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<HEAD>By the right Honorable the Lords, Commi&s;sioners for the Office of Earle Marshall of ENGLAND.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Kings mo&s;t Excellent <HI>Maie&s;tie</HI> being informed of many great abu&s;es, offered to the Nobilitie and Gentrie of this Kingdome, a&s;well by the &s;ini&s;ter practice of certayne mechanicall Trade&s;-men, as Painters, Gla&s;iers, Stone-cutters, Caruers, and many other Artificers, trading in Armoury, who pre&s;uming, without authoritie, to intermeddle with the mar&s;halling of Armes, the erecting of Monuments, whereon Armes are to be fixed, Coats quartered, due differences to be ob&s;erued, being my&s;teries of Honour and out of their element, by rea&s;on whereof many great errors are daily committed, to the great offence and preiudice of our ancient Nobilitie and Gentrie of this Kingdome, and to the breeding of many ambiguous doubts and que&s;tions, which may happen in their Di&s;cents and I&s;&s;ues in future times, as al&s;o by a generall neglect of the Nobilitie and Gentrie them&s;elues, in the omi&s;&s;ion of Funerals, and other ceremoniall Rites here|tofore v&s;ed, which are now almo&s;t or altogether laid a&s;ide. For remedie of which abu&s;es and neglects, his <HI>Maie&s;tie</HI> out of his Gracious and Royall di&s;po&s;ition, &s;o much tendering the pre&s;eruation of the good e&s;tate of his &s;aid Nobilitie and Gentrie of this Kingdome, e&s;teeming them the principall Pillars of this Land, who in all former Ages haue beene thought fit to be di&s;tingui&s;hed from the vulgar and meaner &s;ort and ranke of people, and thereby haue beene re&s;pected and renowmed thorowout all Chri&s;tendome: Hath commanded vs his Commi&s;|&s;ioners for the Office of the Earle Mar&s;hall of ENGLAND, to looke into the afore&s;aid abu&s;es and neglects: whereupon, we the &s;aid Lords, Commi&s;&s;ioners, (<HI>viz.</HI> ED|WARD, Earle of <HI>Worce&s;ter,</HI> Lord Keeper of his <HI>Maie&s;ties</HI> Priuie Seale; LODOVICK, Duke of <HI>Lenox,</HI> Lord Steward of his <HI>Maie&s;ties</HI> Hou&s;hold; GEORGE, Marques of <HI>Buckingham,</HI> Ma&s;ter of his <HI>Maie&s;ties</HI> Hor&s;e; CHARLES, Earle of <HI>Nottingham,</HI> Lord high Admirall of England; WILLIAM, Earle of <HI>Pembroke,</HI> Lord Chamberlaine of his <HI>Maie&s;ties</HI> Hou&s;hold; and THOMAS, Earle of <HI>Arundell</HI>) hauing taken due and con&s;iderate deliberation of the Premi&s;&s;es, and finding that by rea&s;on of the daily abu&s;es and neglects afore&s;aid, that not only his <HI>Maie&s;ties</HI> Office, but al&s;o his Officers of Armes, the Kings Heraulds and Pur&s;uiuants, being Officers of Honour, who&s;e chiefe&s;t &s;upport and maintenance hath euer depended vpon the performance of the &s;aid Funerall Rites and Ob&s;equies of the Nobilitie and Gentrie of this Land, taking at all &s;uch times Certificates of the Matches, I&s;&s;ues, and times of Decea&s;e of the E&s;tates afore&s;aid, with their Armes, which of right they ought to beare, without wrong doing to a|ny, and from whom his <HI>Maie&s;tie</HI> henceforward will expect a more &s;trict account then of late time hath beene had. By Vertue therefore of his <HI>Maie&s;ties</HI> Commi&s;&s;ion to vs directed vnder the great Seale of England, bearing date the &s;euenth day of Februarie, in the fifteenth yeere of his <HI>Maie&s;ties</HI> Reigne of <HI>England, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and of <HI>Scotland</HI> the one and fiftieth, Doe order, decree, and ordayne, that a&s;well for the good of the &s;aid Nobilitie and Gentrie of this Kingdome, as otherwi&s;e, That from henceforth all Noble