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{DECL  RATIN a 
Of the Lords and Commons af‘fem-  
bled in Parliament upon the Statute 
of 5  whereby the Comrniflion of Array '‘

is fuppofed to bciwarrantcd:

Together with divers other Statutes , vvhcreby it ,.;
appeares that the (‘aid Cornm.if_sion is not warranted by - "Ill
any Aét of Parliament, that 1tlS contrary to the Laws r i ‘

and Cuftomes of the Realme , deftruétive to the 
liberty and property of the Subject, contrary A
to the Petition of Right , -and the
Statute made this prefent ’
Parliament. ,

As alfo his Majefiices Letter to the’ SheriFoFLeiceflerL {
flair: to execute the {aid Commiflion according   "I
to his Maj efiies Proclamation.   

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Ordered by the Lords Commons in Parliament,
that thisDeclaration be forthwith printed *
and publiihed.
H. Efinge 6167. Par}. D .‘ Com.

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Declaration of the Lords and Commons

; .   ;    aatifembled In Parliament.    
‘ t 1 “ l '   " Hereas information hath hectic" given to the

‘r Lords 8: Cémons aflembled in Parliament
thataCommifsion;hath “lately ilfued out un,
~ 9 der the great Seal of E ngland,dire‘&,ed torthe
. V o, a rEa.rls OfH!m,tifigtoiz .6: Devon, H carry Haflingir
v t - Efquire, and others, comm‘andino.them to
g » ‘ array all men within the County O€Lez'tc_flc7:,
 of ‘according to their efiates and abilities, and
at ~  g to charge them with arms at the difcretion
of the Commiilionersgor any three of them ; And to diflraine ali

~ «thof e that are able either in lands or goods. to finde arms, and fuch

as by reafon of impotency are not a_b,le to ferve in perfon‘ to findi:
menat arms, according to the quantity 02': their lands: and»goods=;
and all ‘fuch perfonsfoarrayed and armed , tocaule to hetrained
-~and_.exe_,rciledoat the pleafure of the {aid ~Commil7sioners,: ottany
three of them, and the perfons fo arrayed to draw to the coafis of
the -Sea,or elf: where , and fuch as {hall oppofe or conttra.di&*the

. fame C6mif'sion,to commit’ to prifon, Sr there todetainfthern un-

till they fltail be delivered by It-.aw.And the {aid Lordsand Com-A
mons are further informed, that together with tl-ierkfaid. Gomm'i.f-

{ion , ra{Letter under his Majerftieslharndsr was direfiedtothe {aid
Commifsioners_, declaringethelegalitie of the {aid Commiff-—
4 gen tooebe grounded upon a Statute madcin the 5 H34. not printed,  
,with further ioftruétionsgto the [aid Commifsionerstfor putting
the fame Commifsion forthwith in executionzand that divers

Proclamations did iffue forth endeavouring to jufiifie the legallity
of that Ciommifsromo. The tenoureof which Commilsion, Letter,

Proclamation and Statrutei‘, the {aid Lords and Commons have
_CalJ‘_fCC_i to beannexed hereunto.     ‘ F ' * r ‘  

t l g’1‘~heofaiad;Lotd§ and M€ggm%m0ns are mueh agrievetl and 

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onsof evill Counfellours after  many Declarations and folemne
Prcteftations rpadgto his Parliament and people,of his refolution
t(fiffii1liiTgGYQit1£*b.}t'tliEiaIZfita7es3oE51116 [Land  and to, sheep 
mayntaine the falne: And after {’o many Declarations made b
both Houfes.of-Parliament of ‘tth*ei’r‘*el'oyalty andtfidelity to his
Majefiy, and of their - faithful} endreavoursmfor the *preferva.tion of
his Majefiies honour and ~fafety,and for the vwelf"are,peace,and hap.
tpinefle of 'this:Real1r1e,fl1o.ul'd now be drawn to ifihe out fuch a
Commifsion, folcontmry to the Laws , sand to full of a danger and
inconvenlrencys to‘ allfhis M a jeftgies Subje6ts,Which Aiffasdmitted will»

