A
REMONSTRANCE
,
Proving
that
the
Confinement
of
TRADE
,
to
particular
Companies
,
is
of
general
Losse
to
His
Majesty
,
and
His
People
.
WHereas
the
Merchant
Adventurers
(
as
they
stile
themselves
)
under
pretext
of
Advantage
to
his
Majesty
,
and
advance
of
Trade
,
are
restless
in
their
attempts
,
to
obtain
a
Charter
confirm'd
for
the
ingrossing
the
whole
Trade
of
this
Nation
to
themselves
.
If
the
said
Charter
should
be
confirm'd
,
the
consequent
Narration
will
manifest
those
persons
uncapable
to
buy
from
the
Makers
the
twentieth
part
of
the
Commodities
now
made
and
vended
in
this
Country
,
being
easy
to
prove
the
said
Company
now
Trade
,
as
far
as
either
Estate
or
Credit
doth
permit
them
,
seeing
several
of
them
have
lately
come
short
,
by
extending
their
Credits
in
that
particular
:
And
if
they
were
more
in
quantity
,
or
greater
in
quality
than
now
they
are
,
the
subsequent
Particulars
declare
the
Trade
of
these
parts
,
to
be
far
exceeding
their
power
to
manage
,
or
Estates
to
compasse
;
which
if
so
,
an
impartial
eye
may
easily
s●●
the
vast
losse
likely
to
ensue
to
his
Majesty
,
to
the
Gentry
,
and
to
the
Commonalty
of
this
Nation
.
I.
The
Particulars
of
Goods
exported
b●●hose
Merchants
,
Free
of
said
Company
,
and
by
those
Unfree
of
said
Company
,
will
evidence
how
far
his
Majesty
will
be
a
loser
,
if
said
Trade
should
be
limitted
,
and
Charter
confirmed
.
An
Account
of
all
sorts
of
Wooll●n
Manufactures
,
entered
in
the
Custom-House
of
Exon
,
and
transported
into
part
of
the
sixteen
Provinces
of
the
Neitherlands
,
from
June
24.
1661.
to
the
29.
September
,
next
following
;
for
Account
of
several
persons
Free
of
said
Company
,
of
Merchant
Adventurers
.
|
|
li.
|
ss
.
|
d
.
|
|
One
hundred
and
thirty
Pieces
of
Sarges
,
|
4.
|
07.
|
09.
|
|
Ten
Pieces
of
Broadcloath
,
|
1.
|
01.
|
03.
|
|
Five
Pieces
of
Karsies
,
|
0.
|
03.
|
08.
½
|
|
Seventy
Pieces
of
of
Devon
Dozens
,
|
1.
|
11.
|
02.
|
|
Ten
Pieces
of
Bayes
,
|
1.
|
00.
|
00.
|
Those
225
Pieces
pay
His
Majesty
Custom
,
|
8.
|
03.
|
10.
½
|
An
Account
of
all
sorts
of
Woollen
Manufactures
,
entered
in
the
said
Custom-House
,
of
Exon
,
and
transported
into
the
said
Neitherlands
,
from
June
to
September
,
1661.
by
Mr.
John
Butler
,
and
four
or
five
Merchants
more
of
the
City
of
Exon
,
not
Free
of
said
Company
,
of
Merchant
Adventures
.
|
|
li.
|
ss
.
|
d
.
|
|
Eight
thousand
six
hundred
thirty
eight
Pieces
of
Sarges
,
which
pay
Custom
,
|
287.
|
11.
|
03.
|
|
Thirty
Pieces
of
Karsies
,
|
001.
|
01.
|
03.
|
|
Two
hundred
sixty
five
Pieces
of
Broadcloath
,
|
029.
|
08.
|
10.
½
|
|
One
hundred
eighty
two
Pieces
of
Devon
Dozens
,
|
004.
|
01.
|
01.
½
|
|
One
hundred
twenty
nine
Pieces
of
Straits
,
|
002.
|
00.
|
11.
|
|
Ten
Pieces
of
Bayses
,
|
001.
|
00.
|
00.
|
Those
9254.
Pieces
pay
His
Majestie
Custom
,
|
325.
|
03.
|
05.
|
Hence
it
is
evident
,
should
all
Merchants
not
Free
of
said
Company
,
be
forbidden
Trade
,
what
an
infinite
losse
His
Majesty
should
sustain
in
His
Customes
,
that
in
three
Months
those
Merchants
Free
of
the
said
Company
,
come
short
in
pieces
of
those
not
Free
of
said
Company
,
9029
pieces
,
and
in
mony
paid
His
Majesty
for
Custom
,
316
l.
