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<HEAD>By the king. A PROCLAMATION Declaring His Maje&s;ty Plea&s;ure touching Hi Royal Coronation, and the Solemnity thereof.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>JAMES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_Whereas we have Re&s;olved by the Favour and Ble&s;&s;ing of God to Celebrate the Solemnity of Our Royal Coronation, and al&s;o the Coronation of Our Dearly Beloved Con&s;ort the Queen, upon the Twenty third Day of <HI>April,</HI> being St. <HI>George's</HI> day next, at Our Palace of <HI>VVe&s;tmin&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;undry Manors, Lands, and other Herthitaments, many of Our loving Subjects do Claim, and are bound to Do and Perform others &s;everal Services on the &s;aid Day, and at the time of the Cornation, as in Times precedent their Ance&s;tors, and tho&s;e from whom they Claim, have done and performed at the Coronati|ons of Our Famous Progenitors and Predece&s;&s;ors, Kings and Queens of this Realm; We therefore out of Our <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4+ letters">ely Care for the Pre&s;ervation of the lawful Rights and Inheritances of Our loving Subjects whom it may Con+<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="4 letters"> have thought &s;it to give Notice, and Publi&s;h Our Re&s;olution therein, and do hereby give Notice of, and publi&s;h <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="4+ letters">ne accordingly: And we do hereby further Signifie, That by Our Commi&s;&s;ion under Our Great <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">eal of <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="6 letters">d, we have Appointed and Authorized Our Right Tru&s;ty and Welbeloved Con&s;ins and Councellors, <HI>Lauter+<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="4+ letters"></HI> of <HI>Roche&s;ter</HI> Lord High Trea&s;urer of <HI>England,</HI> and <UNCLEAR>Henry</UNCLEAR> Earl of <HI>Clarendon</HI> Lord Privy, Seal, Our Right Tru<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="3 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 word"> Right Entirely Beloved Cou&s;in, <HI>Henry</HI> Duke of <HI>Norfolk</HI> Earl Mar&s;hall of <HI>England,</HI>  Our Right Tru&s;ty and Right Entirely Beloved Cou&s;ins and Councellors, <HI>James</HI> Duke of <HI>Ormond</HI> Lord Stewards of Our hou&s;hold, and <HI>Henry</HI> Duke of <HI>Beaufort</HI> Lord Pre&s;ident of <HI>VVales,</HI> Our Right Tru&s;ty and Right Welbeloved Cou&s;ins and Councellors, <HI>Robert</HI> Earl of <HI>Lind&s;ey</HI> Lord Great Chamberlain of <HI>England, Henry</HI> Earl of <HI>Arlington</HI> Lord Chamberlain Our hou&s;hold, <HI>Aubrey</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">arl of <HI>Oxford, Theophilus</HI> Earl of <HI>Huntington, John</HI> Earl of <HI>Bridgewater, Henry</HI> Earls of <HI>Peterborow, Philip</HI> Earl of <HI>Che|&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">erfield, Robert</HI> Earl of <HI>Sunderland</HI> One of Our Principal Secretaries of State, and <HI>Robert</HI> Earl of <HI>Ailesbury</HI> Our Right, Tru&s;ty and Right welbeloved Cou&s;in, <HI>John</HI> Earl of <HI>Radnor,</HI> Our Right Tru&s;ty and Welbeloved Councellors, <HI>George</HI> Lord <HI>Dartmouth</HI> Ma&s;ter General of Our Ordnance, <HI>Sidney</HI> Lord <HI>Godolphin,</HI> Lord Chamberlain to Our Royal <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters">n&s;ort the Queen, and Sir <HI>George Jeffreys</HI> Knight and Baronet, Chief Ju&s;tice of Our Court of Kings Bench, and <HI>One</HI> Tru&s;ty and welbeloved Sir <HI>Thomas Johns</HI> Knight, Chief Ju&s;tice of Our Court of Common Pleas, or any Three <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 word"> more of them, to Receive, hear, and Determine the Pettions and Claims which &s;hall be to Them Exhibited by any of Our Loving Subjects in this Behalf: And We &s;hall Appoint Our &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners for that Purpo&s;e to Sit in the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="3+ letters">inted Chamber of Our Palace at <HI>VVe&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> upon the Twenty fourth Day of this in&s;tant <HI>March,</HI> at Nine of the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">lock 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 ways Concern, may know when and where to give their Attendance for the Exhibiting of their Petitions and Claims concerning <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">heir <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter">ervices before-mentioned, to be done and performed unto Us at Our &s;aid Cornation. And We do hereby Signifie <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters">to all and every Our Subjects whom it may Concern, That our Will and Plea&s;ure is, and We do hereby &s;traitly <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="3 letters">rge all Per&s;ons, of what Rank or Quality &s;oever they be, who either upon Our Letters to Them directed, or by <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="4+ letters">n of Their Offices or Tenures, or otherwi&s;e, are to do any Sevice at the &s;aid at the &s;aid Day of Time of Our Coronation, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 word"> they do duly give their Attendance accordingly, in all Re&s;pects Furni&s;hed and Appointed as to &s;o Great a Solemni|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters">pertaneth, and An&s;werable to the Dignities and Places which every One of Them re&s;pectively holdeth and En|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="4+ letters">; And of this, They or any of Them are not to fall, as They will An&s;wer the Contrary, at Their Perils, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="4+ letters">s upon Special Rea&s;ons by Our Self, under Our hand to be Allowed, We &s;hall Di&s;pence with any of Their Ser|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="3 letters">es or Attendances.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Our Court at <HI>Whitehall,</HI> <DATE>the Sixth Day of <HI>March,</HI> 1684/5, In the Fir&s;t Year of Our Reign.</DATE></DATELINE><LB>
GOD &s;ave the KING.</CLOSER>
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