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id: A83287
author: England and Wales. Parliament.
date: 1643.0
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title:
  Die Mercurii, 11 Octobr. 1643. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled for the upholding the government of the Fellovvship of Merchants Adventurers of England, to the better maintenance of the trade of cloathing, and woollen manufacture of the kingdome.

summary:
  FOR the better incouragement and supportation of the Fellowship of Merchant Adventurers of England , which hath beene found very serviceable and profitable unto this State ; And for the better Government and regulation of Trade , especially , that ancient and great Trade of Cloathing , whereby the same will be much advanced to the common good , and benefit of the people : The Lords and Commons in Parliament , doe ordaine that the said Fellowship shall continue and be a Corporation , and shall have power to levy Monies on the Members of their Corporation , and their goods , for their necessary charge and maintenance of their Government : Provided , that the said Fellowship shall not exclude any person from his Freedome and admission into the said Fellowship , which shall desire it by way of redemption , if such person by their custome be capable thereof , and hath beene bred a Merchant , and shall pay one hundred pounds for the same , if he be Free , and an Inhabitant of the City of London , and Trade from that Port , or fifty pounds , if he be not Free , and no Inhabitant of the said City , and Trade not from thence ; and that the faid Fellowship shall have power to imprison Members of their Company in matters of government , and to give such an oath , or oathes to them , as shall bee approved of by both Houses of Parliament .


id: A32558
author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
date: 1662.0
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words: 1232
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title:
  By the King, a proclamation for the free exportation of woollen manufactures of this kingdom from the twentieth day of May until the five and twentieth day of December next.

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id: A32560
author: England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)
date: 1667.0
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words: 1314
sentence: 56
flesch: 61
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title:
  By the King. A proclamation for the free exportation of woollen manufactures, until the twenty fifth day of December next

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id: A79343
author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
date: 1660.0
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words: 1237
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title:
  By the King. A proclamation for the due payment of the subsidy and aulnage upon all woollen clothes and draperies.

summary:
  Whereas Our Royal Grandfather , King James of Blessed Memory , by His several Letters Patents , grounded upon several Acts of Parliament , bearing Date the Thirteenth day of April , in the Eleventh year of His Reign , did Nominate and Appoint Lodowick Late Duke of Richmond and Lenox to be Aulnager , for the Surveying , Measuring , Searching , and Sealing of all sorts of Vendible Woollen Clothes , and Stuffs made of Wool , or part of Wool , as well of the Old as of the New Draperies : And also made and Appointed Him the said Lodowick Duke of Richmond and Lenox Collector and Farmer of the Subsidies , moyety of Forfeitures , and Duties , due to Us and Our Royal Progenitors , as parcel of the Ancient Revenue of the Crown of England , for and touching the same , To Have , Hold , and Enjoy the same , to the said Duke , His Executors , Administrators , and Assigns , under a great yearly Rent , payable , and Reserved upon the said Letters Patents , for divers years then and yet to come : And whereas , the Right and Interest in the said Offices and Farm is Vested in certain Trustees , To the use of , and in Trust for , Our Right Trusty and intirely beloved Cozen Charles , Duke of Richmond and Lenox , We taking notice , That the said Duties of Subsidy and Aulnage , as well for the New Draperies as the Old , have for many years before , and until the beginning of the late Wars , been duly and orderly Collected , and Paid to the said Aulnager , His Substitutes , Deputies , and Assigns , and that since the Late Wars , divers Clothiers and others , taking Liberty to themselves by the disorder of the late Times , have , and still do , put , set , and send to Sell , divers Clothes and Stuffs of the Old and New Draperies , without payment of the said Subsidy due to Vs , or of the Aulnagers Fee , and before the Seals appointed for the same are affixed to the said Clothes and Draperies , contrary to the Laws and Statutes of this Our Realm , Whereby the said Aulnager , and His said Trustees , are disabled from paying the said Rent reserved upon the said Letters Patents , and a great Arrear is incurred and become due to Vs , and the Denyal and non-payment of the said Subsidy , manifestly tends to the lessning and diminution of Our said Ancient Revenue : Wherefore Minding and Intending Remedy and Redress to be had in this behalf , We do by this Our Proclamation Command , Publish , and Require all Clothiers and Others , whom this Our Proclamation may concern , That they from henceforth pay the said Subsidy and Aulnage , due and to be paid , by the Laws and Statutes of this Our Realm , as well for the Old Draperies as the New , in such Manner and Proportion as hath been formerly Used and Accustomed , and as by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm , the same of Right are due and payable , unto Our said Aulnager , and Collector of the said Subsidy , His Deputies and Substitutes ; And that they , nor any of them , do presume to put , send , or set to Sale , any Clothes , Half-Clothes , Pieces of Clothes , Kerseys , and Freezes , called or known by the name of the Old Draperies , or any Bays , Says , Serges , Stuffs , or other Draperies whatsoever , called or known by the name of the New Draperies , before payment of the said Subsidy and Aulnagers Fee , as by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm the same of Right are due and payable , under the Pains and Penalties thereupon ensuing , and as they will answer the contrary at their Perils .


id: A32188
author: Nicholas, John, 17th cent.
date: 1683.0
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sentence: 54
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title:
  At the court at Hampton Court, the thirteenth of June 1683 present, the Kings Most Excellent Majesty, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Keeper, Lord President, Lord Privy Seal, Duke of Ormond, Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Huntingdon, Earl of Sunderland, Earl of Clarendon, Earl of Bathe, Earl of Craven, Earl of Rochester, Lord Bishop of London, Lord Dartmouth, Mr. Secretary Jenkins, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Chancellor of the Dutchy, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Master Godolphin.

