Edinburgh, the twenty one day of December, 1676. Instructions given by His Majesties Privy Council, to the persons appointed by them, to be common tasters of ale and drinking-beer within the city of Edinburgh, and suburbs thereof, Cannon-gate, Leith, and the burghs royal in the shires of Edinburgh, Linlithgow, Haddingtoun, &c. Scotland. Privy Council. 1676 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2011-04 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). B05375 Wing S1507A ESTC R183066 52612265 ocm 52612265 179569

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Edinburgh, the twenty one day of December, 1676.

Inſtructions given by His Majeſties Privy Councill, to the perſons appointed by them, to be common Taſters of Ale and Drinking-beer within the City of Edinburgh, and Suburbs thereof, Cannon-gate, Leith, and the Burghs royal in the Shires of Edinburgh, Linlithgow, Haddingtoun, &c.

IT is ordered, That the 〈◊〉 who are appointed for each Balies reſpective quarter, in the the City of Edinburgh, ſhall change their Quarter each moneth: Theſe who are appointed for the eldeſt Baylies Quarter the firſt moneth, ſhall be for the youngeſt Baylies Quarter the next; and theſe appointed for the third Baylies, ſhall be for the ſecond Baylies the next moneth: And ſo forth by turns monethly, which the Magiſtrates are to ſee done accordingly.

All Brewers are diſcharged to give out any Ale or Drinking-beer out of any of their Breweries, untill the ſame be taſted by one of the ordinar Taſters, who are ordered to taſte every Browſt after • he ſame is tunned, and before it go to the Tapſter, and the like to be done for ſuch Drink as ſhall be both browen and tapped by any particular perſon, before they ſhall tap any thereof. And the Taſters for Edinburgh, Leith, and Cannon-gate, are ordered weekly to give up the names of the contraveeners, to the Clerks of the Council, to be communicate to the Committee; and the Taſters of the reſt of the Burghs to give the ſame up to the Commiſſioners of the Exciſe of the Shire.

It is ordered that the ſeveral Brewers give up a liſt to the Taſters of the Tapſters to whom they ſell their drink in their reſpective bounds weekly, that the Taſters may know what Tapſters ſells the ſame, and the Taſters are ordered to taſte the Ale in the ſeveral houſes of the Tapſters at leaſt twice a week; and the Tapſters are to give up to the Taſters the Brewrs names from whom they receive their Drink: And in caſe, either the Brewer or Tapſter refuſe, the Taſters are appointed to give up their names as aforeſaid.

It is ordered that the Taſters take particular notice at what price each Brewer and Tapſter ſells their Ale and Drinking-beer, and give a particular accounpt as aforeſaid weekly of the names of ſuch Brewers and Tapſters as they ſhall finde do brew and tap Ale and Drinking beer, which is not ſufficient, and ſells the ſame at higher rates than is allowed by the Pr • c •• m • tion.

The Taſters appointed for the West-port, Potteraw, Pleaſants, and Teard-heads of Leith, are 〈◊〉 to taſte the Ale and Drinking-beer of all Brewers, not only, theſe that vent 〈…〉 brewes there, and vents the ſame in the 〈…〉 Edinburgh; as alſo of the Brewers of Gorgie Milne, Dalry, Dam-head, 〈…〉 , Water of Leith, Dean, Colt-bridge, Gorgie-town, Merchiſton, Cannon-milnes, and all other places within a mile and a half of Edinburgh, except Duddingstoun, and Restalrig. That the Taſters in the Teard-heads of Leith do he like, as to the Brewers and Brewries in the part of the Shire, that either vents their Drink themſelves, or imports the ſame to the town of Edinburgh, or any other place within a mile of Leith, and the Taſters in Reſtalrig and Duddingſtoun are to do the like in their bounds as to what is conſumed in the place, or imported an aforeſaid.

The Taſters ſworn and received for the bounds foreſaids are to continue in that ſervice from the firſt day of January, 1677. to the firſt day of January, 1678. In which truſt they are required to be exact and diligent, as they will be anſwerable.

GOD Save the King.

Edinbrugh, Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderſon, Printer to the Ki ••• 〈◊〉 Sacred Majeſty, Anno Dom. 1676.