Aurum Regina, Section 6 (5 of 5)

Aurum Regina · Section 6 (5 of 5)

p. 110De Thoma de Chandes 16 s. Pro licentia adquirendi8 d. de debito 3 l. de fine 30 l. pro (4) licentia adquirendi Manerii de Lugwardin habenda.

De Roberto de Baskervil, Pro tranſgreſſ.& aliis Collectoribus & Subcollectoribus diverſarum conceſſionum in Parliamento tempore Edwardi ſecundi, 18 l. 6 s. 8 d. de debito 80 marc. de fine 800 marc. pro (4) tranſgreſſione per ipſos fact. in taxatione et collectione conceſſionum praedict.

De Richardo de Grey 4 l. Pro cuſtodia & maritagio.5 s. & 13 s. 4 d. de debito 80 l. de AURO REGINAE, de fine 800 l. pro (4) cuſtodia et maritagio Richardi Baeſſet habenda.

De hominibus Villae de Scarborough 23 l. de arreragiis 37 l. de AURO REGINAE, de fine, &c. vacat.

De Lodovico Du…olm. Pro licentia adquirendi.Epiſcopo 26 s. 8 d. de AURO SUO, de debito 5 marc. de fine 50 marc. pro (4) licentia adquirendi terras.

De Willielmo de Ferrariis 4 l. Pro maritagio.5 s. de debito 10 marc. de AURO REGINAE, de fine 100 marc. pro (4) maritagio Johannis filii & haeredis Nicholai de Ferrariis.

De Nicholao de Kirkham 20 s. Pro tranſgreſſ.de AURO REGINAE, de fine 10 l. pro (4) tranſgreſſione.

De Rogero Pridias 40 s. Ne transfretaret.de AURO REGINAE, de fine 20 l. (4) ne tranſfretaret in Vaſcon.

De Johanne Unphravill 10 s. Pro relevio.de debito 26 s. 8 d. de AURO SUO, de fine 20 marc. pro (4) relevio ſuo.

De Willielmo de Fiſhurre 11s. Ne transfretaret.8 d. de debito 26 s. 8 d. de AURO SUO, de fine 20 marc. (4) ne transfretaret in Vaſconiam.

De Alexandro de Sancto Johanne 23 s. Pro maritagio.4 d. de debito 10 marc. de AURO p. 111SUO, de fine 100 marc. pro (4) maritagio Johannis filii & haeredis Hugonis de Lutcomb.

De Willielmo de Coffeild 20 s. Pro licentia alienand.de AURO SUO, de Fine 20 l. pro licentia alienandi Manerii de Boxſtead.

De Johanne de la Penne 13 s. Ne transfretaret.4 d. de fine 10 marc. ne transfretaret in Vaſconiam.

De Randulpho de Monte Hermerii, Pro Cuſtodia Terrarum.videlicet de bonis & catallis ſuis, ac etiam de terris & tenementis quae ſua fuerunt in feodo Anno regni Domini Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae Patris Regis quinto, ſeu poſtea in quorumcun que manibus eadem terr. & tenementa exiſtant, fieri fac. 540 marc. de debito 500 marc. de AURO SUO de fine 6 marc. pro Cuſtodia terrarum et tenementorum quae fuerunt Johannis ap Adam habenda.

De Richardo Gray 10 l. de fine 100 l. (4) pro licentia habenda pro terris concedend. ad manum mortuam.

De Petro Fenne 4 l. 8 s. 4 d. de debito 8 marc. de AURO SUO, de fine 80 marc. pro (5) Cuſtodia terrarum et tenementorum quae fuerunt Roberti de Sandby de Eaſtmarkham habend. &c.

De Roberto Coukes 7 s. Pro Tranſgr.8 d. de debito 10 marc. de AURO SUO de fine 100 marc. pro (4) tranſgr.

De Hugone de Nerguill 48 s. 8 d. de debito 10 marc. de AURO SUO pro (4) fine, ut ſupra.

De Roberto Fourchies 26 s. 8 d. de debito 10 marc. de AURO SUO, pro eadem cauſa.

De Roberto Ingram de 113 s. 4 d. de debito 10 marc. de AURO SUO, de (4) fine 100 marc. pro eadem.

De Roberto Ireland 26 s. Pro terris rehabendis.8 d. de (4) fine 20 marc. de AURO SUO, pro omnibus terris et tenementis quae fuerunt de haereditate uroris ſuae rehabend.

De Thoma Baſſet 20 s. De Tranſgr.de fine 20 l. de AURO SUO, (4) pro tranſgreſſione.

De Rogero Damoryes 20 l. Pro Maritagiode AURO SUO, de fine 200 l. pro (4) maritagio Margeriae & Iſabellae Heredis Theobaldi de Verdon habend.

De Randulpho de Grenham 10 l. Pro Tranſgr.10 s. de debito 20 marc. de AURO SUO, de fine 200 marc. (4) pro tranſgreſſione.

De Johanne de Vienna & aliis 20 s. Pro Maritagiode debito 20 marc. de AURO SUO, de fine 100 marc. (4) pro maritagio Ciciliae & Alianorae filiarum & haeredum Johannis de Knovill habenda.

De Militibus & Armigeris totius Com.Pro licentia ad propria redeundo. Suſſex. 30 s. de debito 20 l. de fine 200 l. per quod omnes qui benerunt in obſequio Domini Regis Patris Regis apud Cirenceſtr. in feſto Sanctae Luciae Virginis Anno regni Patris Regis 15. (4) redire poſſent ad propria, et pro forisfactura aliorum Militum et Armigeroum de Com. Suſſex qui tunc non venirent ibidem remittenda.

De Johannede Duffore 26 s. 8 d. de AURO SUO, de fine 20 marc. pro (4) tranſgreſſione.

De Johanne Fekenham 8 s. 8 d. de debito 13 s. 4 d. de AURO SUO de fine & marc. pro eodem.

An. 12 F. 3.

King Edwards **Here, p. 34, 35. Pro Philippa Regina.forecited Patent to his Barons on the behalf of Queen Philip his Conſort for the levying of her Quéengold, I find enrolled in the Clauſe p. 112Roll of An. 12 E. 3. pars 1. m. 23. in the Tower of London.

In the Rolls of Anno 26 E. 3. in the Account of the Sheriff of Glouceſterſhire, I finde theſe ſeveral Debts accounted for and ſatisfied to Queen Philip for her Aurum Reginae out of Fines for Treſpaſſes and other offences before the Kings Juſtices, as well as for other Debts.

Glouc.

IDem Vicecomes reddit Compot.Inter Communia de An. 26 E 3. Johannes de Weſton Vic. in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. Philippa Regina. de 29 l. de fin. exit. & Amerc. diverſorum quorum nominibus praeponitur Philippa Regina in extract. 26. in extr. Rotulo de Fin. exit. & Amerc. coram Richardo de Stafford & ſociis ſuis Juſticiariis, ad quaſcunque felon. & tranſgr. in Com. Glouc. audiend. & terminand. aſſign. Anno 26. Et 7 s. 3 d. de fin. & exit. diverſ. quorum nominibus praeponitur Philippa Regina in Rotulo 26. in ſumma. In Rotulo de fin. & exit. de Banco de Terminis Trinitatis & Michaelis Anno 24, & Terminis Hill. & Paſch. Anno 25. Et 2 s. 9d. de Amerc. diverſ. quorum nominibus praeponitur Philippa Regina in Rotulo 26. in ſum. In Rotulo de Amerc. de Banco de Terminis Trinitatis & Mich. Anno 24. & Terminis Hill. & Paſch. Anno 25. Et 2d. de Roberto Beanflour quod non habet Beanflour ubi proponitur Philippae Regina in Rotulo 26. In Rotulo de Amerc. coram Rege de Terminis Hill. Paſch. Trinitatis & Michaelis Anno 22. & de eiſdem terris in Com. Norff. & Suff. Anno 21. Et 3 d. de Roberto Maister de exec. ſuis forum ubi proponitur Philippa Regina in Rot. 26. In Rotulo de exit. forum veſtra Regina de Termino Michaelis Anno 22. & Terminis Hill. & Paſch. Trin. & Michaelis Anno 23 & 24. Et 11 s. 6 d. de exit. diverſ. quorum nominibus proponitur Philippa Regina in Rotulo 26. in ſum. In Rotulo de exit. forum coram Baronibus per exec. Brevium pro Rege & fin. & Amerc. de Rotulo med. Anno 25. Et 20 s. de exit. diverſ. quorum nominibus proponitur Philippa Regina in Rotulo 26. in ſum. In Rotulo de fin. exit. & Amerc. Vicecomitum & aliorum diverſorum coram Baronibus ad placita Anno 25. Et 20 s. 10 d. de exit. diverſ. quorum nominibus proponitur Philippa Regina in Rotulo 26. in ſumma. In Rotulo de Itin. exit. forum coram Baronibus pro execut. Brevium pro Rege Anno 26. Et 16 s. 6 d. de Amerc. diverſ. quorum nominibus proponitur Philippa Regina in Rot. 26. in ſumma. In Rotulo de Amerc. coram Baronibus pro exec. Brevium pro Rege de diverſis terris & diverſ. Annis Anno 13. incip. & 24 fin. Et 4 s. 7d. de Amerc. diverſ. quorum nominibus proponitur Philippa Regina in Rotulo 26. in ſumma. In Rot. de Itin. Amerc. coram Baronibus per exec. Brevium pro Rege Anno 13. incip. & 24. finient. Et 21 s. 1 d. de Amerc. diverſ. quorum nominibus proponitur Philippa Regina in Rotulo 16. in ſumma. In Rotulo Amerc. coram Baronibus ad placita de diverſis terminis & dimid. &c.

In the Plea Rolls de Termino Paſchae Anno 27 E. 3. Rot. 44. in the Office of Pleas in the Exchequer, I have found the Caſe, Plea of the Mayor and Burgeſſes of Briſtoll concerning Queengold already cited (p. 36, 37.) which Mr. Hakewill referred to Anno 25 E. 3. the Tranſcript whereof being memorable, I ſhall here inſert out of the Record it ſelf.

MEmorand.Adhuc de quindena Paſchae Anno 26 E. 3. quod cum quinto die Februarii Anno 11 Regis nunc Eborardus de Frenſhe Major Villae Briſtoll recognovit ſe debere Regi Ducentas & viginti libras, ſolvend. unam medietatem in feſto Purif. beatae Mariae p. 131tunc prox. futur. & aliam medietatem in feſto Sancti Johannis Baptiſtae tunc prox. ſequent. ſicut continetur in Recogn. de Anno 11. Regis nunc, ubi immediatè poſt Recognit. praedict. annotatur ſic. Memorand. quod iſta Recognitfacta fuit pro Decima praedict. per Eborardum & Burgenſes & alios homines Villae Briſtol & ſuburbii ejuſdem, de bonis ſuis mobilibus de primo anno Decimae triennis Domino Regi conceſſae die Veneris prox. ante feſtum Sancti Michaelis in anno praeſenti, ratione conceſſionis praedict. contigent. Praeceptum fuit Vic. quod non omittat propter libertatem Villae, quin, &c. ac de bonis & catallis praedict. Eborardi & aliorum hominum Villae Briſtoll & ſuburbiorum ejuſdem: Ac etiam de terris et tenementis (5) quae ſua fuerunt praedicto Anno 11. ſeu poſtea in quorumcumque manibus, ac. fieri faceret 22 s. quas debent Philippae Reginae Angliae de AURO SUO de 220 l. praedict. Ita quod dictas 22 l. haberet hic ad Craſtinum Aſcenſionis Domini praefatae Reginae ſolvend.

Idem Vic. mandavit ad diem, quod de bonis & catallis Eborardi & aliorum hominum Villae praedict. cepit catall. ad valenciam debiti praedicti, ad quae emenda nondum invenit emptores.

Ad quem diem Walterus Derby Ballivus Villae praedictae venit coram Baronibus in propria perſona ſua, et dicit pro ſe & aliis hominibus Villae praedictae, quod praefata Regina AURUM de debito praedicto de jure habere non debet. Quia dicit, quod praedictus Eborardus neque homines Villae praedictae finem cum Domino Rege non fecerunt in hac parte, neque 220 l. praedict. nomine finis eidem Regi conceſſerunt, nec Recognitio praedicta loco finis fiebat, Ita quod dicta Regina AURUM cauſa recognitionis praedictae de jure exigere non poteſt. Et petit, quod executio verſus eos in hac parte facta ſuperſedeatur, &c. & ſibi fiat ulterius quod, &c.

