HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT A PROCLAMATION BY THE LORD LIEVTENANT AND COVNCELL FOR AN IMPOSITION upon diverse Commodities for the raising of monies for His Majesties Armie expressed in the BOOKE following DVBLIN Printed by VVILLIAM BLADEN Anno Dom. 1644. By the Lord Lieutenant and Councell ORMONDE WEE having taken into Our serious consideration the present state and condition of this Kingdome doe by this Our Proclamation in pursuance of an Act of Councell made at this Board bearing date the 4th day of December 1644. Publish and declare that for the reasons in the said Act of Councell conteined and for the raising of a summe of money weekly towards the maintenance of the Army for six moneths next ensuing that there be during the time aforesaid if the necessities of the Army be not in the interim otherwise relieved a rate and Imposition set upon the particulars hereafter mentioned in manner and forme hereafter expressed to be duely paid unto Thomas Leigh Daniell Foster Thomas Cuffe gentlemen upon whom WE have for the present conferred the Office of Impostmasters or to such as shall be lawfully Authorized to be the Impostmasters and at the Office appointed to be kept at the House of Henry King in Castle street or elsewhere for the Impost Office by such persons and in such manner as hereafter is declared and that the monies arising thereupon be weekly paid by the said Impostmasters unto His Majesties Vice Treasurer and Treasurer at Warres or to whom he shall appoint to be by him issued from time to time as this Board shall direct The Rate or Imposition upon Ale or Beere Beere to be retailed in the Citie or Suburbs of Dublin or in any part of the County of Dublin by them that brew it viz. All manner of Ale or beere to be sould at three pence the quart to pay ten shillings Imposition per barrell and so rateably for other gages Ale or Beere to be sould at two pence the quart to pay six shillings eight pence per barrell and so rateably for other gages Ale or Beere to be sould at one penny the quart to pay three shillings foure pence per barrell and so rateably for other gages The rate or Imposition upon Ale or Beere bought of the brewer to be retailed or Imported or brought from forreigne parts and bought here to be retailed viz. Ale or Beere to be sould at three pence the quart to pay eight shillings Imposition per burrell and so rateably for other gages Ale or Beere to be sould at two pence the quart to pay five shillings per barrell and so rateably for other gages Ale or Beere to be sould at one penny the quart to pay three shillings per barrell and so rateably for other gages The rate or Imposition upon Ale or Beere spent in any private house â—…use in the Citie or Suburbs of Dublin or in any the liberties adjoyning to the said Citie whether the same be brewed by the persons themselves that spend it or bought from the brewers or forreigne parts viz. Ale or beere of sixteen shillings and upwards per barrell to pay foure shillings Imposition per barrell and so rateably for other gages Ale or Beere of eight shillings per barrell and upward to sixteene shillings per barrell to pay two shillings per barrell and so rateably for other gages Ale or Beere of five shillings per barrell and upward to eight shillings per barrell to pay twelve pence per barrell and so rateably for other gages And WE hereby declare that it is meant and intended by this Proclamation that housekeepers in the Countrey not selling or retayling Ale or Beere shall not pay any Imposition by vertue of this Proclamation for or by reason of the Ale or Beere they shall brew and spend in their owne houses for themselves and their families The rate or Imposition upon Aquavitae and all manner of hot waters Aquavâ—… Hotwaâ—… in the City or Suburbs of Dublin or any part of the County of Dublin viz. Aquavitae and all hotwaters bought or sould to be retailed againe to pay one shilling and foure pence Imposition per gallon Aquavitae and all Hotwaters bought or sould by or to any that shall not retaile the same againe to pay eight pence Imposition per gallon Wines The rate or Imposition upon Wines bought to be sould againe by retaile in the City or Suburbs of Dublin or County of Dublin viz. All manner of French Wines rackt or unrackt to pay six pounds Imposition per Tonne accounting foure Hogsheads to the Tonne and all other gages rateably and allowed to be retailed at eight pence per quart All Wines of the