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THE SUR-REJOINDER OF Mr. Attorney General TO THE REJOINDER Made on the behalf of the CHARTER Of the CITY of LONDON.

LONDON Printed for S. Mearne, 1682.

〈1 page missing〉 City aforeſaid, as to the making and publiſhing of the Law for the levying of monies of the perſons coming to the publick Markets held within the ſaid City with Victuals and Proviſions there to be ſold, and the exacting and levying of ſuch monies above ſuppoſed to be made by them the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens above, by rejoining, pleaded for our ſaid Lord the King that now is, ſays, that for any thing by them therein alledged the Liberties, Priviledges, and Franchiſes, to be of themſelves one Body Corporate and Politick in Matter, Fact, and Name, by the name of the Mayor and Commonalty, and Citizens of the City of London, and by the ſame name to plead and be impleaded, to anſwer and to be anſwered by them above as aforeſaid claimed, ought not to be allowed to the ſaid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens, becauſe that by proteſting that they the ſaid Mayor and Commonalty & Citizens of the City of London, the aforeſaid ſeventeenth day of September in the ſix and twentieth year aboveſaid in the aforeſaid Replication mentioned, as alſo continually afterwards and from the time whereof the memory of man is not to the contrary, were not ſeized, or as yet are ſeized of, and in the publick Markets aforeſaid in their Demeſne as of Fee, nor by the whole time aforeſaid at their own charges, have provided, or have been accuſtomed, or ought to provide Market-places, or places where ſuch Markets were to be held, as often as need ſhould be, and Stalls, Standings, and other conveniences for perſons coming to the ſaid Markets with Victuals and Proviſions there to be ſold, for the better and more convenient expoſing of the ſame to ſale, as the ſaid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens above by rejoining have alledged, and proteſting alſo that the aforeſaid Rates by the Act or Ordinance aforeſaid, ſo as aboveſaid, ordered to be paid at the aforeſaid time of the making of that Order, and from thence hitherto were not reaſonable, nor as yet are reaſonable, as they the ſaid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens have likewiſe above alledged. Notwithſtanding for Plea, the ſaid Attorney General of our ſaid Lord the now King, ſays, that by a certain Act in Parliament of our ſaid Lord the now King, held at Weſtminſter, by ſeveral Prorogations the Fourteenth day of February, in the Two and twentieth Year of the Reign of our ſaid Lord the now King (amongſt other things) it was enacted, to the end that fit and commodious places within the ſaid City and Liberties thereof, might be ſet out and appointed for the rebuilding and keeping Markets with greater conveniency than before they had been; ſo that the principal Streets might not be peſtered and obſtructed thereby as before they had been accuſtomed, and that the Royal Exchange, Guild-hall, the Seſſions Houſe in the Old-baily and the common Goals and Priſons within the ſaid City might be enlarged and made more commodious for the publick uſe and ornament of the City, and be better ſecured from the danger and caſualty of Fire; and that ſome convenient diſtance, interval, and circuit of ground might be left between the Royal Exchange, and other Houſes to be built within the ſaid City. That the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the ſaid City, in Common-Council aſſembled, ſhould and might imploy, and by the aforeſaid Act they were authorized to imploy ſuch places and portions of Ground within the ſaid City and Liberties thereof, as by and with the approbation of our ſaid Lord the King, then were, or before the tenth day of March 1669. ſhould be ſet out and adjudged neceſary and convenient, as well for the publick Market-places there, as alſo for the ornament, enlargement, and conveniency of the ſaid Royal Exchange, and other places before mentioned, and every, or any of them reſpectively; And to the intent that a reaſonable ſatisfaction might be given to the Proprietors, and others, having any Eſtate or Intereſt in the grounds and places which had been, or ſhould be ſet out, taken, and uſed for publick Market-places; the aforeſaid Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, by themſelves, or others in that behalf to be appointed and authorized, were to treat, and agree with the Owners, and others intereſſed in the ſame: and in caſe of a wilful refuſal, or of any ſuch