❀ By the queen.  
❧ A Proclamation for Measures, published by the queens Commandement.  
WHere for the avoiding of variety and deceits of Weights and Measures, diverse Statutes, Arts and Ordinances haue heretofore been made, That one Weight, and one Measure should be used throughout the realm, And where, according to the Statutes made in the eleventh and twelfth yeeres of the reign of the late king of famous memory King Henry the seventh, there haue been made, sent, and delivered into diuers Cities and towns, specified in a Schedule unto the said act of 11. H. 7. annexed, Weights and Measures of brass according to the Standards thereof remaining in the treasury of the Exchequer, to remain in the keeping of the Maior, bailiff, or other head Officer for the time being, of every of the same city or town, as the kings Standard of Weight and Measure, with authority and power given by the same Statute, to the said Maior, bailiff, or other head Officer, having the said Weights and Measures, to make, sign and print like Weights and Measures unto every of the kings subiects, duly requiring the same, as by the said Statutes more at large appeareth: Our sovereign lady the queen, being informed that the said Standard measures remaining in those Cities and towns, for the most part are by long continuance of time, or for want of good keeping, or other defects or abuses differing and not agreeing with the ancient Standard of Measures remaining in her Highnesse Exchequer at Westminster, by occasion whereof the Measures commonly used within the realm be uncertain, and varying one from another to the great slander of the same, and the deceiving of many both buyers and sellers: Hath given order and commandement to the L. Treasurer and under Treasurer, to cause all the ancient Standard measures of all those several Cities and towns to be brought in before them at the Exchequer at Westminster, to be examined and tried by the queens Standard measure there remaining, according to which her majesties commandement, the Lord Treasurer and under Treasurer haue caused all the ancient Standard measures of all those several Cities and towns to be brought before them into her Highnesse said Exchequer, where diverse of them vpon diligent and due trial and examination haue been found defective, differing and disagreeing from the true and ancient Standard of the Exchequer. Whereupon her majesty intending the common & public good of all her loving Subiects, and to avoid all differences and deceits of Measure within this her Highnesse realm, vpon good and deliberate aduise, and due consideration therein had, Hath not onely established the foresaid true and ancient Standard of Measures remaining in her majesties Exchequer, there to continue and be, as her majesties Standard, to examine, try, and size all other Measures of realm by, from time to time as occasion shall require: But also hath given commandement to the Lord Treasurer and under Treasurer to cause all the other Measures which were brought before them( from the Cities and towns aforesaid) found vpon trial to be differing and disagreeing from the true and ancient Standards of measures of her Highnesse Exchequer, to be broken.  
And further her majesty hath given order and commandement unto the said Lord Treasurer and under Treasurer, forthwith to cause new Standards of measures in brass to be made, tried, and approved by the said true and ancient Standard of the Exchequer, and after true and just examination and trial thereof had and made, to size and seal( with the letter E crwoned) such and so many Standard measures, for every of the said several Cities and towns limited to haue the custody of weights and measures, according to the queens Standard for every Shire by the said schedule annexed unto the said Statute made in the eleventh year of the reign of King Henry the seventh, there to remain for ever in the keeping of the Mayor, bailiff, or other head Officer for the time being of the said City and town as the queens Standard of measure, as to them shall seem necessary and convenient. And also as many as may serve and be convenient for the clerk of the Market of her Highnesse household( and through the realm) or his Deputies, according to the Statute of Anno 16. R. 2. Cap 3. And also as may or shall serve for any other her majesties Officers or Subiects within this realm as shall make suite for the having and obtaining of the same.  
