Bibliography of royal proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns and of others published under authority, 1485-1714 > England and Wales

Nos 528-33
1560: 2 Elizabeth
19 SEPTEMBER.
meanes superstition 2) charita taken
Another edition of No. 526, q.v.
Queen’s (21), 79 A. 1 (106).
Floriate initial. N° 528.
22 SEPTEMBER.—BY THE QUENE. [Begins]
The Queues Maiestie vnderstandinge, that of late
tyme . . .
[Banishing Anabaptists.]
Windsor : 22 September 1560.
London : Jugge and Cawood : [1560].
1 f. Gothic letter.
persons yf com-
The Queen learns that Anabaptists have come into London
and other maritime towns under the pretence of fleeing from
persecution. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of
London, and other Bishops are to visit suspected places.
All manner of persons holding Anabaptist opinions to depart
out of this Realm within twenty days on pain of forfeiture
and imprisonment. No conventicles or secret congregations
to be allowed. Every one to attend Church, save in sickness.
B.M. G. 6463(24). Bodl. Arch. F. c. 11 (26). Queen’s (23).
MS. copies, P.R.O. S.P.D. 13. 35. Bod.1. Dugd. 32. 4. f. 2.
150 copies, 13s. id. Ifo 529.
27 SEPTEMBER—BY THE QUENE. [Begins]
The Queues most excellent Maiestie, amongst other
great and wayghtie consultacions . . .
[Valuation of base money called Testons.]
[Windsor : 27 September 1560.]
London: Jugge and Cawood: [1560].
2 ff. Gothic letter and 1 f. ‘ rates of the coynes ’.
wayghtye before 2) ster- therein 3) 1560. ob.
Base money destroys trade and raises prices to the lament¬
able hurt and oppression of pensioners, hired servants, and
other mean people that live by wages. All money shall be of
one fineness. Base coin, not being counterfeit, shall be cur¬
rent at these prices : a penny as three farthings ; twopence
as three halfpence ; a teston of fivepence as fourpence half¬
penny, save those marked with a lion, a rose, a harp, or
a flour de luce, which are current at twopence-farthing for
four months only. These may be exchanged at the Mint,
and will have there a bonus of threepence of silver on the
pound. Questions as to the coins to be determined by the
Mayor or person in authority, the Justice of the Peace, if
within a mile, or the Curate of the Parish.
[f. 3] ‘Rates of the coynes, decreed in September last,
1560,’ giving values of testons of Ifd., 2\d., i\d. in quantity.
B.M. G. 6463(25). Bodl.Arch. F. c. ll(27).r Queen’s(24)1
without ‘rates of the coin’. Antiq. MS. 116 (33) do. MS.
copy,2 P.R.O. S.P.D. 13(38), dated Sept. 28th. See S.P.D.
13(39).
Strype, Ann. i. (1) 396 ; Ending ii. 333.
400 copies, 33s. id. ; see Machyn 243, 245. Triton initial, Gothic
imprint.
There is at Glasgow, Hunt. v. 1. 17 (22), a letter. Sir William Cecil
has the Proclamation. It is to be kept secret, and no one to know
the date of proclamation but (in case of necessity) one sworn clerk.
Windsor 18 Sept.
Hunt. v. 1. 17 (19), order to omit from the Proclamation ‘the de¬
crying of goolde,’ 20 Sept.
Hunt. v. 1. 17 (18), a letter under Privy Seal from Elizabeth to Bacon
the Lord Keeper, ordering him to advance the date of the Proclamation
originally ordered for the 28th. (26th Sept.)
I MS. note. ‘ Proclamed in London the xxvii day of September 1560.’
II See ‘ The Summarie of certaine reasons,’ &c., 29 Sept. 1560. 4°. B. M.
C. 38. c. 5. Draft, with Cecil’s corrections, P.R.O. S.P.D. 13. 38.
N° 530.
9 OCTOBER —BY THE QUENE. [Begins] The
Queues Maiestie vnderstandyng, that aswell before,
as sythens the late Proclamation made, . . .
[Melting coin, Testons, Price of food, French crowns.]
[Hampton Court: 9 October 1560]
London : Jugge and Cawood : [1560].
2 ff. Gothic letter. (2 figures of Edward VI
testons).
sythens Hath 2) faith- other
Since the late Proclamation [No. 530, q.v.] many persons
have gathered quantities of testons and melted them for
export. Any person who exports money or melts it shall
be imprisoned, whether a subject or a foreign merchant.
The informer as to export of money shall have the money
melted or £40, if there is not that sum, and any reasonable
suit. Informers as to melting places shall have half the value
of the sum found. Certain persons have been charged to ex¬
amine testons. Those current at 4^. will be marked with a
portcullis, those at 2\d. with a greyhound. The mint is
now being prepared to recoin base money in twenty days. All
officers are to see that food is good and at reasonable price
in every fair and market, otherwise the franchise will be
taken away, whether it be leet, view of frankpledge, or by
charter. At the Michaelmas leets these Proclamations are to
be made plain. The Gold Burgundian, Kaisars, or French
Crowns hitherto current at 6s. 4c?. from henceforth are to be
current at 6 shillings, and the gold Pistolettes valued at
6s. 2d. shall be current at 5s. 10c?.
B.M. G. 6463 (28). Bodl. Arch. F. c. 11 (30).1 Queen’s (26),
79 A. 1 (164). Antiq. 1 (4). MS. 116 (35). See MS. draft
S.P.D. 13. 40. A writ on vellum under sign manual ordering
insertion of clause respecting export of coin, Antiq.* 5.
Ruding ii. 337.
350 copies, 29s. 2d.
1 MS. note. ‘Proelamed in London the ix day of October an0 1560.’
N° 531.
2 NOVEMBER—BY THE QUENE. [Begins]
The Queenes Maiestie vnderstandyng, that where of
late . . .
[The identification of Pistolets.]
[Hampton Court] : 2 November 1560.
[London] : R. Jugge and J. Cawood : [1560].
1 f. Gothic letter. (4 cuts of coins.)
late value same
Certain persons have taken advantage of the recent Procla¬
mation [No. 531, q.v.] to pass other coins off as Pistolets.
None shall be current but four sorts. The first and second
being Spanish, the third Venetian, and the fourth Florentine.
The mint will pay the gold value of other coins.
B.M. G. 6463 (30).1 Antiq. MS. 116 (36). Original signed
vellum, Antiq.* 6.
Ending ii. 338.
500 copies, 22s. 6d.
1 Probably a proof copy with paste-on over printer’s note to Cecil.
Eloriate initial. H° 532.
2 NOVEMBER.
that for same
Another edition of No. 532, q.v.
Bodl. Arch. F. c. 11 (32); Wood 276 A. (122) impft.
Queen’s (28). P.R.O. S.P.D. Add. 9. 79 impft. MS. draft,
S.P.D. 13. 41.
‘ Thetis ’ initial, ‘ vnderstandynge ’ 1. 1. N° 533.
4 NOVEMBER—[BY THE QUEEN.] A Pro¬
clamation for pardon to them of Tyndale and
Riddesdale.
[Westminster] : 4 November 1560.
London : Jugge and Cawood : [1560],
1 f. Gothic letter.
by of but
Whereas the Queen is informed by the Duke of Norfolk,
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