Et praefata Regina per Thomam del Chogh Attornatum ſuum venit & dicit, Quod ipſa AURƲM de debito praedicto habere debet, quia dicit, Quod de quibuſcunque voluntariis obligationibus et Regi de ſponte oblatis de pecunia numerata AƲRƲM REGINAE debetur, et ſecundum legem et conſuetudinem inde a tempore quo non extat memoria uſitatas conſuebit, ut liquere poterit per Memoranda & Libros hujus Scaccarii quos vocat, ac. petens inde ſcrutinium fieri in evidentiam et declarationem praemiſſorum. Et ſuper hoc ſcrutatis Rotulis & Memorandis praedictis, compertum eſt in**Here, p. 8, 9. RUBEO LIBRO feod. in quadam Ordinatione ſuper ſtatu Scaccarii ibidem annotata, ſub titulo DE AURO REGINAE. Quod hii qui in pecunia numerata Regi ſponte ſe obligant, Reginae pariter teneantur licet expreſſum non fuerit. Quamvis enim non ſit expreſſum, eſt tamen promiſſo compromiſſum; Ʋt cum Regi Centum five Ducentas Marcas promiſerit, Reginae pariter teneatur pro Centum Marcis Argenti Regi promiſſis in una Marca AƲRI, pro Duoentis in duabus Marcis AƲRI, & ſic deinceps. Et quod licet Rex de promiſſa ſibi mediam partem dimiſerit vel univerſam, vel etiam ſummonere distulerit, de hiis tamen quae ad Reginam pertinent ſecundum quod ſibi viſum fuerit per omnia fiet, ut ea nolente neque dimittantnr, neque differantur, ſed ſummonita ſolvantur, & nou ſolventes ad hoc coherceantur, ut ſive Clericus ſit ſive Laicus qui ſolvendo non fuerit, donec ſatisfecerit, caret impetrato. Et ſic dicit, eadem Regina praetertu dictae Drdinationis, ipſa de jure habere debet executionem AƲRI SUI praedicti in forma ſuperius praedicta. Et petit erecutionem, &c. Super quo, quia Curia vult plenius deliberari antequam, &c. datus eſt dies partibus praedictis hic à die Sanctae Trinitatis in 15 dies eodem ſtatu quo nunc.

p. 114Ad quem diem partes praedictae venerunt, & habent diem ulterius in praemiſſis uſque Octabas Sancti Johannis Baptistae in eodem ſtatu quo nunc. Ad quam diem partes praedictae venerunt, & facto ulterius ſcrutinio Rotulorum hujus Scaccarii, quid fit ſponte oblatum? compertum eſt in dicto RUBRO Libro, ſub titulo, De ſponte offerentibus, quid ſit faciendum cum ipſi non ſolverent. Quod ſi oblatum à Rege ſuſcipitur, & offerens conſequenter pro quo optulit à Rege ſuſcipit; ut ſi quis pro libertate aliqua, pro fundo, vel pro firma, vel pro cuſtodia cujuſcunque qui minor eſt annis uſque ad annos legitimes habenda; vel per quod alio modo ad ſuam utilitatem vel honorem accidere videatur ſponte Regi 100 l. vel 100 marc. & aſſentiente ſtatim poſt oblatum ſuſcipiat optatum, & qui ſponte ſe obligant, & qui Conventione cum Principe facta poſſidere ceperint quam diu ſolvendo fuerint indultis ſibi beneficiis gaudeant & utantur; quod ſi de Regis debito ſummoniti ſolvere deſierint, ſtatim careant impetratis. Et ſuper hoc praefata Regina dicit, quod praedicta recognitio facta fuit, ne homines Villae praedictae tarentur per Collectores Communitatis, nec quod Miniſtri ſeu Ballibi ipſius Regis de collectione praedicta infra Villam praedictam in aliquo ſe intromitterent, quod cecidit in proficuum et honorem eorundem hominum. Et dicit ulterius eadem Regina, quod ubi Quintaedecimae vel Decimae Regi de anno 11. conceſſerint ſolvendae in craſtino Sancti Andreae Apoſtoli, & in feſto Purif. beatae Mariae Virginis, praedicti homines habuerunt diem ſolvendi per recognitionem praedictam dictos 220 l. in feſto Pur. beatae Mariae, & in feſto Sancti Johannis Baptistae. Ita quod primus dies ſolucionis per recognitionem illam, fuit ultimus dies ſolucionis decimae quintae et decimae praedictarum; et per ſic, praedicti homines habuerunt proficuum, et receperint quid pro quo, ubi praefata REGINA AƲRƲM de jure habere debet. Et petit executionem AVRI praedicti, &c. Et ſcrutatis Rotulis ſuper tempore ſolucionis quintaedecimae & decimae praedictarum, compertum eſt in Rotulo Compotorum de Quintadecimis & Decimis, quod die Veneris proximo ante feſtum Sancti Michaelis An. 10. conceſſa fuit quaedam Quintadecima & Decima trienn, ſolvend. quolibet Anno, unam medietatem in Craſtino Sancti Andraeae, & aliam medietatem in feſto Pur. beatae Mariae. What Judgement the Barons gave in this memorable Caſe, I cannot yet finde upon Record; but it ſeems to me, that the Queen recovered her gold for the**Here, p. 37, 38. forecited reaſons.

In the Dorſe of the ſame 44 Roll there is this Memorandum entred.

MEmorand.Adhuc de Quindena Paſch. Anno 27 E 3. Regis. Glouc. ſſ. quod comperto in Magno Rotulo de Anno 26. in Glouc. quod Philippa Regina Angliae habet Caſtrum, Villam & Bertonam Briſtoll cum pertinentiis in dotem, ex donatione ac conceſſione Regis; Thomas del Clogh Attorn. praeſatae Reginae, venit coram Batonibus 27 die Aprilis hoc Anno & dedit Curiae intelligi, quod praefata Regina tradidit ad firmam Majori & hominibus Villae Briſtoll, Caſtrum, Villam, & Bertonam praedictam pro 140 l. eidem Reginae annuatim reddend. ad feſt. Paſchae & Sancti Micha…lis per aequales portiones, et quod 70 l. de Termino Paſchae ultimo praeterito eidem Reginae aretro exiſtunt. Et petit, quod Walterus Derb) Ballivus Villae praedictae qui praeſens eſt in Curia ſuper Compotum ſuum, de debitis Reginae levabilibus infra libertatem Villae praedictae, de praedict Anno decimo ſexto, de 70 l. praedictis reſpondeat & ſatisfaciat praefatae Reginae Angliae, &c. Poſtea, viz. quinto die Julii, Johannes Cocks (5) Receptor AVRI ipſius REGINAE p. 115cognovit coram Baronibus, quod ſatisfactum eſt praefatae Reginae de 70 l. praedictis.

In the Plea Rolls of this year there are ſundry Writs and Inhibitions to Sheriffs, Bailiffs, and Receivers of Philippa the Queen Conſort, and Iſabel the Queen Mother, concerning their Debts and Accounts of all ſorts, which thoſe who pleaſe may peruſe at leaſure in the Rolls themſelves in the Office of Pleas; I ſhall only inſtance in thoſe that concern Queengold, and the defaults of Sheriffs in levying their Debts, the ſale of goods and chattels ſeiſed for them remaining unſold, and other particulars.

In the ſame Plea Rolls,Ibidem. Devon. ſſ. Rot, a. a. De Craſtino Clauſi Paſchae Anno 27 E. 3. Praeceptum fuit Vic. quod tàm de illis bonis & catallis Jacobi de Dudele ad valenc. 10 s. 8 d. quae nuper in manum Regis cepit, & quae penes ipſum remanent, &c. quàm de aliis bonis & catallis ejuſdem Jacobi; ac eciam de terris & tenementis quae ſua fuerunt Anno 18 Regis nunc, ſeu poſtea in quorumcunque manibus, &c. fieri fac. 6 l. quas debent Philippae Reginae Angliae de quodam debito 8 l. be AVRO SVO be fine 80 l. (4) pro pardonat. Tranſgreſſironis et extorſionis habenda. Ita quod denarios illos haberet hîc in Craſtino Clauſi Paſchae praefatae Reginae ſolbend. Et idem Vic. recognovit ad diem praedict. quod bonailla et catalla capta in manum Regis ut praedict. eſt, ad valenc. 10 s. 8 d. adhuc penes ipſum remanſerunt invendita, &c. Et quod per aliud breve cepit in manum dicti Regis de bonis & catallis praedict Jacobi ad valenc. 2 s. ad quae emenda nullos inveniret emptores. Et quod plura bona ſ…u…catalla praedicti Jacobi ad tunc in balliva ſua non invenit unde aliqui denarii fieri poterint. Et datur Curiae intelligi, quod idem Vic. infra tempus quo breve inde recepit, et tempore ejuſdem, de bonis & catallis ejuſdem Jacobi integ…è…evaſſe potuit eoſdem denarios ſi voluiſſet. Vnde idem Vic. viz. Willielmus Duncall inde per Barones oppoſitus, ſuper Sacramentum ſuum cognovit, quod ipſe levaſſe potuit de bonis & catallis dicti Jacobi, & de terris & tenementis ipſius, ſi &c. Ideo conſideratum eſt, quod idem Vic. &c.

INhibitum eſt 12.Placita coram Baronibus Anno 27 E 3. in Offic. Clerici Placitorum. die Aprilis hoc anno Henrico Wiſdom Ballivo libertatis Com. Arundell in Com. Suſſex praeſenti in Curia eodem die, ne rece…at ab eadem Cu…ia quou…que ſatisfecerit Philippae Reginae Angliae de 13 s. 4 d. de quibus idem Ballivus Termino Sancti Michaelis ultimo praeterito cepit de bonis et catallis Prioris & Monachorum de Arundell ad valenc.De Quindena Paſchae Suſſex ſſ. Philippa Regina. Quae quidem 13 s. 4 d. pertinent eidem Reginae de AVRO SVO de quodam debito 26 s. 8 d. facto (4) pro excambiis factis inter dictum Priorem & Monachos & Epiſcopum Ciceſtrenſem, ſub periculo quod, &c.

INhibitum eſt primo die Aprilis hoc anno Gilberto Chaſtylon Vic.De Craſtino Paſchae. An. 27 E. 3. Ibid. Warwick ſſ. Com. War. praeſenti in Curia eodem die per Johannem Foxton Attornatum ſuum, ne recedat ab eadem Curia quouſque computabit cum Philippa Regina de denariis per ipſum Vic. levatis ad opus ipſius Reginae de diberſis Debitoribus ſuis tam de AVRO SVO quam de aliis Debitis dictam Reginam ibidem contingentibus. Satisfeceritque ei de omnia eo quod per Compotum illum deberi contigerit, ſub periculo quod, &c. Poſtea per aſſenſum Conſilii praefatae Reginae (viz. Thomae del Clough Attornat. praefatae Reginae) praedictus Gilbertus ſub Inhibitione praedicta uſque craſtinum Sanctae Trinitatis ad computand. et ſatisfaciend. in praemiſſis.

p. 116In the ſame Plea Roll de craſtino Sanctae Trinitatis, An. 27 E. 3. I finde theſe three Memorandums concerning three ſeveral Fines paid to the Queens Receiver, for Fines for Treſpaſſes before the Kings Juſtices of Oyer and Terminer in the County of Suſſex by the parties themſelves, without any Proceſs to avoid expenſes; which as I conceive relate to Queen-gold, though not particularly expreſt.

MEmorand.Suſſex ſſ. quod Walterus de Camapedon Recepto… denariorum Philippae Reginae Angliae, venit coram Baronibus 29 die Maii hoc anno & recognovit, quod recepit ad o…us praedictae Reginae de Andraeo Peverell Chivaler 62 l. 13 s. 4 d. quos debet de quodam fine per ipſum Andraeam facto pro diberſis Tranſgreſſionibus, &c. Et de Willielmo de Exton 66 s. 8 d. quos debet de quodam fine per ipſum Willielmum facto pro dtberſis Tranſgreſſionibus, &c. Et de Richardo Palfryman 13 s. 4 d. de quodam debito de quodam fine per ipſum Richardum facto pro diberſis Tranſgreſſionibus, coram Philippo de Molyns & ſociis ſuis Juſticiariis Regis, ad quaſdam Tranſgreſſiones & exceſſus in Com. Suſſex anno 27. Regis nunc audiend. & terminand. aſſignatis, de qua ſolutione idem Andraeas, Willielmus, & Richardus, (ſeverally) oſtendit Curiae unam Talliam levatam ad Recept. ejuſbem Reginae 18 die Maii praedicto anno 27. dictam ſummam continentem, quam dictus Walterus cognovit eſſe bonam & legalem.

Anno 28 E. 3.

In the Plea Rolls of the Exchequer, in the Office of the Clerk of the Pleas, de craſtino Sanctae Trinitatis, An. 28 E. 3. I find this Memorandum concerning Queen-gold.

