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B05474 A proclamation against the importation of victuall Scotland. Privy Council.; Gibson, Alexander, Sir, d. 1693.; Scotland. Sovereign (1649-1685 : Charles II) 1676 (1676) Wing S1610B; ESTC R183345 702 1

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C R 〈…〉 A PROCLAMATION Against the importation of Victuall CHARLES by the Grace of GOD King of Great Brittain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith to Our Lovits _____ Macers or Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute greeting Forasmuch as upon representation to Our Privy Council of the great scarcity and dearth of Victual in some Western Shires of this Kingdom They did by their Act of the second of December last Grant licence for Importing Oats Oat-meal and Pease to the Shires of VVigtoun Air Renfrew and Stewartrie of Kircudburgh for supplying the necessity of these places until furder order And seeing now by reason of great quantities of Victual imported since the said licence was granted the Rates and Pryces of Victual in this Kingdom are much fallen and that the continuation of the said licence any longer would prove very prejudicial to Our Subjects of this Kingdom We have thought fit with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council to discharge and take off the foresaid Licence and to renew Our former Proclamation against importing of Victual of the date the fourth of May 1671. Likeas We with advice foresaid do hereby restrain and discharge the importation of Victual of any kind into this Kingdom after the eleventh day of March next under the pains following viz. For such Victual as shall be imported from Ireland under the pains contained in the third Act of the third Session of Our second Parliament and for any Victual imported from other forraign places under the pains contained in Our said former Proclamation which shall be inflicted upon the contraveeners with all rigour And ordains thir presents to be Printed and Published at the Mercat-Crosses of Edinburgh Glasgow Air and other places needful that none may pretend ignorance Given under Our signet at Edinburgh the twenty fourth day of February 1676. and of Our Reign the twenty eight year Al. Gibson Cl. S ti Concilii God save the King Edinburgh Printed by Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred Majesty Anno. 1676.