No. VII.

17 Edw. III.

No. X. 25 Edw. III.

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nor for any cause whatsoever. And in case that the Flemings will make ' good money of silver gross or other, according in allay of good sterling, that such money shall be current in England between merchant and mer'chant, and others, who of their own accord will receive the same; so that 6 no Silver be carried out of the realm.

Item, it is accorded and assented, That good and lawful men be assigned ' in the ports of the sea, and elsewhere, where need shall be, to make search, 'that no Silver be carried out of the realm, in money or otherwise (except ⚫ that the great men may, when they go out of the realm, have silver ves'sels to serve their houses). And that none be so hardy to bring false and ill money into the realm, upon pain of forfeiture of life and member: And to make exchanges with them that shall pass the sea, of gold for their good sterling, to the value.

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Item, It is assented and accorded, That the said searchers, because they may do their offices more diligently and more lawfully, shall have the 'third part of all the false money that they can find, to be brought into the 'realm for their own benefit: And in the same manner, they shall have the third part of the good money which they shall find upon the sea, passing out of the realm: And in case they shall be found negligent or disobedient in making such searches, that their lands and tenements, goods ' and chattels shall be seised into the King's hands, and their bodies taken ⚫ and detained until they have made fine to the King for their disobedience: And in case they shall be assenting to the bringing in of such false money, ⚫ or wittingly shall suffer silver or money, (except vessels of silver for the great men, when they go out of the kingdom, to serve in their houses, as before is said,) to be transported out of the realm, they shall have judgement of life and member.'

[No. VIII.]

18 Edward III. stat. 2. c. 6.-Money shall be made and Exchanges ordained, where the King shall please.

[No. IX.]

25 Edward III. stat. 5. c. 2.-A Declaration which offences shall be adjudged Treason.

[Inserted in the last Class, p. 94.]

[No. X. ] 25 Edward III. stat. 5. c. 12.

No Person shall take Profit by Exchange of Gold or Silver. ITEM, it is accorded, That it shall be lawful for every man to exchange gold for silver, or silver for gold, or for gold and silver, so that no man hold a common exchange, nor take no profit for making such exchange, upon pain of forfeiture of the Money so exchanged; except the The Value, &c. King's exchangers, which take profit of such exchange, according to the

st. 5. c. 12.

to be declared by Proclamation.

No. XI.

25 Edw. III.

st. 5. c. 13.

No. XII.

25 Edw. III.

st. 5. c. 20.

' ordinance afore made.'

[ No. XI.] 25 Edward III. stat. 5. c. 13.

The Money of Gold or Silver now current shall not be impaired. ITEM, it is accorded, That the money of gold and silver which now runneth, shall not be impaired in weight nor in allay; but as soon as a good way may be found, the same may be put in the ancient state, as in 'the sterling.'

[ No. XII.]

25 Edward III. stat. 5. c. 20. Plate of Gold and Silver shall be received into the King's Mint by Weight, and not by Number; and so shall the Money be returned.

ITEM, it is accorded and assented, That the moneyers, and other wardens and ministers of the money, shall receive plate of gold and

silver by the weight; and in the same manner, shall deliver the money,

No. XII.

when it shall be made by weight, and not by number, without any tarry- 25 Edw. III.

ing.'

[ No. XIII.]

27 Edward III. stat. 2. c. 14.

Merchants

may bring in Gold or Silver to the King's Exchanges, and carry out as much.

MS. Reg.

toutez

st. 5. c. 20.

No. XIII.

27 Edw. III.

st. 2. c. 14.

Foreign money not to be currency in

of common

the realm; nor old sterling to be carried out of it.

ITEM avoms ordeigne et establi, que toutz marchauntz prives et estraunges puissent savement amesner et porter deinz nous dites Roialme et terres plate dargent billettes dor et tut autre maner dor et toutz moneys dor et dargent a nostre bullione ou a nous eschaunges, que nous ferroms ordeiner a nouz ditez estaples et aillours, pernant illoeqs money de nostre coigne covenablement a la value. Et si nul voille prendre bone monoye dor et dargent dautre coigne que de nostre en paiement, le preigne saunz empechement, si que nul soit a ceo arte sil ne voil prendre de gree: purveu voies, que nul monee neit comune cours deinz nostre Roialme forsque le money de nostre coigne, et que nul emporte hors de nostre Roialme veil esterlinge nautre money horspris les marchauntz estraunges, que apportent ascun money et ne voillent emploier cel money, quelez nous voilloms qils puissent le money que demura nient emploie reporter en lour pays, issint que Proviso for bone serche ent soit fait en lez portez et lieux ou arrivaille est, et que tout merchants le money que chacun estraunge marchaunt amesnera en nostre Roialme soit mys en escriptez per lez serchours, a fyn que nul naporte plus quil nemporta en nostre dit Roialme, et que nul minister per colour de fiel serche face empechement ne disturbaunce a nul estraunge marchaunt, pur luy grever, et que tout faux monoyes que serrount trovez per tiel serche deinz nostre Roialme en desceit de nostre money soit forfaitz a nous solonque les ordinauncez autre foitz ent faitez.

