sweare That well and truly ye shall serve the Kings people as one of his Serjeants at Law And ye shall truly counsaile them that ye shall be retained with after your cunning and ye shall not deferre tract nor delay their causes willingly forcovetousnes of money or other thing that may turne you to profit and ye shall give due attendance according As God you helpe and his Saints The Oath of the Master of the Rolls YOu shall sweare That well and lawfully ye shall serve the King our Soveraigne Lord and his People in the Office of Clerke or Master of the Rolls to the which ye be called Yee shall not assent ne procure the dis-inheritance ne perpetuall damage of the King to your power ne fraud ye shall do nor cause to be made wrongfully to any of his People ne in any thing that toucheth the Seale and lawfully yee conceale the things that toucheth the King when ye shall be thereto required And the counsell that ye shall give touching him ye shall not disclose And if ye know any thing of the dis-inheritance or damage of the King or fraud to be made upon any thing that toucheth the keeping of the Seale ye shall put your lawfull power that to redresse and amend And if that ye cannot ye shall advise the Chancellor or other which may that amend to your power As God you helpe and his Saints The Oath of the six Clerks in the Chancery YE shall sweare That well and truly ye shall serve the King and his People in the Office of one of the six Clerkes of Chancery whereunto ye be admitted and well and justly order your selfe in the same according to your learning and truly counsell them that ye shall be retained with And ye shall be diligent to further the Kings businesse from time to time as need shall require And ye shall not assent to any fraud or deceit to be had or done by you or any by your consent in any of the Kings Records whereunto ye shall have reeourse but well and truly ye shall entreat the same And ye shall not absent your selfe willingly whereby the Kings businesses or any other shal be undone or hindered without speciall License of the Master of the Rolls or his Deputie for the time being As God you helpe and his Saint The Oath to maintaine the Succession of the Crowne of England YE shall sweare To beare faith truth and obedience all only to the Kings Majestie and to his Heires of his body of his most deere and entirely beloved lawfull wife Queene Anne begotten And farther to the Heires of our said Soveraigne Lord according to the limitation in the Statute made for suretie of his Succession in the Crowne of this Realm mentioned and contained and not to any other within this Realme nor Forraigne Authority or Potentate And in case any Oath be made or hath been made by you to any person or persons that then you to repute the same as vaine and annihilated And that your cunning wits and uttermost of your power without guile fraud or other undue meane yee shall observe keepe maintaine and defend the said Act of Succession and all the whole effects and Contents thereof and all other Acts and Statutes made in confirmation or for due execution of the same or of any thing therein contained And this ye shall do against all manner of persons of what Estate Dignity Degree or Condition soever they be And in no wise do or attempt nor to your power suffer to be done or attempted directly or indirectly any thing or things privily or apartly to be let hinderance damage or derogation thereof or of any part of the same by any manner of meanes or for any manner of pretence So help you God all Saints and the holy Evangelists The Oath of a Clerke of the Petty Bagg YE shall sweare That well and truly ye shall serve the King and his People as one of his Ministers and Clerks in the Office of the Petty-bag whereunto ye be admitted and well and truly order your selfe in the same according to your learning And ye shall be diligent to further the Kings businesse from time to time as need shall require And ye shall not assent to any fraud or deceipt to be had or done by you or any by your consent in any of the Kings Records whereunto ye shall have recourse but well and truly ye shall entreat the same As God you helpe and his Saints The Oath of the Examiner in the Court of Chancery YE shall sweare Well and truly after your cunning and learning to excuse and occupie the Office of one of the Examiners in the Kings Court of Chancerie whereunto you are admitted And dulie justlie and equallie yee shall examine their Causes that shall be committed unto you without any favour or corruption of any person or persons to be had otherwise than shall of right appertain concerning the same And ye shall be attendant as wel to further the Kings businesse as the same Causes from time to time as need shall require And ye shall not publish ne shew the same Depositions to any person afore publication in the Court without the Warrant of the same Court. As God you helpe and his Saints The Oath which the Duke of Bedford and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal tooke in Parliament in Anno 4. H. 6. Nov. 10. for their sincere arbitrating of the variances betweene the Duke of Glocester and the Bishop of Winchester Lord Chancellor of England THat my said Lord of Bedford and my said Lords Spirituall and Temporall and each of them shall as far forth as his cunning and discretions sufficent truly justly and indifferently counsell and advise the King and also proceed and acquit himself in all the said matters and Quarrels withouten that they or any of them shall privilie or apart make or shew himselfe or be partie or parcell therein nought be leaving or schewing so to do for affection love meed or dread of any person or persons And that ye shall in all wise keepe secret all that shall be communed by way of Councell in the Matters and Quarrels abovesaid in the foresaid Parliament withouten that they or any of them shall by word writing or in any wise open it or discover it to any of the said parties or to any other person that is nought of the said Councell but if he have especiall Commandment thereto of the King or of my said Lord of Bedford And that each of them shall with al might and power by him and by his strength aid and assist by way of Counsell and tell unto the King or to my Lord of Bedford and to the remnant of my said Lords to put the said parties to reason and naught suffer that any of the said parties by them or theirs proceed or attempt by way of Feet against the Kings Peace nor helpe assist or comfort any of them thereto but let them with all her might and
by any meanes that may be prejudiciall or contrary to the premisses or any of them But that I shall as soone as I may have knowledge put me in my undelayed devovre in most heartie and effectuous wise and manner without colour or faintnesse with my bodie goods might power counsell and advertisements to resist withstand and subdue all them that would in any wise presume to do contrary to the premisses or any of them So God me help and those holie Evangelists In witnesse whereof I set to these Presents my Seale and my Signe Manuell The Oath of the Lieutenant of the Tower of London YOu shall sweare That you shall well and truly serve the Kings Majestie in the Lieutenancie of the Tower of London and the same Tower yee shall faithfully and safely keepe to the behalfe of his Majestie his Heires and lawfull Successors And the profit of the Kings Majestie ye shall do and advance in all things that you as Lieutenant of the Tower belongeth And the Rights and Priviledges of the Towre that to the same lawfully appertaine you shall keepe and preserve You shall heare nothing that may be hurtfull to the Tower or prejudiciall to his Majestie but that with all convenient speed you shall disclose it to some of his Majesties Privie Councell In these and all other things that to a Lieutenant of the Tower belongeth to do well and faithfully you shall