MEmorand.London ſſ. quod Johannes de Herewardeſtoks Major London. venit coram Baronibus 20 die Junii, hoc anno in propria perſona ſua, & dicit ſe ſolviſſe Philippae Reginae Angliae ad receptam ſ…am 20 marc. quas idem Johannes debet de quodam fine facto pro Tranſgreſſ. coram Johanne de Molyns & ſociis ſuis nuper Juſtic. Regis ad diverſa Tranſgreſſiones, oppreſſiones, dampna & gravamina in Com. Suſſex. audiend. & terminand. aſſignat. anno 27 Regis nunc; Et de ſolutione inde oſtendit Curiae unam Talliam levatam ad receptam ipſius Reginae 12 die Aprilis anno 27. quam Johannes de Edyndon Attornat. praefatae Reginae praeſens in Curia praedict. 20 die Junii cognovit eſſe veram & legalem: Et dictum Johannem de Herewardeſtoks denarios in eadem Tall. contentos ad receptam praedictus ſolbiſſe. Cognovit etiam praedictus Johannes de Edyndon, quod praedictus Johannes de Herewardeſtoks ſolvit praefatae Reginae ad receptam ſuam praediatam 11 marc. de AURO SUO, ad ipſam Reginam pertinent de fine praedicto; over and above the entire Fine it ſelf, which ſhe likewiſe received, which is obſervable.

Anno 41 E. 3.

In the Plea Rolls coram Baronibus de Quindena Sancti Michaelis, Anno 41 Regis Edwardi tertii poſt Conqueſtum, I finde many Actions brought by Queen Philip againſt her Bayliffs and Receivers of her Moneys; and Inhibitions to Sheriffs not to depart the Court till they had ſatisfied her for all the Moneys they had levyed of her Debtors, which related to her Queen-gold, as well as other Debts, as theſe Records do intimate.

p. 117PRaeceptum fuit Vic.Cant. & Hunt. ſſ. Pro Philippa Regina Anglia. Cant. & Hunt. ſicut pluries, quod caperet Richardum Glanvill adminiſtratorem & occupatorem bonorum et catall. quae fuerunt Johannis de Glanvill nuper Theſ. & Receptor Vlton. defuncti, ubicunque, &c. Et eum ſalvo, &c. Ita quod haberet corpus ejus hîc ad plures dies praeſen. et tandem in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis, ad reſpondend. Philippae Reginae Angliae de 76 l. 13 s. 4 d. aretro exiſtentibus de quadam recognitione 200 marc. quam idem Johannes fecit praedictae Reginae. pro arreragiis Compotorum ſuorum de partibus Hiberniae, nuper ad Scaccarium ipſtus Reginae de tempore quo fuit Receptor denariorum ipſtus Reginae ibidem; Which I conceive to be her Queen-gold, as well as other her monies and debts in Ireland.

Quindena Paſchae An. 40 Regis Edwardi 3.

INhibitum eſt 8 die Maii Thomae de Muſgrave nuper Vic.Ebor. ſſ. Pro Philippa Regina Angliae. Ebor. praeſenti in Curia eadem die per Johannem Bret Attornatum ſuum, ne recedat a Curia quouſque ſatisfecerit Philippae Reginae Angliae de 74 s. 10 d. quas praedict. Thomas nuper levavit particulariter de diverſis debitoribus praefatae Reginae, quorum nomina & particulae denar. plenius annotantur in quadam Cedula quae eſt inter Billas de hoc Termino, ſub periculo quod, &c.

INhibitum eſt ſupradicto 8 die Maii Vic.Salop ſſ. Pro Philippa Regina. Salop, ne recedat à Curia, quouſque ſatisfecerit Philippae Reginae Angliae de 8 l. 3 s. 4 d. quas praedictus Johannes levavit ſingulariter dediverſis debitoribus praefatae Reginae, quorum nomina, & partic. denariorum plenius annotantur in quadam Cedula quae eſt inter Billas de hoc Termino, ſub periculo quod, &c. Poſtea de aſſenſu Ricardi de Ravens Receptoris denar. praefatae Reginae, datus eſt dies praefato Vic. hic in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis ad ſolvend. praefatae Reginae dictas 8 l. 3 s. 4 d. quam diem praedictus Vic. admiſit. Poſtea, viz. 25 die Octob. hoc Anno praedicta Regina venit coram Baronibus per Johannem de Holt Attornatum fuum & cognovit quod praedict. Vic. ſolvit ei denarios praedictos. Ideo praedictus Vic. de Inhibitione praedicta recedat quietus.

King Edward the 3d. in the 50 year of his reign pardoned all Debts by his General Pardon due unto him before the 40th year of his reign when his Queen Philip was living, the Arrears of whoſe QVEEN-GOLD and other Debts due to her before this 40th year accruing to him by his Queens deceaſe, and to his Grandchild K. Richard the 2d. after his deceaſe; who ſued her Debtors for her AVRVM REGINAE and other Debts, as not included within that Pardon; the Commons thereupon in the Parliament of 5 R. 2. exhibited this Petition to the King, to make a Declaration in that Parliament, that thoſe her Debts accruing to the King ſhould be comprehended within that pardon. Which the King thought unreaſonable, ſince they were levyed principally to ſatisfie her Creditors;K. Rich. 2. but if after Proclamation made it ſhould appear all her Creditors were ſatisfied,Ex Rot. Parl. tent. apud Weſim. in craſtino Animarum, Anno 5 R. 2. in Turri London. he would then extend his grace unto them in that caſe, as the Parliament Roll thus informs us.

I Tem prient les Communes, qe Declaracion ſoit faite en ce Pariement, qe les dettes dues au Roi par la mort la Roigne qe darrein moruſt, queur furent dues au dit Roigne debant l'an quarantiſme le Roi E. laiell debient currer p. 118deinz la pardon fait l'an cynquantiſme de meſme le Roi laiel, par quel entre autres ſont pardonez touz dettes duez au dit Roi debant l'an de ſon regne quarantiſme nient contreſteaut qe la dite Roigne mutruſt apres la dit an quarantiſme.

Reſp. Tl ne ſemble mye reſon, qe ff la dite Roigne fenſſe unqores endette… as aucunes gentz du Roialme, as queur pur defaute daboir nad mye peu eſtre ſatisfait, qe debant qe ſes dettes ſoient purpaiez riele pardon feuſſe fait; mes le Roi voet, qe proclamacion ſoit faite par entre cy et la ſeint Michel proſchein venant, qe ſi nully vorra pleindre de dette a lui due par meſme la Roigne, viegnent & mettent avant lour pleinte, & ce fait; ſelonc ce qu le pleinte ſe ſerra au Roi, il entende de modiffer ſa grace en le cas.

KingaaFabian, Caxton, Holinſhed, Speed, Graſton, Stow, Daniel, and others in An. 1 & 23 H. 6. Henry the 6. coming to the Crown when he was ſcarce ſix months old, ſoon after ſate publikely in ſtate in the High Court of Parliament among the Peers as King, in his Mother Queen Katherines lap, (a ſtrange ſight, never before ſeen in England) yet he was not maried till the 23. year of his reign, during which this duty of Queen-gold was in ſuſpenſe till his marriage with Queen Margaret, when it immediately revived, and was preſently claimed and received by her Receiver in the Exchequer, as hisbbHere, p. 67, 68. premiſed Writ to his Treaſurer and Barons, and his Queens Patent to her Receiver of Queen-gold evidence. Yet long before that, upon the Petition and requeſt of Queen Katherine his Mother, his Councel iſſued this memorable Writ in his Name to the Treaſurer and Barons of his Exchequer, that her Officers ſhould have and enjoy the ſame priviledges in that Court for the levying of all her rents, revenues, QVEEN-GOLD, and other Debts and profits belonging to her, as himſelf and his Officers had and enjoyed, as his Father King Henry had granted her the like priviledge before in his life-time.

HENRICVS Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae, Communia de Termino S. Mich. 6 H. 6. rot 11. in dorſo Eſſex ſſ. Literae Regis Patens Theſaurario in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac.Mic 6Dominus Hiberniae, Theſaur. & Baronibus ſuis de Scaccario qui nunc ſunt, vel qui pro tempore fuerint, ſalutem. Ex parte Johannae Reginae Angliae nobis extitit intimatum, quod cum Dominus H. nuper Rex Angliae, Pater noſter defunctus, per Breve ſuum ſub Magno Sigillo ſuo nuper mandaverit tunc Theſ. & Baronibus ſuis de Scaccario, quod omnia negotia, querelae, et agenda dictam Reginam tangentia, occaſione terrarum, tenementorum, firmarum, feod. Francheſ. et Libertat. eidem Reginae in dotem ſeu alias ad terminum bitae ſuae per Abum noſtrum conceſſarum, ac ratione AVRI et aliarum rerum ſuarum, coram tunc Theſ. & Baron. in Scaccario praedicto deducta, auditura, & expedita eſſent ſicut propria negotia Patris noſtri ſupradicti; & quod Ballivi, Officiarii & Miniſtri quicun que praedictae Reginae Feodor. Francheſ. & Libertat. praedict. in omnibus quae ad officia & negotia ſua pertinerent, necnon debitares AVRI et omnium aliorum denar. ſeu ſ…mar. praedictae REGINAE debit. ut proprii Debitores ipſius Patris noſtri ibi deducti eſſent et pertractati, prout per irrotulament. Brevis praedicti inter Memorand. ejuſdem Scaccarii plenius continetur, & prout in diverſis Recordis ejuſdem Scaccarii tempore Dominae Iſaebellae nuper Reginae Angliae in Viduitate ſua poſt mortem Domini E. nuper Regis Angliae Progenitoris noſtri eſt compertum; & nobis eſt ſupplicatum, ut eidem Reginae pro majori quiete, et celeriori levatione denar. et deditorum ſuorum quorumcunque Breve ſub magno Sigillo noſtro, quod omnia negotia, p. 119querelae, Actiones, etdemandae, praefatae Reginae tangen. tam occaſione Caſtrorum, Maneriorum, Villarum, Dominiorum, Reddit, terrarum, tenementorum, firmarum, feod. firmarum, Cuſtodiarum terrarum & maritagiorum, Cuſtodiarum Prioratuum alienig. firmar. & appor. Prioratuum alienig. parvarum & magnarum Cuſtumarum, Francheſiarum, Libertat. & aliarum rerum & poſſeſſionum quarumcunque eidem REGINAE in dotem, ſeu alias ad terminum vitae ſuae conceſſarum vel aſſign. concedend. ſeu aſſignand. quàm occaſione AURI, & aliarum denariorum, firmarum, & feod firmarum et debitorum quorumcunque prafat. Reginae de tempore praedicti Patris noſtri debitorum coram vobis, una cum executione eorundem per Iudicium ſeu Mandat. proprium, ut propria negotia noſtra; & quod Ballivi, Officiarii, & Miniſtri Reginae praedict. Cur. Caſtrorum, Maner. Villarum & Dominiorum praedictorum in hiis quae ad eorum officia pertinent: Ac debitores ejuſdem REGINAE AVRI praedicti, denar. firmarum, feod. firm. reddit. appor. & aliorum debitorum quorumcunque eidem Reginae debita & debend. in Scaccario praedicto, durant. vita ejuſdem Reginae, tanquam Ballivi Officiar. et Miniſtri ac debitores noſtri, deducantur, audiantur, pertractantur et expedientur omnimodo dignaremur. Nos ſupplicationi praedict. annuentes, Vobis mandamus, quod omnia negotia, querelas, actiones, et demand. praefatam Reginam tangen. tam occaſione Caſtrorum, Maner. Villarum, Dominiorum, reddituum, terr. ten. firm. feod. firm. Cuſtodiarum terr. et maritag. Cuſtod. terrarum et appor. Priorat. alienig. parbarum et magnarum Cuſtum. Francheſ. Libertatum, et aliarum rerum et poſſeſſionum quorumcunque eidem Reginae in dotem ſeu alias ad terminum vitae ſuae conceſſ. vel aſſign. concedend. ſeu aſſignand. quam occaſione AVRI, denar. firmar. feod. firm. reddit. appor. et aliorum debitorum quorumcumque eidem REGINAE, ut praedictum eſt debit. et debend. Ac etiam Ballivos, Officiar. & Miniſtros ejuſdem Reginae Caſtrorum, Maner. Villarum & Dominiorum praedict. in hiis quae ad officia ſua pertinent, tanquam Ballivos, Officiar. et Miniſtros noſtros proprios, necnon debitores AVRI REGINAE praedicti: Ac denariorum, firmar. feod. firmar. reddit. appor. et aliorum debitorum praefatae Reginae quorumcunque, ut praedictum eſt debit. et debend. coram vobis in Scaccario praedicto, ut debitores noſtros proprios, quamdiu nobis placuerit, deduci, audiri, pertractari et expediri fac.K. Henry 7. Inter Communia de Termino S Trinitatis 3 H 7 rot. 17 dorſo in Offic. Rem. Regis. Literae Patentes Eliz Reginae Angl Edmundo Chadderton Clerico de Officio Gen. Recept. ipſius Reginae confect. cum vadi…s & feodis eidem Officio debit. Teſte meipſo apud Westm. quinto die Decembris, Anno regni noſtri quinto.

