By the King. A proclamation for the removing of the courts of Kings-bench and of the Exchequer, from Westminster to Oxford Proclamations. 1644-01-01. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32051 of text R214920 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2625). 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. 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A proclamation for the removing of the courts of Kings-bench and of the Exchequer, from Westminster to Oxford Proclamations. 1644-01-01. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. aut 1 sheet ([1] p.) by Leonard Lichfield, [Printed at Oxford : 1644] Copy catalogued imperfect; cropped at foot, with loss of imprint and some text; imprint from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. eng Courts -- Law and legislation -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. Oxford (England) -- History -- Early works to 1800. A32051 R214920 (Wing C2625). civilwar no By the King. A proclamation for the removing of the courts of Kings-bench and of the Exchequer, from Westminster to Oxford. Whereas the sole England and Wales. Sovereign 1644 777 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 C The rate of 13 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion CR HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon or coat of arms BY THE KING . ¶ A Proclamation for the removing of the Courts Kings-Bench and of the Exchequer , from Westminster to Oxford . WHEREAS the sole power of appoynting the Place or Places in which Our Great Courts of Iustice shall be kept , and of removing them from one place to another , as urgent occasion shall move Us , by the Lawes of this Kingdome is inherent in Our Royall Person . And whereas it is of great importance to Our service in these times of difficulty and distraction , to have Our Iudges of Our said Courts to attend neere unto Us , by whose advice We may the better proceed in all those Cases wherein the Iudgement and knowledge of the Lawes is required . And whereas more especially the Chancellor , or Lord Keeper of the Great Seale of England , and the Judges of Our Court , called the Kings-Bench , were and are to follow the King ; and Our Court of Exchequer , being the proper Court of Our Revenue , ought to attend Us as We shall appoynt . And whereas Our Cities of London and Westminster have been , and yet are , the chiefe Causers , and Maintainers of this prsent Rebellion against Us And We taking into Our serious consideration , that while Our Courts of Kings-Bench , Common-Pleas , & of Our Exchequer are kept at Westminster , many of Our good and Loyall Subjects might be compelled or injoyned , by Proces in Our name , to make their appearance there , which they could not doe without hazard of Imprisonment , or other dammage or violence from the fomentors of this Rebellion ; and many might suffer prejudice by Verdicts and Judgements had and obtained against them by default or otherwise , when they could not with safety come to make their just defences : thereupon We did resolve to remove those Courts from Westminster to Our City of Oxford , whether other of Our Courts of Iustice have been and are already removed by Our former Proclamation . And to the end that there might not be any prejudice to any of Our Subjects , by discontinuance of their Suits in those Courts or otherwise , We did send Our severall Writs of Adjournment , directed to Our Iudges of Our said Courts of Kings-Bench and Common-Pleas , and to Our Barons of Out Exchequer , thereby commanding and giving Warrant and authority to them respectively , to adjourne all Pleas and Prices depending before them , in and from the Two and Twentieth day of November last past , to the first returne of Hillary Terme next , commonly called Octabis Hillarii , to be helden then at Our City of Oxford . But our Messenger sent with those Writs ( as We haue been informed ) for no other cause but for doing his duty in carrying and delivering those Writs , was imprisoned , and in an unjust and illegall way Sentenced to dye , and brought to a place of execution , and threatned to be Hanged , as at that time another of Our Messengers for no other cause then for doing his duty in the like kind , in carrying Our Proclamations to London , was then shamefully Hanged and Murthered , ( an Act so Barbarous as no former age can paraleli ) and We have not yet received any certain and particular information touching the execution of those Writs . In pursuance therefore of Our former resolution of removing those Courts from Westminster to our City of Oxford , We doe for the present by this Our Proclamation , authorized under Our Great Seale of England , Ordaine and appoynt , and by these presents publish and Declare Our Will and Pleasure to be , That Our said Courts of Kings-Bench and Exchequer , shall for the next Hillary Terme , at the usuall and accustomed time for holding of the same , be holden and kept at Our said City of Oxford , and not at Westminster , and shall be continued and kept there during that whole Terme and afterwards at the severall times and Termes for holding and keeping of those Courts , untill Our farther pleasure be known and published for removing them from Oxford . And We doe hereby straightly charge and Command , all Our Iudges of Our said Court of Kings-Bench , and Our Barons of Our Exchequer , and all Officers , Protonotaries , Clerkes , 〈…〉