‘i1ti1i1::i£‘=ttes~":mge tharhismajenybeiiiglnirr iaede bytE¢*mgg€ni:'

btiatheavieryoketof bondage‘ upon. the peopletatthen» that of Ship- -

moat-y, or any other illegall-}l:l1argetwh«ich ha-th been ’<rta'ken avva

£3his_ Parliament. And forthat   pr9et'ende<d that the Md t COm- s
mifsion is warranted byithe fard Aét of Parliament made in’

the fifth yecr of King Hem-ythe Fourth, .. The Lords and Com-
amons have taken the fame into confiderationg and find-e that the
lfaid .A6t of » Parlia ment is no ground» to warrant that Cotinmifsionr
or. any. other Cornam.il‘s‘ion of that —natt-rte 5 and forthe more cleere
maneiefefltation of the truth t'hc_reof,~sthey have ‘caufedstlhat :2 61335 it is
tentred upon the Record; to be herewi'th»<prin~ted<,* and to declare the
rsalhns of their refolutions herein.i  i l ‘ s  
so By therlpreambleofthlat Statute it doth appeiar,that the {ole end»
thereof was to puto:utl’ome claufes 8:; Wordsl inferred in the C om-
-Itllitfsion, that were garievousész dangerous For the Comm«ifsioners,,
:2s—appea~rs by thefe Wordsin the beginning, viz. For the many for»-
‘feituresandre: divers otherclaufesa at words “comp-ri:fed in the .fame,‘ ,
-which were very orievousandf hurefuu fbrthei Cor7nmi5fsion'crs na-
..‘me2.=1%~in the fame  V F
ands t-heft’ word=s in the latter end ,And‘ that none of the faid Com-
_ W mifsioners,1their~s Heirs,Exlecutors=«~, or Tenantst, by rea‘-f'on ofan-y
 ’ forfe-ituresor ‘pe«n—altie‘s, orany other things»comprifedgh,e or hereel;
  afterbea-ny way-~r_n olelted ,4 grieved‘, endamag1ed,'ore irnpeached in
 . “a:t13z1ti:me to come,&eC-.85 the5e»l‘a~Ltl‘es" that were cancelled &tlp‘ut out
‘I, of the faid Cornmiflion ,~=.were only-{uch as concerned? the Com:-7
3.  appfiéfes by gonttpatitng the Comtmilslon correei.

2 *ommifs‘ionri-n di-vets Count-iesof Erglzmd, &?c; ,

.@*_:€£h

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i T Ct€C1_D)T[ tT}€COffifii3Oh’S=‘WKn’  1g)n'.:uxiI.L~‘f£ix:mee vfvaaj 1jI.LI.:C}._l.J£'(7{ ‘T
out}. which is entred upon the PatentR‘91l,i5 iH."4,,par. primé-M_.7'.8J ma; 5

T the claufes Contained in the copy delivered them,and cancelled by f
 them were thefe,fczlim,Et ad 220: 6;’ confilzum noflmm a'e rwmefo Ifnjuj-§

i d: tazafaffo veflro in haczpartefulw Sigillzk veflria, vol dimjw vejfram cit: '
i  neglggentiam (quad abfit ) eveniam; Then in the c0nclui°10n,'S?z"mtc:’*"

  @061’: C/9’sfl€g15g£fitice*v€flf£€"v0lumm @?’d”ebem.m repmare', 6’ pwnitu: 4]; }

A contained in the {aid copy.,an’d that the comr_niIsi0ne‘rs,'it«heir tel’:-ei.r.s7,’

prima In

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dorfgofvvhich the Coinmcans had a copy delivered unto t.hem,and

 mach hamirzum and arm eé’ haminum armazorum (6? fagittztriorufm necnapg n

ma Oétab. .S'.sHi11arii proximi fzuur; dz’./iinéfe éhapert; igcrt-zj‘i2dnd‘.‘t
fa!» forijfafiar. omnium gm nobis forzffzzccre porterimi c’9’:-prourivofipji
refpondcrejvolueritl3'idr‘dnmnz3‘ 59’. periculit 5 {i quit’ per "Z»’£’fl_fl01l‘d€f.€&1d]21_‘_

pro certoquod [i.peréculum «vtl dammm regno no/Iran P-?'c€d$g0_'Z.fi pgrtiémi \
illzloiper inimico: mflro: pro defeéfuédrraiaztiafnii é’. defenfioni: ié"D_ué?'z?2§mkf” 
bu1jufaiodie*xeetunc(quod abflt ) wenerit defeélum K9’ pericnlum bujufmodi;  '

figmzree. And their prayer in céclufion was,that thereafter anoicémif-2 “
fiécof array might iffue out othe1=*w1i'e‘,nnor 1n~’ot«h"er‘ words th.en'w‘e1:e‘

ortenants mightnot b*e'moIefied~»’0r— ttoubled; so ‘that iitisto be
obfervechthe C omemonssdid notid*e{iré any amendment or declasra-in  
;tion,..a‘s to the power ofthe exeCuTtio‘ne of thejcon:1mif sion, if'wh_iC._hv ’
furely didernotft cioncern them‘ &the Kingdom; But touching? tthair;