Spanish growth rackt or unrackt to pay six pounds Imposition per Pipe or Butte and all other gages rateably and allowed to be retailed at one shilling foure pence per quart The rate or Imposition upon Wines bought or brought into private Houses for their owne uses viz. All manner of French Wines rackt or unrackt to pay three pounds Imposition per Tonne accounting foure Hogsheads to the Tonne and all other gages rateably All Wines of the Spanish growth rackt or unrackt to pay three pounds Imposition per Pipe or Butte and all other gages rateably The rate or Imposition upon Herrings in the Citie or Suburbs of Dublin or County of Dublin viz. All sorts of Herrings whether full shotters or swimmers Herringâ—… be they pickeled or smoaked to be spent within this Kingdome and to be sould to pay twelve pence Imposition per barrell and so rateably for other quantities The rate or Imposition upon all sorts of Vinegar Perry Cydar Vinegar c. Alegar and Verjuice in the Citie or Suburbs of Dublin or County of Dublin viz. All sorts of Vinegar Perry Cydar Alegar and Verjuice that shall be brought or made within the said limmits to pay five shillings Imposition per Hogshead and so rateably for other quantities The rate or Imposition upon Salt in the City or Suburbs of Dublin Sale or County of Dublin viz. All sorts of Salt to pay twelve pence Imposition per barrell water measure and so rateably for other quantities The rate or Imposition upon Tobaccoe â—…oe in the Citie or Suburbs of Dublin or County of Dublin viz. All sorts of Tobaccoe in Rolle leafe or Sneesing to pay three pence Imposition le pound All Tobaccoe stalkes to pay one penny halfe penny Imposition le pound The rate or Imposition upon Corne in the City or Suburbs of Dublin or liberties adjoyning viz. All Wheat and Misceline to pay two shillings Imposition per pocke heape or barrell strike measure and so rateably for other measures All Rye Beare Barley Pease Beanes and Buckwheat to pay eighteen pence Imposition per pecke heape or barrell strike measure and so rateably for other measures All sorts of Meale Flower Grotts Bread and Bisket brought either by Sea to the Port of Dublin or any the
Creeks or members of the said Port or brought by Land from other parts into the City or Suburbs of Dublin or liberties adjoyning to pay twelve pence Imposition the hundred weight and so rateably for other quantities And all Mault to be ground shall be entred in the Impost Office without paying any Impost for the grinding The rate or Imposition upon Candles â—…s in the City or Suburbs of Dublin or County of Dublin viz. All sorts of Candles to pay six pence Imposition per dozen pounds and so rateably for other quantities The rate or Imposition upon Hydes and Skinnes â—… Skins in the City or Suburbs of Dublin or County of Dublin viz. All sorts of tanned Hydes weighing before currying ten pounds or upward to pay twelve pence le peece Imposition All sorts of tanned Hydes or Skinnes weighing six pounds or upward â—o ten pounds to pay six pence le peece Imposition All other sorts of tanned Hydes or Skinnes whatsoever weighing under six pounds le peece to pay six pence Imposition per dozen All Goats Skinnes or other Skinnes tanned and dressed as Spanish Leather and all Buckskinnes and Stagskinnes to pay six pence le peece Imposition All Goatskinnes dressed otherwise to pay two shillings Imposition per dozen All Kidskinnes Lambskinnes Sheepskinnes and Slinkskines tanned or dressed to pay three pence Imposition per dozen All Buffeskinnes and all other Hydes and skinnes dressed after the manner of Buffe to pay two shillings le peece Imposition The rate or Imposition upon Cattell slaughtered Cattell to be sould in the City or Suburbs of Dublin or County of Dublin viz. All manner of Oxen Bulls Cowes Steeres and Bullocks to pay foure shillings le peece Imposition All Calves to pay two shillings le peece Imposition All Swine above six weekes old and all Sheepe and Goates to pay 12 pence le peece Imposition And all Lambs and Kids to pay six pence le peece Imposition The rate or Imposition upon Cattell slaughtered by any to salt up for their owne uses or to eate or spend fresh in their owne Houses viz. Private â—… All manner of Oxen Bulls Cowes Steeres and Bullocks to pay two shillings le peece Imposition All Calves to pay twelve pence le peece Imposition All Swine above six weeks old and all Sheep and Goats to pay six pence le peece Imposition All Lambs and Kids to pay