A proclamation prohibiting His Majesties subjects to trade within the limits assigned to the Governour and Company of Adventurers of England, Trading into Hudson's Bay, except those of the company James R. England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) 1688 Approx. 8 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A46584 Wing J366 ESTC R21439 12567462 ocm 12567462 63372 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. A46584) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 63372) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 962:6) A proclamation prohibiting His Majesties subjects to trade within the limits assigned to the Governour and Company of Adventurers of England, Trading into Hudson's Bay, except those of the company 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 : 1688. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. Broadside. At head of title: "Broadside." At end of text: "Given at our court at Whitehall the one and thirtieth day of March 1688." 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 Robyn Anspach Sampled and proofread 2008-02 Robyn Anspach Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion By the King , A PROCLAMATION Prohibiting His Majesties Subjects to Trade within the Limits Assigned to the Governour and Company of Adventurers of England , Trading into Hudson's Bay , except those of the Company . JAMES R. VVHereas Our Dearest Brother King Charles the Second of blessed Memory , did by His Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England , bearing Date the Second day of May , in the Two and twentieth Year of His Reign , Incorporate a Governour and Company for carrying on a Trade in the North-west parts of America within the Streights and Bay , commonly called Hudson's Streights ; and did Grant unto them and their Successors , the Sole Trade and Commerce of all those Seas , Streights , Bayes , Rivers , Lakes , Creeks , and Sounds in whatsoever Latitude they should be , lying within the Entrance of the Streights commonly called Hudson's Streights , together with all the Lands , Countreys , and Territories upon the Coasts and Confines of the Seas , Bayes , Lakes , Rivers , Creeks and Sounds aforesaid , which were not then Possessed by , or Granted to any of the Subjects of Our said Royal Brother , or Possessed by the Subjects of any other Christian Prince or State , Thereby Creating and Constituting the said Governour and Company for the time being , and their Successors , the true and absolute Lords and Proprietors of the same Territories , Limits and Places aforesaid , and of all other the Premisses , with express Prohibition to all other the Subjects of Our said Royal Brother to Trade to the Parts aforesaid . And whereas VVe are satisfied that the said Company hath for many years with great Industry , and at a very great Charge and Expence , Settled divers Factories , Erected several Fortifications , and maintained the Trade in the Parts aforesaid , to the great Honour and Profit of this Our Kingdom , until of late several ill-disposed Persons not being Members of the said Company , nor Licensed by them , preferring their private profit before the publick good , have contrary to the said Royal Grant , in a clandestine and disorderly manner , Traded into those parts , to the apparent prejudice , if not destruction , of the Trade aforesaid , and in manifest Contempt of Our Prerogative Royal ; and the better to colour their evil practices , do frame Designs to Hire , or do Hire themselves out in the Service of , or in conjunction with Foreigners to Sa●l to the Parts aforesaid , to undermine and destroy the said Companies Trade . VVe , taking the Premisses into Our Princely Consideration , do not only give Leave and Direct , That the Persons who have so contemptuously violated the said Companies Charter , be Prosecuted in Our Name at Law in order to their condign Punishment according to their demerits ; But for prevention of the like evil practices for the future , VVe have thought fit , with the Advice of Our Privy Council , to Publish and Declare Our Royal VVill and Pleasure to be , and VVe do hereby strictly Prohibit and Forbid that none of Our Subjects whatsoever , except the said Governour and Company and their Successors , and such as shall be duly Licensed by them at any time or times hereafter do presume to send or Navigate any Ship or Ships , Vessel or Vessels , or exercise any Trade whatsoever directly or indirectly on their own accounts , or in the Service of , or in conjunction with any Foreigner or Foreigners whatsoever , to , in or from the said Streights and Bay , called Hudson's Streights , or to , in or from any Bayes , Rivers , Creeks or Places whatsoever , by what names or denominations soever they or any of them have been heretofore , or shall hereafter be called or distinguished , that now are or lie within the Entrance of Hudson's Streights aforesaid , in what Latitude or Longitude soever the same or any of them do , doth or shall lie , remain or be within the Liberties , Territories , or Priviledges of the said Company , upon pain of Our high Displeasure , and the forfeiture and loss of the Goods , Merchandizes , Ships and Vessels which shall be taken or found Trading in any the Place or Places aforesaid , or within the Limits aforesaid . And VVe do hereby strictly Charge and Command all and every Our Subjects of what degreé or quality soever , now Trading or Traffiquing , or designing to Trade or Traffique to or from the Parts aforesaid , or any of them , contrary to the true meaning of the said Companies Charter , That they forthwith do cease and forbear such their Trade and Traffique , and withdraw themselves from the parts aforesaid . And VVe do further hereby streightly Require and Command all and singular Our Governours , Lieutenant-Governours , Admirals , Vice-Admirals , Generals , Iudges of all Our Courts of Admiralty , Commanders of Our Forts and Castles , Captains of Our Royal Ships , Iustices of the Peace , Provost-Marshals , Marshals , Comptrollers , Collectors of Our Customs , VVayters , Searchers , and all other Our Officers and Ministers Civil and Military by Sea or Land , in all and every of Our Dominions or Plantations , and all other Our Subjects whatsoever and wheresoever , to take effectual care that no person or persons whatsoever ( except the said Company and their Successors , and such as shall be duly Licensed ) do send or Navigate any Ships or Vessels , or exercise any Trade directly or indirectly from any of Our Kingdoms , Dominions or Plantations whatsoever , contrary to the said Charter granted to the said Company as aforesaid , to any the Places or Limits aforesaid , or from thence to any of Our said Kingdoms , Dominions , Plantations , or other Places ; And if any person or persons shall presume to act or do in any wise contrary to this Our Royal Proclamation , VVe do VVill , Require and streightly Command all and singular Our said Governours , Lieutenant-Governours , Admirals , Vice-Admirals , Generals , Iudges of Our Courts of Admiralty , Commanders of Our Forts and Castles , Captains of Our Royal Ships , Iustices of the Peace , Provost-Marshals , Marshals , Sheriffs , Comptrollers , Collectors of Our Customs , VVayters , Searchers , and all other Our Officers and Ministers Civil and Military by Sea or Land in every of Our said Dominions and Plantations , and all other Our Officers , Ministers and Subjects whatsoever and wheresoever , that as often as need shall require , they and every of them respectively be Aiding and Assisting to the said Company , their Factors , Deputies , or Assigns , to Attach , Arrest , Take and Seize all such Ship or Ships , Vessel or Vessels , Goods , VVares and Merchandizes of such person or persons as shall be Vsed , Employed , or Traded in contrary to the Charter Granted to the said Company , wheresoever they shall be found , for Our Vse , upon pain of Our high Displeasure , and as they will answer the contrary at their Perils . Given at Our Court at VVhitehall the One and thirtieth day of March 1688. In the Fourth 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 , 1688.