diſability or impediment, as in a certain other Act of Parliament, in the ſaid Act ſpecified for the rebuilding of the City of London (lately before made) were mentioned, or of any other incapacity whatſoever in the Owners thereof, or others intereſſed in the ſame, to treat and agree. The ſaid Mayor and Court of Aldermen ſhould, and were by the foreſaid Act authorized and required to cauſe Juries to be impannelled in ſuch manner and form as by the aforeſaid Act it was directed and appointed, ſo as no two Jurors ſo to be impannelled, ſhould come out of one and the ſame Ward to adjudge and aſſeſs what recompence and ſatisfaction in every of the Caſes aforeſaid ought to be awarded and given to the reſpective Owners, and others intereſfed in the Grounds and Places ſo ſet out, to be taken and imployed for any the uſes or purpoſes as aforeſaid, in purſuance of the ſaid Act, according to ſuch their reſpective Eſtates and Intereſts. And it was further Enacted, that for all ſorts of Coals which from and after the firſt day of May, One thouſand ſix hundred and ſeventy, and before the Nine and twentieth day of September, which ſhould be in the Year of our Lord, One thouſand ſix hundred eighty ſeven, ſhould be imported and brought into the ſaid Port of the City of London, or the River of Thames within the Liberties of the ſaid City, upon the ſame River, there ſhould be paid by way of Impoſition thereupon, according to the Rates hereafter mentioned (that is to ſay) for all ſuch Coals as ſhould be there imported and brought in from and after the ſaid firſt day of May, One thouſand ſix hundred and ſeventy, and before the Four and twentieth day of June, One thouſand ſix hundred ſeventy ſeven, there ſhould be paid for every Chaldron or Tun thereof, two ſhillings over and above the Impoſition of twelve pence the Chaldron or Tun, by the ſaid Act for the Rebuilding the City of London appointed to be paid. And for all ſuch Coals which ſhould be there imported, and brought in, from and after the ſaid Four and twentieth day of June, One thouſand ſix hundred ſeventy ſeven, and before the ſaid Nine and twentieth day of September, One thouſand ſix hundred and eighty ſeven, there ſhould be paid for every Chaldron or Tun thereof three ſhillings, and the ſame ſhould by virtue of the ſaid Act be collected, levyed, and paid in ſuch ſort and manner, in all and every reſpect, as in and by the ſaid former Act was limitted and appointed for the collecting and levying the duty of twelve pence the Chaldron or Tun of Coals impoſed by the ſaid former Act, and all and every the Powers, Authorities, Directions, and Proviſions, in or by the ſaid former Act mentioned or provided for the levying and collecting thereof; all which monies ſo to be received upon account of the ſaid reſpective Impoſitions, or either of them, ſhould from time to time be paid into the Receipt of the Chamber of the City of London, and from thence ſhould be iſſued out & paid according to the directions and appointment of the aforeſaid Act of the Two and twentieth year aboveſaid, and not otherwiſe; and the ſaid Chamber of the City of London ſhould ſtand and be charged with all the reſidue of the ſaid monies there paid in, which ſhould not be iſſued out and paid accordingly. And it was further enacted, that all and every ſum and ſumms of money which ſhould be raiſed upon the receipt of the ſeveral and reſpective Impoſitions aforeſaid or by ſuch additional duty in caſe of concealment thereof, as by the aforeſaid former Act was appointed, ſhould be imployed and diſpoſed in manner and form following, (that is to ſay) one fourth part of all the monies which from and after the ſaid firſt day of May, One thouſand ſix hundred ſeventy, and before the ſaid four and twentieth day of June, One thouſand ſix hundred ſeventy ſeven, ſhould be raiſed and payable upon the receipt of the aforeſaid Impoſition of two ſhillings for every Chaldron or Tun of Coals, or in caſe of concealment thereof as aforeſaid, ſhould be imployed and diſpoſed of, for and towards the ſatisfaction for the Grounds ſet out and imployed for enlarging of the Streets, making of Wharfs and Keys, publick Market Places, and other publick Uſes, as well in that Act as in the Act afore-recited, mentioned, and appointed, and that one moiety of all the monies which from and after the ſaid Four and twentieth day of June, One thouſand ſix hundred ſeventy ſeven, ſhould be raiſed or payable upon the aforeſaid Impoſition of three ſhillings the Chaldron or Tun of Coals from time to time ſhould be imployed and diſpoſed for ſatisfaction for the