Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1600-2000 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
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Zone du contexte
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Conditions de reproduction
Langue des documents
anglais
Écriture des documents
latin
Notes de langue et graphie
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Instruments de recherche
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Unités de description associées
Zone des notes
Note
Catalogued
Note
Open
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The Charter granted to the Stationers by Philip and Mary in 1557 laid down that the Master and Wardens of the Company had the right to search the houses and business premises of all printers, bookbinders and booksellers in the kingdom for any printed matter, to seize and confiscate anything printed contrary to any statute or proclamation, and to imprison anyone who printed without the proper qualification or resisted their search. Offenders could be held in jail for up to three months without trial, and were fined £5, half of which went to the Crown and half to the Company. The right of search and seizure was retained by the Company throughout the rest of that century and the following one. The lapse of the Licensing of the Press Act inn 1695, and Parliament's decision not to renew it, effectively ended this form of censorship, significantly diminishing the Stationers' powers.