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A79343	Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.	By the King. A proclamation for the due payment of the subsidy and aulnage upon all woollen clothes and draperies.	1660.0		.xml	application/xml	1237	45	64	Whereas Our Royal Grandfather , King James of Blessed Memory , by His several Letters Patents , grounded upon several Acts of Parliament , bearing Date the Thirteenth day of April , in the Eleventh year of His Reign , did Nominate and Appoint Lodowick Late Duke of Richmond and Lenox to be Aulnager , for the Surveying , Measuring , Searching , and Sealing of all sorts of Vendible Woollen Clothes , and Stuffs made of Wool , or part of Wool , as well of the Old as of the New Draperies : And also made and Appointed Him the said Lodowick Duke of Richmond and Lenox Collector and Farmer of the Subsidies , moyety of Forfeitures , and Duties , due to Us and Our Royal Progenitors , as parcel of the Ancient Revenue of the Crown of England , for and touching the same , To Have , Hold , and Enjoy the same , to the said Duke , His Executors , Administrators , and Assigns , under a great yearly Rent , payable , and Reserved upon the said Letters Patents , for divers years then and yet to come : And whereas , the Right and Interest in the said Offices and Farm is Vested in certain Trustees , To the use of , and in Trust for , Our Right Trusty and intirely beloved Cozen Charles , Duke of Richmond and Lenox , We taking notice , That the said Duties of Subsidy and Aulnage , as well for the New Draperies as the Old , have for many years before , and until the beginning of the late Wars , been duly and orderly Collected , and Paid to the said Aulnager , His Substitutes , Deputies , and Assigns , and that since the Late Wars , divers Clothiers and others , taking Liberty to themselves by the disorder of the late Times , have , and still do , put , set , and send to Sell , divers Clothes and Stuffs of the Old and New Draperies , without payment of the said Subsidy due to Vs , or of the Aulnagers Fee , and before the Seals appointed for the same are affixed to the said Clothes and Draperies , contrary to the Laws and Statutes of this Our Realm , Whereby the said Aulnager , and His said Trustees , are disabled from paying the said Rent reserved upon the said Letters Patents , and a great Arrear is incurred and become due to Vs , and the Denyal and non-payment of the said Subsidy , manifestly tends to the lessning and diminution of Our said Ancient Revenue : Wherefore Minding and Intending Remedy and Redress to be had in this behalf , We do by this Our Proclamation Command , Publish , and Require all Clothiers and Others , whom this Our Proclamation may concern , That they from henceforth pay the said Subsidy and Aulnage , due and to be paid , by the Laws and Statutes of this Our Realm , as well for the Old Draperies as the New , in such Manner and Proportion as hath been formerly Used and Accustomed , and as by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm , the same of Right are due and payable , unto Our said Aulnager , and Collector of the said Subsidy , His Deputies and Substitutes ; And that they , nor any of them , do presume to put , send , or set to Sale , any Clothes , Half-Clothes , Pieces of Clothes , Kerseys , and Freezes , called or known by the name of the Old Draperies , or any Bays , Says , Serges , Stuffs , or other Draperies whatsoever , called or known by the name of the New Draperies , before payment of the said Subsidy and Aulnagers Fee , as by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm the same of Right are due and payable , under the Pains and Penalties thereupon ensuing , and as they will answer the contrary at their Perils .	cache/A79343.xml	txt/A79343.txt