Ground ſet out and imployed as aforeſaid, and for ſuch other publick uſes and purpoſes as in that Act and in the Act before recited, were mentioned and appointed, as by the ſame Act of the Two and twentieth year aboveſaid, amongſt other things more at large is manifeſt', and doth appear. And the ſaid Attorney General of our ſaid Lord the now King, Who, &c. for our ſaid Lord the now King, further ſays that by virtue of that Act, they the ſaid Major and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London aforeſaid, before the making and publiſhing of the aforeſaid Law, (to wit) the firſt day of September, in the ſix and twentieth year of the reign of our ſaid Lord the now King aforeſaid, at London aforeſaid, in the Pariſh and Ward aforeſaid, had and receivid for Duty and Tax aforeſaid, of two ſhillings every Chaldron or Tun of Coals brought into the City of London, or the Port thereof, a great ſum of money to the purpoſes aforeſaid. And further the ſaid Attorney General of our ſaid Lord the now King, Who, &c. for our ſaid Lord the now King, ſays that the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, without any right, title, or authority whatſoever, (the aforeſaid premiſes notwithſtanding) the aforeſaid Thurſday (to wit) the ſaid ſeventeenth day of September in the ſix and twentieth year of the reign of our ſaid Lord the now King aforeſaid, and in their Common Council then held in the Chamber of the Guild-hall of the City of London aforeſaid, (to wit) in the Pariſh of St. Michael Baſſiſhaw London, being aſſembled together, made, eſtabliſhed, and publiſhed the aforeſaid Law by themſelves in fact enacted for the levying the aforeſaid ſeveral ſumms of money of all the Subjects and Liege People of our Lord the now King, as well Free men as not Free men of the City of London, and of other Foreigners coming to the ſaid publick Markets held within the ſaid City, with their Victuals and Proviſions there to be ſold, and have raiſed and levied, and have made to be raiſed and levied the ſaid ſeveral ſums of money, under the ſole colour and pretence of the Law aforeſaid, ſo illegally made by themſelves for their private gain and profit, and without any other right, title, or authority whatſoever, by the aforeſaid ſpace of ſeven years (after the ſaid ſeventeenth day of September in the ſix and twentieth year a foreſaid) next following and upwards, at London aforeſaid, in the Pariſh aforeſaid, of all the Liege People and Subjects of our ſaid Lord the King, coming to the ſaid publick Markets (by the whole time aforeſaid) held within the ſaid City, with Victuals and Proviſions, there to be ſold, and converted and diſpoſed of theſe monies to their own uſes, in ſubverſion of the good Rule and Government of the aforeſaid City, and to the great oppreſſion and impoveriſhing of all the Liege People of our ſaid Lord the now King, reſorting and coming to the ſaid Markets with their Victuals and Proviſions, to the great damage and hurt of all the Liege People and Subjects of our ſaid Lord the King, to the increaſing of the Prices of all Victuals and Proviſions ſold in the aforeſaid Markets, and to the manifeſt diſheriting of our ſaid Lord the now King, and his Royal Crown, and againſt the Truſt in them repoſed (as in a Body Corporate and Politick) by our ſaid Lord the King, and the Laws of this Kingdom of England, as the ſaid Attorney General of our ſaid Lord the now King, for our ſaid Lord the now King above, by replying, hath alledged. Without that that the ſaid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, from the time whereof the memory of man is not to the contrary, have had, or have been accuſtomed to have Tolls, Rates, or Sums of money by them the ſaid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City aforeſaid above ſuppoſed to be aſſeſſed by the aforeſaid Law or Ordinance, and reduced to a certainty, as by the Plea of them the ſaid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London aforeſaid above, by rejoyning is ſuppoſed; and this the ſaid Attorney General of our ſaid Lord the now King is ready to aver; Whereupon for that the ſaid Major and Commonalty and Citizens for the cauſe aforeſaid, have forfeited the Liberties, Priviledges, and Franchiſes, to be of themſelves a Body Corporate and Politick; the ſaid Attorney General as formerly for our ſaid Lord the King, prayeth Judgment, and that the ſaid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London aforeſaid, may be convicted of the premiſes aforeſaid, and be forejudged and excluded from their Liberties, Priviledges, and Franchiſes. &c.

