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<HEAD>&para; By the King.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">A Proclamation concerning the making of Starch, and auoiding the annoyances thereby.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_WHereas Our late deare and Royal Father of ble&s;&s;ed memory, vpon</HI> complaints made, and often renewed vnto him, of the great inconueni|ences which happened by the conuerting of great quantities of Wheat|flowre, Meale, and other things fit for the food of man, into the making of Starch, &amp; for the making of Starch in places vnfit &amp; inconuenient, whereby vn&s;auoury &s;mels, and noi&s;ome &s;tenches did ari&s;e, to the great annoyance of His louing Subiects, inhabiting neere vnto, or pa&s;&s;ing by the&s;e places, out of His Princely care to haue a due reformation of the&s;e inconueniences, wherein the Common-wealth hath &s;o great an in|tere&s;t, did by His &s;euerall Proclamations command &s;uch directions to be ob&s;erued, as vpon mature and deliberate con&s;ideration were concer|ned, might be&s;t tend to the&s;e ends; And yet through the wilfulnes of diuers of the Starchmakers, Wee haue heretofore failed of Our hopes and de&s;ires, and the mi&s;chiefes haue rather increa&s;ed through Our lenity: And whereas vpon an humble petition preferred vnto Our &s;aid Father from diuers of the Starchmakers them&s;elues, whereby they were humble &s;uitors vnto His late Maie&s;tie, that if hee would vouch&s;afe by his Letters Patents, to incorporate them into a body politique to haue a perpetuall &s;ucce&s;&s;ion, and thereby to enable them by the helpe of good Lawes and Ordinances, to gouerne the members of their owne body, that they would not onely &s;ubmit them&s;elues, but would al&s;o be an&s;werable for &s;uch a reformation to follow, as &s;hould take away all iu&s;t cau&s;e of further Complaints, Our &s;ayd Father conceiuing this to be the mo&s;t probable meanes for reformation, or to leaue them without excu&s;e which would not be reformed, was gra|ciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to incorporate the Starchmakers, and to giue them &s;uch power for their gouern|ment as they did rea&s;onably de&s;ire. And the Starchmakers on their parts did vndertake, that they, nor any member of their body, would at any time then after, make any Starch of Wheat|flowre, Meale, or other thing prohibited, but would make the &s;ame of Pollard and Branne onely, and &s;ell the &s;ame at and for rea&s;onable prices. And that they would not &s;et vp or maintaine any Starch-hou&s;e, or v&s;e the making of any Starch in any places, which by the vnfit &s;ituation there|of, or by the ill ordering thereof, might bee an annoyance to others, and if that all others might be prohibited to make Starch to put to &s;ale, who &s;hould not &s;ubmit them&s;elues to become mem|bers of their body, and con&s;equently to be &s;ubiect to their gouernement, That then they would with the vttermo&s;t of their endeauours di&s;couer all &s;uch offenders, and draw them into a way to bee proceeded again&s;t for their contempts, according to iu&s;tice in &s;uch &s;ort as &s;hould bee di|rected. Wee therefore calling to minde, that the prices of Corne are now growen to much higher rates, then in the&s;e later and cheaper yeeres the &s;ame were at, and perceiuing that of late many Trade&s;men, out of a greedy de&s;ire of gaine, though with the hurt of the Common-wealth, haue taken vpon them to be Starch-makers, and left their former Trades and Occupations, haue re|&s;olued to haue an effectuall reformation of the abu&s;es afore&s;aid, and con&s;tantly to put the directi|ons for that purpo&s;e formerly giuen, into due execution. And, to the end that what the Starch|makers haue vndertaken on their parts to performe, may be indeed really performed; Wee haue con&s;tituted and appointed a Surueyor, who &s;hall be Our &s;worne Officer and Seruant to that purpo&s;e, to ouer&s;ee the &s;ame in euery part. Now to the end that all Our louing Subiects may take knowledge of Our Royall plea&s;ure herein, Wee doe by this Our pre&s;ent Proclamation &s;traitly charge and command, that no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, other then &s;uch as are or
<PB REF="2"> &s;hall be members of the &s;aid Company of Starch-makers, &s;hal pre&s;ume to attempt, or go about to make any Starch at all, other then for his, her, or their priuate v&s;e, &amp; not to &s;ell. And, that no per&s;on what&s;oeuer, which &s;hall make any Starch, &s;hall make the &s;ame of any Wheat-flowre, Meale, or other thing then Pollard and Branne onely. That no per&s;on what&s;oeuer &s;hall &s;et vp, maintaine or v&s;e any Starch-hou&s;e, or any Ve&s;&s;ell for the making of Starch in any place, which for the &s;itu|ation thereof, either in re&s;pect of the neerene&s;&s;e thereof to any Citie or Towne, or other dwellings, or in regard of the neerene&s;&s;e to any common high way, roade, or ordinary pa&s;&s;age of people is, or &s;hal appeare to be noy&s;ome to any other. And that no