blazon of the Commonwealth 
The liberty of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's.   depiction of St. Paul's Cathedral  blazon of the diocese of London  
An Abstract of St. Paul's late DEANERY.  

See Hen. 3. Ed. 1. Edw. 4. Hen. 7. & Hen. 8.  THE bailiwick and Liberty of the late Deane and Chapter of St. Paul's is a special Liberty, and a distinct jurisdiction, and is Granted and Confirmed to them by special Letters Patents and Charters of Confirmation by several Kings, in these very words, viz.  

The Return, and the Execution of all Writs whatsoever.  THat the Dean and Chapter, and their Successors for ever, shall have the Execution and the Return of all Writs. Precepts, and Mandates, whatsoever, as well Pleas of the Forest, as to all Common Pleas, and Pleas of the Crown.  

No Officer may enter or encroach upon the Inhabitants, or infringe their liberties.  SO as no Sheriff, Bailiff, or Minister of our Lord the King, may enter or encroach upon their Freedoms, Lands, or Tenements.  

The great Charter.  AND this is the first Charter and Grant in Magna Charta, viz. to have all their Rights and Freedoms inviolable, to the● and their Successors for ever.  

All these Charters, grants, & freedoms are confirmed by the late Parliament.  ALL which Letters Patents, Charters, Grants, and Freedoms, are confirmed by the late Parliament, as fully as the than Deane and Chapter did hold an●●njoy the same.  
AND is since contracted for and purchased by EDMUND THOROUGH GOOD, Bailiff.  

Instructions. Directions concerning the Officers belonging to this Liberty.  

To keep our pretended Officers, Intruders, and Bum ….  THose Bailiffs that belong to this Liberty, shall have their names Printed in their Warrants, or fairly written, without interlining, and the Chief Bailiffs name, and the figure of St. Paul's Church, as above, in the margin of their Warrant.  

Who will assume that they are Officers, and are not, etc.  TO this end that all the Inhabitants may know them to be Officers belonging to this Liberty, and where they may call for Return of their Warrants, and of whom.  

Not to part with their money for nothing.  THus they shall have full satisfaction of the doing and dispatching of their Business, and may know what Bail is taken for them.  

Sworn Officers.  AND also that they may know of whom to complain, and where, for the not performing of their Office according to their Oath.  

A Clerk at the chief Bailiffs house to attend the business of the Bailiwick, &c to take Order etc.  THose that have Business to be done in this Liberty, may come to the Chief Bailiffs House, where there shall be Order taken for the dispatching of their Business forthwith, and there they may know what's done therein.  

The Tenants and Inhabitants not to pay toll. See the Inrolment of Patents in the Tower, Ed. 4. Ed. 5. etc.  ALL the Inhabitants dwelling within the late Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's aforesaid, are acquitted of all Tolls, Passage, and Carriage, in all places throughout the Nation, aswell by land as by water, in all Fairs and Markets, to them and their successors for ever, as by the several Letters Patents, Charters, Grants, and Confirmations aforesaid, doth appear.  
IF any of the Inhabitants are or hereafter shallbe Arrested by foreign Officers, not belonging to this Liberty, do forthwith send to the Chief Bailiff, (or in his absence to his Officers) order shall be presently taken for such intruders as do introach upon the Inhabitants to infringe their Liberty.