1356-03-01, Hertford

sheriff of Essex. Order, upon sight of these presents, to cause to be made that no vintner, taverner or other shall until order sell the gallon of wine in any towns or places in that bailiwick from London or in other towns and places from 25 to 50 miles and from a port, at more than 8d. and the rate provided by the upon pain of the forfeiture of that wine, and if the sheriff doing the contrary after the proclamation, he shall cause all their be arrested and kept safely until further order, certifying the king from time to time of the said wine and its owners, knowing king will punish him if he is remiss in the execution of the as it was lately ordained by the king and his council, that in the London and its suburbs and in all the ports of England to the south as far as and including Southampton, the gallon of wine not be sold at more than 6d., and in all ports from Southampton the west, in the counties of Southampton, Somerset, Dorset, Cornwall and Devon and in Wales, the gallon of wine should sold beyond 5., and in all inland towns up to 25 miles distant from of discharge the gallon should be sold for 3d. and no more beyond at that port, and at towns from 25 to 50 miles and more distant port, for 1d. beyond, until wine is more abundant and can be sold and the king caused that ordinance to be proclaimed, and now he that numbers of taverners and vintners of divers places and that bailiwick which are not 25 miles away from the said city, gallon of wine is now for a time sold for 8d. by the king's persell the gallon for 10d. and more, contrary to the ordinance. By C.