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<PB N="1" REF="2" MS="y">
<HEAD>TO His Highne&s;s OLIVER Lord Protector of the Comon-wealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Jreland.</HI> The humble Petition of Sir <HI>Job Harby</HI> Knight.</HEAD>
<OPENER>Humbly Sheweth:</OPENER>
<P>THat Letters Pattents were made upon Sea-coales exported out of <HI>England, Sunderland,</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> bearing date 11.^t^h <HI>Aprill,</HI> 13. yeare of the late King, giving directions for the Collection of Foure &s;hil|lings on each Chaldron that &s;hould bee exported after the date of the &s;aid Letters Pattents, that the &s;aid Impo&s;t by Indenture dated 2. <HI>July,</HI> 1634. Was demi&s;ed unto your Petitioner and others for their owne proper U&s;es, it being without prejudice to the Engli&s;h Nation; which &s;aid Graunt was confirmed to your Petitioner for XXXI. yeares to come upon the Con&s;ideration following, your Petitio|ner for his &s;hare having payed 9000. pounds, and for the fir&s;t 7. Years rent of 100. l. yearly to be payd to the Crown, and 500. l. <HI>per Annum</HI> untill the end of the Graunt, and this likewi&s;e under the broad Seale of <HI>England</HI> for the u&s;es a|fore&s;aid, which &s;aid Rent was payd into the Exchequer, &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">ong as enjoyed by your Petitioner, the Graunt was never found grievous but confirmed by the late Parliament in the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">ooke of Rates; howbeit your Petitioner hath been depri|ved
<PB N="2" REF="3"> hereof ever &s;ince the yeare 1642. when the Earle of <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> held that Towne, nor could hee ever &s;ince be re|&s;tored to his ju&s;t Right, Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;lerigge</HI> having got|ten the &s;ame into his po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion; upon which &s;aid Impo&s;i|tions there hath been received neare 20. Thou&s;and pounds, by what Power or Right is unknowne to your Petitioner.</P>
<P>The Premi&s;&s;es con&s;idered, your Petitioner humbly prayeth that a Committee bee appointed to call tho&s;e per&s;ons to an Accompt for the Twenty thou&s;and pounds received by them, and in particuler Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;lerigge</HI> for tho&s;e great &s;ummes of Money he hath taken out of the &s;aid Collection, and that hee and they may &s;hew by what Order they received the &s;ame, your Petitioner being al|wayes well affected to the Parliament, and as a te&s;timony thereof advanced voluntarily on the Propo&s;itions and City Scale, the &s;um of Three thou&s;and pounds.</P>
<P>And your Petitioner further prayeth, that by the goodne&s;s and ju&s;tice of your Highne&s;s, hee may according to Law and E|quity re-enjoy the benefit of the aforementioned Graunt pur|cha&s;ed by him as afore&s;aid, unto the full end and expiration of his Lea&s;e, paying the Rent re&s;erved to the State.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>And hee &s;hall ever pray.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="1" TYPE="reference">
<HEAD>The first Reference.</HEAD>
<P>HIs Highne&s;s doth direct that the Committee for In|&s;pection doe take into con&s;ideration this Petition and examine the Allegations thereof, and report how they find the matter of fact, with their opinion to his Highne&s;s and the Councell, 23 <HI>Febr.</HI> 1653.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>JOHN THVRLOE</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="order">
<PB N="3" REF="3">
<HEAD>By the Commi&s;sioners by Ordinance from his <HI>Highne&s;s the Lord Protector and his Committee, for In|&s;pecting the Trea&s;uries,</HI> <DATE>April, 28. 1654.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>IN pur&s;uance of a Reference from his Highne&s;s the Lord Protector dated 23. <HI>Febr.</HI> 1653. upon the Petition of Sir <HI>Iob Harby.</HI> Knight.</P>
<P>Wee doe humbly certifie, that we doe find by Letters Pattents 11. <HI>Aprill,</HI> in the 10.th yeare of the raigne of the late King, there was an Impo&s;it. on of 4. s. the Chaldron on Sea-Coales exported, which &s;aid Impo&s;ition was confirmed by act of Parliament in the book of Rates, and by the &s;aid Letters Pattents <HI>Iob Harby</HI> E&s;quire, was made Col|lector of the &s;aid Impo&s;ition, and by Letters Pattents dated <HI>Iuly</HI> 2. in the 10. yeare of the raigne of the late King, the &s;aid Impo&s;ition of 4. s. the Chaldron on Sea-coales exported, was granted <HI>Henry Lucas, John White,</HI> and <HI>Iob Harby</HI> E&s;quire, for the u&s;es of the Earl of <HI>Holland,</HI> Earl of <HI>Dor&s;et</HI> &amp; Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> Knight, upon con&s;ideration of &s;ervices done by the &s;aid Earls, and of payment of 8612. l. 15. s. 3. d. as by privy Seal dated the la&s;t of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> in the 10. year of the raigne of the late K. doth appear, and according to the &s;aid Letters Pattents the rent re&s;etved therein was payd into the Exchequer by Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> and others till 23. <HI>Octob.