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id: A92249
author: Company of Merchant Adventurers of England.
date: 1695.0
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words: 1606
sentence: 71
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title:
  Reasons humbly offered for encouraging His Majesties natural born subjects to export the woollen manufactures of this realm to Germany

summary:
  For this Company having First Introduced the Woollen Manufactures into this Kingdom , and been the sole Exporters thereof , the same did Flourish , under their Government and Conduct , in a Regulated Way of Trade , for above Two Hundred and Fifty Years , until Foreigners , in the Reign of King CHARLES the II. were indulged , and admitted to become Principals in Exporting thereof ; since which , few or no English are concerned as Principals in the Trade for Holland , but only employed as Factors for the Dutch. Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 150198)


id: A32643
author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
date: 1678.0
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words: 1682
sentence: 56
flesch: 54
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title:
  By the King. A proclamation requiring the putting in execution the several statutes made against the importation of iron-wyer, wooll-cards, and other manufactures made of iron-wyer and for the encouragement of the manufactures of iron-wyer in this kingdom.

summary:
  A proclamation requiring the putting in execution the several statutes made against the importation of iron-wyer, wooll-cards, and other manufactures made of iron-wyer and for the encouragement of the manufactures of iron-wyer in this kingdom. Proclamations. A proclamation requiring the putting in execution the several statutes made against the importation of iron-wyer, wooll-cards, and other manufactures made of iron-wyer and for the encouragement of the manufactures of iron-wyer in this kingdom. Proclamations.


id: A46517
author: England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II)
date: 1687.0
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words: 1735
sentence: 59
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title:
  A proclamation, whereas our dearest brother of blessed memory, by his royal proclamation bearing date the fifteenth day of September, in the twelfth year of his reign, for preventing the exportation of wool James. R.

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id: A46521
author: England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II)
date: 1688.0
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words: 1909
sentence: 54
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title:
  A proclamation, amongst other the advantages of these our kingdoms, the staple commodities of wooll and cloth are peculiar thereunto James R.

summary:
  JAMES R. AMongst other the advantages of these Our Kingdoms , the Staple Commodities of Wooll and Cloth are peculiar thereunto , and the Manufacture of the same under several good and wholsome Laws made and Provided by the Wisdom of Our Royal Ancestors for the better Regulation and Improvement thereof , hath justly been esteemed a principal Happiness of this Our Realm , and long been the Envy of others Nations ; And We ( who equally desire to promote the Good and Welfare of Our Kingdoms with any of Our Royal Predecessors and Ancestors ) considering that nothing can prove more destructive to the said Manufacture , then the Exportation of Wooll into Foreign parts , have as well by Our several Royal Proclamations , as by a Considerable Charge of Our own expended therein , shewn Our Gracious Inclinations and Purposes for the Maintenance and Encouragement of the said Manufacture , and for the effectual putting in Execution the Laws already made against such Exportation , And yet the Methods taken for Prevention of the great Abuses therein , have not hitherto met with answerable Success ; But the said Offence is now become a most notorious and common Nusance by the practices of divers evil disposed Persons , who being neither terrified with the Severity of the Laws , nor yet regarding Our Iust Displeasure conceived against them , do Combine among themselves , and together with others , Aliens and Foreigners , sometimes by Stealth , sometimes by open Force and Violence , to Export and Carry out of Our Kingdoms of England and Ireland divers great quantities of Wooll , Wooll-fells , Mortlings , Shorlings , Yarn made of Wooll , Wooll-flocks , Fullers Earth , Fulling Clay , and Tobacco-pipe Clay , wherein they are also Assisted by many dissolute and desperate Persons in great numbers , insomuch that Our Officers and others duly Impowered , and endeavouring to resist and prevent them therein , are often in peril even of their Lives , and by the number of Offenders are much discouraged from doing their Duty . And whereas divers of Our Loving Subjects from divers parts of this Kingdom , being Traders and Dealers in the Woollen Manufacture , by their humble Petition have proposed to Vs , That they are willing to make a voluntary Contribution among themselves as a farther means to Suppress the said Offenders , and for that purpose have humbly besought Vs to grant them Our Royal Licence and Authority to make a Collection of Moneys to defray the Charge of Prosecuting and Preventing the said Offences and Mischiefs , which Charge will be very considerable in regard of the great number of Offenders throughout Our said Kingdoms ; We therefore out of Our Gracious and Princely Care of the Good and Welfare of Our People , Have thought fit by Our Royal Commission under Our Great Seal bearing Date the Eight and twentieth day of June last past , directed to several Persons therein mentioned , For preventing the Exportation to Wooll , to Impower and Authorize them , or any Seven or more of them , from time to time to cause to be Prosecuted and put in Execution the several Laws made against the Exportation of Wooll , Wooll-fells , and other the things before mentioned , out of Our Kingdoms of England and Ireland ; And also to Collect , Gather and Receive , and to cause to be Collected , Gathered , and Received from any of Our Subjects whatsoever , such Sum and Sums of Money as they or any of them shall from time to time voluntarily Contribute , Advance and Bestow , for and in order to the Preventing the Exportation of Wooll , Wooll-fells , and other the things before mentioned , out of Our said Kingdoms , and for the better Discovery and Punishment of the said Offences , and to imploy the said Moneys so Collected accordingly ; Which Voluntary Contributions so to be made by any of Our Subjects whatsoever , to the ends and purposes aforesaid , We have thought fit by the Advice of Our Privy Council , and We do by this Our Royal Proclamation , Allow , Recommend and Approve , not doubting but Our Loving Subjects will cheerfully and readily assist and promote so useful and publick a Work.