And as to the Plea of the aforeſaid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City aforeſaid above by rejoining, pleaded as to the reſidue of the ſaid Plea of the ſaid Attorney General in aſſigning the Forfeitures as aforeſaid above, by replying pleaded, the ſaid Attorney General of our ſaid Lord the now King, proteſting that the ſaid Prorogation of the ſaid Parliament by our ſaid Lord the King, was for divers neceſſary and urgent cauſes concerning the good and profit of our ſaid Lord the King and his Kingdom, and according to the true and undoubted Prerogative and power of our ſaid Lord the now King, and by the ſame Prorogation the proſecution of publick Juſtice of the Kingdom, and the making neceſſary proviſions for the preſervation of our ſaid Lord the King and his Proteſtant Subjects had not received interruption, as by the aforeſaid Petition by the Votes and Suffrages of the ſaid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the ſaid City in their ſaid Com. Council aſſembled ſo as aforeſaid ordained, falſly and maliciouſly is alledged, notwithſtanding for Plea the ſaid Attorney General for our ſaid Lord the now King, ſays that the Plea of the ſaid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London aforeſaid above, by rejoining in that behalf pleaded, and the matter therein contained, is not ſufficient in Law for them the Mayor and Com and Citizens of the City aforeſaid, to claim the Liberties, Priviledges and Franchiſes aforeſaid, to be of themſelves a Body Corporate & Politick, in Matter, Fact, and Name, by the name of the Mayor & Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London aforeſaid, and by the ſame name to plead and be impleaded to anſwer and be anſwered, to be to them allowed or adjudged, or maintained: And that he the ſaid Attorney General (to that! Plea in manner and form aforeſaid pleaded) is not neceſſitated, nor by the Law of the Land bound in any wiſe to anſwer for our ſaid Lord the now King; and this the ſaid Attorney General of our ſaid now Lord the King is ready to aver. Whereupon for want of a ſufficient Plea of them the ſaid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City aforeſaid in this behalf, the ſaid Attor. General of our ſaid Lord the now King for our ſaid Lord the now King, as formerly, prays Judgment, and that the ſaid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London aforeſaid, may be convicted of the premiſes, and be forejudged and excluded from their Liberties, Priviledges, and Franchiſes.

〈1 page missing〉 ctionem & publicationem legis pro levatione denariorum de perſonis ad publica Mercata infra Civitat' praedict' tent' cum victualibus & proviſionibus ibidem vendend'acceden' ac exactionem & levationem hujuſmodi denar' ſuperius fieri ſuppoſit' per ipſos Majorem & Communit' ac Cives ſuperius rejungendo placitat' pro eodem Domino Rege nunc dicit quod per aliqua per ipſos ſuperius inde allegat' libertat' privileg' & Francheſ. fore de ſeipſis unum corpus corporat' & politicum in re facto & nomine per nomen Majoris & Communitat' ac Civium Civitat' London ac per idem nomen placitare & implacitari reſpondere ae reſponderi per ipſos ſuperius ut prefertur clamat' eiſdem Majori & Communitat' ac Civibus allocari non debent quia proteſtando quod ipſi praedict' Major & Communit' ac Cives Civitat' London praedict' decimo ſeptimo die Septembris, anno viceſimo ſexto ſupradicto in