# River Lark Act 1698, Section XIII


Tolls to be demanded by the said Henry Ashley.
And forasmuch as the makeing maintaining and repairing the said Bridges Sluces Pens for Water Weares Stanches Dams and Works to be made and from time to time repaired by the said Henry Ashley his Heires and Assignes as aforesaid will necessarily be a great Charge and Expence to the said Henry Ashley his Heires and Assignes Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforesaid That it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Henry Ashley his Heires and Assignes (and no others) from time to time and at all times hereafter to demand receive and take to his and their owne proper use and behoofe of and from all and every Person and Persons that shall carry or convey any Goods Merchandizes Wares or Commodities whatsoever up the said River from Mildenhall-Mill (scituate upon the said River) or from such Sluce as shall be built neare the said Mill to Bury Saint Edmonds aforesaid or downe the said River from Bury Saint Edmonds to the said Mill or Sluce the Rates and Tolls hereafter mentioned at such Place or Places adjoyning to the said River as the said Henry Ashley his Heires or Assignes his or their Deputies or Servants shall think fitt that is to say
For every Chaldron of Coales by Lynn Measure Three Shillings and Two Pence
For every Halfe-hundred of Deales Two Shillings
For every Load of Timber (accounting Fourty Foot to the Load) Two Shillings
For every Eight Packs of Wooll accounting Ten Tod to the Pack Two Shillings and Six Pence
For every Weigh of Salt Two Shillings and Six Pence
For every Load of Wheat or Barley reckoning Ten Combs to the Load Two Shillings
For every Last of Oats Two Shillings and Six Pence
For every Load of Beanes or Pease reckoning Ten Combs to the Load Two Shillings and Six Pence
For every Tonn of Grocery Wares or Commodities Two Shillings and Six Pence.
For every Ton of Oyle or Wine Three Shillings and Ten Pence
For every Thousand of Turfe Three Shillings and Two Pence
For every Load of Reed Sedge or Hay reckoning Twenty hundred Weight to a Load Three Shillings and Two Pence
For every Load of Hempe reckoning Twenty hundred Weight to a Load Three Shillings and Two Pence
For every Last of Malt Two Shillings and Six Pence
For every Load of Bricks reckoning Five hundred to the Load Two Shillings
For every Thousand of Tyles Two Shillings and Six Pence
And for every Ton Weight of other Goods Wares Merchandizes or Commodities whatsoever Two Shillings and soe proportionably for every greater or lesser Weight or Quantity of all every or any the respective Goods Wares Merchandizes or Commodities afore particularly expressed or generally mentioned or for a lesse Distance of Place to or from which any Goods Wares Merchandizes or Commodities shall be carried or conveyed upon any Part of the said River betweene the said Mill or Sluce neare the same and Bury Saint Edmonds aforesaid

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/11/22/section/XIII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/river-lark-act-1698/section-XIII
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