id: A32357
author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
title: A proclamation against the deceitful winding and folding of woolls
date: 1663.0
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summary:
  A PROCLAMATION Against the deceitful Winding and Folding of Woolls . By force of which Statute , the Fellowship of Wooll-Winders , otherwise called Wooll-men , and all persons using or exercising that Craft or Mystery , are bound justly and truly to Wind and Pack all such Woolls as they meddle with throughout the Realm , to the publick good and commodity of the whole Realm : By force of which Law , and other Statutes made for the good and due Winding and Packing of Woolls , and by the good Ordinances made by the said Fellowship , the said Woolls have been ever since justly and truly Wound and Packed , until now of late divers and many persons contrary to the same Statute , taking upon them to be Wool-Winders in many places of this Realm , neither being Sworn , nor expert in Winding and Folding of Woolls ; of which some be Glovers , Taylors , Weavers , Cordwayners , Barbers , Husbandmen , and other Artificers who have gone about , and daily do go about throughout the Realm in many places , practising themselves in Winding and Folding of the said Woolls , by the procurement and means of the Owners and Breeders of the said Woolls , and do Wind up and deceitfully put into the said Fleeces of Wooll , Sand , Stones , Dust , Pitch , Tarr , Clay , Iron , Lead , Double-marks , Shorelocks , Dung , Lambs-wooll , Clockets , Locks , Hinder-shanks , Tails , Washlocks , Cummer , and many other deceiveable things , not only to the great slander of this Realm , and the embasement and diminution of that antient Staple-Trade , but to the great loss and prejudice of His Majesties Subjects using the Craft and Feat of Cloth-making within this Realm , and to the great abuse and deceit of Merchants , and other buyers of the same : Complaints whereof have been with all humble earnestness represented unto the Kings Majesty by the Company and Fellowship of Wooll-men , alias Wooll-Packers of the City of London , Suppliants for remedy and relief in that behalf .


id: A22520
author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
date: 1629.0
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words: 2367
sentence: 73
flesch: 57
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title:
  By the King a proclamation for the preuenting of the exportation of woolles, wool-fels, yarne, fullers earth, and woad- ashes and of hydes, both tand and raw, out of this kingdome.

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id: A70234
author: Haines, Richard, 1633-1685.
date: 1679.0
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words: 3062
sentence: 94
flesch: 58
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title:
  The proposals for promoting the woollen-manufactory, promoted Further making it appear, that the nation will thereby increase in wealth, at least 5000 l. per day, for every day in the year on which it is lawful to labour. And that the strength and safety of the king and kingdom, together with a most happy reformation will be accomplished therein. All which is most plainly demonstrated, by several well-wisheres thereunto, inhabitants and citizens of London. Licensed, April 29. 1679. Ro. L'Estrange.

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id: A43794
author: Haines, Richard, 1633-1685.
date: 1679.0
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words: 3375
sentence: 100
flesch: 59
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title:
  A breviat of some proposals prepared to be offered to the great wisdom of the nation, the King's Most Excellent Majesty, and both houses of Parliament for the speedy restoring the woollen manufacture by a method practiced in other nations ... / by R. Haines.

summary:
  3. That the converting of such great Quantity of Wool will be of very little Charge to the Nation , so that all the Cloth we have to spare shall find quick Markets as fast as 't is made . 3. That the Converting of such great Quantity of Wool , will be of very little Charge to the Nation , so that all our Cloth shall find quick Markets as fast as made , is Demonstrable : For , By the Expedient proposed , all these People now maintained for doing little or nothing , may instead of doing nothing , convert our Wool into Cloth , for their Living , so that look how much more Cloth is made by these two hundred thousand People so much there 's clear Gain to the Nation .


id: A42891
author: Goddard, Ezekiel.
date: 1700.0
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words: 4159
sentence: 73
flesch: 37
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title:
  To the King's Most Excellent Majesty and the lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled the humble petition of Ezekiel Goddard of Kings Lynn, in the county of Norfolk, in behalf of many millions now employed in the wollen manufacture of this Kingdom.