three pence le peece Imposition And WE hereby declare that it is meant and intended by this Proclamation that Housekeepers in the Countrey shall not pay any Imposition by vertue of this Proclamâ—tion for or by reason of any Cattell they shall slaughter and spend in their owne Houses for themselves and their families All Bootes Shooes Slippers Broages Shooes Sâ—…pers c. and all other commodities made of Hydes and Skinnes tanned or dressed that shall be brought into the City and Suburbs of Dublin or County of Dublin to pay Impost according to the discretion of the Commissioners The rate or Imposition upon commodities hereafter to be Imported into the City or Suburbs of Dublin or County of Dublin Commodâ—… Imported viz. All commodities to be Imported or brought into the limmits aforesaid either by Sea or Land to pay twelve pence per pound to be rated according the Booke of Rates in His Majesties Custome House at Dublin except Victuals and such other commodities as are mentioned in a Proclamation bearing date the fourth of December 1644. â—…modities â—…ed The rate or Imposition upon Broad-Cloath and all other commodities that shall be exported or carried by Land out of the City or Suburbs of Dublin or County of Dublin viz. All Broad-Cloath and other commodities not having paid formerly Custome and Impost in the said Custome House by Importation to pay such Impost as is laid on them in the Custome-House being exported And all commodities not charged in the Custome-House with any such Impost to pay Impost according the Booke of Rates in the said Custome House The rate or Imposition upon fire wood â—…wood viz. All sorts of fire wood piled or laid up in yards or other places within the City or Suburbs of Dublin or liberties adjoyning to the said City to be sould to pay two shillings Imposition per cord and so rateably for other quantities â—…coale and â—…e The rate or Imposition upon Seacoale and Coome in the said Citie and Suburbs of Dublin or County of Dublin viz. All sorts of Seacoale and Coome that shall be sould after Landing to pay two shillings Imposition per tonne and so rateably for other quantities The rate or Imposition upon brewers â—…ers in the City or Suburbs of Dublin or County of Dublin viz. All brewers of Ale or Beere that doe not retaile the same to pay two pence Imposition per barrell for every barrell of Ale and Beere strong or small they shall sell The rate or Imposition upon Maulsters â—…sters in the City or Suburbs of Dublin or County of Dublin viz. All Maulsters and others to pay foure pence Jmposition for every barrell of Wheat Pease Beanes Barley or Beare Mault And two pence Jmposition for every barrell of Oate Mault they shall sell And for the better performance and due execution of all and singular the premises WE doe hereby in His Majesties Name strictly charge and command that from and after the publishing of this Proclamation no manner of person or persons whatsoever within the limmits aforesaid shall brew Ale or Beere Entring oâ—… names either for sale retaile or private use or distill sell or retaile AquavitÄ™ or any sort of Hotwaters or sell either by wholesale or retaile any sort of Wine forreigne Beere Herrings Vinegar Perry Cydar Alegar Verjuice Salt Tobaccoe Sneesing or Tobaccoe stalkes or any sort of Meale Flower Grotts Bread or Biskett or any sort of Sea coal or Fire wood or make any Candles or Mault either for sale or private use or sell or retaile the same or any way deale or trade in any kinde of Hydes or Skinnes tanned curryed or dressed or any commodities made thereof or any other commodity mentioned in this Proclamation or use or exercise any kinde of Mill or Mills for grinding of any sort of Corne or slaughter any Cattell for saâ—e untill such time as he or they first enter his and their names and dwelling places in the Impost Office and these receive admittance to deale in the said severall kinds respectively upon paine of five pounds for every one that shall so neglect to enter his name That all Merchants and others that shall any way Import into the City and Suburbs of Dublin or County of Dublin either by Land or water Aquavitae or any sort of Hotwaters Wine Beere Herrings Vinegar Perry Cydar Alegar Verjuice Salt Tobaccoe Sneesing or Tobaccoe stalkes or any sort of Meale Flower Grotts Bread or Bisket or any Candles Hydes or Skinnes tanned curryed or dressed or any Bootes Shooes Slippers Broages or other commodities made of
