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Gerard de Malynes (1586-1641) was an independent
merchant in foreign trade, an England|English
commissioner in Belgium, a government advisor on
trade matters, assay master of the mint, and
commissioner of mint affairs. He also wrote the
two books "The Canker of Englands Common Wealth"
in 1601 and "The Maintenance of Free Trade" in
1622.

Another important work of his was the
(descriptively named) treatise "Consuedo, vel, Lex
Mercatoria: or, The Law Merchant: Divided into
three parts, according to the Essential Parts of
Traffick Necessary for All Statesmen, Judges,
Magistrates, Temporal and Civil Lawyers, Mint-Men,
Merchants, Mariners and Others Negotiating in all
Places of the World".

He was a supporter of ideas similar to
mercantilism.