according to your best power and knowledge performe fulfill and keepe So help you God c. The Oath ministred to certaine persons for the renouncing of their profession of Lollardisme in Rich. 2. his time vide Claus Anno Rich. 2. Nov. 18. Dorso MEmorandum quod primo die Decembris Anno Regni Regis Rich. 2. Post Conquestum 19 Willus Divet Nichus Taylor Nichus Poncher Will Staynor de Nottingham in Canc. prim Regis Personaliter Constit Sacram. divisim prestiteriut sub eo qui sequitur Tenore I William Deonet before you worshipful Fader Lord Arch-Bishop of Yorke and your Clergie with my free will and full advised sweare to God and all his Saints upon the holy Gospell That for this day forthward I shall worship Images with praying and offering unto them in the worship of Saints that they be made offer And also I shall never despise Pilgrimage ne States of holy Church in no degree And also I shall be Buxim to the Lawes of holie Church and to yhorne as my Arch-Bishop and to my other Ordinaries and Curates and keepe your Lawes upon my power and maintaine them And also I shall never more maintaine ne teachen ne defend a Errour Conclusions ne teachings of the Lollards ne swich Conclusions and Teachings that men clepite Lollards Doctrine ne shall her Bookes ne swich Bookes ne hem or any suspect or defamed of Lollardie receive or company withall wittingly or defend in your matters And if I know any swich and also I shall excite and stirre all tho to good Doctrine that I have hindered with my Doctrine up my power And also I shall stand to your Declaration which is Heresie or Errour and do thereafter and also with Pennance yhe wooke for that I have done for maintaining of this false Doctrine inmyns me I shall fulfill it and I submit me thereto up my power And also I shall make no other glosse of this mine Oath but as the words stand And if it be so that I come againe or do againe this or any part thereof I yeeld me here comptable as an Heretick and to be punished by the Law as an Heretick and to forfeit all my Goods to the Kings will withouten any other processe of Law And thereto I require the Notarie to make of all this the which is my will and instrument against me The Oath of Fidelity by the Priour of St. Johns of Ierusalem in Dorso Claus Anno 14. Edw. 4. Nov. 5. I shall be faithfull and true and faith and truth shall beare to the King our Soveraigne and to his Heires Kings of England of Life and Limbe and of Earthly worship for to Live and Die against all people and diligently I shall be attendant unto the Kings needes and businesses after my wit and power and to him and to his Commandments in that that to me attaineth and belongeth I shall be obeysant As God me helpe and his Saints A Copie of Oath of the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and the rest of the Kings Councell sworne for performance of the Articles Matrimonial treated and had betweene the High and mighty Prince Charles Prince of Wales and the highnesse of the Infanta of Spaine and their commissaries on both Parties the 20 Iuly 1625. I George Archbishop of Canterbury doe sweare that I will Justifie and faithfully observe so much as in me lyeth all and each of the Articles which are contained in the Treaty of Matrimony betweene the most Excellent Prince Charles Prince of Wales and the most Excellent Lady the Lady Mary Infanta of Spaine And I doe also sweare That I will neither Execute nor cause to be Executed any Law made against any Romane Cotholique or exact any paine imposed thereby neither by my selse nor any inferior Ministers serving under me but in all things appertaining unto me I will faithfully observe the orders of the Kings Majestie in this behalfe made and provided The Oath which King Chaarles tooke at the time of his Coronaion AFter the Sermon was done the Archbishop of Cauteebury came to the King and with a low voyce inquires of his Majesty saying SIR will you grant and keepe and by your Oath confirme to the people of England their Lawes and Customes to them granted by the Kings of England your lawfull and religious predecessors and namly the lawes Customes and Franchizes granted to the Clergie and to the People by the King Saint Edward your predecessor according and comformable to the Lawes of God and profession of the Gospell established in this Kingdome and agreeing to the prerogatives of the Kings thereof and to the ancient Customes of this Realme Respons I grant and promise to keepe Sir will you keepe peace and agreement entierly according to your power both to God the holy Church the Clergie and the People Respons I will keepe it Sir will you to your power cause Law Justice and mercie in discretion and truth to be executed in all your Judgements Respons I will Sir will you grant to hold and keepe the Lawes and rightfull Customes which the Communalty of your Kingdome have and to defend and uphold them to the Honour of God so much as in you lyeth Respons I grant and promise so to doe Legatur Admonitio sequens ab uno Episcopo coram omnibus Clars voce sic dicendo Domine Rex a vohis perdonaci petimus vnicuique de nobis Ecclesiis omnis commssis Canonicum Privilegium debitam legem atque justitiam conservetis defentiones exhibiatis sicut Rex in suo Regno debet vnicuique Episcopo
Poer 〈◊〉 Respons Jeo les graunte promitte The Oath taken by Charles the first King of great Britaine at his Coronation AFter the Sermon done the Metropolitan commeth to the King and doth wâ—th a low voyce enquire of his Majestie saying Sir Will you grant and keep and by your Oath confirme to the People of England the Laws and Customes to them granted by the Kings of England your Lawfull and Religious Predecessors And namely The Lawes Customes and Franchizes granted to the Clergie and to the People by the glorious King Saint Edward your Predecessor according and conformable to the Lawes of God and Profession of the Gospell Established in this Kingdome and Agreeing to the Prerogatives of the Kings thereof and to the Antient Customes of this Relame Respons I grant and Promise to keepe them Sir Will you keepe Peace and Agreement entirely according to your Power both to God the Holy Church the Clergie and the People Respons I will keepe it Sir Will you to your Power cause Law Justice and Mercie in discretion and Truth to bee Executed in all your Judgements Respons I will Sir Will you grant to hold and keep the Laws and Rightfull Customes which the Commonaltie of the Kingdome have And to defend and uphold them to the honour of God so much as in you lyeth Respons I grant and promise so to doe Legatur Admonitio sequens ab uno Episcopo Coram Omnibus Clara voce sic dicendo Domine Rex a vobis Pardonari Petimus unicuique de nobis Eccliis nobis commissis Cannonicum Privilegium debitam Legem atque Justitiam conservetis defensionem exhibiatis sicut Rex in suo Regno dâ—bet unicuique Episcopo Eccliis sibi commissis Responder Kex Anime Lâ—benti devoto promitto vobis Pardono Quia unacuique de uobis Ecclesiis vobis Commissis Canonicum Privilegium debitam Legem atque justitiam servabo defensionem quantum potuero adjuvante Domino exhibeo sicut Rex in suo Regno unicuique Episcopo Ecclesiis sibi Comissis per rectum defendere debet This being done the King cometh to the Altar and laying his right hand on the Bible saith These things which I have before promised I shall observe and keepe So God me help and by the Contents of this Booke The Oath taken by such as are convicted for stealing the Kings Venison and therefore ordered to abjure the Land MAster Crowner heare you this That I have offended our Soveraigne Lord the King in his Venison for which cause I abjure the Realme of England and hereafter I shall never return into it againe without the leave of our Soveraigne Lord the King So God me helpe and those holy Saints The Oath of a Ranger of the Forrest YOu shall truly execute the Office of a Ranger in the Panralles of W. upon