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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79368	By the King. A proclamation, prohibiting the planting, setting and sowing of tobacco in England and Ireland, according to an Act of Parliament herein specified	England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II); Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.	1661 (1661)	Wing C3552; Thomason 669.f.27[5]; ESTC R210252	1,959	1

CR DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE By the King A PROCLAMATION Prohibiting the Planting Setting and Sowing of Tobacco in England and Ireland according to an Act of Parliament herein specified CHARLES R. WHereas by an Act of Parliament made in Our late Parliament begun and held at Westminster in the County of Middlesex the Five and Twentieth day of April in the Twelfth year of Our Reign for and upon the reasons and grounds therein expressed it was Enacted by the Authority of the same Parliament That no person or persons whatsoever should or do from and after the First day of January in the Year of our Lord One thousand six hundred and sixty Set plant improve to grow make or cure any Tobacco either in Seed plant or otherwise in or upon any ground earth field or place within Our Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales Islands of Guernsey or Jersey or Town of Berwick upon Tweed or in Our Kingdome of Ireland under the penalty of the forfeiture of all such Tobacco or the value thereof or of the Sum of Forty shillings for every Rod or Pole of Ground so planted set or sowen as aforesaid and so proportionably for a greater or lesser quantity of ground One moyety thereof to Vs Our Heirs and Successors and the other moyety to him or them that shall sue for the same to be recovered by Bill Plaint or Information in any Court of Record wherein no Essoign protection or wager in Law shall be allowed And it was thereby further enacted That all Sheriffs Iustices of the peace Mayors Bailiffs Constables and every of them upon information or complaint made unto them or any of them by any the Officers of the Customes or by any other person or persons whatsoever that there was any Tobacco set sown planted or growing within their jurisdictions or precinets contrary to the same Act should within ten dayes after such information or complaint cause to be burnt plucked up consumed or utterly destroyed all such Tobacco so set sowen planted or growing And it was thereby further enacted That in case any person or persons should resist or make forcible opposition against any person or persons in the due and through execution of the same Act That every such person or persons for every such offence should forfeit the sum of Five pounds to be divided and recovered in manner aforesaid And in case any person or persons should not pay the summs of money by them to be paid by vertue of the same Act that in every such case distress should be made and sale thereof returning the overplus to the owners And in case no distress shall be found that then every such party should be committed to the common Gaol in the County where such offence should be committed there to remain for the space of two moneths without Bail or Mainprise Provided always and it was thereby enacted That the same Act nor any thing contained therein should extend to the hindering of the planting of Tobacco in any Physick-garden of either Vniversity or in any other private garden for Physick or Chirurgery only so as the quantity so planted exceed not one half of one pole in any one place or garden as in by the same Act it doth and may more fully appear Now to the end that all Our loving Subjects in all parts of Our said Kingdoms of England and Ireland and Dominion of Wales and in the said Islands of Guernsey and Jersey and in our said Town of Berwick upon Twede may the better take notice of and more duely observe the said Act and not ignorantly offend against the same for the future We have thought good to publish declare the same to all Our loving Subjects by this Our Royal Proclamation And do withall likewise signifie and declare that for the future We shall expect and do hereby require all dutiful observance thereof and ready conformity thereunto and that not onely upon the pains penalties and forfeitures therein expressed but also of Our high indignation and displeasure justly and deservedly to be inflicted upon all those that shall knowingly and presumptuously offend against so just aud reasonable a Law And we do hereby streightly charge and command all Our Iudges of Assise and Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer in their several Circuits and all Our Iustices of Peace in their several and respective quarter-Quarter-Sessions that they give the same Law in charge to the several respective Iuries in their several and respective Inquests before them to the end that the offences and offenders against the same both in the setting planting or sowing of Tobacco contrary to the true intent and meaning of the same Act and also all forcible opposition resistance made or to be made against any person or persons in the due execution of the same Act may be punished according to Law and the demerit of their offences in this behalf And We do further command and require all Sheriffs Iustices of the peace Mayors Bayliffs Constables and all other Our Officers and ministers whatsoever whom the premisses shall or may concern that they from time to time as occasion shall require be diligent circumspect and careful in the due execution of the same Act in all things according to the true intent and meaning thereof as they will answer the contrary at their perils Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Twenty ninth day of March in the Thirteenth Year of Our Reign One thousand six hundred sixty one GOD SAVE THE KING LONDON Printed by John Bill Printer to the KING' 's most Excellent MAJESTY 1661. At the KING'S Printing-House in Black-Friers