Die Martis xxx . Ianuarii 1643 ▪ AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS AND COMMONS ASSEMBLED IN PARLIAMENT .

Authorizing the Commissioners of the great Seale of England , to call before them all Officers , Ministers , and other Attendants on the great Seale , or Court of Chancery , Kings Bench , Common Pleas , Exchequer , and Court of Wards and Liveries , and to tender unto every of them , the solemne League and Covenant for Reformation , &c. And for making voyd aswell the Places and Offices of such as shall refuse or neglect to take the same . As also for restrayning of all Lawyers , Attourneys , Clerks or Solicitors , to practise or solicite in any of the said Courts , before they shall have taken the said solemne League and Covenant .

IT is this day Ordered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled , That the Commissioners of the great Seale of England be Authorized , and are hereby required , to call before them all and every the Officers and Ministers , and all other Attendants on the Great Seale or Court of Chancery , Kings Bench , Common Pleas ▪ Exchequer , and Court of Wards and Lyveries , and to tender unto every of them the solemne League and Covenant for Reformation and defence of Religion . the Honour and happinesse of the King , and the Peace and safety of the three Kingdomes of England , Scotland and Ireland ; And such as shall either refuse or neglect to take the same , and all such as shall not make their appearance , and give their personall attendance in their severall Places and Offices before the last day of this Terme , not having a just excuse for their absence , shall forfeit their severall and respective Offices and Places , and the same shall be determined , and become absolutely voyd to all intents and purposes , as if such Persons , Officers and Ministers were naturally dead . And it is further Ordered by the said Lords and Commons , That no Serjeant at Law , or other Lawyer , Attourney , Clerke , or Sollicitour , shall be admitted to practise before the said Commissioners in the Court of Chancery , or in the Kings Bench , Common Pleas , Exchequer , or Court of Wards and Lyveries , or to prosecute or Sollicit any Cause in any of the said Courts before he shall have taken the said solemne League and Covenant , which the said Commissioners are hereby likewise Authorized and required to tender , and Administer unto them .

John Browne Cler. Parliamentorum .