[341]. Letters and Papers, i, p. 362.
[342]. Ibid., ii, No. 3520.
[343]. R. G. Marsden, Select Pleas in Court of Admiralty, Introd., p. lvi. The Admiralty Court had other duties: ‘All contracts made abroad, bills of exchange (which at this period were for the most part drawn or payable abroad), commercial agencies abroad, charter parties, insurance, average, freight, non-delivery of or damage to cargo, negligent navigation by masters, mariners or pilots, breach of warranty of seaworthiness, and other provisions contained in charter parties; in short, every kind of shipping business was dealt with by the Admiralty Court’ (Ibid., p. lxvii).
[344]. 2 and 3 Ed. VI, c. 18.
[345]. The free trade policy of 1539–46, the troubles with the Hansa under Edward VI and Mary, and the rapid rise of prices during the same two reigns.
[346]. The customs returns for the period are given in extenso in Schanz, Englische Handelspolitik, ii. 37–156.
[347]. 22 Hen. VIII, c. 20.
[348]. Acts of the Privy Council, vi. 39 and 325; Venetian Cal. vi, No. 554.
[349]. 34 & 35 Hen. VIII, c. 9.
[350]. J. Latimer, History of the Merchant Venturers’ Society of Bristol, p. 15.