19
s
.
6
d
.
½
which
the
above-mentioned
Particulars
do
sufficiently
demonstrate
:
And
without
dispute
,
the
said
Unfree
Merchants
would
have
transported
greater
quantities
,
had
not
the
fear
of
the
power
of
said
Free
Merchants
deterred
them
.
Moreover
,
the
disproportion
abovesaid
is
only
of
goods
transported
,
which
doubtlesse
would
be
as
great
of
goods
imported
,
because
it
is
not
to
be
expected
that
the
value
of
goods
transported
,
will
be
greater
than
of
goods
imported
:
Hence
it
is
deducible
the
infinite
loss
likely
to
accrue
unto
His
said
Majesty
.
II
.
The
impartial
Judgement
may
also
see
the
great
losse
which
will
be
to
the
poor
of
this
Nation
,
(
if
said
Company
should
be
established
)
who
in
this
cause
will
be
the
greatest
sufferers
.
Wherefore
to
make
this
apparent
by
the
consequent
Particulars
,
may
be
seen
in
proportioning
a
number
of
poor-Workmen
to
each
mixt
Sarge
,
and
Broadcloath
,
whence
thousands
of
poor
,
extract
a
livelyhood
and
maintainance
by
their
labour
in
making
those
Manufactures
,
which
if
stinted
to
a
small
number
of
men
,
(
not
sufficient
to
manage
the
least
part
of
it
)
the
Gentleman
,
Farmer
,
and
all
other
people
of
what
degree
soever
,
will
insensibly
come
to
ruine
by
this
decay
of
Trade
;
which
will
be
more
visible
by
an
exact
scruting
into
the
Charges
of
a
particular
piece
of
Sarge
.
The
Cost
of
an
ordinary
mixt
Sarge
is
as
followeth
,
viz.
|
|
li.
|
ss
.
|
d
.
|
|
To
every
Piece
of
Sarge
is
allowed
24
l.
of
rough
Wool
,
cost
|
1.
|
03.
|
00.
|
|
The
Dy
ng
of
this
Wool
,
with
Combing
,
Sope
,
and
Oyl
,
cost
|
0.
|
10.
|
00.
|
|
The
Spinning
of
the
Obbe
,
and
Warp
,
cost
|
0.
|
17.
|
00.
|
|
The
Warping
,
Spoaling
,
and
Weaving
,
cost
|
0.
|
10.
|
00.
|
|
The
Dressing
of
it
after
't
is
made
,
cost
|
0.
|
02.
|
00.
|
|
The
Pressing
of
it
,
if
hot
prest
,
cost
|
0.
|
01.
|
00.
|
|
So
the
whole
Charge
of
making
a
Piece
of
Sarge
fit
to
be
transported
into
any
Foreign
parts
,
amounts
to
|
3.
|
03.
|
00.
|
I
suppose
you
may
see
by
this
,
that
the
making
of
a
Sarge
requires
various
sorts
of
people
for
each
several
Imployment
,
whose
urgent
necessities
require
a
weekly
supply
of
mony
,
or
they
must
want
bread
,
for
it
is
not
a
work
to
be
done
by
one
person
alone
:
Here
also
may
be
observed
that
the
Wool
of
each
Piece
,
cost
but
23
s
.
the
other
40
s
.
comes
clear
to
the
poor
Workmen
,
who
within
the
space
of
fourteen
or
sixteen
dayes
,
by
their
industry
and
labour
,
bring
this
Wool
into
a
Sarge
,
which
contains
1.
yard
broad
,
and
22.
yards
long
,
fit
for
sale
,
and
then
reduce
that
into
moneys
for
a
new
Imployment
;
the
quick
dispatch
in
making
the
said
Commodity
,
and
converting
it
to
mony
,
is
an
advantage
to
the
rich
,
and
an
help
to
the
poor
,
who
being
supplyed
constantly
with
mony
,
are
made
capable
to
buy
off
all
sorts
of
Provision
from
the
Gentleman
,
and
Farmer
,
which
could
not
be
done
,
if
Trade
were
limitted
by
this
Company
.
