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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22365	By the King a proclamation for the prices of victuals within the verge of the court.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1625 (1625)	STC 8776; ESTC S3510	1,717	2

HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE ¶ By the King ❧ A Proclamation for the Prices of Victuals within the Verge of the Court. WHereas Wee vnderstand by the Records of Our Counting-house that Our most Noble Progenitors Predecessors Kings and Queenes of this Realm haue alwaies had an especiall care to restraine the excessiue Rates and Prices of Uictuals Horse-meate and Lodging And that notwithstanding the extraordinary care thereof taken by Our most deare and Royall Father King IAMES of blessed memory yet there were within the Uerge of the Court alwayes some who out of their greedy desire of vnlawfull gaine would neuer bee kept within any bounds of equall and reasonable Prices but by the accesse of the Court and the increase of the concourse of people thither would take an occasion to enhaunce their Rates and exact vnconscionable extreame Prices at their owne willes and pleasures Wee taking the same into Our Princely consideration and being desirous that all Our louing Subiects in generall should in all places of their trauaile bee well vsed and especially within the Uerge of Our Court where Our Nobility Seruants Traine dayly attending vpon Our Person are lodged placed by Our Harbingers other Suitors haue dayly occasion to resort Haue giuen order to the Clerke of the Market of Our Houshold within the Uerge of Our Court foorthwith to cause a Rate and Ualuation to bee set by indifferent Iurors of all Corne Uictuals Lodgings Horse-meate and other necessaries of that kinde according to the reasonable and equall Rates and Prices of the Market and to renewe such Rates and Ualuations from time to time as occasion shall require by Oath and Presentments of Iurors And haue commanded that Schedules of the Inquisitions and Presentments of the Iuries to bee thereupon taken shall not onely be certified by Our sayd Clerke of the Market or his Deputie into Our Counting-house to remaine there with the Officers of Our Houshold But shall also be fixed and set vpon the Gates of Our Court and other places within the Uerge aswell within Liberties as without whereby publique notice may bee taken of the same Our will and pleasure being and We do by this Our Proclamation straitly charge command That no Baker Brewer Inholder Butcher or other Uictualler or any other person or persons of what estate or degree soeuer hee or they be doe in any wise demand aske or receiue more for Corne Uictuals Horsemeate Lodging or any other thing to bee specified in the sayd Schedule or Inquisition then according to the Rates and Prices therein mentioned vpon paine of imprisonment and such further punishment as by the Lawes of this Realme or by Our Prerogatiue Royall may bee inflicted vpon them as opressors of the Common-wealth and contemners of this Our Royall Commandement And moreouer Wee doe straitly charge and command That no manner of person or persons now vsing or which shall hereafter vse to serue any Citie Borough Towne or other place in or neere the place of Our residence or abode or elsewhere within the Uerge of Our Court either within Liberties or without of or with any kinde of Corne or Uictuals or other necessaries either vpon the Market dayes or at any other time shall be any thing the more remisse or slacke for making of prouision for the same then they or any of them heretofore haue been nor shall vse any colour of craft to deceiue the buyers of or in the said prouisions or to withdraw conceale hide or lay aside their Corne Uictuals Horse-meate or other necessaries to lessen or diminish the Market whereby Our Traine or attendants of Our Court within any Citie Borough or Towne within the Uerge or the Inhabitants of the same or any other Our louing Subiects thereunto resorting shall not be as well and as plenteously furnished in euery respect as the Markets were before in defrauding of this Our Ordinance And furthermore We straitly charge and expresly command aswell all Our Officers of Our Greenecloth and Our Clerke of the Market and his Deputie or Deputies as also all Maiors Bayliffes Sheriffes Constables and all other Our Officers and Ministers of all and euery the Cities Boroughs Townes Hundreds and other places within the Uerge of Our Court aswel within Liberties as without That they and euery of them from time to time when and as often as any complaint shall bee made vnto them by any partie or parties iustly grieued or wronged contrary to the tenour of this Our Proclamation within their authorities respectiuely forthwith to endeauour themselues to see speedy reformation thereof and due punishment of the person or persons that shall offend therein according to the seuerest Iustice of Our Lawes in that behalfe Giuen at Our Court at White-Hall the fourteenth day of May in the first yeere of Our Reigne of Great Britaine France and Ireland God saue the King ¶ Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill Printers to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie ANNO DOM. M. DC XXV