At the Court at Whitehall, this 26th day of March 1686. Present, the Kings most excellent Majesty. His Royal Highness Prince George of Denmark... Mr. Chancellor of the Dutchy. Whereas it has been represented to His Majesty, that by reason of the frequent abuses of a lewd sort of people, called spirits, in seducing many of His Majesties subjects to go on shipboard,...
England and Wales.Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II)
London : Printed by Charles Bill, Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty,
1686.
"Hiring of servants for the Plantations. ... A reissue of Order in Council 13 Dec. 1682, no. 3737, q.v." -- Steele.
Steele notation: lewd ragement 2) such Persons; Arms 102.
Wing (2nd ed., 1994)
Crawford, J.L.L. Royal proclamations, 1485-1714,
ESTC
Microfilm.
Indentured servants
Plantations