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A22072 By the King a proclamation for buildings. England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1566-1625. 1611 (1611) STC 8470; ESTC S3466 1,212 1

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¶ By the King ¶ A Proclamation for Buildings THE Kings Maiestie perceiuing the generall commoditie which would growe to this Citie if the vse of building with Bricks in and about the said Citie and Suburbs thereof were more practised and put in vse and Timber preserued and spared which by great waste and vnnecessary expence thereof is growen very scant within this Realme And chiefely also obseruing how much it would grace and beautifie His Citie of London being the principall place of this Kingdome for the reforte and entertainement of forreine Princes States and Ambassadours which vpon seuerall and diuers occasions doe from time to time come into this Realme if the foreparts or forefronts of the houses of this Citie and Suburbs thereof bending and looking towards the streets were all builded with Bricke The said building with Bricke being also as experience daily prooueth both more durable and more safe and defensable against fire and of little more charge then the building with Timber Doeth therefore straitly prohibite and forbid all persons whomsoeuer that they nor any of them shall or doe at any time after the first day of August next comming build erect or set vp or cause to be builded erected or set vp any House Habitation or Shoppe or whole Story of any building ioyning vpon any streete or streetes of the Citie of London or the Liberties or Suburbs thereof either in or vpon any ground or place where no house or habitation or foundation of house or habitation heretofore hath beene or in or vpon any olde or newe foundation whatsoeuer Except the said House Habitation Shop or Story so to be builded as is aforesaid or at the least the forefronts or forepart thereof bending and looking into the saide streete or streetes be wholy built of Bricke or of Bricke and Stone or one of them vpon paine of his Maiesties high displeasure and of such paines penalties and imprisonments as by the lawes of this Realme can or may be inflicted vpon the offendors therein for their contempt and disobedience in that behalfe And his Maiestie doeth also forbid all Carpenters Labourers and Workemen whatsoeuer That they nor any of them doe attempt or doe any Labour or Worke in or about the Building or setting vp of any houses within the said Citie and places aforesaid contrary to this his Highnesse Proclamation vpon paine of such punishment and imprisonment as by the Lawes of this Realme may or can bee inflicted vpon them in that behalfe And his Maiestie doeth also commaund the Lord Maior and Aldermen of London and all his Maiesties Iustices of Peace hauing authority within the said City or the places aforesaid That they and euery of them respectiuely doe cause this his Maiesties Commandement to bee strictly obserued and duely executed according to the tenor and true meaning hereof without delay Prouided alwayes neuerthelesse and his Maiesties pleasure is That this his Highnesse Proclamation or any thing therein conteined shal not extend to any Houses Habitations Shops or Stories of buildings which from and after the sayd first day of August next comming shall happen to be builded or erected in any Alley or Alleys or other so obscure meane a Lane as is not fit for such building Giuen at Our Castle of Windsor the two and twentieth day of Iuly in the ninth yeere of Our Reigne of Great Britaine France and Ireland God saue the King ❧ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie Anno Dom. 1611.