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<PB N="359" REF="1" MS="y">
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<FIGDESC>seal of the Commonwealth</FIGDESC>
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<HEAD>The Form of an Inden|ture between the Sheriff and the Ele|ctors of Per&s;ons to &s;erve in Parla|ment for Counties.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_THis Indenture</HI> made the <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> day of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> in the year of our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and four, at <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> in the County of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> Between <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> Sheriff of the County afore&s;aid of the one part, and <HI>C.D. E.F. G.H.</HI> and divers other Per&s;ons qualified and capable to elect Members to &s;erve in Parlament for Counties, as is pre&s;cribed in the Government of the Com|mon wealth of <HI>England, Scotland</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Witne&s;&s;eth, That Proclamation having been made in every Market Town in the County
<PB N="360" REF="2">afore&s;aid within ten daies after the receit of a certain Writ of the Lord Protector to the a|fore&s;aid Sheriff directed, and to one part of the&s;e Indentures annexed for the Election of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> Knights, fit and di&s;creet Per&s;ons of the County afore&s;aid, for the Parlament of the &s;aid Lord Protector, in the Writ afore&s;aid &s;pe|cified to be cho&s;en, and to be at the Parlament of the &s;aid Lord Protector at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> in the County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> the third day of <HI>Sep|tember</HI> next to be held; The afore&s;aid <HI>C.D. E.F. G.H. &amp;c.</HI> and divers other Per&s;ons of the Coun|ty afore&s;aid, who were pre&s;ent at &s;uch Electi|on, freely and indifferently have cho&s;en <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> Knights girt with Swords, that is to &s;ay, <HI>A. B. &amp;c.</HI> to be in the Parlament afore&s;aid, as in the &s;aid Writ is mentioned, who for them&s;elves, as al&s;o for all the People of the County afore|&s;aid, have full and &s;ufficient power to do and con&s;ent unto tho&s;e things, which in the afore|&s;aid Parlament &s;hall then &amp; there, by common Con&s;ent and Council, happen to be ordained.</P>
<P>Provided, and it is hereby Declared, That the per&s;ons &s;o cho&s;en &s;hall not have power to alter the Government as it is now &s;ettled in one &s;ingle Per&s;on and a Parlament. In wit|ne&s;s whereof as well the Seal of Office of the &s;aid Sheriff, as al&s;o the Seals of the E|lectors afore&s;aid, the day, year, and place above-&s;aid to the&s;e Indentures are put and affixed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Henry Scobell</HI> Clerk of the Council.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>The Form of An Inden|ture between the Sheriff and the Bur|ge&s;&s;es and Inhabitants of Burroughs.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_THis Indenture</HI> made the <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> day of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> In the year of our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and four, Between A.B. High Sheriff of the Coun|tie of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"> of the one part, And C.D. E. F. G. H. &amp;c. Burge&s;&s;es and Inhabitants of the Burrough of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> of the other part, Witne&s;&s;eth, That by vertue of a Warrant unto I. K. <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> of the &s;aid Burrough of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> from the &s;aid High Sheriff to him directed, for the Electing and Choo&s;ing of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> Burge&s;&s;es of good under&s;tanding, knowledge and di&s;cretion for Cau&s;es concerning the Publique good of this Common-wealth, To be at His Highne&s;s Par|lament to be holden at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> the third day of <HI>September</HI> next; We the &s;aid Burge&s;&s;es and Inhabitants there, have made Choice and Election of L. and M. to be Burge&s;&s;es of the &s;aid Burrough of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> to attend at the &s;aid Parlament according to the tenour of the &s;aid Warrant unto him the &s;aid I. K. directed in that Behalf; who for them&s;elves and all the People of the &s;aid Burrough have full power to do and con&s;ent unto tho&s;e things which in the afore&s;aid Parlament &s;hall then and
<PB N="362" REF="3">there, by Common Council and Con&s;ent, happen to be Ordained. Provided and it is hereby de|clared, That they &s;hall not have power to alter the Government as it is now &s;ettled in one Sin|gle Per&s;on and a Parlament. In Witne&s;s whereof we the parties above named to the&s;e pre&s;ents interchangably &s;et our hands and Seals, the day and year fir&s;t above written.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Thur&s;day the 8. of June, 1654.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector and His Council, That the &s;everall forms of Inden|tures between the Sheriff &amp; the Electors of Per&s;ons to &s;erve in Parlament for Counties, and of the Indentures between the Sheriff and the Burge&s;&s;es and Inhabitants of Burroughs, be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed, and that printed Copies thereof be &s;ent down to the &s;e|verall Sheriffs, to the end the Indentures may be made according to the&s;e Forms.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Henry Scobell,</HI> Clerk of the Council.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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