By the King. A proclamation for the security and protection of the possessors of delinquents lands, in the county of Wilts who have, or shall become his Majesties tenants. Proclamations. 1644-03-05 England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A79009 of text R225679 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2629). 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. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A79009 Wing C2629 ESTC R225679 99900186 99900186 171053 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A79009) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 171053) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2552:8) By the King. A proclamation for the security and protection of the possessors of delinquents lands, in the county of Wilts who have, or shall become his Majesties tenants. Proclamations. 1644-03-05 England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. 1 sheet ([1] p.) by Leonard Lichfield, printer to the University, Printed at Oxford : 1643. [i.e. 1644] Dates are given according to Lady Day dating. Dated at end: ... Oxford, the fifth of March, in the nineteenth yeare of Our reigne, 1643. Arms 37; Steele notation: being and Our. Reproduction of original in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Forster Collection, London, England. eng Great Britain -- History -- Confiscations and contributions -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A79009 R225679 (Wing C2629). civilwar no By the King. A proclamation for the security and protection of the possessors of delinquents lands, in the county of Wilts, who have, or sha England and Wales. Sovereign 1644 538 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. 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 BY THE KING . CR HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon or coat of arms ¶ A Proclamation for the security and Protection of the Possessors of Delinquents Lands , in the County of Wilts , who have , or shall become his Majesties Tenants . WHEREAS diverse Seditious and Rebelliously affected persons of Our County of Wilts , being conscious to have justly deserved our high displeasure and the punishment of the Lawes , have withdrawn themselves from their estates and dwellings in that County , unto other parts , and places of this Kingdome , in the power and possession of the Rebells ; where they remaine and ( either personally , or by supplies of Money , and other Provisions , ) are in Rebellion against us . And whereas by vertue of our Commission , lately issued under our Great Seal of England , the Lands of many such Delinquents have been seized , and by Our Commissioners disposed and Let at reasonable and moderate rates , to severall Tenants , who have agreed to pay their Rents to Us , and for Our use , untill the said Rebellious Persons shall submit themselves to Legall Tryalls ; For the better inabling therefore , and incouragement of such Tenants to performe their undertakings for Our service , and that henceforth they may be freed from that violence which the Souldiers of Our Armies too frequently , without command , have exercised upon possessors of Delinquents Lands ; We doe hereby Declare , That all persons whatsoever , as well such as formerly held Lands of such Delinquents , and now are , or hereafter by agreements , as aforesaid , or otherwise , shall become Our Tenants ; as others , who have , or shall take such estates of Our Commissioners in that County , shall be held , reputed , and esteemed , to be in our immediat Protection and Regard ; Wherefore We Will , Require , and Command , all Officers and Souldiers of Our Armies , that they at any time presume not to doe wrong or dammage to their Persons , Houses , Cattell , Lands , or Goods ; And that as much as may be possible , and the service will permit , they forbeare at any time to Billet or Quarter themselves or Horses on them ; but that in all things such respect be had of them , and their welldoing , as is justly due to persons in Our speciall Service and Protection . And We doe hereby farther Order and Declare , That if any such Officers or Souldiers , shall ( after notice that they are Our Tenants ) in contempt of this Our Proclamation , doe any Act whereby such Persons or any of them shall be damnified or oppressed , upon due information thereof given , they shall receive such severe and exemplary punishment as their Offences shall deserve . Given at Our Court at Oxford , the fifth of March , in the Ninteenth yeare of our Reigne , 1643. GOD SAVE THE KING . ¶ Printed at Oxford , by Leonard Lichfield , Printer to the Vniversity , 1643.