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.
| Author/creator | England and Wales |
| Other author | James II, King of England, 1633-1701. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | 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. |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page). |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2248535982 |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | 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 |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General 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." -- Steele. |
| General note | At end of text: Given at our court at Whitehall, the first day of April 1685. In the first year of our reign. |
| General note | Steele notation: Our tation Months; Arms 99. |
| General note | Reproduction of original in the British Library. |
| References | Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) J346 |
| References | Steele 3790 |
| References | Early English books tract supplement interim guide 816.m.11[76] |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; C9:1[220]) |
| Stock number | CL2105000001 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 |
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