</HI> in the 20. yeare of the raigne of the late King, as by Affida|vit of <HI>William Day</HI> of <HI>London</HI> Marchant doth appeare, we doe further find that the &s;aid Sir <HI>Job Harby,</HI> hath not received any part of the pro|fits ari&s;ing on the &s;aid Impo&s;ition from 29. <HI>Iuly,</HI> 1642. to this pre&s;ent time, there being in the yeare 1642. received by Order from the Earle of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> and after the delivery of the &s;aid Towne to the <HI>Scots</HI> to this time, received by Mr. <HI>Daw&s;on</HI> of <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> who hath payd the &s;ame to the <HI>Scots,</HI> and Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;lerigge,</HI> as by Certificate under the hand of <HI>Thomas Palmer</HI> dated <HI>Aprill</HI> 10.th 1654. doth appeare. We doe humbly offer as our opinion, that it is ju&s;t that the &s;aid Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> &s;hould be &s;atisfied for his &s;aid part of 4. s. the Chaldron recei|ved on Coales exported &s;ince the yeare 1642. and the &s;aid Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> to be admitted to collect the &s;aid 4. s. the Chaldron for the fu|ture, and to receive the third part thereof for his owne u&s;e durinn the terme of yeares granted by by the &s;aid Letters Pattents yet unexpired.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Geo: Bennet. Wil: Roberts. Edw. Cre&s;&s;et. Wil: Coffe.</HI> Exam. <HI>Tho. Smiths by</HI> Secret.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE>Dated <DATE>28. <HI>April,</HI> 1654.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="2" TYPE="reference">
<PB N="4" REF="4">
<HEAD>A Second Reference.</HEAD>
<P>HIs Highne&s;s having con&s;idered this Report, referres it back to the &s;aid Committees to examine by what Or|der and direction Mr. <HI>Daw&s;on</HI> of <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> received and paid the duty of 4. s. upon the Chaldron of Coales to the <HI>Scots</HI> and Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;lerigge,</HI> and that they likewi&s;e con&s;ider what Orders, Ordinances, or Acts of Parliament, have been made by the Parliament or Committee of the Revenue concerning the &s;aid Duty, and upon Certificate thereof to his Highne&s;s, hee will be plea&s;ed to give &s;uch further di|rection thereupon as &s;hall be ju&s;t.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>JOHN THVRLOE</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="documents">
<HEAD>Mr. SCOBELS Certificate,</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="certificate">
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Martis</HI> 9. Febr. 1646.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That the Impo&s;ition of 4. s. a Chaldron upon Sea-Coales, be continued till the Five and twentieth day of <HI>March</HI> next.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="certificate">
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Martis</HI> 11. Septemb. 1649.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>RE&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion of the Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That the Impo&s;ition of 4. s. upon the Chaldron of Coales formerly taken at <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> be taken off and &s;hall not henceforth be payed.</P>
<PB N="5" REF="4">
<P>Upon Search made in the Iournall bookes, I find no Ordinance nor Order other then this, touching any Impo|&s;ition on Coales.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>HEN. SCOBEL</HI> Clerk of the Parliament.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="order">
<HEAD>By the Commi&s;sioners by Ordinance from his Highne&s;s the Lord Protector and his Councell, for In&s;pecting the Trea&s;uries, <DATE><HI>Septemb.</HI> 21. 1654.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>IN pur&s;uance of a Reference from his Highne&s;s the Lord Protector, dated 3. of <HI>August,</HI> 1654.</P>
<P><HI>Ordered.</HI></P>
