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 eng Garrisons -- England -- Worcestershire -- History. Proclamations -- Great Britain. Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603-1714. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649. eebo By the King, a proclamation for the better government of the county of Worcester, and for the security of His Majesties good subjects there England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) 1642 1 541 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. 2014-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-03 Sampled and proofread 2014-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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BY THE KING . ΒΆ A Proclamation for the better government of the County of Worcester , and for the Security of His Majesties good Subjects there .

WHEREAS for the ordering and disposing the Affaires and Businesse of Our County of Worcester , which may concerne the maintenance and support of Our Garrison there , and the preservation of the Peace of that whole County , as farre as in Us lies , by equally distributing and orderly collecting such Summes of mony , as shall be thought necessary to be raised there . We have thought fit to grant a Commission under Our Great Seale of England to diverse Persons of Honour , quality and integrity of that County , to intend and mannage that Service , who ( assisted with such of Our Commanders as We have joyned with them in the said Commission ) We presume will be as carefull of the good and welfare of Our Subjects there , as of the advancement of Our Service . We doe hereby declare , That from henceforward no Souldier or Officer of Our Garrisons in that County shall presume ( otherwise then as by vertue of Our said Commission , if he be thereby authorised so to doe ) to send any Warrant for Contribution , or any mony whatsoever , but We expect that Our said Commissioners shall first be informed what proportion is necessary for the weekly payment and support of Our severall Garrisons , And thereupon having equally distributed the same upon the severall divisions and Hundreds of Our said County , shall take such care that the same be orderly collected and paid to the Governors and Officers of Our said Garrisons , at the places and time agreed upon , that the Souldiers , for want of their due supply , may not be compelled to break Our Commands . And if any extraordinary Accident shall fall out , either by the refractarinesse of any Persons , or by reason of the Rebells being possessed of any places in that County , that the mony , appoynted by Our said Commissioners to he collected and paid , be not brought in accordingly , then Our pleasure is , That according to the direction and Warrant of Our said Commissioners , Our Governors of Our said Garrisons shall assist the said Collection in such manner as shall bethought fit and necessary . And We doe straitly command and require all the Officers and Souldiers of Our Army that they precisely observe Our Commands expressed in this Our Proclamation , and that they presume not upon any reasons or pretences whatsoever , to offer any violence to any of Our loving Subjects within that Our County , or to take away their Horses , or to doe them any other dammage or injury , as they will answer the contrary at their utmost perills .

Given at Our Court at OXFORD , the Seventeenth day of March , in the Eighteenth yeare of Our Raigne . 1642. God Save the KING .

Printed at Oxford by LEONARD LICHFIELD , Printer to the University . 1642.