DIEV ET MON DROIT  
HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE   royal blazon or coat of arms  
BY THE Lord Lieutenant AND COUNCIL.  
ESSEX,  
WHEREAS We are Informed, That in many Cities and Towns Corporate within this Kingdom, greater Customs, Tolls and Duties than are Really due, have been of late exacted in Right of the said Corporations, upon Goods imported or exported into, or out of the said Cities and Towns Corporate, to the great prejudice of His Majesty in His Customs, the decay of Trade, and the discouragement of Merchants, and others from settling themselves and their ● Families in this Realm. For Remedy whereof, We the Lord Lieutenant and Council have thought fit hereby, to Require all Magistrates, and other Officers entrusted with the Collection, or Receipt of any Customs, Tolls or other Duties, claimed or pretended unto by any the Corporations of this Kingdom, or by any Companies, Societies or Guilds within such Corporations, that they do at their perils hereafter forbear exacting or demanding any other Duties, upon any Goods or Commodities Imported or Exported into or out of the said respective Cities or Towns Corporate, but such only as are really and justly due unto them, and were constantly received and paid in such Cities and Towns Corporate in the year of our Lord, One thousand six hundred forty one, or have been since the said year One thousand six hundred forty one by any new Charter granted unto them. And We do also hereby require all Mayors, Sovereigns, Portrives, Bailiffs and other chief Officers of Cities and Towns Corporate, and all Masters, Wardens, and Heads of inferior Guilds, Fraternities and Corporations within any Cities or Towns Corporate, at or before the Twenty forth day of December next, to send unto Us under such chief Officer's hands, and the usual Seal of the Corporation, a perfect Schedule or Certificate of all the Customs, Tolls and other Duties of what kind soever usually received in their Corporations; And that they do therein particularly insert which and how many of the said Duties are granted unto them by their respective Charters, and upon what grounds they claim or pretend unto any other Duties than what are expressed in their said Charters: To the end that We may thereby be Enabled to judge of the lawfulness and reasonableness of such their Demands, and to give such Order thereupon as shall be just, and that they do from henceforth forbear to take or receive any Custom, Toll or Duty which they shall not certify as aforesaid, and in case any Merchants, or other persons shall complain unto Us, of any Duties which are or have been illegally exacted from them in any Cities or Towns Corporate within this Kingdom, We shall be ready to hear such complaints, and to give such relief thereupon as can be reasonably expected from Vs.  
Given at the Council-Chamber in Dublin the 25th day of October. 1672. 

Ja: Armachanus.  
Mich. Dublin Canc.  
Fran: Aungier.  
Ro: Booth.  
I: Temple.  
Will: Stevart.  
Mau Eustace.  
I: Stephens.  
Will. Flower.  
Hen: Ford.   God Save the King.   

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