Warrant, 31 December 1695, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Tuesday the 6th August 1695

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Act

Act The Brewars of Edinburgh and liberties therof

The Lords of his Majesties privy Councill having Considered a supplication given in to them be the brewers within the toune of Edinburgh and Liberties therof and other adjacent brewers Representing That the honorable Estates of parliament having by their act dated the sixtein day of Jully last annexed to his majesties Croun thrie pennies Scots upon the pynt of ale and beer browen to be vented and sold And that over and above the former two pennies Imposed theron As also thrie shilling more upon ilk pynt of accquavitis or strong watters not made of malt and haveing ordained the ale to be sold at twentie Eight penies per pynt as the least pryce therof and having authorized and Impowered their Lordships to prescrib such methods and orders as they should Judge necessary in relation to the forsaid act The Supplicants humbly Crave Liberty to make the representation following primo That the excisses being laid upon the brewers and therupon the pryce of ale being raised Which is payed to the Ventner It is Just and reasonable that the brewer should be allowed to raise his pryce proportionally as wes done when the ale was Cryed up formerly to two shilling the pynt Otherwayes the ventner will reap the wholl benefit and the brewers Cary the wholl burden Which is humbly conceived was never the designe of the act of Parliament Secundo If the nighbouring ventners in Abbay, Yeard heads of Leith, Caldtoune and other adjacent places to the petitioners should take upon them to sell ther ale at two shilling, per pynt being so near and Contiguous to the petitioners, The samen will not only evacuat the designe of the act of parliament by drawing all the Consumpt to them But likewayes will tend to the petitioners ruine and so Consequence ill to his majesties Loss Which was hoped the saids Lords would take to their Consideration And Therfor Humbly Craveing to the effect underwritten as the said petition bears The saids Lords of his Majesties privy Counsill Do heirby Ordaine and Allow the petitioners to raise the pryce of all cite to be vented and sold within the burgh of Edinburgh Suburbs and Liberties thereof and yeard heads of Leith proportionally as the ventners are allowed to raise the same and Discharge the nighbouring ventners within the Abbay, The yeardheads of Leith, Caldtoune and other adjacent places to the petitioners to see their ale at a Lower rate then the pryce appointed to the petitioners with and under the same Certification and penaltie appointed to ventners within burgh and appoints thir presents to be printed and published at the marcat place of Edinburgh and other places needfull.