Per Concilium.

What effects this Writ produced, appears by the**Here, p. 68. premiſed Recognition of Thomas Dokes.

In the Records of King Henry the 7th. in the Exchequer, I have hitherto met with little of moment concerning Queen-gold, but only this memorable Patent of his Queen Conſort Elizabeth to Edmund Chaderton Clerk, conſtituting him Receiver General of all her Lands, Revenues, Annuities, Rents and Fee-farms, and likewiſe of her Queen-gold, ſignified to the Barons by Thomas Earl of Ormond her Chamberlain.

MEmorandum quod Thomas Comes Ormond Camerar. Dominae Reginae Angliae venit coram Baronibus hujus Scaccarii 12 die Julii hoc Termino in propria perſona ſua; & exhibuit Curiae hic, (5) quaſdam Literas Patentes p. 120praefat. Dominae Reginae Edmundo Chadderton Clerico de Officio generalis Recept. ipſius Reginae confect. petens ex gratiâ Cur. literas illas irrotulari. Barones illos irrotulari praeceperunt in haea verba; ſcilicet. Elizabetha Dei Gratiâ Regina Angliae & Franciae, & Domina Hiberniae; Omnibus ad quos praeſentes Literae noſtrae pervenerint, ſalutem. Sciatis, quod nos de gratia noſtra ſpeciali, ac de fidelitate, circumſpectione et induſtria dilecti & fidelis Capellani noſtri Edmundi Chaderton Clerici plenius confident. (5) Conſtituimus et Ordinavimus ipſum Edmundum Generalem Receptorem noſtrum, omnium Caſtrorum, Honorum, Dominiorum, Maneriorum, Terrae, Ten. Reddit. Firm, Feod. Firmarum. Annuitat. & AVRI vocat. Quene Gold, ac aliarum Commoditat. noſtrarum quarumcunque nobis pertinen. ſeu ſpectan. jam in manibus noſtris exiſten. & quae ad manus noſtras impoſterum devenient, Et ulterius officium Generalis Receptoris noſtri praedict. praefato Edmundo damus et concedimus per praeſentes. Ac etiam volumus, & tenore praeſentium Authoritatem damus et concedimus praefato Edmundo dimittend. & approvand. omnia praedict. Caſtra, Honores, Dominia, Maneria, Terr. Ten. ac caetera praemiſſa cum pertinentiis ad manus noſtras, ad proficuum & commodum noſtrum, & ad conſtituend, deputand. & ordinand, omnes officiarios pro Receptione omnium & ſingulorum denar… nobis debit. & impoſterum debend. de Exit. Recept. dictorum Caſtrorum, Honorum, Dominiorum, Maneriorum, Terr. & Ten. ac caeterorum antedictorum ſecundum ſuam diſcretionem, prout ſibi melius videbitur pro noſtris commodo et proficuis, ac de Recept. ſuis acquietan, nomine ſuo dand. & ſigilland. Habend. tenend. & occupand. officium praedictum à feſto Sancti Michaelis Anno regni Domini mei Regis nunc 2^o. quamdiu nobis placuerit, percipiend. annuatim per manus ſuas proprias de Recept. ſua talia feod. & vadia, qualia alii Recept. temporibus aliarum Reginarum Angliae habuerunt et perceperunt ad feſta Paſch. & Sancti Michaelis per equales porciones, necnon alia veſtur. profic. & commoditat. dicto officio debita & conſueta. Damus igitur univerſis & ſingulis Recept, Ballivis Bedellis occupat. approvat. Tenen. Offic. & Miniſtris noſtris quibuſcunque, ac omnibus aliis quorum intereſt tenore praeſentium firmiter in mandatis, quod eidem Edmundo in executione et occupatione Offic. praedicti intendentes ſint & reſpondentes in omnibus prout decet. In cujus rei teſtimonium has Literas noſtras ſigno noſtro Manual. ſignat. fieri fecimus Patentes. Dat. ſub magno ſigillo noſtro apud Caſtrum metuendiſſimi Domini mei de Wyndeſore octavo die Julii, Anno regni dicti Domini mei tercio.

In the firſt year of the reign of King Henry the 8.K. Henry 8. who had no leſſe than ſix Queen Conſorts, (to ſome of whom he was very unkind) I found this Patent of his firſt Queen Katherine to Richard Decons, conſtituting him her Receiver General of all herrents and revenues, and likewiſe of her Qeen-gold by expreſſe name, enrolled in the Rolls of that year in the Kings Remembrancers Office.

MEmorandum, quod Richardus Decons Armiger venit coram Baronibus hujus Scaccarii quartodecimo die Novembris hoc Termino in propria perſona ſua,Placita coram Baronibus inter Communia de Termino S. Mich, An primo Regis Henrici Octavi, Rot. 8 in dorſo. & exhibuit Curiae hic quaſdant (5) Literas Patentes Dominae Katerinae Reginae Angliae Conſortis Domini Regis nunc, de magno Sigillo ipſius Dominae Reginae eidem Richardo de Officio Generalis Receptoris ipſius p. 121Dominae Reginae confect. petens literas illas hic in Curia irrotulari. Et Barones Literas illas irrotulari praeceperunt in haec verba.

KATHERINA Dei Gratiâ Regina Angliae & Franciae Literae Dominae Katherinae Reginae Angliae Patentes factae Richardo Deco… Armigero de Officio Generalis Receptoris ipſius Reginae irrotular.& Domina Hyberniae. Omnibus ad quos praeſentes literae pervenerint, ſalutem. Sciatis, quod nos de gratia noſtra ſpeciali, ac de fidelitate, circumſpectione, et induſtria dilecti Servientis noſtri Richardi Decons Armigeri plenius confidentes. Conſtituimus et (5) Ordinavimus ipſum Richardum Generalem Receptorem noſtrum, omnium Caſtrorum, Honorum, Dominiorum, Maneriorum, Terrarum, Tenementorum, Reddit. Firm. Feod. Firmarum, Annuitat. & AVRI vocat. Quene Gold, ac aliarum Commoditat. noſtrarum quarumcunque nobis pertinen. ſeu ſpectan. Et ulterius officium Generalis Receptoris noſtri praedicti praefato Richardo Decons damus et concedimus per praeſentes; Ac etiam volumus, & tenore praeſentium Authoritatem damus et concedimus praefato Richardo ad approvand. omnia praedict. Caſtra, Honores, Dominia, Maneria, Terr. Ten. & caetera praemiſſa cum pertinentiis ad majus proficuum & commodum noſtra, & ad conſtituend. deputand. & ordinand. omnes officiarios pro Receptione omnium & ſingulorum denar. nobis debit. & impoſterum debend. de Exit. Recept. dictorum Caſtrorum, Honorum, Dominiorum, Maneriorum, Terr. & Ten. ac caeterorum praemiſſorum ſecundum ſuam diſcretionem, prout ſibi melius videbitur pro noſtris commodo et proficuis; Ac de Recept. ſuis praedictis acquietan. nomine noſtro dand. & ſigilland. Habend. tenend. & occupand. officium praedictum praefato Richardo à feſto Annunciationis beatae Mariae Virginis ultimo praeterito, quamdiu nobis placuerit, percipiend. annuatim per manus ſuas proprias de Receptione ſua praedicta talia feod. & vadia, qualia alii Recept. temporibus aliarum Reginarum habuerunt et perceperunt, ad feſta Sancti Michaelis Archangeli & Paſchae per aequales porciones, unà cum omnibus aliis proficuis, commoditatibus & emolumentis dicto officio pertinen. ſive ſpectant. Damus igitur univerſis & ſingulis Receptoribus, Ballivis, Bedellis occupat. approvat. Tenen. Offic. & Miniſtris noſtris quibuſcunque, Ac omnibus aliis quorum intereſt tenore praeſentium firmiter in mandatis, quod eidem Richardo in executione et occupatione Offic. praedicti intendentes ſint & reſpondentes in omnibus prout decet. In cujus rei teſtimonium has Literas noſtras fieri fecimus Patentes. Dat. ſub magno ſigillo noſtro apud Manerium Domini mei de Grenewich viceſimo die Junii, Anno regni dicti Domini mei Regis Henrici Octavi primo.

aaTreatiſe of Queen-gold, & W. B. his Collections.Mr. William Hakewill in his Treatiſe of Queen-gold, and others inform us, That Richard Deacons was Receptor Generalis Katherinae Reginae, Anno 12. uſ que 22 H. 8. & AVRI SVI, for which he received a fee of 50 l. per annum, as doth appear by an Account of his in the keeping of Queen Annes Auditor Anno 5 Jacobi Regis: And that Katherine firſt Queen Conſort to King Henry the 8. conſtituted him her Receiver General of all her rents, monyes, debts, and alſo of her Quéen-gold. Which no leſſe argueth the distinction of the Office of Receiver of the Quéens gold, then the other ſpecial Patents for the ſame; The words in which Account are theſe.

Richardus Deconus Armig. Generalis Receptor omnium terrarum, tenementorum, &c. Katherinae Reginae Angliae, & AVRI REGINAE vocati QUEEN-GOLD. Which Account of his I have not yet ſeen, nor know where to find.

p. 122ThebbW. B. MS. Pipe Roll Anno 22 H. 8. informs us, That Griffinus Richards Armig. was Generalis Receptor denarior. & AVRI REGINAE Katherinae Conſortis H. 8.

So likewiſe (asccMr. William Hakewils treatiſe of Queengold. & W. B. MS. Mr. Hakewill writes) in the Letters Patents of Queen Anne Bulloigne (which he and others referr to Anno 25 & 27 H. 8. which I cannot finde, after a double ſearch for them) made unto George Taylour her Attorney General, are found theſe words. Anna, &c. Ordinamus, &c. Georgium Taylour Receptorem Generalem omnium reddituum, &c. et AVRI REGINAE vocati QUEEN-GOLD. But how much Queen-gold any of H. 8. his Queens in his reign received, or what Writs iſſued for the levying therof, I cannot yet diſcover: OnlyddIn his Treatiſe of Queen gold. Mr. William Hakewill informs us of one Account in the Cuſtody of Queen Annes Auditor, and of the form of a Writ for levying AURUM REGINAE▪ to the uſe of Queen Katherine, laſt Wife to King Henry the 8. found in an old Preſident Book of that time, which I have not yet met with; which no doubt agrees with the form of the pr…miſed Writs of that kinde.

This duty of Aurum Reginae being totally ſuſpended and put in long abeyance from the deceaſe of King Henry the 8.King James in the year 1547. by reaſon of King Edward the 6. his death before marriage, and the deſcent of the Crown to Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth as Soveraign Queens, (not Queen Conſorts) uncapable of this duty; was again re-continued and revived by the deſcent of the Realm and Crown of England by**1 Jacobi, ch. 1. …Speeds Hiſtory Anno 1 Jacobi. undoubted Inheritance and Succeſſion to King James the 6. of Scotland, then married to Queen Anne, by whom he had iſſue; who making his royal progreſſe together with his ſaid Queen out of Scotland into England to take poſſeſſion of the Crown and Realm, arrived in the City of London on the 7th of May. Anno Dom. 1603. and on the 25 of July following, being St. James his day, he and his Queen Anne were with great ſolemnity an…ynted and crowned in the Coll…giate Church of Weſtminſter by Archbiſhop Whitgift: At which time the Earl of Oxford, Lord Chamberlain to the Queens Highneſſe, put in a Claim, to have the appointing of a Clerk in the Exchequer for the levying of AVRVM REGINAE, (out of the Red Book in the Exchequer, and Pat. 20 R. 2. forecited, p. 24, 25.) And about the ſame time Mr. William Cambden, **See Spel…manni Gloſſa…ium, p. 280. Julius, c. 9.Clarencieux, ſecond Herald at Armes in a Manuſcript Collection reſerved in Sir John Cottons Library, cap. 16. of the Priviledges of Quén wives; inſerted this of Aurum Reginae amongſt others; for which he cites the words of Gervaſius Tilberienſis, ex libro Rub…o in Scaccario, l. 2. cap. 26. de Auro Reginae, which concern Queen-gold, & that Ibld. f. 223. forecited. Et quod hic fit mentio de Auro Reginae, quod varii varia de exactione illa ſenſerunt, quibuſdam dicentibus, quod Aurum non debetur niſi quando quis finem fecit pro Relevio; alii dixerunt, quod de quocumque fine Centum Marc. & ſupra. Set licet Richardus Ep…ſcopus refutat istud in libro ſuo, tamen videtur, Quod debeatur AVRVM REGINAE de quolibet fine 10. Marcarum et ſupra, quod probari poteſt per Rotulum Anno 10 Regis Johannis in Berks, ubi Abbas Rading finem fecit pro ſexaginta marcis pertinent. ad Hundredum ſuum. Et eodem Rotulo Titulo AURUM REGINAE reddit Compotum de 20 marcas pro AVRO REGINAE de praedicto five 60 marcarum. By reaſon of the extraordinary Plague of Peſtilence in London that year, and in moſt Cities and great Towns throughout England the year following, Queen Ann… (for ought I find) then laid no actual claim to p. 123this duty of Queen gold; But in the year 1605. Mr. William Hakewill, being her Sollicitor General (a perſon well verſed in the Records of the Eſchequer and other Antiquities, afterwards a Bencher and Reader of Lincolnes Inne, my very good Friend and Acquaintance) compiled and preſented to Queen Anne A Treatiſe upon the Nature of AURUM REGINAE, Conteining the Tranſcript of divers **In the Court of Exchequer▪ (not the Tower) ſome whereof I cannot yet meet with; and to which I have here added many more out of the Exchequer Records themſelves.Records, produced in proof of ſeveral points thereof; To be viewed by his Moſt Excellent Majeſty; collected and diſpoſed under certain diviſions: Which being an unprinted Manuſcript, I ſhall only preſent you with his own Preface thereunto, and the Chapters thereof.