they very well knew that. by the-‘Law of the I{ingdom5 and divers. _A

a6’cs of parliament then in foi‘ce,nofuéh ‘power could be 4exesrci£’e'eI'i   
over thee'm.. Forthe Statute of Wi22:ch&~])er m9.de the ‘I’; *E._r. then in 7§”"‘§£:
f01“'ce5.didledseelaretiie‘certain proportio“n0‘f artns; ‘every maniewais i  ~ A
‘to-have‘aec0rding"to‘his efiate inlarnds or go0ds:,and:ith.e tistfgesgand .   

howsoftentheirarmsiwerevtobe iviewed, i‘atnd”‘byfwhdm;and;inr:. ,; i 1

what mannergtheir defmltsh wereeto be‘puniflied;The Sgtacut-etit_
~i'o(¥1owecehieii1 tl:i~e'f’e W®rd‘s,‘m‘z. ‘An-dnfurtheriit’ is] comm-anded;»§thajc;~tiV
every 1nan_h:1vein his houfe , harnefle to keep the pcaeegiai-’te'r:Ehcf’i*
ancient afsize,that' is to nay, “every man'b‘et~*w1xt I75: yeeres "of agcgg‘
and ;4o_yeers fha1bse}aiffefi’;ed <an.d {worn to‘ ~a;1‘.I,ni0uri accosrfdinsgitpre-the_:' s.
quantity afnthcir lands‘ and igobds, that is/E0 »wti.ti~,? fi<om;z.;i;1.j1i;xmds;,t L 
andvgoods ’340imarkes  that is to wit “ ,. an Havv«ber1<‘,’"ii-Byéfiip1’aggn;,i i _ W
of —ir!om ,a‘S.W011%d ,a. Kn-ife,andi an H10 r3fe,s and fro me ?t'%‘j~c§ Ll43.o£iiinds33i3di" i

any

an-em¢arks—i_9f:;g~o}g.ds;, a _ifia~nrhegk,:>a~'Bre£tp1a;e bf tIi:oi1;,a‘iIaé[v{t4>i*cij,‘ and:

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e f?:,fi auraaaadazom;1.r1mas,Taoatbree,i ta Bre%fi‘pl‘are loflfron ; 
g  Sword andafKnir'e: and from 4.: s. lands, and more unto 51.0? r

l .   1331515 asword, aBow and arrows, and alinife : and bee

that hath leffe thenao  yeerly   flmllbe fworne to kee cl
Gyfarinysr, Kniivces, and other leffe weapons : and her that hath led’: a

then at», _rr}ax'ks  goedé fliall have Swords Knives , and other
1:11“: weaplons:yanid ;tll”others_that rnay,{hall have Bows and arrows
out of tAhe(Forrel‘t,and’in the For‘;-ell Bows 8:: Bolts: and that View
ofiirrmoiir-be‘made etxry yeer two» times 5- and in all Hundreds and
Franchifes, tvro Con “ables {hall hechofen to make the View Ofail"-’
atom: and thcCon{iables aforefaid fhdl be iprefent before Juflices
ti{sign'd For inch default as they do fee in-the country about armor:

T anciof the liuitsof Towns &oFHigh\a'ays. ‘And alfo lhal ptefent all i

firth as do lodrte fttanget-s in ulplandifli Townsfoct whom they will
iqotanfwer.-a e . nd the Juflices ihalslptefent alfo at every parliiamenlt
l unto‘-the King fuch defaults as they have foun d,'andi_tl1e King (hall.
provide remedy therin.And from hence forth let Sherifsrake good
heed and Baylifs within their Franchifes , and without, be they
hidheror lower, that have any Bayliwick , Forrefiry in Fee, or 0-
5 u . '- . ' 0
t-her-wife, that they fhal follow the Cry with the Countty,& after,

as they are bound to keep hotfes 8: armour fo to do; And if there be  

any that do not, the defaults‘ flaall be prefe-nrted"-to the Iufiiceslaf.

jfighed and after by them to the King as before is faid,and the King

s lhall provide remedy. And the Statute made in the firfi yeer of E.
si£r.;§;tz:3 3 -.cap--. 5’.S:at.M .2 9. which followet-h in thefehwordsflem, the King

 thc“Wlll€I-ll that no man fromsshencefotth {hal1he"charged to arm him-

5.,;,ao11,fl‘elfe otheiwife t-hen‘-hee was wont i‘rrth’éetimes-of his Progenitours