the Borders of the Kings Forrest of Waltham you shall rechuse and with your hand drive back againe the wilde Beasts of the Forrest as often as they shall range out of the said Forrest into your Panralles you shall truly present all unlawfull hunting and hunters of wilde Beasts of Venire and Chase as well within the Pancallees as within the Forrest And those and all other Offences you shall present at the Kings next Court of Attachments or Swanmothe which shall first happen So God you helpe The Oath of a Verderor of the Forrest YOu shall truly serve our Soveraigne Lord the King in the Office of a Verderor in the Forrest of W. you shall to the uttermost of your power and knowledge do for the profit of the King so far as it doth appertaine unto you to do You shall preserve and maintaine the ancient Right and Franchizes of the Crowne you shall not conceale from his Majestie any Right of Priviledges nor any Offence either in Vert or Venison nor any other thing You shall not withdraw nor abridge any defaults but shall endeavour your selfe you shall give knowledge thereof unto the King or unto his Justice of the Forrest Ye shall deale indifferently with all the Kings Liege People You shall execute the Lawes of the Forrest and do equall Right and Justice as well unto the poore as unto the rich that appertaineth unto your Office You shall not oppresse any person by colour thereof for any Reward Favour or Malice All these things you shall to the uttermost of your power observe and keep So help you God The Oath of the Regarder of the Forrest YOu shall truly serve our Soveraigne Lord the King in the Office of a Regarder of the Forrest of Waltham you shall make the Regard of the same Forrest in such manner as the same hath been accustomed to be made You shall range throughout the whole Forrest and through every Bayliwick of the same as the Forresters there shall leade you to view the same Forrest and if the Forresters will not or do not know how to leade you to make the regard or range of the Forrest or that they will conceale from you any thing that is forfeited to the King you your selves shall not let for any thing but you shal see the same forfeiture and cause the same to be enrolled in your Roll You shall enquire of all wasts purprostures and asserts of the Forrest and also of concealemente of any offence or trespasse in the Forrest either in Vert or Venison by any Officers of the same Forrest And all these things you shall to the uttermost of your power do So helpe you God The Oath of a Forrester of the Forrest YOu shall truly execute the Office of a Forrester or Keeper of the Kings wilde Beasts in the Walke called P. within this Forrest of W. You shall be of good behaviour your selfe towards his Majesties wilde Beasts and the vert of the same Forrest You shall not conceale the offence of any other person either in Vert or Venison that shal be done within your Charge but as well the same offence as also all Attachments and Swanmothe other you shall present at the Kings next Court of Attachments or Swanmothe which shall first happen to be holden for the 〈◊〉 Forrest And you shall to the uttermost of your power maintaine and keep the Assizes of the Forrest and in all things the Kings Right defend concerning the same so long as you shall bee Keeper there So help you God c. The Oath of the Inhabitants of the Forrest being of the age of twelve yeares as the same hath been accustomed and used in antient time YOu shall true Liegeman be unto the Kings Majestie You shall no hurt do unto his Beasts of his Forrest nor unto any thing that doth belong thereto the offences of other you shall not conceale but to the uttermost of your power you shall them reveale unto the Officers of the Forrest or to them that may see the same redrest All these things you shall see done So help you God and Holidome The Oath of
Writings lying in his Treasury not suffering any of them to be harmed lost or altered by your default nor yet to be removed abroad to any place out of the said Treasury but onely by Warrant or Licence from the Lord Treasurer of England And when any such Licence or Command shall be given yet you shall not rudely adventure the carrying thereof by water if you may have convenient passage by Land And you shall to the best of your power conserve all the ancient and laudable Customes of this Court without permitting any new errour to arise if you be able to resist it and where you are not able you shall speedily disclose it to the Lord Treasurer of England for reformation Finally you shall in all things concerning this your Office be obedient faithfull and true to the Lord Treasurer for the time being and shall not bewray the secrets of this Court nor yet any waste make of the Kings goods for any cause So help you God and all Saints and by the Contents of that Booke The Oath of the Writer of the Tallyes and Counter Tallyes YOu shall sweare That you shall truly and faithfully write all the Tallyes and Counter-Tallyes otherwise called the Joyles of the said Tallyes of all manner of payments in the Court of Receipt to be made and to give good attendance to the same helping to dispatch all manner of Accomptants according to the antient customes of this Court and to make Declarations for the declaring of all manner of Receipts and Payments there received and paid from time to time to the Lord Treasurer of England or to the under Treasurer for the time being and especially to regard and so from time to time unto the Entries safe keeping taking out shewing delivery and laying up all manner of Leagues and other Writings of any other parties which remain within the King our Soveraigne Lord his Treasury to whom you shall bee true secret and faithfull during the time of your being in the said Office So help you God and all Saints The new Oath of the Writer of the Pell made in the sixth yeare of King Edward the sixth YOu shall swearee That you shall truly and faithfully keepe the Kings Majesties Book within this his Court called the Pell for the speedy expedition of his Accomptants for their surety And you shall delay none of the Kings Accomptants for favour meed affection or dread and see all wayes that no untrue entry be made in the said Pell And if you know of any errour done within the said Court you shall shew it to the Lord Treasurer or to the under Treasurer without any delay thereof to be made And the secrets of this Court you shall nor bewray So help you God and all Saints The Oath of the Vsher of the Exchequer YEe shall sweare That ye shall well and truly serve the Treasurer and Chamberlaines of the Exchequer in your roome of Ushership to the Lord Treasurer of England within this Court of the Kings Receipts and shall diligently lock and keep the doors of the Kings Treasury in due time for safety of his good And the same doores ye shall be ready to open againe at all times when the same Lord Treasury and Chamberlaines or other their Clerks and Deputies shall have occasion to enter and there shall give your attendance till their departure And ye shall demand no unjust allowance for any necessaries or other kinde of thing by you bought for service of the King within this Court And ye shall to your power helpe and further all such the Kings Accomptants as shall have to do in this Court. So help you God and Holidome and by the Contents of that Book The Oath ministred unto the Souldiers serving under the Earle of Leicester in the Low Countries WEE do sweare and promise To do all loyall true and faithfull service unto the Queene of England her most Excellent Majesty and unto the Provinces and Cities united in these Countries and their Associates under the charge and obedience of the Right Excellent the Earle of Leicester Governour generall of the said Provinces and Cities and their Associates and of her Majesties Armie and Forces within the same and all lawfull and due obedience