SInce the deceaſe of King Henry the 8. unto the time that the Government of this Realm of England, did rightfully and happily deſcend upon our Soveraign Lord King James, being conjoyned in the bleſſed band of Marriage with that Right High and Excellent Princeſſe Queen Anne, the Queens Majesty that now is our Gracious Queen: It pleaſed God that for the ſpace of almoſt Threeſcore Years together, this Realm happened to be governed either by a King within Age, by a Queen marryed unto a Forreign Prince, or by a Maiden Queen, and not by a marryed King in his own and proper Right, as now it is. So that it is no marvel that the peculiar rights and Dutyes wherewith the Common Law of this Realm hath endowed the Quéens Majeſty that now is, as Quéen of this Realm of England, ſhould through ſo long want of a perſon able to claim and enjoy the ſame, be almost forgotten, and being put in Vſe ſeem ſtrange and new.

Nevertheleſſe the Records and Remembrances of Ages paſt (which are the ſureſt and moſt impartial preſervers of Rights) have not only redeemed the ſame from the injury of Time, which by that rare accident had almost brought them to utter oblivion, but may give alſo full ſatisfaction to all Objections which can be made againſt the title, right, and justneſſe of divers things hitherunto not claimed by her Majeſty, which nevertheleſſe do clearly belong to her, and (conſidering the great bleſſing which by her means we enjoy) do eſpecially deſerve to be continued, and with all tenderneſſe preſerved.

Amongſt which, upon ſearch lately made, it doth appear, that by the Common Law of the Land Her Majeſty hath right to claim and enjoy a Revenue hitherto not demanded by her, called AvRvM REGINAE, or QUEEN-GOLD; Of the Nature of which the Treatiſe enſuing is written: Divided into theſe Chapters following.

1. That there is a Revenue belonging to the Quéens of England, called AURUM REGINAE, or QUEEN-GOLD.

2. Touching the name of AVRUM REGINAE.

3. What AVRVM REGINAE is in general.

4. The Ordinance of AVRVM REGINAE, and the Authority thereof.

5. Obſervations upon the Ordinance de AURO REGINAE.

6. That Quéen Gold is due out of all voluntary Offers or Fines made with the King.

7. What a Voluntary Offer in this Caſe was interpreted to be by the Ancient Quéens.

8. How a Voluntary Fine is proved by an Ordinance in the Red Book in the Exchequer.

p. 1249. The ſeveral kings of voluntary Fines upon which Queen gold hath been paid.

10. The proportion of Queen-gold upon ſuch voluntary Fines.

11. That Queen-gold is to be paid to the Queen by the party making Fine, oVer and above the Fine wholly paid to the King.

12. That the Queen-gold unreceived by her in her life, is due to the King after her decease.

13. That proceſſe for levying AURUM REGINAE, ought to iſſue out of the Kings Exchequer.

14. That the Queen is to have her special Officers in the ſame Court for the making of ſuch proceſſe, and recovery of this to her.

15. That the ſame proceſſe be such as is usual in the Kings case.

16. That the Kings proceſſe is firſt to be ſerved, before the Queens.

17. That although the Kings Majeſtie releaſe part or all of his Fine, or deferr his proceſſe for the ſame, yet ſhall not thereby the Queens debt be either released or deferred without her conſent.

18. Out of how ſmall Fines Queen-gold is due.

19. That Queen-gold is due by the Common Law of the Land.

Upon King James his peruſal of this Treatiſe, he referred the Examination and Conſideration thereof to his Chief Juſtice Popham, and Sir Edward Cooke, as we are ſince informed by the 12. Part of his Reports, publiſhed after his death, London 1656. during our late Anarchy, pag. 21, 22. relating the iſſue and reſult thereof, in theſe enſuing words.

Paſch. 4. Jac. Regis.

**Cooks Reports, part. 12. pag. 21, 22. Paſch. 4. Jac. Regis. Aurum Reginae.Note, by the Commandement of the King, it was ref…rred to Popham Chief Baron (miſ-printed for Chief Justice,) and my ſelf, What right the Queen which now is, hath, and in what cases to a right claimed by her, called AURUM REGINAE, that is to ſay, Pro centum Marcis Argenti una Marca Auri solvend. per illum qui sponte ſe obligat: And upon conſideration had of it by a long time and view of all the Records and Preſidents, viz. Libr…m Rubrum in Scaccario, fol. 56. (it ſhould be 46.) de Auro Reginae, where it is ſaid, That it is to be taken De iis qui sponte se obligant Regi, &c. which is the foundation of this Claim; and of a Record in the Tower 52 H. 3. and of a Record in the Exchequer, Hill. 12 Ed. 3. and in the Tower in the ſame year, in Rot. Clauſ. and of Acts of Parliament 15 E. 3. cap. 6, & 31. E. 3. cap. 13. and the 13 R. 2. in Turri, and divers other Preſiden…s and Proceſſes out of the Exchequer in the times of R. 2. and H. 4. and other Kings until the time of H. 7.

It was Resolved, that the Quéen hath right to it; but with theſe limitations.

1. That it ought to be sponte,Reſolution. by the Subject ſine coactione; ſo that this ought to be at the pleaſure of the Subject, whether he will give or no: And for this all Fynes upon Judgement, or by off…r, or Fyne for alienation, or in any other caſe where the Subject doth not do it sponte ſine aliqua coactione, viz. That the King of Right ought to have it, there the Quéen shall have nothing.

2. It ought to be ſponte fine consideratione allcujus reventionis ſeu intereſſe, that the King hath in eſſe in jure Coronae: and for this upon ſale or demiſe of his Lands, or Wards, or Goods of Felons, Out lawes. Et simili casu, for theſe p. 125are Contracts and Bargains concerning the Revenues and Interests of the King: and it cannot be ſaid in ſuch caſe that the Subjects sponte se obligant, as to purchaſe or buying any the Revenues and Interests that the King hath.

3. It ought to be sponte super considerationem, et non ex mera gratia et benevolentia Subditi. For that which is of mere Grace, is not properly ſaid of Obligation or Duty; and the words of the Records are, to have de iis qui sponte se obligant; and ſo it was ordained by the King and his Counſil, as appears by the Record of Hill. 4. E. 1. in Scaccario.

4. It ought to be sponte super considerationem quae non longe reventionem seu intereſſe Coronae, in any thing which the King hath: as if the ſubject give to the King ſponte a ſumm of money for licenſe in Mortmain, or for to create… a tenure of himself, or to have a fair, Market, Park, Chace, or warren within his Mannor, there the Quéen shall have it. For the Subject did this sponte, and was not constrained unto it; and this doth not concern any revenue or interest of the King: but if the King hath a Fair, or Market, or Park, or Warren, and grant it for a ſumm of money, there the Queen ſhall have nothing, for this was a thing in esse, and parcel of the revenue of the Crown: And by that it appears, that forasmuch as little or nothing is given in such case where this of right is due, this is not now of any such value as was pretended. And this Reſolution was reported to our ſoveraign Lord the King by Popham, in the Gall…ry at Whitehall.

If this Report of theſe two Referrees concerning Queen-gold be true and genuine, and not vitiated or corrupted with ſome additional reſtrictions ſince ſuperadded to it, which I ſuſpect, yet it is moſt clear by both their reſolutions, That Queen Anne had then a RIGHT UNTO this duty of Queen-gold; and that it is due of RIGHT, from ſome ſort of Fines and Oblations, ſpecified in the fourth reſolution: But by reaſon of thoſe limitations put upon it by this Report, he ſaith, this is not now of any ſuch value as was pretended; And that the …oundation of this her claim was the Red Book of the Exchequer, and other Records then viewed and briefly quoted in the Report. Whether they peruſed thoſe, or any other Records I know not; but had they viewed all thoſe here tranſcribed, I am very confident they would never have reported to King James, that the Queen ſhall have nothing, or no Aurum Reginae, by offer or …ine for Ali…nations, or for ſale or demiſe of his Lands, or Wards, Goods of Felons, or Outlaws, and the like, for theſe are contracts and bargains concerning the Revenue and Intereſt of the King; and it cannot be ſaid in ſuch caſes that the Subjects, sponte se obligant: Since moſt of the forecited Records expreſly averr the contrary, againſt which there can or ought at leaſt to be no averment, eſpecially by ſuch eminent Judges and Lawyers as thoſe Referrees then were What further proceedings were uſed by the Queen or her Counſil for the recovery of this her unqueſtionable antient legal Duty of Queen-gold after this Report, I cannot certainly determine, neither the Queen nor her Counſil being ſatisfied with moſt of the limitations therein ſpecified, ſince diametrically repugnant to the Records they produced, to juſtifie her Right thereto.

Sir Edward Cooke in his 4 Inſtitutes p. 357. (printed ſince his death) cites the**Here p. 18. premiſed Patent of King Henry the 3. to Prince Edward his eldeſt ſon, Pat. 52 H. 3. m. 26. whereby he granted him the Land of Ireland with all its appurtenances, adeo liberè & quietè ſicut tam in manu noſtra teneremus, per quod chariſſina filia noſtra Alianora Conſors dicti fili noſtri AURUM p. 126SUUM, tam de finibus quam de ſponte oblatis in terra H…berniae habere debet, ſicut chariſſima Conſors noſtra Alianora Regina Angliae AURUM SUUM habet de eiſdem in regno noſtro Angliae. Vobis mandamus, &c. From whence he obſerves, That albeit the Wife of Prince Edward was not Queen (of Ireland) by name, yet ſhe had the effect of it; therefore ſhe ſhould have a Duty called AURUM REGINAE, as well as the Queen of England, being but La…y in Ireland. For albeit the King of England was (untill the Statute of 33 H. 8. c. 1.) ſtil…d by the name of Lord of Ireland, yet was he ſupremus & abſolute Dominus, and had Royal Dominion and Authority; and that his Conſort was in rei veritate REGINA, or elſe ſhe could not have had AURUM REGINAE. A clear confeſſion and acknowledgement, that the Queen-Conſorts of England by their Prerogative as Queens, had an an…ient right to Queen-gold not only in England but Ireland too, before the Kings of England were … Kings of Ireland, much more then ſince 33 H. 8. which changed their Title of Lord into King of Ireland.

In the 11.K. Charles 1. year of K. Charles the 1. upon the Petition of Mary his Queen-Conſort, after a full hearing and debate of the Antiquity and Legality of this Royal Prerogative of AURUM REGINAE before the King and Queen by their learned Counſil at Law, and the reading of ſeveral Preſidents and Records produced by them relating thereunto; the King was pleaſed to ſend this Writ to the Treaſurer and Barons of his Exchequer, for the levying of this Duty of Queen-gold for all Fines and things out of which it was due, for his Queen-Conſorts uſe, as it had been accuſtomed in the times of her Predeceſſors Queens of England, thus enrolled in the Kings Remembrancers Office in the Exchequer.

Anno 11 Caroli Regis 1.

CAROLUS Dei gratia Angliae,Per Hillar. Record. An. 11 Regis Car. 1. Rot. 11. ex parte Rememorat. Regis. Scotiae, Franciae, & Hiberniae Rex, fidei defenſor. &c. Theſaur. & Baron. de Scaccario noſtro, ſalutem. Cum praechariſſima Conſors noſtra Henrietta Maria Regina Angliae nobis ſupplicaverit, ut ipſa quod ad eam pertinet de AURO REGINAE habere et percipere poſſit, ſicut temporibus retroactis Reginae Angliae pro tempore exiſten. habere et percipere conſueberunt; Nos volentes eidem Conſorti noſtrae in hac parte …eri quod eſt juſtum, Vobis mandamus, quod praefatae Conſorti noſtrae AURUM praedictum, er aliarum pecuniarum ſummis de quibus AURUM REGINAE rationabiliter debetur levari, et illud praefatae Conſorti noſtrae ſive (5) Cuſtodi vel Receptori AURI SUI in hac parte aſſignand. ſine dilatione liberari faciatis, prout Reginis Angliae temporibus progenitorum noſtrorum Regum Angliae fieri conſuevit. Teſte meipſo apud Weſtm. 19 die Junii, anno regni nostri undecimo.

