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<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE>At the Court at <HI>Hampton</HI>-Court <DATE>the 28^t^h day of <HI>July</HI> 1681.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>Pre&s;ent<LB>
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<ITEM> The Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lord Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lord Pre&s;ident</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lord Privy Seal</ITEM>
<ITEM>Earl of <HI>Clarendon</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Earl of <HI>Bathe</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Earl of <HI>Craven</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Earl of <HI>Halifax</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Earl of <HI>Conway</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lord Vi&s;count <HI>Fauconberg</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lord Vi&s;count <HI>Hyde</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>London</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. Secretary <HI>Jenkins</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. Chancellor of the Ex|chequer</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. Seymour</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. Godolphin.</ITEM>
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<P>_HIs Maje&s;ty by His Order in Coun|cil of the One and twentieth of <HI>July</HI> in&s;tant, having been Graci|ou&s;ly plea&s;ed to refer a Memori|al pre&s;ented to His Maje&s;ty in behalf of the di&s;tre&s;&s;ed Prote|&s;tants abroad, to the Con&s;iderati|on of the Right Honourable the Lords Commit|tees of this Board for Trade and Plantations, with
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directions to Report their opinion thereupon; And their Lord&s;hips having this day made their Report to His Maje&s;ty in Council, His Maje&s;ty up|on due Con&s;ideration thereof had, was plea&s;ed to Declare, That He holds Him&s;elf obliged in Ho|nour and Con&s;cience to comfort and &s;upport all &s;uch afflicted Prote&s;tants who by rea&s;on of the Ri|gours and Severities which are us'd towards them upon the Account of their Religion, &s;hall be forced to quit their Native Countrey, and &s;hall de&s;ire to &s;helter them&s;elves under His Maje&s;ties Royal Protection, for the pre&s;ervation and free exerci&s;e of their Religion; And in order hereunto His Maje&s;ty was pleas'd further to Declare, That He will Grant unto every &s;uch di&s;tre&s;&s;ed Prote&s;tant who &s;hall come hither for refuge, and re&s;ide here, His Letters of Denization under the Great Seal without any charge what&s;oever, and likewi&s;e &s;uch further priviledges and immunities as are con&s;i&s;tent with the Laws, for the Liberty and free exerci&s;e of their Trades and Handicrafts; And that His Maje&s;ty will likewi&s;e recommend it to His Parlia|ment at their next Meeting to Pa&s;s an Act for the General Naturalization of all &s;uch Prote&s;tants as &s;hall come over as afore&s;aid, and for the further enlarging their Liberties and Franchi&s;es granted to them by His Maje&s;ty, as rea&s;onably may be nece&s;|&s;ary for them. And for their encouragement, His Maje&s;ty is likewi&s;e plea&s;ed to Grant unto them, That they &s;hall pay no greater Duties in any ca&s;e then His Maje&s;ties own Natural born Subjects, and that they &s;hall have all the privi|ledges and immunities that generally His Maje|&s;ties
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Native Subjects have, for the Introduction of their Children into Schools and Colledges.</P>
<P>And His Maje&s;ty was likewi&s;e plea&s;ed to Order, and it is hereby Ordered accordingly, That all His Maje&s;ties Officers both Civil and Military do give a kind reception to all &s;uch Prote&s;tants as &s;hall ar|rive within any of His Maje&s;ties Ports in this Kingdom, and to furni&s;h them with free Pa&s;s-Ports, and give them all a&s;&s;i&s;tance and furtherance in their Journeys to the Places to which they &s;hall de&s;ire to go. And the Right Honourable the Lords Commi&s;&s;ioners of His Maje&s;ties Trea&s;ury are to give Orders to the Commi&s;&s;ioners of His Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms, to &s;uffer the &s;aid Prote&s;tants to pa&s;s free with their Goods and Hou&s;hold&s;tuff, whether of a greater or a &s;maller value, together with their Tools and In&s;truments belonging to their Crafts, or Trades, and generally all what belongs to them that may be Imported according to the Laws now in force, without exacting any thing from them. And for the further relief and encouragement of the &s;aid nece&s;&s;itous Prote&s;tants, His Maje&s;ty hath been plea&s;ed to give Order for a General Brief through His Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> for Collecting the Charity of all well di&s;po&s;ed per&s;ons, for the re|lief of the &s;aid Prote&s;tants, who may &s;tand in need thereof. And to the end that when any &s;uch come over, being Strangers, they may know where to addre&s;s them&s;elves to fitting per|&s;ons to lay their reque&s;ts and complaints before His Maje&s;ty: His Maje&s;ty was Graciou&s;ly plea&s;|ed to appoint the mo&s;t Reverend Father in God, his Grace the Lord Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> and
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the Right Reverend Father in God, the Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>London,</HI> or either of them, to receive all the &s;aid Reque&s;ts and Petitions, and to pre&s;ent the &s;ame to His Maje&s;ty, to the end &s;uch Order may be given therein as &s;hall be nece&s;&s;ary.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>PHI. LLOYD.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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