summary:
  Seventhly , That it may be Enacted , That it shall be lawful for any Person or Persons , that shall be the first that shall discover or seize of any Wool , Woolfells , or Yarn made of Wool ; so taken on board , or put on board , or being on board of any such Ship , or any Boat , or other Vessel whatsoever ; shall have all the said Wool , Woolfells , or Yarn made of Wool , to his , her , or their Use or Uses , and to no other Use or Uses whatsoever , and also shall have and enjoy the said Ship , Hoy or Vessel of what Denomination soever to his , her and their own Use or Uses , together with the Furniture of the same , and to no other Use whatsoever , not with standing any thing whatsoever to the contrary ; together with such further Benevolence as shall be thought fit for so good Service done to the Nation , which Benevolence ( if any shall be thought fit to be given ) may be Levied upon the County , where such Wool , Wool-fells , or Yarn made of Wool , shall be laid on board as aforesaid . And that whereas many Persons that get their Living by the Wollen Manufacture , live remote from such places where such Wool may be had at the best Advantage ; and have not Horses to fetch such Wool as will be needful from the Owners of the Wool , That it may be Enacted , That all Cities and Corporations , and Market-Towns within this Kingdom , shall find and provide sufficient Store-houses or Chambers , meet and convenient , ceiled about with Boards and plaunchred with Boards , and kept in good repair with all needful Reparations , to keep Wool as much as may be from taking any Damage , and that it shall be Lawful for all Persons whatsoever , that will bring or send any Wool , Woolfells , or Yarn made of VVool , to such City , Corporation or Market Town , to lodge the same in the said Store house or Chambers , in order to sell and dispose of the same to such Persons as shall make Oath as aforesaid ; that they will convert , or cause the said Wool to be converted into Yarn , or Cloth , or Stuffs , or Stockings , or Hats , and the same Oath to be Registred in a Book , to be provided at the Cost and Charge of the said City , Corporation , or Market ▪ Town , and Locks and Keys to secure the said Wool ; and every City , Corporation or Market ▪ Town where such Store house shall be kept , shall make Choice of a fit Person to be Key-keeper , and Orderer of the said Store-houses or Store chambers , for which said Person so to be Chosen the Munday in every Easter ▪ Week , the Inhabitants of every City , Corporation , or Market-Town , shall be liable to make ample Satisfaction to the Owner of any Wool , that may at any time happen to be lost , stolen or embesseled out of the said Store-houses ; and that it shall be Lawful for the said Store keeper to ask , demand or receive of all the Owners of Wool , Lodged or Laid into any such Store-house or Chamber , two Pence at the Time of any parcel so Lodged , whether small or great parcel and no more , and four Pence for every Affidavit made at the Sale and Delivery of every parcel for the Person that keeps the Register Books , and Six pence for every pack lying any time not exceeding a Year , towards providing such Store-houses , and paying for Repairs and Six-pence for every pack towards the Maintainance of the Store-keeper , which shall by himself or some other by him appointed , be ready to lock and unlock the said Storehouses or Chambers , at the Request of the Owners of the Wool or their Servants , and shall receive the same Monies not exceeding Eighteen Pence at the most for every pack .


id: A58254
author: Eastland Company.
date: 1689.0
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title:
  Reasons humbly offered by the governour, assistants, and fellowship of Eastland-Merchants against the giving of a general liberty to all persons whatsoever to export the English vvoollen-manufacture whither they please.

summary:
  The Trade of England will thereby be lost as to the English , and come to be all , or at least wise the greatest part , in the hands of Forreigners ; as it formerly was , before the said Companies were erected . All the Priviledges obtained by the said Companies from the Princes , States , and Governours of the places of their respective Residences ( which are of great advantage to the vending of our English-Manufacture ) will be utterly lost .


id: A32829
author: Child, Josiah, Sir, 1630-1699.
date: 1693.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 5252
sentence: 148
flesch: 57
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title:
  An essay on wool and wollen manufacture for the improvement of trade, to the benefit of landlords, feeders of sheep, clothiers, and merchands, in a letter to a member of Parliament.

summary:
  This sudden and unnatural Trade hath for divers times been experimented , to make the Price of Wool for a while rise ; for that low Price , at which Foreign-Merchants have set this false-made Cloth , hath caused many Buyers abroad , to take advantage of that cheap Opportunity of stocking themselves with English Drapery ; and such a Trade hath lasted for Three or Four years , whereby much Wool hath been here manufactured , and the Price of Wool accordingly raised ; but at length , when the Baseness of this Manufacture hath been discovered , and the Markets abroad clogg'd , as sudden a Fall of Wool must in all likelihood be expected to have ensued , and by this Opportunity the Value of foreign made Cloth hath been raised , our Cloth discredited , Merchants of Societies discourag'd , Clothiers had little to do , Growers to pay , and Landlords to receive . For , First , If the Price of our Cloth be low abroad , 't is impossible that Wool should continue to bear a good Price at home : If Cloth falls , the Material 't is made of must fall with it , and consequently the Labours of the Card-makers , Breakers , Combers , Carders , Spinners , Weavers , Fullers , Shearmen , Clothiers , Dyers , Cloth workers , Packers , &c. must be beat down , if these be discourag'd , we must more and more lose our Manufacture , for who will breed up their Children to a discourag'd Trade ?


id: A34854
author: Cox, Richard, Sir, 1650-1733.
date: 1698.0
extension: .xml
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words: 5543
sentence: 136
flesch: 52
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title:
  Some thoughts on the bill depending before the right honourable the House of Lords for prohibiting the exportation of the woolen manufactures of Ireland to foreign parts, humbly offer'd to their lordships.

