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Ordinance on Herring Duty and Wartime Fishing Subsidy
The record describes an act to tax herrings per last and per barrel, detailing payments of five shillings per last and three shillings per last on buyers, with certificates and oath requirements. It cites funding for a convoy to protect fisheries, approval by the Commons, and notes on Irish Provenant Army resistance and a 22,000 strong rebel force in the province of Fifer.
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Urbe
Edward Owner
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Mas Crane
Richard Ferrer
Lecers
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Capain
Dublin