further Penalty of 20 l. per Tod and forfeiture of the Wooll and Offenders incapable of Grant of any Wooll from Southampton p. 465 29. Commissioners of the Customs in Ireland shall every six Months transmit to the Commissioners of the Customs in England a true account and particulars of all the Wooll Exported out of Ireland into England 7 8 W. 3. p. 572. 30. All Certificates for the Landing of Wooll to be written upon Paper and not Parchment and not obliterated or interlined p. 573. 31. After 1 May 1696. no Wooll Woollsels Mortlings Shorlings Yarn made of Wooll Wool-flocks Fullers-earth or Scouring-clay shall be carryed or conveyed by Land to or from any place in the Counties adjoyning to Scotland or within 5 Miles of the Sea Coast but between Sun-rising and Sun-setting on Penalty of Forfeiture of the said Commodities Horses Carriages and no Ship or Vessel shall Export the same on forfeiture of the said Ship and treble the Value with treble Cost of Suit And the Inhabitants of the Hundred Port or Place exempt next adjoyning to Scotland or to the Sea Coasts out of or thro' which any of the said Commodities shall be Carryed or Exported shall forfeit 20 l. if the Wooll so Carryed out or Exported be under the Value of 10 l. if above then treble the Value and treble Costs c. p. 573 574. 32. The Forfeitures may be Recovered by him who shall Sue for the same in any Court of Record at Westminster ibid. 33. Execution for the Informer may be had against two or more of the said Inhabitants and after such Execution the Justices of the Peace upon complaint of the Party or Parties so charged may at their Quarter Sessions Assess and Tax ratably and proportionably all the Towns Parishes and Hamlets in the said Hundred or Place in the same manner and form as a Hundred ought to be charged in case of Robbery by the Statute of 27 Eliz. c. 13. And thereby reimburse the Parties charged p 575. 34. Persons Aiding or Assisting in Carrying or Exporting any of the said Commodities out of this Realm being legally Convicted shall suffer Three years Imprisonment and the Owner of such Wooll and other Commodities and all that shall be Aiding or Assisting shall answer and satisfie treble the Value of all such Forfeitures and Penalties which such Inhabitants shall be charged with and treble Costs of Suit to be recovered in any Court of Record at Westminster c. to be allowed by and in the Name of the Clerk of the Peace of such County without naming his Christian or Sirname to the use of the said Inhabitants and notwithstanding the Death or Removal of such Clerk of the Peace the said Suit shall not discontinue but be prosecuted to Judgment p. 576. 35. Such Actions and Informations shall be tryed in any of the Kings Courts of Record by a Jury of Freeholders of any other County than that where the Fact was committed p. 577. 36. The first three Persons who have been Aiding but not the Owners who shall inform thereof to a Justice of Peace shall not suffer any of the said Penalties and Forfeitures p. 577. 37. If any Action brought against Justice of the Peace or other Person executing this Act the Action shall be laid in the proper County and the Defendant may plead the general Issue and give the special Matter in Evidence and if the Plaintiff shall be Nonsuit or Discontinue or the Jury find for the Defendant he shall have treble Costs p. 578. 38. Every Suit and Information by Virtue of this Act shall be commenced within one year after the Fact committed p 578. 39. If any Person to whom any Forfeitures by this Act are given shall compound for the same for less than what is hereby given it shall be lawful for any other Person to Sue for and Recover the same in manner and form as aforesaid and the Person compounding shall suffer Five years Imprisonment p. 578. 40. The Lord High Admiral or Commissioners of the Admiralty shall from time to time appoint one Ship of the Fifth Rate and two Ships of the Sixth Rate and four Armed Sloops constantly to Cruize from the North-Foreland to the Isle of Wight for the seizing all Vessels or Boats which shall Export Wooll or bring any prohibited Goods or suspected persons p. 578. 