File 04 - Ordinance

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Ordinance enacted at a meeting of the Common Hall, 6 Dec 1682:

(1) All and every Member or Members of the Company shall before printing or re-printing any Book, Pamphlet, Ballad or Paper (except what is granted under the Great Seal of England as aforesaid) in his own person cause to be entered into the Register Book of this Company (remaining in the custody of the Clerk of the Company, paying the usual fees for the entering thereof) in his or their own Name and Names in words at length, the Title of all and every Book, Pamphlet and Paper, that he or they shall hereafter print or publish, or cause to be printed or published. And to which Entry he or they shall let and subscribe his and their respective Name and Names; upon pain of forfeiting to the Master, and Keepers or Wardens, and Commonalty of the Mystery or Art of Stationers in the City of London, Twenty pounds; to be by them recovered by Motion of Debt, to their own use.

Witnessed and signed by Sir Francis North, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England, Sir Edmund Saunders, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of the King's Bench, and Sir Francis Pemberton, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

Decorative borders, first membrane coloured; 2 large red seals; 3 plaited cords.

• English

• Latin

A microfilm copy is on reel 71, 'Records of the Stationers' Company 1554-1920: 115 Reels of Microfilm with Printed Guide', published by Chadwyck-Healy Ltd (1989)

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