<P>THat Mr. <HI>George Daw&s;on</HI> Collector of the Cu&s;tomes and Impo&s;i|tions on Coales at <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> doe Certifie unto Us, by 3. <HI>October</HI> next en&s;uing; What Monies he hath received &s;ince the time of his be|ing fir&s;t Collector upon that Accompt, as al&s;o how the 11. Shillings foure pence now payd on each Chaldron doth ari&s;e, whether upon a joynt or &s;everall Accompt, or whether the 4. s. on the Chaldron for|merly received by <HI>Thomas Palmer</HI> in the yeare, 1642. or before, bee not included in the &s;aid&mdash; 11. Shillings 4. d. and al&s;o whether any other 4. s. the Chaldron above the &s;aid 11. Shillings and 4. pence have been &s;ince the yeare, 1642. or before, received by him&s;elfe or any o|ther in the Port of <HI>Newca&s;tle;</HI> If &s;o received, upon what Accompt and &s;ince he hath not been &s;o long Collector, what he cannot Certifie upon his owne knowledge, hee is de&s;ired to doc by the be&s;t Informati|on he can obtaine from others.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>George Bennet. William Roberts. Edward Cre&s;&s;et.</HI> Exam. <HI>Thomas Smithsby,</HI> Secretary.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="certificate">
<PB N="6" REF="5">
<HEAD>Mr. <HI>Daw&s;ons</HI> Certificate.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">In Obedience to an Order of the Honourable Commi&s;sioners for In&s;pecting the Trea&s;uries, dated <DATE><HI>21. September, 1654.</HI></DATE></HEAD>
<P>THe&s;e are to Certifie, that I cannot in &s;o &s;hort a time as before the 3. of <HI>October</HI> next, give an Accompt what Monies have been re|ceived by me for Cu&s;tome of Coales, &s;ince the time of my being fir&s;t Collector, but if longer time be granted me, I &s;hall ob&s;erve Orders &s;o much as in me lyes: J doe not ob&s;erve by the pre&s;ent booke of Rates which is the Rule whereby J doe collect the 11. Shillings and 4. pence the Chaldron on Sea-coales exported, that it hath any other name then Sub&s;idy, and &s;o by the name of Sub&s;idy or Cu&s;tome I have from the 2. day of <HI>December,</HI> 1644. and doe &s;till continue receiving the &s;ame under that name of Cu&s;tome, and not as Impo&s;ition, I can|not of mine owne knowledge Certifie more then the booke of Rates holds forth, how the &s;aid &mdash; 11. s. 4. d. doth ari&s;e, but by credible per|&s;ons in <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> I am informed that before the pre&s;ent booke of Rates came forth, there was Collected in <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> for Coales expor|ted an Impo&s;ition of &mdash; 6. s. 8. d. the Chaldron by the Deputy of Sir <HI>John Trevor,</HI> &amp;c. and an Impo&s;ition of 4. s. the Chaldron by the De|puty of Sir <HI>Job Harby,</HI> and at that time al&s;o the Farmers of the Cu|&s;tomes their Deputy did Collect &mdash; 8. d. the Chaldron as cu&s;tome; There hath been &s;ince <HI>Nevember,</HI> 1644. divers Impo&s;ts laid upon Coales Shipt out of the Port of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> but they were layd on fir&s;t by the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> and <HI>Scots</HI> Commi&s;&s;ioners that came in with the <HI>Scots</HI> Army, and confirmed by the then Parliament, and taken off by them at the <HI>Scots</HI> Armies returne for <HI>Scotland</HI> al&s;o there was an Impo&s;t for 4. s. <HI>per</HI> Chaldron layd on by Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;lerigge</HI> and the Com|mittee for the Militia in the&s;e parts in the yeare 1648. for the mainte|nance of the Garri&s;on of <HI>Tinmouth</HI> and <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> in time when &s;upply came not from the Committee for the Army, which was al&s;o
<PB N="7" REF="5"> approved on by the Parliament, and taken off by them in <HI>September,</HI> 1649. Of all which there hath been Accompts rendred, and di&s;charges accordingly given, I doe not know nor have heard of any other 4. s. <HI>per</HI> Chaldron that hath been Collected <HI>Newca&s;tle.</HI> eyther before or &s;ince the yeare 1642. then what is above expre&s;&s;ed. Dated Cu&s;tome-hou&s;e <HI>Newca&s;tle, September</HI> 30. 1654.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>George Daw&s;on,</HI> Collector.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="report">
<HEAD>Second Report.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">By the Commi&s;sioners by Ordinance from his Highne&s;s the Lord Protector and his Councell, for In&s;pecting the Trea&s;uries, <DATE><HI>Octob. 3. 1654.</HI></DATE></HEAD>
<P>IN pur&s;uance of a Referrence from his Highne&s;s the Lord Protector dated <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> 3. 1654. upon the Petition of Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> Knight.</P>
