Handlist of proclamations issued by royal and other constitutional authorities, 1714-1910, George I to Edward VII

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GEORGE I.
7th Year,
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16 AUGUST 1720.
7th Year.
(i August.)
16 August. By tJie Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. For
putting- in execiation an Act for planting and preserving
timber trees.
R.O., Dublin.
25 August. By the Lords Justices of England. Ships
from the Mediterranean to perform quarantine on account
of the plague.
3 September. By tJie Lord Lieutenant of Irela^id. Ships
from the Mediterranean to perform quarantine on account
of the plague.
R.O., Dublin.
8 September. By the Privy Council. For preventing
the illegal practice of importing prohibited and un¬
customed goods.
8 September. By the Lords Justices of England. All
officers belonging to regiments to Port Mahon or
Gibraltar to immediately proceed to their respective
posts notwithstanding any leave of absence previously
granted.
12 October. By the Lords Justices of England. Parlia¬
ment further prorogued from the 20th October to the
25th November.
12 October. By the Lords Justices of England. Quaran¬
tine to be performed by ships coming from Bordeaux, or
any of the ports and places on the coast of France in the
Bay of Biscay.
27 October. By the Lords Justices of England. Quaran¬
tine to be performed by ships coming from the
Mediterranean, Bordeaux, French Ports in the Bay of
Biscay, the Channel Islands and Man.
B.L.
27 October. By the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Quarantine to be performed by ships coming from
Bordeaux, or any of the ports or places on the coast of
France in the Bay of Biscay.
R.O., Dublin.
4 November. By the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Quarantine to be performed by ships coming from the
Mediterranean, Bordeaux, French ports in the Bay of
Biscay, the Channel Islands and Man.
R.O., Dublin.
Note.—10 November. The King returned from
Hanover.
15 November. For a public fast in England and Wales
(16 December), for preservation from the plague.
B.M.
15 November. For a public fast in Scotland (i6th
December), for preservation from the plague.
B.M.
3 December. Thomas Brown, Master of the Frigate
" Chitty,"to be prosecuted to the utmost rigour of the
law, for unlawfully avoiding the performance of quaran¬
tine.
6 December. By the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Quarantine to be performed in Lough Learn instead of
Kilroot or Folley Road in the Lough of Belfast.
R.O., Dublin.
8 DECEMBER 1720.
8 December. His Majesty's Speech at the opening of
the new session of Parliament.
[—- December.] Orders relating to the bringing in and
proceeding on writs of error and appeal in the House
of Commons. [Erroneously dated MDCCCXX.]
1720-21.
(i January.)
23 January. For apprehending Robert Knight, cashier
of the South Sea Company. ;^2,ooo reward.
B.M.
5 February. Continuing quarantine for ships as
required in the Proclamation of the 27th October 1720.
14 February. By the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
Against enlisting men for foreign service.
R.O., Dublin.
5 March. Commanding apothecaries to follow the
dispensatory lately compiled by the College of Physicians
of London, entitled " Pharmacopoeia Londoniensis."
B.M.
5 March. Peers of Scotland to meet on the ist June,
and elect a representative in place of the Marquis of
Anandale (deceased).
B.M.
6 March. By the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. For
proroguing the Irish Parliament.
R.O., Dublin.
1721.
(25 March).
3 April. For apprehending the persons who maliciously
caused a dreadful fire near Croomb, Worcester.
20 guineas reward.
28 April. By the Privy Council. For the suppression
of certain impious and immoral clubs, or societies of
corrupt young people in and about the Cities of London
and Westminster.
7 May. For apprehending Jacob Walter, a notorious
owler and smuggler, and Thomas Bigg, as well as
several others who aided in rescuing them from the
excise officers at Lydd. j^^o reward for each.
7 May. Directions to our Archbishops and Bishops
for preserving unity in the church, and purity of the
Christian faith, especially in the doctrine of the Holy
Trinity.
9 June. For apprehending the crew, and other persons
who boarded the ship " Batchelor," of Newcastle, when
in distress, under pretence of rendering assistance, and
rifled her, murdering the passengers the better to
conceal their guilt. ;^ioo reward.
11 June. For apprehending Doctor Gaylard, appren¬
tice to Nathaniel Mist of Great Carter Lane, in the city
of London, printer, and Nathaniel Wilkinson. ;^200
reward.
B.M.
10 July. By the Lord Lieutenaiit of Ireland. Against
Tories, robbers, etc.
R.O., Dublin.
14 July. For apprehending three footpads who
assaulted and robbed Philip Pott on the 24th June on
the Highgate Road. ;^ioo reward.