❀ A Proclamation to reform the disorder in access of greater number of persons to the Court, then haue just cause so to do. THe queens most excellent majesty being informed of the resort of a greater number of persons to her town and Castle of Windsor, and other places adjoining, then are convenient, and that are not ordinary seruants to attend on her majesty in the Court, nor do belong to her counsellors or other her principal officers attending on her majesties person, whereof by late view taken both by the officers of the town, and by her Harbingers, there appeareth great disorder, in that a great number of owners of houses do lodge a multitude of persons that are not allowed by any Harbinger, and many of the same so lodged, are persons that with their wives, children, and seruants, are come from London and Westminster, and other infected places, whereby great danger must needs follow, if remedy be not provided very speedily: And therefore her majesty hath commanded the Knight Harbinger, with other her Harbingers, and with the assistance of the seruants of the Knight Marshall, and with the Maior of Windsor and other officers in the towns adjoining, that they do cause a search to be newly made, according as they are ordered and directed by her majesties privy counsel, and that all persons do obey them in the execution of those orders. And especially her majesty chargeth all owners of houses in the said towns of Windsor, eton, and the towns adjoining within five miles of her Castle, that within two dayes after publication thereof at the Market cross in Windsor, they do exclude all persons that shall not be allowed by the said Harbinger to haue lodging, vpon pain of imprisonment, and shutting up of their houses, and such fine as shal be imposed vpon them for the breach of this her majesties commandement. Finally, her majesty chargeth all persons that shall not be warranted by the Harbingers Billets to haue lodging, that they do depart from the Court, and from five miles near the Court, within two daies after the publication hereof, vpon pain of imprisonment and fine also for their contempt. And that none which are not allowed to come within the Castle, but shall come vpon pretence of any suits, shal not enter until they shall first declare their names and places from whence they do come, to some of her majesties porters, and vpon report to be made by them to some one of her majesties privy counsel, and vpon receipt of a Billet from any of the counsel, or from any one of the Masters of the Requests in writing, to licence such suitor to come into the Castle, in such maner, and with such seruants as the necessity of the suite, and the condition of the suitor shall require, or otherwise not to be permitted to enter within the gates of the Court, nor after his suite ended to continue in the Court, vpon pain of imprisonment, and of her majesties indignation. given at the Castle of Windsor, the fifteen day of September in the xxxv. year of her majesties reign. God save the queen. ¶ Imprinted by the Deputies of Christopher BARKER, Printer to the queens most excellent majesty.