[No. XIV.] 36 Edward III. stat. 1. c. 2. No Purveyance but for the King and Queen. The Name of Purveyor changed into Buyer. Ready Payment shall be made of Things purveyed, and they shall be appraised.

[No. XV.] 37 Edward III. c. 7. Goldsmith's Work shall be of good Sterling, and marked with his own mark. None shall make white Vessel and also gild.

[No. XVI.]

47 Edward III. c. 2. The Value of a Scottish Groat shall be Three-pence.

[ No. XVII. ] 5 Richard II. st. 1. c. 2. None shall transport Gold or Silver, nor depart out of the Realm, without Licence.

strangers.

All false mo

ney forfeited to the King.

No. XVII.

5 Rich II.

st. 1. c. 2.

ITEM, For the great mischief which the realm suffereth, and long hath done, for that gold and silver, as well in money, vessel, plate, and 'jewels, as otherwise, by exchanges made in divers manners, is carried out " of the realm, so that in effect there is none thereof left, which thing, if it "should longer be suffered, would shortly be the destruction of the same "realm, which GoD prohibit; it is assented and accorded, and the King enjoineth all manner of people, merchants, clerks, and other, as well strangers as denizens, of what estate or condition they be, upon pain of as much as they may forfeit, that none of them, upon the said pain, privily nor openly send nor carry, nor cause to be sent or carried out of the said realm, any gold or silver, in money, bullion, plate, or vessel, neither In what cases by exchanges to be made, nor in any other manner, but the wages of Ca- and for what

lais, and of other the King's fortresses beyond the sea, and especially ex- causes gold or

No. XVII.

5 Rich. II.

st. 1. c. 2.

silver may be transported.

the King's Licence. Repealed by 4

Jac. 2. c. 1. § 22. as to the

restraint of the persons going beyond sea.

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cepted the prelates, lords, and other of the same realm, to whom some' times it behoveth necessarily to make payments beyond the sea, that of the same payments only they make exchanges in England, by good and 'sufficient merchants to pay beyond the sea, and first special leave and licence had of the King, as well for the exchanges as for the person which ought to make the payments, containing expressly the sum which shall be so exchanged. And it is assented, That the merchants that so shall make exchanges, shall be diligently examined and sworn in their proper persons, as often as they shall have the said licence, that they shall not send be 'yond the sea any manner of gold nor silver, under the colour of the same exchange. And if, after proclamation of this ordinance, any person be None shall de-from henceforth duly attainted, that he hath caused to be sent or carried part without beyond the sea, any gold or silver against this restraint and ordinance, he shall forfeit to the King the same sum so carried or sent. And the King our Lord, of his Royal Majesty, defendeth the passage utterly of all manner of people, as well clerks as other, in every port and other town and place upon the coast of the sea, upon pain of forfeiture of all their goods, except only the lords and other great men of the realm, and true and notable merchants, and the King's soldiers. And every person, other than is before excepted, which, after publication of this ordinance made, shall pass out of the said realm without the King's special licence, (which licence the King willeth and commandeth that it be not from henceforth ‹ made, but only in one of the ports underwritten, that is to say, London, Sandwich, Dover, Southampton, Plymouth, Dertmouth, Bristow, Yarmouth, St. Botolph, Kingston-upon-Hull, Newcastle-upon-Tine, and the other ports and passages towards Ireland, and the isles pertaining to the realm of England,) shall forfeit to the King as much as he hath in goods, as above is said; and nevertheless, the master or mariner of the ship, or of other vessel, in which he shall carry over beyond the sea, any person but such only as be before excepted, without the said licence, and thereof be convict duly, shall forfeit the said vessel to the King. And the King commandeth all wardens and searchers of the ports and passages through England, that they shall from henceforth diligently use their office, and make good and The penalty of. straight search. And if any searchers or wardens of the ports and passages through the said realm, by negligence or in other manner, do, or suffer wittingly to be done, in any point the contrary of the said two articles touching the money of gold or silver, and the said passages of people, and thereof be duly convict, he shall forfeit to the King his said office and all his goods, and his body shall be committed to prison, there to abide an whole year without redemption. And thereupon, whosoever espieth, and proveth duly, that any thing be done against the intent of the said two last articles, whereby the said forfeiture ought to fall upon any person, he ⚫ shall have half of the same forfeiture, for his labour, of the King's gift.'