41. Owners of Wooll lodged within ten Miles of the Sea side in Kent and Sussex are to give account in Writing three days after Shearing to the Officers of his Majesties Customs of the next adjoyning Port And the like notice before any part thereof be removed and the Name and Abode of the Person to whom it is disposed and the Place to which it is intended to be carried And to take a Certificate from the Officer who first Entred the same upon the Penalty of Forfeiting the Wooll not so Entred and 3 s. for every Pound as if the same had been actually Transported The Officer to take the Account gratis and to give such Certificates without delay specifying the Name or Names of the Owners and Buyers and Limit it to such Times and Places to be removed taking 6 d. for each Certificate and no more 9 10 W. 3. p. 666. 42 No person residing within Fifteen Miles of the Sea in the said Counties of Kent and Sussex may presume to Buy any Wooll before they give Bond and Sureties that all the Wooll they Buy shall not be Sold by them to any person within Fifteen Miles of the Sea If any Wooll be found carrying towards the Sea side in the Counties aforesaid unless first Entred and Security given the same shall be Forseited and the Offender shall also Forfeit 3 s. for every Pound Weight p. 667. 43. No Wooll removed from the place where it was first Housed Lodged or Laid after Sheering within Ten Miles as aforesaid shall be Lodged after the first removing within Fifteen Miles of the Sea in the Counties aforesaid upon pain of Forfeiting all such Wooll if found but if carried away then the Owner to Forfeit for every Pound Weight 3 s. p. 667. 44. Wooll laid or hid within 15 miles of the Sea and not Entred as aforesaid shall be seized and forfeited p. 667. 45. Upon any Seizure of such Wooll the person Claiming shall give Security in his Majesties Court of Exchequer if cast upon Tryal to pay treble Cost over and above the Penalties and Forfeitures aforesaid p. 668. 46. The Forfeitures and Penalties in the said Act mentioned to be one Third part to the use of his Majesty and the other Two Thirds to the Seizer p. 668. 47. Persons Guilty of Transporting Wooll Wool fels Fullers-earth or Scouring-clay may be sued and prosecuted at any time within Three years after the Offence committed p. 669. 48. Owners of Wooll shorn laid up or lodged within 15 Miles of the Borders of Scotland are required to give account of their number of Fleeces and where lodged to such Person
belong to England c. on forfeiture of Ship and Goods p. 4 Ships owned or part-owned by Strangers shall not carry Goods Coastwise on forfeiture of Ship and Goods p. 6. Cap. 32. Persons c. exporting Sheep Wooll c. forfeit Goods and Ship and are lyable to other Penalties and Master assisting forfeits Goods and Chattels and Imprisonment for three Months p. 110 112 113 Customer of Southampton to keep account of Wooll permitted to be transported from thence to Jersey Guernsey Alderney and Sark and shall not permit more to be transported than is prescribed on forfeiture of his Place and 100 l. p. 117 Governours of Jersey and Guernsey or Deputies shall not make Licence for greater quantities of Wooll than is limited on pain to forfeit for every Tod of Wooll so Licensed 20 l. Ibid. Taking more than 12 pence for Licence forfeits for every penny which shall be taken over and above the said 12 d. Five shillings p. 118 12 Car. 2. Cap. 34. Setting or Sowing Tobacco in England Wales Guernsey Jersey Berwick or Ireland except in Physick Gardens forfeits the Tobacco or Value or 40 s. per Rod and the Goods to be burnt and destroyed p. 125 to 128 14 Car. 2. Cap. 7. Raw Hides exported or intended to be exported may be seized by Officers of the Customs and persons exporting Raw Hides disabled to Trade or Deal in Leather and forfeit 500 l. p. 140 14 Car. 2. Cap. 11. Ships to come up to the Port of their Discharge and Masters to make a true Entry on pain of 100 l. p. 210 211 Masters or Persons taking charge suffering Package of Goods to be opened on Board imbezeled or put into other Form or Package after the Ship comes into Port forfeit 100 l. p. 214 215 Persons armed with Club or any Weapon affronting abusing beating or wounding Officers of the Customs or their Assistants in the due execution of their Office on Board any Ship or on the Land shall be committed to Prison by Justice of Peace till the next Quarter Sessions and be punished by Fine not exceeding 100 l. and not be discharged but by order of the Exchequer