the
Trade
of
this
Kingdom
,
and
that
the
same
hath
grown
into
practice
,
as
well
by
reason
of
the
doubtfulness
,
of
some
expressions
,
and
provisions
in
the
Statute
made
in
the
twelfth
Year
of
his
Majesties
Reign
,
prohibiting
the
exportation
of
Wool
;
as
by
the
neglect
and
remisness
of
Officers
,
in
not
putting
the
Laws
in
due
execution
.
And
had
those
Merchants
and
Others
,
perform'd
their
promise
,
as
some
few
did
,
I
had
done
much
more
than
I
have
,
(
though
I
have
left
nothing
undone
,
that
I
was
capable
to
perform
,
or
doe
,
considering
how
little
assistance
I
had
from
others
)
and
indeed
,
my
endeavours
in
this
business
,
hath
had
so
good
success
,
as
to
the
prevnting
many
Thousand
packs
of
Wool
from
exportation
,
that
the
effect
evidenced
it self
(
at
that
time
obvious
to
many
Merchants
,
from
their
correspondents
beyond
Sea
,
)
in
the
price
of
Wool
suddenly
,
both
in
the
fall
here
,
and
rise
beyond
Sea
.
But
should
it
now
hereafter
,
for
want
of
incouragement
and
attendance
miscarry
,
(
as
you
will
see
in
an
instant
)
how
much
it
will
wound
Englands
trade
to
the
heart
,
I
need
not
tell
you
.
For
,
such
is
the
gain
and
incouragement
,
for
the
transporting
of
this
commodity
,
that
if
any
imployed
,
or
entrusted
in
this
affair
,
will
be
bribed
,
they
need
not
make
complaint
for
want
of
Money
,
I
do
assure
you
:
and
if
I
for
my
integrity
must
fall
,
(
and
be
forced
to
quit
this
service
,
)
after
all
this
four
years
labour
and
travail
,
It
will
be
no
encouragement
to
any
other
Person
,
to
engage
a-fresh
therein
.
Give
me
leave
to
adde
,
that
it
was
no
small
grief
to
me
,
dureing
my
sickness
,
to
hear
of
the
many
hundred
packs
of
Wool
that
were
exported
,
(
both
from
England
and
Ireland
,
)
more
then
had
been
at
other
times
,
which
you
will
easily
see
in
the
ensuing
Petition
&
Letter
;
and
my
trouble
was
so
much
the
more
for
as
much
as
the
King
had
given
Order
,
a
little
before
,
that
a
Vessel
purposely
hired
,
because
of
Her
swiftness
,
should
attend
that
affair
,
and
though
I
had
made
provision
(
by
correspondents
)
for
intelligence
to
prevent
that
mischief
,
yet
I
had
not
Money
to
pay
Servants
,
nor
to
encourage
my
correspondents
,
nor
that
I
could
find
any
willing
or
able
to
pursue
the
said
business
,
either
because
of
the
hazard
or
pains
,
or
expensiveness
thereof
.
The
effect
of
which
about
Michaelmas
last
,
occasioned
this
following
Petition
.
To
the
Kings
most
excellent
Majesty
.
The
Humble
Petition
of
several
Merchants
.
Sheweth
,
THat
although
many
severe
Laws
,
have
been
made
against
the
Transportation
of
Wool
;
yet
nevertheless
,
many
evil-disposed
Persons
,
do
frequently
Ship-off
great
quantities
thereof
,
to
the
great
decay
of
the
Cloathing-Trade
of
this
Kingdome
,
and
to
the
undoing
of
many
thousand
Families
,
who
lived
comfortably
thereupon
:
and
being
through
an
ill
custom
,
sold
in
forraign
parts
,
as
cheap
as
in
many
places
of
this
Kingdom
;
by
means
whereof
,
the
Woollen
Manufacture
of
this
Nation
,
finds
but
small
vend
abroad
,
and
dayly
decreaseth
in
price
;
so
that
neither
the
Clothier
,
nor
Merchant
,
have
any
incouragement
,
in
making
,
or
transporting
the
same
;
together
with
such
great
duties
imposed
by
the
French
King
,
and
Others
;
as
in
effect
amounts
to
an
absolute
prohibition
,
(
and
that
on
purpose
to
incourage
the
Manufacture
of
their
own
Country
.
)
Which
if
by
some
effectual
means
,
be
not
speedily
prevented
,
must
in
a
short
time
,
wholly
destroy
the
great
Manufacture
,
and
Staple
trade
of
this
your
Majesties
Kingdom
,
and
consequently
to
the
decreasing
of
your
Majesties
Revenues
,
of
the
Custom
above
Sixty
Thousand
pounds
yearly
;
and
that
more
particularly
of
late
dayes
,
greater
quantity
of
Wool
,
hath
been
transported
then
formerly
,
by
reason
,
as
is
doubted
,
of
the
connivance
of
some
Officers
,
and
easily
compounding
with
the
transporters
when
discovered
,
which
gives
great
incouragement
to
those
Persons
,
to
continue
in
this
most
destructive
course
.
Your
Petitioners
most
humbly
pray
,
that
your
Majestie
,
would
be
pleased
to
issue
out
your
Royal
Proclamation
,
commanding
all
Officers
and
Others
,
to
put
the
Laws
in
execution
,
that
so
all
may
take
notice
thereof
:
there
being
many
poor
people
imployed
in
shipping
off
the
Wool
,
who
pretend
ignorance
,
and
know
not
the
Penalty
of
the
Law
:
and
that
no
compounding
be
made
with
any
,
but
the
Laws
may
be
severely
put
in
execution
,
against
all
Persons
that
be
found
guilty
.
