Wine Act 1660

XIII. [X1 XIII. Lord Chancellor, &c. may set the Prices of Wines yearly, or alter the same.

Prices to be proclaimed.; Selling at greater Prices; Penalty.; Default of Lord Chancellor, &c. setting Prices.

Provided neverthelesse That it shall and may be lawfull to and for the Lord Chauncellour of England, Lord Treasurer, Lord President of the Kings Councell Lord Privy Seale and the two Cheife Justices or Five Fower or three of them, And they are hereby authorized yearely and every yeare betweene the twentyeth day of November and the last day of December and noe other times to sett the Prises of all and every the said Wines to be sold by retaile as aforesaid at higher or lower Rates then are herein contained, soe that they or any of them cause the Prises by them sett to be written, and open Proclamation thereof to be made in the Kings Court of Chauncery yearely in the Terme time, or else in the Citty Burrough or Towne Corporate where any such Wines shall be sold; And that all and every the said Wines shall and may be sold by retaile at such Prises as by them or any Five, Fower or Three of them shall be sett as aforesaid from time to time for the space of one whole yeare to commence from the first day of February next after the setting thereof and noe longer, and noe greater Prises under the paines and penaltyes aforesaid to be recovered as aforesaid, and afterwards, and in default of such setting of Prises by the said Lord Chauncellour of England Lord Treasurer Lord President of the Kings Councell Lord Privy Seale, and the two Cheife Justices or Five Fower or Three or them as aforesaid at the respective Rates and Prises sett by this Actand under the penalties as aforesaid to be recovered as aforesaid.]

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]