dress: Wherein his Majesty doth declare that as it is not his intent that matters of ordinary nature or consequence should be drawn thither, but left to the proper courts of justice, which have cognizance thereof: So his Majesty doth not restrain their complaints to any particular sort of grievances, but is well pleased that his subjects may freely resort thither for any notable oppression, exaction, bribery, or other grievance, where the quality of the offence, or eminence of the person, or office of the offender may require an extraordinary proceeding. Nevertheless his Majesty doth admonish that under color thereof, no man presume to present there any causeless clamors which if they shall do, they must expect to be punished with the same severity which their complaints aimed and endeavored unjustly to draw on others. Q ORDER IN COUNCIL Directing the preparation of a proclamation revoking certain patents and commissions (C. R. March 31, 1639.) According to his Majesty's especial direction, their Lordships, having this day considered of divers grants, licenses, and commissions which have been procured upon untrue suggestions, or which upon experience do prove very burdensome and grievous to the king's subjects; and of other intended grants which have not as yet passed the great seal, have thought fit and ordered that his Majesty's attorney-general shall draw a proclamation for their Lordships to sign for revocation of the commissions, licenses, letters patents, and intended grants following, or for the prohibition of the execution of them as the case shall require, upon which declaration his Majesty's attorney-general is to proceed legally to revoke them. That is to say 1. A grant for weighing hay and straw in London and Westminster and three miles compass 2. A patent of registration of the commission for bankrupts in divers counties 3. The patent for gauging of red herrings 4. The commission for cottages and inmates 5. The commission for scrivenors and brokers 6. The commission for compounding with offenders for transportation of butter 7. The commission for compounding with offenders touching tobacco 8. The commission for compounding with offenders touching logwood to be brought in 9. The grant for marking of iron 10. The commission to compound for selling of under-sheriffs' places 11. The commission for compounding for destruction of woods in iron-works 12. The patent for sealing of bone lace 13. The grant for marking and gauging butter-casks 14. The commission for concealments and encroachments within 20 miles of London 15. An inhibition to be published that no Englishmen do henceforward take upon them the degree of baronets in Scotland or Nova Scotia 16. A license to transport sheepskins and lambskins 17. The commission to take men bound not to dress venison, partridge, and pheasants in divers alehouses, ordinaries, and taverns 18. Petty corporations to be recalled, such as are not past the great seal, the rest to be prohibited to be executed, and declared that they shall be proceeded against by quo warranto, - Combmakers, Hatband-makers, Gutstring-makers, Butchers, Tobacco-pipe-makers, Horners, Spectacle-makers 19. Corporation of Brick-makers, and all indentures touching the same, to be recalled 20. The licenses to transport English butter to be recalled 21. All grants of fines, penalties, and forfeitures by letters patents, privy seals, or otherwise before judgment, to be recalled 22. The commission for wine-casks to be recalled 23. The commission for cards and dice respited until Michaelmas next 24. The commission for kelp and seaweed, recalled 25. Patent or intended grant for sealing of linen cloth, recalled 26. The patent for gathering of rags, recalled 27. Office of factor for Scottish merchants, recalled 28. All patents for new inventions not put into practice within 3 years after the date of the grant, recalled 29. The proclamation and commission for brewing to be recalled 30. An office and grant for sealing of buttons to be recalled 31. An office and grant for the sole transportation of lamperns to be recalled, and all proclamations, warrants, and letters of assistance for putting the said grants, licenses, and commissions in execution, to be recalled. R PROCLAMATION OF CHARLES I REVOKING CERTAIN PATENTS AND COMMISSIONS (Soc. Ant. Proc. Coll. April 9, 1639.) Whereas divers grants, licenses, privileges, and commissions have been procured from his Majesty, some under his great seal of England and some under his privy seal, signet, or sign manual, upon pretences that the same would tend to the common good and profit of his subjects, which since upon experience hath been found prejudicial and inconvenient to his people, contrary to his Majesty's gracious intention in granting the same; And whereas also upon like suggestions, there hath been obtained from his Majesty, the lords, and others of his Privy Council divers warrants and letters of assistance for the execution of those grants, licenses, privileges, and commissions according to his Majesty's good intention and meaning therein. Forasmuch as his most excellent Majesty (whose royal ear and providence is ever intent on the public good of his people) doth now discern that the particular grants, licenses, and commissions hereafter expressed, have been found in consequence far from those grounds and reasons wherefore they were founded, and in their execution have been notoriously abused, he is now pleased of his mere grace and favor to all his loving subjects (with the advice of his Privy Council) by his regal power to publish and declare the several commissions and licenses hereafter following, whether the same have passed his great seal, privy seal, signet, and sign manual, or any of them, to be from hence utterly void, revoked, and hereby determined That is to say: A commission for cottages and inmates A commission touching scrivenors and brokers A commission for compounding with offenders touching tobacco A commission for compounding with offenders touching butter A commission for compounding with offenders touching log wood A commission for compounding with sheriffs for selling undersheriffs' places A commission for compounding with offenders for destruction of woods for iron-works A commission for concealments and encroachments within 20 miles of London A license to transport sheep- and lambskins A commission to take men bound to dress no venison, pheasants, or partridges in inns, alehouses, ordinaries, and taverns A commission touching licensing of wine-casks A commission for licensing of brewers A license for sole transporting of lamperns and all proclamations, warrants, or letters of assistance for putting in execution of the said commissions or licenses be from henceforth declared void, determined, and hereby revoked to all intents and purposes. And his Majesty in like favor and ease to his subjects is further pleased to declare his royal will and pleasure to be, that the particular grants hereafter mentioned (upon feigned suggestions, obtained from him, to public damage) whereby the same have passed his Majesty's great seal, privy seal, signet, or sign manual or any of them, shall not hereafter be put in execution viz: A grant for weighing of hay and straw in London and Westminster and 3 miles compass An office of register to the commission for bankrupts in divers counties of the realm An office or grant for gauging of red herrings An office or grant for the marking of iron made within the realm A grant for making and gauging of butter-casks A grant for sealing of linen cloth A grant for gathering of rags An office or grant of factor for Scottish merchants An office or grant for searching and sealing of foreign hops |