WHereas Wee haue resolued , by the fauour and blessing of GOD , to celebrate the Solemnitie of Our owne Royall Coronation , together also with the Coronation of Our most dearely beloued Consort the Queene , vpon the second day of Februarie next , being Candlemas day , at our Palace of Westminster : And forasmuch as by the ancient Customes and Vsages of this Realme , as also in regard of diuers Tenures of sundry Manors , Lands , & other Hereditaments , many of Our louing Subiects doe claime , and are bound to doe and performe diuers seuerall Seruices on the said day , and at the time of Our Coronation , as in times precedent their Ancestors , and those from whom they claime , haue done and performed at the Coronations of Our famous Progenitors and Predecessors , Kings and Queenes of this Realme : We therefore , out of Our Princely care for the preseruation of the lawfull Rights and Inheritances of Our louing Subiects whom it may concerne , Haue thought fit to giue notice of , and publish Our Resolution herein , and doe hereby giue notice of , and publish the same accordingly .

And Wee doe hereby further signifie , That by Our Commission vnder Our great Seale of ENGLAND , We shall appoint and authorize Our right trustie and right welbeloued Counsellors , Sir Thomas Couentrie Knight , Lord Keeper of Our great Seale of England , and Iames Lord Ley , Our high Treasurer of England , Our right trustie and right welbeloued Cousins and Counsellors , Edward Earle of Worcester , Keeper of Our Priuie Seal , Thomas Earle of Arundell and Surrey , Earle Marshall of England , and William Earle of Pembrooke , Lord Chamberlaine of Our Household , Our right trustie and right welbeloued Cousin , Edward Earle of Dorset , and Our trustie and welbeloued , Sir Randall Crew Knight , Our chiefe Iustice for Pleas , to be helde before vs , or any three , or more of them , to receiue , heare , and determine the Petitions and Claimes , which shall be to them exhibited by any of Our louing Subiects in this behalfe ; and Wee shall appoint Our said Commissioners for that purpose , to sit in the painted Chamber of Our Palace at Westminster vpon the sixe and twenty , seuen and twenty , and eight and twenty dayes of this instant moneth of Ianuary , in the afternoones of those dayes , for the execution of Our sayd Commission , Which Wee doe thus publish , to the intent that all such persons , whom it may any wayes concerne , may know when , and where to giue their attendance , for exhibiting of their Petitions , and Claimes concerning their Seruices before mentioned , to be done or performed vnto vs at Our said Coronation .

And Wee doe further hereby signifie to all , and euery of Our Subiects , whom it may concerne , That , whereas we haue thought fit ( by reason that the late great and grieuous Infection of the Plague in Our sayd Citie , hath for the most part left the same vnfurnished , both of Materials , and of able and experienced Workemen , which are necessarily to bee imployed in an Action of so great State , as is Our proceeding from Our Tower of London through Our said Citie ) to put off and deferre Our said proceeding , vntill the first day of May next ; Yet neuerthelesse , Our will and pleasure is , and We doe hereby straitly charge all persons , of what ranke or qualitie soeuer they be , who either vpon our Letters to them directed , or by reason of their Offices or Tenures , or otherwise , are to doe any seruice at the sayd day or time of Our Coronation , that they doe duely giue their attendance accordingly in all respects furnished and appointed , as to so great a solemnity appertaineth , and answerable to the dignities and places which euery one of them respectiuely holdeth and enioyeth : And of this they , or any of them are not to fayle , as they will answere the contrary at their perill , vnlesse vpon speciall reasons by Our Selfe , vnder Our owne hand to bee allowed , Wee shall dispence with any of their Seruices or Attendances .