If
there
be
40.
s
.
distributed
amongst
the
poor
for
their
labour
,
in
making
one
Sarge
,
then
those
Sarges
transported
by
the
Merchants
not
Free
of
the
said
Company
,
would
dispose
amongst
the
poor
in
three
months
time
,
17276.
l.
and
the
Merchants
of
Exeter
,
Free
of
the
said
Company
,
bestow
amongst
the
poor
,
in
three
months
,
for
the
said
Sarges
,
but
260.
l.
wherein
they
come
short
of
the
Unfree
Merchants
17016.
l.
Having
now
proved
the
losse
that
the
poor
should
sustain
,
(
were
the
said
Campany
confirmed
)
in
the
making
those
Sarges
,
transported
by
the
Unfree
Merchants
:
Next
shall
demonstrate
the
Particulars
of
a
Broadcloath
,
which
redound
to
the
poor
for
their
labour
,
and
wages
,
also
what
quantity
is
necessary
for
the
making
of
an
ordinary
Spanish
Cloth
,
(
of
Wool
)
about
the
price
of
7.
s
.
or
7.
s
.
2.
d
.
per
yard
,
and
that
very
good
,
substantial
,
and
loyal
Cloth
.
The
Cost
of
an
ordinary
mixt
Broadcloth
is
as
followeth
,
viz.
|
|
li.
|
ss
.
|
d
.
|
|
The
Wool
allowed
to
every
Pieces
of
Cloth
,
is
76.
l.
clean
Wool
,
cost
|
4.
|
10.
|
08.
|
|
The
Dying
,
Mixing
,
and
Breaking
this
Wool
,
with
the
Oyl
,
cost
|
0.
|
15.
|
00.
|
|
The
Spinning
of
the
Obbe
and
Warp
,
cost
|
1.
|
15.
|
00.
|
|
The
Warping
,
Spoaling
,
and
Weaving
the
Cloth
,
cost
|
1.
|
00.
|
00.
|
|
The
Dressing
,
and
Shearing
this
Cloth
,
cost
|
1.
|
06.
|
00.
|
|
The
Draing
,
Pressing
,
and
making
up
in
Tillets
,
fit
for
Sale
,
cost
|
0.
|
06.
|
04.
|
|
So
the
whole
Charge
of
making
a
Broad
Cloth
,
fit
to
be
transported
into
Foreign
parts
,
amounts
to
|
9.
|
13.
|
00.
|
It
is
therefore
now
worth
our
noting
,
that
the
Wool
of
an
ordinary
Cloth
,
costs
but
4
l.
10.
s
.
00.
d
.
which
comes
short
of
half
the
value
of
the
Cloth
,
the
other
part
goes
to
the
Workman
,
5.
l.
3
s
.
00.
d
.
for
his
labour
and
wages
,
in
making
of
this
sort
of
Cloth
;
But
the
charge
of
a
better
,
sort
will
be
greater
,
and
proportionably
advantageous
to
the
poor
Workman
,
according
to
the
goodnesse
of
the
said
Commodity
.
This
Trade
of
Cloth
and
Sarge
,
is
carried
on
by
a
smal
number
of
Merchants
,
of
the
said
City
of
Exon
,
against
whom
the
Dutch
Company
have
a
boundlesse
malignity
,
because
themselves
are
deficient
in
the
knowledge
of
those
mysteries
,
wherein
some
of
them
are
expert
.
III
.
Having
now
particularized
the
advantage
of
a
free
Trade
to
the
poor
Spinster
,
Weaver
,
Comber
,
Dyer
,
Tucker
,
and
several
other
such
Trades
for
their
labour
in
making
a
Sarge
or
Cloth
,
in
one
quarter
of
a
year
.
My
intert
is
next
to
shew
what
a
vast
quantiy
of
Wool
the
making
of
those
Manufactures
doth
expend
,
which
if
interrupted
by
the
said
Company
,
will
be
a
general
losse
to
all
His
Majesties
Subjects
,
for
they
lose
not
only
the
disposing
of
their
Wool
,
but
the
vending
of
their
Corn
,
Butter
,
Cheese
,
Bacon
,
and
other
such
like
necessaries
,
which
will
follow
upon
the
obstructing
of
Trade
,
and
making
scarce
of
mony
.
|
|
|
|
li.
|
s
.
|
d
.
|
|
The
quantity
of
Wool
,
expended
on
the
Goods
,
transported
by
the
Merchants
of
Exon
(
in
three
months
time
)
not
Free
of
the
said
Company
,
is
|
234852.
l.
at
14.
d
.
|
amounts
to
|
13699.
|
14.
|
00.
|
|
The
Wool
spent
by
those
Free
of
the
Company
in
Exon
in
Goods
,
transported
by
them
(
in
three
months
time
)
is
in
Wool
|
5580.
l.
|
325.
|
10.
|
00.
|
|
S●
there
hath
been
spent
in
Wool
,
by
the
Unfree
Merchants
,
more
than
those
Free
of
the
said
Company
,
in
three
Months
,
|
229272.
l.
|
13374.
|
04.
|
00.
|
This
13314.
l.