summary:
  This is the case of Ireland , that after five hundred years contending , 52 Rebellions and Massacres , to the loss of a Million of English , the conquering Army often planted in the Country , and multitudes besides leaving England to inhabit there , almost the whole Kingdom is at last got into the English hands ; and if we should lay such difficulties upon them , that they should think it their Interest to leave the Country , or not be very solicitous for the English Interest there , I submit to your Lordships great Wisdom , whether that Kingdom may not hereafter give us fresh trouble . Most of us have read , and some of us have seen with our Eyes , those times that Courts have plaid England against Scotland , Scotland against England , and Ireland against both ; and we have heard of the time , that an Irish Parliament hath been called to give Money to reduce an English one .


id: A34100
author: Carew, George, Esq.
date: 1675.0
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words: 5328
sentence: 168
flesch: 59
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title:
  Severall considerations offered to the Parliament concerning the improvement of trade, navigation and comerce more especially the old draperies and other woolen manufactures of England / by G.C., a louer of his country.

summary:
  As the thirty severall tolls unto divers Princes , Landgrav●● and others upon Rheinish wines , before they come to Antwerpe by Dort. THirdly the silks which comes from the hither parts of Itally , by the conducts to Antwer●● to be transported from thence into England , Scotland and Ireland , the same being do●● by English Shipps directly , would be of less charge then other-wayes ; Likewise the Dangers Sea is less in winter , by the comodiousnes , of the Port and entry of this River . Then a Charter was granted to the Marchant adventurers , who maintained severall persons , in all the sea Port townes of England , France and Flanders , to make seizures , and discoveries , of all wooles , and fullers Earth , that should be conveyed out of his Majesties Dominions , to fforraigne parts ; But since the Charter of the Company , was broaken , that trade is decayed , and the old drapery o● England slighted , in the Seaventeen Provinces , through the great burthens , new impositions , and exations , lately layd upon English manufactures , whereby that Comerc● is neglected , and interlopers exposing Cloath , Kersies , and Searges , to contempt by thei● pedling , & offering them , to sale in comōn tavernes , and tipling houses .


id: A33409
author: Clement, Simon.
date: 1698.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 8231
sentence: 155
flesch: 40
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title:
  The interest of England, as it stands, with relation to the trade of Ireland, considered the arguments against the bill for prohibiting the exportation of woollen manufactures from Ireland to forreign parts fairly discusst ...

summary:
  I cannot but Remark here , that the main Body of the Sollicitors against this Bill , consisted in Gentlemen , Possessors of Lands in Ireland , who though they may be excused from having any nice Understanding in a matter of Trade ( as this properly is ) yet it seems they have easily learnt , that the flourishing of their new Manufactury , would cause the Lands of Ireland to rise , to which without Doubt , 't is their Interest to have more reguard , than to the keeping up the value of the Lands of England , which by this Method of inticeing away its Mouths , would certainly Fall in value as fast as those in Ireland should rise . Let them say no more of this , their Merchants are no way restrain'd more than the People of England , they may send Ships from thence to all parts of the World , or concern themselves in any Adventures in Trade with as much freedom as our selves , they cannot indeed bring some kinds of Merchandize directly for Ireland no more can we .


id: A43803
author: Haines, Richard, 1633-1685.
date: 1680.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 8508
sentence: 220
flesch: 54
cache: cache/A43803.xml
txt: txt/A43803.txt
title:
  England's weal & prosperity proposed: or, Reasons for erecting publick vvork-houses in every county, for the speedy promoting of industry and the woollen manufactory, shewing how the wealth of the nation may be encreased, many hundred thousand pounds per annum. And also that many thousand persons may be so reformed, to their own and the whole kingdoms present and future wealth and glory, that there may no more be a begger bred up in the nation. Humbly offered to the consideration of the great wisdom of the nation, and presented to the honourable House of Commons. By R. Haines. To which is added A model of government for such works houses prepared by the same author, and printed in the year (79) intended to have been presented to the last Parliament. Pursuant to a breviate of proposals for the promoting of industry, and speedy restoring the woollen manufactory, by him formerly published.

summary:
  To which is added A model of government for such works houses prepared by the same author, and printed in the year (79) intended to have been presented to the last Parliament. To which is added A model of government for such works houses prepared by the same author, and printed in the year (79) intended to have been presented to the last Parliament.


id: A33258
author: Clarke, George, fl. 1677-1685.
date: 1685.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 9911
sentence: 183
flesch: 44
cache: cache/A33258.xml
txt: txt/A33258.txt
title:
  A treatise of wool and the manufacture of it in a letter to a friend, occasion'd upon a discourse concerning the great abatements of rents and low value of lands ... : together with the presentment of the grand jury of the county of Somerset at the general quarter sessions begun at Brewton the thirteenth day of January, 1684.

