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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Richard Hakluyt
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A charter for the Marchants of Almaine, who haue an house at London
commonly called [Marginal note: The Stiliard.] the Guild hall of the
Dutch, graunted in the 44. yeere of Henry the third, renued and confirmed
in the 1. & 29. yeere of Edward the first.

At the instant request of the most gracious Prince Richard king of the
Romanes our most deare brother, wee doe graunt vnto the Marchants of
Alemain (namely vnto those that haue an house in our citie of London,
commonly called the Guildhall of the Dutch Merchants) that we will,
throughout our whole Realme, maintaine all and euery of them, in all those
liberties and free customes, which both in our times, and in the times of
our progenitors, they haue vsed and enioyed. [Sidenote: Note the
antiquity.] Neither will we inforce them beyond these liberties and free
customes, nor in any wise permit them to be inforced. In witnesse whereof,
wee haue caused these our letters to be made patents.

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Mandatum regis Edwardi primi de mercatoribus alienigenis.

Mercatores extranei vendant mercimonia sua in ciuitate London &c. infra
quadraginta dies post ingressum suum, anno 3. Edwardi primi.

The same in English.

A mandate of king Edward the first concerning outlandish marchants.

We will and command that outlandish marchants doe sel their wares in the
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