4
s
.
being
the
value
of
the
Wool
expended
on
the
Commodities
transported
by
the
Unfree
Merchants
,
more
than
the
value
of
the
Wool
used
by
the
Free
Merchants
,
is
sufficiently
able
to
shew
the
infinite
loss
apparently
ensuing
on
the
whole
Kingdom
,
if
none
should
be
permitted
to
Trade
,
but
such
as
are
Free
of
the
said
Dutch
Company
.
The
manner
how
the
TRADE
decayes
,
is
thus
.
The
Merchants
of
Exon
not
free
of
the
s●id
Company
,
being
obstructed
in
their
Trade
,
by
those
free
of
the
Company
,
have
bought
less
quantities
of
all
sorts
of
Manufactures
than
formerly
,
which
hath
reduced
the
Trade
almost
to
nothing
:
For
we
are
assu●ed
by
Information
of
very
able
Clothiers
,
in
the
County
of
Devon
,
that
there
are
300.
Pieces
of
Broad-Cloth
made
now
less
weekly
,
than
formerly
were
made
,
and
at
least
1000.
Pieces
of
mixt
Sarges
made
lesse
weekly
,
besides
Kersies
,
Bayses
,
and
other
such
Woollen
Manufactures
.
For
Example
,
in
Hemiock
,
Ufculme
,
and
Culmstock
(
th●ee
Parishes
in
the
County
of
Devon
)
were
made
weekly
formerly
120.
Pieces
of
Cloth
,
which
Parishes
now
make
but
20.
Pieces
weekly
,
whence
we
may
compute
at
least
200.
Pieces
of
Cloth
,
made
less
than
formerly
,
and
1000.
pieces
of
Sarges
,
which
is
the
lowest
estimation
,
where
we
may
see
what
a
great
loss
this
is
to
His
Majesty
,
to
the
Gentry
,
the
Farmer
,
and
indeed
to
all
Conditions
,
and
Degrees
.
|
|
li.
|
ss
.
|
d
.
|
|
I.
If
there
be
200.
Broad
Clothes
made
less
weekly
than
formerly
,
each
Cloth
paying
the
King
almost
2.
s
.
2.
d
.
¾
for
Custom
,
then
H●s
Majesty
loseth
for
200
Clo●hes
|
22.
|
04.
|
05.
|
II
.
If
there
be
1000.
Sa●ges
made
less
weekly
,
each
Sarge
paying
9.
d
.
per
Pieces
for
Custom
,
H●s
M●jesty
loseth
|
37.
|
10.
|
00.
|
|
|
59.
|
14.
|
05.
|
|
Thus
then
His
M●jesty
receiveth
short
in
His
Customs
|
59.
|
14.
|
05.
|
|
III
.
The
poor
Trades-man
loseth
weekly
the
making
of
2●0
.
B●oad
Clothes
,
which
at
5.
l.
3.
s
a
Cloth
is
|
1030.
|
00.
|
00.
|
|
IV
.
The
poor
loseth
also
weekly
for
the
making
of
1000.
Sarges
at
40.
s
a
piece
for
Wages
|
2000.
|
00.
|
00.
|
|
|
3030.
|
00.
|
00.
|
|
Thus
then
the
poor
man
receives
less
in
Wages
|
3030.
|
00.
|
00.
|
|
V.
The
Gentleman
,
and
Farmer
loseth
the
selling
of
76.
l.
of
Wooll
for
each
Cloth
,
which
for
200.
Pieces
weekly
is
—
li
.
Wooll
.
15200.
|
|
|
|
|
And
for
1000.
Sarges
,
each
piece
using
24.
l.
Wooll
—
24000.
|
|
|
|
|
Thus
then
there
is
every
week
less
Wooll
sold
—
39200.
|
|
|
|
VI
.
