The declaration of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled concerning the Earl of Stamford and others his assistants; whom the King proclaimed traytors for executing the ordinance of the militia. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A82650 of text R210907 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.5[60]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A82650 Wing E1384 Thomason 669.f.5[60] ESTC R210907 99869659 99869659 160773 2248515234

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A82650) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160773) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f5[60]) The declaration of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled concerning the Earl of Stamford and others his assistants; whom the King proclaimed traytors for executing the ordinance of the militia. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for G.G. for C. Latham and T. Creake, London : 1942 [i.e. 1642] Order to print dated and signed: Sabbathi 23 Julii. 1642 John Brown Cler. Parliamentorum. These persons have acted acording to their duties and shall be protected by the power and authority of parliament. -- Steele. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Prerogative, Royal -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Militia -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A82650 R210907 (Thomason 669.f.5[60]). civilwar no The declaration of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, concerning the Earl of Stamford and others his assistants; whom the King p England and Wales. Parliament. 1642 1 465 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-11 Sampled and proofread 2007-11 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE DECLARATION OF The LORDS and COMMONS in Parliament assembled , Concerning the Earl of Stamford and others his Assistants ; whom the KING Proclaimed Traytors for executing the Ordinance of the Militia .

WHereas Henry Earl of Stamford was by Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament appointed Lord-lieutenant of the County of Leicester , and by the Order of both the said Houses the Magazin of the said County was delivered into his hands to be removed or disposed of as he should thinke fit for the safety and defence of His Maiesty and the County ; In obedience whereunto the said Earle did take the said Magazine and did place a great part thereof at his house at Bradgate under safe guard , and the residue thereof at a place in the Newarkeneere the Towne of Leicester ; For the doing whereof the said Earle , and also William Sherman , William Stanley , John Norris , and William Reynor , upon pretence of being Afsistants to the said Earle , and all other his Adherents , were without all colour of Law , and against the rights and liberties of the Subiect proclaimed traytors , which as concerning the said Earle being a Member of the House of Peeres , is a high breach of the priviledge of Parliament : Be it therefore declared by the said Lords and Commons , That the said Earle , William Sherman , William Stanley , John Norris , William Reynor , nor any other of the parties which were assisting of the said Earle in the Premises , have done any thing herein but according to their duties , and in obedience to the commands of both Houses of Parliament ; and that therefore the said Earle and all other the said persons his assistants and every of them shall and ought to be protected by the power and Authority of both Houses of Parliament . And the said Lords and Commons do hereby forbid all Sheriffes , Majors , Bayliffes , Constables , and other His Maiesties Officers and Subiects whatsoever , any way to arrest , impeach , molest , or trouble the said Earle , William Sherman , William Stanley , John Norris , William Reynor , or any other of the said persons ( so assisting to the said Earle ) either in their persons , goods , or estates , for , or by reason of the premises without the Authority or consent of both Houses of Parliament .

Sabbathi 23 Julii . 1642.

ORdered by the Lords in Parliament , That this Declaration be forthwith printed and published .

John Brown Cler. Parliamentorum .

London Printed by E. G. for C. Latham and T. Creake . 1942.