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B05152 A proclamation for encouragement of cloth-manufactories Scotland. Council of Trade. 1688 (1688) Wing S1020; ESTC R183843 1,830 1

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J R A PROCLAMATION For Encouragement of Cloth-Manufactories JAMES by the Grace of GOD King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith To Macers of Our Privy Council or Messengers at Arms Cur Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute Greeting Forasmuch as by several Laws and Acts of Parliament and particularly by the 12th Act of the 3d Parliament of King Charles the second of ever blessed memory All Merchants and other Persons whatsomever are strictly prohibit and discharged to Import into this Kingdom any Forraign Cloths or Stuffs made of Wool with Certification that all such Goods as shall be Imported contrary thereto shall be burnt and destroyed and the Importers and Resetters thereof Fined in the Value of the saids Goods As also by an Act of Our Privy Council of the date the 14. day of August 1685. The Lords thereof for the Encouragement of Manufactories did give full Power and Warrand to the undertakers therein or those to be Intrusted by them to seize on all Forraign Cloth and Searges c. Imported within this Kingdom contrary to Law and did thereby strictly Prohibit and Discharge all Persons whatsomever either by Collusion or otherways to Import or Traffique within this Kingdom concerning the Conveying Vending or Selling any Forraign Woollen Cloth and others aforsaid within the same under the Pains and Penalties made thereagainst And likewise did thereby Discharge the wearing of all Woollen Cloth and Searges c. Except that which is Native under the pain of 500. Merks Scots Money for each Transgression The Persons challenged being always obliged to declare upon Oath from whom they had any of the saids Prohibit Goods And likewise We by Our Royal Proclamation of the date the 16. day of September 1686. By advice of Our Privy Council did Revive and Renew all Laws made in Favours of Manufactories Prohibiting and Discharging the Importing or Wearing what is thereby Prohibited And did Require and Command the samen to be put in due and vigorous Execution every manner of way as is thereby prescribed and did thereby Prohibit and Discharge the Importing or Wearing of all English-Cloth as also the wearing of all Stuffs or prohibited Cloths abroad or in the Streets under the pretence of Night-Gowns or Night-Dresses under the Pains contained in Our Proclamation and Acts of Parliament Notwithstanding of which Acts tending so much to the advancement of Manufactories within this Kingdom and thereby to the general advantage of the Nation The Merchants and others have Imported great Quantities of Prohibit Forraign Cloths and Stuffs to the great discouragement of the said Manufactories the considerable loss and prejudice of the Kingdom and manifest breach and contempt of the Laws which We understand to proceed from the not putting of the saids Laws to due Execution against the Contraveeners Therefore We with advice of Our Council of Trade do hereby Revive and renew all the saids Laws and other Acts of Parliament and Council for the Encouragement of Manufactories in all the Heads and Articles thereof And Ordain that all who have Imported any such Forraign Cloths or Stuffs be proceeded against before Our Council of Trade conform to the tenor of the saids Acts. And further for the Encouragement of the Cloth-Manufactorie already set up and all those that in time coming shall be set up within this Kingdom We with advice foresaid do strictly Prohibit and Discharge all manner of Persons whatsomever to buy any Forraign Cloth Searges Cairseys Freizes and mill'd D●ogats all made o● Wool in time coming or to make any Wearing Cloths thereof in case they have any of the saids Cloths or Stuffs by them already under the pain of 500. merks Scots And to the effect that no man may pretend Ignorance whether Cloth be Forraign or Native We for distinguishing of the samen do Ordain all Manufactories of Cloth to have a Seal which shall be put upon every Piece of Cloth made therein under the pain of confiscation of the samen And that all other Persons making Cloth above the Price of three Pounds Scots shall have the Seal of the adjacent Town appended thereto under the Penalty above-written and the Magistrats of each Burgh are hereby Ordained to append the samen upon their making Faith that the said Cloth was made within the Kingdom For appending of which Seal the Presenters o● the Cl●●● are to pay two shilling Scots for ilk Piece And in regard the Tailors have generally been the greatest Traffiquers in Buying and Selling the foresaid prohibit Goods Therefore We do hereby prohibit all Tailors to Buy or make any of the foresaids prohibite Goods under the Pain of 20. lib. Scots for ilk Transgression toties quoties And that Our Pleasure herein may be known OUR WILL IS and We Charge you strictly and Command that incontinent these Our Letters seen ye pass to the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh and all other Places needfull and there in Our Royal Name and Authority by open Proclamation make publication of Our Pleasure in the Premisses that punctual obedience may be given thereto and none pretend Ignorance Given at Edinburgh the Fifteenth day of August One thousand six hundred eighty Years And of Our Reign the Fourth Year Per Actum Dominorum Concilii Commercii Ro Maine Cls. Concilii Commercii GOD save the KING Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred Majesty Anno DOM. 1688.