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<HEAD>HIS MAIESTIES LETTER TO THE HIGH <HI>Sherife of the County</HI> of <HI>Yorke.</HI> <DATE><HI>May</HI> the fifth. 1641.</DATE></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"><HI>To Our tru&s;ty and welbeloved high Sheriffe of our County of</HI> Yorke.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>_TRu&s;ty and welbeloved, Wee greet you well:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Whereas Wee under&s;tand, that Sir <HI>Iohn Hotham</HI> takes upon him (without any legall authoritie or power) to i&s;&s;ue Warrants to Con|&s;tables, and other Our Officers, to rai&s;e divers of our trained Bands of this Our Countrey, and requires them to march with their armes, and to come into our Towne of <HI>Hull,</HI> where hee hath di&s;armed divers of them, keeps their arms and di&s;charges the men, and whereas Wee are credibly, infor|med, that divers per&s;ons, who were lately Colonels, Lievteant-Collonels, Captains, and Officers of the trained Bands of this our County, intend &s;hortly to &s;ummon, and endeavour to mu&s;ter the forces of this our County: For as much as by the Law of the Land, none of our trained Bands are to be rai&s;ed or mu&s;tered, upon any pretence or authority what&s;oever, but by &s;peciall warrant under our own hand, or by a Legall Writ directed to the Sheriffe of the County, or by Warrant from the Lord Livetenant, or Deputy-Lievtenants of the County, appointed and authorized by Commi&s;sion under our great Seale. And whereas at pre&s;ent there is no Lord Lievtenant or Deputy-lievtenant legally authorized to commmand the forces and trained Bands of this our County of <HI>Yorke,</HI> and the Commi&s;sions, Command, and Power of all Collonels, Lievtenant Collonels, Captains and Officers of our trained Bands, (which were derived from the Commi&s;|&s;ion and Power of the Lord-Lievtenant only) are now actually void, and of no force and autho|rity. Our will and command therefore is, that you forthwith i&s;&s;ue Warrants under your hand, to all the late Collonels, Lievtenant-Collonels, Captaines and Officers, who (whiles the Lord Lievtenant, Commi&s;sion was in force) had the command of the trained Bands of this our county: And al&s;o to all High and Petty Con&s;tables, and other Our Officers, in this Our County, whom it may concerne; charging and commanding them, and every of them, in Our Name, and upon their Allegiance, and as they tender the Peace of this our Kingdome, not to Mu&s;ter, Leavie, or Rai&s;e, or to Summon, or Warne (upon any Pretence or Directions what&s;oever) any of Our trained Bands to Ri&s;e, Mu&s;ter, or March, without expre&s;&s;e Warrant under Our Hand, or War|rant from you Our Sheriffe grounded upon a particular Writ to that purpo&s;e; which Wee al&s;o command you, not to put in Execution without Our Privity and Allowance, whiles We &s;hall re&s;ide in this Our County. And in ca&s;e any of Our trained Bands &s;hall ri&s;e, or gather together, contrary to this our Command, Then We will and command you to charge and require them, to di&s;&s;olve, and retire to their dwellings. And if upon due Summons from you, they &s;hall not lay downe their Arms, aad depart to their dwellings; We will and command you, upon your Allegiance, and as you tender the peace and quiet of this Our Kingdome, to rai&s;e the Power of the County, and &s;uppre&s;&s;e them by force, as the LaW hath directed and given you Power to doe. And to the end that this Our expre&s;&s;e Command may be notified to all Our good Subjects in this Our County, &s;o as none may pretend hereafter to have beene mi&s;led through ignorance; We re|quire you to cau&s;e the&s;e Our Letters to be forthwith read, and publi&s;hed openly in all Churches and Pari&s;hes in this our Countie. Herein you may not faile, as you tender the &s;afety and ho|nour of Our Per&s;on, the good and peace of this Our Kingdome, and will an&s;wer the contrary at your perill. For which this &s;hall be your &s;ufficient Warrant.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Our Court at <HI>Yorke</HI> <DATE>the fifth day of May, in the eighteenth yeere of Our Reigne, &amp;c.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>Printed at <HI>York,</HI> by ROBERT BARKER and re-printed in <HI>London.</HI></P>
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