The penalty of

the master or mariner of the ship offending.

searchers or

wardens of ports offend

ing.

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[No. XVIII.] 14 Richard II. c. 12.-The Valuef Scottish Money of several Sorts.

ITEM qe la grote de la monoye dEscoce courge en value tantsoulement de deux deniers Engleys et la dimy grote dEscoce en value dun denier Engleys et le denier dEscoce en value dun maill Engleis et le maill dEscoce en value dun ferthyng Engleys et si la monoye dEscoce soit empeire qe la value ent soit abregge solonc lafferent. Et qe commissions soit faitz parmy le Roialme denquerre de ceux quont porte ou envoie la monoie dEngleterre en Escoce pur y faire bullion ou monoie dEscoce en prejudice et damage du Roi et du Roialme.

[No. XIX.]

17 Richard II. c. 1.-There shall be no melting of Money to make any thing thereof. Foreign Money shall not be current.

FIRST, Where it was ordained by the noble King Edward, Grandfather to our Lord the King, the tenth year of his reign, That no

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No. XIX.

c. 1.

sterling, halfpenny, nor farthing, shall be molten for vessel, nor other thing thereof to be made by the goldsmith, nor others, upon pain of "forfeiture of the money so molten, and imprisonment of the founder, till 17 Rich. II. " he have yielded to the King the half of that which he hath so molten, "notwithstanding any charter or franchise granted or used to the contrary;"it is accorded and assented, That the said ordinance shall be 9 Ed. 3. st. 2. firmly holden and kept. And moreover it is ordained and assented, That C. 3.

No sterling money shall be

melted for vessel;

nor groat nor

no groat nor half groat shall be molten by any man to make vessel or other thing thereof, upon the same pain. And that no gold nor silver of • Scotland, nor of other lands beyond the sea, shall run in any manner of 'payment within the realm of England, but shall be brought to the bullion, there to be molten in the coin of England, upon pain of forfeiture of the same, and of imprisonment, fine, and ransom of him which doth conNo foreign trary; and that no man shall send any English money into Scotland to coin shall be change the same in money, or for Scottish money, upon the pain next current in 'aforesaid.' England;

half groat.

nor exchange made of English money for Scottish money.

[No. XX.] 2 Henry IV. c. 5.-He that carrieth Gold or Silver out of the Realm shall confess so much.

•

ITEM, Whereas in the Statute made at Westminster in the fifth year of the said King Richard, amongst other things it is contained, how it was assented, accorded, and enjoined by the said late King, to all man66 ner of people, merchants, clerks, and others, as well strangers as de"nizens, of whatsoever estate or condition they should be, upon pain of

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as

No. XX.

2 Hen. IV.

c. 5.

much as they might forfeit, that none of them, upon the said pain, 5 R. 2. st. 1. privily nor openly should send or carry, nor cause to be sent or carried, c. 2. out of the said realm of England, any gold or silver in money, bullion, plate, vessel, nor by exchange to be made, except the wages of Calais, and "other the King's fortresses beyond the sea, saving certain prelates, lords, "and others comprized in the same Statute, without special leave, and "licence, thereupon first had, as by the same Statute may more fully appear:" our Lord the King, for to prevent the subtilty of them that will 'do fraud or deceit to him in this behalf, hath ordained and stablished, 'That if from henceforth any searcher of the King may find gold or silver ' in coin, or in mass, in the keeping of any that is passing, or upon his 6 passage, in any ship or vessel to go out of any port, haven, or creek of the realm, without the King's special licence, all that gold or silver shall he forfeit to the King, saving his reasonable expenses, which he shall ' be bound to confess and discover presently after that he is warned and 'charged so to do by the same searcher, or else all the said money so con'cealed shall he forfeit to the King. Provided always, That the merchants strangers that do sell their merchandise within the realm of England, and 'the one half of the money of England received for the same merchandises 'do imploy upon other merchandises of the realm, may freely carry out 'from the same, the other half of the said money by the King's licence, according to the Statute thereof made.'

