Exhibit 511 ยท Royal injunctions
Injunctions of Elizabeth, 1559
no manner of person shall print any manner of book or paper, of what sort, nature, or in what language soever it be, except the same be first licensed by her majesty by express words in writing, or by six of her privy council
Parishes must provide the whole Bible of the largest volume in English and the clergy must not discourage reading; no one may print any book or paper unless licensed by the queen, six privy councillors, or specified bishops and chancellors.
- Source
- Elizabeth I
- Date
- 1559
- Quoted from
- Gee and Hardy no. LXXVIII, pp. 436-37 (Injunction 51; contemporary print, BM 5155.a.14)
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://archive.org/details/documentsillustr00geehuoft
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- The Bible-in-church injunction is at p. 421; cost 'by the parson or proprietary and parishioners borne by equal portions' (bracketed in Gee).