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Licensing of the Press Act 1662
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VII.No Haberdasher of Small Wares, &c. not licensed, nor being a Freeman of London, nor a Member of the Stationers' Company, to sell, &c. Books, &c.
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And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no Haberdasher of Small Wares Ironmonger Chandler Shopkeeper or other person or persons whatsoever not being licensed in that behalfe by the Lord Bishop of the Diocesse wherein such Booke or Bookes shall be having been Seven yeares Apprentice to the Trade of Booke seller Printer or Bookbinder nor being a Freeman of the City of London by Patrimonial Right as Son of a Booke seller Printer or Booke binder nor being a Member of the said Company of Stationers shall within the City or Suburbs of London or any other Market Towne or elsewhere receive take or buy [X1or] barter sell againe change or doe away any Bibles Testaments Psalm books Common Prayer books Primers Abcees Licensed Almanacks Grammar School books or other Book or Books whatsoever upon pain of forfeiture of the same
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X1Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: to O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]
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