[No. XXI.] 2 Henry IV. c. 6.-The money of Scotland and of other Countries beyond the Sea, shall be voided out of England, or put to coin before Christmas.

ITEM pur la grand deceit qe y ad en la manoie dor et dargent de Flanders et dEscoce qi courge communement es paiementz faitz es diverses parties du Roialme a grant damage du Roy et du poeple ordeignez est et assentuz qe toute la monoie dor et dargent de la coigne de Flandres et de toutz autres terres et paix par dela et auxi de la terre dEscoce soit voidez hors du Roialme dEngleterre ou mys a coigne a la bullion deinz mesme le Roialme parentre cy et le fest de Noel proschein advenir sur peine de forfaiture dicell. Et qe toutz les marchantz et autres a Caleys qi receivent aucun tiel or ou argent de la coigne de Flandres ou des autres terres ou

Merchants

strangers may carry half their money forth of the realm.

No. XXI.

2 Hen. IV.

c. 6.

No. XXI. 2 Hen. IV.

c. 6.

No. XXII.

4 Hen. IV. c. 10.

No. XXIV.

5 Hen. IV. c. 9.

Within what time mer. chants aliens shall sell their merchandise.

One alien shall sell no merchandise to another alien. Hosts shall be appointed to merchants aliens.

paiis depar dela ou de la terre dEscoce le mettent a bullion a Caleys sanz lapporter en coigne deinz le Roialme dEngleterre. Et si les marchantz ou autres desore enavant portent aucume tiele monoie deinz le Roialme qils forfacent mesme la monoie au Roy. Et outre ce accordez est qe bone et covenable serche soit fait sibien a Caleys come decea le meer en chescun porte et aillours sur lapporte del monoie avantdite.

[No. XXII.] 4 Henry IV. c. 10.-The third part of the Silver brought to the Bullion, shall be coined in Halfpence and Farthings.

Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond.

TEM pur la grande escarcetee qy ad au present deinz le Roialme dEngleterre des mayles et ferlinges dargent ordeignez est et establiz qe la tierce partie de tout la monoie dargent qe serra porte a la boillion soit faite es mayles et ferlynges et qe de celle tierce partie lunè moietee soit faite es mayles et lautre moitee es ferlynges Et a ce faire et parfornir soit le coignour jurrez en especiale et qe nul orfeure ne autre persone quelconqe face foundir aucuns tielx mayles ou ferlynges sur peine de paier au Roy la quatreble de ce qensi serra foundu encontre la forme de cest estatut.

[No. XXIII.] 4 Henry IV. c. 16.-No Person shall carry Gold or Silver out of the Realm without the King's Licence.

[No. XXIV.] 5 Henry IV. c. 9.-Merchants Aliens shall imploy their Monies upon the Commodities of this Realm.

ITEM, For the better keeping of gold and silver within the Realm of England, and for the increase of the commodities of the said realm,” ' it is ordained and established, That the Statutes thereof made at the last Parliament, shall be continued and kept, and put in due execution; joined to the same, That the customers and controllers of our Lord the King, in all the ports of England, shall take sufficient sureties for all manner of merchandises brought by the merchants aliens and strangers, coming and repairing to the said ports, to the intent that the money taken for 'the said merchandise shall be imployed upon the commodities of the realm, saving their reasonable costs, as in the same Statute more fully is 'contained. And moreover it is ordained and established, that the said 'merchants aliens and strangers shall sell their said merchandises so brought within the said realm, within a quarter of a year next after their coming into the same; and also that the money, which shall be delivered 'by exchange in England, be imployed upon the commodities of the realm, 'within the same realm upon pain of forfeiture of the same money. And 'that no merchant alien nor stranger sell any manner of merchandise to any other merchant alien or stranger, upon pain of forfeiture of the same 'merchandise. And also it is ordained and established, That in every city, town, and port of the sea in England, where the said merchants aliens or 'strangers be, or shall be repairing, sufficient hosts shall be assigned to the same merchants, by the mayor, sheriffs, or bailiffs of the said cities, town, and ports of the sea; and that the said merchants aliens and strangers 'shall dwell in no other place, but with their said hosts so to be assigned; ' and that the same hosts so to be assigned, shall take for their travel in the C manner as was accustomed in old time.'

No. XXV.] 9 Henry IV. c. 8.-The carrying of Money out of the Realm to the Court of Rome prohibited; and all Statutes against Provisors, and Translation of Archbishopricks, &c. confirmed.