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<P> A DECLARATION Of The LORDS and COMMONS A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT.</P>
<P>Shewing the Rea&s;ons why they Cannot con&s;ent to the keeping of Ea&s;ter Tearme at Oxford, but in the u&s;uall places: an Ar|my being there maintained to de&s;troy the Parlia|ment and Kingdome, and &s;till continued, although the Lords and Commons have u&s;ed the be&s;t meanes they po&s;&s;ibly could by Propo&s;ition and Treaty, to, and with his Maje&s;ty, for the disbanding thereof, and as yet all their endeavours are Fruitle&s;&s;e</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis 18 Aprilis, 1643.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P><HI>ORdered by the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parlia|ment, that this Declaration &s;hall bee forthwith Printed and publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>John Browne Cler. Parliamento.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>LONDON, i Aprill 19 Printed for John Wright, in the Old-Bailey. 1643.</P>
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<HEAD>A DECLARATION Of the LORDS and COMMONS A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Martis,</HI> 18. <HI>Aprilis,</HI> 1643.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_THe Lords and Commons in Parliament, taking into their &s;erious con&s;ideration, a Proclamation dated at <HI>Oxford</HI> the fir&s;t of this in&s;tant <HI>April,</HI> for the holding &amp; continuing of the Court of <HI>Chancery</HI> &amp; all proce&eacute;dings therein, the Receipt of his Maje&s;ties <HI>Exchequer,</HI> and of the fir&s;t fruits and tenths, the Court of the Dutchy of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> Court of <HI>Wards,</HI> and Li|veries, and Court of <HI>Reque&s;t,</HI> at the
<PB REF="3"> City of <HI>Oxford,</HI> for the whole terme of <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> then next en&s;uing, upon and from the 19 day of this in&s;tant <HI>A|pril,</HI> untill and upon the 15 day of <HI>May</HI> next following, and for adjour|ning the Courts of Kings-Bench, Common-Pleas, &amp; Exchequer, from <HI>Quindena Pa&s;che,</HI> untill the returne of <HI>Quinque Septianas Pa&s;che</HI> next, doe find that it will much tend to the prejudice of the Commonwealth, to have the &s;aid Courts &amp; Receipts held and continued at <HI>Oxford,</HI> where great part of an Army rai&s;ed a|gain&s;t the Parliament and the au|thority therof now re&s;ides. And the &s;aid Lords and Commons appre|hending &amp; fore-&s;e&eacute;ing the great in|conveniences and mi&s;chiefes, that nece&s;&s;arily mu&s;t happen to many of his Maje&s;ties mo&s;t faithfull &amp; be&s;t Subjects, in ca&s;e tho&s;e Courts and Receipts be held at <HI>Oxford,</HI> where &s;uch of them as have occa&s;ion to at|tend,
<PB REF="3"> cannot with any &s;afety of their per&s;ons or e&s;tates repaire to his Maje|&s;ty, having in effect declared all per&s;ons that have contributed any thing in ayd or defence of the Parliament &amp; the privi|ledge thereof, to be guilty of high Trea|&s;on, and in pur&s;uance therof, by the force &amp; power of the Army there remaining, have &s;eized upon many of their per&s;ons, where they are detained Pri&s;oners, and &s;ome proceeded again&s;t as Traytors, ha|ving nothing layd to their charge but their a&s;&s;i&s;ting the Parliament, and oppo|&s;ing that Army ray&s;ed to de&s;troy it and the Kingdome, and finding that divers, both Iudges and others, who&s;e atten|dance upon the &s;aid Courts &amp; Receipts will be nece&s;&s;ary, are Members or A&s;|&s;i&s;tants, to one or both Hou&s;es of Parliament, who&s;e pre&s;ence at this time cannot be be &s;pared, and that if the Re|cords nece&s;&s;ary to be u&s;ed in the &s;aid Courts, &s;hou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">d be removed from the u|&s;uall places to <HI>Oxford,</HI> in a time when two Armies are re&s;iding neere therea|bouts,
<PB REF="4"> it would indanger the mi&s;carri|age of them which might ruine many of his Maje&s;ties Subjects, who&s;e e&s;tates depend thereupon, and that &s;o farre a di&s;tance betweene the &s;aid Courts of Law and Equity, which have nece&s;&s;a|ry dependance one upon another, would prove exceeding prejudiciall to many; and finding greater cau&s;e to take care for preventing the &s;aid mi&s;chiefes and inconveniences, then was in <HI>Hilary</HI> Terme la&s;t, in that the &s;aid Army is &s;till continuing, although the &s;aid Lords and Commons have u&s;ed the be&s;t means they po&s;&s;ibly could by Propo&s;ition and Treaty, to, and with His Maje&s;ty, for the di&s;banding thereof, and as yet all their endeavours are fruitle&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>The &s;aid Lords and Commons doe therefore Declare and Order, that no Iudge, Mini&s;ter, or other per&s;on belong|ing to any of the &s;aid Courts or Receipts &s;hall repaire to the &s;aid city of <HI>Oxford,</HI> or doe, or execute any thing belonging to the &s;aid Offices, and Imployments, but
<PB REF="4"> in the places u&s;uall for the doing and executing thereof, and the &s;aid Lords and Commons doe enioyne the &s;aid &s;everall Iudges, Officers, and Mini&s;ters, to attend the execution of the &s;aid Offices at the u&s;uall times and places for the exe|cution thereof, and not el&s;ewhere; And that no member of, or A&s;&s;i&s;tant to either of the two Hou&s;es of Parliament, that have any place, office, or imploy|ment about any of the &s;aid Courts or Receipts &s;hal pre&s;ume to depart from their attendance upon the Parliament, without the &s;peciall leave of that Hou&s;e wherof they are Members or A&s;&s;i|&s;tants, and that tho&s;e departed doe re|turne forthwith; and doe further order that no per&s;on &s;hal remove or cau&s;e to be removed any Records or writings of any the &s;aid Courts or receipts, to or towards the City of <HI>Oxon,</HI> and the Lords and Commons, doe declare that if any per|&s;ons &s;hall di&s;obey this Order, they will proce&eacute;de again&s;t them as wilfull con|temners of the authority of Parliament,
<PB REF="5"> and di&s;&s;turbers of the Peace of the King|dome; And it is further Declared and Ordered by the &s;aid Lords and Com|mons, that no Iudgment, decree, Order, or proce&eacute;dings what&s;oever, that &s;hall be given, made or had by, or in any of the &s;aid Courts or Receipts out of the v&s;uall places where the &s;aid Courts &amp; Receipts have be&eacute;ne accu&s;tomed to be held and kept, &s;hall bind any per&s;on that may be concerned therein, without his owne voluntary con&s;ent; and that all Iudges, Officers, and other per&s;ons &s;hall be pro|tected and kept indempnified from any dammage or inconvenience that may or can happen to them, for yeelding obe|dience to this Ordinance, or by the not execution of any iu&s;t &s;uite, or action in the &s;aid Courts at <HI>Oxford,</HI> or any of them.</P>
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