summary:
  So that had that Act of Parliament been duely observed , as it was our Interest so to do , we may plainly perceive what quantity of Wool we had by this buryed in our own Kingdom of England ( for I have not reckon'd either Scotland , Ireland , or any of our Plantations into this account ) but if all could be brought within the compass of this Act , and the charge of seeing it punctually performed , carefully observed , we should not only spend in all these Kingdoms and Islands belonging to the Crown of England , a most incredible quantity of our own Wool manufactured by our selves , but save above threescore thousand Pounds Sterling a year of our Money , which we lay out for Linnen-Cloth purposely for that use , as may appear by examining this Charge by the former Rule ; Equivalent to a Story we have of one of our Kings , who finding a great glut of Cloth in the Kingdom , beyond their Vent and Trade for it , bought it , and caused it all to be burnt . The Occasion of publishing this at this time , was meerly accidental ; for being at White-hall some few Months since , I heard of great Complaints made , with a Petition to the King and Council , setting forth the Transportation of our Wool , to the great Prejudice of our Clothing Trade , and the ruining of our Poor for want of Work ; with many dismal Apprehensions of the evil Consequences thereof : but not one word offer'd which way either to advance the Trade of this our Woollen Manufacture , or to raise the Price of our English Wool ; But the whole Design I perceived was for the Clothiers Advantage to buy Wool cheap , and for the Merchant and Drapers to have Cloth at a low price ; both very destructive , not only to the Kingdom in General , but also to the Trade it self ; as shall hereof be made appear .


id: A34888
author: Carter, W. (William)
title: The reply of W.C.
date: 1677.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 10917
sentence: 177
flesch: 33
cache: cache/A34888.xml
txt: txt/A34888.txt
summary:
  For beside that the Nature of their Manufacture being but slight ; and such as takes up much less Wooll then ours doth , and a great part of their warps , being made of their fine-spun Linnen and their own course VVooll : I say besides this , the Impositions that have been of late , Arbitralily put upon all our VVoollen-Manufacture in France ; and considering also there is no Custome at all put upon Wooll there , when Imported , both these will utterly prevent , our Selling the said Manufacture there , Cheaper than the French can make it , though they shall not only give double , but treble the Price , that we our Selves do give for Wooll . Manufacture from us ; and on purpose to prevent our Cloths and Stuffs from being brought into his Country , ( the Fruits of Exportation of Wooll ) although we yearly take of his Commodities , to the value of above a Million of Pounds Sterling , and I mean in the second place , the making of that unfortunate Act against the Importation of Irish Cattle , which hath not only tended to the ruine of the Grower , but to the ruine of the Clothier , and to ruine of the very Trade of England it self ; and which if it should continue to stand un-repealed , must necessarily , and inevitably ruine more and more : Both the Gentry , Merchant , and Clothier every day .


id: A34886
author: Carter, W. (William)
date: 1677.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 12444
sentence: 187
flesch: 29
cache: cache/A34886.xml
txt: txt/A34886.txt
title:
  The proverb crossed, or, A new paradox maintained (viz.) that it is not at all times true, that interest cannot lye being a full, clear and distinct answer to a paper of an English gentleman, who endeavours to demonstrate that it is for the interest of England that the laws against transportation of wooll should be repealed.

summary:
  And here I must humbly crave leave to rectify another mistake in my Opponent , and such as is no small one ; which is , that in as much as it is matter of Fact , and such as may be clearly demonstrated , that there is at least , if not more than a Million of Persons young and old of both Sexes , employed in the Cloathing Trade ; and in as much as all that are thus employed , are such as have their dependance solely and wholly upon the said Manufacture , without intermixing themselves in the labours of Hedging Ditching , Quick setting , and others the works belonging to Husbandry ; it 's hence evident how much my Opponent hath clearly mistaken himself , in supposing that though our Cloathing Trade should be lost , yet all the Persons that are now employed in it , might find work from the service of the Farmer . For in as much as all who are well acquainted with the Clothing Trade , do know that it is not a tenth part of the profit , nor sometime the twentieth that is gained by the Clothier or first employer who frequently loseth of the very Interest of his money , consequently it must of necessity follow , that nine of ten parts , if not 19 of 20 parts of the whole value of the said Manufacture must be distributed to the Nation ; so that admitting the whole Woollen Manufacture of this Nation , comprehending Cloth , Stuffs , Bayes , Stockings , and all other sort of the said Manufacture , do amount to four millions of pounds sterling per year ( more or less , ) there will not come of that great sum to the Clothier or first employer much above two hundred thousand pounds ( if so much ; ) so that three Millions and eight hundred thousand pounds per year , must of necessity be distributed to the Nation by virtue of the said Clothing Trade : whereof we cannot but suppose the Farmers and therefore the Nobility and Gentry must receive the greater part .


id: A34896
author: Carter, W. (William)
date: 1695.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 14842
sentence: 203
flesch: 22
cache: cache/A34896.xml
txt: txt/A34896.txt
title:
  The usurpations of France upon the trade of the woollen manufacture of England briefly hinted at, being the effects of thirty years observations, by which that King hath been enabled to wage war with so great a part of Europe, or, A caution to England to improve a season now put into her hand, to secure her self by William Carter.

