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

1643-4: 19 Charles I
Nos 2526-32
tender them the Solemn League and Covenant. All who
neglect to take it before the end of term to forfeit their
offices. No lawyer or solicitor to practise till the Covenant
is taken.
B.L. B.M. 669. f. 7 (64); 190. g. 13 (59). Bodl. Z. 1.
17 (15).
L J. vi. 403.
MS. date Feb. 10th. N0 2526.
2 FEBRUARY[BY THE COMMONS.] [Be¬
gins] It is this day Ordered that publike thankes ...
[Day of Thanksgiving for Nantwich.]
[Westminster] : 2 February 1643[-4].
London: for R. Bostock : 1643[-4].
1 f. Italic letter. Hen. Rising.
unto God raised
Public thanks to be given next Lord’s Day [February 4]
for the victory near Namptwich and the relief of Notting¬
ham. Lord Mayor to execute, and to report names of dis¬
obedient clergy. (With a summary list of the prisoners and
slain.)
B. M. 669. f. 7 (62).
C. J. iii. 386; H. ii. 428. N° 2527.
2FEBRUARY. — [BY PARLIAMENT.] An
Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in
Parliament; With Instructions for the taking of the
League and Covenant in the Kingdom of England,
and Dominion of Wales. Together with the League
and Covenant, subscribed with the Names of so many
of the Members of the House of Commons as have
taken it.
[Westminster: 2 February 1643-4.]
[London] : for E. Husbands: [1643-4].
1 f. Roman letter. H. Elsynge.
d. c. and Providence Kingdomes
1. Ordered that the Covenant be taken in all places
throughout the kingdom of England, and Dominion of
Wales. 2. Instructions for the taking of the Solemn
League and Covenant throughout the kingdom. Similar
to those of June 27, No. 2450, q.v., with instructions to
Earl of Manchester to present it to Cambridge University.
The Declaration of 30 January to be read. 3. The Solemn
League and Covenant. 4. Names of 228 members. 5. This
to be printed and published.
B.M. 190. g. 13 (196). Antiq.* (99).
L.J. vi. 411 (5th); H. ii. 420; see Rush. iii. (2) 478. 2528.
14 FEBRUARY. — [BY THE KING.] [Begins]
Trusty. Whereas the Members of both Houses ...
[A benevolence towards the £100,000 loan.]
Oxford: 14 February 1643[-4].
Sine nota [Oxford : L. Lichfield : 1643-4].
1 f. Roman letter. MS. signatures.
well advanced Raigne
A request for a contribution towards the £100,000 loan,
on pain of free quarter, to be paid in money, touched plate
at 5s. per oz. or untouched plate at 4s. 4d. per oz. within
seven days. Treasurers at Corpus Christi College, Oxford,
Earl of Bath, L. Seymour, John Ashburnham, and John
Fettiplace.
Bodl. Tanner MS. 62 (563).1 P.R.O. S.P.D. D. (41).
Rush. iii. (2) 580; Cal. S.P.D. p. 14.
1 This copy has the sign manual of Charles, signed by Ed. Littleton
and Sam. Earl (?), and is addressed to The Parson of Bradfield for
£20. jifo 2529.
14 FEBRUARY.—BY THE KING. A Proclama¬
tion Commanding the due observation of the Desires
of the Commissioners for the Contribution of the
County of Oxford, and for punishing all stragling
Souldiers and others, Robbing, and Plundering the
Country.
Oxford : 14 February [1643-4].
Oxford: L. Lichfield : 1643[-4].
1 f. Roman letter.
Arms 37 Our Loan Given
The Commissioners for the weekly loan complain of plough
horses being seized, corn destroyed, highway robberies, &c.
The Lord-Lieutenant-General of the Army is to appoint
a Provost Marshal with a guard of twenty, who is to patrol
the country and seize stragglers on complaint. A Court of
War is to sit every Wednesday and Saturday with the
Commissioners, to which the Provost Marshal shall report
weekly. The Desires of the Commissioners are to be
printed. This to be published in all parishes, &c., of the
county.
Bodl. Z. 1. 17 (1). N° 2530.
23 FEBRUARY.—[BY THE COMMONS.] [Be¬
gins] It is this day Ordered by the Commons ...
[Letter from the Westminster Assembly encouraging
subscriptions.]
[Westminster]: 23 February 1643[-4].
Sine nota.
1 f. Roman letter. H. Elsynge.
the adversaries particu-
[Order of Commons]: Mr. Millington to move the Assem¬
bly to write to ministers of London and elsewhere for sub¬
scriptions towards Sir Thomas Middleton’s forces.
A letter to the ministers from the Assembly, describing
the need for additional forces in the North and North Wales,
and to recover Chester. An army is to be sent under Sir
Thomas Middleton. The opponents are in arms to defend
idolatrous pictures against the Ordinance ordering them to
be pulled down. Their ignorant ministers must be removed.
An Order of the Westminster Assembly (26 Feb.) that
this letter be sent in its name. Signed : Henry Robrough,
Adoniram Byfield, Scribes.
B. M. 506. h. 13 (84); 190. g. 13 (63).
C. J. iii. 405. N° 2531.
24 FEBRU ARY. —[BY PARLIAMENT.] [Be¬
gins] Los Senores y Communes del Parlamento ...
[Concerning the import of Bullion.]
[Westminster] : 24 February 164f.
Sine nota.
1 f. Roman letter. H. Elsinge.
recevi- do di-
Owing to the fears of their correspondents in foreign parts
the merchants have ceased to import bullion. All bullion
and coin imported in English ships by Dover and London
shall have free passage and protection to the Mint as hereto¬
fore, and two-thirds of it will be allowed free export, paying
2 per cent, duty as before in coin or bullion, in their own
ships with convoy from the Downs.
B.M. 669. f. 7 (65); E. 34 (8). (In Spanish.) No copy
in English known.
L.J. vi. 441 (26th); C.J. iii. 407 (in English) ; H. ii. 436.
N° 2532.
28 FEBRUARY.—BY THE KING. A Proclama¬
tion for the Reliefe of His Majesties Army, and good
Subjects in Ireland, with Corne and other Victuall.
Oxford : 28 February [1643-4].
Oxford: L. Lichfield: 1643[-4J.
1 f. Roman letter.
Arms 41 of moneths Nino-
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