<P>We doe humbly Certifie, that we doe find by Letters Pattents dated <HI>April</HI> 11.th in the tenth yeare of the late King, there was an Impo&s;i|tion of 4. s. the Chaldron of Sea-coales exported, which &s;aid Impo&s;i|tion was confirmed by Act of Parliament in the booke of Rates, and by the &s;aid Letter Pattents <HI>Iob Harby</HI> E&s;quire, was made Collector of the &s;aid Impo&s;ition, And by Letters Pattents, dated <HI>Iuly</HI> 2. in the tenth yeare of the late King, the &s;aid Impo&s;ition of 4. s. the Chaldron on Sea-Coales exported, was granted to <HI>Henry Lucas, Iohn White,</HI> and <HI>Iob Harby</HI> E&s;quire, for the U&s;es of the Earle of <HI>Holland,</HI> Earle of <HI>Dor&s;et</HI> and Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> Knight upon con&s;ideration of Services done by the &s;aid Earles, and of payment of Eight thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and twelve pounds fifteene &s;hillings and three-pence by Sir <HI>Job Harby,</HI> as by privie Seale dated la&s;t of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> the 10. yeare of the late King doth appeare, and according to the &s;aid Letters Pattents the rent re&s;er|ved therein was payd into the Exchequer by Sir <HI>Job Harby</HI> and others,
<PB N="8" REF="6"> till the 23. of <HI>October,</HI> in the 20. yeare of the late King, as by Affida|vit of <HI>William Day</HI> of <HI>London</HI> Marchant doth appeare, we doe further find that the &s;aid Sir <HI>Job Harby</HI> hath not received any part of the pro|fits ari&s;ing on the &s;aid Impo&s;ition from the 29. <HI>Iuly,</HI> 1642. they being received by Order from the Earle of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> and after the delivery of the Towne of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> payd to the <HI>Scots,</HI> and ever &s;ince that time Mr. <HI>George Daw&s;on</HI> hath received according to the booke of Races e|&s;tabli&s;hed by Parliament the &s;umme of 11. Shil. 4. pence upon each Chaldron, in which the Impo&s;ition of 4. s. the Chaldron for Coales ex|ported belonging to Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> is included the 11. s. 4. d. ari&s;ing as followeth, 8. d. Cu&s;tomes, received by the Farmers of the Cu&s;tomes 6. s. 8. d. by the Deputy of Sir <HI>John Trevor,</HI> and 4. s. by the Deputy of Sir <HI>Job Harby;</HI> all which appeares by a Certificate under the hand of <HI>George Daw&s;on</HI> Collector of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> dated 30.th <HI>September,</HI> 1654. We do further find there was an Impo&s;ition of 4. s. the Chaldron layd on by Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;lerigge</HI> and the Committee of the Militia for the North, for the maintenance of the Garri&s;ons of <HI>Tinmouth</HI> and <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> by Certificate under the hand of Mr. <HI>George Daw&s;on</HI> da|ted as afore&s;aid doth appeare, which &s;aid Impo&s;ition was con&s;tituted by order of Parliament dated 9.th <HI>February,</HI> 1646. but by an Order of Parliament dated <HI>September</HI> 11.th, 1649. repealed, as doth appeare by a Certificate under the hand of Mr. <HI>Scobell.</HI> Wee further find an Order made by the Committee of the Revenue, dated 10.th <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> 1649. Requiring Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> to give an Accompt to Auditor <HI>Col|lins,</HI> what Monies hath been received by him thereupon, which is all that was tran&s;acted by the &s;aid Committee; relating to the &s;aid Im|po&s;ition, as by Certificate under the hand of Mr. <HI>Cou&s;ins</HI> doth appeare. Upon Examination of the whole matter, wee humbly offer as our Opinions, that it is ju&s;t; That the &s;aid Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> &s;hould be &s;atisfi|ed for his Third part of &mdash;4. s. the Chaldron received on Sea-coales, exported &s;ince the yeare, 1642. and the &s;aid Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> to bee ad|mitted to Collect the &s;aid &mdash;4. s. on the Chaldron for the future and to receive the Third part thereof for his owne u&s;e, during the terme of yeares granted by the &s;aid Letters Patterns yet unexpired.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>George Bennet. William Roberts. Edw. Cre&s;&s;et.</HI> Exam. <HI>Tho: Smithsby,</HI> Secretary.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="reference">
<PB N="9" REF="6">
<HEAD>The last Reference.</HEAD>
<P>HIs Highne&s;s upon Con&s;ideration of this Report, de&s;ires the Advice of his Councell thereupon, and to that end referres it to their Con&s;ideration.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>JOHN THVRLOE.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="order">
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Thur&s;day 10.^t^h <HI>February,</HI> 1656.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered that the humble Petition of Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> Knight, being directed to his Highne&s;s and by his Highne&s;s referred to the Councell, bee committed to the Lord <HI>Fleetwood,</HI> the Lord <HI>Lambert,</HI> the Earle of <HI>Mulgrave,</HI> and the Lord <HI>Strickland,</HI> or any two of them, by them to be con&s;idered of, and the matter of fact with their Opinion to be reported to the Councell.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>William Je&s;&s;op, Cler. Councell.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="disposition">
