02221nam 2200397 n 450 99638632130331620221108095754.0(CKB)1000000000617216(EEBO)2240971205(UnM)ocm12567487e(UnM)12567487(OCoLC)12567487(EXLCZ)99100000000061721619850917d1686 uh engurbn||||a|bb|By the King. A proclamation inhibiting all persons after the four and twentieth day of June next to use the trade of a pedlar or petty chapman[electronic resource] unless they be licensed according to a course lately taken by us in that behalf[London printed by Charles Bill, Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty1686]1 sheet ([1] p.)"Recites 39 Eliz. confirmed 7 James I. The King has resolved to license pedlars or petty chapmen to prevent the dispersion of scandalous books and libels by rogues and idle persons pretending to be pedlars. An office erected for the purpose by letters patent 29 April 1686. All wishing a licence to bring certificates from the minister and churchwardens, and be bound under £40 to lodge only in inns or alehouses and not to travel on Sundays. To come in force 24 June next." -- Steele.Imprint from colophon.At end of text: Given at our court at Whitehall the seventh day of May 1686. In the second year of our reign.Steele notation: Reign Our 2) the will; Arms 102.Reproduction of original in the British Library.eebo-0113Peddlers and peddlingLegal status, laws, etcSourcesEnglandEarly works to 1800Peddlers and peddlingLegal status, laws, etc.JamesKing of England,1633-1701.1001114Cu-RivESCu-RivESCStRLINCu-RivESBOOK996386321303316By the King. A proclamation inhibiting all persons after the four and twentieth day of June next to use the trade of a pedlar or petty chapman2367655UNISA