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'January 1651: An Act touching the Importation of Bullion.', in Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660. Edited by C H Firth, R S Rait( London, 1911), British History Online, accessed November 23, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/acts-ordinances-interregnum/p495.
"January 1651: An Act touching the Importation of Bullion.". Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660. Ed. C H Firth, R S Rait(London, 1911), , British History Online. Web. 23 November 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/acts-ordinances-interregnum/p495.
January, 1651
[9 January, 1650/1.]
Bullion or forein Coyn shall have protection.
The Parliament willing by all fit means and ways to advance Trade, do for the better encouragement of Merchants, Strangers or others, Enact and Declare, and it is hereby Enacted and Declared, That all Bullion or Forein Coyn that shall be brought into the Ports of Dover or London, or into any other Port or Ports of this Land, shall have the like free and safe Passage and Protection both by Sea and Land, as in any time or times heretofore: And that no seizure or detention from this State shall upon any Pretence whatsoever, be laid upon the same or any part thereof, in whose hand soever the same shall be Consigned or Intrusted, either Stranger or Native.
Liberty to transport two thirds.
And be it further Enacted, Declared and Granted, That the said Merchants, Strangers or others, shall have free liberty, and are hereby Licensed, making due Entry thereof inward and outward in the Custom-house of any of the said Ports to transport two third parts of such Bullion or Forein Coyn as shall be so imported, they paying Custom One per Cent. and carrying the other Third part to the Tower of London, there to be Coyned in the Mint.
Convoys to be allowed, if desired.
And be it further Enacted, That the said Merchants, Strangers or others, shall be allowed Convoy as heretofore, if desired, for the safe Guarding and Transporting the said Two third parts of any such Bullion or Plate to any part of Flanders or Holland, or to ship it away at their pleasure with Shipping and Convoy of their own.