Shelfmark
Ge.1.16(06)
Main entry--corporate name
England and Wales Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)
Uniform title
[Proclamations. 1642-12-16]
Title
By the King a proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of customes, and other maritime duties upon the late pretended ordinance of both Houses of Parliament..
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London] : [s.n.], [1642]
Physical description
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 36 cm. (full-sheet)
Note
Caption title.
Note
Imprint from Wing.
Note
"... As the customs afford the fuel to feed this war, it is ordered that no person is to pay or receive them in future. A free pardon to all who henceforth refuse to pay." -- Steele.
Note
At end of text: Given under our signe manuall at our court at Oxford, the sixteenth day of December, in the eighteenth yeare of our reigne.
Note
Steele notation: pre- an having; Arms 35.
Note
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Decemb: 22 1642".
Note
Woodcut royal coat of arms and woodcut factotum initial.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R211524
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), C2693
Citation/references note
Thomason, 669.f.5[115]
Citation/references note
Steele, I, 2327
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College on front pastedown.
Binding
Contemporary sprinkled calf with 20th century reback and repairs; boards have double-blind-fillet border frames; single gold fillet along board edges; text block edges stained red.
Copy-specific note
Bound with approximately 200 other single-sheet items, mainly dated 1641-1642.
Subject
Customs administration Great Britain History 17th century.
Subject
Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649.
Added entry--name
Charles, 1600 - 1649 I, King of England,
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B48165