<P>The Lord <HI>Lambert</HI> being ab&s;ent Mr. <HI>Rou&s;e</HI> was named in his place, who together with the Lord <HI>Strickland</HI> did read the &s;aid Reports and approved them 13. <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> 1657</P>
<P>An Act of Parliament made 29. <HI>Ianuary,</HI> 1648. con|firmes all Letters Pattents.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="statement">
<PB N="10" REF="7">
<HEAD>Right Honourable.</HEAD>
<P>YOu may plea&s;e to remember that a Petition of mine was by your Honours hands preferred to his Highne&s;s, humbly craving the con|firmation of my Lea&s;e 4. s. the Chaldron for Coles exported, which Petition was referred to the Committee for In&s;pection the 23. <HI>Februa|ry,</HI> 1653. who did examine all particulers therein contained, and did Report to be ju&s;t, That J &s;hould be re&s;tored to my Collection, and al&s;o be admitted to receive a Third part, of the &s;aid duty for my owne u&s;e untill the expiration of the Letters Pattents, as al&s;o that J &s;hould be &s;atisfied for my Arreares, &s;ince 1642. Which Report was by your Honour offered to his Highne&s;s, whereupon his Highne&s;s for a further di&s;covery of the truth of the Allegations, did the &s;econd time Referre the &s;ame unto the &s;aid Committee with further Directions to examine what had been agitated in Parliament, and at the Committee of <GAP DESC="blank"> al&s;o by whom the Money had been received &s;ince 1642. By vettue of which &s;econd Referrence dated <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> 1654. the &s;aid Committee did &s;eriou&s;ly examine all the particulers, and after &s;uch Examinations did 2. <HI>October</HI> make two Reports <HI>in hac verba,</HI> upon Examination; of the whole matter, wee mo&s;t humbly offer as our O|pinion, that it is ju&s;t that the &s;aid Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> &s;hould be &s;atisfied for his third. part of &mdash; 4. s. the Chaldron received on Coales exported &s;ince 1642. and the &s;aid Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> to be admitted to Collect the &s;aid&mdash;4. s. on the Chaldron for the future, and to receive the Third part therof to his owne u&s;e; during the tearme of yeares granted by the &s;aid Letters Pattents yet unexpo&s;ed.</P>
<P>This Report his Highne&s;s referred to the Councell, which together with my Petition to their Lord&s;hips produced an Order 10.th <HI>Febr.</HI> 1656. whereby that whole matter was Referred unto Foure or any Two of their Lord&s;hips by them to be con&s;idered, and the fact with their opinion to be reported to the Councell, In pur&s;uance of w^c^h Or|der the Report from the Committee for In&s;pection was received and
<PB N="11" REF="7"> con&s;idered at the Councell 12. <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> la&s;t, and was by their Lord&s;hips approved in every particuler.</P>
<P>Hereby it doth appeare, that I have as ju&s;t a Tytle to the premi&s;&s;es as any man hath unto his Land of Inheritance, wherewith if his High|ne&s;s were fully acquainted, I am confident that &s;uch is his inclination to Piety and Iu&s;tice that hee would not deny it unto an Aged man a|gain&s;t whom there was never any complaint, nor hath ever been in Armes, nor oppo&s;ition to the Parliament, but a large and con&s;tant Contributor to the &s;ervice of the State upon all occa&s;ions, hee having contributed above 3000. l. of which hee never received back one penny, and hath in obedience to his Highne&s;s command lately &s;atisfi|ed 1400. pound to the Executors of Captain <HI>Thomas We&s;tro,</HI> where|as hee might have been cleared for Six and thirty pounds, had nor his Highne&s;s interpo&s;ed.</P>
<P>The &s;tate of my Ca&s;e in this particuler, being thus &s;tated, I doe humbly and earne&s;tly crave, That I may be admitted to my Collection on according to the Report &s;o &s;trongly confirmed, and that I may Have a Warrant to the Collectors &s;o to pay me, or bee accomptable unto me for &s;o much of the&mdash;4. Shillings the Chaldron as hath been Collected by them &s;ince 3. <HI>October,</HI> 1654. and for the Arreares due to me from 1642. till 1654. I doe humbly &s;ubmit to take them out of the future Collection of the &s;aid duty of&mdash;4. Shillings the Chaldron, and &s;hall pay the Rent re&s;erved according to the Letters Patterns, which Act of Iu&s;tice mixed with Compa&s;&s;ion will ever bee thankfully acknowledged by&mdash;</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Octob.</HI> 23. 1657.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SALUTE>Right Hon:^b^l^e,</SALUTE> <SIGNED>Your mo&s;t humble Servant, <HI>J. H.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<PB N="12" REF="8">
