WHereas in the Fields commonly called the Wind-Mill-Fields , Dog-Fields , and the Fields adjoyning to So-Hoe , and several other places in and about the Suburbs of London and Westminster , divers small and mean Habitations and Cottages have beén lately Erected upon New Foundations , and more of that kind are Daily preparing , not onely without any Grant or Allowance from His Majesty , but some of them against His Majesties Express Command , signified by His Surveyor-general ; Which kind of Buildings are likely to prove common and publick Nusances , by being made use of for the most Noysom and Offensive Trades , and by becoming the Receptacles of a multitude of Poor , to the Damage of these Parishes , already too much Incumbred , and by rendring the Government of those parts more Unmannageable ; But especially by Choaking up the Aire of His Majesties Palaces and Parks , and endangering the Infection , if not the total loss of those Waters , which by many Expencefull Drains and Conduits , are Conveyed from those Fields to His Majesties Palace at Whitehall ; Whereof some Decay is already perceived by His Majesties Sergeant-Plummer , and more is daily feared : Therefore for prevention of such growing Mischiefs , whereby His Majesties Palaces may be greatly Annoyed , the Houses of the Nobility and Gentry very much Offended , the Parishes Over-charged , the Perfecting of City Buildings very much hindred and the Health both of City and Suburbs exceedingly endangered : His Majesty by Advice of His Privy Council , hath thought fit to Publish this His Royal Proclamation , and doth hereby Straightly Charge and Command all manner of persons whom it doth or may concern , That they forbear to Erect , or cause to be Erected any more New Buildings in the Suburbs of London or Westminster , or to Finish any Buildings in the said Suburbs already begun , without His Majesties Licence in that behalf , under His Great Seal first had and obtained : To the end That if any more New Buildings be thought fit by His Majesty to be carried on , they may be Built Firmly and Regularly , according to such Design and Order as may best suit with the Publick Benefit and Convenience , as they will answer the contrary at their Perils . And if any shall presume to Offend against His Majesties Royal Command herein Declared , His Majesty will cause such Buildings to be Abased and Thrown down , and the Persons of such Offenders to be Arrested and Seised , and further Proceeded against according to the utmost Rigour and Severity of Law .