The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01Hakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
9. Item we ordayne and appoynt, and wee will that this ordinance and
statute shall firmely bee obserued for euer for vs and our heires, that the
aforesayd marchants shal not loose the aforesayd liberties nor any of them,
for any libertie whatsoeuer, which wee or our heires hereafter shall grant.
And for the obtayning of the aforesayd liberties and free customes, and for
remission of our arresting of their goods the aforesayd marchants all and
euery of them for themsetues and all other of their parties with one
accorde and one consent hane granted vnto vs, that of euery tunne of wine,
which they shall bring or cause to be brought into our realme and dominion,
for which they shall bee bound to pay freight vnto the mariners, besides
the olde customes which are due and were woont to bee payd vnto vs, they
will pay vnto vs and to our heires in the name of a custome two shillings
in money, either out of hande, or else within fortie dayes after the sayd
wines shall bee brought on land out of the shippes. Item for euery sacke of
wooll, which the sayd marchants or others in their name shall buy and carie
out of the realme, or cause to bee brought and caried out, they will pay
forty pence aboue the old custome of halfe a marke, which was payed
heretofore: And for a last of hides to bee caryed out of our realme and
dominion halfe a marke aboue that which heretofore was payed by the olde
custome. And likewise for three hundreth Felles with the wooll on them to
bee transported out of our realme and dominion fortie pence, aboue that
certaine rate which before was payed by the olde custome: Also two
shillings vpon euery scarlate and euery cloth died in graine. Item
eighteene pence for euery cloth wherein any kind of graine is mingled. Item
twelue pence vpon euery cloth dyed without graine. Item twelue pence vpon
euerie quintall of copper.
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