By the King . A PROCLAMATION For Quieting POSSESSIONS . CHARLES R. CHARLES , By the Grace of God , of England , Scotland , France , and Ireland , King , Defender of the Faith , &c. To all Our loving Subjects of Our Realm of England , and Dominion of Wales , Greeting .

We taking notice by the Information of the Lords and Commons now assembled in Parliament , That several Riots have beén committed , and forcible Entries made upon the Possessions of divers of Our Subjects , as well Ecclesiastical as Temporal , who have beén setled in the said Possessions by any lawful or pretended Authority , and that without any Order of Parliament or Legal Eviction , to the disturbance of the Publick Peace , whilest these Matters are under the consideration of Our Parliament . We therefore , by the advice of Our Lords and Commons aforesaid , for prevention of the like Riots and forcible Entries , and preservation of the Publick Peace of this Our Realm , Do by this Our Proclamation , command , publish , and declare , That no Person or Persons , Ecclesiastical or Temporal , shall presume forcibly to enter upon , or disturb the said Possessions , or any of them , till Our Parliament shall take order therein , or an Eviction be had by due course of Law .

And all Our Iustices of the Peace , Majors , Sheriffs , and other Ministers of Iustice , and all other Our loving Subjects , are hereby required to be aiding and assisting in the Execution of this Our Proclamation , as often as occasion shall require , as they will avoid Our Royal displeasure .

Given at Our Court at Whitehall , the First day of Iune , in the Twelfth year of Our Reign , 1660.