By the King and Queen, a proclamation for preventing the exportation of corn to France and enhaunsing of prices thereof at home, and for setting the poor on work

By the King and Queen, a proclamation for preventing the exportation of corn to France and enhaunsing of prices thereof at home, and for setting the poor on work

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By the King and Queen, A PROCLAMATION, For Preventing the Exportation of Corn to France, and Enhaunſing of Prices thereof at Home, and for Setting the Poor on Work.

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By the King and Queen, A PROCLAMATION, For Preventing the Exportation of Corn to France, and Enhaunſing of Prices thereof at Home, and for Setting the Poor on Work.

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MARIE R.

WHereas a good and profitable Law was made in the Fifth and Sixty Years of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth, againſt Regrators Foreſtallers, and Ingroſſers of Corn, and other dead Victuals, and the Execution of that Law was enforced, and other uſeful Directions relating thereto were given by another Act of Parliament made in the Fifth Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, touching Badgers of Corn, and Drovers of Cattle to be Licenſed; Notwithſtanding which good Laws (ſtill in Force) yet for want of the due and careful Execution thereof, divers evil diſpoſed Perſons have, and do preſume to Engroſs, and get into their Hands great Quantities of Corn and Grain, with intent to Sell the ſame again, ſome without any Licence at all, and others, though Licenſed, yet contrary to the ſaid Acts, and their Licences, and Securities thereupon, do keép the Corn in their hands, and do not Sell the ſame again, in ſuch manner, and within the time appointed for ſo doing, nor obſerve other the Matters which thoſe Acts and their Licences and Securities require; by means whereof not only the Prices of Corn and Grain in and about Our Cities of London and Weſtminſter, and Places Adjacent, are greatly Enhaunſed, far exceéding the Prices in Our Midland and more Remote Counties, but the Exportation of Corn to France, or the French Kings Dominions (where the great Scarcity and exceſſive Prices invite the Importation) is rendred the more eaſie, and evil affected Perſons, notwithſtanding the Penalty of a Praemunire Inflicted upon Offenders in ſuch unlawful Exportation, by Act of Parliament made in the Third and Fourth Year of Our Reign, againſt Correſponding with Our Enemies, are not deterred from ſo evil an Action. And foraſmuch as it will much conduce to the Good and Benefit of Our Subjects, that all the Laws in Force for Setting the Poor on Work throughout Our Kingdom, ſhould be duly Obſerved and put in Execution; We therefore out of Our Princely Care and Tenderneſs for the Good and Welfare of Our Subjects, and for their Eaſe and Relief in the Premiſſes, have thought fit (by and with the Advice of Our Privy Council) to Publiſh this Our Royal Proclamation, hereby Charging and Commanding all and every of Our Iudges, Iuſtices of the Peace, Mayors, Sheriffs, Bayliffs, and all other Our Magiſtrates Officers and Miniſters whatſoever and whereſoever [...] Iuriſdictions, do cauſe the ſaid Acts made in the Fifth and Sixth Years of King Edward the Sixth, againſt Regrators, Foreſtallers and Ingroſſers, and the ſaid other Act made in the Fifth Year of Queén Elizabeth, and all other Acts relating to the ſame Matters, and all Laws in Force for the Setting the Poor on Work, to be in all and every the Parts and Branches thereof put in ſpeédy and effectual Execution; And that they do take Care, and give effectual Directions, That no Licences be granted to any Badger, Lader, Kidder, Carrier, or Buyer of Corn or Grain, but only according to the Directions of thoſe Acts, and to ſuch Perſons only as are or ſhall be duly qualified for the ſame, and under ſuch Surety by Recognizance or otherwiſe, as thoſe Acts require; And alſo to take care that all Perſons who ſhall preſume to Buy and Engroſs any Corn, Grain, or other dead Victuals, without Licence, and all ſuch as having Licences for that purpoſe, ſhall not duly and ſtrictly comply with and obſerve the Conditions and Terms of their Licences and Securities, be effectually Proſecuted and Proceeded againſt, according to the Purport and Effect of the ſaid Statutes; And that all Fines, Forfeitures and Penalties ariſing thereby, be duly Levied, Anſwered and Paid as thoſe