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<HEAD>By the King, A PROCLAMATION.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">For Re&s;toring Corporations to their Ancient Charters, Liberties, Rights and Franchi&s;es.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>JAMES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas We are informed that &s;everal Deeds of Surrender, which have been lately made by &s;everal Corporations and Bo|dies Corporate, of and in Our Cities and Towns within Our Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> of their Charters, Franchi&s;es and Priviledges, are not yet Recorded or Enrolled: And that upon the Proccedings and Rules for Iudgment, which have lately been had upon the <HI>Quo Warranto's</HI> or Informations in Nature of a <HI>Quo Warranto,</HI> Iudgments are not yet Entred upon Record; Whereupon, notwith&s;tanding new Charters have been granted in the Reign of Our late Dear Brother, and in our Reign; Which &s;aid Deeds (being not Inrolled or Recorded) do not amount unto, or in Law make any Surrender of the Charters, Franchi&s;es or Liberties therein mentioned; And &s;uch of the &s;aid Corpora|tions or Bodies Politick, again&s;t which Rules for Iudgments have been made in the Life time of Our late Dear Bro|ther, or &s;ince, in Our Court of King's Bench (but no Iudgments Entred upon Record) are not Di&s;corporate or Di&s;|&s;olved; And that it is in Our Power to leave &s;uch Corporations in the &s;ame E&s;tate and Condition they were in, and to di&s;charge all further Proceedings and Effects that may be of &s;uch Rules for Iudgments, and Deeds of Surrender: We do hereby Publi&s;h and Declare, That upon due Search and Examination made, We have &s;atisfaction that the Deeds of Surrender made by the Corporations and Bodies Politick of the &s;aid Cities and Towns, Except the Corporations following: (that is to &s;ay) <HI>Thetford, Nottingham, Bridgewater, Ludlow, Bewdley, Beverley, Teukesbury, Exeter, Donca&s;ter, Colche&s;ter, Winche&s;ter, Lance&s;ton, Li&s;derd, Plimpton, Tregoney, Plymouth, Dunwich, St. Ives, Fowy, Ea&s;t-Looe, Camelford, We&s;t-Looe, Tintegall, Penryn, Truro, Bodmyn, Hadleigh, Le&s;twythell,</HI> and <HI>Salta&s;h,</HI> are not Inrolled or Recorded in any of Our Courts: And that though Rules for Iudgments have pa&s;&s;ed upon Informations in Nature of a <HI>Quo Warranto</HI> again&s;t the Corporations and Bodies Politick of &s;everal Cities and Towns, in Our &s;aid Kingdom and Dominion; Yet no Iudgments have been or are Entred upon Record upon any &s;uch Infor|mations, Except again&s;t the City of <HI>London, Che&s;ter, Calne, St. Ives, Pool, York, Thaxted, Llanghour,</HI> and <HI>Malmesbury:</HI> And We of Our meer Grace and Fa|vour, being Re&s;olved to Re&s;tore and put all Our Cities, Towns and Burroughs in <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> and al&s;o Our Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> in|to the &s;ame State and Condition they were and was, in Our late Dear Brothers Reign, before any Deed of Surrender was made of their Char|ters or Franchi&s;es, or Proceedings again&s;t them or the Corporations or Bodies Politick, in or of the &s;aid Cities, Towns or Burroughs upon a|ny <HI>Quo Warranto</HI> or Informations in Nature of a <HI>Quo Warranto</HI> had. We do hereby therefore Publi&s;h, Declare, Direct and Require, That the &s;aid Corporations and Bodies Politick and Corporate of all the &s;aid Cities, Towns and Burroughs, who&s;e Deeds of Surrender are not Inrolled, nor Iudgments entred again&s;t them as afore&s;aid; And the Mayors, Bayliffs, Sheriffs, Aldermen, Common Council-men, A&s;&s;i&s;tants, Recor|ders, Town-Clerks, Magi&s;trates, Mini&s;ters, Officers, Freemen, and all and every others the Members of or in every of them re&s;pe|ctively upon the Publication of this Our Proclamation, Take on them and Proceed to Act as a Corporation or Body Politick, and where Places are vacant by Death or otherwi&s;e, to make Elections, Con&s;titute and Fill up the &s;ame, (Notwith&s;tanding the u&s;ual Days and Times of Elections by the Ancient Charters and Con&s;titutions &s;hall happen to be pa&s;t) and to Do, Execute and perform all and every Matter and Thing as they Lawfully might and ought to have done, if no &s;uch Deeds of Surrender, Rules for Iudgment, or other Pro|ceedings upon any &s;uch <HI>Quo Warranto</HI> or Informations had been had or made. And for the better effecting Our &s;aid Intention, We have by Order made by Vs in Council, and under Our Sign Manual; And We do al&s;o by this Our Proclamation made with the Advice of Our &s;aid Council, Di&s;charge, Remove, and Di&s;mi&s;s all and every Per&s;on and Per&s;ons of and from all Offices and Places of Mayors, Bay|liffs Sheriffs, Aldermen, Common Council-men, A&s;&s;i&s;tants, Recorder, Town-Clerk, and all and every Office and Place, which they or any of them Have or Claim only by Charter, Patent, or Grant from Our Dear Brother, or from Our Self &s;ince the Dates of the Re&s;pe|ctive Deeds of Surrender or Rules for Iudgment; Except &s;uch Corporations who&s;e Deeds of Surrender are Inrolled or again&s;t whom Iudgment is Entred; And that all and every &s;uch Per&s;on and Per&s;ons deliver up into the Hands and Cu&s;tody of the &s;aid Per&s;ons hereby ap|pointed and intended to Act and Execute the &s;aid Offices and Places, all and every the Charters, Records, Books, Evidences, and matters concerning the &s;aid re&s;pective Corporations.</P>
