❧ By the King.  
❧ A Proclamation for repeal of certain Letters Patents, Commissions, and Proclamations, concerning Inns, Alehouses, and the Manufacture of Gold and Silver Thread.  
WHereas the Kings most Excellent Majesty, by sundry Letters Patents, Commissions, and Proclamations heretofore made and published, gave several directions, aswell touching the Licensing of Inns and Hosteries, as touching the ordering of Alehouse-keepers, and levying the forfeitures of their Recognizances, and likewise touching the settling of a Manufacture of Gold and Silver Thread within this Kingdom; In all which, his Majesty's intentions were no other but the increase of profitable Arts and Inventions, the repressing of vice and disorder, and reformation of sundry enormities and abuses: yet by the fraud and abuse of some persons, who with much confidence and assurance undertook to his Majesty, to manage and execute the said Patents, Proclamations, and Commissions, for his Majesty's honour, and the good of the public; the same have been perverted, to the disturbance of the justice of the Realm, affront to justices of Assize, and justices of the Peace, and to the great damage, hurt, and oppression of many of his Majesty's Subjects; which abuses were altogether unknown to his most Excellent Majesty, until they were discovered by the complaint of the Commons in this present Parliament, which (had they sooner come to his Majesty's knowledge) he would have punished with all severity. His Majesty out of his tender zeal and affection which he beareth to all his loving Subjects, being well pleased with that exemplary course of justice, which to His singular contentment, hath been already begun in His high Court of Parliament, against some of the principal offenders; and to the end that all His loving Subjects, might see how much His care and zeal is to give remedy to any thing that is found hurtful to the Commonweal of His people; Hath been pleased of His abundant goodness, to put His own Royal hand and Princely care, to the speedy and utter abolishing of all that evil, which might hereafter spring from those roots.  
And therefore doth hereby declare and publish, that it is his express will and pleasure, That all the said Letters Patents, Commissions, and Proclamations beforementioned, be forthwith revoked. And doth further hereby straight charge and command, That no person or persons, do hereafter presume to put in execution the foresaid Letters Patents, Proclamations or Commissions, or any of them, or any Article or thing in them or any of them contained. And his further pleasure is, That all Inns, Hosteries and Alehouses, and the several Innkeepers and Alehouse-keepers thereof shallbe governed, ordered and used in all points as they should have been, if the said Letters Patents, Commissions and Proclamations had not been made. And that all Recognizances of Alehouse-keepers shallbe proceeded with, in the same plight, manner and form, and none other, then as they should have been if the said Letters Patents and Proclamations concerning the same, had not been made. And whereas sundry Alehouse-keepers, being by order of the justices of Assize, and justices of Peace, put down and suppressed from keeping Victualling houses, did after by colour of the said Letters Patents, and Commissions for Licensing of Inns and Hosteries, obtain Licences from or by means of the said Patentees, to keep Inns or Hosteries, His Majesty's further pleasure and commandment is, that all such Inns so abusively erected, and all other Inns licensed and set up by force or colour of the foresaid Letters Patents in unfit places, or by persons of evil fame, be forthwith suppressed. And his Majesty doth hereby require, command, and authorise his justices of Assize, and justices of Peace within the several Counties and places of this Kingdom, to take order for the suppressing thereof accordingly, and to take further order, that the several licences so unduely granted, be delivered to the Clerk of Assize, or Clerk of the Peace in open Assizes or Sessions, there to remain until further order may be taken for the absolute cancellation and avoiding of the same. And His Highness further pleasure is, in regard of the said abuses, That no rent, or sum of money due or pretended to be due for, or in respect of any such Licence, for setting up of any Inn or Hostery, be at any time hereafter levied, received or demanded; But that all assurances for payment thereof be discharged.  
Given at Our Palace of Westminster the thirtieth day of March, in the nineteenth year of Our Reign of Great Britain, France and Ireland.  
God save the King.   

❧ Imprinted at London by BONHAM NORTON, and JOHN BILL, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. M.DC.XXI.