By the King. A proclamation, prohibiting the planting, setting and sowing of tobacco in England and Ireland, according to an Act of Parliament herein specified England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) 1661 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A79368 Wing C3552 Thomason 669.f.27[5] ESTC R210252 99869067 99869067 170702 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A79368) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 170702) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 256:669f27[5]) By the King. A proclamation, prohibiting the planting, setting and sowing of tobacco in England and Ireland, according to an Act of Parliament herein specified England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by John Bill, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1661. At the King's Printing-House in Black-Friers, London : [1661] Dated at end: Given at Our Court at Whitehall, the twenty ninth day of March, in the thirteenth year of Our Reign, one thousand six hundred sixty one. Annotation on Thomason copy: "April. 5". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. 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Tobacco -- Law and legislation -- Ireland -- Early works to 1800. 2007-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-11 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-11 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion CR DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon or coat of arms By the King. A PROCLAMATION , Prohibiting the Planting , Setting and Sowing of Tobacco in England and Ireland , according to an Act of Parliament herein specified . CHARLES R. WHereas by an Act of Parliament made in Our late Parliament begun and held at Westminster in the County of Middlesex , the Five and Twentieth day of April in the Twelfth year of Our Reign , for and upon the reasons and grounds therein expressed , it was Enacted by the Authority of the same Parliament , That no person or persons whatsoever should , or do from and after the First day of January , in the Year of our Lord One thousand six hundred and sixty , Set , plant , improve to grow , make or cure any Tobacco either in Seed , plant or otherwise , in or upon any ground , earth , field , or place within Our Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , Islands of Guernsey or Jersey or Town of Berwick upon Tweed ▪ or in Our Kingdome of Ireland , under the penalty of the forfeiture of all such Tobacco , or the value thereof , or of the Sum of Forty shillings for every Rod or Pole of Ground so planted , set or sowen as aforesaid , and so proportionably for a greater or lesser quantity of ground , One moyety thereof to Vs Our Heirs and Successors , and the other moyety to him or them that shall sue for the same to be recovered by Bill , Plaint or Information in any Court of Record , wherein no Essoign , protection or wager in Law shall be allowed : And it was thereby further enacted , That all Sheriffs , Iustices of the peace , Mayors , Bailiffs , Constables , and every of them , upon information or complaint made unto them or any of them , by any the Officers of the Customes , or by any other person or persons whatsoever , that there was any Tobacco set , sown , planted , or growing within their jurisdictions or precinets contrary to the same Act should within ten dayes after such information or complaint cause to be burnt , plucked up ▪ consumed ▪ or utterly destroyed all such Tobacco so set ▪ sowen , planted , or growing . And it was thereby further enacted , That in case any person or persons should resist or make forcible opposition against any person or persons in the due and through execution of the same Act , That every such person or persons for every such offence should forfeit the sum of Five pounds to be divided and recovered in manner aforesaid ; And in case any person or persons should not pay the summs of money by them to be paid , by vertue of the same Act , that in every such case distress should be made and sale thereof , returning the overplus to the owners ; And in case no distress shall be found , that then every such party should be committed to the common Gaol in the County where such offence should be committed , there to remain for the space of two moneths without Bail or Mainprise . Provided always , and it was thereby enacted , That the same Act nor any thing contained therein should extend to the hindering of the planting of Tobacco in any Physick-garden of either Vniversity ▪ or in any other private garden for Physick or Chirurgery , only so as the quantity so planted exceed not one half of one pole in any one place or garden , as in & by the same Act it doth and may more fully appear . Now to the end that all Our loving Subjects in all parts of Our said Kingdoms of England and Ireland , and Dominion of Wales , and in the said Islands of Guernsey and Jersey , and in our said Town of Berwick upon Twede , may the better take notice of and more duely observe the said Act , and not ignorantly offend against the same for the future , We have thought good to publish & declare the same to all Our loving Subjects by this Our Royal Proclamation , And do withall likewise signifie and declare , that for the future We shall expect , and do hereby require all dutiful observance thereof , and ready conformity thereunto , and that not onely upon the pains , penalties , and forfeitures therein expressed , but also of Our high indignation and displeasure , justly and deservedly to be inflicted upon all those that shall knowingly and presumptuously offend against so just aud reasonable a Law. And we do hereby streightly charge and command all Our Iudges of Assise and Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer in their several Circuits , and all Our Iustices of Peace in their several and respective Quarter-Sessions , that they give the same Law in charge to the several & respective Iuries in their several and respective Inquests before them , to the end that the offences and offenders against the same , both in the setting , planting , or sowing of Tobacco , contrary to the true intent and meaning of the same Act , and also all forcible opposition & resistance made or to be made against any person or persons in the due execution of the same Act , may be punished according to Law and the demerit of their offences in this behalf . And We do further command and require all Sheriffs , Iustices of the peace , Mayors , Bayliffs , Constables , and all other Our Officers and ministers whatsoever whom the premisses shall or may concern , that they from time to time as occasion shall require , be diligent , circumspect , and careful in the due execution of the same Act in all things according to the true intent and meaning thereof , as they will answer the contrary at their perils . Given at Our Court at Whitehall , the Twenty ninth day of March , in the Thirteenth Year of Our Reign , One thousand six hundred sixty one . GOD SAVE THE KING . LONDON , Printed by John Bill , Printer to the KING' 's most Excellent MAJESTY , 1661. At the KING'S Printing-House in Black-Friers .