A proclamation for putting in execution the additional act for improvement of tillage James R. England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) 1687 Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A46563 Wing J340 ESTC R15717 12279988 ocm 12279988 58662 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. A46563) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 58662) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 869:38) A proclamation for putting in execution the additional act for improvement of tillage James R. England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) James II, King of England, 1633-1701. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Charles Bill, Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb ..., London : 1687. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. Broadside. At head of title: By the King, a proclamation. At end of text: Given at our court at Whitehall the fourth day of November, 1687. 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. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Tillage -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain. Broadsides 2007-11 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion J ●R DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon or coat of arms By the King , A PROCLAMATION For putting in Execution the Additional Act for Improvement of Tillage . JAMES R. WHereas by an Act made in the Two and twentieth Year of the Reign of Our late Brother of ever Blessed Memor● Intituled , An Act for the Improvement of Tillage , and the Breed of Cattel , It was Provided and Enacted , That from and after the Nine and twentieth of June One thousand six hundred and seventy , and from thence forward , certain Rates should be paid for the Custom and Poundage of Foreign Corn and Grain Imported into this Our Kingdom according to the Prices of English Corn at the Times , Havens and Places when and where the same should be Imported . And forasmuch as no Provision was made by the said Act for ascertaining and determining of the said Prices , whereby the said Law was rendred ineffectual , One other Act was made in the First Year of Our Re●gn , Intituled , An Additional Act for Improvement of Tillage , whereby it is Provided , amongst other things , That all and every Our Iustices of the Peace for the several and respective Counties within Our Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , and Our Town of Berwick upon Tweed , shall at their next respective Quarter-Sessions after Michaelmas and Easter yearly , by the Oaths of Two or more honest and substantial Persons of the respective Counties , being neither Merchants nor Factors for the Importing of Corn , nor any ways concerned nor interessed in the Corn Imported , and each of them having a Freé-hold Estate of Twenty pounds per Annum , or a Lease-hold Estate of Fifty pounds per Annum above all Charges and Reprizes , and being skilful in the Prices of Corn , and by such other ways and means , as to them shall seem fit , to Examine and Determine the Common Market Prices of midling English Corn and Grain of the respective Sorts in the said former . Act mentioned , as the same shall be commonly bought and sold in the said respective Counties into which any Foreign Corn or Grain shall be Imported , and certifie the same , with Two such Oaths made , as aforesaid , in VVriting annext , unto Our Chief Officer and Collector of Our Customs for the time being , residing in the said respective Ports and Havens where the said Corn and Grain shall be Imported , to be hung up in some Publick Place in the Custom-house . And it is thereby likewise Enacted , That the Custom and Duty of Foreign Corn and Grain Imported into any of Our said Dominions of England , Wales , and Town of Berwick upon Tweed , appointed by the said former Act to be paid , shall be Collected and paid according to the Prices contained in such respective Certificates as aforesaid , and not otherwise . And it is further thereby Provided , That all that by vertue of the said last mentioned Act is to be done by Our Iustices of the Peace at their Quarter-Sessions in their several Counties , shall be done and performed in like manner in the City of London in the Months of October and April yearly by the Mayor , Aldermen and Iustices of the Peace there ; And that the Persons making such Oaths shall be no Corn-Chandler , Mealman , Factor , Merchant , or other Person Interested in such Corn so to be Imported , but shall be some substantial House-keepers living in Middlesex or Surrey , qualified as aforesaid . And whereas VVe are given to understand by the Humble Petition of several of Our Loving Subjects Trading in Corn , That through the general neglect in most parts of Our Kingdom , of putting the said last mentioned Act in Execution , by ascertaining the Prices of Corn and Grain , as is thereby directed , and by the subtile and crafty practices of unfair Dealers , by raising the Price of Corn in some few and small Markets , when Corn hath generally born but a low Price , on purpose to defraud Vs of the higher Duty due by Law , and thereby to enable themselves to undersell Our Loving Subjects Trading in Corn of the growth of Our Dominions , which mischiefs were principally intended to have been prevented by the said Acts. And being fully satisfied that the said Act made in the First Year of Our Reign , is of Publick benefit to this Our Kingdom : VVe have thought fit , by and with the Advice of Our Privy Council , to signifie and Publish Our VVill and Pleasure , That the said Act made in the First Year of Our Reign , be duly and strictly put in Execution . And VVe do hereby VVill and Command Our Mayor , Aldermen , and Iustices of the Peace within Our City of London for the time being , and all and every Our Iustices of the Peace for the time being for the several and respective Counties and Places within Our Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , and Town of Berwick upon Tweed , That from henceforth they do Half-yearly duly and strictly observe the Directions of the said Act , in examining and determining the Common Market-Prices of Corn and Grain within their respective Counties and Places , and make Certificate thereof to Our Chief Officers of Our respective Custom-houses , as by the said Act is Directed . And to the end they may be constantly put in mind of their Duties therein , VVe do strictly Charge and Command all and every Clerks of the Peace and Town-Clerks at the several Sessions of the Peace next after Easter and Michaelmas , to cause this Our Proclamation to be fixed in some open place in the respective Session Houses , that it may be read by Our Iustices of the Peace attending such Sessions , and to cause the same to be constantly read at the said respective Sessions . And VVe do strictly Charge and Command all and every of Our Chief Officers and Collectors of Our Customs in Our several Ports and Havens , that they yield Obedience to Our Royal VVill and Pleasure in the due Observance of the said Act , as they will answer the contrary . Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Fourth day of November , 1687. In the Third Year of Our Reign . GOD SAVE THE KING . LONDON , Printed by Charles Bill , Henry Hills , and Thomas Newcomb , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty . 1687.