Also later, a master of a ship coming from infected places
or having infected people on board was guilty of felony and to
forfeit 200 pounds. If he did not take his vessel to the
quarantine area on notice, he was to forfeit a further 200 pounds
(later 500 pounds) and the ship, which could then be burned. The
king was authorized to prohibit commerce for one year with any
country infected by the plague and to forbid any persons of the
realm from going to an infected place.
By 1714, there was a clear distinction between a king's private
income and the Crown's public revenue. From 1714, the king's
Treasurer as a matter of routine submitted annual budgets to
Parliament. He was usually also the leader of the House of Commons
and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Proclamations by the Crown were more restricted to colonial and
foreign affairs, to executive orders, and to instructions to
officials. The high offices included the Chancellor, Keeper,
President of the Council, Privy Seal, Treasurer, and two
Secretaries of State, who were in charge of all foreign and
domestic matters other than taxation, one for the north and one
for the south. (Wolsey had been the last chancellor to rule
England; thereafter the Chancellor had become more of a judge and
less of a statesman.) Other offices were: Paymaster General,
Secretary of War, and Treasurer of the Navy. Starting with the
monarch, government positions were given by patronage to friends
and relatives, or if none, to the highest bidder.
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