unto the said Governour and to any other Superiour that shall have charge under him for Government in this Armie And further we do promise to endeavour our selves to keep and fulfill all such lawfull Ordinances as his Excellency hath or shall set forth and establish for the better ordering of this Army as much as concerns us so long as we shall serve under him So help us God by Jesus Christ The Oath of the Governour of Barwick YOU shall sweare To bee faithfull and true to our Soveraigne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace of God Queene of England France and Ireland Defendor of the Faith c. and to keepe and defend to the use of her Majesty her Heires and Successors this Towne of Barwick and the Marchesse of the same to the uttermost of your power and according to your Office you shall not be absent at any time from your Office without her Majesties speciall License containing in the same the names of such to whom your charge shall be committed in your absence except it be upon reasonable causes to go into the Wardencie of the East Marches for the service thereof or to some osher part of Nortbuneberland upon any your needfull causes at which time neverthelesse you shall depute the Marshall or in his absence the next principall Officer to take your charge of this Towne You shall cause all the Officers of this Towne to doe their duties or else see them punished without favour or delay you shall use the advice of all those which be Councellors of this Towne for any matter concerning the Government thereof except the matter shall touch any of themselves in which the same parties shall be excluded for the time you shall see that this Towne and the Garrison be provided of a convenient force of Victuall of all sorts from time to time And that the Mayor and his Brethren shall doe their duties for the Common-weale of the same Towne according to their Jurisdiction You shall administer Justice truly and indifferently to all manner of persons having any Cause depending before you You shall not admit nor suffer to be admitted any manner of person to be of this Garrison that shall be born out of the Realme of England or Ireland nor above the number of fortie that shall be borne within the Realme of Ireland You shall at sundry times visite the Gates and Posternes of this Towne the Locks and Shuttings thereof the Towne Walls Bulworkes Ditches Ordinance Artillery and Munition and the Houses of the Stoage of the same and cause to be redressed to the best of your power any thing therein amisse Finally you shall quarterly puruse the Statutes and Ordinances heretofore made and now remaining in force for the Government of this Towne
the said King his Heires or Successors or any absolution of the said Subjects from their Obedience I will beare faith and true Allegiance to his Majesty his Heires and Successors and him and them will defend to the uttermost of my power against all conspiracies and contempts whatsoever which shall be made against his or their Persons their Crowne and Dignitie by reason or colour of any such Sentence or Declaration or otherwise and will do my best indearour to disglose and make knowne unto his Majesty his Heires and Successors all Treasons and treacher oâ—â— Conspiracies which I shall know or heare of 〈◊〉 to be against him or them And I do further sweare That I do from my heart abhorre detest and alâ—jure as impious and hereâ—â— call his damnoâ—â— Doctrine and Position this Princes waâ—â— be deprived or Excommunicated of the Pope may be deposed or murthered by their Subjects or any other whatsoever And I doe beleeve and in conscience am resolved that neither the Pope nor any person whatsoever hath power to absolve me of this Oath or any part thereof which I acknowledge by good and full Authority to be lawfully administred unto me and doe renounce all Pardons and Dispensations to the contrary and all those things I doe plainly and sincerely acknowledge and sweare according to these expresse words by me spoken and according to the plaine and common sence and understanding of the same words without any equivocation or mentall evasion or secret reservation whatsoever And I doe make this Recognition and acknowledgement heartily willingly and truly upon the true faith of a Christian So helpe me God c. The Oath of Supremacy J A. B. Doe utterly testifie and declare in my conscience that the Kings Highnesse is the only Supreame Governour of this Realme and all other his Highnesse Dominions countries as well in all Spirituall and Ecclesiasticall things or causes as Temporall And that no Forraigne Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction Power Superiority Preeminence or Authoritie Ecclesiasticall or Spirituall within this Realme And therefore I doe utterly renoune and forsake all Forraigne Jurisdictions Powers Superiorities and Authorities and doe promise that from henceforth I shall beare Faith and true Allegiance to the Kings Highnesse his Heires and lawfull Successors and to my power shall assist and defend all Jurisdictions Priviledges Pâ—eeminencies and Authorities granted or belonging to the Kings Highnesse his Heires and Successors or united and annexed to the Imperiall Crowne of the Realme The Oath of Franck Pledge within the City of London YEE shall sweare That yee shall be good and true to our Soveraigne Lord the King of England and to his Heires Kings and the Kings Peace yee shall keepe and see that it be kept And to all the Ministers of the City yee shall be obedient and at all times yee shall be ready to helpe the Officers of the City in doing of their Offices for resting of Mis-doers in keeping of the Kings Peace and for to follow them from Street to Street and Ward to Ward unto the time they be Arrested and brought to one of the Counters and if yee know any Congregation or Conventicles of any mis doers within the Ward yee shall doe the Aldermen to weete thereof and all other points within the Wardmoote yee shall well and truly keepe So helpe yee God and by this Booke The Oath of the Scavengers of the Ward YEe shall sweare That yee shall well and diligently over-see that the Pavements in every Ward be well and rightfully repaired and not hausted to the noyance of the Neighbours and that the Waies Streetes and Lanes be kept cleane from Dung and other Filth for the honesty of this City and that all the Chimnies Redosses and Furnaces be made or Stone for defence of Fire and if yee know any such yee shall shew it to the Alderman that he may make due redresse thereof and this yee shall not seave So helpe you God c. The Oath for Brokers in London YEE shall sweare That yee shall neither buy nor â—ell nor other for you any manner of Merchandize by fraud or collusion to your owne proper use within the Franchises of this City nor without And that yee neither make nor doe to be made any manner Bargaine betweene Forraigner and Forraigner or Forraigner and Stranger within the Franchises of this City nor without upon paine of forfeiture of one hundred pound to the Chamber of London and losing of your Office for ever Also that yee buy no manner of Merchandize of any person within the Franchises of this City nor without to no persons use that yee bring the Seller and the Buyer together making a rightfull Bargaine betweene them if you be required and that yee shall neither suffer nor counsell any other person to use Brokeage within the said City or the Franchises of the same but if he be admitted and sworne and hath found sufficient Surety to doe well and truly and keepe and observe all these Articles and Ordinances and if yee know any person so doing yee shall open it to the Mayor and Aldermen and else yee shall be deprived of your Office for ever Also yee shall be in no Liverie with any Person nor Host any manner of Stranger or Alien upon paine of losing of your Office for ever Also yee shall doe all your Bargaines that yee