using or exercising any kinds of Mils shall sell or any waies dispose of their tole corne without ticquet first obteined from the Impost masters nor shall bake any Bread other then to spend in his own family for which he shall be considered of by the Commissioners of the Impost upon paine of twenty shillings for every of the said offences That all Merchants Tanners Skinners and all others that doe or shall trade Entring â—… Leather â—… sealing â—… or deale in any of the kinds of Hydes or Skinnes before mentioned shall from henceforth enter in the Impost Office the full number and kinde of all such Hydes and Skinnes as they shall tanne or dresse or shall receive ready tanned or dressed from time to time and shall not sell use or any way dispose of any of the said Hydes or Skinnes before the same be throughly dryed and sealed by a seale of the Impost Office without any fee to be paid for the same and Impost paid for the said Hydes or Skinnes according to the rates before expressed and a Ticquet obteined from the Impost masters upon paine of forfeiture of six times the Impost set upon the said Hydes or Skinnes by this Proclamation That no person or persons whatsoever receive or cause to be received any of the kinds of Hydes or Skinnes before mentioned â—… receive â—…ealing â—…me from any Merchant Tanner Curryer Skinner or other before the same be throughly dryed and sealed as aforesaid and Impost paid and a Ticquet obteined from the Impost masters upon the like pain as above That all Chandlers and others that shall from henceforth make or receive any Candles for sale shall make true entryes in the Impost Office of all such Candles as they shall make â—… of â—… or that shall hereafter come into their hands from time to time upon pain of five shillings for every dozen pound so neglected to be entred That all Chandlers and others that shall sell or receive any Candles shall every Thursday before noone enter in the Impost office the full waight of all such Candles as they shall have sould within that weeke â—… acâ—… and pay the Impost set upon the same and obteine a Ticquet from the Impost masters upon paine of forty shillings for every dozen pound of Candles sould and not entred and paid for That all Butchers and others dwelling within the City of Dublin or two miles thereof that shall slaughter any kind or sort of Cattell before mentioned to sell â—…o â—…es doe before he or they slaughter any Beast enter in the said Impost Office the number and kinds of Cattell or Beasts that he or they intend to slaughter and pay the Impost set upon the same and obteine Ticquet thereof from the Impost masters upon paine of five pounds for every Oxe Bull Cow Steere and Bullock and upon paine of three pounds for every Calfe and twenty shillings for every Sheep Swine Goat Lambe and Kid so slaughtered That no maner of person or persons whatsoever dwelling within the City and Suburbs of Dublin or County of Dublin Entrie oâ—… tell for pâ—…vate use by whom any Impost is by this Proclamation to be paid shall slaughter any of the said kinds of Cattell or Beasts before mentioned either to salt up for his or their own use or to spend or eate fresh in his or their owne Houses untill such time as the number and kinds of such Cattell or Beasts as he or they intend to slaughter be first entred in the Impost Office and the Impost set upon the same paid and a Ticquet thereof obteined from the said Office upon paine as aforesaid That all Butchers and others dwelling within the City or Suburbs of Dublin or County of Dublin Butchers â—… City Subâ—… or Countâ—… enter and â—… Impost that shall slaughter any of the kinds of Cattell or Beasts before mentioned to sell or that shall bring or send any of the said kinds of Cattel or beasts into this City or Suburbs ready slaughtered to be sould or salted up doe before they offer to sale or dispose of any of the said Cattell or Beasts enter in the Impost Office the number and kinds of the same and pay Impost after the same rate as is hereby appointed to be paid for Cattell slaughtered to be sould and obteine a Ticquet from the Impost Office for the same upon paine as above is expressed That no Cattell be hereafter slaughtered for his Majesties store Cattell slâ—…tered for â—… Majesties â—… or Navy â—… pay Impoâ—… Navie or otherwise without Ticquet first obteined from the Impost masters for the same and Impost paid upon paine as before is expressed That no Maulster or other person whatsoever that shall