Which
39200.
l.
of
Wooll
,
valued
at
14.
d
.
per
pound
,
so
much
the
Gentleman
,
and
Farme●
loseth
the
receiving
in
moneys
weekly
less
than
formerly
|
2286.
|
13.
|
04.
|
|
Total
.
|
5376.
|
07.
|
09.
|
VII
.
And
were
not
Trade
by
Interruption
of
the
Company
so
decayed
,
(
whereby
you
see
there
is
near
40000.
pounds
weight
of
Wooll
used
less
in
one
County
than
formerly
every
week
(
there
would
hardly
be
any
Wooll
carried
out
of
the
Kingdom
,
because
when
there
were
greater
quantities
of
the
Manufactures
made
within
these
few
years
(
whiles
the
Company
had
no
power
)
all
the
Wooll
both
of
England
and
Ireland
,
was
bought
up
from
the
Growers
,
that
at
the
years
end
,
scarce
any
old
Wooll
left
,
and
at
far
greater
prices
than
now
it
is
,
which
gave
them
no
opportunity
or
encouragement
to
Transport
it
;
And
although
Wooll
at
that
time
was
dear
(
which
made
our
Manufactures
then
far
dearer
also
than
now
they
are
,
)
and
we
paid
3.
s
.
Custome
to
His
Majesty
for
each
S●rge
,
(
which
now
we
pay
but
9.
d
.
)
yet
all
sorts
of
Goods
sold
off
quicker
,
and
at
better
rates
beyond
the
Seas
than
now
;
And
the
reason
is
,
that
then
there
was
very
little
,
or
no
Wooll
at
all
Transported
,
by
which
means
Strangers
could
not
make
our
Manufactures
,
and
now
are
great
quantities
made
by
them
,
which
makes
Goods
cheap
,
and
plenty
in
all
Foreign
Pa●ts
,
so
that
they
desire
not
ours
;
The
Cause
(
as
I
have
shewed
before
)
is
the
Interruption
of
Trade
here
,
that
the
Wooll
cannot
be
taken
off
from
the
Grower
,
which
makes
people
use
all
the
unlawful
wayes
to
Transport
it
they
can
invent
.
VIII
.
It
is
now
obvious
to
every
man
,
that
His
Majesty
,
the
Gentleman
,
and
Farmer
,
the
poor
Trades-man
,
&c.
are
by
this
decay
in
Trade
,
weekly
,
on
but
two
sorts
of
Woollen
Manufactures
,
losers
of
what
they
did
receive
,
and
might
still
,
did
not
the
said
Company
deterre
Merchants
5376.
l.
07.
s
.
09.
d
.
If
therefore
Trade
be
so
fallen
in
so
short
a
time
,
what
(
may
we
fear
)
will
become
of
this
County
,
and
Nation
,
when
the
French
King
was
lately
petition'd
by
some
of
his
Subjects
,
to
forbid
the
bringing
of
any
of
our
Manufactures
into
His
Dominions
,
because
there
are
such
great
quantities
of
said
Commodities
made
there
,
as
they
all●●●e
to
be
sufficient
for
the
whole
Kingdome
:
And
the
Dutch
Company
forbid
all
others
not
Free
of
their
Company
,
to
T
ade
for
Germany
,
or
other
the
Provinces
in
the
Neitherlands
.
This
Kingdom
must
inevitably
be
ruined
unl●ss
timely
Course
be
taken
to
prevent
the
power
of
the
said
Company
,
and
a
free
Trade
permitted
to
all
Merchants
,
pay
ing
His
Majesty
His
due
Customes
:
It
is
not
to
be
imagined
by
the
desiring
of
a
free
Trade
,
that
all
fo●●●
o●
people
should
be
permitted
to
exercise
the
mistery
of
a
Merchant
,
but
such
only
who
have
been
bred
Merchants
,
or
served
an
Apprentice
,
or
used
the
Trade
of
a
Merchant
for
seven
years
past
,
and
no
others
,
Then
let
the
Manufactures
be
reformed
as
hath
been
already
set
forth
,
and
demonstrated
at
large
:
Let
the
Laws
against
Transportation
of
Wooll
,
and
such
Materials
as
concern
that
Manufacture
,
be
strictly
put
in
Execution
;
And
by
Gods
blessing
●n
our
Endeavours
,
His
Majest●●s
Revenue
will
be
encreased
,
the
Gentleman
,
and
Farmer
flourish
,
and
the
Poor
live
Comfortable
;
which
is
,
and
ever
shall
be
my
desire
.