p. 217 218 Wharfingers or their Servants Landing or Shipping any Goods without the Presence or notice given to one of his Majesties Officers forfeit 100 l. ib. If any Goods shall be taken into any Lighter or Boat to be carryed Aboard any Ship outwards bound for Parts beyond the Seas or taken in from or out of any Ship inwards from Foreign Parts without a Warrant and Presence of one or more Officers the Boat forfeited and the Master of the Ship inward bound consenting shall forfeit the value of the Goods so unshipped p. 219 Carman Porter Waterman or other Person assisting in taking up or Shipping off such Goods may by Justice of Peace be committed to Goal till he finds Sureties c. to lye in Goal two Months and pay 5 l. to the Sheriff for his Majesties use c. p. 220 Goods Landed from Port to Port without Warrant or Sufferance shall be forfeited and lost Cocquet to be taken out and Bond to be Entred into for Coast Goods p. 220 221 Officer Granting a False Certificate shall lose his Imployment forfeit 50 l. and suffer one years Imprisonment p. 221 Goods Exported or Secretly Conveyed on Board before Custom paid and shall escape the discovery thereof by the Officers Owners c. forfeit double the Rated Value of the Goods except Coals which is to pay double Custom p. 222 223 Goods carried by Land to or from Scotland to be Entred and Custom paid at Berwick or Carlisle on forfeiture and loss of such Goods or the value thereof p. 225 Seizures not effectually prosecuted other Officers may prosecute and have the benefit p. 230 Officer Receiving Bribes or Conniving at false Entries to Defraud His Majesty of His Customs forfeits 100 l. and is incapable of Imployment under the King ib. Merchants giving such Bribe forfeit 50 l. p. 231 Packet Boats unless allowed by the Officers appointed to manage His Majesties Customs shall not Import or Export Merchandize on penalty of 100 l to be paid by the Master with loss of his Place and such Goods forfeited and lost p. 232 Sundry Goods prohibited to be Imported from the Netherlands or Germany in any Ship or Vessel whatsoever upon any pretence whatsoever on forfeiture of Ship and Goods p. 233 French Ships landing or taking aboard Goods or Passengers without payment of Customs and Imposition of 5 s per Tun and shall afterwards return shall not only pay Duty formerly due but forfeit 10 l. ib. Pilot c. which shall go out and bring any Goods from on board such Vessel to pay the Tunnage Duty and forfeit 40 l. p. 234 One moiety of all the forfeitures by this Act shall be to the King the other to the Informer p. 237 238 If any person Imployed in His Majesties Customs shall demand or take any other or greater Sum of Money than by Law is due or neglect or refuse to make Repayments and Allowances which shall be due or shall not after notice given give out and execute his Warrant shall be lyable to double Costs and Damages p. 239 14 Car. 2. c. 13. Persons who shall sell or offer to sale any Foreign Bone Lace Cut Work Imbroidery c. forfeit for every Offence 50 l. and the Goods Persons Importing such Bone Lace c. forfeit for every Offence 100 l. and the Goods p. 268 269 Cap. 18. Wooll Woollen Yarn scrued or pressed into any Sack or Cask and laid near the Sea Coast with intention to be Exported out of England or Ireland shall be forfeited and lost or the value thereof p. 310 311 Tobacco Pipe Clay shall not be Exported or Carried out of England or Ireland or Wales into Scotland or into any Foreign Parts out of the Kingdoms or Dominion aforesaid on penalty of 3 s. for every pound weight p. 311 Cap. 19. Foreign Wooll Cards prohibited to be Imported on forfeiture of the Goods or Value p 316 15 Car. 2. c. 7. No European Commodities shall be Imported into any the Kings Plantations in Asia Africa or America but what shall have been shipt in England c. and in English Built Ships c. and carried directly thence to the Plantations on pain to lose the same and also the Ship p. 71 Officers of the Customs that give Warrant for or suffer any of the Enumerated Plantation Goods to be carried into any other Countrey till put on Shore in England c. shall lose their Place and the value of such Goods p. 75 No Fresh Herring Codd or Haddock Coal-Fish or Gul-Fish shall be Imported but in Vessels English built or Ships made Free and Caught in such Vessels on pain to forfeit such Fish and the Vessel in which it is Imported p. 79 Setting or Sowing Tobacco in England forfeits 10 l for every Rod of Ground p. 81 Persons resisting shall be committed to
