A proclamation inhibiting all persons after the four and twentieth day of June next to use the trade of a pedlar or petty chapman, unless they be licensed according to a course lately taken to us in that behalf James R. England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) 1686 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A46581 Wing J361 ESTC R21461 12567487 ocm 12567487 63374 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A46581) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 63374) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 962:4) A proclamation inhibiting all persons after the four and twentieth day of June next to use the trade of a pedlar or petty chapman, unless they be licensed according to a course lately taken to us in that behalf James R. England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) James II, King of England, 1633-1701. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Charles Bill, Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb ..., London : 1686. Reproduction of original in Huntington Libaray. Broadside. At head of title: "By the King." At end of text: "Given at our court at Whitehall the seventh day of May 1686." Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. 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Broadsides 2007-11 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Pip Willcox Sampled and proofread 2008-08 SPi Global Rekeyed and resubmitted 2008-09 Megan Marion Sampled and proofread 2008-09 Megan Marion Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion royal blazon or coat of arms 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 , unless they be Licensed according to a Course lately taken by Us in that behalf . JAMES R. WHereas by an Act of Parliament made in the Nine and thirtieth year of the Reign of the late Queén Elizabeth ; Entituled , [ An Act for Punishing of Rogues , Vagabonds , and Sturdy Beggars ] It is amongst other things Enacted , That all Pedlars , and Petty Chapmen wandring abroad , should be taken , Adjudged and Deemed Rogues , Vagabonds and Sturdy Beggars , and be Punished as by the said Act is Directed ; which Statute was in the Seventh year of the Reign of the late King James Confirmed and Enacted to be put in due Execution : And whereas the Trade of a Pedlar , or Petty Chapman hath heretofore been used for the Benefit and Ease of Our Loving Subjects dwelling remote from Cities and Market Towns , and for that cause the Industrious and well disposed Petty Chapman , as well before the said Statute as since , hath been in some sort permitted to Travel and use his Trade ; And whereas under colour of using the said Trade , many Rogues and Idle Wandring Persons carrying about Trifles in the Habit of Pedlars , or Petty Chapmen , so misbehave themselves , as they are indeed no other but Rebels , Sturdy Beggars or Thieves , and many of them being of no Religion , Carry abroad and Disperse without Inspection , Schismatical and Scandalous Books and Libells , not onely , to the prejudice of Us , and the Government in general , but to the wrong of many of Our Subjects in particular : Whereupon We in Our Princely Care desiring Redress and Reformation of all Abuses in this kind ; And yet that the Industrious and Honest Pedlar or Petty Chapman may be Tolerated and Incouraged to Travel in his Uocation ; And finding no better way to effect the same , then by Licensing such as should be known to be of Good and Honest Conversation , have by Our Letters Patents bearing Date the Nine and twentieth day of April now last past , Continued the Office for that purpose formerly Erected , and Appointed the same to be kept in some convenient Place within Our City of London , and in any other Two or more Cities or Towns Corporate within this Our Realm of England , or the Principalty of Wales , for the Licensing of Pedlars or Petty Chapmen ; and by Our said Letters Patents made certain of Our Loving Subjects ( of whose Care and Fidelity We have taken notice ) Our Officers in Order to the Licensing the said Pedlars and Petty Chapmen , and thereby given unto them , their Deputies and Assigns , Power and Authority to Approve and Allow of such Person and Persons to use the said Trade of a Pedlar or Petty Chapman , as shall bring Testimony under the Hands and Seals of the Minister and Churchwardens of the Parish where he or they shall Inhabit , Testifying the Loyalty , Honesty and Abode of such Person or Persons , and of his or their fitness to be Licensed to use the said Trade , and shall become Bound unto Us , Our Heirs and Successors in the Penal Sum of Forty pounds to be and continue of good Behaviour towards Us , Our Heirs and Successors , and all Our Liege People , and to Lodge onely in Inns or Alehouses , and not to Travel on Sundays , and that thereupon there shall be Licences Drawn and Engrossed for the said Pedlars , or Petty Chapmen , and be Sealed under the Seal of that Office , and Confirmed unto them under Our Great Seal , to continue during Our Pleasure . And because many of the former Abuses will not be clean taken away , nor the intended good of Our Loving Subjects fully perfected , without the suppressing of such Dissolute and Obstinate Uagrants as shall use the said Trade without Licence ; And for that the said Pedlars and Petty Chapmen of the better sort have not yet had Publick Notice of the said Letters Patents , nor taken Licences accordingly , for that no time was appointed for their Application in that behalf ; We therefore do hereby straitly Charge and Command , That no Person or Persons whatsoever , other then such as shall be Licensed by force of , and according to the true meaning of Our said Letters Patents , do attempt or presume to Wander , Travel , or Go abroad as or in the Habit of a Pedlar , or Petty Chapman , to Buy , Sell or Utter any manner of Wares or Commodities whatsoever , in any Place or Places whatsoever within this Our Realm of England , or Dominion of Wales , or Town of Berwick upon Tweed , or in any part of them , or any of them , from and after the Four and twentieth day of June next after the Date of this Our Proclamation , upon the Pains and Penalties in the said Statutes mentioned and expressed . And We do hereby likewise strictly Charge and Command all and singular Our Justices of Assize , Justices of Peace , Mayors , Sheriffs , Bayliffs , Constables , and all other Our Officers , to take notice of this Our Pleasure , and of the said Letters Patents , and to be from time to time in all things Aiding and Assisting unto Our said Officers , their Assigns and Deputies , in the due Execution thereof , and to take care that the said Statutes , and the Pains and Penalties therein contained , be duly Executed upon the Contemners or Neglecters of this Our Royal Commandment ; as they tender Our Pleasure , and will answer the contrary at their Perils . Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Seventh day of May 1686. In the Second Year of Our Reign . GOD SAVE THE KING . LONDON , Printed by Charles Bill , Henry Hills , and Thomas Newcomb , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty , 1686.