Suddenly
after
,
this
following
Letter
came
to
me
from
Flanders
,
March
5th
.
1671.
SIR
,
I
Received
yours
of
the
17
/
27
February
,
under
Covert
from
,
&c.
about
the
Wool
affair
.
I
have
much
reason
to
believe
,
unless
some
are
made
examples
,
there
will
be
continual
abuse
;
the
Commodity
,
both
English
and
Irish
,
Raw
and
Comb'd
,
abound
so
much
in
these
Countries
,
as
at
present
it
's
worth
nothing
;
that
is
to
say
,
there
is
apparent
loss
by
it
.
I
my self
have
at
this
time
,
several
Baggs
of
Irish
Wool
:
which
I
amproffered
but
six
Stivers
the
pound
,
by
which
you
may
judg
of
the
quantity
in
the
Country
:
I
took
this
Wool
in
Truck
,
from
an
Irish
Merchant
,
and
gave
him
eight
and
half
stiver
,
per
pound
for
it
;
thinking
to
have
made
a
good
bargain
,
and
it
was
worth
little
less
when
I
first
had
,
and
by
the
abundance
since
here
,
and
in
other
parts
arrived
,
it
's
fallen
as
you
see
,
two
Stivers
per
pound
;
at
which
price
I
will
not
sell
it
.
Yet
the
necessity
both
for
Raw
,
and
Comb'd
Wool
,
is
so
great
;
and
without
which
,
these
People
cannot
make
abundance
of
Fabricks
:
as
for
that
which
is
worth
now
but
6
or
7
,
they
would
be
content
to
give
15
,
rather
than
want
;
and
for
the
Comb'd
Wool
,
most
of
which
comes
from
Dover
,
and
Canterbury
Transporters
;
Callis
,
Deep
,
St.
Vallerys
,
Abbieville
,
Amiens
,
Dunkirk
,
Ostend
,
Bridges
,
Zealand
,
Rotterdam
,
and
Ghent
:
All
over
these
Provinces
,
every
place
is
choaked
with
it
.
There
is
a
Citty
not
5
Leagues
from
this
,
called
Tourney
,
a
place
renowned
,
for
the
making
all
sorts
of
stockings
of
Wool
;
it
's
not
above
twenty
years
agoe
,
that
they
betook
themselves
,
to
make
the
Worsted
hose
;
a
trade
which
in
my
Minority
,
was
considerable
from
London
,
into
these
Countries
,
and
now
you
may
have
a
parcel
of
English
Worsted
hose
twenty
years
by
you
,
and
it
's
a
question
,
if
ever
you
sell
them
for
the
price
they
cost
;
and
probably
you
may
lose
20
per
Cent
.
by
them
.
It
's
not
above
three
years
agoe
,
that
there
was
a
scarcity
of
Combed
Wool
here
in
this
quarter
of
the
Country
,
and
several
of
those
stocking-Merchants
,
came
running
hither
to
me
,
to
buy
some
;
I
told
them
,
that
such
severity
was
then
used
in
England
,
as
people
were
mad
to
adventure
.
This
want
lasted
not
above
three
weeks
,
but
it
put
the
People
of
Tourney
,
on
a
resolution
to
draw
up
a
request
to
Monsieur
Colbert
,
that
he
would
make
a
defence
of
all
English
Manufacture
;
since
they
in
England
,
had
put
a
stop
to
the
exportation
of
their
Wool
,
to
the
great
prejudice
of
the
Manufacture
of
their
Citty
:
after
which
,
these
of
this
Town
,
joyned
with
them
,
and
so
came
a
stop
to
the
trade
,
which
we
injoyed
for
some
time
.
So
that
you
can
easily
see
how
insensibly
those
Dover
and
Canterbury
transporters
,
draw
the
Kingdoms
hearts-blood
from
them
:
I
could
add
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
,
France
rejects
our
Fabricks
at
this
day
,
presuming
that
they
shall
never
want
our
Wool
,
to
make
their
own
Fantastick
Fabricks
,
which
are
so
variable
,
as
puts
a
great
stop
to
the
Currant
Demand
,
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
.
Now
,
sirs
,
how
both
these
do
answer
,
to
what
was
said
before
,
that
unless
this
business
be
continually
attended
,
by
some
Person
,
that
will
be
faithful
;
there
will
be
an
inevitable
ruine
of
the
Cloathing
Trade
,
you
will
easily
see
.
Give
me
leave
further
to
inform
you
,
what
great
sense
his
Majestie
himself
hath
also
of
this
Affair
;
who
hath
been
pleased
to
evidence
it
,
both
by
his
Care
and
Charge
,
in
not
only
commanding
his
Troops
,
but
several
Frigates
to
attend
upon
every
occasion
,
beside
his
hireing
a
Vessel
:
but
hath
spent
many
dayes
in
Council
about
it
;
and
in
declaring
his
resolution
,
strictly
to
execute
all
the
Laws
against
Transporters
of
Wool
,
and
to
further
all
Rational
proposals
,
that
can
be
further
made
;
and
did
order
(
upon
reading
the
fore-mentioned
Petition
of
the
Merchants
,
)
for
his
Royal
Proclamation
,
to
be
issued
out
about
this
matter
.
Now
for
a
conclusion
,
Gentlemen
:
If
this
service
be
acceptable
,
and
that
it
be
carryed
on
,
you
cannot
imagine
,
it
can
be
done
without
supplies
.
