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A58728 A proclamation discharging silk lace, white lace, and point to be imported or worn upon apparel ... 16 March England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II); Menzies, Pat. 1682 (1682) Wing S1755; ESTC R28130 1,296 1

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A PROCLAMATION Discharging Silk Lace white Lace and Point to be imported or worn upon Apparel CHARLES 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 Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute Greeting Forasmuch as We out of Our Princely care for the Wealth and Flourishing of this Our Kingdom By the twelfth Act of Our present current Parliament did give and grant several priviledges liberties and immunities to such of Our good Subjects as would erect and set up Manufactories for their incouragement and made a stop to the import of divers expensive and superfluous commodities exprest in the said Act which had exceedingly exhausted the money of this Kingdom and hightned the exchange to forraign places which is now much fallen and did discharge the wearing of the said prohibited goods and commodities within this Kingdom after the first of Apryl next under the penalties and certifications contained in the said Act of Parliament And whereas the prefixed day discharging the wearing of the saids prohibited commodities is now approaching We have thought fit with advice of Our Privy Council hereby to publish and declare Our firm resolution for putting the said Act of Parliament to due and punctual execution And do strictly require and charge all Judges Magistrats and others to whom the execution of the said Act is committed to be careful to see the same put to due and vigorous execution and to exact and uplift the penalties from the contraveeners without any favour or defalcation as they will be answerable in their several Offices and Trusts And We being informed that to evacuat and elude the foresaid Act and to bring Our Subjects to greater expenses Some Merchants have taken upon them to import Silk Laces White Laces and Point Laces of great value Do therefore with advice foresaid hereby discharge all Merchants or other Persons of what quality soever to import into this Kingdom or any person to wear any Apparel or Cloaths upon which there is any Silk Lace White Lace of threed or Point after the first day of Apryl next under the penalty of five hundred merks Scots toties quoties by and attour Confiscation of the Cloaths upon which any of the said prohibited Laces or Point shall be found excepting alwayes forth hereof the having and wearing of White Lace of threed or Point upon Rufles Cravats Bands Handkirchiss and night Linens only but upon no other Cloaths or Linens and allowing Servants to wear their Masters or Mistrisses old Cloaths And to shew how much We are resolved to discourage all new expensive inventions to disappoint the said Act when they shal occurre We discharge a new Invention called Gratigning or Scratching Silk Stuffs that shall be worn in Cloaths under the said penaltie As also We discharge all Noblemen Gentlemen or others to have upon their Liveries any Lace made of Silk after the said day under the penaltie foresaid And ordains all Sheriffs Stewarts and other Judges and Magistrates to whom the execution of the late Act of Parliament anent Apparel is 〈…〉 cause put this Act in execution in the ●●ty and manner prescribed by the said Act of Parliament as they will be answerable The which to do We commit to you conjunctly and severally Our full power by these Our Letters delivering them by you duely execute and indorsat again to the bearer Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the sixteenth day of March One thousand six hundred and eighty two and of Our Reign the thretty fourth year Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilij PAT MENZIES Cl. Sti. Concilij GOD SAVE THE KING Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred Majesty 1682.