shall make betweene any manner of persons to be written in a Booke and that yee shall have the same Booke ready before the Mayor and Aldermen for the time being at all times when he by them shall be required to testifie the Bargaines aforesaid Also that yee shall not be dwelling harboured nor lodged with any Merchant Stranger within the Citie of London or Liberty thereof Also yee shall make no manner Bargaine of Usurie nor exchange of Usurie nor any other false Chevisance nor untrue Bargaine nor Contract nor meddle nor consent to the same in any wise no such Bargaine favour nor counsell or hide but them disclose to the Mayor and Aldermen of the same Citie for the time being and this you shall not leave So God you helpe The Oath of the Sheriffe of Londons Serjeant YEE shall sweare That yee shall well and truly serve the Sheriffe of London in your Office of Serjeantship and the Franchises of London Yee shall sweare and maintaine to your power and all manner persons that yee shall Arrest by Plaint Writ or by Fray or by any other lawfull cause yee shall bring them unto the Counter if yee be of power Also yee shall warne no person to agreewith the Creditors of their Debts but that a Plaint of such Debts be lawfully made Also yee shall wâ—rne no person on whom a Plaint or a Writ is on in the Counter and yee shall well and truly enter such Plaints as yee shall have of your Clients or any other person Also all manner of Mercements and Fines that yee
of Bedford and to the remnant of my said Lords to put the said parties to reason and naught suffer that any of the said parties by them or theirs proceed or attempt by way of feet against the Kings Peace nor helpe assist or comfort any of them hereto but let him with all her might and power and wiâ—hstand him and assist unto the King and my said Lord of Bedford in keeping of the Kings Peace and redressing of all such manner of proceedings by way of feet and force The Oath of a Bishop J A B Doctor in Divinity late Bishop of D. and now elected Bishop of L. do verily testifie and declare in my conscience that your Majesty is the only supreame Governour of this Realme of England and of all other your Majesties Domions and Countries as well in all Spirituall and Ecclesiasticall Causes as Temporall and that no Forreigne Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Jurisdictory power superiority preeminence or authority Ecclesiasticall or Temporall within this Realme and therefore I doe utterly renounce and forsake all forraigne Jurisdictions Powers superiorities and authorities and doe promise that from henceforth I shall and will beare true faith and allegiance to your Majesty your lawfull Heires and Successors and to my power shall assist and defend all Jurisdictions Priviledges Preeminents and Authorities granted and belonging to your Highnesse your Heires and lawfull Successors or united or annexed to the Imperiall Crowne of this your Majesties Realmes and further I acknowledge and confesse to have the said Bishop of L. and the Possessions there of your Highnesse and after the same I doe my homage presently unto your Majesty to whom and to your lawfull Heires and Successors I shall be faithfull and true So help me God and the contents of this book The Oath of a Privie Counsellor framed now in the time of King James YOu shall sweare To be a true and faithfull Servant unto the Kings Majestie and one of his Privie Councell you shall not know or understand of any manner thing to be attempted done or spoken against his Majesties Person Honour Crowne or dignity Royall but you shall let and withstand the same to the uttermost of your power and either cause it to be revealed unto his Majestie himselfe or to such of his Privie Councell as shall advertise his Highnesse of the same you shall in all things to be moved treated and debated in Councell faithfully and truly declare your minde and opinion according to your heart and conscience and shall keepe secret all matters committed and revealed unto you or that shall be treated of secretly in Councell and if any of the same Treaties or Councells shall touch any of the Councellors you shall not reveale it unto him but shall keepe the same untill such time as by the consent of his Majestie or of the Councell publication shall be made thereof You shall to your utmost beare faith and allegiance unto the Kings Majestie his Heires and lawfull Successors and shall assist and defend all Jurisdictions Preeminences and Authorities granted to his Majestie and annexed to his Crowne against all forreigne Princes Persons Prelates or Potentates c by Act of Parliament or otherwise and generally in all things you shall doe as a faithfull and true Servant and Subject ought to doe to his Majesty So helpe you God and by the holy contents of this book The Oath of the Lord Privie Seale YEE shall as farre forth as your cunning and discretion sufficeth truly justly and evenly execute and exercise the Office of Keeper of the Kings Privie Seale to you by his Highnesse committed not leaving or eschewing so to doe for affection love meede doubt or dread of any person or persons and yee shall take speciall regard that the said Privie Seale in all places where you shall direct unto may be in such substantiall wise used and safely that no other person without the Kings specâ—all commandment or your assent or knowledge shall more seale or imprint any thing with the same and generally yee shall observe fulfill and doe all and every thing which to the Office of the Keeper of the Kings Privie Seale duely belongeth and appertaineth So helpe you God and by the contents of this book The Oath of a Secretary of State YOu shall sweare To be a true and faithfull Servant unto the Kings Majestie as one of the Secretaries of his Majesties Highnesse Privie Councell you shall not know or understand of any matter or thing to be attempted done or spoken against his Majesties Person Honour Crown or Dignity Royall but you shall let and withstand the same to the uttermost of your power and either doe or cause it to be revealed either to his Majesty himselfe or to his Privie Councell You shall keepe secret all matters revealed and committed unto you or that shall be secretly treated of in Councell and if any of the said Treaties or Councells shall touch any of the said Councellors you shall not reveale the same unto him but shall keepe the same untill such time as by the consent of his Majesty or of the Councell publication shal be made thereof you shall to your uttermost beare faith and allegiance unto the Kings Majesty his Heires and lawfull Successors and shall assist and defend all Jurisdictions Preeminencies and Authorities granted to his Majesty and annexed to his Crown against all forreigne Princes Persons Prelates Potentates c. by Act of Parhament or otherwise And generally in all things you shall doe as a faithfull and true Servant and Subject ought to doe to his Majesty So help you God and by the holy contents of this booke This clause above noted thus C. C. is the same which is set downe more largely in the Oath of Supremacie in the first Act of Parliament in the first yeare of Queen Elizabeth which Oath must be taken at the same time with this and therefore is not needfull to be here recited The Oath of the Lord Keeper of the Great Seale of England YE shall sweare That well and truly you shall serve our Soveraigne Lord the King and his people in the Office of the Lord Keeper of the Great Seale of England and ye shall doe right to all manner of People poore and rich after the Lawes Usages of this Realm and truly yee shall councell the King and his Councell you shall leave and keepe and you shall not know nor suffer the hurt or dis-heriting of the King or that the rights of the Crowne be decreased by any meane as farre forth as you may let it and if you may not let it you shall make it cleerly and expresly to be knowne unto the King with your true advice and counsell aâ—d that you shall doe and purchase the Kings profit in all that you reasonably may as God you help and by the contents of this book The Oath of the Clerke of the Signet YOu shall be true to our