For
,
you
cannot
expect
the
King
should
take
the
charge
of
it
wholly
upon
himself
;
of
which
,
the
profit
will
mostly
return
to
his
Subjects
.
Nor
that
I
should
,
if
I
were
able
,
bear
it
my self
,
though
indeed
I
have
beyond
what
my
condition
could
well
permit
me
to
do
;
and
it
's
very
plain
,
what
hath
been
the
consequence
of
my
being
discouraged
,
and
taken
(
off
wholly
)
but
three
Moneths
from
this
Affair
.
Sirs
,
I
hope
you
will
believe
,
and
it
s
but
Rational
,
so
to
do
;
if
I
have
spent
so
much
of
my
time
,
and
strength
,
mostly
upon
my
own
charge
,
with
those
hazards
I
have
been
exposed
to
,
these
four
years
,
in
this
affair
,
with
that
little
incouragement
I
have
received
:
that
if
incouraged
but
with
necessary
supplies
,
so
that
I
might
not
be
taken
off
my
pursuit
,
that
I
might
do
much
more
than
I
have
,
and
the
rather
,
because
every
thing
is
more
easier
than
it
was
at
first
,
having
discovered
so
many
Persons
,
and
their
wayes
,
and
several
in
custody
,
in
order
to
their
Tryal
,
some
Convict
:
it
s
Rational
,
at
least
to
suppose
the
way
fair
,
to
put
a
stop
,
to
this
most
destructive
course
.
Since
the
penning
these
fore-going
lines
,
I
have
some
reason
to
fear
,
that
I
shall
not
be
able
to
deliver
my self
from
the
slanders
of
some
,
who
will
be
apt
to
fasten
upon
me
,
That
I
abuse
you
with
pretences
,
and
words
only
;
unless
I
give
some
Instances
in
point
of
fact
,
in
which
I
shall
give
you
,
a
brief
account
only
of
three
or
four
late
things
,
forbearing
any
repetition
of
what
I
have
formerly
done
.
About
the
beginning
of
August
last
,
a
Vessel
was
taken
near
Gravesend
,
with
22
baggs
of
Wool
,
and
the
Master
and
his
Man
was
committed
to
Newgate
,
by
order
of
his
Majesty
in
Council
;
and
at
the
following
Session
at
the
Old
Baily
,
no
Person
being
bound
to
prosecute
,
they
were
to
be
discharged
:
upon
which
,
(
though
I
was
not
recovered
,
)
I
did
immediately
make
application
to
the
King
in
Council
,
whence
they
was
committed
;
and
an
Order
was
forthwith
conceaved
,
&
directed
to
the
Recorder
of
London
,
for
their
re-commitment
until
further
Order
,
it
being
not
then
known
,
where
they
should
be
tryed
,
being
taken
in
the
River
.
But
the
thirteenth
of
December
,
after
a
long
debate
before
the
King
and
Council
,
several
Judges
being
present
,
The
Order
was
as
followeth
,
(
viz.
)
Whitehall
the
13th
of
December
.
It
is
this
day
ordered
by
his
Majesty
in
Council
,
that
the
Recorder
of
the
Citty
of
London
do
,
and
is
hereby
required
by
the
best
wayes
he
can
;
speedily
to
discover
and
find
out
in
what
County
,
that
part
of
the
River
of
Thames
lyeth
,
wherein
Edward
Nichols
,
and
Thomas
Husse
,
now
Prisoners
in
New-gate
,
were
apprehended
for
transporting
of
Wool
,
contrary
to
Law
:
and
that
he
report
the
same
,
to
the
Lord
Chief
Justice
of
his
Majesties
Court
of
Kings
Bench
;
to
the
end
,
his
Lordship
,
may
give
Order
for
removal
of
the
said
Prisoners
,
to
the
Goal
of
the
said
County
,
where
it
shall
appear
they
were
taken
,
in
order
to
the
Tryal
of
them
,
for
their
Lives
,
at
the
next
Assizes
,
to
be
holden
for
that
County
:
which
,
to
prevent
the
fear
of
a
discharge
,
I
took
it
upon
me
for
the
Recorder
,
though
not
without
much
trouble
;
and
it
was
found
,
They
were
taken
in
Essex
side
,
where
I
had
no
less
trouble
,
to
get
the
Witnesses
to
the
Assizes
at
Chelmsford
;
sending
my
Servant
several
times
on
purpose
to
Gravesend
;
but
at
the
Assizes
,
they
were
indicted
,
and
the
Bill
found
by
the
grand
Inquest
;
and
the
petty
Jury
,
and
Witnesses
sworn
;
and
upon
their
Tryal
it
did
appear
,
that
they
,
when
the
Wool
was
seized
in
the
River
,
the
Persons
were
not
apprehended
until
two
dayes
after
,
which
occasioned
a
stop
in
Court
,
and
the
Statutes
examined
,
and
the
Tryal
adjourned
until
the
next
day
,
that
the
Judg
might
be
well
satisfyed
,
before
the
Tryal
came
on
.
In
the
Evening
,
I
thought
it
my
duty
to
attend
at
the
Judges
Chamber
:
so
both
the
Judges
came
together
,
with
the
Clark
of
the
Assizes
,
and
the
Winesses
brought
also
;
and
after
some
time
,
it
was
jointly
agreed
on
by
both
Judges
,
to
have
them
tryed
at
the
Assizes
in
Kent
,
the
next
week
,
so
the
Witnesses
was
bound
over
to
appear
at
Maidstone
,
where
also
I
went
,
and
on
Wednesday
the
13
of
March
,
they
receaved
their
Tryal
,
the
Master
,
(
viz
)
Edward
Nichols
was
cast
,
and
found
guilty
of
Felony
:
but
his
man
Thomas
Husse
was
quit
,
upon
the
Allegations
of
the
Master
,
that
his
man
was
not
aboard
when
the
Wool
was
taken
aboard
,
and
did
not
know
of
it
.
