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Crime & Corruption. James I Broadside: By the King. A Proclamation for the Banishing of Giles Mompesson. Whereas Giles Mompesson, late Knight, for great and insufferable crimes by him committed, to the abuse of His Majestie (sic), and grieuous (sic) oppression of his Subjects, hath by the High Court of Parliament beene (sic) declared to bee (sic) Degraded of the order of knighthood [...], Giuven (sic) at Our Palace of Westminster the thirtieth of March [...], Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton, and John Bill, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie (sic), 1621, 35 lines, mostly Gothic Black Letter, crested by the wood-engraved royal arms, large foliated 'W' initial, now in two pieces, with loss of one sentence but not general sense, some minor losses at folds, 36 x 24.5cm
Prior to the English Civil War Sir Giles Mompesson (c. 1583-1663) was seen by the public as the archetypal corrupt aristocratic courtier, aided by a nepotistic association with a distant kinsman, the grossly unpopular George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. His criminal corruption, in particular the pocketing of licensing businesses, usually pubs, raised popular sentiment against him to such a height that eventually the House of Commons and House of Lords were compelled to act.
Unexamined out of mount and frame. In two pieces following vertical tear, minor losses of varying degrees along vertical folds; creases in places, as well occasional light stains or minor grime.
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