men, Baronets, Knights, E&s;quires, and Gentlemen of eminent Place, Office, Birth, and Qualitie, that &s;hall be either &s;ilently buried in the Night time by Torch-light, or otherwi&s;e, by Day or Night time without the attendance of an Officer of Armes, &s;hall neuerthele&s;&s;e immediately after the death and buriall of euery &s;uch Defunct, returne a true Certificate of the Matches, I&s;&s;ues, and times of Decea&s;e, with their Armes, which of right they bore, for the which they &s;hall pay into the &s;aid Office of Armes, &s;uch Fees as we haue and doe hereby &s;et downe and appoint, <HI>viz. Euery</HI> GENTLEMAN, <HI>v&s;ing Funerall Scutchions at his buriall, three pounds &s;ixe &s;hillings and eight pence, and v&s;ing none, fortie &s;hillings. Euery</HI> ESQVIRE <HI>of Coat Armour, &s;ixe pounds thirteene &s;hillings and foure pence. Euery</HI> KNIGHT, <HI>ten pounds. Euery</HI> BARONET <HI>and</HI> BANNERET, <HI>thirteene pounds, &s;ixe &s;hillings and eight pence. Euery</HI> BARON <HI>and</HI> BARONESSE, <HI>that ought to haue a great Banner and Bannerols, fiue and twentie pounds. Euery</HI> BI|SHOP, <HI>fiue and twentie pounds. Euery</HI> VICOVNT <HI>and</HI> VICOVNTESSE, <HI>thirtie pounds. Euery</HI> EARLE <HI>and</HI> COVNTESSE, <HI>fiue and thirtie pounds. Euery</HI> MARQVES <HI>and</HI> MARCHIONESSE, <HI>fortie pounds. Euery</HI> DVKE <HI>and</HI> DVCHESSE, <HI>fiue and fortie pounds: and, Euery</HI> ARCH-BISHOP, <HI>fiue and fortie pounds.</HI> All which &s;aid &s;euerall &s;ummes of Money, are to be paid to the &s;aid Officers of Armes, or their A&s;&s;ignes, being orderly demanded after the buriall of euery &s;uch Defunct, by the Heires, Executors, or Admini&s;trators, of all and euery Per&s;ons of the degrees afore&s;aid. The which Certificates and Fees, if they &s;hall refu&s;e to returne and pay, We &s;hall, vpon complaint made by the Officers of Armes, to vs, or to the Earle Mar&s;hall of England for the time being, take &s;uch further order therein, as &s;hall be thought meet and expedient for the accompli&s;hment of his <HI>Maie|&s;ties</HI> commandement. And further, We the Lords, Commi&s;&s;ioners afore&s;aid, doe &s;traightly charge and command all the &s;aid Officers of Armes, which now are or here|after &s;hall be, to take a true Certificate of the Matches, I&s;&s;ues, and times of Decea&s;e of all the E&s;tates afore&s;aid, with the Armes, which of right they ought to beare, without wrong doing to any (they paying &s;uch Fees as are before &s;et downe by the&s;e Pre&s;ents) and likewi&s;e, the like Certificates of all Gentlemen, who&s;e e&s;tates exceede not on<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> thou&s;and Marks, to enter them as exactly as the re&s;t, paying no Fees at all, which Certificates &s;hall be truely and carefully Regi&s;tred, and &s;afely kept in a faire Booke in the Office of Armes, as an authentique Record, which in future time may determine and end many que&s;tions that hereafter may ari&s;e, as by many examples of late times haue beene &s;eene. Prouided alwayes, that if any of the inferiour degrees aboue&s;aid, <HI>viz.</HI> Knights, E&s;quires, or Gentlemen, &s;hall pretend pouertie or di&s;abilitie, and &s;hall make the &s;ame appeare by Petition vnto the Earle Mar&s;hall of England, or the Lords, Commi&s;&s;ioners for the &s;aid Office for the time being, &s;uch order &s;hall be taken therein, as that the Gentlemen &s;hall be releeued, and the Office of Armes &s;atisfied. Neuerthele&s;&s;e, if any of the degrees afore&s;aid &s;hall require to haue their Funerals honourably &s;o|lemnized with Heraulds attendance, and &s;uch other ceremonies as haue in former times beene