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5. decembr. 1608. Huller Manning of London bredwagner aged 48. yeres or thereabouts sworen & examined To the first Inter. sayth that he hath taken money of Clothiers at their lodgings & chambers in the name of duty for salladge of Sayes and bayes w[hi]ch now came to any hall to be sould but were vsually sold in the Times, he sayth that he hath demaunded it for euery suy & for some sort of bayes for a peru[n] & for some sortes y[ar]d, but was not p[ar]t all that eate but was forced to take what the Clothiers would give, And sayth that freemen of this Citty doe pay a penny a peru[n] for the salladge of their Sayes, he sayth that he hath asked three three other officers that collect some for Clothe & some for other Stuffes; he sayth that he was appointed to gather the same for the hospitall of Christchurch by the Commis[si]oners of the Citty of London And so are the other three And sayth that he cannot sett downe weekely what he doth collect but he sayth that he hath gathered by the weekes. sometymes by other weekes other other y[ar]ds & other weeke y[ar]ds & some weekes y[ar]ds And sayth that if the stuffes be carryed to Blackwell hall then they est not any of the stuffes there doe take by thing vntill they having taken it before they come to the 2. he sayth that he hath told the Clothiers that if they did pay their dueties for salladge of their Sayes & bayes & for all newe drapery & for all newe drapery and According to the Lord Mayor's direcc[i]on they should not need to goe to Black the Hovell Hall w[hi]ch he to sell them there, he sayth he new sayd any order made by the Barons his Ma[jes]t[y']s excheq[ue]r for the forbearing of bringing the Stuffes the Clothes to the said Hall but hee sayth that the late Lo[rd] Mayor & Sir Henry Roe vulled that caused a p[er]chamaco[n] as to make that all Sayes bayes & some sortes of Clothe Clothes stuffes & Stockings should be brought to Leaden Hall w[hi]ch he was for a while continued & sheweth after the Clothiers discontinued for the most p[ar]te to bring any more thither, To the third he sayth that he hath diuers tymes told the officers of the Almager (as they terme them selves to be) that they did Huller this ex[em]p[le] wronged in going about to trouble this ex[em]p[le] him in his office & living as namely to enforce the owners or sellers to carry a the said Stuffes & Clothes to Leaden Hall whereas they are bound by the lawe to Blackwell hall & in erecting dueties at the Times aswell as at the leaden hall w[hi]ch did belong to this ex[em]p[le] officer onely to receive, & he confesseth that he perswaded the Clothiers to pay him the duety for salladge & not to pay the same to any other & hath perswaded the Clothiers alwayes to pay to say such that yt might be that so [tha]t in his anger that they meane the Almagers deputyes were p[er]sultrey feallowes or words they have given this ex[em]p[le] the like wordes as that effect & but he sinned not their p[ro]ceedings in any other sort to his knowledge. To the myth he sayth that he hath had kept in his busines ever since the late Quidenes Tyme An Almager seale And hath yt afores And ever since he was Almagers deputy of London being about 5. yeres since To the 4th he sayth that he new made by vse thereof since he was maybe to be Almagers selfe deputye , neither sayth he ever p[er]ceived the more Almager therein by keeping yt, but he p[er]v[er]sed [th]e same yt & would sell yt again for something if he would & now thereto he cannot say Geo Smyth Hovell Manningham