Volume 1

A bibliography of royal proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns and of others published under authority, 1485-1714 / With an historical essay on their origin and use, by Robert Steele.

  • James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
Date:
1910
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Credit: A bibliography of royal proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns and of others published under authority, 1485-1714 / With an historical essay on their origin and use, by Robert Steele. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    120 at £12. 10s., 150 at £8, 200 at £6. 10s., 300 at £4. 10s., 500 at £3. 10s., 500 at £3, 500 at 50s., 2000 at 40s., GOOO at 25s. 10,000 at 15s., 9418 at 14s., the rest at 2s. Qd., part in money, part in plate, tapestry, linen cloth, &c. Subscribers to have safe conduct to London for a month after S. Bartholomew, 1567 (24 August) to remain seven days, or for three weeks after the proclamation in York, Norwich, Exeter, Lincoln, Coventry, Southampton, Hull, Bristol, Newcastle, Chester, Ipswich, ‘Sarisbury,’ Oxfoid, Cambridge, and Shrewsbury. A safe conduct to London during the drawing. Those who take 30 lots and more before November 24, and don’t win one-third of their stake, are to have a yearly pension of that amount. The lottery is open in the country till April 15, in London till May 1st, 15G8. The Queen and the City of London responsible. Prizes may be seen at the Queen’s Arms in Cheapside, in the house of M. Deidcke, Goldsmith. B.M. G. 6463 (99). Bodl. Arch. F. c. 11 (108). Queen’s (99). Kempe, ‘ Losely MS.’ p. 188, with reproduction of block. Also L. Mayor’s Proclamation of 13 September. Some winners p. 207. * Paternoster Eow. H'o 024. 1567-8 3 JANUARY.—BY THE QUEENE. [Begins] Whereas in the Chart of the Lotterie lately erected,... [Concerning the great Lottery.] [Westminster: 3 January 1567-8.] London^: H. Bynneman: 3 January 1567[-8]. 1 f. Gothic letter. for sundrie satis- Extends period of three months during which adventurers might take up thirty lots in the great Lottery (see preceding Proclamation) with certain advantages to three months after December 21th last. Corrects certain verbal errors. Death of adventurer does not nullify the lot. Any questions will bo answered. B.M. G. 6463 (102). Bodl. Arch. F. c. 11 (111). Queen’s (102). Kempe, ‘ Losely MS.’ p. 196. * Mermaid, Knightrider St. U'o 025. 1568 24 JUNE.—BY THE QUEENE. [Begins] Where- as by an act of Parliament made in the fifth ,.. [Export of sea-fish, eating flesh on fish days.] Greenwich : 24 June 1568. London: Jugge and Cawood: [1568], 1 f. Gothic letter. Queenes act as By 5 Eliz. the export of herrings and other sea-fish was permitted free of duty for four years from April 1st, 1564 ; this privilege is now extended till further notice. The fish days expressed in that act, as well the ancient ones as the Wednesday of each week, must be kept, on pain, &c. B.M. G. 6463 (103). Bodl. Arch. F. c. 11 (112). Hunt. S. 1. 3 (31), original signed, ‘Proclamation for fish etc.’ Corrected draft by Cecil, B.M. Lansd. 10. 95. Strype, Ann. i. (2) 274. Roman imprint, ‘ Hercules ’ initial. 626. 24 JUNE. Queenes act as Another edition of No. 626, q.v. Queen’s (103). Gothic imprint, floriate initial. Ifo 027. 13 JULY.—BY THE QUEENE. [Begins] Where- as the Queenes Maiestie, aswell for the . .. [The Great Lottery, Drawing of.] Havering : 13 July 1568. London: H. Bynneman: [1568J. 1 f. Gothic letter. commoditie with the The drawing of the Lottery has been fixed by Proclama- tion at Candlemas next (2 Feb.). As this is over long delay, it is now fixed for November 3rd. The lottery will i-emain open to the 20th and 30th September for the Country and London respectively. The thirty lot benefit (see No. 624) shall be available till September 20th. B.M. G. 6463 (104). Bodl. Arch. F. c. 11 (113). Queen’s (104). NO 028. 15 JULY.—BY THE QUEENE. [Begins] The Queenes Maiestie being of late time infourmed ... [Against relieving the King of Spain’s rebels.] Havering: 15 July 1568. London : Jugge and Cawood : [l568]. 1 f. Gothic letter. Ambassadour to their Complaint having been made by the Spanish Ambassador that rebels from the Low Countries were using England as a base, though the Queen has no knowledge of others than Merchants or those who would ‘enjoy in this Kealme a quietnesse of their consciences in the seruice of God, which they preferred afore al worldly respectes of their natiue countreis, possessions, or firesides, a matter very lamentable,’ yet she orders no rebels to be entertained, and no armed ship to be allowed to leave her ports. B.M. G. 6463 (105). P.C. 7. Bodl. Arch. F. c. 11 (114). Queen’s (105). N° 629. 2 NOVEMBER.-BY THE QUEENE. [Begins] Where as the Queenes most excellent Maiestie by her... [Postponement of drawing of the Great Lottery.] Hampton Court: 2 November [1568]. London: Jugge and Cawood : [1568]. 1 f. Gothic letter. lier nyng and The date of drawing fixed by Proclamation [No. 628, q.v.] as November 3rd is postponed to January 10th next. All books to be returned by the last of November. B.M. G. 6463 (106). Queen’s (106). Hodgkin. Italic imprint. 11° 630. 2 NOVEMBER. her for and Another edition of No. 630, q.v. Bodl. Arch. F. c. 11 (115). Roman imprint. U’o 031. 1568-9 6 JANUARY.—BY THE QUEENE. A proclama- tion to admonishe all persons to forbeare traffique in the king of Spaynes countreys, with other ad- uertisementes for aunsweryng of a generall arrest made in the lowe countreys by the Duke of Alua. Hampton Court: 6 January 1568[-9]. London: Jugge and Cawood: [1568-9]. 3 ff. Gothic letter. commaun- ner 2) shoulde 3) miscontent of The Duke of Alva has seized the persons and goods of the English merchants at Antwerp on December 29th last, and since that time elsewhere in the Low Countries, a thing unexampled in the intercourse between England and Bur- gundy. All traffic is to cease. All Spanish persons and goods to be arrested without violence. Naturalized Spaniards to be put under bond for appearance. An account is given of the circumstances relating ‘ to the staying of one shippe and three or four small barkes ’, called ‘ zabras ’, detained with treasure in English ports for fear of the French. This could not have been the cause since the Ambassador’s demand was
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