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<HEAD>By the KING and QUEEN, A PROCLAMATION, In Order to Their <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> intended Coronation.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>WILLIAM R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>WHereas We have re&s;olved, by the Favour and Ble&s;&s;ing of God, to celebrate the Solemni|ty of Our Royal Coronation upon the eleventh Day of <HI>April</HI> next at Our Palace at <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter;</HI> And fora&s;much as by Ancient Cu&s;toms and &V;&s;ages of this Realm, as al&s;o in regard of divers Tenures of &s;unday Mannors, Lands, and other Hereditaments, many of Our Loving Subjects do Claim, and are bound to do and perform divers &s;everal Services on the &s;aid Day, and at the time of the Coronation, as in times precedent their Ance&s;tors, and tho&s;e from whom they claim have done and performed at the Coronations of Our Predece&s;&s;or Kings and Queens of this Re|alm: We therefore, out of our Princely Care for the Pre&s;ervation of the Lawful Rights and Inheritan|ces of our Loving subjects, whom it may concern, have thought &s;it to give Notice, and publi&s;h Our Re&s;olu|tion therein, and do hereby give Notice of, and publi&s;h the &s;ame accordingly. And We do hereby fur|ther &s;ignifie, that by Our Commi&s;&s;ion under our great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> We have Appointed and Autho|rized Our Right Tru&s;ty and Right Welbeloved Cou&s;in and Councellor <HI>Thomas</HI> Earl of <HI>Danby,</HI> Pre&s;ident of Our Council; Our Right Tru&s;ty and Entirely Beloved Cou&s;in and Councellor <HI>George</HI> Marquis of <HI>Hal|lifax,</HI> Our keeper of Our Privy Seal, Our Right Tru&s;ty and Right Entirely Beloved Cou&s;in and Councellor <HI>Henry</HI> Duke of <HI>Northfolk,</HI> Earl Mar&s;hal of <HI>England;</HI> Our Right Tru&s;ty and Entirely Beloved Cou&s;in and Coun&s;ellor <HI>Charles</HI> Marque&s;s of <HI>Winche&s;ter;</HI> Our Right Tru&s;ty and Right Welbeloved Cou&s;in and Councel|lor <HI>Robert</HI> Earl of <HI>Lind&s;ey,</HI> Great Chamberlain of <HI>England;</HI> Our Right Trusty and Right Welbeloved Cou&s;in and Councellor <HI>William</HI> Earl of <HI>Devon&s;hire.</HI> Steward of Our Hou&s;hold; Our Right Tru&s;ty and Right Welbeloved Cou&s;in and Councellor <HI>Charles</HI> Earl of <HI>Dor&s;et</HI> and <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> Chamberlain of Our Hou&s;hold; Our Right Tru&s;ty and Right Welbeloved Cou&s;in and Councellor <HI>Charles</HI> Earl of <HI>Shrewsbury</HI> One of Our Principal Secretaries of State; Our Right Tru&s;ty and Welbeloved Cou&s;in and Councellor <HI>Fran|cis</HI> Vi&s;count <HI>Newport, Trea&s;urer of Our Hou&s;hold;</HI> The Right Reverend Father in GOD <HI>Henry</HI> Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>London;</HI> Our Right Tru&s;ty and Welbeloved Councellor <HI>Ralph Lord Montague,</HI> Ma&s;ter of Our Wardrobe; Our Tru&s;ty and Welbeloved Sir <HI>William Dolben</HI> Kt. one of the Ju&s;tices of Our Court of Kings Bench: and Our Trusty and Welbeloved Sir <HI>John Powell</HI> Knight, one of the Ju&s;tices of Our Court of common pleas; or any three or more of them to receive, hear and determine the Petitions and Claims which &s;hall be to them exhibited by any of Our Loving Subjects in this behalf, and We &s;hall ap|point Our &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners for that purpo&s;e, to meet, and &s;it, in the Painted-chamber of Our Palace at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> upon the <HI>28th</HI> day of this in&s;tant <HI>March,</HI> at nine of the Clock in the Forenoon of that day, and from time to time to Adjourn as to them &s;hall &s;eem meet, for the execution of Our &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion, which We do thus publi&s;h to the intent, that all &s;uch per&s;ons, whom it may any way concern, may know when and where to give their Attendance for the exhibiting of their Petitions and Claims, concerning their Services before mentioned, to be done and and performed unto &V;s at Our &s;aid Coronation. And We do <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">ereby &s;ignifie unto all and every Our Subjects, whom may concern, That Our Will and Plea&s;ure is, and <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">e do hereby &s;traitly Charge all Per&s;ons, of what rank and Quality &s;oever they be, who, either upon Our <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">etters to them directed, or by rea&s;on of their Offices, or Tenures, or otherwi&s;e, are to do any Service at the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">id Day, or time of our Coronation; That they do duly give their Attendance accordingly in all Re&s;pects; <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">urni&s;hed and Appointed as to &s;o great a Solemnity appertaineth, and an&s;werable to the Dignities and <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">aces which every one of them re&s;pectively holdeth and enjoyeth; And of this, They, or any of them, are <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2 letters">t to fail, as they will an&s;wer the contrary at their Perils, unle&s;s upon Special Rea&s;ons by Our &s;elf, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2 letters">der Our Hand to be allowed, We &s;hall Di&s;pence with any of their Services or Attendances.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at Our Court at</HI> Whitehall <DATE><HI>this 16th day of</HI> March, <HI>1688. In the Fir&s;t year of Our Reign.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>Edinburgh, <HI>Re-Printed in the Year, 1689.</HI></P>
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