in the same Shire where you be Sheriffe in or other Justices having power or authoritie to make any Writs unto you by the Law of the Land or Justice of Newgate You shall make your Bayliffe of the true and sufficient men in the Countrey Yee shall bee dwelling in your owne proper person within your Bayliffewicke for the time you shall be in the same Office except yee be otherwise Licensed by the King You shall not let your Sheriffe-wicke nor any Bayliffe-wicke thereof to Farme to any man Yee shall truely set and returne reasonable and due Iusses of them that be within your Bayliffe wicke after their Estate and their Haviour and make your Pannell your selfe of such persons as be most meet most sufficient and not suspect nor procured as it is ordained by the Statute And over this in eschewing and restraining of the Robberies Man-slaughters and other manifold grievous offences that bee done dayly namely by such as name themselves Souldiers and by other Vagarants the which increase in multitude and number So that the Kings true Subjects may not safelie ride nor goe to doe such things as they have to doe to their intollerable hurt and hinderance Yee shall truly effectually with all diligence possible to your power execute the Statutes of Winchester and of Vagabonds All these things yee shall well and truely observe and keepe So help you God c. The Oath with is usually ministred to a Justice of the Peace in the severall Counties of England YEE shall sweare That as Justice of Peace in the Countie of S. in all Articles in the Kings Commission to you directed yee shall doe equall right to the poore as to the rich after your cunning wit and power and after the Lawes and Customes of this Realme and Statutes thereof made And yee shall not bee of counsell with any person in any quarrell hanging before you Yee shall truely cause to be entred without any concealment or imbezelling and truely send them to the Kings Exchequer Yee shall not let for gift or other cause but well and truely yee shall do your Office of Justice of the Peace to be done but of the King and Fees accustomed and costs limited by the Statute And yee shall not direct or cause to be directed any Warrant by you to bee made to the parties but yee shall direct them to the Bayliffes of the said Countie or other the Kings Officers and Ministers or other indifferent persons to do Execution thereof So helpe yee God and by the contents of this Booke The Oath of the Register and Keeper of the Kings Papers and Records of State in his Pallace of White-hall at Westminster YOu shall sweare To beare faith and true Allegiance unto the Kings Majestie and him from henceforth truely and faithfully to serve in the place of Clerke Keeper and Register of his Majesties Papers and Records for matters of State established at his Majesties Pallace of White-hall You shall doe your uttermost endeavour to keepe and conserve the said Papers and Records which either now or hereafter shall be committed to your charge from all harme and dammage You shall not willingly suffer any of the same to be purloyned embezled or defaced You shall carefully and faithfully keepe secret and conceale from the knowledge of others either by writing or relation all such things therein contained as shall be fit either for reason of State or otherwise for his Majesties service to be concealed and kept secret except it be to the Lords and others of his Majesties Privie Councell or such as his Majestie shall be content to have them communicated unto if you shall know of private person or persons that have embezled or doe detaine any such Papers or Records which belong unto his Majestie you shall doe the best to recover the same and bring them to the said Office and doe all things else that belong to the dutie of the Clerke Keeper and Register of the said Papers and Records All these you shall well and truely performe and doe So help you God The Oath to be ministrrd to the Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries YEE shall sweare That well and truely yee shall serve the King in the Office of the Master of the Kings Wards and shall minister equall Justice unto rich and poore to the best of your cunning wit and power And that yee shall diligently procure all things which may honestly and justly be to the Kings Advantage and Profit and to the Augmentation of the Rights and Prerogatives of his Crowne and truely use the Kings Seale appointed to your Office and also endeavour your selfe to the uttermost of your power to see the King justly and truely answered yearely of all such Rents Revenues Issues and Profits which shall or may arise grow or be due to the King in your Office and from time to time deliver with speed such as shall have to doe before you And that yee shall not take nor receive of any person any Gift or Reward in any case or matter depending before you or wherein the Kings Highnesse shall be Partie whereby any prejudice losse hindrance or disherison shall grow or be to the Kings Highnesse So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath to be ministred to the Atturney of the Court of Wards and Liveries as it is in the Statute 32. H. 8. Ca. 16. YEE shall sweare That yee well and truely shall serve the King as his Atturney in all Courts for or concerning any matter or cause that shall concerne the Possessions and Hereditaments limited to the Surveigh and Governance of this Court and procure the Kings Profit thereof And that yee shall truely counsell the King and the Master of this Court in all things concerning the same to the best of your wit and cunning and with all speed and diligence from time to time at the calling of the said Master ye shall endeavour your selfe for the hearing and determination indifferently of such matters and causes as shall depend before the said Master that yee shall not take any Gift or Reward in any matter or cause depending in the same Court or elsewhere wherein the King shall be Partie whereby the Kings Majestie shall be hurted or hindred or dis-herited And further yee shall doe to your power wit and cunning all and everie thing that shall appertaine to your Office So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of the Receiver-generall of the Court of Wards and Liveries as in Statute Anno 32. H. 8. Ca. 46. YEE shall sweare That yee shall well and truely serve the King our Soveraigne Lord and his People in the Office of the generall Receiver of this Court And yee shall reasonably and honestly procure the Kings Profit and doe right to all manner of People poore and rich in those things which touch your Office And the Kings Receipt of his Money you shall truely keepe dispend pay and deliver and true declaration and Accompt make
