AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



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goods and marchandises which are bought in our realme 

 and dominion aforesayd above the customes beforetime 

 payd unto us or any of our progenitors. And touching 

 the value and estimation of these goods and marchan- 

 dises, whereof three pence of every pound of silver, as 

 is aforesayd, is to be payd, credite shalbe given unto 

 them upon the letters which they are able to shewe 

 from their masters or parteners. And if they have no 

 letters in this behalfe, we will stand to the othe of the 

 foresayd marchants if they bee present, or in their 

 absence to the othes of their servants. 



Moreover, it shall be lawfull for such as be of the 

 company of the aforesayd marchants within our realme 

 and dominion aforesayd, to sell woolles to other of their 

 company, and likewise to buy of them without paying 

 of custome. Yet so, that the said wools come not to 

 such hands, that wee be defrauded of the custome due 

 unto us. And furthermore it is to be understood, that 

 after that the aforesaid marchants have once payed in 

 one place within our realme and dominion, the custome 

 above granted unto us in forme aforesayd for their 

 marchandises, & have their warrant therof, whether 

 these marchandises remayne within our kingdome or be 

 caried out (excepting wines, which in no wise shalbe carried 

 forth of our realme and dominion aforesayd, without 

 our favour & licence as is aforesayd) we wil and we grant 

 for us and our heires, that no execution, attachment, or 

 loane, or any other burthen be layd upon the persons 

 of the aforesayd marchants, upon their marchandises or 

 goods in any case, contrary to the forme before men- 

 tioned and granted. The faithfiill & principall witnesses 

 of these presents are these, Robert Archbishop of Canter- 

 bury, Primate of all England, Walter bishop of Coven- 

 trey and Lichfield, Henry Lacie of Lincolne, Humfrey 

 de Bohume, Earle of Herford and Essex, high Constable 

 of England, Adomare of Valentia, Geofrey of Gaymal, 

 Hugh Spenser, Walter Beauchampe Seneschall of our 

 house, Robert of Bures, and others. Given by our 



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