make any Mault either for sale or private use No Malsâ—… sell or disâ—… without tâ—… Imposâ—… for which any Imposition is by this Proclamation to be paid shall deliver or any waies dispose of any Mault which he or they shall make untill they pay the Impost set upon the same and obteine a Ticquet from the Impost masters upon paine of five shillings for every barrell of Mault delivered or disposed of without Ticquet as aforesaid That no manner of person or persons whatsoever shall from and after the publishing of this Proclamation â—…roadâ—… to be exâ—… without â—… paid presume to send or export by Land out of the limmits aforesaid any Broadcloath or other commodity not having formerly paid Custome and Impost in the Customehouse by importation without a ticquet from the Impost masters first obteined and impost paid for the same according the rates before expressed upon paine as aforesaid That all person or persons that have now in their custody or possession â—…g to be â—… any sort of fire wood Seacoale or Coome for sale for which impost is by this Proclamation to be paid shall forthwith after publishing of this Proclamation enter their names and dwelling places in the Impost Office with the full quantity of all the fire wood Seacoale and Coome they have in their respective possessions and not sell or any waies dispose of any part thereof without Ticquet from the said impost Office upon paine of forty shillings for every such default That no person or persons whatsoever receive or cause to be received â—…o receive â—…g before â—…e any sort of fire wood Seacoale or Coome being already Landed or hereafter to be Landed for sale before the impost thereof be paid and a Ticquet obteined from the impost masters for the same upon the like paine That Officers and Souldiers within the City and Suburbs of Dublin or County of Dublin â—…ers and â—…iers to â—…position â—…ers brewing either for their own use or retaile any Ale or Beere or slaughtering Cattell or committing any act contrary to this Proclamation be compelled to conforme themselves as well as others to the said Proclamation And to that end the Commissioners herein entrusted are hereby Authorized to proceed with them as they doe with others that are no Souldiers Wherein also We pray and require the Governor of His Majesties Forces in the City and Suburbs of Dublin or the time being as also all Commanders Officers and Souldiers within the County of Dublin to be ayding and assisting to the said Commissioners or any by them authorized from time to time as there may be occasion That no person or persons of what degree or quality soever None tâ—… resistanâ—… any impâ—…ment to â—… Officerâ—… Impost â—… shall give any impediment or resistance to any of the wayters or other Officers belonging to the impost Office or any other authorized by the Commissioners thereof for searching any part of his or their houses shops Cellars or storehouses for and about His Majesties Service in the execution of this Proclamation upon paine of five pounds for every time he or they shall soe offend That all the paines penalties and forfeitures hereby imposed or set upon such as shall offend in any of the before mentioned premises Penaltâ—… levied â—… the gooâ—… the offeâ—… be levyed upon the goods and chattles of the offenders and to be paid to the Impost masters and the one moiety thereof by them given to the informer and the other to be paid to his Majesties Vice-Treasurer and Treasurer at warres or to whom he shall appoint to be by him issued out and accompted for in manner and forme aforesaid And WE require all Majors Sheriffes Iustices of Peace and all other His MAJESTIES Officers Ministers and loving Subjects whom it may concerne and particularly all Collonels All to â—… the exâ—… of this â—…clamaâ—… Commanders Officers and Souldiers of His MAJESTIES Armie to be helping ayding and assisting in the due execution of this Proclamation from time to time as there shall be occasion And WE Require the Major and Sherriffes of the City of Dublin to cause this Proclamation to be forthwith published and Proclaimed throughout this City and Suburbs of Dublin As WE also Require the Sherriffe of the County of Dublin to cause the same to be forthwith published and Proclaimed throughout the said County of Dublin Given at His Majesties Castle of Dublin 9. December 1644. R. Bolton Canc. Roscomon Ant. Midensis Cha. Lambart Fr. Willoughby Tho. Lucas G. Wentworth God save the King