By the King, a proclamation for restraining all His Majesties subjects, but the members and agents of the East-India company, to trade in the East-Indies, and recalling such as are there

All titles

• By the King, a proclamation for restraining all His Majesties subjects, but the members and agents of the East-India company, to trade in the East-Indies, and recalling such as are there
• Proclamations. 1685-04-01
• Proclamation for restraining all His Majesties subjects, but the members and agents of the East-India company, to trade in the East-Indies, and recalling such as are there

People / Organizations

• England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II). (Author)

Imprint

London: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill deceas'd: and by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty, 1685.

Added name

James II, King of England, 1633-1701.; Hills, Henry, -1689?, printer.; Newcomb, Thomas, -1691, printer. ; Assigns of John Bill, printer.

Publication year

1685

ESTC No.

R223025

Grub Street ID

96933

Description

1 sheet ([1] p.) : 1 coat of arms ; 1°.

Note

"The undoubted prerogative of the crown to license, limit and regulate foreign trade having been, ... argued at common law, and a decision in favour of the East India Company ... no subject is to trade within the limits of the Charter of 13 Chas. II ... on pain of forfeiture of ships and goods. All governors, &c., admirals, &c., and customs officers, &c., are to aid the Company. All persons who reside within the limits of the charter, except licensed by the Company, are to return to England within eight months"-- Crawford

At end of text: Given at Our court at Whitehall, the first day of April 1685. In the first year of Our reign

Woodcut royal coat of arms (Crawford no. 99); woodcut factotum

Steele notation: Our tation Months.