summary:
  I may without offence add , that the Season of this Address was such , that his Majesty was then , in a quarter of an hour after we came forth from his Presence , visited by Father Peter , Sir Edward Hales , and Sir John Gage , that came to intercede for three persons then Prosecuted for Exporting of Wool to France , one of which was the then Mayor of Galloway , who confest a Judgment of 22000 l. and the Earl of Tyrconel wrote in his behalf , but the said King rejected the Motion ; but the Matter was again endeavour'd at the Treary , which I still watched , and put in Caveats , and prevented the design of his Discharge . The Consideration of these Things , hath all along prompted me ( as an English Man ) to use the utmost of my Endeavours in the Post I have stood in for so many years , to prevent the Designs of France on England , that those Things threatnea may be prevented , otherwise I had not appeared in Print at this Time , being rather enclined to be more Retire , especially when I Reflect upon the Discouragement and Difficulties I have met withal in my former Vndertaking ; of which I have given a short Account in the close of this Discourse , but more at large in another , written by me sometime since , for the clearing my self of some Malicious Imputations suggested against me in my said former Vndertakings ; nor did I however intend to be named in this Paper , when I put it to the Press ; but finding my Name made use of in several Projects about Raising of Money , and in bringing in a Bill to lessen the Penalties about the Exportation of Wool ; and which occasioned the Mistake of divers of my Friends , who thereby were induced to believe me concerned in Matters which were utterly against their Opinion ; and indeed I may presume to offer my thoughts , will instead of preventing , be rather an Encouragement to the said Exportation ; and if Experience for near Thirty Years may be credited , there is nothing now wanting in Point of Law but Execution ; and if there were a Thousand Laws made and not Executed it is just the same as if none at all .


id: A26836
author: Battie, John.
date: 1648.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 14785
sentence: 365
flesch: 58
cache: cache/A26836.xml
txt: txt/A26836.txt
title:
  The merchants remonstrance published in the time of the late warre, revived and inlarged : wherein is set forth the inevitable miseries which may suddenly befall this kingdome by want of trade and decay of manufactures : with copy of a letter to the Kings Majestie presented unto him at Hampton Court, October 30, 1647 : shewing, 1, the want of such a due regard as was fit for the preservation of trade in the time of the late warre, 2, some of the bad effects it hath since produced, 3, the offer of the authors opinion what may best bee done for remedy : also, a letter to the Right Honourable the two Houses of Parliament, to the army under the command of His Excellency Sir Tho. Fairfax, and to the rest of His Majesties subjects in generall : whereunto is annexed a discourse of the excellencie of wooll, manifested by the improvement in its manufactures, and the great good thence arising before the late warre / by John Battie ...

summary:
  The first is want of the frequent Returne in forraigne Coyne , and sometime in Bullion by divers Merchants ; for part proceed of our Manufactures exported in regard of the then highnesse of the Exchange , which highnesse was principally caused by the amplenesse or largenesse of Trade . Wherein is set forth the inevitable miseries which may suddenly befall this Kingdome by want of Trade and decay of Manufactures .


id: A34856
author: Carter, W. (William)
date: 1669.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 22667
sentence: 382
flesch: 34
cache: cache/A34856.xml
txt: txt/A34856.txt
title:
  England's interest asserted, in the improvement of its native commodities; and more especially the manufacture of wool plainly shewing its exportation un-manufactured, amounting unto millions of loss to His Majesty, and kingdom. With some brief observations of that worthy author Sir Walter Rawley, touching the same. All humbly presented to His Majesty, and both Houses of Parliament. By a true lover of His Majesty, and native country. Licensed by Roger L'estrange.

summary:
  In the Southern parts of the world , is by all Admired , though by none to be valued , and what strength of shipping these two Companyes have produced , as they have been wonderful , so they have been formedable to all Nations : what Contribution the Cloathing Trade with Spain and France hath given to Englands maritin power , is by those Countrys themselves feared , as well as by England found to its great security : And as these unvaluable blessings have befallen England by the Trade of Cloathing , politickly and providently drawn into Societies , Companyes , and Corporations ; so the loose Transactions of Trade in other for the Countreys have rendered them so poor at Sea ; as were it not shipping of England and Holland , the very life of Commerce would perish , would return to the same Wilderness , & uselessness as it is now in Greenland and the West-Indies , where civil Government hath not once been heard of . THat this rich Treasure in it self , of far more worth than the Golden Mines of India to England , is so much degenerated , or adulterated in the Manufactureing thereof by many of the Manufactors , some of which wanting skill , others principles of honesty , the Laws in that case being so much neglected in England , and want of some new Laws for the new Drapers , hath occasioned the woollen Manufacture to be rendered contemptible both at home and abroad , and so much the more , or the rather , because the Dutch , Flemins , ( and it is feared in time the French also ) do by care and industry indeavour to excel our English ; the consequence is to loose our English Trade , and this principally by a liberty taken , so that honest and conscientious persons come to dammage by some others false way of gains , according to Mr. Childes third head in that of Trade , and Interest ; that the Advantage the Dutch have of us in all their Native Commodities is their exactness , by which meanes their credit is so , that it is taken by its contents , ( and ours not ) which is very advantageous , which is done by the qualifications of those persons that have the oversight , and are intrusted in that affair , which is not done in England , but generally the contrary .


id: A82435
author: England and Wales. Parliament.
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 30712
sentence: 870
flesch: 55
cache: cache/A82435.xml
txt: txt/A82435.txt
title:
  Anno Regni Caroli II. Regis Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, duodecimo. At the Parliament begun at Westminster, the five and twentieth day of April, an. Dom. 1660 In the twelfth year of the reign of our most gracious soveraign lord Charles, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.

