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A74569 An ordinance for reviving the court of the Dutchy of Lancaster. England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell); England and Wales. Council of State. aut 1654 (1654) Thomason E1064_48 1,156 5

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AN ORDINANCE For reviving the COURT OF THE Dutchy of Lancaster WHereas divers sutes have been begun in the Court of the Dutchy of Lancaster commonly called the Court of the Dutchy Chamber of Lancaster at Westminster some whereof are ready for hearing others cannot proceed but remain there undetermined in regard there is no Person authorized as Iudge to hear determine the same to the great prejudice of such persons whom the Causes aforesaid do concern for remedy whereof Be it Ordained by His Highness the Lord Protector of the Common-wealth of England Scotland and Ireland by and with the advice and consent of His Council That the said Court of the Dutchy Chamber of Lancaster at Westminster and all Pleas Precepts Writs Processe Demurrers Commissions Depositions Bills Answers Replications and all other matters concerning any the sutes in that Court depending or begun Be and hereby are and revived for the intent and purpose only that all the said Causes and Sutes already begun or depending in the said Court may be there proceeded in heard determined And for that purpose also John Bradshaw Serjeant at Law and Thomas Fell Esq are hereby constituted and appointed Commissioners and Iudges and they or one of them are hereby authorized to Hear and Determine all Sutes and Causes formerly begun and yet depending and undetermined in the said Court and no other And may sit as well out of the Term as in Term as oft as they shall see Cause until the said Causes be all fully heard determined And that the said John Bradshaw and Thomas Fell shall be keepers of the Seal of the Dutchy of Lancaster and they or one of them shall and may use and exercise and put in execution all Powers Iurisdictions and Authorities that any Chancelor of the Dutchy of Lancaster of right should or might have done until the said Causes and Sutes heretofore begun and yet depending undetermined in the said Court be finally ended and determined And all Orders Iudgements and Decrees to be made in the said Causes begun and yet undetermined by the said Commissioners as aforesaid according to the Rules of Equity and the Customs and Vsages of that Court shall be of the same force and validity as any other or former Orders Iudgments or Decrees in the said Court have been or ought to be and shall be observed executed and obeyed by all persons whom the same may concern And all Officers usually attending the said Court are hereby authorized enjoined again to attend the said Court according to the duty of their several Offices Places during the Continuance therof according to the true intent and meaning of these presents unless they shall be removed upon just Cause And the said Commissioners and other Officers shall and may during the time aforesaid and no longer take and receive such Fees and Perquisits as formerly of right belonged and appertained to their several Places Wednesday February 14. 1654. At the Council at White-hall ORdered by His Highness the Lord Protector and the Council That an Ordinance entituled An Ordinance for reviving the Court of the Dutchy of Lancaster being passed by His Highness the Lord Protector with the consent of His Council the 9th of June 1654. be forthwith Printed and Published Henry Scobell Clerk of the Council London Printed by Henry Hills and John Field Printers to His Highness MDCLIV