Price of Corn Twice a year to the Custom-house 1 Jac. 2. c. 19. p. 136 137. 5 6 W. M. c. 7. p. 126. Justices of Peace to Certifie at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace what Officers of the Customs have taken the Oaths of Fidelity by the 6 W. M. p. 7 8. vide 7 8 W. 3. p. 551 559. 7 8 W. 3. c. 28. p. 575 577. 8 9 W. 3. c. 23. p. 484. To Grant Warrants for Seizing Foreign Lace c. 9 10 W. 3. p. 74. To Certifie Oath made of the Propriety of English Lace c. if Seized 9 10 W. 3. p. 76. The like for Alamodes c. 9 10 W. 3. p. 701. K Keys Lawful for Landing and Shipping of Goods Keys to be appointed by His Majesties Commission 14 Car. 2. c. 11. p. 226. No Goods to be Laden or Discharged but at such Lawful Keys except Fish English Sea Coles Stone and Bestials Outwards Fish English Bestial and Salt Inwards p. 227. Note That by 4 H. 4. c. 20. All Merchandize Imported and Exported shall be charged and discharged in Great Sea Ports and not in Creeks and small Arrivals except driven in by Tempest on pain to Forfeit to the King all Merchandize otherwise charged or discharged L. 1. Lace c. Foreign Bone-Lace Cut-work Imbroidery Fringe Bandstrings Buttons and Needle-work Prohibited to be Imported 14 Car. 2. c. 13. p. 265. 2. Foreign Bone-Lace Loom-Lace Needle-work Point and Cut-work Prohibited to be Imported or Sold 9 10 W. 3. p. 71. 3. Forfeiture of the Goods and 20 s. per Yard p. 73. 4. Importation after 25 March 1698. Sale or Barter after 24 Decemb. 1698. declared to be a Common Nusance p. 73. 5. May be Seized and the Offenders Prosecuted by any Person whatsoever Ibid. 6. If Seized to be carried to the next Custom-house and not thence be delivered till duly discharged p. 74. 7. If Condemned to be Sold by Inch of Candle giving 10 Days Publick Notice 8. The Buyer to give Bond with Sureties to Export within 6 Months of the Date and not to Import the same into England Scotland Ireland or any of His Majesties Dominions in America or elsewhere p. 75. 9. If the Seizer upon further Examination believe the Goods to be English he may take off his Seizure giving Publick Notice thereof c. p. 75. 10. The proof of the Goods to be made in England shall lie only upon the Importer Keeper Seller Retailer Barterer c. and not upon the Informer Seizer or Prosecutor that they were Manufactured beyond the Seas p. 77. 11. The Penalties and Forfeitures in the said Act may be Sued for and Recovered over and above any Penalties in any former Acts and after Reasonable Costs and Charges of Prosecution deducted and allowed out of the same to the Prosecutor shall be one moiety to His Majesty and the other moiety to him or them that will Sue for the same p. 77 12. Informations Actions and Suits to be brought within 12 Months after the Offence p 78. 13 No Claim to be admitted till Security given by Recognizance before one of the Barons of the Exchequer in 20 l. to pay Cost c. p. 79. 14. No Authority given to any Person to Enter into any House Shop Cellar warehouse c. or to break open the same or any Door Chest Trunk c. which does not belong to a Dealer in Lace p 79. Lamb and Mutton Prohibited to be Imported 32 Car. 2. p. 9. Lamb and Mutton Lapis Calaminaris Exported Lapis Calaminaris which by 4 5 W. M. p 260. was to pay an Additional Impost of 20 s. per Ton The same is altered by 7 8 W. 3. p. 337. to payonly 2 s. per Ton. Continued by 8 9 W. 3. p. 216. and further Continued by 8 9 W. 3. p. 319. till 1 Aug. 1706. Lattin Shaven Lattin Black Lattin and Round Bottoms Imported to pay 10 l. for every 100 l. value more than the same are charged by the Book of Rates 4 5 W. M. p. 260. Lattin Wire Vide Wire 1. Leather Leather Manufactures may be Exported paying Customs 12 Car. 2. c. 4. p. 9. 2. Leather of all sorts Sheep-skins or Calve-skins Tanned Tawed or Dressed bought in open Market by Native or Foreigner may be Exported to any Foreign parts paying Customs for every Hundred weight 12 d. and no more 20 Car. 2. c. 5. p. 51. Revived and Continued by 1 Jac. 2. p 93. 