A. D. 1635. , 389 



* be provided, prepared, and difgrofled by fuch perfons only as we fhall 



* aflign, and by none others ; and which fliall be by them Ibid and de- 

 ' hvered to all perfons who fliall ule the flime, according to Rich ftand- 



* ards, and at fuch rates and prices as we fliall limit, and at fuch places 

 ' in London as our commiflioners fhall affign. And none fliall make 

 ' the faid wares but fuch as fliall be by them authorized : and a flamp 



* to be put on all the faid manufadures *.' \^Fcedera, V. x\\, p. 71 8.] 



The king, in a proclamation, complained that the great number of 

 hackney coaches lately kept in London and Weflminfler and their fub- 

 urbs, and the general and promifcuous ufe of coaches there, were not 

 only a great difturbance to his majefly, his dearefl conlbrt the queen, 

 the nobility, and others of place and degree, in their pafllige through the 

 flre^ts, but the flreets themfelves were fo peflered, and the pavements 

 fo broken up, that the common pafTage was thereby hindered and made 

 dangerous, and the prices of hay and provender, &c. thereby made ex- 

 ceeding dear : wherefor he commanded that no hackney or hired 

 coaches fhould be ufed in London, Wellminfler, or the fuburbs there- 

 of, except they be to travel at leafl three miles out of the fame ; and alfo 

 that no perfon fhould go in a coach in the flreets, except the owner of 

 the coach fliall conflantly keep up four able horfes for our fervice when 

 required. [^Fcedcra, V. xix, />. 721.] 



Hiftorians tell us (for which we acknowlege we have no other more 

 authentic authority) that King Charles I, in the 15th year of his reign, 

 siranted a licence to the French to cure and dry their fiQi on the ifland 

 of Newfoundland in confideration of an annual tribute of 5 per cent : 

 yet even this conceflion was better than that ftipulated by the treaty 

 of Utrecht, which allowed that ill-judged privilege to France, with- 

 out any confideration at all. 



The king ordained twopence to be advanced on every fliiUing paid 

 to the reelers, &c. of woollen yarn. He alfo appointed an officer to 

 fearch, furvey, and feal, the reel-ftafFin every county, and to regifter the 

 names of the owners of each reel in a book ; which reels fhould be all of 

 one uniform fize, whereby the goodnefs or bajnefs of yarn would be 

 eafily known. [F^dera, V. xi\, p. 730.] 



Tn the fame year he ifTued a commiflion for the repair of Dover pier, 

 lately damaged by the fea ; for which end he laid an additional duty of 

 twelvepence on every packet of goods fhipped thence by merchant- 

 flrangers, to continue for three years. [Fadera, V. xix, p. 730.] That 

 pier is directed to be farther repaired by cap. v. of the nth and 12th 

 of King William, and by the 7th flatue of the 2d and 3d of Queea 

 Anne. " ■ 



* Thus almoft every proclamation, order, or inclinable to increafc, rather than to be obliged to 



grant, relating to manufactures, new inventions, call a parliament for that end, fince they would 



5;c. had a principal regard to the augmentation of ftill probably perfift, as before, to have national 



tjie king's revenue, which at any rate he fcemed grievances go hand in hand wiiii fup^lic. 