<HEAD>To his Highne&s;s OLIVER Lo. Protector of the Common-wealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland.</HI> And to the Right Hon:^b^l^e, the Lords of his Highne&s;s Councell.</HEAD>
<HEAD>The humble Petition of Sir <HI>IOB HARBY</HI> Knight.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Mo&s;t humbly Sheweth,</HI></P>
<P>THat the Petitioner by your Highne&s;s ju&s;t favour, hath obtained two well grounded Reports from the Committee for In&s;pection, certifying the ju&s;t tytle hee hath unto one third part: of a Lea&s;e for&mdash; 4. &s;hil. upon the Chaldron of Sea-Coles exported; which &s;aid Reports have likewi&s;e by your Highne&s;s direction been peru&s;ed before the Councell, and by &s;ome of their Lord&s;hips have been confirmed in two particulers, <HI>viz.</HI> Fir&s;t, That it is ju&s;t, the Petitioner &s;hould have his Arreares &s;ince 1642. and 2.ly, That hee &s;hould enjoy the benefit of his Lea&s;e untill the expiration of his Graunt, as may appeare by the Papers in the hands of Mr. <HI>Je&s;&s;op.</HI></P>
<P>It may further plea&s;e your Highne&s;s; The Petitioners Lea&s;e is un|der the, Great Seale of <HI>England,</HI> and was more then XX. yeares pa&s;t granted unto him, upon a very valuable Con&s;ideration being neare 9000. l. in Money with a Rent re&s;erved of&mdash;500. l. <HI>per annum</HI> untill the end of the Lea&s;e; whereby (he humbly conceiveth) he hath as ju&s;t a tytle thereunto as any man hath to his Land of inheritance; the want whereof, together with other his unparalleld &s;ufferings hath reduced him and his Family into a peri&s;hing Condition, and this, not|with&s;tanding he did con&s;tantly abide with the Parliament and upon all occa&s;ions hath been a large Contributor to the Service of the Common-wealth.</P>
<P>The Premi&s;&s;es con&s;idered, the Petitioner doth mo&s;t humbly pray, That hee may not (without any ju&s;t cau&s;e) bee deprived of his Propriety, but that he may enjoy the benefits of his &s;aid Lea&s;e according to the Contents of the above&s;aid Reports;</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>And hee &s;hall Ever pray, &amp;c.</HI> JOB HARBY.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<PB N="13" REF="8">
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Thur&s;day 13.^t^h <HI>May,</HI> 1658.</DATE> At the Councell at <HI>White-hall.</HI></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>VPon reading a Report from the Committee to whom the Petition of Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> was Referred, Ordered, that the &s;ame together with the papers annexed, be refer|red to the Lords Commi&s;&s;ioners of his Highne&s;s Trea&s;ury to con&s;ider thereof, and &s;tate the whole ca&s;e as now it &s;tands, a&s;well in Referrence to the Petitioners claime, as to the Impo&s;ition of 4. s. a Chaldron for Coales, and report the &s;ame to the Councell.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>HEN. SCOBEL <HI>Clerk of the Councell.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="statement">
<HEAD>To the right <HI>Hon:^b^l^e,</HI> the Lords Commi&s;sio|ners of the Trea&s;ury.</HEAD>
<P>ACcording to your Lord&s;hip Order of the 21.th of <HI>May</HI> 1658. Upon the Petition of Sir <HI>Job Harby</HI> Knight, praying an allow|ance of a Demize and Graunt by Letters Pattents of the late king of 4. Shilling the Chaldron for Coales exported, under the Rent in the &s;aid Demize re&s;erved, and that a Committee may be appointed to call tho&s;e per&s;on to an Accompt for&mdash;20000. l. by them received; and in particuler Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;lerigge,</HI> for the great &s;ummers he hath received out of the &s;aid Collection. The &s;aid Petition with certaine Papers, annexed being referred to your Lord&s;hips by Order of his Highne&s;s, to &s;tate the whole Ca&s;e as it &s;tands, a&s;well in Reference to the Petitioners claime, as to the Impo&s;ition of&mdash;4. s. the Chaldron for Coales, and report the &s;ame to the Councell, with all convenient &s;peed. Upon information to us given, wee find that by Letters Pat|tents dated the 11.th <HI>April,</HI> 10.th <HI>Caroli</HI> the &s;aid late King, did charge and command the Cu&s;tomers and Receivers, and all Officers and Mini&s;ters attending the receipt of Cu&s;tomes, that they &s;hould cau&s;e to be Levied and payd to the u&s;e of Him, his Heyrs and Succe&s;|&s;ors, the &s;umme of&mdash;4. s. for every Chaldron of Sea-Cole, Pit, and Stone-Coale <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> mea&s;ure, that &s;hould be carried out of <HI>Eng|land,</HI>
<PB N="14" REF="9"> and <HI>Wales,</HI> or the Town of <HI>Barwick</HI> or Shipped into any parts out of the &s;aid Realm in the name of Cu&s;tome over and above all the Cu|&s;toms, &amp; Impo&s;ts on Coles and other Port duties before that time u&s;ed to be Collected and payd for &s;uch Coles; And that &s;ecurity &s;hould be given, therefore according to the u&s;uall manner in ca&s;es of Cu&s;tomes.</P>
