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         England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)
      
       
         
           1661
        
      
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             A proclamation to restrain the excessive carriages in wagons and four-wheeled carts to the destruction of high-ways
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)
             Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
          
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             Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker ...,
             London :
             1661.
          
           
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             At head of title: By the King.
             At end of text: Given at our court at Whitehall, the sixteenth day of August, 1661. in the thirteenth year of our raign.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Carriages and carts.
           Roads -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
     
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           By
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           A
           PROCLAMATION
           To
           Restrain
           the
           Excessive
           Carriages
           in
           Wagons
           and
           four-Wheeled
           Carts
           ,
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           High-ways
           .
        
         
           
             CHARLES
             R.
             
          
        
         
           WHereas
           it
           appertaineth
           to
           Us
           to
           have
           special
           Care
           ,
           that
           the
           common
           High-ways
           ,
           and
           Bridges
           ,
           leading
           from
           place
           to
           place
           within
           this
           Realm
           ,
           might
           be
           kept
           in
           due
           repair
           for
           the
           ease
           and
           good
           of
           Our
           Loving
           Subjects
           ;
           And
           observing
           notwithstanding
           the
           good
           provision
           of
           Our
           Laws
           in
           that
           behalf
           made
           ,
           and
           the
           conformity
           and
           forwardness
           of
           Our
           Subjects
           in
           so
           Publique
           and
           Necessary
           a
           Work
           ,
           That
           Our
           High-ways
           and
           Bridges
           are
           at
           this
           present
           grown
           into
           great
           decay
           ,
           and
           very
           dangerous
           for
           Passage
           ,
           We
           have
           upon
           due
           examination
           found
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Decays
           are
           occasioned
           by
           the
           common
           Carriers
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           who
           for
           their
           singular
           and
           private
           profit
           ,
           do
           now
           usually
           Travail
           with
           Carts
           and
           Wagons
           with
           four
           Whéels
           ,
           drawn
           with
           eight
           ,
           nine
           ,
           or
           ten
           Horses
           or
           more
           ,
           and
           do
           commonly
           therein
           carry
           sixty
           and
           seventy
           hundred
           weight
           at
           one
           burthen
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           which
           burden
           and
           weight
           is
           so
           great
           and
           excessive
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           very
           Foundations
           of
           Bridges
           are
           in
           many
           places
           thereby
           shaken
           ,
           and
           the
           High-ways
           and
           Cawseys
           Furrowed
           and
           Ploughed
           up
           by
           the
           Whéels
           of
           the
           said
           Carts
           and
           Wagons
           so
           overladen
           ,
           and
           made
           so
           déep
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           dangerous
           Slows
           and
           Holes
           ,
           as
           neither
           can
           Passengers
           Travail
           thereby
           in
           Safety
           ,
           nor
           the
           Inhabitants
           or
           Persons
           by
           Law
           bound
           to
           repair
           them
           ,
           be
           able
           to
           undergo
           so
           great
           a
           charge
           :
           Where
           heretofore
           all
           common
           Carriers
           usually
           went
           with
           Carts
           of
           two
           Whéels
           onely
           ,
           wherewith
           they
           could
           not
           well
           carry
           above
           twenty
           hundred
           weight
           at
           once
           ,
           or
           there
           abouts
           ,
           which
           the
           Bridges
           ,
           Cawseys
           ,
           and
           ordinary
           High-ways
           ,
           did
           and
           might
           well
           bear
           without
           any
           great
           damage
           to
           the
           same
           :
           We
           therefore
           intending
           the
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Premisses
           ,
           and
           it
           having
           béen
           resolved
           by
           the
           Advice
           of
           the
           Iudges
           formerly
           taken
           herein
           ,
           That
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           this
           Our
           Realm
           ,
           the
           said
           excessive
           and
           extraordinary
           
