Exhibit 497 ยท Royal proclamation
Royal proclamation against erroneous books and the having of Scripture in English, French or Dutch, June 1530
the distribution of the sayd scripture, and the permyttyng or denyenge therof, dependeth onely vpon the discretion of the superiours, as they shall thynke it conuenyent
Condemns named English books printed abroad, orders delivery to the bishop within fifteen days, forbids printing English books on Scripture without the diocesan's examination and approval, states that the people need not have Scripture in English and that its distribution depends on the discretion of the superiors, and forbids having the New or Old Testament in English except persons appointed by the king and bishops for correcting the translation. Promises a translation by learned and Catholic persons if the people abandon the condemned books.
- Source
- Henry VIII (printed by Thomas Berthelet)
- Date
- June 1530
- Quoted from
- Pollard, Records of the English Bible (1911), Record XXII, p. 167 (copy printed by Berthelet, British Museum)
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://archive.org/details/recordsofenglish00polluoft
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- Pollard dates it 'Mense Junii' 1530 (22 Henry VIII); other websites give 6 May or 22 June. Pollard n., p. 165: the 24 May 1530 'Publick Instrument' (Wilkins, Concilia III, 728) condemned the books and 'the translation also of Scripture corrupted by William Tyndall'. Pollard dates it "Mense Junii" 1530; other sources give 6 May or 22 June.