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Injunctions geuen by the Queene's Maiestie : Legal record 1559.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Literary Print Culture : The Stationers' Company Archive, 1554-2007
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.
- Summary:
- Description: This was the earliest public enactment to mention the Stationers' Company, and the first to affect its procedure after its in incorporation. As part of wider provisions for the suppression of superstition, hypocrisy and abuses, section 51 proposes licensing in order to remedy 'great abuse in the printers of bookes', specifically requiring the Company's obedience with regard to licensing by the City of London Court of High Commission.On front pastedown is written 'Giuseppe Valletta [illegible]'.On page opposite front pastedown is written in a modern hand the initials 'SH' and the text 'See reference in par. no 51 (verso of D1) 'agaynst heretical & seditious bookes' Queen Elizabeth 'straytely commaundeth all maner her subjects, and specially the Wardens and companie of Stationers to be obedient'. Underneath this is written '(Printed by R. Jugge 1559) Master 1568, 1569, 1573 and 1574 ?STC 10095'.
- Notes:
- Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Stationers' Company archival catalogue.
- AMDigital Reference: TSC/1/A/01/03/01.
- Description based on online resource (viewed on October 18, 2017).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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