[A1573/4/3]¹

Concerning the importation of wine and prices thereof

The which day it was statute and ordained by our sovereign lord, with advice and consent of [James Douglas, earl of Morton], my lord regent's grace, the three estates and whole body of this present parliament, that no manner of person or persons within this realm, stranger nor others whatsoever, bring home [wine] within the same realm, except to be sold to all our sovereign lord's lieges of the prices and in manner following: that is to say, the tun of Bordeaux wine and Bordeaux bound for £24 the tun, and the pint thereof to be sold for 12d; the tun of Hautpois wine to be sold for £22 the tun, and the pint to be sold for 12d; the tun of Cognac wine grown within the river of Charente for £20 the tun, and the pint thereof to be sold for 10d; and the tun of Rochelle wine to be sold for £16 the tun, and the pint thereof to be sold for 8d; and that the said pint be of the measure of Stirling; and this act to endure for the space of three years next and immediately following 1 August 1573, under the pain of confiscation of the whole wine, the two parts to the king's use and the third to the apprehender.