By the King A PROCLAMATION For the prohibiting the Importation of Blue Paper CHARLES R. WHereas at the humble Petition of Our well-beloved Subject Charles Hildeyerd Esq informing Us That by his great Industry and Charges he had found out the way and Art of making Blue Paper never before known or used in England We were graciously pleased by Our Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England to grant unto him the sole use and benefit thereof for Fourteen years according to the Statute in that behalf And he having since given sufficient testimony of the Realty and Commodity of such his Invention by the goodness of the Paper he already hath and daily doth make And it further appearing to Us by the Certificate of the Master Wardens and Assistants of the Company of Stationers London whose Advice and Assistance herein We thought fit to require that the said Charles Hildeyerd is able to supply this Kingdom yearly with a greater quantity of such Paper than is usually vented therein and that at reasonable Rates and he having since undertaken to Us to do the same which We hereby require and enjoin And considering that in all times past it hath been the wisdom and care of Our Royal Predecessors not only to endeavour the maintenance and improvement of all Manufactures especially those which tend to the Employment and Relief of the poorer sort and the common good of all their Subjects but also to encourage the Ingenuity and Industry of the Inventors thereof and resolving to make so good and laudable Precedents the rule of Our Proceed in like cases We with the Advice of Our Privy Council do by this Our Proclamation straight charge prohibit and ordain That from henceforth no person or persons Native Denizen Alien or others do or shall import bring send or convey or cause to be imported brought sent or conveyed into Our Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales or Town of Berwick upon tweed or any part thereof from or out of any place or parts beyond the Seas or out of any other of Our Dominions any Blue Paper of what sort or kind soever by way of Merchandise to be sold bartered or exchanged within this Our Realm of England Dominion of Wales or Town of Berwick upon tweed aforesaid or any of them And further That no person or persons whatsoever that now use or hereafter shall use the Trade or Occupation of retailing selling or uttering of any Blue Paper of what sort or kind soever within any of Our Kingdoms or Dominions shall at any time hereafter directly or indirectly buy bargain or contract for or concerning the Importation of any Blue Paper of what sort or kind soever made beyond the Seas or in any other place out of Our said Realm of England & Dominion of Wales nor shall bargain for buy or sell such Blue Paper so imported knowing the same to be manufacted beyond the Seas upon pain of forfeiting all that by Law is forfeitable and such other punishment as by Our Law or Prerogative Royal may be lawfully inflicted upon the contemners of Our Royal Authority Any Charter Licence Power Authority or Privilege to the contrary notwithstanding And We do hereby further straight charge and command all Sheriffs Justices of the Peace the Farmers of Our Customs Comptrollers Searchers Waiters and other Officers of all or any Our Ports within Our aid Realm and all Constables and other Officers and Ministers of justice and all other Our loving Subjects to be diligent in and about the preventing of the Importation of the said Paper and Manufacture and discovery of the same if any such shall be Imported and to cause such the Offenders to be duly punished as to Law and Justice shall appertain Given at Our Court at Whitehall the 20th day of July In the Eighteenth year of Our Reign 1666. God save the King LONDON Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1666.