Mercurii, 14o Februarii

Sackvyle.

L.1. - SACKVYLE Col.

Privilege.

Sir Wm. Cope moveth for Stay of a Trial between Mr. Humfrey Aylworth, and him; whereof Aylworthe's Attorney gave Warning this Day: And Ordered, A Letter shall issue, under Mr. Speaker s Hand, for Stay thereof.

Wool Trade.

L. 1. An Act for free Liberty for buying and selling of Woolls.

Mr. Guy: - That not half the Cloth made now, which heretofore. Decay of Clothiers, and of the poor Workmen, great. -

Moveth Two Things: 1. That the Company of Merchant-adventurers take not of Cloths, as heretofore; and yet restrain others. - To renew the Bill of free Trade.

Sir Ro. Crane: - Much Decay of Clothing: Sixty and odd Thousand, within Two Years. A Third Part decayed; as appeareth by the Alnage; not now to be let for the third Part, which heretofore. Bankrupts, a principal Cause hereof. - To have a Bill framed against them. -

To have a Bill for free Trade; that, if the Merchants will not buy their Cloths, themselves may vent them.

Sir Tho. Wentworth: - The Merchant-adventurers not the Hinderers (which ancient) but Impositions upon Cloth; particularly, pretermitted Custom: For the Cause of the great former Vent of our Cloths, not the Goodness, but the Cheapness, which, by those Impositions, so dear, as not veritable.

Sir Edw. Gyles concordat, for Devonshyre Kerseys; which Trade spoiled, especially by this pretermitted Custom. This driveth Traders to be Usurers ; which maketh, not only Merchants, but Farmers, Bankrupts, and run away.

Sir Edw. Coke: - Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. - To examine the Cause. Non intellecti non est curatio morbi. - The Cause, of the greatest Weight this Parliament. Divide into Ten Parts all exportable Commodities of this Kingdom, Wooll Nine Parts. If any : One stop, all stay. -

43o Ed. III. - The Common Law ever furthered the Price of home Commodities. -

That Popham told him ; every Abatement of 12 d. a Todd, Loss to England 100,000l. -

Wool-grower therefore to be cherished. - The Clothier, that setteth many Poor on Work. -

So for the Merchant; that the true Bailiff of the Kingdom. He ventureth his Life ; and cannot subsist by the Air, without Gain. -

That the Monopoly doeth no Good; but the chief Stand, the Project of dyeing and dressing of Cloth: For the Germaynes perceiving this, and that they could not stretch the Cloths dyed ; they thereupon drape now so much, with our Wool, Spanish Wool, and their own, that they care not for ours. This the chief Cause. -

Moveth, a Committee of selected Persons.

Mr. Alford: - That the Project, being here examined in Parliament, of dyeing and dressing, therefore rejected. - Not to have a special Committee, but general; because concerneth all; both King and every One of the Kingdom; rich and poor.

Sir Wm. Cope, accordant. - That Two Occasions of the now Fall of Wools: 1. The Laws, restraining the buying of Wools; which then of good Use : For Merchants of the Staple then bought, and carried over, all; now, not Buyers to buy the 40th Part of the Wool of England. -

First therefore to set the Law for this right.

2. That the Merchant-adventurers, being a Company assembled, and being to pay 60,000 l. by Consent abate 6 s. 8d. in a Cloth. - To enlarge the Merchant-adventurers so, as, if they will not buy, any other may buy, and transport.

Sir Geor. Moore: - This, of Cloth, the greatest Grievance of the Kingdom : The pretermitted Custom the first Cause of it. -

5o Ed. VI. a Freedom for buying Woolls; yet Power to the King, by a Proclamation to alter that Law. - They complain, they cannot buy freely; nor can vent, when Cloth made. -

Patents of Privilege oft granted in respect of the Time; but, if granted upon false Suggestion, void : Or, if the Execution not according to the Grant; 3ly, if it be prejudicial to the Commonwealth, or if the Commonwealth shall receive more Good, if the Patent of Privilege were not. - To have therefore all these examined; because his Majesty oft, by Misinformation, misguided.

Sir J. Perrott: - To have the Bill for buying Woolls, read again, and committed; and that Committee to consider of all these Things.

Mr. Towerson: - To have it committed to the whole House.

Sir Tho. Lowe, accordant.

Mr. Neale: - To have some selected Persons nominated to peruse the Custom Books; whereby it will appear, the pretermitted Custom the greatest Cause. 2000l, per Annum lost by the pretermitted Custom; proportionably throughout England,

Sir Nath. Rich. -

Sir Wm. Strowde: - To have a present Committee; and Mr. Speaker to sit down.

