72 REINHOLD PAULI, 



one caried over a bussliell at a marte; and when galy halfpens ^) not weying- 

 4 of theym oon peny, yet were they better then on peny worth of slite 

 merchaundizes as wynes and silkes, ones every yere piste agenste the 

 walles and torne to ragges , better to liave plentie of gold and silver in 

 the realm then plentie of merchauntes and merchandizes. Galy half- 

 pence was a necessary money for all pore peple, though they, whiche 

 brought theini into the realme, hade grete profite by theym. Therfore 

 never banyshe no gold nor silver out of the realme, but all people have 

 knowledg, at what price to receyve it of strangers to the moste value. 

 And he that kepith the chaung at the kinges staple to cary all stränge 

 gold and silver mynted and unmynted at the kinges mynte in the Tower 

 of London. And that no man be sured to hier nor ferme the kinges 

 mynte for no singuler weale to refuse the receyving of stränge gold and 

 silver, which shuld encresse riches for the common weale. 



The kinges grace for diverse consideracions muste take the fredome 

 of London into his handes to make his staple at Ledyn Hall free for 

 all strangers, wher as to this day strangers and clothmakers cannot bye 

 and seil togetheres in London but by the meanes of a freman of Lon- 

 don, by whome all strangers beyeth clothes at the seconde hande, ther- 

 for bringeth all maner of merchandizes to London to barter for clothes 

 and no money, and likewise Londoners barteryth merchaundizes for clothes 

 with the clothers and litle money. In the charter of London is wretyn, 

 how the fredome shall not be takyn away for no fence of any one man 

 but for the offence of the holl citie agenste the common weale of the 

 holl realme, as it is not convenyent to suffer on man to distroy an holl 

 occux)acion or an occupacion to distroy a holl citie nor one citie to di- 

 stroy the common weale of a holl realme. Therfor the king hath nede 



1) Gale^J 1 idlf pennies , nach Ruding, Annais of the Coinage of Great Britain I, 

 250.254. 271, Kleinmünze aus schlechtem Metall, schottischen und ausländischen Ge- 

 präges, die, schon unter Heinrich IV., Heinrich V. und Heinrich VI. verboten, wäh- 

 rend Heinrich's VIII. Regierung noch nicht ausgetrieben war. Nach Stow, Survey of 

 London 137 wurde sie mit den Galeeren (galley) von Genua und Venedig eingeführt, 

 Notes and Queeries 27. April, 1. Juni 1878. 



