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The Stationers' Company had considerable powers of search and seizure, backed by the state (which supplied the force and authority to guarantee copyright).  This monopoly continued until 1641 when, inflamed by the treatment of religious dissenters such as [[John Lilburne]] and [[William Prynne]], the [[Long Parliament]] abolished the [[Star Chamber]] (a court which controlled the press) with the [[Habeas Corpus Act 1640]].  This le
ad to the de facto cessation of state censorship of the press.  Although in 1641 token punishments were given to those responsible for unlicensed and hostile pamphlets published around London&mdash;including Grub Street&mdash;[[Puritan]] and radical pamphlets continued to be distributed by an informal network of street hawkers, and dissenters from within the Stationers' Company.<ref name="Achinsteinp116"/><ref>{{Harvnb|Knight|1998|p=85}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Mendl(contracted; show full){{Coord|51|31|13|N|0|05|27|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=title}}

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