Replicatione praedict' mentionat' necnon continue poſtea & à tempore cujus contrar' memoria hominum non exiſtit minime ſeiſit' fuer' ſeu adhuc ſeiſit' exiſtunt de & in publicis Mercatis praedict' in dominico ſuo ut de feodo, nec per totum idem tempus ſumptibus ſuis propriis providerunt ſeu providere conſuever' & debuerunt fora Mercatoria ſive loca ubi hujuſmodi Mercata tent' fuer' quotieſcunque neceſſe fuit & Stallas, Stationes, & alias accommodationes pro perſonis ad eadem Mercata venien' cum victualibus & proviſionibus ibidem vendend' pro meliori & magis convenien' vendicon' expoſicon' eorundem prout praedict' Major & Communitat' ac Cives ſuperius rejungendo allegaver' proteſtandoque etiam quod Rat' praedict' per actum ſive ordination' praedict' ut praefertur ſolvi ordinat' praedict' tempore confectionis ordinationis illius & extunc hucuſque non fuer' rationabiles, nec adhuc rationabiles exiſtunt, prout iidem Major & Communitas ac Cives ſuperius ſimiliter allegaverunt. Pro placito tamen idem dict' Attorn' dict' Domin' Regis nunc Generalis dicit quod per quendam actum in Parliamento dict' Dom' Regis nunc tent' apud Weſtmonaſter' per ſeperales Prorogationes decimo quarto die Februarii, Anno Regni dict' Dom' Regis nunc viceſimo ſecundo, inter alia inactitat' fuit ad finem quod apti & commodi loci infra dictam Civitat' & Libertat' ejuſdem, extra poſit' & appunctuat' forent pro reedificand' & cuſtodiend' Mercata ampliori convenientia quam antea fuer' ita quod principales ſtratae non forent impedit' Anglice peſtred' & obſtruct' perinde prout antea conſuet' fuit. Et quod Regale Excambium, Guihald', le Seſſions Houſe in le Old-baily & commun' Gaole & Priſone infra praedict' Civitat' forent amplificat' & fact' magis commodi pro publicis uſu & ornament' Civitatis, & melius ſecuritat' à periculo & caſualitate conflagrationis. Et quod alique convenien' diſtantiae, intervall' & circuitus fundi forent relict' inter Regal' Excambium, & alias domos edificand'infra Civitat' praedict' quod Major, Aldermanni, & Commun' Civitat' praedict' in Commun' Concilio aſſemblat' impenderent, Anglice, ſhould and might imploy, & per Actum praedict' Authoritat' fuer' impendere talia loca & portion' Fundi infra Civitat' praedict' & Libertat' ejuſdem prout per & cum dicti Domini Regis nunc approbation' tunc ſuer' vel ante decimum diem Martii, Milleſimo Sexcenteſimo Sexageſimo Nono, forent extrapoſit' & adjudicat' neceſſar' & convenien' tam pro publicis Mercatis ibidem, quam etiam pro ornamento amplificatione & convenien' praedict' Regal' Excambii, & aliorum locorum praementionat' & cujuſlibet vel alicujus eorundem reſpective & ad intention' quod rationabilis ſatisfactio dat' ſoret Proprietar' & alior' habent' aliquem ſtatum ſive intereſſe in fundis & locis quae fuiſſent vel ſorent extrapoſit', capiend', & occupand' pro publicis locis Mercatoriis praedict' Major, Alderman' & Commun' per ipſos vel alios in ea parte fore appunctuat' & authorizat' tractarent & agrearent cum Proprietor' & al'intereſſat' in eiſdem & in caſu voluntarie recuſationis ſive alicujus talis inhabilitatis ſive impediment' qual'in quodam al' Actu Parliamenti in eodem Actu ſpecificat' pro re-edificatione Civitat' London, nuper antea fact' mentionat' fuer' ſeu alius incapacitat' cujuſcunque inde Proprietar' inde vel alias intereſſat' in eiſdem ad tractand' & agreand' praedict' Major & Cur' Alderman' forent & fuer' per