:€,yE.‘a3.m.’,;iK-ingsrofEngland, and -that no man be compelled to gootit of his  

Shire ,3 but where necefsi-ty requireth ‘and fudden coinminig T of
ifirange enernies i-ntothe Realms :5 and ‘then it fhall he done as hath

Chin ufed intimes pail for the defenceof the Realme‘ , declares the

«Law to the fame efi’e& with the former, for here it is declared , 
§3rat.zr.'E.~man can be charged with armes otherwife then as in ‘time of the
3. cap _-._ f Kingis:eProgenitors,;or;compel'led togo_e«out of his County-' but in
fh‘;‘l;:$£*cafeAof adtuallinvafieon. And tothe fame effeéi is the Stiatutemade
amcng 32 5 ,E.r3.cap_.-8.which followeth in thefe words; i1tem,itis accorded

;§’°‘éé 3 n . u attcl_gl17entedrt:hat_'.z.1o manjhall be conflrained to {ind men ofarms,

 

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thrice gracious Soveraigneibpur Lord the King, Wee yqur pogte
"that none {hall be diliraytied to go out oftheirCount_ies,V but_on;-
..1y for the caufe ofneceflity of fuclden comming offlrzinge enemies

Raifne of thetfaid Gravndfatlxer, That men oEArmes, Hoblers
an

the Counties where they were Chofen. And alfo the Stgztute made

he Compelled to End men of Armes, Hoblerrs ., D01} l&IfCl'1€l'S;_",

-eformeof‘ the Statutes afore{aid..Ancl that all the Commiflions and

Q or accu ations, that they be prefently deliveredg ‘and’ the fhid lite

i7"th;ét allwayesby Force or coloutgf the Paid‘ laLl§pllC3ElQfl3liE3Q1'Q7.€ »

   
   
 

  

I-loblcfs ore’ Archers, 0tllCl‘tl1C'g)th0f€_ which hold by fuch Err;
vices, if it bee not by common aflentor grant -made. in Paflizgt
ment, A for that ‘is contraryjtothe Law of the Re'a;lme.;   A T 

A-%ndA.by another A6! of Parliament made 4. H. 4. Qap. 1. 3} the Stem-
FormerA&s ef 1.AE.3.and t5.E.3.are allconfirmed as may appeate :53?-‘ f
bythe llzatute taken out of the‘P.'1rliameflt roll it lelfe, becaufeiiamém
thatxhc ptinted booke doth: not fully recite it, which followed) 34- HI
in thefe wordys,viz.. To the th riceexeellent, .-thrice'_renomaeed, agd

 

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Commons prhy,.thztt the Statute wtI13.€'l€ in the firPc_yeate ;of.. the
raigneoftbte Noble King Edwaralyour Grandfather,containing,
into theRealme. And the Statute made in the 18%. year: of the

Archers, Chofen to go in the Kingsvfervice out of England;
{hall be at the Kings wages from tl1eyday’they'doe d.ep;n*t ,0.ut.Qf

in the zspyeare of the raigne of the {aid Ctaxxdfather,-that npnze

other then thofe which hold by fuch fcrviices, vnlelle it bee 
Common afl?:nt,and grant made in Parliament, Khalil b’e7firn_1ly
holden and kept in all points fafe without beipg broke in any
manner;Aadthat none of us the faid Comemnsbe {difirayneql
to go intb Walmorlelfe where out of the Realzn, Contm-ty to the

Writs rmde contrary to the {aid St .1CLlt€S,ftfl:1 all‘; the lrsdift gnents,
and accufations, .oblig'ations,—itnd ties made by‘ Colour of the
{aid Commiflions or Wtitts with ealltl1eitDependanc7ies and Cit?
cumflmnces thereof’, may be revoked, Cancelled, qualhed and
difanulled for evcr,'4s things made againfl‘,.the layvjaind that they
may not bee taken Foran example in timeto carxgei, And iFTa my bf’
your leioe people bee imprifoned by force of t.he{°aid Indiéiments

di&mentsheld v~oyd.T'heKing Confentethito ‘this law'w,itl1, this,

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their faidllan.ds'i-and poffefsionsgnoreof any other. devoier-i__or things
wherecb-they orzany of them beecfpe~cia11y~*bouud to ourfaid

ll  ’Lord’the King,tho;ugh thatthe fame Lomls and others have other

lands and polléafstiohs within’ the Rgealm of~E;zgla.n-al -,;nor that the
i-I%.or,ds.or other of vt‘ha‘t ef~tate‘orecon:ditioh l7oevl_¢_r they bee, that‘