1 W. M. p. 389. and by 7 8 W. 3. p. 744. Continued for Seven years from 25 March 1696 and from thence to the end of the next Session of Parliament 3. Leather Imported from and after 20 April 1697. for the term of Three years to pay a Duty or Imposition of 15 l. for every 100 l. of the true and real value over and above all Customs Subsidies or other Duties already Imposed on such Leather to be esteemed upon the Oath of the Importer to be so much as the same is worth to be Sold in London without any Allowance for the Duties charged thereupon to be paid before Landing thereof 8 9 W. 3. p. 399 400. 4 Provided that Foreign Raw Hides or Skins of Negro Dress shall not pay the Duty till Tanned Tawed Dressed or made into Leather p. 415. 5. Leather Exported in Backs Buts or Hides upon Oath made that the Duties were paid and Security given not to reland the same may Draw back Two Thirds of the Duty p. 422. 6. Boots Shoes and other made Wares Exported on Oath and Security as aforesaid Draw back 5 per Cent. ad valorem to be affirmed by the Oath of the Exporter p. 423. 7. Leather Shipped to be Exported and Relanded shall be Forfeited and Treble the value p. 424. Licence to be obtained for Alamodes and Lustrings before Importation Licences 4 5 W. M. p. 273 274. 9 10 W. 3. p. 697. Licence to be obtained for Spices and Tea before Importation 6 7 W. 3. p. 335 336. Licoris Imported Licoris to pay Impost Duty for every Hundred weight 18 s. 8 d. above what the same is charged with in the Book of Rates 2 W. M. p. 209. Licoris Powder Imported to pay Impost Duty for every Hundred weight 37 s. 4 d. p. 210. And for every Pound of Juice of Licoris Imported 1 s. ibid. Lime and Lemon Juice Imported Lime and Lemon Juice to pay Additional Impost 20 l. for every 100 l. value more than the same is charged with in the Book of Rates 4 5 W. M. p. 260. 1. Linen All Linen shall pay one full moiety over and above the Subsidy Linen for which Additional Duty the Importer giving Security shall have 12 Months time for payment of the same from the time of the Importation or have 10 per Cent. abated for paying Ready Money And if Exported within 12
on pain to Forfeit the same and 20 s. for every Sheep and 3 s. for every pound weight of the other Goods and the Owners of such Ships knowing such Offence to Forfeit all their Interest in the said Ships and Masters and Mariners assisting thereto all their Goods and to have Imprisonment for Three Months the One Moiety of which Forfeitures to the King the other to the Informer Suing in any Court of Record or before the Justices of Assize or General Quarter Sessions 12 Car. 2. c. 32. p. 107 110 111. 4. They that shall Transport or cause to be Transported any of the Goods aforesaid and be thereof Convicted shall be Disabled to Require any Debt belonging to them ibid 5. Offences against this Act may be Determined in the County where committed or where such Offenders are apprehended p. 112. 6. The Offenders shall not be Impeached unless within a Year after the Offence Committed ibid. 7. Any may Seize to their own use and the Kings any of the Goods aforesaid laid on Board or packed or loaded on any Carriage or laid near any Water to be Conveyed into Scotland but such persons shall not give Evidence against any that shall be Questioned by Virtue of this Act. ibid. 8. All Vessels whereof persons not Inhabiting in England shall be Owners or part Owners wherein any of the Goods aforesaid shall be Shipped contrary to this Act shall be Forfeited to the King p. 113. 9. Lambskins ready Dressed are Excepted and Necessaries for the Ships and Persons therein p. 114. 10. None of the Goods aforesaid shall be Transported out of England Wales Berwick or Ireland into Jerzey Guernsey Sark or Alderney only Wooll from the Port of Southampton for the use of the Inhabitants of those Isles and they that ship such Wooll shall before hand deliver to the Customer Comptroller Surveyor or Searcher of the said Port a Writing under the Seal of the respective Governors of the said Isles or their Deputies purporting That such Party is Authorized to Export so many Number of Tods and hath Entred into sufficient Bond to His Majesties use for Landing them in that Isle p. 115. 