Her majesties will and pleasure therefore is, That the Mayor, bailiffs, Portreues, Wardens, and other head Officers of every of the said Cities, boroughs, towns, Cinqueports, and places mentioned in the schedule annexed to the said Statute of Anno 11. H. 7. before the Feast of S. John Baptist next coming, at the common charge of the same place, shall sand some sufficient person unto the said Exchequer, authorised to receive such Standards as shal be delivered unto him, by the order and appointment of the said lord Treasurer and under Treasurer, for the said City, Borough, town, or place, And to pay such reasonable prices for the same, as vpon true valuation of the same shal be by the said Lord Treasurer and under Treasurer ranted or assessed: Which Standards, every of the said Mayors, bailiffs, and other head Officers unto whom it shall appertain, shall safely keep or cause to be kept in some sure and convenient place in the same City, Borough, or town, and by them make or size, or cause to be made and sized, other common Measures for the use of all manner of people in the same City, Borough, town, or place that shal haue cause to use Measures. And shall also make, sign, and print with the first letter of the name of the same City, Borough, town, or place where the same Measure shalbe so made, sized, and printed, like Measures unto every of the Queens Subiects duly requiring the same, taking such fees for the doing thereof as by the Statutes of the realm are allowed, and no more. And every of the said Mayors, bailiffs, and other head Officers of Cities, boroughs, towns, and places within this realm shall further do and cause to be done, all such other Act and acts, thing and things, for the providing, having, and using of the said Standards of measures as be limited and appointed to their or any of their authority by the said Statutes made in the eleventh and twelfth yeeres of the late King Henry the seventh, or any other Statute or Ordinance whatsoever: So as all the Measures through the realm may be reformed and made agreeable according to the Standard of the Exchequer, as by the Statutes in such case is required. And her majesty further commandeth and ordaineth, That no person or persons shall from the first day of August next coming, use any other Measure or Measures; but such as shall be made or sized, and respectively agreeing with the said Standards, and printed and marked with such marks and letters as before is limited, vpon pain to be apprehended, committed to prison, fined and punished, as contrivers and vsers of false Measures, according to the Statutes in that case made and provided. And that this Proclamation for the better instructing of all her majesties Subiects, shall before the feast of Easter now next coming, be proclaimed in every Market town thorough the Realm, and be hanged up, and fastened in a Table in the Market place by an officer, where it may continue to be seen and red by any that will. And further, That it shall be red in every Parish Church before the said feast of Easter next coming, in a time and space between the beginning and ending of Common prayer, vpon the Sunday or Holy day, by the Minister or clerk of the Church, and so from thenceforth once at every feast of the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin mary, And once at every feast of S. Michael the Archangel, by the space of five yeeres next coming, or be hanged up, and preserved in every Church in a Table, to be seen and red at all times by any that will: And that the defaults of Officers, Ministers, Clerkes, and Churchwardens in this behalf, shalbe inquired of and punished by the Iustices of assize, and Iustices of Peace in their Sessions, according to their discretions, as contemners of her majesties commandement. And that all the Standards and Measures whatsoever, not sized, marked and printed, and made respectively agreeing to and with the foresaid Standards, and the true meaning of this proclamation, shall from the said feast of S. John Baptist next coming, which shall be in the year of our Lord God 1602. bee reputed and taken for untrue measures, and shalbe broken, defaced and destroyed by the owners of the same, or by such officers as haue or shall haue authority to inquire of false Weights and Measures.  
And for the better execution hereof, all Maiors, bailiffs, and other head Officers of every city, Shire, town, Borough, or Market within this realm, shall immediately after the said Feast of S. John Baptist, and so from time to time according to the said Statute, as all other Corporate, Borough, or Market towns within this realm, cause to be brought before them all the Measures within the same Cities, boroughs, Corporate or Market towns, to be duly viewed and examined, and such as they shall find defective or disagreeing unto the foresaid Standard Measures, either in greatness or smallness, to cause to be broken & defaced, and further punishment to be done vpon the offenders therein, according to the Statute. And that the Iustices of Peace, or two of them( whereof one of them to be of the Quorum) shall with all diligence and from time to time, by examination or enquiry hear and determine the defaults of all Mayors, bailiffs, and other head Officers of Cities, boroughs, Corporate or Market towns within their limits or authorities on that behalf, and to set Fines and Amercements vpon the offenders in that behalf by their discretions, and those to estreate into the Court of Exchequer, and that vpon pain of the punishment due for such contempt.  
And lastly, her majesty straightly chargeth and commandeth all Iustices of Assize, Iustices of Peace, her Highnesse clerk of the Market, Maiors, bailiffs, Stewards of Liberties, and all other her majesties Officers and Ministers whatsoever, to cause this present Proclamation, & all laws, Statutes, and ordinances, for the having and using of true Measures, and for the abolishing the use of false Measures, to be put in execution according to their several authorities and jurisdictions, as they tender her majesties service herein, and the Common wealth of this realm.  
God save the queen.   

¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the queens most excellent majesty.  
Anno Dom. 1602.