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The Declaration of the Nobility and Gentry of the County of Stafford , &c.

ON Tuesday the 4th of this Instant December , most of the Protestant Gentlemen of the County of Stafford met at Stafford , and after some time drew up the following Declaration , viz.

His Majesty having issued out Writs for the summoning of a Parliament to meet at Westminster the 15th of the next Month , the only visible way to preserve the Kingdom , to heal the present Distractions , to prevent greater , and to procure a Settlement . We the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the County of Stafford , whose Names are subscribed , being met this 4th of December , 1688. do heartily wish and humbly pray , that his Majesty would be graciously pleased to remove from his Presence and Council , and from all Offices and Places of Trust , Civil and Military , all such Persons as are not qualify'd by Law : But in case any such Persons shall continue in Office or Arms , and by their underminings and Arbitrary Council , endeavour the further endangering of his Majesties Person and Government . We do declare , that we will with our Lives and Fortunes support and defend the Protestant Religion , his Majesties Person , the Laws of the Kingdom , and the Rights and Liberties of the Subject .

In pursuance of this Declaration , some of the Gentlemen of this County are getting into Arms : Particularly Mr. Lewison Gower of Trentham with about 50 Horse lies this Night at Derby , being on their March to Nottingham to joyn the Earl of Devonshire .