Per ipſum Regem.

After which (as I have been informed) the King upon certain conſiderations by way of compoſition gave the now Queen-Mother ten thouſand pounds in gold in lieu of her Queen-gold.

By all theſe premiſed Records, Writs, Accounts, Memorandums, to omit all others of like nature which I conceive might be found in the ſeveral Treaſuries, Files of Writs, Rolls, and Baggs of Accounts in the Kings Court p. 127of Exchequer (which I have not yet had time exactly to peruſe, by reaſon of my other publike employments) the Quiddity, Quantity, Quality, Antiquity, Legality of this Duty of AURUM REGINAE, the ſeveral Fines, Oblations out of which it ariſeth, the Officers, Proceſſe by which it ought to be levyed, collected, received, accounted for; its accruing to the King by the Queens death, and all other neceſſary Circumſtances concerning it, with our preſent Queen Conſorts undoubted Right, Title thereto, are ſo perſpicuouſly and irrefragably evidenced to every Readers Judgement, Conſcience, who ſhall ſeriouſly or curſorily peruſe them, that to waſte more Time or Paper in the further demonſtration thereof, would be nothing elſe, but to endeavour to adde light to the Noon-day Sun, and Water to the Ocean.

I confeſſe this antient Royal Duty of Queen-gold (which hath much Analogy with another old Prerogative of the Quéen Conſorts of England, that whereas the King by his Prerogative Royal ought to have all the Whales caſt on ſhore, or wrecked in all places within the Realm of England (unleſſe granted to Lords of Manors and others by ſpecial words and Charters from the Crown) as A ROYAL FISH; the King himſelf ſhall have the Head and BOdy to his benefit, to make Oyle and other things; but the QUEEN the Tayl…, to make Whale-bones for her Royal Veſtments, Dreſſes, and other uſes in her Wardrobe, as our**Pat. 1 E 1. m. 25 dorſo. Pat. 28 E 1. m. 22 dorſo. Pat. 33 E 1. pars 2. dorſ 8. Clauſ 30 E 1. m. 18. Pat. 34 E. 1. m. 10. Pat 7 E 2 pars 2. dorſ 24. Pat. 10 E 2. pars 2 m. 6 & dorſ. 17. Pat 12 E 3. pars 2. m. 29. pro Com. Lanc. & dorſo 10. 14. Records inform us) like this Whale duty hath been totally ſuſpended and diſcontinued, from the death of King Henry the 8, till the firſt year of King James, for want of a Queen Conſort, and not rigorouſly exacted by Queen Anne, or Queen Henrietta Maria (now Queen Mother) for reaſons beſt known to themſelves, though they made their publike Claims thereto, and obtained Judgements and Writs for the levying thereof. I likewiſe grant, that ſome of the rich…ſt Veins of this old Royal GOLD MINE, have been totally cut off from it by two late Acts of Parliament; the firſt enacting, **17 Caroli 2. cap. 20.That none ſhall be compelled to receive or take upon them the Order or dignity of Knighthood, nor ſhall ſuffer or undergo ANY FINE, trouble, or moleſtation whatſoever, by reaſon or colour of his or their not receiving the ſaid Order or dignity. The later;††12 Car. 2. C. 24. Taking away and aboliſhing the Court of Wards and Liveries, with all Wardſhips, Liveries, Primer-ſeiſins, Ouſter le mains, Values and forfeitures of Marriages, by reaſon of any Tenure of the Kings Majeſty; and all other Gifts, Grants, Charges, incident or ariſing for or by reaſon of Wardſhips: And all Tenures by Knight-ſervice in Capite, o… by Socage in Capite of the King, Fines for alienations, ſeiſures, and Pardons for Alienations, out of which this Duty of Queen-gold did principally ſpring and accrue to our Queens: But this is ſo farr from being any reaſon for our preſent, or other Queens totally to quit their ancient indiſputable rights to all other veins, branches, of this Gold Mine, becauſe theſe are lopped off, or that the other ſhould never be opened hereafter, becauſe they have been ſo long unwrought or neglected; that they have the greater reaſon ſpeedily and effectually to purſue their Claims, Titles thereunto, and extract all the remaining gold veins & Ore belonging to them without delay; leſt they ſhould be for ever loſt, not only to their own prejudice, and diſhonour, but to the diſinheriſon of the King himſelf, his Crown and Dignity, from whom it is originally derived, and to whom all arrears thereof accrue by Law and Cuſtome after the Queens deceaſe.

It hath been the policy, practiſe of our Kings in moſt former ages and this, to iſſue out their Letters Patents and Commiſſions to ſundry Perſons and Officers p. 128to**Pat 43 H 3. pars 2. m 15. Pat. 4 E 1. m. 1…. Pat. 17 E 1. m 8. Fines 5 E 2. m. 6. Fines 6 E 2. m. 18, 19. Pat. 12 E 2 pars 1. m. 30 dorſo. Fines 18 E 2. m. 18. Fines 20 E 2 m. 12. Pat. 13 E 3. pars 2 m. 37. Pat. 13 R. 2. pars 3. m. 22. Plowdens Commentaries, Caſe of Mines▪ f. 316, to 328. ſearch after, open, digg, work all Royal Mines of Gold and Silver belonging to them by their Prerogative, and Lawes of this Realm, throughout England, Wales, Ireland, and other their Dominions, to encreaſe the revenues of the Crown, and current money of the Realm, though I could never yet find upon view of††Plowden, f. 327. Accounts that they received any conſiderable revenue or advantage thereby, but only the ſupport and continuance of their Prerogatives and Title to theſe Royal Mines. Yea, King Edward the 3d. in his Parliament held at Weſtminſter in the twelfth year of his reign, at the earneſt Petition of the Commons, with the adviſe and aſſent of his Prelates, Earls, Barons, and others of his Counſil in that Pa…liament, for the common benefit of the Realm, granted for him his heirs and ſucceſſors, free l…berty to all and every perſon of this Realm, that they and every of them might dig for Mines of Gold, Silver, and … Treaſure within his or their own ſoyl, by the view and overſight of ſuch Clerks and Officers as he and his heirs ſhould appoint; and extract, fine, and coyn the ſame at his Exchange and Mint, at their proper coſts, to augment the money of the Realm; rendring to him, his heirs and ſucceſſors the full third part of all the pure Silver, and the full moiety of all the Gold which ſhould be ſo digged, fined and coyned by them; reſerving the reſidue to themſelves: which he likewiſe ratified by his Letters Patents in the 15th year of his reign, as this memorable Record (not hitherto publiſhed) will inform us, now worthy publike Conſideration, to excite all ingenuous perſons to a diligent ſcrutiny after ſuch Mines, to recruit, ſupply the extraordinary want of Gold and Silver Coyne, to advance the Trade, improve, pay Land-r…nts, and defray the extraordinary publike Taxes of the Kingdom.

**Pat. 12 E 3. pars 2. m 4. Pat. 15 E 3. pars 2. m. 37. Fines 15 E 3. m. 14. Pro Rege de Auro fodenda.REX Omnibus ad quos, &c. ſalutem. Sciatis, quod cum in Parliamento noſtro apud Weſtmon. Anno regni noſtri duodecimo convocato, conſ…deratâ tàm noſtri quàm pcpuli regni noſtri communi utilitate, ad inſtantem requiſitionem Communitatis ejuſdem regni nobis per Petitionem ſuam coram nobis et Concilio noſtro in eodem Parliamento factam; de aſſenſu Praelatorum, Comitum, Baronum, et aliorum de Concilio noſtro tunc ibidem exiſtentium, conceſſerimus univerſis et ſinguli… de dicto regno, quod ipſi et eorum quilibet ſolum ſuum proprium pro Mina Auri et Argenti, et pro Theſauro abſcondi…o quaerendo et inveniendo fodere, et dictam Minam Auri et Argenti per biſum et teſtimonium cujuſdam Clerici per nos bel haeredes noſtros ad hoc deputandi purgare et peraffinare; ad dictum Theſaurum inventum per viſum ejuſdem Clerici extra ſolum trahere poſſent pro ſuae libito boluntatis: Ita quod totum Argentum ſic purgatum et peraffinatum ad cunea noſtra et haeredum noſtrorum deferatur Cuſtodibus Cambii vel Cambiorum noſtrorum aut haeredum noſtrorum per Indentur. inde faciend. ibident liberand. ad monetam inde cudend. Et quod ſinguli Dominorum praedictorum omnes ſumptus et Cuſtas qui in praemiſſis apponendi fuerint, de ſuo precio faciant et apponant; Quodque**The clear 8, 9, 10, 12, or 15th part of pure gold & ſilver hath only been reſerved to the King by ſubſequent Patents, Plowden f. 324, 325, 326, 318, 319, 315, 316. teriia pars monetae ſic cuſſae nobis et Haeredibus noſtris remaneat; et duae partes eſuſdem Dominis, quorum ſolum illud fuerit, liberentur: Et quod totum Aurum praedictum ſic purgatum et peraffinatum, et Theſaurus inventus, per praefatum Clericum et Dominos, qui Aurum illud ſic purgaberint et Theſaurum invenerint, vel illos quos ad hoc deputaverint, ad Scaccarium noſtrum et haeredum noſtrorum ſalvo ad ſumptus e…rundem Dominorum deferantur, una cum Indenturis, quas inter p. 129ipſum Clericum et praefatos Dominos inde fieri volumus (prout decet) et medietas inde ad opus noſtrum et haeredum noſtrorum retineatur; et in Theſaurariam noſtram et ipſoum haeredum noſtrorum liberetur; et altera medietas praefatis Dominis et eorum ſingulis reſtituatur et remaneat ed Commodum ſuum inde faciendum, pro dictis ſumptibus et Cuſtubus in praemiſſis apponendis, (ut praedicitur) facilius ſupportandis. Nos volentes Conceſſionem noſtram praedictam effectui mancipari, conceſſimus et licentiam dedimus, pro nobis et haeredibus noſtris, Praelatis, Comitibus, Baronibus, at caeteris hominibus de dicto regno noſtro Angliae, et Terrae noſtra Walliae, et eorum haeredibus, et ſucceſſoribus, et aliis, terras et renementa ibidem habentibus et habituris, quod ipſi et eorum ſinguli ſolum proprium pro Mina et Theſauro hujuſmodi ibidem querendo et inveniendo fodere; et dictam Vinam per Miſum et Teſtimonium hujuſmodi Clerici ſit ad hoc deputandi purgare et peraffinare; et Theſaurum in…entum evtra ſolum ſuum in forma praedicta trahere poſſint, fine occaſione vel impedimento noſtri bel haeredum noſtrorum, Iuſticiariorum, Eſcaetorum, Vicecomitum, aut aliorum Balliborum ſeu Miniſtrorum noſtrorum quorumcunque: Ita quod totum Argentum ſic purgatum et peraffinatum ad Cunea noſtra praedicta, et dictum Aurum ſimiliter purgatum et peraffinatum, et Theſaurus inventus ad Scaccarium noſtrum et dictorum haeredum noſtrorum deferantur; et praedicta tertia pars Monetae ſic cuſſae, et medietas totius Auri ſic purgati et peraffinati et dicti Theſauri inventi, nobis et haeredibus noſtris remaneant; et reſiduum inde dictis liberetur et reſtituatur in forma ſupradicta. Et quod ſt dicti Domini bel eorum aliquis fodere neglererint vel neglexevit, tunc nos et haeredes noſtri in eorum defectu ſolum ſuum pro voluntate noſtra fodere, et totam Minam et Theſaurum in eodem inventa, ad commodum noſtrum et haeredum noſtrorum inde faciendum poſſumus abſque contradictione alicujus retinere. Nolumus tamen quod aliquis de dictis Regno et Terra, cujuſcunque ſtatus ſeu conditionis fuerit praetextu Conceſſionis praedictae Minam hujuſmodi in abſentia dicti Clerici noſtri purget vel peraffinet, aut Theſaurum inventum extra Iocum ubi ipſum inveniri contigerit trahere praeſumat, ſub forisfactura eorundem. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Turrim London 28 die Julii.

Per ipſum Regem & Conſilium.

