The charter and grants are printed from a book published by Mes. In 1403, the Corporation of London approved the formation of a guild of stationers. The modern Stationers' Company represents the "content and communications" industries within the City of London Liveries. Witnesses-the King and Queen at Westminster the fourth day of May. Transcribed by G.Edward [3] (In 1606 the Master of the Revels, who was responsible until this time for licensing plays for performance, acquired some overlapping authority over licensing them for publication as well; but the Stationers' Register remained a crucial and authoritative source of information after that date too.) Once the company received its charter, “the company’s role was to regulate and discipline the industry, define proper conduct and maintain its own corporate privileges.”[1]. Members of the company could, and mostly did, document their ownership of copyright in a work by entering it in the "entry book of copies" or the Stationers' Company Register, though this entry was not a necessity for the holding of a copyright. And further we of our special grace and from our certain knowledge and mere motion, by these presents ordain, create, erect, make and appoint the foresaid Thomas Dockwray Master of the same Mistery or Art of Stationery of the foresaid City during one year next following, and the foresaid John Cawood and Henry Cooke, Keepers or Wardens of the same mistery or art of Stationery of the foresaid city for one year next following; and the foresaid William Bonham, Richard Waye, Simon Coston, Reginald Wolf, James Hollyland, Stephen Kevall, John Turke, Nicholas Taverner, Michael Lobley, John Jaques, William Ryddall, John Judson, John Walley, Thomas Duxwell, Anthony Smyth, William Powell, Richard Jugge, William Seres, Robert Holder, Thomas Porfutt, John Rogers, William Steward, Richard Patchett, Nicholas Borman, Roger lreland, Richard Crosse, Thomas Powell, Anthony Crofte, Richard HyIl, Alan Gamlyn, Henry Norton, Richard Lant, Henry Suttell, Andrew Hester, Thomas Devell, John Case, William Hyll, Richard Richardson, Giles Huke, John Kynge, John Fayerbarne, John Hyll, Peter Frenche, Richard Harryson, Humphrey Powell, John Clerke, William Copland, William Marten, Edward Sutton, Thomas Parker, John Bonham, John Gough, John Daye, John Whitney, Simon Spilman. Once the company received … [Peter W M Blayney; Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (London, England)] May 3, 2017 @ 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm £98 The Stationers' Company was formed in 1403; it received a royal charter in 1557. In 1559, it became the 47th in city livery company precedence. Further we wiIl, grant, ordain, and appoint for ourselves, the heirs and successors of us the foresaid Queen to the foresaid Master, Keepers or Wardens and community of the mistery or art of Stationery of the City of London aforesaid and their successors for ever, that it shall be lawful for the Master and Keepers or Wardens aforesaid and their successors for the time being to make search whenever it shall please them in any place, shop, house, chamber, or building of any printer, binder or bookseller whatever within our kingdom of England or the dominions of the same of or for any books or things printed, or to be printed, and to seize, take, hold, burn, or turn to the proper use of the foresaid community, all and several those books and things which are or shall be printed contrary to the form of any statute, act, or proclamation, made or to be made ; and that if any person shall practise or exercise the foresaid art or mistery contrary to the foresaid form, or shall disturb, refuse, or hinder the foresaid Master or Keepers or Wardens for the time being or any one of them for the time being, in making the foresaid search or in seizing, taking, or burning the foresaid books or things, or any of them printed or to be printed contrary to the form of any statute, act, or proclamation, that then the foresaid Master and Keepers or Wardens for the time being shall imprison or commit to jail any such person so practising or exercising the foresaid art or mistery contrary to the foresaid form, or as is stated above, disturbing, refusing or hindering, there to remain without bail for the space of three months ; and that the same person so practising or exercising the foresaid art or mistery contrary to the foresaid form, or so, as is above stated, disturbing, refusing or hindering, shall forfeit for each such practising or exercising aforesaid against the form aforesaid and for each such disturbance, refusal or hindrance a hundred shillings of lawful money of England, one half thereof to us, the heirs and successors of us the foresaid Queen, and the other haIf thereof to the foresaid Master, Keepers or Wardens and community. The Company's principal purpose nowadays is to provide an independent forum where its members can advance the interests (strategic, educational, training and charitable) of the industries associated with the Company.