summary:
  May it therefore please your Maiesty that it may be Enacted , And be it Enacted by Authority of this present Parliament , That the said Oliver Cromwell deceased , Henry Ireton deceased , John Bradshaw deceased , and Thomas Pride deceased , shall by vertue of this Act , be adjudged to be Convicted and Attainted of High Treason , to all intents and purposes , as if they , and every of them respectively had been Attainted in their lives : And also that John Lisle , William Say , Valentine Wauton , Edward Whally , John Barkstead , Edmond Ludlow , sir Michael Livesey , John Okey , John Hewson , william Goffe , Cornelius Holland , Thomas Challoner , William Cawley , Miles Corbet , Nicholas Love , John Dixwell , Daniel Blagrave , Andrew Broughton , Edward Dendy , and every of them , stand and be adjudged , and by Authority of this present Act Convicted and Attainted of High Treason ; And that all and every the Mannors , Messnages , Lands , Tenements , Rents , Reversions , Remainders , Possessions , Rights , Conditions , Interests , Offices , Fees , Annuities , and all other the Hereditaments , Leases for years , Chattels real , and other things of that nature , whatsoever they be , of them the said Oliver Cromwell , Henry Ireton , John Bradshaw , Thomas Pride , John Lisle , William Say , Valentine W●uton , Edward Whally , John Barkstead , Edmond Ludlow , sir Michael Livesey , John Okey , John Hewson , William Goffe , Cornelius Holland , Thomas Challoner , William Cawly , Miles Corbet , Nicholas Love , John Dixwell , Daniel Blagrave , Andrew Broughton , Edward Dendy , Thomas Harrison , Adrian Scroop , John Carew , John Jones , Thomas Scot , Gregory Clement , Hugh Peters , Francis Hacker , Iohn Cook , Daniel Axtell , sir Hardress Waller , William Heveningham , Isaac Pennington , Henry Martin , Gilbert Millington , Robert Tichborne , Owen Rowe , Robert Lilborne , Henry Smith , Edmond Harvy , Iohn Downs ▪ Vincent Potter , Augustine Garland , George Fleetwood , Simon Meyne , Iames Temple , Peter Temple , Thomas Wayte , which they , or any of them , or any other person or persons , to their or any of their uses , or in trust for them , or any of them , had the Five and twentieth day of March , in the year of our Lord , One thousand six hundred forty and six , or at any time since , shall stand and be forfeited unto Your Majesty , Your Heirs and Successors , and shall be deemed , vested , and adjudged to be in the actual and real possession of Your Majesty , without any Office or Inquisition thereof hereafter to be taken or found : And also , That all and every the Goods , Debts , and other the Chattels personal whatsoever , of them the said Oliver Cromwell , Henry Ireton , Iohn Bradshaw , Thomas Pride , whereof at the time of their respective deaths , they , or any of them , or any other in trust for them or any of them , stood possessed in Law or Equity , and all the Goods , Debts , and other the Chattels personal whatsoever of them the said Iohn Lisle , William Say , Valentine Wauton , Edward Whalley , John Barkstead , Edmond Ludlow , Sir Michael Livesey , John Okey , John Hewson , William Goffe , Cornelius Holland , Thomas Challoner , William Cawly , Miles Corbet , Nicholas Love , John Dixwell , Andrew Broughton , Edward Dendy , Thomas Harrison , Adrian Scroope , John Carew , John Jones , Thomas Scot , Gregory Clement , Hugh Peters , Francis Hacker , Iohn Cook , Daniel Axtell , sir Hardress Waller , William Heveningham , Isaac Pennington , Henry Martin , Gilbert Millington , Robert Tichborne , Owen Rowe , Robert Lilborne , Henry Smith , Edmond Harvy , Iohn Downs , Vincent Potter , Augustine Garland , George Fleetwood , Simon Meyne , Iames Temple , Peter Temple , Thomas Wayte , whereof upon the Eleventh day of February , One thousand six hundred fifty nine , they or any of them , or any other in Trust for them or any of them , stood possessed either in Law or Equity , shall be deemed and adjudged to be forfeited unto , and are hereby vested , and put into the actual and real possession of Your Majesty , without any further Office or Inquisition thereof hereafter to be taken or found . An act for the better ordering the selling of wines by retail -- An act for the levying of the arrears of the twelve moneths assessment commencing the 24th of June 1659, and the six moneths assessment commencing the 25 of December 1659 -- An act for granting unto the Kings Majesty, four hundred and twenty thousand pounds, by an assessment of threescore and ten thousand pounds by the moneth, for six moneths, for disbanding the remainder of the army and paying off the navy -- An act for further supplying and explaining certain defects in an act intituled An act for the speedy provision of money for disbanding and paying off the forces of this kingdom -- An act for the raising of seventy thousand pounds for the further supply of his Majesty -- An act for the attainder of several persons guilty of the horrid murther of his late Sacred Majestie King Charles the First -- An act for confirmation of leases and grants from colledges and hospitals -- An act for confirmation of marriages -- An act for prohibiting the planting, setting, or sowing of tobacco in England and Ireland -- An act for erecting and establishing a post-office -- An act impowering the master of the rolls for the time being, to make leases for years, in order to new build the old houses belonging to the rolls.