There
was
at
the
Session
held
near
the
same
time
at
the
Old
Baily
,
another
Person
convict
of
Felony
for
the
like
offence
,
being
also
taken
in
the
fact
,
shipping
of
comb'd
Wool
,
in
Hogges-heads
,
and
both
these
Persons
are
to
be
disposed
,
(
being
coninued
in
Prison
,
)
according
to
his
Majesties
pleasure
;
who
hath
declared
his
Resolution
,
to
make
some
severe
examples
:
there
being
since
more
discovered
,
as
you
will
now
see
.
About
October
last
,
I
was
in
Kent
,
on
the
Sea-Coast
,
and
by
search
,
found
two
Vessels
in
Hyth
Haven
,
appointed
to
carry
away
Wool
;
one
of
which
,
had
done
little
else
a
long
time
;
and
the
other
was
newly
built
,
by
a
Person
that
had
carried
over
much
Wool
before
:
being
well
satisfyed
of
these
things
,
being
also
informed
of
the
intention
:
for
shipping
the
Wool
,
at
a
certain
place
and
time
;
which
did
occasion
me
to
get
some
men
,
to
attend
at
the
time
and
places
;
but
the
Persons
concerned
,
having
also
their
Spies
,
did
not
attempt
the
shipping
,
whilest
I
was
in
the
Country
;
but
when
I
was
forced
upon
occasion
to
London
,
I
did
acquaint
the
two
principal
Officers
in
the
County
,
of
the
design
;
one
of
them
which
did
personally
attend
that
,
I
had
long
experience
of
his
honesty
:
and
on
the
fourteenth
of
November
,
the
said
Officer
did
find
and
seize
twelve
packs
of
the
Wool
,
intended
to
be
transported
that
very
night
;
and
found
one
of
the
men
,
that
was
to
go
with
the
Wool
,
a
bed
in
the
house
,
half
a
mile
from
the
Sea
,
and
as
he
was
carrying
the
twelve
packs
to
Hyth
,
being
eight
miles
from
the
house
,
where
the
Wool
was
ledged
,
and
being
late
,
not
being
able
to
go
through
with
it
,
as
you
will
see
by
and
by
,
eight
packs
of
the
twelve
,
were
violently
taken
away
,
and
afterwards
transported
,
and
the
Transporters
agreeing
together
,
did
afterward
sue
the
said
Officer
,
in
several
Courts
,
for
that
Wool
,
on
purpose
to
undoe
him
:
Upon
which
I
assisted
him
in
the
following
Petition
.
To
the
Kings
most
excellent
Majesty
.
The
Humble
Petition
of
John
Johnson
,
Collector
of
his
Majesties
Custom-house
in
Hyth
.
Sheweth
,
THat
your
Petitioner
on
the
fourteenth
of
November
last
,
seized
twelve
packs
of
Wool
,
lodged
at
the
house
of
one
Nicholas
Davis
,
near
new-Rumney
in
Kent
,
half
a
mile
from
the
Sea
,
with
an
intent
to
be
transported
;
a
Boat
and
Men
being
hyred
for
that
purpose
,
as
appears
by
Affidavit
;
That
your
Petitioner
being
possest
of
the
said
Wool
,
left
an
Officer
with
it
,
whilst
he
could
get
carriage
,
and
applyed
himself
to
the
Mayor
of
Rumney
for
assistance
:
who
being
a
Favourite
to
the
Transporters
,
utterly
refused
it
;
and
at
the
return
of
your
Petitioner
to
Davis
his
house
,
he
found
the
said
Officer
,
shut
out
by
the
said
Davis
:
your
Petitioner
demanding
entrance
with
a
Civil
Officer
,
was
opposed
by
the
said
Davis
,
who
presented
a
Gun
out
of
the
window
at
your
Petitioner
,
and
the
rest
with
him
;
often
threatning
to
fire
at
them
.
But
notwithstanding
,
at
length
your
Petitioner
did
carry
away
the
Wool
,
but
not
having
Assistance
,
was
forced
to
lodge
the
Wool
at
the
Civil
Officers
house
,
some
miles
short
of
your
Majesties
storehouse
,
where
in
the
dark
of
the
Night
,
or
Morning
,
came
twenty
Persons
or
more
,
Armed
,
and
Disguised
;
and
broke
down
the
Windows
,
and
part
of
the
Wall
of
the
said
Officers
House
,
Fired
often
into
the
House
,
wounded
one
of
us
,
being
but
four
,
in
securing
the
door
,
by
their
constant
thrusting
in
their
long
pike
staves
,
and
shooting
;
whilst
,
by
force
,
they
carried
away
eight
packs
of
the
said
Wool
;
all
which
more
largely
appeareth
by
several
Affidavit's
.
Upon
reading
which
Petition
,
the
aforesaid
Davis
,
with
several
others
,
to
the
number
of
fourteen
,
that
were
discovered
,
were
sent
for
;
and
the
said
Davis
is
in
the
Gate-house
,
and
most
of
the
rest
bound
over
to
the
next
Assizes
in
Kent
.