If then all the Commons of England by this Act of Parliament have free liberty to digg and open Royal Mines of Gold and Silver in their own ſo…les: much more then ought our Queens to reſume and enjoy their ancient legal Prerogative, to open and improve their long obſtructed Mines of Queen-gold for their beſt advantage; eſpecially ſince the ancient ſtanding Lands, Revenues of the Crown, out of which their Joyntures and Dowers ariſe, are ſo much diminiſhed, that ſome think an Act of Reſumption of them (uſual in**Leges Edwardi Confeſſoris Lex 17. Gal. Neubrigenſis, Hiſt. Angl. l. 2. c. 2. Chron. Johan. Bromton, col. 1046, 1047, 1259. Mat. Paris Hiſt. Angl. p. 306, 308, 868. Parl. 5 H. 4. nu. 23. Parl. 6 H 4. n. 14, to 24. 49. Parl. 1 R. 2. uu. 136. Parl. 11. H. 6. nu. 53. Parl. 29 H. 6. nu. 17, 18, 21. & cap. 7. 33 H. 6. nu. 47. Parl. 38 H. 6. nu. 30. Parl. 4 E 4. n. 40. Parl. 13 E 4. nu. 6. former ages) as neceſſary in this age, as in any former Kings reign whatſoever. It is a common proverbial ſpeech in moſt mens mouthes, That the ſmalleſt filings and atomes of Gold are ſo precious, that they are not to be caſt away, but carefully preſerved. Much leſſe then ought this whole, ancient Legal Revenue of Queen-gold (although ſome veins and filings of it be only left) to be totally neglected, and not carefully preſerved by our Queen Conſorts, when they and their Counſil ſhall deem it neceſſary or expedient.

p. 130The rather, becauſe this AURUM REGINAE is not like to the Popes AURUM PAPALE, aaBaptiſta Mantuanus Ecloga quinto, Johan. Balaeus Cent. Scriptor. Brit. 8. p. 646.qui Bugas dat, Accipit AURUM, &c. raiſing a large annual golden Rebenue out of his leaden Bulls, for infamous Abſolutions from, and Diſpenſations for the bbPro ſacrilegio, ſurto, incendio, ra…ina, perjurio, & ſimilibus, abſolutio cum rehabilitate in ampla forma, cum inhibitione in quolibet dictorū criminum. Turon. 36. Duc. 9. Abſolutio à lapſa cujus ſuper quocunque actu libid inoſo cemmiſſo per Clerum, e…am cum Moni alibus infra et extra ſepta Monaſterii, aut cum Conſanguinets vel affinibus, vel fflia ſpiritualii, ſ…u quibuſcunque aliis, ſive ab unoquoque per ſe, ſive ſimul ab omnibus abſolutio petatur, cum diſpenſatione ad Ordines et beneficia cum inhibitione. Turon. 36, Duc. 3. Si verò cum illis petatur abſolutio ettam a crimine commiſſo contra naturam, vel cum brutis, cum diſpenſatione ut ſupra, & … inhibitione. Turon. 90. Duc. 12. Car. 60. Si verò petatur tandem abſolutio a crimine contra naturam, vel cum brutis, cum diſpenſatione & cum inhibitione. Turon. 36. Duc. 6. Abſolutio pro Moniali quae ſo permiſt plutes cognoſ…, infra et extra ſepta Monaſterii, cum rehabilitate ab dignitates illias Ordinis etiam Ablatorum. Turon. 36. Duc. 9. Wolfgangi Muſculi, Loci Communes, p. 215. Johannes Lydii ad Nich. Clemang. Analecta, p. 17, 18. Nich. Clemangiis de Corrupto Eccleſiae ſtatu, cap. 15, 25. Cornelius Agrippa de Vanitate Scientiarum, cap. 63. Alvarus Pelagius de Planctu Eccleſiae, lib. 2. Artic. 8. & 28. Claudius Eſpencae is de Continentia, lib. 4. cap. 11 lib. 5. cap. 7, 8. lib. 6. cap. 7, to 14.moſt execrable Sodomitical, beſtial ſinnes, againſt all Laws of God and Nature, committed as well by the moſt Religious cloiſtered Votaries of the Roman Church, as the diſſoluteſt Strumpets in the Stews at Rome, diſpenſing with no leſs then 385 ſins of the greateſt magnitude in his Tara Camerae for ſet ſums of Gold, to ſupport his uſurp…d Papal Suprem…cy, luxury, and more then Regal ſplendor; but an antient, legal, Royal, real Duty, ariſing from juſt, honourable, and true Chriſtian valuable conſiderations, as the premiſes abundantly evidence. Nor is it a meer Chymical Notion, or Chimaera, ſtanding in need of a Philoſophical Prieſt, Monk, Chim…ſt, armed with a Royal Commiſſion, by the help of a long ſought-after, but not hitherto-invented Philoſophers Stoke, to tranſubſtantiate Copper, Braſſ…, Tinne, and other baſer metals into real ſolid Gold and Silver, by Limbecks or Charms; as all Popes, Maſſe-Prieſts ccGratian de Conſecratione, Diſtinct. 2. Thomas Waldenſis Doctrinale fidei, Tom. 2. de Sacramento Euchariſtiae, cap. …5. & Tom. 3 de Miſſae Sacrificio, cap. 38. Concilium Tridentinum Seſſio 13 de Sacramento Euchariſtiae. Bellarmin, and ſundry others in their Books De Sacramento Euchariſtiae & Miſſa.dogmatically affirm, they can and daily do tranſubſtantiate the Euchariſtical bread, by pronouncing, Hoc eſt enim corpus meum, in the Canon of their Maſſe-books over it, (though not the words of benediction or conſecration, whichddMat. 26, 26, 27, 28. Mar. 14. 22, 23. Luk. 22. 17, 19, 20. 1 Cor. 10. 16. ch. 11. 23, 24, 25.Matt 26:26Matt 26:27Matt 26:28Mark 14:22Mark 14:23Luke 22:17Luke 22:19Luke 22:201 Cor 10:16 preceded, directed to the bread, but a reaſon rendred by Chriſt to his Diſciples after his benediction, why they ſhould receive it, as the word enim imports, and ſo not words of tranſubstantiation as they aſſert) into the very natural body and blood of Chriſt, born of the Virgin Mary, actually aſcended into heaven above 1600 years paſt, without any addition thereunto; though they neither ſ…e it with their eyes, nor taſte it by their pallats, nor feel it by their hands, nor diſcern it by their ſmell to be the body of Chriſt, (who hath reſolved the eyes, ſenſes to be theeeMat. 28. 16, 17. Luk. 1. 1, 2. ch. 22. 15, to 53 John 20. 17, 18, to 31. ch. 21. 14, to 24. Acts 1. 3, 9, 10, 11, 22. ch. 5. 31. ch. 10 40, 41, 42. 1 Cor. 15. 1, to 9. 1 John 1. 1, 2.Matt 28:16Matt 28:17Luke 1:1Luke 1:2John 20:17John 20:18–31Acts 1:3Acts 1:9Acts 1:10Acts 1:11Acts 1:221 Cor 15:1–91 John 1:11 John 1:2 proper Judges, diſcerners of the reality and verity of his body, and of his miraculous reſu…rection and aſcention into heaven, chief Articles of our Faith;) without which real tranſubſtantiation, they teach and believe there can be no true Sacrament of the Euchariſt, nor meritorious Sacrifice of their Maſſe; when as the generality of theirffThomas Aquinas 3 part. qu. 82. Petrus Aureolus in 4. Diſtinct. 9. qu. 2. Angelus de Clavaſio Summa Angelica, Tit. Euchariſtia 3. ſect. 7. & 18. & 2 ſect. 34 Paſchatius Ratbertus, de Corpore & Sanguinis Domini, cap. 14. Willielmus Malm…sburienſis de Geſtis Regum Angl. lib. 3. p. 114. See the ſecond Tome of my Exact Chronological Vindication, p. 71, 72, 73, 74. Schoolmen, Canoniſts, Caſuists, and Writers of Legends and Saints Lives reſolve, that if the conſecrated Hoſtia ſhall appear to the eyes, p. 131or ſenſes of any Prieſt or receiver, to be really and viſibly tranſubſtantiated into the form or ſubſtance of Chriſts body, or appear in the ſhape of a little Infant, raw fleſh, or blood, (as their Legends report it hath to ſeveral of them, though not to all) it is a divine miraculous inhibition to them, not to eat or receive it, unleſs it ſhall reſume the ſhape of bread. Nam a apparet in forma puert, vel hujuſmodi non debet ſumere, quia non apparet ſub ſpecie convenienti humanae refectioni. An unanſwerable Argument, that their late coined doctrine of Tranſubſtantiation which they very hotly contend for, is ſo far from being an eſſential neceſſary ingredient of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, (purpoſely inſtituted by our Saviour to be received and eaten by all Prieſts and Communicants when ever it is conſecrated, in memory of his death and paſſion, Ma…. 26. 26, 27. Mar. 14. 22, 23. Luk. 22. 16, 17, 19, 20. 1 Cor. 10. 16, 17, 21. ch. 11. 24, to 34. & Summa Angelica Tit. Eucharistia 3. circa ſumptionem ejus;) that it is altogether inconſiſtent with, and diametrically repugnant to it, becauſe when they viſibly ſee it by their bodily eyes to be really tranſubſtantiated into Christs body, fleſh, or blood, as they ſuppoſe, they ought not in conſcience to receive it; therefore by the ſelf-ſame Argument they ought not to do it when they as really believe it to be thus tranſubstantiated, as if they did viſibly and miraculouſly behold it. Now if every Pope and ordinary Maſſe-Priest can thus daily tranſubstantiate the Sacramental bread into the very natural body of Chriſt, and create their Creator, as they believe and aſſert, which is the greater, though they differ toto genere, and have no analogy with each other; then they may more confidently believe and affirm, they can tranſubſtantiate Copper, Braſſe, Tinne, Lead, and other baſer metals, into real Gold and Silver, ſince they all agree in the genus of metals, and are not ſo far different from each other as bread and Chriſts natural body. Upon which account our King Henry the 6. by advice of his Counſil and authority of Parliament, iſſued no leſſe then four ſucceſſive Patents and Commiſſions to ſeveral learned Knights, Citizens of London, Chimiſts, Monks and Maſſe-Prieſts, to finde out the Philoſophers Stone, or Elixir, which would not only cure all diſeaſes, and make men live to the utmoſt poſſibility of nature, but likewiſe tranſubſtantiate other baſer metals into moſt true and ſolid Gold and Silver, to the great benefit of the Realm, and enable him in very few years to pay all his Creditors in real Gold and Silver. Which Patents and Commiſſions for their raritie, to gratifie our Chimiſts, Virtu…ſi, and thoſe who have made Tranſubſtantiation an Article of their new Trent Creed, I ſhall here preſent you with out of the Records in the Tower.

REX omnibus ad quos,Ex Rot Pat, An. 24 H. 6. pars 2. m. 14. Pro Edmundo de Trafford, & Thoma Aſheton Militibus. &c. ſalutem. Sciatis, quod cum dilecti & fideles noſtri Edmundus de Trafford Miles, & Thomas Aſheton Miles, nobis per quandam ſupplicationem monſtraverit, Quod quamvis ipſi ſuper certis materiis per Artem …v Scientiam Philoſophiae operari vellent, vibelicet Metalla imperſecta de ſuo proprio genere transferre; et tunc ea per dictam Artem …s;ive Scientiam, in Aurum vel Argentum perfectum tranſubſtantiare, ad omnimodas probationes et examinationes, ſicut aliquod Aurum vel Argentum in aliqua Minera creſcens erpectand. et indurand. (ut dicunt.) Nihilominus certae perſonae illis malevolentes & malignantes, ſupponunt ipſos per Artem illicitam operari, ut ſic ipſos in probatione dictae Artis ſive Scientiae impedire & perturbare poſſent. Nos praemiſſa conſiderantes, ac concluſionem p. 132dictae operationis ſive Scientiae ſcire volentes, de gratia noſtra ſpeciali conceſſimus et licentiam dedimus eiſdem Edmundo & Thomae et ipſorum Servientibus, quod ipſi Artem sive Scientiam praedictam operari et probare poſſint licite et impune, abſque impetitione noſtri vel Officiario…um noſtcirc;rorum quorumcunque; Aliquo Statuto, Acta, Ordinatione …s;ive probiſione in contrarium fact. ordinat. ſive proviſ. non obſtante. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. 7 die Aprilis.

