By the King, a proclamation. James R. Whereas the Commissioners of the Treasury of the late King our dearly beloved brother deceased, Sidney Lord Godolphin, Sir John Ernely knight, ... Frederick Thynne esquire, on the fifth day of this instant February, for the better improvement of the revenue arising by the duty of excise, did contract, conclude and agree with Sir Peter Apsley ... that they the said ... their executors, administrators and assignes, should have, receive and take the full and whole duty of excise for the term of three years

All titles

• By the King, a proclamation. James R. Whereas the Commissioners of the Treasury of the late King our dearly beloved brother deceased, Sidney Lord Godolphin, Sir John Ernely knight, ... Frederick Thynne esquire, on the fifth day of this instant February, for the better improvement of the revenue arising by the duty of excise, did contract, conclude and agree with Sir Peter Apsley ... that they the said ... their executors, administrators and assignes, should have, receive and take the full and whole duty of excise for the term of three years
• Proclamations. 1685-02-16
• Whereas the Commissioners of the Treasury of the late King our dearly beloved brother deceased, Sidney Lord Godolphin, Sir John Ernely knight, ... Frederick Thynne esquire, on the fifth day of this instant February, for the better improvement of the revenue arising by the duty of excise

People / Organizations

• England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II). (Author)

Imprint

London: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill deceas'd: and by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty, 1684/5. [i.e. 1685]

Added name

James II, King of England, 1633-1701.; Hills, Henry, -1689?, printer.; Newcomb, Thomas, -1691, printer. ; Assigns of John Bill, printer.

Publication year

1685

ESTC No.

R1047

Grub Street ID

58841

Description

1 sheet ([1] p.) : 1 coat of arms ; 1°.

Note

Contract between Commissioners of Treasury and certain persons for farming the excise tax at $L550,000, payable over three years

Title from caption and first lines of text

At end of text: Given at Our court at Whitehall, the sixteenth day of February, 1684/5. In the first year of our reign

Woodcut royal coat of arms (Crawford no. 99); woodcut factotum

Steele notation: Brother years there-

Two settings identified. Wing does not differentiate between the two settings but they have different Steele notations. In this setting, the Steele notation is: Brother years there-; Arms 99. In the other setting (ESTC R226116), the Steele notation is: Bro- Commence there-; Arms 94.