<P>And We do hereby further Publi&s;h and Declare, That We have cau&s;ed all and every the &s;aid Deeds of Surrender which can be found, to be delivered and put into the Hands of Our Attorney-General, to be by him Cancelled and returned to the Corporations and Bodies Politick of the re&s;pective Cities and Towns whom they concern; And have al&s;o given to Our &s;aid Attorney Authority, and do hereby Warrant and Com|mand him, not only not to proceed or enter Iudgment upon the &s;aid <HI>Quo Warranto's</HI> or Informations, in Nature of a <HI>Quo Warranto,</HI> or any of them, but to enter upon the re&s;pective Records, <HI>Noli pro&s;equi's,</HI> and Legal Di&s;charges thereof: And We do hereby Publi&s;h and Declare Our further Grace and Favour to the &s;aid Cities, Corporations and Burroughs, at any time hereafter, by any further Act to Grant, Confirm or Re&s;tore unto them all their Charters, Liberties, Franchi&s;es and Priviledges, that at the re&s;pective times of &s;uch Deeds of Surrender, or Rules for Iudg|ment made or given, they held or enjoyed. And in order to the perfecting Our &s;aid gracious Intentions, We do hereby likewi&s;e Publi&s;h and De|clare Our Royal Will and Plea&s;ure as for and concerning the re&s;toring to &s;uch of Our Cities, Corporations and Burroughs within our &s;aid Kingdom and Dominion, which have made Deeds of Surrender, or have had Iudgment given again&s;t them, which Surrenders and Iudgments are Entred of Record, That Our Chancellor, Attorney-General and Sollicitor-General, without Fees to any Officer or Officers what&s;oever, upon Application to them made, &s;hall, and they are hereby required to prepare and pa&s;s Charters, In&s;truments, Grants and Letters Patents for the Incorporating, Regranting, Confirming and Re&s;toring to all and every the &s;aid Cities, Corporations and Burroughs, their re&s;pective Charters, Liberties, Rights, Franchi&s;es and Priviledges, and for re&s;toring the re&s;pective Mayors, Bayliffs, Recorders, Sheriffs, Town-Clerks, Aldermen, Common Council-men, A&s;&s;i&s;tants, Officers, Magi&s;trates, Mini&s;ters and Freemen, as were of &s;uch Cities, Corporations or Burroughs at the time of &s;uch Deeds of Surrender, or Iudgments re&s;pectively given or had, and for the putting them into the &s;ame State, Condition and Plight they were in at the times of &s;uch Deeds of Surrender, or Iudgments made or given. And whereas divers Burroughs that were not heretofore Corporations, have &s;ince the Year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;eventy nine, had Charters of Incorporation Granted and Pa&s;&s;ed unto them; We hereby further Expre&s;s and Declare Our Royal Plea&s;ure, to determine and annul the &s;aid la&s;t mentioned Charters and Corporations; And to that end, We have in pur&s;uance to the Power re&s;erved in the &s;aid Charters, by Our Order in Council, and under Our Sign Manual, Removed and Di&s;charged; And We do al&s;o by this Our Proclamation, made with the Advice of Our &s;aid Council, Remove and Di&s;charge all and every Per&s;on of or in the &s;aid la&s;t mentioned Corporations, of and from all Offices and Places of Mayors, Bayliffs, Recor|ders, Sheriffs, Aldermen, Common Council-men, A&s;&s;i&s;tants, and of and from all and every other Office and Place from which We have Power re&s;erved by the &s;aid Charters re&s;pectively, to Remove or Di&s;charge them: And We do hereby Promi&s;e and Declare, that We will Do and Con&s;ent to all &s;uch Acts, Matters and Things as &s;hall be nece&s;&s;ary to render the&s;e Our gracious Intentions and Purpo&s;es effectual, it be|ing Our gracious Intention to call a Parliament as &s;oon as the general Di&s;turbance of Our Kingdom by the intended Inva&s;ion, will admit thereof.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Our Court at <HI>Whitehall</HI> <DATE>the 17th day of <HI>October,</HI> 1688. In the Fourth Year of Our Reign.</DATE></DATELINE><LB> GOD SAVE THE KING.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>Charles Bill, Henry Hills,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Newcomb,</HI> Printers to the Kings Mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty. 1688.</P>
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