Mr. Cage, contra; because the Business not ripe; which may be made ripe against a Committee.

Sir Tho. Hobby: - To have the Bill for buying of Wooll, read again, and committed: Whereupon so ordered.

Mr. Bateman, against transporting Wool; which under the Word, disposed. -

L. 2. An Act for the free Buying and Selling of Wools: - Committed to the Committee of the whole House: - On Friday next, in the Afternoon, at Two of the Clock, in this House; and the Clothiers to have Notice of this Time, and to be required to attend ; and so the Merchant-adventurers, Customers, and Staplers.

Hospitals, &c.

Mr. Crew moveth a second Reading of the Act for Encouragement of Works of Charity, &c.

L. 2. An Act for Encouragement of Works of Charity, in erecting Hospitals, and Abiding and Working-places, for the Poor. -

Conference.

Sir Edw. Coke returneth Answer from the Lords: They will confer presently, with 40: - Our Number, 80.

They to deliver the particular Heads to the Lords, and confer about them; and the Lords to have a Copy of the Heads delivered, if they desire it. -

Hospitals, &c.

Sir Edw. Mountague, for the furthering this Bill speaketh first against the Title. - Not the Word "definitive," but, " perpetual". -

Committed to Sir Edw. Mountague, Sir Rich. Lovelace, Mr. Crew, Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, Mr. Brooke, Mr. Hackwyll, Mr. Amnerst, Attorney of the Wards, Attorney of the Duchy, Mr. Tho. Fanshaw, Sir Rich. Worseley: - To consider of it presently, in the Committee Chamber.

Abuses in Fleete Prison.

Sir Jo. Strangewayes moveth, for the Distress of the Prisoners of the Fleete, by Exactions of Fees - Heretofore let for 100l. per Annum, now at 1,100l. per Annum; and said, by the Warden, to be worth 4,000l. per Annum. - Moveth the Prisoners, now thrust into inconvenient small Rooms, may be restored to their former Lodgings; and their Friends, and Counsel, to be admitted to come.

Mr. Mallett: - That the Warden of the Fleete exacteth, for every Dish of Meat brought into the Fleete, 2d.

Mr. Alford: - To have a Committee named, to examine these Things; and then to have some further Course of Proceeding in it.

Sir H. Poole: - To have a Committee.

Mr. Glanvyle - That the Warden of the Fleete faulty, as much in giving Liberty by Habeas Corpus, &c. and -

Mr. Drewry, Sir Jo. Strangwayes, Mr. Mallett, Sir H. Poole, Sir Wm. Strowde, Mr. Hopton, Mr. Chidleighe, Sir Tho. Holland, Sir Ro. Floyde, Sir Jo. Brooke, Sir Francis Fane, Mr. Alford, Mr. Glanvyle, Sir Edw. Gyles, Sir Clement Edmonds, Mr. Nevyll, Sir H. Spyller. -

This Committee to consider what the true Fees anciently of the Warden of the Fleete, and what now encroached; and of all the Abuses of the Warden of the Fleete, either in over-much Restraint, or over-much Liberty to his Prisoners, or otherwise : And those which are in Execution, to have their Counsel admitted to them, to inform the Committee; and those which are not in Execution, to have Liberty to come in Person with their Keeper, and inform the Committee: And the Warden himself to be warned, by the Serjeant, to attend the Committee; and the Serjeant to give the Warden of the Fleete Notice of it: - On Monday next, at Two of the Clock in the Afternoon, in the Middle Temple Hall. .

Writs of Error.

L. 1. An Act concerning Limitation for Formedons in the discender, and Writs of Error.

Limitation of Actions.

The Committee for Limitation of Actions, now discontinued, to be upon Tuesday next, in the Afternoon, at Two of the Clock, in the Exchequer Chamber.

Drunkenness.

L. 1. - Drunkenness.

Conference reported.

Sir Edw. Coke reporteth the Conference with the Lords. - Never more honourable, favourable, or speedy. - They much commend this House's Care of Religion : They punctually considered of, and approved, every Article : They will acquaint his Majesty with it, and send us Answer To-morrow Morning.

Sir Jo. Bennett delivereth in a Copy of the Heads, and requireth another Copy of the Letter from the Lords of the Council. - From Sir Tho. Edmonds to he had.

Hospitals, &c.

Mr. Hackwill reporteth the Bill for the Reviving and Continuing of the Act for Works of Charity with the Amendments; which twice read; and ordered to be ingrossed.