           kind
           of
           Carriages
           ,
           whereby
           Our
           High-ways
           are
           thus
           destroyed
           ,
           are
           common
           Nusances
           and
           Annoyances
           against
           the
           Weal-publique
           ,
           and
           an
           offence
           against
           Our
           Crown
           ;
           Do
           hereby
           streightly
           charge
           ,
           require
           and
           command
           ,
           that
           no
           common
           Carrier
           ,
           or
           other
           person
           or
           persons
           whatsoever
           ,
           shall
           hereafter
           use
           ,
           go
           ,
           or
           travail
           with
           any
           Cart
           or
           Wagon
           made
           with
           four
           Wheels
           ,
           to
           be
           drawn
           with
           above
           five
           Horses
           at
           once
           along
           their
           Iourney
           ,
           unless
           they
           go
           all
           two
           abrest
           ,
           in
           which
           case
           they
           are
           limited
           to
           no
           number
           ,
           that
           the
           High-ways
           and
           Bridges
           may
           hereafter
           receive
           the
           less
           damage
           thereby
           ,
           upon
           pain
           of
           incurring
           Our
           high
           Displeasure
           ,
           and
           to
           receive
           condign
           punishment
           ,
           as
           contemners
           of
           Our
           Royal
           Will
           and
           Commandment
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           further
           prosecuted
           and
           punished
           for
           the
           said
           Nusances
           and
           Annoyances
           ,
           by
           Fine
           and
           such
           other
           ways
           ,
           as
           the
           Laws
           of
           this
           Our
           Realm
           have
           provided
           against
           Offenders
           in
           that
           kind
           :
           To
           which
           end
           ,
           We
           do
           hereby
           expresly
           charge
           ,
           as
           well
           Our
           Iudges
           ,
           as
           Our
           Atturney-General
           ,
           to
           exact
           and
           require
           the
           extremity
           of
           Our
           Laws
           in
           that
           behalf
           ;
           And
           that
           every
           Offender
           contrary
           to
           this
           Our
           Proclamation
           shall
           for
           his
           contempt
           be
           prosecuted
           in
           Our
           Court
           of
           Kings
           Bench
           ,
           and
           other
           Courts
           whereunto
           the
           Cognisance
           thereof
           shall
           belong
           ,
           by
           Information
           or
           Indictment
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           be
           Fined
           and
           procéeded
           against
           according
           to
           their
           demerit
           ;
           Nevertheless
           ,
           Our
           Intent
           ,
           Will
           ,
           and
           Commandment
           is
           ,
           And
           we
           do
           hereby
           streightly
           charge
           ,
           command
           ,
           and
           prohibite
           ,
           that
           no
           common
           Carrier
           whatsoever
           shall
           by
           colour
           hereof
           take
           occasion
           to
           Inhance
           or
           raise
           the
           prices
           of
           Carriage
           from
           any
           part
           or
           place
           within
           Our
           said
           Realm
           ,
           under
           pain
           of
           Our
           Displeasure
           ,
           and
           upon
           complaint
           thereof
           to
           Us
           ,
           or
           Our
           Privy
           Councel
           made
           ,
           to
           be
           further
           punished
           ;
           as
           shall
           be
           thought
           fit
           and
           just
           according
           to
           Law.
           And
           lastly
           ,
           We
           do
           hereby
           Will
           and
           Require
           all
           Majors
           ,
           Sheriffs
           ,
           Iustices
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           other
           Our
           Officers
           and
           Ministers
           in
           all
           Counties
           and
           Priviledged
           Places
           whatsoever
           within
           this
           Our
           Realm
           ,
           that
           they
           ,
           and
           every
           of
           them
           in
           their
           several
           Offices
           and
           Places
           ,
           do
           from
           time
           to
           time
           provide
           and
           see
           to
           the
           due
           execution
           of
           this
           Our
           Pleasure
           and
           Royal
           Commandment
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           discover
           and
           make
           known
           all
           offenders
           herein
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           severely
           punished
           for
           their
           contempts
           ,
           as
           also
           that
           they
           neglect
           not
           ,
           but
           continue
           the
           repaire
           and
           maintenance
           of
           High-ways
           ,
           Bridges
           and
           Cawseys
           within
           this
           Our
           Realm
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           Statutes
           and
           Ordinances
           now
           in
           force
           ,
           as
           they
           tender
           Our
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           will
           answer
           the
           contrary
           at
           their
           utmost
           perils
           .
        
         
           
             Given
             at
             Our
             Court
             at
             Whitehall
             ,
             
               the
               Sixteenth
               day
               of
               August
               ,
               1661.
               in
               the
               Thirteenth
               year
               of
               Our
               Raign
               .
            
          
           God
           save
           the
           KING
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Iohn
             Bill
          
           and
           
             Christopher
             Barker
          
           ,
           Printers
           to
           the
           KING'
           's
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           1661.
           
        
         
           At
           the
           KING'S
           Printing-House
           in
           Black-Fryars
           .
        
      
    
  

