Proposals by the governour and assistants of the King and Queen's corporation, for encouraging and carrying on the linnen manufacture in England. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B28452 of text R225173 in the English Short Title CatalogTextual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B28452 Wing P3716 Interim Tract Supplement Guide 816.m.13[48] ESTC R225173 99885904 ocm99885904 186250 2240886679

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 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B28452) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 186250) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; C4:1[47]) Proposals by the governour and assistants of the King and Queen's corporation, for encouraging and carrying on the linnen manufacture in England. Dupin, Nicholas. 1 sheet ([1] p.). The proposals are to be had at Mr. Nicholas Dwpin [sic] esquire at the said Salisbury Exchange, gratis., [London] : [1690?] Imprint from Wing. At head of title: royal arms with initials W.3.M2. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Linen Industry -- England -- Early works to 1800. Poor -- Law and legislation -- England -- Early works to 1800. eebo Proposals by the governour and assistants of the King and Queen's corporation, for encouraging and carrying on the linnen manufacture in England. . n/a 1690 1 559 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2013-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2013-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2013-12 Sampled and proofread 2013-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2014-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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PROPOSALS BY THE GOVERNOUR and ASSISTANTS OF THE King and Queen's Corporation , For Encouraging and Carrying on The Linnen Manufacture in England .

WHEREAS for the Encouraging , and more Effectual Establishing the Linnen Manufacture in England , Their Present Majesties , at the Humble Petition of several Persons well Skilled in every Branch of the said Manufacture ( as hath been lately certified by Mr. Attorney General in his Report to His Majesty in Councel , wherewith His Majesty was fully satisfied ) were Graciously pleased to Grant Their Letters Patents of Incorporation to them and their Successors for Ever , bearing Date the Seven and Twentieth Day of May last , together with divers Priviledges and Immunities ; And thereby were likewise pleased to Honour them with the Name of Governour and Assistants of the King and Queens Corporation for the Linnen Manufacture in England , As by the said Letters Patents may appear . Pursuant to which Grant the Patentees , with the Assistance of divers Worthy Persons since Joined with them , have raised a considerable Stock , and Set up the said Manufacture , and already made as Fine Linnen as comes from Forreign Parts .

NOW in Order to the Establishing the same in all parts of the Kingdom , both for Advancing of Land , and Setting the Poor at Work , They at a Court of Assistants held this Five and Twentieth Day of October , One Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety , have , and do Agree upon these Proposals .

I. That WHEREAS the General Joint Stock of the Company consists at present of Three Hundred and Forty Shares , They have agreed to lay open their Books at their Ware-house , being Salisbury Exchange in the Strand , until the Four and Twentieth Day of January next , for all Persons that are desirous to come in .

II. That every Person that will be Interested in one Share in the said Joint Stock , He being thereby made a Freeman , and Entituled to all the Priviledges of the said Corporation , shall pay Fifty Pounds for his said Share , and so for every Share to Robert Hookes Esquire , the present Treasurer of the said Corporation , who for the purpose aforesaid will attend at the said Salisbury Exchange , on Wednesday from Three in the Afternoon till Six , and on Saturday from Nine in the Forenoon till Twelve in every Week , being the certain Court Days of the said Company , or to the said Treasurer at his House in Basing-hall-street , London , any other Day of the Week . And every such Person or Persons at the same Court shall be Entred so many Shares in the Companies Books , as he or they shall have so paid for .

III. That upon the Six and Twentieth Day of January next , a General Court of all Persons Interested shall be held at their Ware-house at Salisbury Exchange aforesaid , to consult of the necessary Affairs of the Company .

The Proposals are to be had at Mr. Nicholas Dwpin Esquire at the said Salisbury Exchange , Gratis . GOD Save King William and Queen Mary .