350 Stat. i. Anno quinto Richardi II. A. D. 1381. "' be differed, would fhortly be the Deftruction of the " fame Realm, which God prohibit;" ' (2) it is af- ' fented, and accorded, and the King enjoineth all
- Manner of People, Merchants, Clerks, and other,
- as well Strangers as Denizens, of what Eftate or
" Condition they be, upon Pain of as much as they ' may forfeit, that none of them upon the faid Pain ' privily nor openly fend ncr carry, nor caufe to be fent ' or carried out of the faid Realm, any Gold or Silver ■* in Money, Bullion, Plate, or Veffel, neither by Ex- ' changes to be made, nor in other Manner, but the ' Wages of Calais, and of other the King's Fortreffes ' beyond the Sea, and efpecially excepted the Prelates,
- Lords, and other of the fame Realm, to whom fome-
' times it behoveth neccffarily to make Payments be- ' yond the Sea, that of the fame Payments only they 5. and 1 ma ; ce Exchanges in England, by good and fufficient Merchants to pay beyond the Sea, (3) and firft fpe- cial Leave and Licence had of the King, as well for the Exchangers as for the Perfon which ought to Co'd ami Silver, i ma k e the Payments, containing exprefly the Sum t"' 4 ' H I5 . 7. ' Yvhich fha11 be fo exchanged. (4) And it is affented, ' That the A-Ierchants that fo /hall make Exchanges, fhall be diligently examined and fworn in their pro- per Pevfons, as often as they fhall have the faid Li- cence, that they fhall not fend beyond the Sea any Manner of Gold nor Silver under the Colour of the fame Exchange. (5) And if after Proclamation of this Ordinance any Perfon be from henceforth duly attainted, that he hath caufed to be fent or carried beyond the Sea any Gold or Silver againft this Re- ftraint and Ordinance, he fhall forfeit to the King the fame Sum fo carried or fent. (6) And the King our Lord of his Royal Majefty defendeth the Paffage ■part without the <■ utterly' of all Manner of People, as well Clerks as ice " ' other, in every Port and other Town and Place upon
- the Coaft of the Sea, upon Pain of Forfeiture of all
' their Goods, except only the Lords and other Great ' Men of the Realm, and true and notable Merchants, ' and the King's Soldiers. (7) And every Perfon, ' other than is before excepted, which after Publica- ' tiori of this Ordinance made, fhall pais out of the ' faid Realm without the King's fpecial Licence (which ' Licence the King wiileth and commandeth that it be ' not from henceforth made, but only in one of the ' Ports underwritten, that is to fay, London, Sand- ' wick, Dover, Southampton, Plimovth, Dertmouth, Bri- ' Jlow, Yarmouth, St. Botclph, Kingfton upon Hull,
- Nevjcq/lle upon Tine, and the other Ports and Paf-
' fages towards Ireland, and the Ifles pertaining to the
- Realm of England) fhall forfeit to the King as much
' as he hath in Goods, as above is faid ; (8) and ne- ' verthelefs, the Mailer or Mariner of the Ship, or of ' other Veffel, in which he fhall carry over beyond the ' Sea any Perfon but fuch only as be before excepted, ' without the fa^d Licence, and thereof be convict ' duly, fhall forfeit the faid Veffel to the King. (9) ' And the King commandeth all Wardens and Search- ' ers of the Ports and Paffages through England, that ' they fhall from henceforth diligently ufe their Office, ' ' and make gcod and ftrait Search. (10) A.nd if any ' Searchers or Wardens of the .Ports and PafTages ' through the faid Kealm, by 1 . . " ice or in pi '■ ' tanner do or fuffer wittingly to be done in any ' Point the contrary of the faid two / rti< !•:; touchi ' the Money of Gold or Silver, and the (hid Paffages ' of Pe6ple, and thereof be duly convict, h;- fhall for- ' feit to the King his faid Office and aii his Goodt, and In -what Cafes and for what Caufes Gold or Silver may be -trant'perted. Enforced by 2 II. 4.. iH. 6. c.6. But fee farther concerning the Exportation of C A s <g. 27 H. 6. c. 3 37 Ed. a. c. 1. 