Volume 1

A bibliography of royal proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns and of others published under authority, 1485-1714 / With an historical essay on their origin and use, by Robert Steele.

  • James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
Date:
1910
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Credit: A bibliography of royal proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns and of others published under authority, 1485-1714 / With an historical essay on their origin and use, by Robert Steele. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Weekly Sum out of the Revenues thereof, for the Service of the War, and other Her Majesties Oc- casions. Kensington: 23 June 1711. London: Ass.: 1711. 1 f. Gothic letter. Arms 166 Majesties Reward Pnr- Recites and enforces provisions of Act of last Session, establishing from 1 June one General Letter Office whence letters may be sent into any part of the kingdom, to North America, West Indies, or other dominions, or to any other kingdom. The Master appointed under Great Seal to be Postmaster-General. Letters may be received there. No persons to receive or deliver letters for pay, with certain exceptions (goods by carriers, ship’s letters), or to let horses for post, on pain of £5 per offence and £100 per week. Postmasters to find horses within half an hour at most. All letters and packets brought from abroad by any ship- master are to be handed over to the post who will pay him Id. each. B.M. 21. h. 4 (86). P.R.O. Original signed, P.S.B. 280. Rot. Pat. p. 6. n. 1. d. (not dated). Lond. Gaz. 4866. Priced. '27 June. 4498. 23 JUNE. Arms 167 Majesties Reward Pur- Another edition of No. 4498, q.v. P.R.O. 5 (15). N°4409. 6 SEPTEMBER.—BY THE Q,UEEN. A Pro- clamation, Requiring Quarentine to be Performed by Ships coming from the Baltick Sea, and other ’ Whitehall: 6 September [1711]. London : Ass.: 1711. 1 f. Gothic letter. Arms 167 on Anchor Obliging 6 under Plague is rife in the Baltic, and near Altena, Gluckstadt, the Little East, Hamburgh on the Elb, Bremen on the Weser, and Embden on the Eems. An Order of Council of this date orders Quarantine. Pursuant to the Act of last Session Proclamation is made. The same provisions as on 9 November 1710 [No. 4492, q.v.]. B.M. 21. h. 4 (87). P.C. (251) clipped. P.R.O. Original signed, P.S.B. 281. Rot. Pat. p. 6. n. 2. d. (not dated). Lond. Gaz. 4898. Priced. 12 September. N'° 4500. 6 SEPTEMBER. Arms 167 on Anchor Obliging Another edition of No. 4500, q.v. B.L. Aberdeen (155). Unpriced. 4601. 6 SEPTEMBER. Arms 168 on Anchor Obliging 4 under Another edition of No. 4500, q.v. P.R.O. 5 (16). N° 4502. 7 OCTOBER.—BY THE QUEEN. A Proclama- tion. [For further proroguing Parliament.] Windsor: 7 October 1711. London: Ass.: 1711. 1 f. Gothic letter. Arms 164 to prepare en- Parliament, now prorogued to 9 October, is further pro- rogued to Tuesday, 13 November, by Commission under Great Seal. It will meet on that date. B.M. 21. h. 4 (88). P.R.O. Original signed, P.S.B. 281. Rot. Pat. p. 2. n. 1. d. Lond. Gaz. 4911. 9 October. jjo 4503, 7 OCTOBER. Arms 166 to Commission accordingly C under Another edition of No. 4503, q.v. P.C. (250). N° 4604. 19 DECEMBER.—BY THE QUEEN. A Pro- clamation, For a General Fast. St. James’s: 19 December 1711. London: Ass.: 1711. 1 f. Gothic letter. Arms 168 which Our may 2 under Wednesday, 16 January, is appointed a public fast in England. Archbishops, &c., to compose a form of prayer. B.M. 21. h. 4 (89). Bodl. Fol. ©. 660 (173). Hodgkin. P.R.O. Original signed, P.S.B. 281. Rot. Pat. p. 2. n. 2. d. Lond. Gaz. 4943. 28 December. Ifo 4505. 1711-12 17 MARCH.—BY THE QUEEN. A Proclama- tion, For the Suppressing of Riots, and the Discovery of such as have been Guilty of the late Barbarities within the Cities of London and Westminster, and Parts adjacent. St. James’s: 17 March [1711-2]. London: John Baskett & Ass.: 1711[-2]. 1 f. Gothic letter. Arms 164 Sub- the Offence, In consequence of the riots and barbarities committed at night in several parts of the cities of London and West- minster, £100 reward is offered for the conviction of any one who between 1 February and 1 May next wounds, stabs, or maims without provocation. The statutes against riots and unlawful assemblies are to be enforced. Watch is to be kept and placed early. B.M. 21. h. 4 (91). P.R.O. Original signed, P.S.B. 282. Rot. Pat. p. 2. n. 1. d. Lond. Gaz. 4979. Gratis. 18 March. N° 4506. 17 MARCH. Arms 164 Sub- the Offence, B under Another edition of No. 4506, q.v. Hodgkin. N° 4607. 17 MARCH. Arms 168 Sub- the Offence, A under Another edition of No. 4506, q.v. P.C. (252). Priced. N° 4508. 1712 18 AUGUST.—BY THE QUEEN. A Proclama- tion, Declaring the Suspension of Arms, as well by Sea as Land, Agreed upon between Her Majesty, and the Most Christian King, and Enjoyning the Observance thereof. Windsor : 18 August 1712. London : Baskett & Ass.: 1712. 1 f. Gothic letter. Arms 164 for Months, under I under