But
note
,
by
the
way
;
that
this
Officer
,
by
the
means
of
his
Travels
,
and
the
several
Actions
laid
on
him
,
cannot
but
be
out
of
Purse
near
Twenty
Pound
,
besides
his
Moiety
of
the
four
packs
of
Wool
,
he
did
retain
.
Gentlemen
,
These
instances
are
not
of
small
import
.
The
whole
Affairs
,
and
that
the
agitations
about
them
:
call
for
no
small
attendance
and
travel
;
nor
is
it
without
its
own
charges
,
accompanying
for
dispatches
.
I
have
also
given
Declarations
to
two
Persons
,
for
transporting
above
three
Hundred
packs
of
Wool
,
and
had
prepared
Tryals
with
them
;
but
was
forced
to
forbear
two
or
three
Terms
,
for
want
of
Assistance
to
prosecute
them
;
for
such
Potent
Persons
,
are
not
easily
run
down
:
if
they
,
and
their
Confederates
know
once
with
whom
they
have
to
doe
,
(
if
they
will
not
be
bribed
)
,
and
that
Money
is
wanting
to
prosecute
,
they
can
find
wayes
by
Friends
,
and
Money
,
to
make
Suits
delatory
and
chargable
;
besides
an
other
mischief
,
of
taking
off
Witnesses
:
Of
which
,
you
will
see
a
Demonstration
afterwards
.
At
Easter
or
Trinity
Term
1669
,
one
Mr.
John
Morten
prosecutes
Mark
Gabree
in
the
Exchequer
,
for
transporting
of
Wool
.
The
said
Gabree
removes
it
into
Surry
,
where
Mr.
Morten
brings
it
to
Tryal
,
Midsomer
Assizes
following
,
and
subpena'es
one
Thomas
Petley
,
who
had
been
Gabrees
wool-coomber
:
Moretn
obtains
a
Verdict
against
the
said
Gabree
;
but
so
it
was
ordered
,
that
whereas
the
forfeiture
was
three
Shillings
per
pound
,
he
had
but
twelve
pence
:
and
being
but
a
small
parcel
,
he
lost
by
it
.
At
Michaelmas
,
following
the
Tryal
aforesaid
,
Gabree
arrests
Petley
,
by
a
Writ
of
the
Crown
Office
for
Perjury
,
out
of
revenge
;
and
to
endo
him
,
being
but
a
poor
man
,
and
make
him
uncapable
of
being
Witness
any
more
;
and
to
deterr
others
.
At
Midsummer
Assizes
1670
,
Gabree
pretends
to
come
to
Tryal
:
but
when
he
saw
Petley
appear
,
and
had
his
Witnesses
for
his
defence
,
he
let
it
fall
that
Assize
.
Since
Michaelmas
,
Seventy
one
,
Petley
is
again
arrested
as
aforesaid
.
But
I
have
now
presented
his
Case
to
his
Majesty
,
else
he
would
have
been
utterly
ruin'd
;
and
now
the
said
Gabree
is
in
Custody
,
being
owner
of
the
Wool
,
taken
at
Gravesend
,
as
aforesaid
.
To
what
I
have
now
said
,
I
shall
add
only
an
Abstract
,
and
that
also
,
chiefly
of
matters
of
fact
formerly
Printed
,
and
of
some
of
those
things
of
Moment
,
(
to
this
affair
)
that
these
two
or
three
last
Years
have
occasioned
.
An
Abstract
of
Letters
from
Flanders
;
the
first
,
dated
the
sixteenth
of
March
,
1669.
WE
have
here
a
miserable
tax
lately
come
forth
,
that
taxeth
Serges
at
24
Florence
per
cent
.
The
misery
is
the
great
quantities
,
of
Wool
,
that
is
imported
in
these
Countries
,
which
makes
them
audacious
,
and
at
the
Customhouse
they
will
tell
you
down
right
,
that
the
Woollen
Manufactures
of
England
are
altogether
unnecessary
in
the
French
Kings
Dominions
,
because
they
say
they
can
make
it
as
good
or
better
themselves
:
but
if
they
had
not
our
Wool
,
they
would
not
say
so
:
Thus
,
we
English
have
our
throats
cut
,
with
our
own
weapons
;
So
,
in
time
,
Strangers
will
not
care
two
pence
for
our
English
Manufactures
.
Another
Letter
,
dated
,
the
Twenty
sixth
of
April
1670.
THe
French
are
now
got
into
a
way
of
making
a
low-price
sort
of
Cloath
,
called
Serge
de
Berry
,
which
comes
as
cheap
as
Northern
cloath
:
it
is
about
five
quarters
broad
,
they
have
so
much
,
in
which
they
have
cloathed
a
great
number
of
their
Soldiers
;
and
now
the
King
hath
lately
made
an
Order
,
to
injoyn
the
Fabrickers
,
to
make
it
of
the
same
breadth
,
as
our
Enlish
Broad-cloath
:
so
our
low-price
cloath
,
is
like
to
come
to
nothing
;
and
all
,
made
of
English
wool
.
And
if
it
be
duly
considered
:
FEw
Princes
have
such
means
to
support
their
Splendour
and
Greatness
,
as
his
Majesty
of
Great
Brittain
,
nor
have
many
Countries
such
a
variety
of
Staple
Commodities
within
themselves
,
and
in
such
abundance
,
as
these
Kingdomes
.