_ h~old,by-lE‘fcha”ge.or'}oth»er fervicesadwueto"_ti1e;aKing anylandsi
1 poffefsionswithinethefatd,Rcal.m,bc.,hohTwayetxcufed to do t”h_e‘ir
I ferviices ‘a-nd"De.veo1ers due oftthe-faid lauds andpoffefsions ;'nor

that the: Lord s_,._,Knights;fifqdiresgnor other perfonse of what eff-large
or Condition they bee,‘ which holgta-had have of the graent or
Confirmation of our -{aid Lord the,.King, la—nds,pofl"efsi'ons, Fees,
’Anr1_‘uityes, pC;I‘IfiOt_1;S,‘0;P'6tl1€I“y€3;1‘ll€ profitts be not exeufed to do
their fetviccs to our‘ Lord the. Kringfin fuch man-net as they are

-boux;1d,;becaufe of trhe:‘Laet1eds7,VPofI"ef sions, Fees,Ann'uityes, Pen"li-
ons,_or:I3rofits aforefaid. So that the Statutes ‘before mentioned  
were all Confirmed by the’-Pajrliameht held not full one tyeare
before Statute of5.H; 4. And by thefe Acts, it cleerly ap- A?

:pear‘eath,'th:;1t-the;King‘could not by the Law give power to im‘-e

.pofeArms upon the Subjeéts,or‘toiCompe-ll them to bee drawne L  

out of their Counties e,‘ and .there_fore~the Commons of the Parli-
ament of'5.«§H. 4.m.T-any whereof -very probably ferived-‘ in the in’-
»mediateParl—iament before whenrthe Statutes (1fO1‘C’£.lCl («ms eon’-

_=firm:_ed);kane.w very well that the Commifsioniofi ;‘A'rra_yl,fhen -pare»   A’

feI:1tzecl'1_1_nto them could not bind itherh" rhatl had the laxng and

.fir'-ength or fojmanyi A&=s of Parliament-to proteét them. But
i lbecaufe the former A6} of Parliament ididprovide remedy only
for the perfonsftllat were tobee Commanded, and not for the
.Cottiifsioners"that~were to put thofe’ commas in Executiotgupon 3
4 my greatepaihe§the"Commons,for_the'iindem:—pIiityeoftholeg per- _

font who under colour o fthofejC6inands might probably-.be trou-
<-bled and vexed by iFines. eoifl1mp»riFonments;e, t;l_10ugl1t,'it n=ecer{Tary,to
fecure them afwell as therhfelivels‘, and’ tltereforee :.pra§L*ed7 that

:*>£'i§11§.P]¢.F!3sllE1?}£?§¢§E9H§l*i¥‘S the §_9m¥It1ifsioz1¢rs might be PU‘ out»

And

A de,'th*e lords nor ahyfflother that have i
A vlands» or pofl‘efsi_ons_in the Country ofmzle: or in theMarches thet-
‘   of {hall in no Wile be excufed o»ft'heiti.[ervi.t es and }devoiers:*clue -{of

 

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.. And though giany Commiffions of Array did afterwards

iillue forth in the times of H.4.. H. 5. 8»: H. 6. Yet didnot any
illueout agreeable in words and manner With thatcore

treéted Commilfion , as may appeare by the Pattent Rols
of thofetimes, and the very next Commsffion that ilfued

 

out 5. 14.4.- which was in time 6. H4. andi-si entred upon  

the Pattent Roll 6; H.4. M. 15. Dory?» did not agree either

in word or matter with that offi-"H. 4. and mofl of the6'H'4‘R°"

times that the forme ofthe cfimiffion agreed upon 5. H .4,"
and there entered had been by thatParl1ament enaéted,

they woulduot have iffuedout to many Cornmiflions;
efpecially in 6.H.4.being the next immediate yeere,ofdif- V

ferent words and different matter, which cleerely made
thgfn. void by that Statute of 5. H.4.A for the Statutedoth

so-rdaine them no Commiflion of Array {hould then after

illue out otherwife, -or in other words, then the Copy
agreed ‘upon, whereby all Comrniflions in other words or

other manner ilfued would be voyd , and not warranted

bytthat Law,had it enaéted that Commifiion, And that the

  .Law then was, that no other perfon could be compelled to

fuirnifhand provide Armes and Horfe,,sand goe out of his
County otherwife then is declared by the afore—recited
AétsaofPar;liament“, doth not onely appeare by thofe Sta-
tutes, but by feverall Acts of Parliament made after 5.H.4.
The Statutemade in the fourthand fifth yeere of Philip and