Actum praedict' authorizat' & requiſit' cauſare Jur' fore impannellat' in tal' modo & forma prout per Actum praedict' direct' & appunctuat' fuit, ita quod null' duo Jur' praedict' ſic fore impannellat' venirent ex una & eadem Warda adjudicare & aſſidere qual' compenſation' & ſatisfaction' in quibuſlibet caſibus praedict' forent adjudicat' & dat' reſpectivis Proprietor' & aliis intereſſat' in fundis & locis ſic extrapoſit' capiend' & occupand' pro aliquibus uſubus vel propoſitis ut prefertur in proſecutione ejuſdent Actus ſecundum tal'eorum reſpectivos ſtatus & intereſs'. Et ulterius inactitat' fuit quod pro omnimodis Carbonibus quae ab & poſt primum diem Maii, Milleſimo Sexcenteſimo & Septuageſimo, & ante viceſimum nonum diem Septembris, qui foret in Anno Dom' Milleſimo Sexcenteſimo Octogeſimo Septimo, forent importat' & abduct' in praedict' Portum Civitat' London, ſeu Rivum Thameſis, infrae Libertat' Civit' praedict' ſuper eundem Rivum ſolut' foret per viam Impoſitionis, ſuperinde ſecund' ratas poſtea mentionat' (videl') pro omnibus tal' Carbonibus qual ibi importat' & induct' forent ab & poſt primum diem Maii, Milleſimo Sexcenteſimo & Septuageſimo, & ante viceſimum quartum diem Junii, Milleſimo Sexcenteſimo Septuageſimo Septimo, ſolut' foret pro qualibet Celdar' ſeu Tonna inde duos ſolidos ultra Impoſition' duodecim denar' pro Celdar' ſeu Tonna per praedict' Actum pro re-edificatione Civitat' London, appunctuat' ſolvend'. Et pro omnibus tal' Carbonibus quae ibidem importat' & induct' forent ab & poſt praedict' viceſimum quartum diem Junii, Milleſimo Sexcenteſimo Septuageſimo Septimo, & ante praedict' Viceſimum Nonum diem Septembris, Milleſimo Sexcenteſimo Octogeſimo Septimo, ſolut' forent pro qualibet Celdar' ſive Tonna inde tres ſolides, & iidem Vigore Actus praedict' forent collect' levat' & ſolut' in tali forma & modo in omni & quolibet reſpectu, prout in & per praedict' priorem Actum fuit limitat' & appunctuat' pro collectione & levatione debit' duodecim denar' pro Celdar' ſive Tonna Carbonum impoſit' per priorem Actum praedict' & omnes & quaſlibet poteſtat' Authoritat', Directiones, & Proviſion' in vel per praedict' priorem Actum mentionat' vel proviſ. pro levatione & collectione inde. Omneſ que quidem denar' ſic recipiend' ſuper comput' praedict' reſpectivarum Impoſition' ſeu earum alterius de tempore in tempus forent ſolut' in receptu Camerae Civitat' London, & abinde forent emanat' & ſolut' ſecundum directionem & appunctuation' praedict' Actus de Anno Viceſimo Secundo ſupradicto & non aliter. Et praedict' Camera Civitat' London, ſtaret & onerat' fuit cum toto reſid' denar' praedict' ibidem ſolut' qui non ſic emanat' forent & ſolut'. Et ulterius inactitat' fuit quod omnes & quaelibet ſumma & ſummae monet' quae levat' foret ſuper reception' ſeperal' & reſpectivarum Impoſition' praedict' ſive per tal'additional' debit' in caſu concelament' inde prout per praedict' priorem Actum appunctuat' fuit foret' occupat' & diſpoſit' modo & forma ſequen' (videl') una quarta pars omnium denarior' quae ab & poſt praedict' primum diem Maii, Milleſimo Sexcenteſimo & Septuageſimo & ante praedict' Viceſimum Quartum diem Junii, Milleſimo Sexcenteſimo Septuageſimo Septimo forent levat' ſive ſolubil' ſuper reception' praedict' Impoſition' duorum ſolid' pro qualibet Celdar' vel Tonna Carbonum ſen in caſu concelament' inde ut prefertur foret' occupat' & diſpoſit' pro & erga ſatisfaction' pro fundis extrapoſit' & occupat' pro amplificatione, Stratarum confection' Wharfarum & Portuum publicorum Mercatorum locorum & aliorum publicum uſuum tam in Actu ill' quam in Actu praecitat' mentionat' & appunctuat' & quod una medietas omnium denar' qui ab & poſt Viceſimum quartum diem Junii, Milleſimo Sexcenteſimo Septuageſimo Septimo forent levation' ſeu ſolubil', ſuper praed' Impoſit' trium ſolid pro Celdar' vel Tonna Carbonum de tempore in tempus foret, occupat' & diſpoſit' pro ſatisfactione pro fundo extrapoſit', & occupat' ut prefertur, & tal'al' publicis uſibus & propoſit' qual'in actu ill' & in Actu praerecitat' fuer' mentionat' & appunctuat' prout per eundem Actum de anno Viceſimo Secundo ſupradicto inter al' plenius liquet & apparet. Et praedict' Attorn' dict' Dom' Regis nunc general' qui &c. pro eodem Dom' Rege nunc ulterius dicit quod virtute actus illius iidem Major & Communitas ac Cives Civitat' London praedict', ante confectionem & publicationem legis praedict', ſcilicet primo die Septembris, anno Regni dicti Dom' Regis nunc Viceſimo Sexto ſupradicto apud London praedict' in Parochia & Warda praedict' habuer' & receper' pro debito & vecligali praedict' de duobus ſolidis pro qualibet Celdar' ſive Tonna Carbonum in Civitat' London, ſive Portum ejuſdem importat' vigint' denariorum ſummam ad propoſita praedict'. Et ulterius idem Attorn' dict' Dom' Regis nunc General', qui, &c. pro eodem D. Rege nunc dicit quod Major & Communitas ac Cives Civitat' London, abſque aliquo jure, titulo, ſive authoritat' quibuſcunque premiſſis praedict' non obſtantibus praedict' die Jovis ſcilicet praedict' Decimo Septimo die Septembris, anno regni dict' Dom' Regis nunc Viceſimo Sexto ſupra dict' in eorum Commun' Concilio adtunc tent' in Camera Guildhall Civitat' London praedict', videlicet, in Parochia Sancti Michaelis Baſſiſhaw London, inſimul aſſemblat' fecer' condider' & publicaver' praedict' legem per ipſos de facto inactitat' pro levatione ſeperal' denar' ſummarum praedict' de omnibus Subditis ac Ligeis Domin' Regis nunc tam liberis quam non liberis hominibus Civitat' praedict' & aliis extraneis ad publica Mercat' infra Civit' praedict' tent' acceden' cum Viclual' & Proviſiombus ſuis ibidem vendend'ac eaſdem ſeperal' denar' ſummas ſub ſolo colore & praetextu legis praedict' ſic per ipſos pro eorum privato lucro & commodo illegaliter fact' & abſque aliquo alio Jure, Titulo, ſive Authoritat' quibuſeunque per praedict' ſpatium Septem Annorum poſt praedict' Decimum Septimum diem Septembris, Anno Viceſimo Sexto ſupradicto prox' ſequen' & amplius apud London praedict', in Parochia praedict' de omnibus dict' Domin' Regis Ligeis & Subditis ad praedict' publica Mercata per totum tempus praedict' infra Civitat' praedict' tent' cum Victual' & Proviſionibus ibidem vendend'accedentibus exeger' & levaver' & exigi & levari fecer' & denar' ill'ad eorum proprios uſus converterunt & diſpoſuerunt in ſubverſion' boni regiminis & Gubernation' Civitatis praedict' & in magnam oppreſſien' & depauperation' omnium dicti Domini Regis nunc Ligeorum ad Mercata praedict' cum Victualibus & proviſionibus ſuis acceden' & venien' ad grave dampnum & nocumentum omnium Ligeorum & Subditorum dicti Domini Regis in augmentation' preciorum omnium Victual' & Proviſion' in Mercata praedict' vendit' ac in dicti Domin' Regis nunc & Coronae ſuae Regiae exheredationem manifeſtam ac