Post Office, etc., Revenues Act 1685

II. Reciting that in pursuance of an Agreement between King Charles II. and James Duke of York; and of 22 & 23 Car. II. c. 6.

Letters Patent 18 Jan. 32 Car. II. were granted to the Duke of York for the yearly Sum of £24,000.

And whereas alsoe in pursuance of an Agreement made by his Majestie then Duke of Yorke with his late Majestie his Dearely beloved Brother for accepting of the Yearely Rent or Summe of Twenty foure thousand pounds to be Issueing out of the Hereditary Excise of Beare Ale and other Liquors in Compensation and full Satisfaction of the Revenue ariseing by Wine-Licences and of one Act of Parlyament Entituled An Act for Revesting the Power of Granting Wine-Licences in his Majestie his Heires and Successors and for Setleing a Recompence on his Royall Highnesse in lieu thereof made in the Two and twentyeth and Three and twentyeth yeares of the Raigne of his late Majestie for Confirming and Ratifying of all such Letters Patents as should be Granted of and for the said Summe of Twenty foure thousand Pounds his said late Majestie by his Letters Patents under the Great Seale of England beareing Date the Eighteenth day of January in the two and thirtyeth yeare of his Raigne did give and Grant unto his Majestie by the Name of James Duke of Yorke and the Heires Males of his Body begotten and to be begotten the Yearely Rent or Summe of Twenty foure thousand pounds to be Issueing out of the Excise of Beare Ale and other Liquors within the severall Counties and Shires of Bucks, Essex, Kent, Norfolke Suffolke Berks Bedfordshire and Somersetshire with such Powers as in the said Letters Patents are Granted.