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A22509 By the King, a proclamation against selling of ships England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. 1627 (1627) STC 8932; ESTC S394 906 1

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❧ By the King ❧ A Proclamation against selling of Ships WHereas Wee haue beene informed that sundry of Our Subiects Masters and Owners of Ships respecting more their priuate gaine and aduantage then the publike good and safety of Vs and Our Dominions doe daily sell or otherwise dispose to Strangers and Forreiners their Ships and other Vessels to the great disseruice of Vs and the State in weakening the Nauigation of this Kingdome We taking the same into Our Princely consideration and foreseeing the many inconueniences which will ensue if the same be not preuented or the offenders if any such shall hereafter be found be not seuerely punished by the aduice of Our Priuy Counsell doe hereby straitly charge and command that none of Our Subiects or others liuing within Our obeisance of what degree quality or condition soeuer doe at any time hereafter presume directly or indirectly to sell or alien or by any waies or meanes to dispose of any Ship or other Vessell of what burthen soeuer the same shall be and either made or built within Our Dominions or without being fit or which may be made fit to saile vpon the Seas to any manner of person either borne or resident out of Our Dominions vpon paine of Our high displeasure and of the seuerest penalties and punishments which by the Lawes and Statutes of this Our Realme or by Our Prerogatiue Royall can be inflicted vpon them And Our further will and pleasure is that if any of Our Subiects either naturall borne or made Denizens knowing any such offence to be committed shall not with all conuenient speede reueale the same to the body of Our Priuy Counsell that euery such person so concealing his knowledge of or in the Premisses shall for such his offence be proceeded against and punished as the principall offendors And further because We vnderstand too well what great destruction hath of late yeeres beene made of Timber fit for Shipping and how little care and prouidence hath beene vsed to preserue the same according to Our Lawes Wee doe further strictly charge and commaund that all and euery Our louing Subiects in their seuerall places doe preserue all such Timber as shall be fit for Shipping with their best indeauours as they tender Our fauour and the danger of Our Lawes and would auoyd the contrary at their vttermost perils Giuen at Our Court at Nonsuch the twelfth day of Iuly in the fift 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 M.DC.XXIX