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

LONDON Printed for S. Mearne, 1682.

[...]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, [Page 3]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 [Page 4]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 [Page 5]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 [Page 6]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 [Page 7]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 [Page 8]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 [Page 9]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 [Page 10]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 [Page 11]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.

[...]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 [Page 3]& 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 [Page 4]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 [Page 5]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 [Page 6]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 [Page 7]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 [Page 8]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' [Page 9]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' [Page 10]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' [Page 11]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.