The form of an indenture between the sheriff and the Burgesses and inhabitants of Burroughs Proclamations. 1654-06-08. England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B22627 of text R3999 in the English Short Title Catalog. 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. 3KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B23069 Wing F1564 Thomason E.1064[9] 99834572

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The Form of An Indenture between the Sheriff and the Burgesses and Inhabitants of Burroughs .

THis Indenture made the 〈…〉 day of 〈◇〉 In the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred fifty and four , Between A. B. High Sheriff of the Countie of 〈…〉 of the one part , And C.D. E. F. G. H. &c. Burgesses and Inhabitants of the Burrough of 〈…〉 of the other part , Witnesseth , That by vertue of a Warrant unto I. K. 〈…〉 of the said Burrough of 〈…〉 from the said High Sheriff to him directed , for the Electing and Choosing of 〈…〉 Burgesses of good understanding , knowledge and discretion for Causes concerning the Publique good of this Common-wealth , To be at His Highness Parlament to be holden at Westminster , the third day of September next ; We the said Burgesses and Inhabitants there , have made Choice and Election of L. and M. to be Burgesses of the said Burrough of 〈…〉 to attend at the said Parlament according to the tenour of the said Warrant unto him the said I. K. directed in that Behalf ; who for themselves and all the People of the said Burrough have full power to do and consent unto those things which in the aforesaid Parlament shall then and there , by Common Council and Consent , happen to be Ordained . Provided and it is hereby declared , That they shall not have power to alter the Government as it is now settled in one Single Person and a Parlament . In Witness whereof we the parties above named to these presents interchangably set our hands and Seals , the day and year first above written .

Thursday the 8. of June , 1654.

ORdered by His Highness the Lord Protector and His Council , That the severall forms of Indentures between the Sheriff & the Electors of Persons to serve in Parlament for Counties , and of the Indentures between the Sheriff and the Burgesses and Inhabitants of Burroughs , be forthwith Printed and Published , and that printed Copies thereof be sent down to the severall Sheriffs , to the end the Indentures may be made according to these Forms .

Henry Scobell , Clerk of the Council .