Bibliography of royal proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns and of others published under authority, 1485-1714 > England and Wales

Nos 2504-11
1643: 19 Charles I
24 OCTOBER.—[BY PARLIAMENT.] [Begins]
The Lords and Commons in Parliament. . .
[Letters of Marque issued.]
[Westminster] : 24 October 1643.
London: for E. Husbands : 24 Oct. 1643.
1 f. Roman letter. H. Elsynge.
Type headline recei- ved persons
The cessation of arms in Ireland seems likely to produce
an invasion of England. All merchants willing to fit out
ships shall have letters of mart against any person in arms
against the Parliament. The Committee of the Admiralty
to grant commissions. This to be printed and published.
B. M. 669. f. 7 (53).
C. J. iii. 288; H. ii. 371. Tfo 2504.
27 OCTOBER.—[BY PARLIAMENT.] [Begins]
By Vertue of an ordinance of Both . ..
[An Assessment for the Scotch loan.]
Sine nota.
1 f. Roman letter.
Both the to.
A blank assessment form for in the County of
‘ for the better inabling of our Brethren the Scots, for our
assistance,’ . . .
B.M. 506. h. 13 (98). N° 2505.
7 NOVEMBER. — [BY PARLIAMENT.] An
Ordinance of the Lords and Commons Assembled in
Parliament; Whereby all Vintners are required
to bring in the Money, due for the half Excise, of
all Wines remaining in their hands, at, or before the
eleventh of September last, according to two former
Ordinances of Parliament of the eleventh of Sep¬
tember, and the first of October.
[Westminster] : 7 November 1643.
London : Coates and Raworth : 1643.
1 f. Roman letter. Hen. Elsynge.
Type headline in Appointed or
Certain vintners of London, Westminster, and ten miles
round have not paid the half excise appointed. If the excise
due by 11 Sept, be not paid within ten days the whole excise
will be enforced, and they will be proceeded against by
distress or otherwise.
B.M. 669. f. 7 (55).
L.J. vi. 298 ; C.J. iii. 304 ; H. ii. 383. N<> 2506.
11 NOVEMBER.-BY THE KING. A Proclama¬
tion commanding the Muster Master Generali to
take exact and true Musters and directing the
manner thereof, with his Majesties declaration of
paying his Army for their better Encouragement.
Oxford: 11 November 1643.
[Oxford : L. Lichfield: 1643.]
[1 f. Roman letter.]
Soldiers to be paid 4s. weekly, the other 2s. being made
good on account.
Madan (a fragment). MS. copy, B.M. Harl. 6852 (213), 8th.
N° 2507.
11 NOVEMBER.—BY THE KING. A Proclama¬
tion concerning the due and orderly proceedings in
the Court of Wards and Liveries.
Oxford: 11 November 1643.
Oxford : L. Lichfield : [1643].
1 f. Roman letter.
Arms 37 kept pends No-
By Proclamation, No. 2336, q.v., the Court of Wards and
Liveries was adjourned to Oxford. There has been great
302
neglect lately. Persons eligible for wardships or livery are
to find an office, return it to Petty Bag in Chancery, send
a transcript to Oxford, and compound with the King, or he
will take his best remedy.
B.M. 669. f. 7 (56). Wentworth (63), 2 copies.
N° 2508.
? 11 NOVEMBER. — [BY THE COMMONS.]
Prince Rupert’s cruel Warrant.
[Westminster: 11 November 1643.]
London : for E. Husbands : 13 Nov. 1643.
1 f. Roman letter. H. Elsynge.
Type headline King Charles printed
Ordered: That this warrant be forthwith printed and set
on posts.
Warrant as ‘ Generali under his Majesty of all His
Majesties Forces of Horse ’. All( persons to send in meat
for man and horse to Commissary General Thomas Jay, at
Ambrose Barton’s house against the Talbot in Tocester, and
to Lt.-Col. Green at Betty-Briggs or The Running Mare,
and labourers with shovels, picks, crowbars, barrows, &c.,
and baskets to carry earth. On pain of ‘ the total plundering
and burning of your houses and what other mischiefs the
licensed and hungry souldier can inflict upon you ’. Given
at Easton Park 1 Nov. 1643. Rupert. Directed to the
Constable, &c., of Cortenhall, in the Hundred of Wimersley,
Northamptonshire.
B. M. 669. f. 8 (36).
C. J. iii. 308.
A copy of the warrant, Bodl. Ash. H. 23 (73). 2509.
21 NOVEMBER.—BY THE KING. A Proclama¬
tion for the Venting and Transporting of the Cloth
and Wollen Manufactures of this Kingdome.
Oxford : 21 November [1643].
Oxford : L. Lichfield : [1643].
1 f. Roman letter.
Arms 37 and of first
As cloth cannot be sold through the Merchant Adventurers
since London is in rebellion, it is lawful for any subjects who
are merchants to export it, paying the customs for white
cloths. Foreigners paying strangers’ customs may also trade
in it. They are not to be stopped at sea if they can produce
their cockets showing they shipped at a loyal port.
B.M. 1851. b. 3 (43). P.C. II (511). Wentworth (64).
Merc. Aul. p. 669. N° 2510.
24 NOVEMBER.—BY THE KING. A Proclama¬
tion touching the Counterfeit Great Seale, Ordered
by the pretended two Houses of Parliament to be
put in use.
Oxford : 24 November 1643.
Oxford: L. Lichfield: 1643.
2 ff. Roman letter.
Arms 37 Great and 2) Bishops, Oiir
Making a Great Seal is High Treason under 25 Ed. III.
A new Great Seal has been ordered by Parliament by an
Ordinance (Nov. 11) making the King’s Great Seal void. No
one is to act under this new seal, or in virtue of any thing
sealed with it, and no one is to prepare any deed to be
sealed with it.
Wentworth (65). N° 2511.
24 NOVEMBER.—BY THE KING. A Proclama¬
tion to give Assurance unto all His Majesties Sub¬
jects in the Islands and Continent of America, of
His Majesties Royall Care over them, and to pre¬
serve them in their due Obedience.
Oxford : 24 November 1643.
[Oxford : L. Lichfield : 1643.]
1 f. Roman letter.
Arms 37 the parts Oxford,