Wine Act 1660

XI. [X1 XI. Mixing, &c. Wines and other Things.

Persons selling Wines not to mingle the same.; Mingling or abusing Wines.; Penalty £100.; Retailers offending, Penalty £40.

And it is hereby further Enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid That noe Merchant Vintner Wine Cooper or other persons selling or retailing any wine shall mingle or utter any Spanish wine mingled with any French wine or Rinish wine Sider Perry Honey Sugar Sirops of Sugar Molasses or any other Sirops whatsoever, nor putt in any Isinglasse Brimstone Lime Raisins Juce of Raisins Water nor any other Liquor [X2 nor] Ingredients, nor any Clary or other Herbe nor any sort of Flesh whatsoever And that noe Merchant Vintner Wine Cooper or other person selling or retailing any Wine shall mingle or utter any French wines mingled with any Rhinish wines or Spanish wines Sider Perry Stummed wine Vitrioll Honey Sugar Sirop of Sugar Molasses or any X3 Sirops whatsoever nor put in any Isinglasse Brimstone Lime Raisons Juce of Raisons Water nor any other Liquor or Ingredients nor any Clary or other Herbe nor any sort of Flesh whatsoever, And that noe Merchant Vintner Wine Cooper or other person selling or retailing any Wine shall mingle or utter any Rhinish wine mingled with any French wines or Spanish wines Sider Perry Stummed wine Vitrioll Honey Sugar Sirops of Sugar Molasses [X2 nor] any other Sirops whatsoever, nor put in any Isinglasse Brimstone Lime Raisons Juice of Raisons Water nor any other Liquor or Ingredients nor any Clary or other Herbe, nor any sort of Flesh whatsoever, And that all and every person and persons committing any of the offences aforesaid shall incurr the paines and penalties herein after mentioned That is to say Every Merchant Wine-Cooper or other person selling any sort of Wines in grosse mingled or abused as aforesaid shall forfeit and lose for every such offence One hundred pounds, And that every Vintner or other person selling any [X4 sort] of Wine by retaile mingled or abused as aforesaid shall forfeite and lose [X5 for every such offence] the summe of Forty pounds, of which forfeitures one moyety shall goe unto the Kings Majestie His Heires and Successors the other moyety to the Informer to be recovered in any Court of Record by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information wherein noe Essoigne Protection or wager of Law shall be allowed.]

Editorial Information

X1 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: and O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]

X2 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: or O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]

X3 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: other O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]

X4 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: sorts O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]

X5 interlined on the Roll.