thereof from time to time without any concealment according to the Act made for the establishment of this Court And further shall doe every thing that of right appertaineth to your Office So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of the Auditors of the Court of Wards and Liveries as in the Statute Anno 32. H. 8. Ca. 46. YEE shall sweare That yee shall truely serve the King in your Office and true Allowance make to everie person which shall be accomptant before you And you shall not take or receive of poore or rich any Gift or Reward in any matter or cause depending or to be discussed in the same Court but such as shall be ordinarie appertaining to your Office whereby the King shall be hurted hindred or dis-herited And yee shall doe all and every thing which shall be appertaining to your Office So helpe you God and all Saints And all Particular Auditors that shall belong to and be appointed to the said Court shall take the same Oath aforesaid before the Master of the said Court of Wards The Oath of the particular Receivers of the Court of Wards and Liveries as in the Statute Anno 32. H. 8. Ca. 46. YEE shall sweare That yee trutly shall serve the King in your Office and nothing conceale but true Accompt make of all such Revenues Rents summes of Money and other Profits wherewith yee shall be lawfully charged by reason of your Office Yee shall make no Petition or aske Allowance but such as shal be good just true and reasonable And also truely content and pay to the King all such summes of Money as shall come to your hands and yee shall doe all and everie thing and things which yee ought to doe by reason of your Office according to the forme and effect of this Act So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of the Clerks of the Councell of the Court of Wards as in the Statute 32. H 8. Ca. 46. YEE will sweare That yee shall well and truely serve the King in your Offices of Clerks of the Councell of this Court and truely doe and Execute all and everie thing and things which yee ought to doe by reason of your Office according to the forme and effect of this Act So helpe you God and all Saints All Surveyors and Feodaries that shall be appoynted by the said Master Atturney Receiver generall and Auditor of the said Court or three or two of them whereof the Master to be one shall take a corporall Oath before the said Master according to the forme abovesaid The Oath of the Chancellour of the first Fruits and Tenths as in the Statute Anno 32. H. 8. Ca. 46. YOu shall sweare That yee well and truely serve the King in the Office of the Chancellour-ship of the first Fruits and Tenths and shall minister equall Justice to rich and poor to the best of your cunning wit and power And that yee shall diligently procure all things which may honestly and justly be to the Kings best Advantage and Profit and to the Augmentations of the Rights and Prerogatives of his Crown and truely use the Kings Seale appoynted to your Office and also endeavour your selfe to the uttermost of your power to see the King justly and truly answered yearely of all such Rents Revenues and Profits which shall or may arise grow or be due to the King in your Office and from time to time deliver with speed such as shall have to do afore you And that yee shall not take nor receive of any person any Gift or Reward in any case or matter depending before you or wherein the Kings Highnesse shall be Partie whereby any prejudice hindrance losse or dis-herison shall grow or be to the Kings Highnesse So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of the Treasurer of the Court of first Fruits and Tenths as in the Statute Anno 32. H. 8. Ca. 45. YEE shall sweare That yee shall well and truely serve the King our Soveraigne Lord and his People in the Office of the Treasurer of this Court And yee shall reasonably and honestly procure the Kings Profits and doe right to all manner of people poore and rich in those things which touch your Office and the Kings Receipt of his Mony yee shall truely keepe dispend pay and deliver a true declaration and Accompt thereof shall make from time to time without any concealement according to this Act made for the stablishment of this Court And further shall doe every thing that of right appertaineth to your Office So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of the Atturney of the Court of first Fruits and Tenths as in the Statute Anno 32. H. 8. Ca. 45. YEE shall sweare That yee shall well and truely serve the King as his Atturney in all Courts for and concerning any matter or cause that shall concerne or touch the Rents Revenues Profits or Hereditaments limited to the Survey and Governance of this Court and procure the King Profit thereof And that yee shall truely counsell the King and Chancellour of this Court in all things concerning the same to the best of your cunning wit and power and with all speed and diligence from time to time at the calling of the said Chancellour you shall endeavour your selfe for the hearing and determination indifferently of such matters and causes as shall depend before the said Chancellour And that yee shall not receive any Gift or reward in any matter or cause depending in the Court or elsewhere wherein the King shall be Partie whereby the Kings Majestie shall be hurted hindred or dis-inherited And further yee shall doe to your power wit and cunning all and everie thing that of right appertaineth to your Office So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of the Auditor of the Court of first Fruits and and Tenths as in the Statute Anno 32. H. 8. Ca. 45. YEE shall sweare That yee truly shal serve the King in your Office and true Allowance make to everie person which shall be accomptant before you And you shall not take nor receive of poore nor rich any Gift or Reward in any matter or cause depending or to be discussed in the same Court but such as shall be ordinarie appertaining to your Office whereby the King shall be hurted hindred dis-herited And yee shall doe everie thing appertaining to your Office So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of the Clerk of the Court of first Fruits and Tenths as in the Statute Anno 32. H. 8. Ca. 45. YEE shall sweare That yee shall well and truely serve the King in your Office of Clerke of the Councell of this Court and truely doe and execute all and everie thing and things which yee ought to doe by reason of your Office according to the forme and effect of this Act So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath taken for the suretie of the Succession of the Kings Highnesse by Queene Anne Anno 26. H. 8. Ca.
any time to your custodie without raysing or imbezling of the same So God you helpe c. The Oath of the Ingrosser of the great Roll as it is entred in the Red Booke of the Exchequer YEE shall sweare Clerke of the Pipe That yee shall well and truely serve the Kings Majestie our Soveraigne Lord in the Office of Ingrosser of the great Roll otherwise called the Clerk of the Pipe of this Exchequer and the Office with all the Rolls Records Accompts and other Mynuments being and remaining in the same and that hereafter shall be committed to your custodie and pertaining to the same Office Yee shall safely and surely keepe or doe to be kept to the use of our said Soveraigne Lord the King And yee shall draw or caufe to be drawn out of the Two Remembrancers Offices with all convenient speed all manner of Femes or other Debts and duties to be engrossed And all the said Femes Debts and Duties yee shall set forth to be summoned at the next Liberate And yee shall true entry make of all Awards made by the Court upon any Opposall of any Sheriffs or other Accomptants for and concerning any Femes Debts or other the Kings Duties And the same Awards yee shall set out in the Scrowles of the Pipes And also yee shall well and truely make and discharge or cause to be made and discharged all Allowances and discharges the same Terme or the next Vacatiâ—n before the first day of the next Terme without any further delay And yee shall not take of any person or persons by promise gift reward or otherwise whereby the King may lose or be hindred or his said Femes Debts or other duties may be prolonged or detained by any time or else by the which the right let to any manner of person and persons And well and truely and with all convenient speed yee shall discharge or cause to be discharged all persons of all such things as the Court shall award belonging to your said Office And all this yee shall doe during such time as yee shall be Officer in the said Office without fraud or guile So helpe you God c. The Oath of the Chancellour of the Exchequer as it is entred in the Red Book of the Exchequer YEE shall sweare That yee shall serve well and truly the King our Soveraigne Lord in the