Grocer, Chapman, or other per&s;on, who v|&s;eth to buy Starch to &s;ell againe, &s;hall buy, vtter, &s;ell, or otherwi&s;e barter, or vent any Starch, which they &s;hal know to haue been made by any per&s;on who is not a knowen member of the &s;aid Company of Starch-makers, &s;o as alwayes the Starch-makers &s;hall be ready to &s;ell the &s;ame, at, and for &s;uch rea&s;onable prices, as the &s;aid Company haue by their Indenture vnder their com|mon Seale heretofore vndertaken, and agreed to &s;ell the &s;ame. And that no per&s;on pre&s;ume to &s;ell any Starch, as a Huck&s;ter or Hawker from doore to doore in priuate or &s;ecret, or otherwi&s;e then in their owne proper and open Shops or Warehou&s;es. And that the &s;aid Company of Starch-makers &s;hall duely put in execution, the power and authority giuen vnto them, for refor|mation of the abu&s;es afore&s;aid. And Our will and plea&s;ure is, that if any per&s;on &s;hall offend hereafter in any of the premi&s;&s;es, or in giuing aide and a&s;&s;i&s;tance, to any the &s;aid offenders directly or indirectly, Our will and command is, that Our Commi&s;&s;ioners, which Wee hereafter &s;hal to that purpo&s;e authorize, for the ready hearing and di&s;patch of all complaints touching the pre|mi&s;&s;es, if Wee &s;hall thereto appoint any, or otherwi&s;e, all Our Iudges and Iu&s;tices in their &s;eue|rall places, &s;hall heare and examine all the complaints which &s;hall be made again&s;t any in that behalfe, and &s;hall inflict &s;uch puni&s;hment vpon &s;uch offenders by impri&s;onment, or otherwi&s;e, as Our Iudges, Iu&s;tices, or Commi&s;&s;ioners in their wi&s;edomes &s;hall thinke fit, hauing re&s;pect to the qualitie of their offences. And if Our Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall in their good di&s;cretions finde any who&s;e offence or mi&s;demeanor, de&s;erueth to bee made more exemplary, Our plea&s;ure and command is, That &s;uch offenders &s;hall vndergoe the Cen&s;ure and &s;euerity of Our Court of Star|chamber, for the contempt of Our Prerogatiue Royall, in a matter of &s;uch con&s;equence, touching the good and benefit of Our people. And to the end Our plea&s;ure and command herein may be the better effected, Wee doe hereby &s;traitly charge and command all and &s;ingular Iu&s;tices of Peace, Maiors, Sheriffes, Bayliffes, Con&s;tables, Headboroughs, and all other Our Officers and Subiects what&s;oeuer, when&s;oeuer any complaints &s;hall bee brought vnto them or any of them, of, or for any offence or mi&s;demeanour committed within the limits of these &s;euerall Iuri&s;|dictions, at all times, &amp; from time to time to be ayding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting to &s;uch, as &s;hall at any time be employ<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"> nor aboue the execution of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 span"> their vttermo&s;t endeauors, that this Our <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;ignifi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 span">be in all points duly performed. And that they do not &s;uffer any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, within any of their Precincts, from and after the publication of this Our Proclamation, to make or cau&s;e to be made, directly or indirectly, any Starch, in any other manner, or in any other place or places within this Our Realme of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Port, or Towne of <HI>Barwicke,</HI> then by &s;uch per&s;ons, and in &s;uch manner, and in &s;uch places as are herein directed or intended, but that they v&s;e their vttermo&s;t powers and endeauours, by all lawfull meanes to hinder and &s;uppre&s;&s;e the &s;ame. And Our further will and command is, That, not onely Our &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, which are, or &s;hal be appointed by Vs to this purpo&s;e, but al&s;o all other Our Iu&s;tices of Peace, Maiors, Sherifs, Bailiffes, and other Our chiefe Officers in all the parts of Our Realme of <HI>England,</HI> and Domi|nion afore&s;aid, and Port and Towne of <HI>Barwicke,</HI> when the nature and quality of the offence and contempt &s;hall appeare, to de&s;erue a more exemplary puni&s;hment as afore&s;aid, &s;hall cau&s;e all and euery the offenders again&s;t any Branch, Article, or part of this Our Royall Proclamation, to be bound with &s;ureties in good bonds to Our v&s;e for their appearance before Vs and Our Priuie Coun&s;ell in Our Court of Starchamber, there to an&s;were their contempts.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Giuen at Our Court at Greenwich,</HI> <DATE><HI>the thirtieth day of Iune, in the fift yeere of Our Reigne of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>God &s;aue the King.</CLOSER>
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<P>&leaf; Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton, and Iohn Bill, Printers to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maie&s;tie. ANNO M.DC.XXIX.</P>
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