contra fiduc' in ipſis ut Corpore Corporat' & Politic' per Domin' Regem ac Leges hujus Regni Angliae repoſit' prout praedict' Attorn' dict' Dom' Regis nunc Generalis pro eodem Domin' Rege nunc ſuperius replicando allegavit, abſque hoc quod praedict' Major & Communitas ac Cives Civitatis London à tempore cujus contraria memoria hominum non exiſtit habuer' ſeu habere conſuever' toluet', rats, ſive denar' ſummas per ipſos Majorem & Civitat' ac Cives Civitat' praedict' ſuperius ſuppoſit' fore per praeſat' Legem ſive Ordination' praedict' aſſeſs' & in certitudinem reduct' prout placitum ipſorum Majoris & Communitat' ac Civium Civitat' London, praedict' ſuperius rejungendo ſupponitur. Et hoc idem Attorn' General' pro eodem Domin' Rege nunc parat' eſt verificare unde ex quo' iidem Major & Communitas ac Cives Libertat', Privileg', & Francheſ. praedict' fore de ſeipſis Corpus Corporat' & Politicum ex cauſa praedict' for is fecer' idem Attorn' General'ut prius pro eodem Domin' Rege nunc pet' Judicium, & quod praedict' Major & Communitas ac Cives Citat' London praedict', de praemiſſis convincantur ac de Libertat', Privileg', & Francheſ. ill'abjudicentur & excludentur, &c.

Et quoad placitum praefat' Majoris & Communitat' ac Civium Civitat' praedict' ſuperius rejungendo placitat' quoad reſid' praedict' placiti praefat' Attorn' General'in aſſign' forisfactur' ut prefertur ſuperius replicando placitat' idem' Attorn' dict' Dom' Regis nunc General' proteſtando quod praedict' Prorogatio dicti Parliamenti per praefat' Dom' Regem fuit pro diverſis neceſſar' & urgentibus cauſis bonum & utilitatem dicti Domin' Regis & Regni ſui concern', & ſecundum veram & indubitat' Prerogativam & poteſtatem dicti Domin' Regis nunc, Et per eandem. Prorogationem proſecutio publicae Juſtitiae Regni & preparationis, Anglice the making proviſions neceſſar' pro preſervatian' dict' Domin' Regis & ejus Subditorum Proteſtantium non recepiſſent obſtructionem Ang' Interruption, prout per Petitionem praedict' per Vota & Suffragia praefat' Majoris & Communit' ac Civium Civitat' praedict' in dicto Communi Concilio aſſemblat' ſic ut prefertur ordinat' falſe & malitioſe allegatur pro placito tamen idem Attorn' General' pro eodem Dom' Rege nunc dic' quod placitum praefat' Majoris & Communit' ac Civium Civitat' London praedict' ſuperius rejungendo in ea parte placitat' materiaque in eodem content' minime ſufficien' in lege exiſtunt ad ipſos Majorem & Communit' ac Cives Civitat' praedict' ad clamand' Libertat', Privileg' & Francheſ. praedict' fore de ſeipſis Corpus Corporat' & Politicum in re facto & nomine per nomen Majoris & Commun' ac Civium Civ' London praed', ac per idem nomen placit' & implacit. reſp' & reſponderi ſibi allocand' ſeu adjudicand' manuten', Quodque ipſe idem Attorn' Gener' ad placitum ill' modo & forma, praedict' placitat' pro eodem Dom Reg' nunc neceſſe non habet, nec per Legem terrae tenetur aliquo modo reſpondere. Et hoc idem Attorn' dict' Dom' Regis nunc General' pro eodem Domin' Rege nunc parat' eſt verificare. Ʋnde pro defectu ſufficien' placiti ipſorum Majoris & Communitat' ac Civium Civitat' praedict' in hac parte idem Attorn' dicti Domin' Regis nunc General' pro eodem Dom' Rege nunc ut prius pet' Judicium, & quod praedict' Major & Communitas ac Cives Civitat' London praedict' de premiſſis convincantur & de Libertat' Privileg' & Francheſ. ill'abjudicantur & excludantur, &c.

FINIS.