v&s;ed, that then they &s;hall pay all &s;uch Fees as heretofore haue beene accu&s;to|med. And for remedie of the former gro&s;&s;e abu&s;es, which are daily committed by Painters, that keepe open &s;hops of Armourie, and doe deui&s;e and giue forth Armes at their plea&s;ures, a&s;&s;uming the names of Heraulds Painters for their more countenance therein: Wee doe order and will, and in his <HI>Maie&s;ties</HI> name &s;traightly charge them, and euery of them, a&s;well within the Citie of <HI>London,</HI> as in all other Cities and Countries within this Realme, that from henceforth they pre&s;ume not to paint any Armes vpon Coaches, or el&s;ewhere, or Funerall worke, or to make or paint any Di&s;cents or Pedegrees, or giue any trick of Coats of Armes out of their Books and Shops for any of the E&s;tates afore&s;aid, without the allowance and approbation of the Kings of Armes, to whom it doth chiefly appertayne. And for remedie of &s;uch abu&s;es as are com|mitted by Ma&s;ons, which commonly make Tombs and Monuments, and doe ingraue diuers Armes and Matches, and &s;et forth in their In&s;criptions fal&s;e Genealogies with vaine and friuolous Titles, &s;etting vp Coronets vpon &s;ome vnfitting and impertinent to the qualities of the per&s;on whom they demon&s;trate: Wee charge them al&s;o and e|uery of them, by the immediate authoritie which we hold from his <HI>Maie&s;tie,</HI> and doe thereby order, that they &s;hall not from henceforth ingraue, or cau&s;e to bee ingrauen, painted or &s;et forth any Armes, Genealogies, Epitaphs, or In&s;criptions, or make any Monument, without it be fir&s;t &s;eene and allowed by the Kings and Officers of Armes whom it doth concerne, the Copie whereof with the forme of the Monument, to be drawne and entered into a Booke, which Booke &s;hall be called, <HI>The Booke of Monu|ments,</HI> and be kept in the Office of Armes for euer, to the end if euer afterward any thing &s;hould happen to be added or dimini&s;hed, or the Monument tran&s;lated or defa|ced, as many are and haue beene, yet the truth may appeare by the &s;aid Regi&s;ter Booke. And whereas we are further aduerti&s;ed, that diuers Gla&s;iers, Gold-&s;miths, Cutters, Grauers, and Caruers, and other Artific<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">rs, doe v&s;ually paint in Gla&s;&s;e, graue in Metall, and cut Seales of Armes, carue in Timber, and &s;uch like diuers Armes, Coates, and Cro&s;ts, without any warrant or knowledge of the &s;ame to be true and iu&s;tifiable, to the great wrong and preiudice of many Noble and ancient Families of this Kingdome. Wee doe hereby order likewi&s;e, and in his <HI>Maiesties</HI> name &s;traightly charge and command them and euery of them, and all other Artificers what&s;oeuer, to forbeare to paint in Gla&s;&s;e, cut Seales, or otherwi&s;e graue in Metall, or carue in Timber or otherwi&s;e, any matter of Armourie, before the draft thereof be fir&s;t &s;eene and allowed by the Kings and Officers of Armes, whom it &s;hall concerne, vnle&s;&s;e it be of the Nobilitie who&s;e Coats and Quarterings are eminent and well knowne, or &s;uch of the ancient Gentrie as haue beene formerly viewed, approued, and allowed by the Prouinciall Kings of Armes, in their &s;euerall Vi&s;itations, within their Prouinces.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Giuen vnder our Hands and Seales, <DATE>the tenth day of <HI>Nouember,</HI> in the &s;ixteenth yeere of his <HI>Maie&s;ties</HI> Reigne of <HI>England, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and of <HI>Scotland</HI> the fiftie two, At WHITE-HALL. <HI>Anno Domini</HI> 1618.</DATE></DATELINE>
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