Die
Mercurii
,
20
Julii
,
1642.
An
Order
of
the
Lords
and
Commons
assembled
in
Parliament
,
That
the
Judges
and
Justices
of
Assize
,
in
the
severall
Counties
of
England
and
Wales
,
in
open
Court
,
and
in
their
severall
Charges
to
be
delivered
to
the
Grand
Juries
at
the
next
Assizes
,
shall
declare
and
publish
,
That
the
said
Lords
and
Commons
have
resolved
upon
the
Question
,
That
His
Majesties
Commissions
of
Array
are
against
Law
,
and
against
the
Liberty
and
Property
of
the
Subject
.
WHereas
severall
Commissions
of
Array
have
lately
issued
out
under
the
Great
Seal
of
England
,
into
the
severall
Counties
of
Leicester
,
Worcester
,
and
other
Counties
of
this
Realm
,
tending
to
the
great
danger
of
His
Majesty
,
and
the
disturbance
of
the
Peace
of
this
Kingdom
:
For
the
preventing
thereof
,
and
of
the
Execution
,
and
issuing
out
of
any
such
Commissions
for
the
time
to
come
▪
It
is
Ordered
by
the
Lords
and
Commons
assembled
in
Parliament
,
That
the
Judges
and
Justices
of
Assize
,
of
the
severall
Counties
of
England
and
Wales
,
be
required
in
their
severall
Circuits
,
at
the
Assizes
and
great
Sessions
to
be
next
held
for
each
County
,
within
this
Realm
,
and
the
Dominion
of
Wales
,
respectively
,
in
open
Court
,
and
in
their
severall
Charges
to
be
delivered
to
the
Grand-Juries
at
the
said
Assizes
,
and
great
Sessions
,
openly
to
declare
and
publish
,
That
the
said
Lords
and
Commons
assembled
in
Parliament
have
,
upon
mature
deliberation
,
Resolved
upon
the
Question
,
That
the
said
Commissions
of
Array
are
against
Law
,
and
against
the
Liberty
and
Property
of
the
Subject
:
And
that
all
those
that
are
Actors
in
putting
the
same
in
Execution
,
shall
be
esteemed
disturbers
of
the
Peace
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
Betrayers
of
the
Liberty
of
the
Subject
.
Die
Mercurii
,
20
Julij
,
1642.
Ordered
by
the
Lords
and
Commons
assembled
in
Parliament
,
That
this
Order
shall
be
forthwith
Printed
and
Published
.
Io:
Browne
Cleric
.
Parliamentorum
.