By
the
Queene
.
¶
A
Proclamation
for
restraint
of
transportation
of
grayne
beyonde
the
seas
.
THE
Queenes
Maiestie
vnderstandyng
of
the
sodayne
increase
of
the
pryces
of
grayne
,
for
the
more
part
vniuersally
in
the
Realme
,
as
it
is
to
be
coniectured
partlye
by
the
vnseasonablenesse
of
the
late
haruest
tyme
,
and
partlye
by
reason
of
excessiue
transportation
of
grayne
out
of
the
Realme
,
into
the
parties
beyonde
the
seas
,
whereby
yf
stay
be
not
speedily
made
for
anye
further
transportation
,
there
may
follow
a
great
dearth
,
whiche
shall
hardly
be
borne
of
a
great
number
of
her
good
louing
subiectes
:
doth
therfore
straightly
charge
and
commaunde
all
maner
her
subiectes
,
and
other
inhabitauntes
within
this
Realme
,
to
forbeare
from
the
day
of
the
publication
hereof
,
from
the
shyppyng
or
ladyng
into
any
vessell
,
any
manner
of
grayne
,
to
the
intent
the
same
shoulde
be
directly
or
indirectly
caryed
and
transported
into
any
partes
beyonde
the
seas
,
vppon
payne
of
imprisonment
,
and
other
further
punishments
,
due
by
the
lawes
of
the
Realme
.
And
yf
any
officers
,
in
anye
porte
Townes
,
as
Customers
,
Comptrollers
,
Searchers
,
or
such
lyke
,
shall
eyther
themselues
offend
herein
,
or
shall
not
doe
theyr
endeuour
to
stay
any
such
transportation
,
or
yf
they
cannot
conueniently
stay
the
same
,
shall
not
make
due
and
speedye
infourmation
thereof
to
her
Maiestie
,
her
priuie
counsell
,
or
to
the
principal
officers
of
her
Exchequer
,
then
they
,
besides
the
former
punishmentes
,
to
forfeyte
theyr
offices
.
And
consyderying
it
cannot
be
well
auoyded
,
but
that
some
quantitie
of
grayne
is
to
be
caryed
from
one
porte
to
another
porte
,
to
serue
the
necessitie
of
some
other
part
of
the
Realme
:
in
such
case
,
the
officers
of
the
portes
shal
diligently
see
,
that
good
sureties
with
bondes
be
taken
of
persons
being
of
valure
aunswerable
for
the
same
,
to
bring
due
certificates
from
the
portes
where
the
same
shall
aryue
and
be
vnladen
:
And
that
for
more
assuraunce
thereof
,
the
officers
of
the
portes
,
shall
thereof
make
theyr
certificates
into
the
Exchequer
within
two
monethes
after
the
ariuall
thereof
,
vpon
payne
of
forfeiture
of
their
offices
.
And
for
that
it
is
thought
,
that
it
shal
appeare
by
the
ende
of
October
next
,
what
effect
shal
folow
hereof
,
to
the
diminution
of
the
excessiue
prices
,
her
Maiestie
meaneth
that
this
maner
of
restraint
shall
not
continue
by
force
of
this
Proclamation
,
but
to
the
ende
of
the
sayd
moneth
of
October
nowe
folowing
.
Geuen
at
Woodstocke
,
the
xvi
.
day
of
September
1572
,
the
fourteenth
yere
of
her
Maiesties
raigne
.
God
saue
the
Queene
.