To the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament The humble petition of the master, wardens, assistants, and company of brewers in London, and within foure miles compasse of the same citie. 1621 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2011-04 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A72808 STC 16768.12 ESTC S125106 99898852 99898852 151059

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eng Brewers -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. Brewing industry -- Law and legislation -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. 2020-09-21 Content of 'availability' element changed when EEBO Phase 2 texts came into the public domain 2008-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-08 Sampled and proofread 2009-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
TO THE HONOVRABLE HOVSE OF Commons aſſembled in Parliament. The humble petition of the Master, Wardens, Aſſistants, and Company of Brewers in London, and within foure miles compaſſe of the ſame Citie.

IN all humble maner, Shewing, that whereas of late yeeres his Maieſties Purueyor hath vſed to come and take from your petitioners (being free-men of the Citie of London) Beere and Ale for his Highneſſe vſe, which antiently of free-men within the ſaid Citie hath not been taken. In reſpect whereof, and for that many of your petitioners were and ſtill are verie poore and needie, and could not liue and maintaine their great charge if they had not readie money for their Ale and beere ſo taken, or at leaſt trew payment for the ſame in ſhort time after. The petitioners to preuent their owne impoueriſhment and vndoing, were forced to denie the Purueyor the taking of their Ale and Beere as aforeſaid, whereupon warrants were granted forth to commit ſuch of your petitioners to priſon as refuſed ſo to doe, vntill they ſhould be contented to yeeld to ſuch takings, or elſe to pay foure pence for euerie quarter of Mault your petitioners ſhould brew.

Your petitioners manie of them being in priſon a long time, to their great loſſe and charges, and being deſirous of their libertie that they might imploy themſelues in their profeſſion for the maintenance of them, their wiues, children, and great families, were then compelled to procure their enlargement by yeelding to the payment of the ſaid foure pence for euerie quarter of Mault they ſhould brew, which payments your petitioners haue been euer ſince forced to performe.

Now ſo it is, if it may pleaſe this Honourable Aſſembly, that the ſaid foure pence impoſed on your petitioners, as aforeſaid, being a new taxation, is more grieuous and burthenſome vnto them, then if they payd ten Subſidies a yeere, For that beſides the charge thereof, The vndertaker or farmer of thoſe groats hath formerly vexed and ſued your petitioners in the Court of Requeſt, And the now vndertakers or farmers doe continually threaten to ſue and exhibit Bills and Interrogatories in the Court aforeſaid, to examine your petitioners and their ſeruants vpon their oathes, vnleſſe your petitioners will condiſcend to what compoſition they pleaſe, not contented with any reaſonable gaine, notwithſtanding they are brethren of one Company, to the great terrour, grieuance, and further impoueriſhing of your petitioners, and the generall hurt and inconuenience of the ſaid Citie, and thoſe within foure miles compaſſe thereof.

Neither doth this new taxation vpon euerie quarter of Mault impoſed on your petitioners free them or any kind of way eaſe them from Subſidies, Taxes, Fifteenes, or any ſuch like payments, nor gaines your petitioners any benefit extraordinarie more then any other Subiects haue who pay no ſuch thing.

The premiſſes conſidered, May it pleaſe this High Court of Parliament for relieuing of ſo great a number from this heauie burthen of foure pence vpon euerie quarter of Mault, and for preuenting of the like inconuenience that may enſue, to grant them your fauour herein, And ſo they leaue it to your Graue conſiderations.

And they and their poſteritie ſhall be ouer bound to pray for your Honours long health and proſperitie.