So
that
if
these
Advantages
were
duly
improved
,
this
Kingdom
might
be
a
general
Mart
,
for
these
parts
of
the
World
:
But
,
That
those
Advantages
are
not
improved
,
is
obvious
to
all
that
look
into
it
,
by
the
sore
complaints
that
are
frequently
made
of
the
great
Poverty
and
decay
thereof
;
and
indeed
,
(
which
is
worst
of
all
)
by
that
general
desperation
of
Spirit
,
which
will
not
put
forth
a
hand
to
help
,
support
or
prevent
the
total
desolation
of
our
Country
,
upon
a
prepossest
opinion
,
that
all
endeavours
will
be
rendred
fruitless
and
abortive
.
The
consideration
whereof
hath
greatly
prompted
me
,
who
must
confess
my self
the
meanest
of
Thousands
,
to
use
the
utmost
of
my
little
skill
,
to
try
what
might
be
done
,
towards
the
management
of
some
Methods
,
that
may
prevent
the
threatned
ruin
;
and
(
if
possible
)
that
some
good
part
of
what
is
lost
,
may
be
recovered
.
I
shall
confine
my self
to
those
things
only
,
whereof
I
have
had
not
only
credible
information
,
but
a
considerable
(
though
a
sad
)
experimental
knowledg
;
and
in
a
more
particular
and
especial
manner
,
that
of
the
Manufacture
of
Wool
in
England
,
which
,
amongst
many
,
is
the
richest
Treasure
in
his
Majesties
Dominions
;
the
Flower
,
Strength
and
Sinew
of
this
Nation
,
and
therefore
of
full
Merit
,
to
be
had
in
perpetual
remembrance
,
defence
and
encouragement
,
for
the
most
advantagious
improvement
thereof
.
The
Dukes
of
Burgundy
,
(
who
had
,
as
I
am
informed
,
the
greatest
,
if
not
the
whole
Manufacturing
of
our
Wool
,
)
well
understood
,
and
long
enjoyed
;
before
King
Edward
the
Third
,
the
benefits
accruing
to
that
People
by
English
Wool
,
which
they
receiving
at
six
per
pound
,
by
their
industrous
Manufacturing
thereof
;
returned
again
to
us
in
Cloath
,
at
ten
shillings
per
yard
,
to
the
inriching
of
that
People
,
and
advancing
the
Revenue
of
their
Soveraign
;
which
being
perceived
,
by
the
vigilant
and
industrous
Prince
,
King
Edward
the
Third
,
upon
a
visitation
made
by
himself
,
to
the
Duke
of
Burgundy
,
during
his
residence
there
,
he
imployed
such
able
Agents
,
amongst
the
Flemish
Clothiers
,
as
(
barely
upon
his
own
promises
)
he
prevailed
with
a
great
numbers
of
them
to
come
into
England
soon
after
him
,
where
He
most
Royally
performed
those
promises
;
and
also
replanted
many
of
his
own
Subjects
,
who
had
been
long
setled
in
Flanders
.
And
as
a
suitable
improvement
of
so
great
a
mercy
,
did
wisely
project
,
and
also
accomplish
the
Manufacture
of
Wool
,
within
the
bowels
of
this
Kingdom
,
to
the
great
inriching
of
his
own
People
,
and
also
to
the
peopleing
of
his
new-Conquered
Dominions
:
the
Memory
of
whose
Wisdome
and
Care
for
his
People
,
is
worthy
to
be
had
in
remembrance
,
by
English
men
,
unto
the
Worlds
end
.
The
said
King
having
thus
setled
the
Manufacture
of
Wools
,
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
confined
it
by
a
penal
Statute
,
which
(
at
first
)
reached
not
only
to
Goods
and
Chattels
,
and
Lands
,
but
also
to
Members
,
and
Life
it self
;
but
,
in
a
short
time
repealed
;
the
two
latter
thereof
continuing
,
the
other
in
its
full
force
,
to
remain
to
future
Generations
,
which
exceeding
great
advantage
,
to
the
propriety
of
the
English
Trade
,
hath
now
continued
three
Hundred
Years
,
by
the
vigilancy
of
the
government
,
and
the
Protection
of
its
Laws
in
the
careful
execution
thereof
upon
offenders
,
with
more
then
a
little
diligence
,
to
provide
against
the
thirsting
desires
of
Forreigners
,
to
wrest
this
Nations
priviledg
out
of
English
hands
;
which
by
the
Providence
of
God
,
through
the
care
of
our
Ancestors
,
has
been
(
for
many
ages
)
enjoyed
by
the
Nation
,
as
it
is
indeed
its
proper
right
.
But
so
it
is
,
(
for
some
years
past
)
the
diligence
of
Forreigners
,
to
enrich
themselves
upon
us
,
hath
so
far
exceeded
our
care
to
preserve
our selves
,
that
it
s
come
to
,
if
not
beyond
a
question
,
who
have
the
greatest
benefit
of
the
Manufacture
of
English
Wool
?
they
who
have
no
right
unto
it
?
or
,
they
to
whom
of
right
it
doth
belong
?
That
this
is
so
,
will
appear
by
considering
,
that
not
only
Holland
and
Flanders
,
have
long
suckt
the
sweetness
of
our
Trade
,
but
France
is
likewise
learning
to
be
too
hard
for
us
,
as
is
manifest
by
the
great
quantity
of
Wool
,
that
(
of
late
years
)
have
been
imported
there
;
how
injurious
it
must
be
to
us
,
is
also
unquestionable
,
if
we
consider
the
necessary
consequences
thereof
.
