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5th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… to either committees [ sic]. Never knew a subject have a stamp. To have Sir M[iles] Fleetwood set down those bribes … false judgement. Never heard that an officer should make a stamp without an act of Parliament. To have a note sent to … Wards, and with bribes. [f. 119] Item, that he had got a stamp for his name, which he committed to his secretary, …
5th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… our intentions, limited with our abilities and with our duties, which implied a parliamentary and legal course, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… they came to seize upon some soape for not payment of HM duties, Sir Popham Southcott in or about Sept 1638 went unto … soap as was unduly made by one John Glide in not paying HM duties. Whereunto Thomas Crossing then and there replied and … and Nicholas Southcote secured the soap monopoly to levy duties of 6d per 12lbs on the south western counties and the …