;Z\lary; cap.2. repeales all former Statutes concerning the
(finding ofArmes, and all penalties and forfeitures touch-

ing thefame , And by that A5}: fetled the proportions of
Men, Horfestand Atmes that every man was to finde, ac-
cording to the value of their refpeétive efiates, and fets

,.d0W,ne.;11eppetaaltics ‘andiforfeitures ofefuchlas flaould
difobey, aniclthis Law continued in force till tht firfi

B yeere

. 
Cornmiflions that afterwards tllued vary from that seven 9

sin fub.fiance.: And furely had it been conceivedin thofe

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ferimufiers,]‘uflicels ofPe;1ce,and others,by command ,8:

direétionsfrom his Maj:-.fiyy,or his privy Councell, again?!

”the Lawes,and free cuftomesof the li’\ealme,fo thatthe
Law theredeclared, i‘ was that none could. be compelled
to contributeitoyainy Tax , Tallage, Aide or otherlike
chargegbut by confent in Parliame~nt.- ~The breach of that
Law to be for that divers charges were laid upon the peo-
ple by Lords Lieutenants,Comrrri'{lioneré for mufletrgand
others command or direélion from his.Majel1y., W-hich

y  cotnprehends the cafe'in queftion, ‘or;-herafis ae»Ta,x<or
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feat of the Lords and Gom mons’inrPa~rliamer.ti, gfo; with-
in the Words of the Petition of right, And? it is very
 wellk1nowne, and it doth fufficientlytt appeared that the
char esthere mentioned to be..l‘ayd§byLo‘rd~s Lieutenants,
‘and eputy Lie‘utena_nts were Ethel’ charging ()5 the Sub-
'j‘eéf’ts with Armes, againfi Law, by colour of their «Com.-e
miflionf from his l\/Iajelly. The other Statute made this
Parliament intituled an ACT for the b€tter7raifing, andl,e-
-vying of Souldiers for the prcifent defence of the King-
domes ofEnglami, and Irelcmd, Inthe preamble declares

‘ in tliefe w0I'd5',’U1Z» W'hereas by the Lalwes of this Realm

none of his l\/lajefiies Subjecfts ought to bei-mpreffed,

a or compelled to get: out ofhi-s,C0unty,to ferve as a Soul-

dier in thewars except in Cale of needed-Hity, of the fud-
daine cumming in of (irangeeenemies into the Kingdom,
"or except they be otherwife bound by theTenno.r of their
Lands or poflefiions.  . —  
A Andthat this commiffion is cli-re&ly' contrary to this De.
ellaration is fo evident that it requireth no application:
So that upon the whole n1a.tter_~the.flate of the cafe in
‘gueflion Elamds thus. - 0   BY

By divers ééis of Parliament med: inthe times of King

'Edw4rd the firft,King Edward the _third,and'.eonlirmed,by a
T Statute in the fourth yeare of Heiiry the ‘f0Ul3jth5tl_T§ fnhjefi
was not com pel‘1able to finde any other Armest ,‘ then was

declared by thofe Statutes, or to goe out of their county,

, ‘butin‘cafe of a€tualljinvafio.n _b’yforraigne'enemies., And
   an exprefle claufe of the fated Statute of confirmation,
‘none ofthef people were to be tdilireined to goe into Waler,

or elfewhereagainfitheforine of the {aid Ftatutes: And

A that all the.comrniflions 85 vtiitstmades€ontrary‘t:o.the faid

“Sta't"nte's=, « and all;1.no'itenients,.;HCcnfa:tiotis5 >Bor-1d\s,'; and
things done by colon-r:offth;e fa«id*contmiffions, totrwrilts;
with all their depéndancies, v;.an‘d circumflances, fhotjldibe
revoked cancelled quta{l1edafn:drmade1"»voi for-ever,‘ As
things done againfl the Law, a'nd'?thattrthey fhould not be
drawnein example in time to come :Then in‘c)6't’0ber fol~~
tlowing divers Cornmiflions lexprefly contrary ftoathofe
fiatutes iffuedouteto {everal cof=:fiti‘es;ol:~e this Realm,in Hilary
Terr-n”e next following that Ofiilobei-fi 5:;an,oth-e=r_ Parliament