Acts direct. And in regard it is moſt probable that the Exporters of Corn to France, or the French Kings Dominions, are ſuch as Buy and Engroſs the ſame, contrary to the ſaid Statutes of King Edward the Sixth, and Queen Elizabeth, For the further Prevention therefore of ſuch Exportation, We do hereby ſtrictly Charge and Command, as well all Our Iudges, Iuſtice of the Peace, Mayors, Sheriffs, Magiſtrates, and the Commiſſioners of Our Cuſtoms, and all other Our Officers and Miniſters, for the time being, of and belonging to Our Cuſtom-houſes and Ports, within this Our Realm of England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed, and all other Our Officers, Miniſters, and Loving Subjects whatſoever, that they and every of them in their reſpective Places, Stations and Employments, do uſe all Lawful Ways and Means for the Diſcovering and Preventing of all Exportation of Corn to France, or other the French Kings Dominions: We being Reſolved, and do hereby ſtrictly Command, That the ſaid Act againſt Correſponding with Our Enemies, be in all Parts thereof ſtrictly Executed, and all Offences and Offenders againſt the ſame Puniſhed according to the utmoſt Rigour of the Law. And if it ſhall or may be Diſcovered, or upon reaſonable Grounds Suſpected, that any Corn or Grain is Intended or Bought to be Exported to France, or any the French Kings Dominions, or to be Exported by any Perſons that got the ſame into their Hands, by Buying or Engroſſing contrary to Law, that due, ſtrict and ſpeedy Proſecution be made of ſuch Offenders and Offences, according to the utmoſt Rigour of Law. And for the better Encouragement of all ſuch as ſhall make Diſcovery of any Perſons, who, ſince the making the ſaid Act againſt Correſponding with Our Enemies, have, or hereafter ſhall Carry or Transport any Corn or Grain to France, or any of the French King's Dominions, We do hereby Declare, That the Perſon or Perſons (other then the Maſter of the Ship or Veſſel, wherein ſuch Tranſportation hath been, or ſhall be made, and the Parties Intereſted in the Corn) making ſuch Diſcovery, and giving Evidence in order to Conviction, ſhall, upon Certificate from the Iudges or Magiſtrates before whom ſuch Offender ſhall be Convicted, not only have and receive a Reward of Two hundred Pounds for every Ship and Veſſel, ſo Tranſporting, or having Tranſported Corn as aforeſaid, to be Paid by the Lords Commiſſioners of Our Treaſury, or Lord Treaſurer for the time being, but alſo ſhall have and receive Our Gracious Pardon for ſuch Offences, ſo as Diſcovery be made of Offences paſt, within the Space of Threé Months next enſuing the Date hereof, and of future Offences within the like Space of Three Months next after the Time of ſuch Tranſportation. And We do hereby Require and Charge all Our Officers, Miniſters and Loving Subjects whatſoever, to be Aiding and Aſſiſting in the due Execution of Our Royal Will and Pleaſure herein Expreſſed, under the Pain of Our High Diſpleaſure, and of ſuch Pains and Puniſhments as may by Law be Inflicted upon the Contemners of Our Royal Authority.

Given at Our Court at Whitehall, the Nineteenth Day of October, 1693. In the Fifth Year of Our Reign.

God ſave King William and Queen Mary.

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London, Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd; Printers to the King and Queens Excellent Majeſties. 1693.

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By the King and Queen, a proclamation for preventing the exportation of corn to France and enhaunsing of prices thereof at home, and for setting the poor on work

England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)

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1693

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— By the King and Queen, a proclamation for preventing the exportation of corn to France and enhaunsing of prices thereof at home, and for setting the poor on work, England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary), William, III, King of England, 1650-1702., Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694..

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Printed by Charles Bill, and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb ...,. London :: 1693.. ("Given at our court at Whitehall the nineteenth day of October, 1693, in the fifth year of our reign.") (Reproduction of original in the British Library.)

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