11. The Wooll so Exported not to Exceed these Quantities viz. Unto Jerzey 2000 Tods of Uncomb'd Wooll Unto Guernsey 1000 Tods of Uncomb'd Wooll Unto Alderney 200 Tods of Uncomb'd Wooll Unto Sark 100 Tods of Uncomb'd Wooll 12. The Customer of the Port of Southampton shall keep an Account of the Woolls so permitted to be loaden on pain to forfeit 100 l to him that will Sue for the same and to lose his place p. 117. And if any of the Governors aforesaid or their Deputies make Licence to Export more they shall forfeit 20 l for every Tod Licensed above the Proportions aforesaid p. 116. 13. No more than 12 d. shall be taken for Writing such Licence and Entring a Remembrance of it on pain of 5 s. for every Peny taken over to the Party Grieved p. 118. 14. None shall press together with any Screws Presses or other Engines into any Sack Bag or other Wrapper nor shall put or press any Wooll or Yarn made of Wooll into any Cask or Vessel nor shall lay or cause to be laid near the Shore or Coasts of the Seas or any Navigable River or into any House or Place adjoyning thereunto any such Wooll Wooll-flocks or Yarn made of Wooll to Export the same on pain to forfeit it or the value 14 Car. 2. p. 309 310. 15. No Packs Sacks Bags or Cask of Wooll Wool-fels Mortlings Shorlings Yarn made of Wooll Wool-flocks Fullers-earth Fulling-clay or Tobacco-pipe-clay shall be laid on any Horse Cart or other Carriage or conveyed to or from any place in England Berwick Wales or Ireland but at seasonable hours viz. from 1 March to 29 Septemb. yearly between the hours of 4 in the Morning and 8 in the Evening and from 29 Septemb to 1 March yearly between the hours of 7 in the Morning and 5 in the Evening on pain to lose all such Goods or the Value thereof p. 311. 16. Owners of any Vessel or any Master or Mariners knowing of such Transportation giving Information within Three Months shall not be punished for Felony which is likewise Repealed by 7 8 W. 3. p. 572. but shall be subject to all other Penalties in this Act contained and all such Transportation or Conveying of the Goods aforesaid is declared to be a Common Nusance 17. Justices of Assize Justices of Goal Delivery and Justices of the Peace in their General Quarter Sessions may determine the Premisses p. 312. 18. Wooll carried towards Sea or within 5 Miles thereof to be Transported to be Entred at the next Port before Lading on forfeiture of the Wooll Beasts and Carriages and persons Aiding to suffer according to Laws against Exportation of Wooll 1 W. M. p. 456. 19. Not to extend to Wooll shorn within 5 Miles of the Sea so as the Owner certifie Custom Officer thereof p. 457. 20. Cocquets to be on Paper and Cocquets and Certificates of Landing to be signed by Three Officers and Wooll to be weighed before Officers and Weight Marks and Numbers of such Wooll Shipped and Landed shall be express'd in Cocquet and Certificate p. 458. 21. Officers not observing the Directions of this Act shall be adjudged Abettors of the Transportation and suffer the Penalties contained in the Statutes of 12 and 14 Years of King Charles II. against Transportation of Wooll p. 459 22. No Wooll to be Shipp'd from Ireland but from Dublin Waterford Youghall Kinsale Cork and Drogheda p. 459. 23. Wooll may be Imported from Ireland to these Ports viz. Whitehaven in the County of Cumberland Leverpool Chester Bristol Bridgewater Minehead Barnstable and Bideford and to no other 7 8 W. 3. p. 572. 24. Commissioners named and appointed to execute the said Laws and by Agents to seize Wooll c. and prosecute Offenders 1 W. M. p. 460. 25. Owners of Ships Masters or Mariners within three Weeks after their Knowledge or Return c. discovering Offenders c. discharged from Penalty of this or other Acts and enabled to Benefit thereof p. 461. 26. A Register to be kept at the Custom-house London of all Wooll Imported from Ireland and of all Wooll sent from one Port to another in this Kingdom p. 463. 27 Any Person may buy Cloth Stuffs Stockings or other Woollen Manufactures and Export the same paying the usual Customs p 464. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to avoid the Charters granted to the Levant Eastland Russia or African Companies p. 464. 28. Wooll Uncomb'd may be Transported from Southampton for the use of the Inhabitants viz. of Guernsey 1000 Tod more than permitted by 12 Car. 2. c. 32. of Jersey 2000 Tod more than permitted by 12 Car. 2. c. 32. of Alderney 200 Tod more than permitted by 12 Car. 2. c. 32. of Sark 100 Tod more than permitted by 12 Car. 2. c. 32. And according to that Act and under