was calledtand then a ’coppy,’ol'7 that-eometnilfionr was deli-

vered to the Commons , -who complained onely of dlvergs
dangerous c1a.uf.es- contained in nth-eefi-Ttne that concerned
the Commiffionersfor whom nofprovifion. at all 
made by any the former Aéts of Parliament , and thofe
clatitfes onely put out by the Commons,_who defire
that no Commiflion hereafter {h»ouldt.ro‘ifli;e out otherwifeg,
or in other words then are contained inthre {aid Coppy,
but take no further care of thernfelves, knotwingvery

lwellthat as to the power of charginrgthem with Armes,

Trayning , and exercifingof , and commanding
them out of their Counties, the fame was fu-fliciently pro-
tri-dedt for, the Parliament before being all wit-hinithe
compafl-"e of a yeare 3‘ for that Parliament was {ammon-

ed in ‘Mic/.melrm:,t the fourth Hemgy the fourth. And it‘

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A a “many forfeitu"rcs,and divcrsother claufes and words 
a com rifed in the fame, which were very grievous,-, 1
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i yinthefame Commiffion, in divers Counties of 6mg-
iy gland ; the copy whereof was delivered. toythe {aid Coin.
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cording to their intentions :The faid Commonseaha.
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claufes and words comprife d in the fame,   to be cancel. a
V ‘ledgand prayed the King,that hereafter no Commifiion
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‘giifaid«iCommiH_ioncrs, their Heircs,Exccutors, or Te.
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or hercaftcrbe any waies molefled, grieved, indama-
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a having hereupon communication wi;ththe’]udges of
i the Kingdome, moflgtacioufly granted in Parliament:
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R Ight ttufty and sight well heloved'Co.u{ins, and.‘right.. ’

tritafi-y and wel1—tbeloved,VVe greet you well : Wheteas
  it hath befcn declared by the Votes of both Houfes of

Parliament the I 5 ‘*1 offllarcb ‘lafl,That tiheKing-dotn hath been: A

of late, and [till is, in To evident andtimmintent danger, both

from enemies _abroad,and a Popifh difcontented Pa try at home; i

That there is an urgent and inevitable neceflity of putting our
Subjefis intqa Po{itIre.of.defence,t for the fafegnatd both of
our Perfon» and peopl_e:;And that fithence divers1nh’abitants' of
divers Couritiesihave Aaddrefied their Petitions to that p-utpofe;
Andwhereas a {mall "number of both} Houfes (after it. had

been;itcje‘€’ted1by the Lords ina. full I-Ioufei, and without out].
Royall aflent ,0: the opinion of the jndges concerning the le-f .
gallityheteof,);bave attemp.te_d by way of Ordiinancetod put in %

execution the tpowgroif the Jflilitia of the Kingdom‘, and to
dtifpoffeffe many” of out ancient Nobility of the commando andi
truft tepo&d.i;n.thernfby ]_Vs,i andhave nominated divers others,

who have no intercfl in ;not livctncer to form: of the t,Countie£s  
to which they are nominated for. the Lievtenanc.y,whereby" F A

they cannot bee properly ferv.i¢eable tothe Counties where-
wlththey are inttufted, not out People receive that content‘
and fccuritywhich We defirc they {hould : To fubmit to the‘
;executionofwhieh.posyct by. thewg ofitOt§\4it1ancc,witho1it'

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7 have thougit fit toitefelgre itv, tothatancicnt legall way» 

 were" reduced into a Lawby A& of Parliament, eftabliihcclf  

by Our Royall affent , were to introduce and expofeour.

_ Subiefimo a tneere Arbitrary government; which by God;

graécieiifi/Veeflfhall,neizer"?pgeriI1_it; i ' _

  We 5 therefore cocnfidering, that by the Lawes of

it belongcth folely_ to Vs , to Or'det5’a'ndrG'ove"r’h’fhe Militii
Of the Kingdome 5 have thereupon by Our Proclamation of the
2.7 of May lafi , prohibited; galiigmanner of perfons whatfoever
upon their Allegiance, to Mailer, Lcvic,OtfJ1Ilm_0p, uponanyi
Warrant , Order or Ordinance, from one" or both Houfes of
Pa rliarnent ,. where unto We have not, or {hall not give ourex-

l prefre confent, any of the Trained Bands, or other Officers;

without efxprelfe \’Varrant under our hands; or«.VVat_1fant froth
Ouf Sheriffe of‘ the County, grounded u n a particular 
to thattiepurpofe under our great Scale; " nd conftcleringg that‘
in ancient time the Militia of the Kingdom was ever difpofedé
of by Cotrgmiflions of Array ,, and that by a particular Sta-

tuteiu ,‘On Record in -the Tower, made “in.\the fifth: yeare.o‘Ea=

Hm?) the Fourth ‘, by full confento£the=Prelates,~Earles,Ba-P

tons, and C ominous", ' andat their fuit, and by the advice,and*
ofainion of theujud‘ es then had, fueh (3ommiflions- were
mitigated; in refpedt o " ome iclaufes perillious to; the Commife

floners‘, andapproved-of for the time to come :-And that by the 
fubfequent Records it appeareth, that all Our Roy-all «Predc-g_

cefforsf have continually exercifed that powerby fuch Com-»*

mifiions, till oflate timethey‘ have been diieontinued me’:

Grants‘ or particular Commiflions of ;-LievtenanCy’;- ittle-e
differing infubflancc from‘ the {aid 'Commilfions rofilA.rray;‘
againfl: which ityfeemes the lloufes havetaltcn Come 6 exeep-
tion. And though) tree are no way -fatisEed»of the illegality»
of them, Our Counecll beim «never heard in the defence thetc--
of, yet  willing to avoidfiall C‘CCPCi0n_3.'3t iprelenrv,.Wee?4



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 lav e power: of the s_Militiaib”y,fi:ch Comtnifiions of K“? t "
»fi.”.3Ya {9} d:¢f€9¢€0f Om‘ Kingdome, and out Couatrey:
 i3_Fh9¥lZm% you; or any threepr more of you, to “Array and
‘ fuamc‘ to,” P309169 and ‘O 3PP0Yt1on and affefle fufch perfonstas
‘haw .~¢fl3¥€5a and fife  able to. beam Atmes torfinde
‘ Arm-Es for other men, in a reafonableand moderateiprn‘porti-
J on 5 and toaconduélthem fo Arraid , as tvellto the Coafts as
\ 0t_h¢T_P;13C€S for the oppofitionand dePtm&ion of out ene-
mies 1" Car? Ofaanger, as to your difcretions,or any three or
more ofyou {hallfeeme meet , Whercof you Henry Earle of
H“”"’¥g‘0’4._, afldln your abfence Wzfliam Earle of Devon, or
{few} Htffmgs Efqutre to be one ; And being both confident
In a great meafute of the Loyall affeéiions of out peoplc- 9'33,’
very ‘tender to bring any unneceflatic‘ butthcn 0' J‘ “ “ ’

them b an tnent'~ 1 D’ . "‘ marge 1190“
do {oi tyha ..g.;.:~. . mgih.‘-7 numb“ 3. H33 Trained Bands ; We 

   ytmentonly require. that you sforthwtith caufcr to be e
mufiered and trained all the ancient trained Bands and freehold ~:
._1331}sd5.0f?l1¢ Cwtttysticarefullv fecting. that they be fupplyetd i
with ableand fulfic~ientPerfons,and complea tly» armed ;—unlefl'e'? _*

 you finde that there be jufi caufe,and that it flullbeswith the 

good liking of the Inhabitants for their iownbetter fccurity 
, 4 to make any encreafe of their numbers; And over fuch Bands ..
" to appoint and let fuch Colonels, C=aptaines,and 0Ffic‘ers,as».,
you {hall think tnofi fit for the difchargcof that fervice,bein§ 1
fuch Petfons as have confidetable interefi in the/County-, an .
not flrangets.   And in cafeof any opnofition, you are to raife  
the power of they;C0untylt0fupptcl1ie‘ it,aandto commit all 
ifusch Pferfons as’ {hall‘bee'fotindteb«e1lious herein, into the cu-

' A flodyof Our Shetiffefg whofecate aand aflifiance (‘V/Ve efpeci- s-

ally recguire- And that th”éiei£h‘a“11ftom‘tlime“t6titne iiT"ue1forth   a
fu-ch Warrants for thetaffemblzing of our people,at {itch times .
and places as by you fhallbe agree-do-"I, according to the trait z;
tepofed inhim. by ()Ell?;{ai¥d. Commilfion. And W9 have;au—.

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thorizedyou our C ommifiionerpr any three of you,/aifer fucir   '

Array made,from time to time,to mine and take muflers of our
faid Bands; and to provide Beacons-,and othe: neceffiries for the
better exercifing of out people, and Iifcovery of fudden in-
vafious and commotions : Of all which your proceedin ’s‘h'ere.

in, VVc expea a fpeedy and plenary accompt,accor ing to

the trutl repofed in you , and authority given you by ‘on;   

Commiflion on that behalfe, »  

Given at oiar Court at York the uzhaYzz}o_f‘]unei1ztl:e ’

18:11 yer: of our Reign, 1 5 1, 2.

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