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<HEAD>&leaf; By the King.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">&leaf; A Proclamation concerning Lea&s;es and A&s;&s;erts.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_HIs mo&s;t Excellent Maie&s;tie calling to his remem|brance,</HI> that the Imperiall Crowne of this Realme hath euer beene enriched with Honors, Pallaces, Ca&s;tles, Lord&s;hips, Manors, For|re&s;ts, Parkes, Cha&s;es, Lands, Tenements, Reuenues and Heredi|taments, of a greater yeerely value, then any King or Prince in <HI>EV|ROPE,</HI> And not finding any of them to haue beene by any of his Pro|genitors (Kings and Queenes of this Realme) &s;o indiuidually an|nexed to the &s;aid Imperiall Crowne, but that the &s;ame hath beene &s;euered or diuided: And where it hath plea&s;ed Almightie God of his infinite and vn&s;peake|able mercy towards this Realme, both in pre&s;ent, and to all future Po&s;terities, not only to ble&s;&s;e and enrich his Maie&s;tie with &s;uch a plentifull and Royal Progenie, aboue the mo&s;t of the Kings of the world, as his louing Subiects and their po&s;terities &s;hall, by Gods prouidence, for euer be freed from all former feares, and liue in all happine&s;&s;e and &s;afetie, vnder the certaine and ble&s;&s;ed gouernment of his Maie&s;tie, and his Royall I&s;&s;ue, vntill all the Kingdomes of the earth &s;hall haue an end, but al&s;o with &s;uch I&s;&s;ues, as God hath endued with &s;o many rare and excellent vertues and gifts both of body and mind, the multiplication of which his Royall Po&s;teritie (to our further comfort) remaineth in Gods &s;ecret plea&s;ure: His Maie&s;tie intending to begin and leaue an example both to his owne and others, of his Royall and naturall care, as well for the certeine &s;upportation and amplitude of his Royall Succe&s;&s;ors, Kings of this Realme, and for honourable Ioinctures to be made to the Queenes of this Realme for the time being, as al&s;o for competent &s;u&s;tentation and aduancement of the Kings yonger children, in honourable and pro&s;perous e&s;tate, as appertaineth; Hath (out of his Princely wi&s;edome and prouidence, by ad|uice of his Priuie Councell) re&s;olued to haue all tho&s;e Honors, Pallaces, Ca&s;tles, Lord&s;hips, Ma|nours, Forre&s;ts, Parkes, Cha&s;es, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, parcell of the po&s;&s;e&s;|&s;ions of his Maie&s;ties Crowne of <HI>England,</HI> and of the Dutchie of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> as are &s;et downe and expre&s;&s;ed in fourteene Schedules, to be indiuidually and in&s;eparably, for the purpo&s;es and in|tents aboue&s;aid, at the next Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, by Authoritie and con&s;ent of the &s;ame, vni|ted and annexed for euer hereafter to the Imperiall Crowne of this Realme. His mo&s;t Excel|lent Maie&s;tie vnder&s;tanding, that the greate&s;t part of the Premi&s;&s;es be in Lea&s;e for Liues or Yeeres in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, and mo&s;t of them in Reuer&s;ion for terme of yeeres, All which be &s;ubiect not onely to &s;trict conditions, but al&s;o to diuers other que&s;tions and ambiguities, which cannot &s;o perfectly and effectually be &s;alued and remedied after the &s;aid Annexation, as they may now be, and in his Princely care and fauour to his louing Subiects tendring their quiet, without &s;eeking &s;uch aduantages, as his Maie&s;tie might by the Lawes of this Realme, by rea&s;on of the &s;aid Conditions, and other defects: And to the end there may be a meane, whereby his Highne&s;&s;e &s;aid Subiects may with le&s;&s;e charge and attendance attaine to a conuenient Compo&s;ition in &s;uch ca&s;es; Hath by his Highne&s;&s;e Co~mi&s;&s;ion vnder the great Seale of <HI>England,</HI> giuen ful power and Authoritie vnto certaine Commi&s;&s;ioners in the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion mentioned, from time to time to giue and take order, a&s;well for the Surrender of any E&s;tate, Lea&s;e, or terme for yeeres, life or Liues, mentioned to be demi&s;ed by any Letters Patents, Indentures, or writings, of any of the afore&s;aid premi&s;&s;es or any part thereof, as thereupon, for &s;uch rea&s;onable and moderate con&s;ide|ration