<P>That by Indenture under the Great Scale of <HI>England,</HI> dated 2. <HI>Iuly</HI> in the 10.th yeare of the &s;aid King, betweene the &s;aid King of the one part and <HI>Henry Lucas, Iohn White,</HI> and the Petitioner <HI>Iob Harby</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> of the other part, reciting the &s;aid Letters Pattents, and that hee was re|&s;olved &s;o Continue the &s;aid Impo&s;ition upon Coales to him his Heirs, and Succe&s;&s;ors for ever, in Con&s;ideration of &s;everall yearly Rents re|&s;erved in the &s;aid Indenture, and divers other cau&s;es the &s;aid King ther|unto moving; did Demize, Graunt, and to Farme let unto the &s;aid <HI>Henry Lucas, John White</HI> and <HI>Iob Harby,</HI> their Excutors and A&s;&s;ignes all and every the &s;aid new Cu&s;tomes of &mdash; 4. s. due and payable or by the &s;aid Letters Pattents appointed to be payed or an&s;wered unto the &s;aid King, his Heires and Succe&s;&s;ors, for or in re&s;pect of the &s;aid Coales for the tearme and &s;pace of 31. Yeares from the date of the &s;aid reci|ted Letters Pattents, to Collect and receive the &s;ame by them&s;elves or by their Deputies, or every of their Deputies, or Sub&s;titutes from the Receiver or Collector thereof, paying for the fir&s;t 7. Yeares the &s;umme of 100 l. <HI>per annum,</HI> at <HI>Michaelmas</HI> and our <HI>Lady</HI> day, or within 40. dayes after, by equall portions into the receipt of the Exchequer. And during the re&s;idue of the 31. years, the &s;umme of 500. l. yearly as afore&s;aid, with the &s;everall Covenants on the behalfe of his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs, and Succe&s;&s;ors, for the quite enjoying thereof, under the &s;aid Rent in ca&s;e of Interruption, as by the &s;aid &s;everall Letters Pattents, and Indentures under the Great Seale of <HI>England,</HI> produced unto Us did appeare; And by an Act of the late Parliament 1648. intituled for the Alteration of &s;everall Names and Formes heretofore in Courts, Writs, Grants, Letters Pattents, &amp;c. Among&s;t other things it is enacted as followeth; <HI>Provided that all Writs, &amp;c. and all other Commi&s;&s;ions Pattents and Graunts, made and pa&s;&s;ed under the Great Scale of</HI> Eng|land, <HI>&s;hall &s;tand good and effectuall in Law, notwith&s;tanding the death of the King, any thing in the &s;aid act or any Article therein Contai|ned, or any Law, Statute, or Cu&s;tom to the Country thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</HI> And in the Printed booke of Rates and Ordi|nances of Parliaments touching the &s;ame in the yeare 1647. Intituled
<PB N="15" REF="9"> <HI>An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament for the e&s;tabli&s;hing of Sub&s;edy of Tonnage and Poundage, together with the books of Rates,</HI> from the 26.th of <HI>March,</HI> 1648. untill the 26.th <HI>March,</HI> 1651. 'Tis mentioned as foll &amp;c.&mdash;</P>
<P>Coales Vocat. Sea-coales <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> mea&s;ure,&mdash; 11. 6. 8. d.</P>
<P>Coales Vocat. Sea-coales the Chaldron <HI>London</HI> mea&s;ure, 11. 13. 4. d.</P>
<P>Sea-coales of <HI>Wales</HI> or the We&s;t Country, which &s;hall be tran&s;ported into <HI>Ireland,</HI> the I&s;le of <HI>Man,</HI> or <HI>Scotland,</HI> to pay the Chaldron Water mea&s;ure, &mdash; 00 1. s. 00.</P>
<P>And the Petitioner produced to Us Letters under the Privie Seale of the late King dated the la&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> in the &s;aid 10.th yeare of his Raigne, reciting the &s;aid Letters Pattents of a Lea&s;e of the &s;aid Im|po&s;ition upon Coales, and mentioning a claime of &mdash; 3036. l. 7. s. 6. d. as due from the &s;aid King unto the &s;aid Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> for Goods of that value upon the late breach between the &s;aid King and the <HI>French,</HI> &s;eized to the <HI>French</HI> Kings u&s;e; And of &s;everall &s;ummes due from the &s;aid King for fraight of Ships, <HI>viz</HI> 840. l. 2. s. and 736. 5. 9. both which &s;ummes a mount unto 1576. l. 7. s. 9. d. And that the &s;aid Sir <HI>Iob Harby,</HI> and <HI>Clement Harby,</HI> in Con&s;ideration of the &s;aid De|mize and Graunt made as afore&s;aid, for the &s;aid new Cu&s;tomes. And as for the &s;aid Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> his Third part thereof, had by their Deed to 10. <HI>Iuly</HI> then next before, relea&s;ed unto the &s;aid King &s;everall Debts; And for a further Con&s;ideration for the &s;aid demize of the &s;aid new Cu&s;tomes, as to him the &s;aid Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> had payed unto the Earle of <HI>Portland</HI> the Lord Trea&s;urer, for the Kings u&s;e the &s;um of 4000. l. It is thereby declared, that the &s;aid King did accept of the &s;aid relea&s;e in di&s;charge of the &s;aid Debts, and did accept thereof, and of the &s;aid 4000. l. in full &s;atisfaction for the &s;aid Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> his 3. part of the &s;aid new Cu&s;tomes &s;o by his Maje&s;ty demized; That according to the &s;aid Demize the rent re&s;erved therein was payd into the Exchequer by the &s;aid Sir <HI>Job Harby</HI> and others the Lea&s;ees, untill the 28. of <HI>Octob.