By the Protector. A proclamation for the better levying and payment of the duty of excise.
Cromwell, Oliver,1599-1658.
Edinburgh : Re-printed by Christopher Higgins in Harts Close, over against the Trone Church,
1658.
The annual revenue has been fixed by Parliament at £1,300,000, best raised by excise. Recites the various Acts governing the excise. Lays down regulations for the collection of the excise from brewers and from ale-house keepers who brew for sale--Cf. Steele 3091 (London printing).
Dated at end: Given at our palace of Westminster the 10th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1657.
Imprimatur at end of text: Wednesday the fifth of May, 1658. At his Highnesse Council in Edinburgh. Ordered, that his Highnesse's proclamation, dated the tenth of March, 1657. ... be forthwith re-printed here. Emanuel Downing, Cl. of the Council.
Wing (2nd ed., 1994)
ESTC
Aldis, H.G.  Scotland,
Brewing industry
Scotland Edinburgh.