Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	act_n	day_n	lord_n	1,003	5	4.1260	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05726	Proclamation, recalling former acts or proclamations, declaring forraign victual free of duty, and ordaining all victuall to be imported to pay duty as before the saids former acts and proclamation.	Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William II)	1697 (1697)	Wing S1973; ESTC R183582	914	1

PROCLAMATION Recalling former Acts or Proclamations declaring Forraign Victual free of Duty and ordaining all Victuall to be Imported to pay Duty as before the Saids former Acts and Proclamation WILLIAM by the Grace of GOD King of Great-Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith To Our Lovits _____ Macers of Our Privy Council Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute Greeting Forasmuch as by Our Proclamation of the Date the Sixth day of August One thousand six hundred ninety six years The exacting of any Custom Excise or other Imposition said upon Victual Imported into this Kingdom by Sea or Land from any other Countrey by any Act of Parliament or Book of Rates was discharged And sicklike by an Act of the Lords of Our Privy Council dated the 29 day of December One thousand six hundred ninety six years all Victual Imported into this Kingdom from Abroad was declared to be free of all Custom and Excise or other Publick Duties whatsomever And seing the foresaid Proclamation and Act of Council were past and Published for encouraging such who should Import Victual for relief of the Poor under the then scarcity and dearth which now are competently provided against by the plenty of Victual already Imported and the old Victual yet in the Countrey not consumed or spent And there being likewise the Prospect of a very good Harvest and plentiful Cropt approaching Therefore We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council have discharged the foresaid Proclamation and Act of Council and declare the same to be of no furder force and hereby ordain the Collectors and others imployed in Uplifting and Collecting Our Customs to Levy and Collect the Custom Excise and other Duties Imposed upon Victual Imported from any Forraign Countrey by Sea or Land by whatsomever Law or Act of Parliament and appoint them to be Comptable to Us therefore conform to the Laws made thereanent as they were lyable to do before the said Proclamation or Act. Our Will is herefore and We Charge you straitly and Command that incontinent these Our Letters seen ye pass to the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh and to the remanent Mercat-Crosses of the Head Burghs of the several Shires and Stewartries within this Kingdom and there in Our Name and Authority make intimation hereof that none pretend ignorance And ordains these presents to be Printed Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the Twenty one day of July and of Our Reign the ninth Year 1697. Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii GILB ELIOT Cls. Sti. Concilii GOD save the King Edinburgh Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson Printer to the King 's most Excellent Majesty 1697