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 InfoLondon : printed by the assigns of John Bill deceas'd: and by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty, 1685.
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page).
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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
SeriesEarly 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 noteAt end of text: Given at our court at Whitehall, the first day of April 1685. In the first year of our reign.
General noteSteele notation: Our tation Months; Arms 99.
General noteReproduction 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 noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; C9:1[220])
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