For
every
pack
of
Wool
sent
to
France
,
doth
prevent
us
(
not
only
)
of
the
benefit
,
of
the
Manufacture
thereof
;
But
,
of
much
more
,
by
reason
of
the
advantage
that
they
make
of
their
own
course
Wool
,
and
fine-spun
Linnen
in
their
Drugets
and
Stuffs
.
Now
if
we
consider
,
what
damage
we
sustain
,
by
exporting
one
pack
of
Wool
unmanufactured
,
(
by
which
we
judge
of
the
rest
,
)
that
a
pack
of
Wool
worth
ten
pound
,
if
it
be
Manufactured
here
,
and
so
exported
,
would
be
improved
to
be
worth
one
Hundred
Pounds
.
That
it
is
so
,
doth
most
evidently
appear
by
Worsted-hose
,
that
one
pound
of
combed
Wool
,
worth
twenty
pence
,
will
make
two
pair
of
Hose
worth
five
shillings
the
pair
;
or
three
pair
,
worth
three
shillings
four
pence
;
which
reckoned
either
way
,
is
ten
shillings
for
one
pound
of
Wool
,
(
though
some
is
less
,
some
is
more
,
)
there
being
twelvescore
pound
of
Wool
in
a
pack
,
is
so
many
ten
shillings
,
makes
a
Hundred
and
Twenty
Pound
.
Let
it
be
remembred
,
that
when
those
goods
are
disposed
of
beyond
Sea
,
and
Commodities
imported
hear
in
Liew
thereof
●
;
't
is
ten
to
one
,
if
the
first
Hundred
Pound
be
not
doubled
;
for
considering
the
Custom
of
it
,
when
exported
,
and
the
product
imported
with
the
fraight
,
the
Merchant
would
be
but
a
small
gainer
otherwise
.
If
it
be
so
,
that
the
exportation
of
one
Pack
of
English
Wool
be
200
l.
damage
to
the
King
and
Kingdom
;
what
will
be
the
loss
of
exporting
10000
,
or
rather
20000
packs
yearly
?
Persons
concern'd
in
these
affairs
,
can
soon
make
a
judgment
;
and
although
this
evil
may
seem
strange
to
some
,
yet
be
assured
its
manifest
to
many
:
especially
to
such
as
have
given
themselves
the
trouble
to
inquire
thereinto
.
That
not
only
this
,
but
further
inconveniences
must
by
this
means
grow
upon
us
.
First
,
expose
our
Woollen
Manufactures
to
a
great
hazard
in
France
.
2ly
.
In
time
it
may
capacitate
the
French
to
undersel
our
Merchants
in
Forrain
Parts
.
3ly
.
Not
only
the
Merchants
,
but
the
Clothiers
are
also
concern'd
,
as
depending
on
the
Merchant
.
4ly
.
That
if
the
Merchant
and
Clothier
be
disabled
;
then
many
thousand
Families
that
depend
on
them
,
are
like
to
be
exposed
to
desperate
straights
for
a
subsistence
.
If
so
,
5ly
.
Then
the
Farmer
and
Grazier
,
as
depending
on
the
rest
,
will
not
be
excluded
.
6ly
.
To
ascend
to
the
Gentry
,
their
dependants
being
likewise
upon
their
Tennants
Rents
,
the
consequences
are
manifest
,
how
much
this
one
mischief
will
tend
to
the
publick
detriment
of
all
sorts
of
Persons
.
For
if
it
be
so
,
that
there
are
such
complaints
,
by
part
of
our
Trade
being
lost
:
what
will
it
be
when
this
mischief
comes
more
to
encrease
as
it
will
,
if
private
Persons
,
out
of
a
hope
of
a
present
profit
,
shall
be
suffered
thus
to
go
on
?
For
if
there
were
at
first
a
great
wisdom
by
King
Edward
,
to
bring
home
the
art
of
Manufacturing
the
Wool
,
and
settling
of
it
here
,
there
must
be
then
much
Treachery
and
Injury
in
exporting
the
Wool
now
unmanufactured
;
especially
when
by
this
means
so
many
thousand
poor
people
shall
want
imployment
.
To
instance
one
Town
of
my
Acquaintance
,
that
in
the
late
Sickness
and
Dutch
War
,
when
Trade
was
but
for
some
time
obstructed
,
I
was
credibly
informed
by
one
of
the
chiefest
thereof
,
that
the
rate
for
the
Poor
,
came
to
800
l.
a
year
,
and
the
Land
it self
belonging
to
the
said
Town
,
not
judged
worth
above
1000
l.
per
annum
.
Give
me
leave
to
insert
further
,
the
Observations
,
and
Collections
of
Sr.
Walter
Rawly
,
to
King
James
,
who
tells
that
in
his
time
;
That
there
was
above
fourscore
thousand
undres'd
,
and
undyed
Cloathes
Yearly
transported
,
whereby
it
was
evident
,
that
the
Kingdom
has
been
yearly
deprived
of
about
400000
l.
which
in
55
years
is
twenty
two
Millions
;
that
would
have
been
gained
by
the
labour
of
poor
workmen
in
the
time
,
with
the
Merchants
gain
for
bringing
in
dying
Stuffs
,
and
returns
of
Cloathes
,
dressed
and
dyed
,
with
other
benefits
to
the
Realm
,
besides
exceeding
enlarging
of
Traffick
,
and
encrease
of
Ships
and
Mariners
.
That
the
Customes
would
have
been
encreased
,
near
three
Millions
for
returns
of
Cloaths
dressed
and
dyed
,
with
the
dying
stufs
used
for
the
same
.