</HI> in the 20. yeare of the late King as appeareth by the Oath of <HI>Will Day</HI> of <HI>London</HI> Marchant made before Baron <HI>Trevor</HI> 23. <HI>October,</HI> 20. <HI>Car. R.</HI> hereunto annexed. That by late Kings Letters and Commands to the then Receiver of the duties payable upon Coales dated the 29.th <HI>Iuly</HI> in the &s;aid yeare 42. And &s;oone after by Letters and Commands from the Earl of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> then being in power in tho&s;e parts of the North, Command was given to the &s;aid Receivers, that they &s;hould forthwith pay unto Sir <HI>Alexander Devid&s;on</HI> of <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> for the
<PB N="16" REF="10"> Kings u&s;e, all &s;uch Monies as they had received or &s;hould receive upon that duty for tran&s;portation of Coales into Forraigne parts. As by the Originall letter of the late King, and under the privie Signet to Us pro|duced appeares, and the Copies of other Letters of the &s;aid Earle of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> atte&s;ted and &s;worne to be true Copies before Mr. Baron <HI>Thomlins</HI> hereunto annexed may appeare; And it appeareth al&s;o by the Certificate of <HI>Tho. Palmer</HI> being Collector of the great Cu&s;tomes at the Port of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> the then Farmers and Commi&s;&s;ioners, did receive &s;everall Acts of Parliament for Confirmation of the Sub&s;edy of Tunage and Poundage, and at that time did receive and pay the &s;aid new Impo&s;t of 4. s. <HI>per</HI> Chaldron of Coales exported to the &s;aid Sir <HI>Iob Harby</HI> or his A&s;&s;ignes, and did &s;o receive and pay the &s;ame untill the 2. <HI>Iuly,</HI> 1642. After which time divers &s;ummes of Monies being in the hands of divers Merchants and others for Cu&s;tomes of Coales and Goods. The Earl of <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing him&s;elfe of the &s;aid Towne, of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> one <HI>John Lake</HI> (by power from the &s;aid Earl of <HI>New|ca&s;tle</HI>) as was conceived, did receive the &s;aid &s;ummes of Mony or pare thereof, and after the Storming of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> which was about the 18. <HI>October</HI> 44. and ever &s;ince, one <HI>George Daw&s;on</HI> did receive the generall Cu&s;tomes, and Sub&s;edy of Tonage and Poundage, according to the new booke of Rates, where all the duties of Coales exported are pla|ced together and received in One generall &s;umme, the &s;aid new Impo&s;t of 4. s. being part thereof; The &s;aid <HI>Daw&s;on</HI> faith, that when the <HI>Scots</HI> and afterwards Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;lerigge</HI> had the Command of the &s;aid Town, he payd divers &s;ummes of Money to them, for which he tooke their Receipts, and did accompt to the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Cu&s;tomes for the &s;ame, and &s;till doth accompt with them for all &s;ummes received by him &s;ince. And it appeares by a Copie of a Certificate of &s;everall Officers, and per&s;ons of the Towne of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> &s;worne al&s;o to be a true Copie as afore&s;aid hereunto annexed, That before the new Impo&s;t of the 4. s. was impo&s;ed on Coales Shipped for Over-&s;eas, there was only 8. d. and 6. s. 8. d. payd by the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> for a Chaldron of Coales &s;o Shipped. And afterwards before the year, 1642. Mr. <HI>Thomas Palmer,</HI> did at <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> fir&s;t receive the &s;aid &mdash; 4. s. <HI>per</HI> Chaldron for Coales then impo&s;ed, and then the &s;aid &s;everall &s;ummes of &mdash; 8. d. 6. s. 8. d. and 4. s. were then received by &s;everall per&s;ons &s;everally, it being in all 11. s. 4. d. the Chaldron, and that of lare Mr. <HI>George Daw&s;on</HI> the now Collector of the Cu&s;tomes of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> doth receive the &s;aid &s;ummes of 11. s. 4. d. the Chaldron in one &s;umme altogether, dated the 24. <HI>Iune</HI> 1658.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Peter Breerton, Tho: Manby.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<PB REF="10">
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