Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	city_n	london_n	mayor_n	10,714	5	9.7889	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66271	By the King and Queen, a proclamation concerning coals	England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary); William, III, King of England, 1650-1702.; Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694.	1691 (1691)	Wing W2557; ESTC R40703	1,568	1

W R M R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT By the King and Queen A PROCLAMATION Concerning COALS WILLIAM R. WHereas an Act of Parliament was lately made for Regulating the Prices of Coals and Supplying the Navigation of the Coal-Trade And in pursuance of the same Our Lord Mayor and Aldermen of Our City of London and Our Iustices of Peace of Our County of Middlesex and City of Westminster have acted with great Industry Care and Prudence by Settling and Moderating the Prices of Coals and Providing by good and discreét Means for the Relief of Our People Inhabiting in and about those Places of whose Performance and good Service in the Premisses We do highly Approve Yet nevertheless there hath happened lately a great Scarcity and Dearth of Coals occasion'd partly by divers Colliers staying Part or by the Way with their loaden Vessels during such time as the Wind served and was proper for their Sailing and partly by the Pressing or fear of Pressing of their Seamen to Serve on Board Our Ships of War and also the Neglects or Miscarriages of some Officers imployed for Convoys Now in tender Compassion and Care for Our good Subjects being earnestly desirous to do all that in Vs lieth for providing against any Want or Distress likely to befall them on this Occasion We have thought fit by and with the Advice of Our Privy Council to Issue our this Our Royal Proclamation and do hereby Declare and Command That no Seaman either English or Foreigner that shall be Imployed in any Ship or Vessel Bringing or Carrying Coals from Our Town or Port of Newcastle upon Tine or Sunderland or other Adjacent Ports or Places unto Our Port of London shall be Pressed or otherwise Hindred or Molested either coming or Returning by any of Our Press Masters or other Officers or Ministers until the Twentieth Day of July next So as the Seamen Imployed on Board such respective Ship or Vessel do not exceéd the Number of Four Men for every Hundred Tun Such Seamen only excepted for the time of their present Voyage only as are already gone our of the River of Thames on Board any Ship or Vessel bound to Newcastle Sunderland or Ports Adjacent or are now on Board any Ship or Vessel at this time Loaden and bound from the said Places or Ports to the Port of London Our Intent being that such and so many of the said Seamen as are not Absolutely necessary for the Safety of such Ship or Vessel shall during the time of their said present Voyage and at their now expected Arrival be liable to be Pressed for Our Service Provided always That if any Colliers shall stay by the way or make any Delays in order to raise the Price of Coals or shall put into any Port by the Way unless for necessity by reason of Tempest and unavoidable Peril of the Sea this Exemption from Pressing shall not be extended to them And We do hereby make known to Our Loving Subjects That for the Security of the Persons and Ships bringing and conveying Coals as aforesaid We have given effectual Order that from time to time there shall be provided sufficient Convoys for their safe Passage and Conduct to and from the Parts and Places aforesaid And Our Will and Pleasure is and We do hereby Declare That if any Officers belonging to any Convoy imployed in this Service shall neglect their Duty or misdemean themselves they shall lose their Places and Commands and be further punished according to their Demerits And to the end that all convenient Expedition may be used in Discharging all Ships and Vessels that shall bring any Coals into the said Port of London in order to their returning and renewing their Voyages We do Require and Command That no such Ship or Vessel shall be above Ten Days in Vnlading the said Days to begin and be reckoned from the time of Coming into the Pool or Place of Vnlading And We do hereby strictly Charge and Command all Our Officers Ministers and Subjects whatsoever both by Sea and Land That they take Notice of Our Royal Will and Pleasure published in this Our Proclamation and give due Obedience thereunto at their Perils Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Twenty third Day of April 1691. In the Third Year of Our Reign God save King William and Queen Mary LONDON Printed by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd Printers to the King and Queens most Excellent Majesties 1691.