Note 848 — IX THE STRUGGLE OF COURT AND CITY
Reading edition
S. P. D. Edw. VI, xv. 33. By 5 & 6 Edw. VI of 1552 (Statutes, iv. 155) travelling tinkers and pedlars could hold a licence from two justices of the peace. This arrangement is continued by the Act of 1572 (vide infra), and tinkers and pedlars are there grouped with players. Possibly therefore such local licences had also been issued to players who were not 'servants', even before 1572.