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REX omnibus ad quos,Ex Rot. Pat. An. 34 H. 6. m. 13. &c. ſalutem. Cum copia Numiſmatis paincipaliter genererat univerſalem proſperitatem in quacunque regione, et Nobis expoſitum ſit, quod al qui ſunt modi utiles et honeſti, pet quos Numiſma tam de Auro quam de Argento poſſit in regno noſtro Angliae faciliter multiplicari, tam pro marima utilitate totius Reipublicae notum facimus, quod nos tantam utilitatem negligi non volentes, ſet per bona media produci ad effectum plenarie confidentes, de fidelitate, induſtria, ſagacitate, atque bona diligentia dilectorum noſtrorum Willielmi Cartelowe, & Johannis Middleton Mercerorum London. Matthaei Philip, & Humphrey Heyford Aurifabrorum, Richardi Lee, & Roberti Gayton Grocerorum, Thomae Couk, & Thomae David Draperorum, necnon Eliae Horwoud Cuſtodis Cambii noſtri London. ipſos pariter & eorum quemlibet per ſe, tàm conjunctim quàm diviſim, ex Conſt…lii noſtri deliberatione commi…mus et deputavimus, committimus et deputamus per praeſentes ad diligenter inveſtigandam veritatem ſ…per hiis quae in ſcriptis erunt eis miniſtrata pro antedicta multiplicatione Numiſmatis, tam de Auro quam de Argento in regno noſtro per bona media conſequenda: Ac etiam de comm…do vel incommodo univerſalitati dictae Reipublicae inde proventuro; capiendo, …l egeant, conſtiium ab aliia in tali materis expertis, quibus noſtris Commiſſariis antenominatis et eorum cuilibet, tam conjunctim quam diviſim, diſtricte praecipiendo ſpecialiter damus in mandatis per eaſdem praeſentes, quatinus in praemiſſis et circa praemiſſa cum ſuis circumſtantiis vigilanter vacent et intendant cum effectu; et quicquid in praemiſſis egerint et receperint cum eorum opintine vel opinionibus in hac parte ipſi pariter aut quinque ipſorum referant per bonam declarationem in ſcriptis nobis aut Conſilio noſtro in principio proximi menſis Julii in praeſenti anno regni noſtri triceſimo quarto; Dantes inſuper in mandatis per … praeſentes quibuſcunque Officiariis et Subditis noſtris, et eorum cuilibet, prout ad eos pertinuerit, quatinus Commiſſariis noſtris praenominatis. vel quinque aut tribus eorundem parcant efficaciter et intendant in praemiſſis, cum requiſti…i fuerint. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. 17 die Maii.

REX Omnibus ad quos,Ibid. m 7. Pro Johanne Fanceby, & aliis. &c. ſalutem. Sciatis, quod cum antiqui Sapientes et famoſiſſimi Philoſophi, in ſuis ſcriptis et lib…is, ſub figuris et integumentis docuerint et reliquerint, et Vino et Lapidibus pretioſis, ex Oleis, ex Vegetabilibus, et Animalibus, ex Metallis, et ex medits Mineralibus multas medicinas glorioſas et notabiles confici poſſe; et praeſertim quandam Medicinam praecioſiſſimam, quam aliqui Philoſophorum Matrem p. 133et Imperatricem medicinarum dixerunt; alii gloriam inaeſtimabilem eandem nominaverunt; alii verò quintam Eſſentiam,**Vid. Faſchae 7 Ed. 6. Dyer f. 88 a. Lapidem Philoſopho…um, et Elixir nuncupaverunt eandem; Cujus Medicinae virtus tàm …fficax & admirabilis exiſteret, quod per eam quaecunque infirmitates curabiles curarentur faciliter, vita humana…ad ſuum naturalem prorogaretur terminum, et homo in ſanitate et viribus naturalibus tam Eorporis quam Animae, fortitudine Membrorum, Memoriae claritate, et Ingenii vivacitate ad eundem terminum mirabiliter praeſervaretur: quaecunque etiam Vulnera curabilia ſine difficultate ſanarentur; quae inſuper contra omne genns Venenorum foret ſumma et optima Medicina; ſed et alia plura Commoda nobis et Reipublicae Regni noſtri utiliſſima per eandem fieri poſſent, veluti Metallorum tranſmutaciones in veriſſimum Aurum et finiſſimum Argentum; Nos frequenter meditatione multâ revolvimus, quàm delectabile et quàm utile tàm pro Nobis, quàm pro Regni noſtri Republica foret, ſi hujuſmodi medicinae praecioſae (divinâ favente gratiâ) per labores haberentur virorum doctorum, necnon quod a retroactis diebus et annis plurimis datum fuit paucis et nullis ad beram prarim dictarum Medicinarum glorioſarum pertingere, tàm propter arduas difficultates circa earundem compoſitionem incidentes et circumſtantes, tàm quia timor poenalis ab inveſtigatione et practica tantorum ſecretorum multos viros ingenioſos naturalibus Scientiis doctiſſimos, et ad earundem medicinarum practicas diſpoſi…iſſimos a multis diebus hucuſque abduxit, abſtrarit, et detrabit in praeſenti, ne ipſi in poenam incidant cujuſdam Statuti, tempore Regni**Viz 5 H. 4. c. 4. None from henceforth ſhall uſe to multiply Gold or Silver, or uſe the craft of Multiplication; and if any the ſame do; he ſhall incurre the pain of felony. Vid Cookes 3 Inſtitutes, cap. 20 p. 74. Paſch. 7 E 6. Dyer, f 88. a. Plowdens Comment. f. 339. Henrici Abi noſtri contra Multiplicatores editi et proviſi. Quapropter congruum et expediens biſum eſt Nobis, viros aliquos ingenioſos in ſcientiis naturalibus ſufficienter imbutos, et ad practicandum dictas Medicinas benevolos et diſpoſitos, qui timeant Deum, veritatem diligant, et opera deceptoria, et fallaces tincturas Metalicas odiant providere, eligere et aſſignare, quorum ſecuritati, indempuitati ex quieti ſufficienter et noſtra auctoritate et praerogativa Regali probideamus, ne vel dum in opere et practica fuerint, vel poſt eorum labores et diligentias occaſione hujuſmodi Practicae quoviſmodo perturbentur, inquietentur aut damnificentur in perſonis aut bonis ſuis, ſeu eorum aliquis perturbetur aut inquiete…ur in aliquo. Nos igitur confidentes de fidelitatibus, circumſpectionibus, profundis Scientiis et benevolentiis egregiorum virorum Johannis Fanceby, Johannis Kirkeby, & Johannis Rany, in Scientiis naturalibus eruditiſſimorum, Elegimus, aſſignavimus, nominavimus, et licentiavimus ipſos omnes ex ſingulos, et er noſtra Regali praerogatiba, authoritate, et certa ſcientia ipſis, et eo…um cuilibet poteſtatem, authoritatem, libertatem, Warrantum ac Licentiam damus et concedimus ſpecialem per praeſentes, ad omnes et ſingulas medicinas praedictas juxta ſcientias et diſcretiones ſuas et ſapientium, antiquorum doctrinas et ſcripta, conjunctim et diviſim inquirend. inveſtigand proſequend. perficiend. et complete proband. necnon tranſmutationes Metallorum in verum Aurum et verum Argentum faciend. et exercend. Statuto praecicto aut quocunque alio Statuto poenali in contrarium, vel contra Multiplicatores edito ſeu proviſo, non obſtante. Dictos inſuper Johannem, Johannem & Johannem, ac etiam Servitores ſuos qu…ſcunque, qui ſibi, aliquibus, aut alicui eorum in hujuſmodi practicae deſerbierint ratione hujuſmodi praxis, et quemlibet eorum in defenſionem noſtram, …uitionem et pro…ectionem noſtram ſpecialem ponimus et ſuſcepimus per praeſentes; omnibus p. 134et ſingulis Iudicibus, Iuſticiartis, Vicecomitibus, Majoribus, Ballibis et Conſtabulariis, Officiariis, Miniſtris, beris Ligeis et Subditis noſtris quibuſcunque inhibentes, ne ipſi eiſdem aut eorum alicui, praetextu dicti Statuti, aut cujuſcunque alterius coloris quaeſrti, dum in practica praemiſſarum Medicinarum aut alicujus eorum Laborantes fuerint, aut aliquis eorum laborans fuerit, ſeu poſt complementum aut dimiſſionem practicae earundem occaſione hujuſmodi praxis, ullum gravamen, impedimentum, ſeu perturbationem quamcunque imponant aut inferant, ſeu permittant inferri, ſeu aliquos eorum alicui ex eis imponat, inferat aut permittat inferri: Et ſi aliquid tale fiat (quod abſit) mandamus omnibus Officiariis et Ligeis noſtris, ſicut nos timent et diligunt, quod ſine mora tale emendetur gravamen, ſub poena in noſtram gravem indignationem incurrendi, ac forisfaciendi nobis omnia quae nobis forisfacere poterit, quicunque hiis noſtris Scriptis contraveniens fuerit aut rebellis. Ex habundanti inſuper dicimus et declaramus, quod intentionis noſtrae Regalis eſt, quod hae literae noſtrae patentes valeant et ſufficeant eis omnibus et eorum cuilibet, necnon Serbitoribus ſuis ut ipſi ſecuri, quieti et indempnes ſint, et conſerventur ab omnibus vexationibus et inquietationibus, quae contra eos aut eorum aliquem qualitercun que ex quacunque occaſione cujuſcunque Statuti, contra Multiplicatores editi ſeu proviſi poſſent inferri. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Weſtmonasterium 31 die Maii.

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REX Omnibus ad quos,Ex Rotulo Patentium de Anno 35 H. 6. memb. 6. Pro Magiſtro Thoma Hervei & al. &c. ſalutem. Sciatis, quod quia nobis expo…tum eſt,**A project never ſo ſeaſonable, or neceſſary as now. aliqua fore media licita et honeſta, per bonam Polliciam practicabilia, quibus mediantibus infra paucos proximo futuros annos omnibus noſtris Creditoribus bonae fidei condenienter ſatisfieri poterit de ſingulis ſuis Debitis bonis et legalibus in bona Pecunta numerata de Auro et de Argento, cum magna utilitate univerſalis Reipublicae. Nos totis viribus utilitatem publicam cum omni favore proſequi affectantes, nec volentes tantum Bonum univerſale ſub ſilentio inexpertum pertranfire, plenarie conſidentes de fidelitate et induſtria, perſpicuitate atque bona diligentia dilectorum noſtrorum Magiſtri Thomae Hervei Ordinis Fratrum Auguſtinen. Magiſtri Roberti Glaſelay Ordinis Fratrum Praedicatorum in Cantabrigia, Magiſtri Willielmi Atclyffe Phyſici Reginae chariſſimae Conthoralis noſtrae, & Magiſtri Henrici Sharp Magiſtri in Collegio Sancti Laurentii de Pontiguico London, Thomae Cook Alderman. London, Johannis Fyld Fyſhemonger, Johannis Yonghe & Roberti Gayton Grocerorum, Johannis Sturgeon & Johannis Lambert Mercerorum London. ipſos pariter et eorum quemlibet per ſe, tam conjunctim quam diviſim, ex deliberatione Conſilii noſtri, commi…imus et deputavimus, commi…imus et deputamus per praeſentes, ad attente audiendum et vigilanter ſapiendum pro inveſtiganda veritate ſuper hiis quae in praemiſſis et circa praemiſſa erunt eis tam verbis propoſita quam in ſcriptis miniſtranda, cum ſuis circumſtantiis, viz. ſi res in ſe ſit factibilis, et utrum majus Commodum vel Incommodum noſtrae Reipublicae inde fuerit proventurum; Habito (ſt egeant) in hac parte conſilio ab aliis expertis, quos duxerint conſulendes. Dantes eiſdem Commiſſariis, et eorum cuilibet per ſe, ſpecialiter in mandatis per eaſdem praeſentes, quatinus hanc Commiſſionem cutae habeant, p. 135et quamcitius debitae executioni demandent. Et quicquid in praemiſſis cum ſuis circumſtantiis ipſl aut aliqui eorum conjunctim, vel alter ipſorum ſeparatim et diviſim per ſe in hac materia egerint et reperierint, cum opinionibus ſuis, unus alterum non expectando, referant nobis aut Conſilio noſtro per bonam declarationem in ſcriptis, infra primum diem Menſtis Maii proximo ve…turi; et in hiis talem adhibeant diligentiam, ut de prompta obedientia mereantur apud nos commendari; et quod intellectis opinionibus eorum, cum maturo conſt…io ulterius procedere valeamus ad effectum. Mandamus praeterea omnibus et ſingulis Officiariis et Subditis noſtris, quatinus Commiſſionariis praenominatis vel duobus ipſorum (ſi requiſiti fuerint in hac parte) pareant efficaciter et intendant. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Coventr. 9 die Martii.

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Although all theſe Patents, Commiſſions for diſcovery of the Philoſophers Stone (to make a tranſubſtantion of one ſort of Metal into another, which hath more affinity between them then Chriſts natural body with bread) for the profitable publike ends therein ſpecified, proved altogether abortive for ought I find; yet this antient Duty of AƲRƲM REGINAE being no aerial Whymſ…y, but an approved real Revenue which hath brought in much Gold and Treaſure to ſeveral Queens in former ages, will queſtionleſſe produce ſome real Gold Coyn to her Majesties Treaſury every year, if Her Highneſſe by the Kings adviſe and aſſiſtance ſhall judge it expedient as well as it is juſt, legal to demand and levy it for the future out of all Fines and Oblations for which it is legally due, though there may be prudential reaſons to remit all or moſt of it for what is already paſt, ſince the ſolemnization of her Royal Nuptials to his SACRED MAJESTY.