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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login:  | | Star Chamber Decree, Westminster (1637) Source: Durham University Library: Arber, E., A Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers of London, 1557-1640, 5 vols. (London: n.p., 1875-94) 4: 528 Citation: Star Chamber Decree (1637), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: uk_1637 Full title A Decree of Starre-Chamber Concerning Printing Full title original language N/A Abstract A decree of the Star Chamber designed to regulate the printing of all literary works, whether ecclesiastical or secular in nature. The decree further entrenched the significance and validity of 'stationers' copyright' in requiring that no work be printed without first being entered on the Company of Stationers' Register Book. The decree also provided that any materials printed thereafter were to carry both the name of the printer and the author of the work. The commentary describes how, by comparison with earlier decrees (see: uk_1566; uk_1586), the 1637 Decree provided a more elaborate system for licensing both ecclesiastical and secular works as well as a more comprehensive set of regulations to govern the operation of the printing trade. As a regulatory measure, it is widely regarded as representing the high point of the Company of Stationers' control and authority over the book trade. Bibliography Clegg, C.S., Press Censorship in Jacobean England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001) Loewenstein, J., The Author"s Due: Printing and the Prehistory of Copyright (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2002) Patterson, L.R., Copyright in Historical Perspective (Nashville: Vanderbilt University, 1968) Siebert, F.S., Freedom of the Press in England 1476-1776 (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1965) Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher Robert Barker Location Westminster Year 1637 Language English Source Durham University Library: Arber, E., A Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers of London, 1557-1640, 5 vols. (London: n.p., 1875-94) 4: 528 Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Alsop, Bernard (fl.1620-1637) Bishop, Richard (fl.1637) Badger, Richard (fl.1629-1641) Bankes, Sir John (1589-1644) Beale, John (fl.1637) Bodley, Sir Thomas (1545-1613) Cotes, Thomas (d.1641) Coventry, Thomas, 1st Baron Coventry (1578-1640) Dawson, John (fl.1637) Elizabeth I (1533-1603) Fifield, Alexander (fl.1637) Flesher, Miles (fl.1611-1664) Griffin, Edward (fl.1637) Grismand, John (fl.1637) Harper, Thomas (b.1589) Haviland, John (fl.1620-1637) Hodgkinsonne, Richard (fl.1637-1656) Islip, Adam (fl.1637) Juxon, William (1582-1663) Kingstone, Felix (fl.1637) Laud, William (1573-1645) Legat, John (fl.1637) Miller, George (fl.1637) Nichols, Arthur (fl.1637) Parsons, Marmaduke (fl.1625-1637) Purfoot, Thomas (fl.1637) Purslow, Thomas (fl.1637) Raworth, John (fl.1637-1645) Wright, Thomas (fl.1637) Young, Robert (fl.1637) Persons referred to in commentary Charles II (1630-1685) Elizabeth I (1533-1603) Ferdinand II (1578-1637) Frederick V (1596-1632) James I (1566-1625) Juxon, William (1582-1663) Laud, William (1573-1645) Places referred to London Places referred to in commentary London Netherlands Legislation referred to Star Chamber Decree 1586 Legislation referred to in commentary Elizabethan Injunctions 1559 Star Chamber Decree 1566 Star Chamber Decree 1586 Act for the Regulating of the Privy Council, and for taking away the Court commonly called the Star-Chamber, 1640, 16 Car.I, c.10 Licensing Act, 1662, 13 & 14 Car.II, c.33 Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Bodleian Library, Oxford Church of England Court of High Commission Star Chamber Stationers' Company Stationers' Hall University of Cambridge University of Oxford Institutions referred to in commentary Church of England High Commission Star Chamber Stationers' Company University of Oxford Key words attribute, obligation to book trade censorship, pre-publication defamation deposit employer/employee relations forgery guild regulation law books licensing penalties registration religious works Stationers' Company Responsible editor Ronan Deazley Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. In so far as these scans are protected by copyright, they are made available on the same terms as translations and commentaries (see home page). | |||||
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