3H7, c. 3. zqll.y.c. 5. 7 Ed. 6. c. 6. 3 c Car- z. c, 7. f) Sf 10 W. J. c. 28. io Aim. c. 26, 6 Geo. I, ' c. 11. 12 Geo. 2. c. 26. Dyer 12S, 165, 376, 296. None /hall de- Repealed by 4 Jac. 1. c. 1. f. 22. as to the Reftraint of Perfons going .beyond Sea, The Penalty of the Matter or Mariner cf the Ship oivTsniing. The Penalty cf Be* hers or 1 i I ns of Pons oft 1. ling Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. plus longement fuffe foeffert cherroit legierement en deftrudtion dicell Roialme qe Dieux ne veulle eft affentuz & accordez & le Roi defende a toutes ma- neres des gentz marchantz clercs & autres fibien eftraunges come denfzeins de quelconqe eftat ou condition qils foient fur paine de quanqe ils pur- ront forfaire qe nully de eux fur la dite paine en prive ne en appert envoie nameifhe ou face envoier ou ameifner hors del Roialme avantdit or ou argent aucun en monoie bullion plate veffel ne par ef- chaunges affaires ne en autre manere quelconqe exceptes les gages de Caleys & dautres fortreffes du Roi depar dela & exceptes par efpecial les prelatz Seignurs & autres de mefme le Roialme a les queux coviendra aucunes foitz neceffairement faire paie- mentz depar dela qe de celles paiementz tantfoule- ment purront ils faire efchaunge en Engleterre par bons & fuffifantz marchantz pur paier depar dela eue primerement fur ce efpeciale congie & licence de noftre Seignur le Roi fibien pur lefchaungeours come pur la perfone qi devra faire la paiement con- tiegnante la fomme en expres qe ferra iffint efchaun- gez. Et eft affentuz qe les marchantz qi enfi fer- ront les ditz efchaunges foient diligeanment exa- minez & jurez en lours propres perfones a tantz des foitz come ils averont la dite licence qilsnen- voieront depar dela aucune manere dor ne dargent fouz colour de mefme lefchaunge. Et fi apresJa proclamation de cefte ordinance aucune perfone foit defbre duement atteint qil avera fait envoier ou em- portez depar dela or ou argent aucun encontre ce- ftes defens & ordinance forface devers le R.oi mef- me la fomme iffint emportez ou envoiez. Et le Roi noftre Seignur de fa roiale majeftee defende la paffage oultrement a toutes maneres des gentz fi- bien clercs come autres en chefcun port & autre ville & lieu fur la coufte del meet fur paine de for- faiture de toutz lours biens horfpris tantfoulement a les Seignurs & autres grantz perfones de*Roialme et verrois et notables marchantz et les foldeours le Pvoi. Et quelconqe perfone autre qe deffuz ne font exceptz apres la publication de cefte ordinance faite : paffe hors del dit Roialme fanz efpecial congie le Roi quele licence le Roy voet et comande qe ne foit fait defore finoun tantfoulement en un des portz deffoutz efcriptz ceftaffavoir Londrcs Sande- wiz Dovorr Southampton Plymmuth Dertemuth Briftuit Jernemuth Seint Bothulph Kyngefton fur Hull Noef Chaftell fur Tyne et les autres portz et ' paffages vers Irlande et les Lies appertenantz al Roialme dEngleterre forface devers le Roi quanqe il ad en biens come deffus eft dit et jademeins le maiftre ou mariner de la nief ou dautre veffel en quele il avera amefhez depar dela aucuns perfone forfqe ceux fculement qe pardeffus font exceptz fanz la dite licence doiit il foit convict duement forface devers le Roi le dit veffel. Et fi comande le Roi as touz gardeins et ferchcours de les portz ct paffages parmy Fngleterre qils ufent defore dili- geaument lours offices et facent bone ferche et e- ftroit. Et fi. nully fercheour ougardein des portz ct paffages parmy le dit Roialme par negligence ou en autre mr.nere face ou foeffre fcientement eitre fait en aucun point le contraire de les ditz deux articles touchantz la monoie or et argent et le dit des gen iz ct de ceil foit convict duement forface devers le Roy fon dit office et toutz fes biens avefqe et foit fon corps commis a la prifone a y de- morei;