<PB REF="2">as &s;hall be thought fit by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners to Graunt, Demi&s;e, and let to Farme to euery &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o &s;urrendring the E&s;tate, Terme, or Intere&s;t, claimed by them as afore&s;aid, or to &s;uch per&s;ons as they &s;hall nominate in that behalfe, &s;uch, and &s;o many of the Pre|mi&s;&s;es, as &s;halbe &s;o mentioned to be &s;urrendred, for the terme of Fourtie yeres or vnder in po&s;&s;e&s;|&s;ion (other then Mar&s;h or &s;urrounded Grounds, and certaine other Hereditaments, which may be Demi&s;ed for a longer Terme, as hath bene heretofore accu&s;tomed) or for terme of &s;ixe Liues or vnder, or for &s;uch terme of Yeeres, Life, or Liues, as &s;hall be by any per&s;on or per&s;ons men|tioned to be Surrendred. And further to Grant, Demi&s;e, and let to Farme to any per&s;on or per|&s;ons in Reuer&s;ion for rea&s;onable Con&s;ideration, for the Terme of one and twentie yeeres, or for &s;uch number of yeeres in Reuer&s;ion as &s;hall be &s;o mentioned to be Surrendred as is afore|&s;aid, any of the fore&s;aid premi&s;&s;es now in Lea&s;e, or E&s;tate to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, to commence and take effect after the Determination, Surrender, or Forfeiture of the pre&s;ent Intere&s;t, Terme, or E&s;tate.</P>
<P>And his Maie&s;tie hath further for the great quiet and &s;afety of his louing Subiects, (whom it doeth concerne) authorized the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners to containe in euery Lea&s;e by force of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion to be made, &s;uch penalties of <HI>Nomine poenae</HI> or other rea&s;onable clau&s;es (in &s;teed of the &s;trict Proui&s;oes and Conditions) as the &s;aide Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall in their wi&s;edomes and di&s;cretions thinke fit, as by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion more at large appeareth. And whereas his mo&s;t excellent Maie&s;tie, being informed that many of his louing Subiects, and their Ance|&s;tors, haue for very &s;mall Rent of long and auncient time bene in quiet po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of diuers Me&s;|&s;uages, Lands, Tenements, &amp; Hereditaments called A&s;&s;erts, Wa&s;ts, or Prepa&s;tures, which are, or were within the Limits of &s;ome of his Maie&s;ties Forre&s;ts, Hath for the common good and quiet of all his louing Subiects, and for auoyding of chargeable and tedious Suits, by one other Commi&s;&s;ion vnder the great Seale of England, giuen full power and authority vnto certaine Commi&s;&s;ioners in the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion mentioned, for &s;uch con&s;iderations as are therein expre&s;|&s;ed, to bargaine, &s;ell and conclude for his Maie&s;tie, and in his Highne&s;&s;e name, for any of the &s;ayd A&s;&s;ert lands, Wa&s;ts or Prepa&s;tures, to and with any per&s;on or per&s;ons, and their heires in Fee|farme, or other e&s;tate of Inheritance, with a di&s;charge of the meane profits thereof, as by the &s;aide Commi&s;&s;ion more at large al&s;o appeareth. In con&s;ideration whereof, and for that the time being runne out, &amp; the &s;aide Annexation once e&s;tabli&s;hed, the &s;aid Farmers, Lea&s;&s;ees, Oc|cupiers, Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ours, and others clayming vnder them, cannot obtaine to them&s;elues &s;o certaine and a&s;&s;ured meanes of their benefit, quiet and freedome from Que&s;tions, Suits, and troubles, for the comfort of them&s;elues, their wiues and children, as they now may: His mo&s;t excellent Maie&s;tie hath of his aboundant grace (with adui&s;e of his Priuie Councell) cau&s;ed this his Roy|all and Princely care and fauour to all his louing Subiects, to bee by the&s;e pre&s;ents openly and vniuer&s;ally diuulged and publi&s;hed, to the end that all of them (whom it concerneth) may in time apprehend, and take the benefit thereof, and none of them may be preuented of &s;o great a benefit, for want of timely knowledge or vnder&s;tanding.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Giuen at our Pallace of We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> <DATE><HI>the xvij. day of February, in the &s;econd yeere of our Reigne of <HI>Great Britaine, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland.</HI></HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>God &s;aue the King.</CLOSER>
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<P>Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maie&s;tie. ANNO DOM. 1604.</P>
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