And
further
saith
,
that
there
had
also
been
transported
in
that
time
yearly
by
Bayes
,
Northern
and
Devonshire
Kerseys
white
,
above
50000
Cloathes
,
counting
three
Kerseys
to
a
Cleath
,
whereby
there
was
lost
above
five
Millions
,
by
those
sorts
of
Cloathes
;
in
that
time
which
would
have
come
to
poor
Workmen
,
for
their
Labour
,
with
Customes
,
for
dying
stuffs
,
and
the
Peoples
profit
,
for
bringing
them
in
with
their
returns
,
of
other
Commodities
.
He
also
tells
us
,
that
Bayes
being
transported
white
into
Amsterdam
,
and
being
there
dyed
and
dressed
,
where
shipped
into
Spain
,
Portugal
,
and
other
Kingdomes
,
where
they
were
sold
in
the
Name
of
Flemish
Bayes
,
setting
their
own
Town
Seals
upon
them
;
so
that
we
did
lose
the
very
name
of
our
home-bred
Commodities
,
and
other
Countries
got
the
reputation
and
credit
thereof
;
concluding
how
lamentable
it
was
,
that
this
Land
should
be
deprived
of
so
many
abovementioned
.
Millions
,
as
that
our
Native
Commodities
of
Cloath
,
ordained
of
God
,
for
the
natural
Subjects
;
being
so
Royal
and
Rich
in
it self
,
should
be
driven
to
so
small
advantage
of
reputation
,
and
profit
to
his
Majesty
and
People
:
and
so
much
improved
and
intercepted
by
Strangers
;
considering
that
God
hath
enabled
and
given
his
Majesty
power
to
redress
it
,
if
it
were
minded
.
He
adds
,
That
if
the
account
were
truly
known
,
it
would
be
found
,
that
the
English
Merchants
,
make
not
clear
profit
by
Cloath
rough
,
undressed
and
undyed
,
sixty
thousand
pounds
a
year
,
and
that
it
is
most
apparent
,
for
lack
of
dressing
and
dying
,
and
not
bringing
in
of
dying
stuffs
,
spending
of
Allum
,
the
Nation
is
hindred
yearly
,
near
a
Million
of
pounds
:
so
that
the
Trade
was
driven
to
the
great
hindrance
of
his
Majesty
and
People
,
by
permitting
the
Native
Commodities
to
pass
rough
,
undressed
,
and
undyed
.
Now
if
it
was
thus
with
England
so
long
ago
,
(
a
true
account
being
taken
,
)
when
the
Wool
was
so
much
improved
,
as
to
be
made
into
Cloath
,
that
only
for
want
of
dressing
and
dying
,
so
much
damage
was
to
this
Kingdom
:
it
s
but
rational
to
conclude
,
it
must
be
far
greater
loss
to
have
the
Wool
as
before-mentioned
,
transported
without
any
improvement
.
And
as
I
have
been
credibly
informed
,
whither
upon
Sr.
Walter
Rawleighs
observation
,
or
otherwise
:
there
was
a
stop
put
upon
the
exportation
of
Cloath
undressed
,
and
undyed
;
but
the
Dutch
having
found
so
much
advantage
by
it
,
having
so
long
enjoyed
it
;
upon
our
stop
of
that
,
the
Hollanders
put
the
like
upon
all
other
our
Manufactures
fully
wrought
;
so
that
there
came
a
stop
to
all
Commerce
:
by
which
means
we
were
forced
to
suffer
the
Cloath
to
go
as
before
,
and
so
it
hath
continued
ever
since
:
and
why
was
it
so
?
but
because
it
was
suffered
so
long
;
and
have
we
not
cause
to
fear
the
like
then
in
our
Wool
,
of
which
you
saw
something
before
?
These
things
considered
,
I
am
the
more
earnest
,
not
only
because
this
hath
cost
me
some
years
Labour
and
Toyl
:
But
,
because
its
hard
,
not
only
to
common
People
of
the
meanest
capacity
,
but
some
of
the
wiser
sort
,
how
to
cure
this
dismal
Malady
;
which
some
despairing
of
,
have
rather
thought
of
some
other
things
in
Lieu
of
this
,
as
a
better
improvement
of
the
product
of
our
Plantations
.
But
it
will
be
,
that
all
Trades
in
England
independent
from
this
of
Cloathing
,
bring
nothing
competently
of
the
advantage
that
it
doth
;
since
it
s
not
rational
to
beleive
the
effect
,
to
be
greater
then
the
cause
:
for
the
most
of
other
Manufactures
in
being
,
are
by
the
means
,
or
is
the
product
of
our
Woollen
Manufacture
.
Now
having
given
some
brief
account
,
of
the
exporting
of
Wool
,
and
of
its
consequences
;
give
me
leave
to
insert
the
Methods
of
this
mischeif
,
and
the
cause
of
its
continuance
.
The
Method
how
:
First
,
In
Kent
,
both
rough
and
comb'd
Wool
is
carried
by
force
of
Arms
at
night
,
and
shipped
off
at
any
place
,
according
as
the
Wind
serves
,
with
10.15
.
somtimes
20
Men
well
armed
and
disguised
.
2ly
.
For
comb'd
Wool
from
London
,
it
s
most
shipped
off
as
Bales
of
Cloath
.
3ly
.
Some
is
shipped
under
pretence
to
the
Isles
of
Jersey
,
and
Garnsey
.
4ly
.
From
Ireland
,
is
most
pretended
for
England
,
(
viz.
)
for
London
,
or
some
other
outward
Southern
Port
,
and
not
taking
solvent
Security
.