Office of Chancellor of this Exchequer and well and truly yee shall doe all things that appartaineth to that Office And yee shall speed the Kings Businesse before all other And yee shall not enseale any Writ of Judgement of any other Place then of the Exchequer with the Seale of this Place whiles the Chancerie shall be 20. miles about the place where this Exchequer is abiding And also yee shall sweare That if it fortune that if hereafter by reason of your Office to make any Clerks or Ministers to execute any Office or Place within this Court yee shall make such Clerks or Ministers as yee will answer for at your perill and such as shall be sufficient true and intendant unto that to them shall appertaine in speed as well of the Kings Businesses as of his people after the forme of the Statute in that behalfe made in the Parliament holden at Westminster the second yeare of the Raigne of King Henry the fixt So help you God c. The Oath of a Baron of the Exchequer as it is entred in the Red Booke of the Exchequer YEE shall sweare That well and truly yee shallserve the King our Soveraigne Lord in the Office of Baron of this Exchequer and lawfully yee shall charge and discharâ—e the people that have to accompt before you and right yee shall doe to all people as well to poore as to rich and that for highnesse for riches neither for hate nor for the estate of any person for benefit gift nor promise of any person that may be made to you or shall be made to you ne by Art nor Engine the Right of the King nor none other you shall disturbe ne respite contrarie to the Lawes of the Land and the Kings Debts yee shall not put in respite there where they may goodly be Levyed and the Kings Bufinesse yee shall speed before all other and that for gift wages or benefit yee shall not conceale the Kings Profit or Advantage in advantage to other nor for your selfe And that yee shall not take Fee neither Robe of any person but of the King onely And yee shall have nothing of any person for to doe wrong or delay the right or to delude or delay the people that have to doe afore you but in all that ye may ye shall deliver them And there where yee may understand wrong or prejudice to be done to the King yee shall put all your power and diligence to redresse it And if yee may not yee shall tell it to the King or to those of his Councell which may shew it to the King if yee may not come unto him And the Kings Councell yee shall keepe in all things So help you God and all Saints The Oath of the Kings ' Remembrancer in the Exchequer as it is entred in the Red Book of the Exchequer YEE shall sweare That you well and truely serve the King our Soveraigne Lord in the Office of Remembrancer of his Majestie of this his Exchequer And the same Office with all the Rolls Records and other Mynuments now lying and remaining in tâ—e same and that hereafter shall be committed to your custodie and appertaining to the same Office yee shall safely and surely keepe or doe to be kept to the use of our said Soveraigne Lord the King and of his Heires Kings of England You shall true Entry make of all Awards and other things to be entred in the said Office and that with all convenient speed You shall not take of any person or persons by promise gift reward or otherwise whereby the Kings Majestie may leese or be hindred or by which the right may be let to any manner of person or persons and all other things belonging to the Master of the said Office to doe yee shall well and truly do without fraud or guile So help you God c. The Oath of the Clerke of the Pleas in the Exchequer as it is entred in the Rea Book of the Exchequer YEE shall sweare That yee shall well and truly intend that which shall appertaine unto your Office in speed as well of the Kings Businesse as of his people and all such rewards as doe or shall concerne your Office you shall safely keepe or cause to be kept And you shall true Entrie make of all Orders Awards and other things to be entred into your said Office and that with all convenient speed And all other things belonging to the Master of the said Office to doe you shall well and truly do So help you God and all Saints The Oath of the Forraigne Opposer of the Exchequer as it is
146 Serjeant to attend a Jurie Sheriffs of the Counties 221 Sheriffs of Oxon and Berks c. 229 Steward of Gascoigne 232 Serjeant at the Law to the King 245 Searcher in the Customes 246 Serjeant at Law 245 Succession of the Crowne 250 Seminarie Priests 302 Sheriffe of a Countie newly altred Succession of H. 8. and Queene Anne 332 Sheepe to be numbred and valued 344 Surveyer of the Liveries 346 Surveyer of the Court of Survey 348 Sub-Treasurer of the Exchequer 375 T. TReasurer-Clerk 34 Treasurer of Barwick 47 Treasurer of the Augmentation 83 Treasurer of the Warre 111 Treasurer of Calice 173 Tenants to the King in a Court Baron Tenants atturning to their Lords Treasurer of England Tronater of London 231 Treasurer of the Kings Houshold 276 Treasurer of the first Fruits 326 Treasurer of the Court of Survey 350 Treasurer of the Exchequer 212 U USher of the Exchequer 40 Verderer of a Forrest 297 Vow and Covenant 407 W. WRiter of the Tables 37 Writer of the Pâ—ll 39 Wardemote Inquest in London 79 THE BOOKE OF OATHES BOTH Ancient and Moderne The Ancient Oath used and taken by the Kings of England at their Coronation THat he shall keepe and maintain the liberties of the holy Church of old time granted by the righteous Christian Kings of England and that he shall keepe all the Lands Honours and Dignities righteous and free of the Crowne of England in all manneâ— holy without any manner of minishments and the rights of the Crowne hurt decay or losse to his power shall call againe into the ancient estate And that he shall keepe the peace of the holy Church and of the Clergy and of the People with good accord And that he shall doe in his judgement equity and right Justice with discretion and mercy And that he shall grant to hold the Lawes and Customes of the Realme and to his power keepe them and affirme them which the Flock and People have chosen And the evill Lawes and Customes wholly to put out and stedfast and stable peace to the people of his Realme keepe and cause to be kept to his power The new Oath used and taken by the Kings of England at their Coronation THe King shall then sweare King H. 8. corrected the old Oath with his owne hand to the effect of this the Originall is in the hands of Sir Robert Corton Knight and Baroner 1625 that he shall keepe and maintaine the lawfull Right and the Liberties of old time granted by the Righteous Christian Kings of England to the holy Church of England not prejudiciall to his Jurisdiction and Dignity Royall and that he shall keepe all the Lands Honours and Dignities Righteous and Freedomes of the Crowne of England in all manner whole without any manner of minishment and the right of the Crowne hurt decay or lost to his power shall call againe into the ancient estate and that he shall endeavour himselfe to keep unity in his Clergy and Temporall Subjects and that he shall according to his conscience in all his Judgements minister equity right and Justice shewing where is to be shewed mercy and that he shall grant to hold the Lawes and approved Customes of the Realme and lawfull and not prejudiciall to his Crowne or imperiall Jurisdiction to his power keepe them and affirme them which the Nobles and People have made and chosen with his consent and the evill Lawes and Customes wholly to put out and steadfast and stable peace to the People of his Realme keep and cause to be kept to his power in those which honour and equity doe require The Oath of a Privie Councellor YOu shall sweare To the uttermost part of your cunning wit will and power you shall be true and faithfull to the Queenes Majesty our most deare and Soveraigne Lady and to her Highnesse Heires and Successors Kings and Queenes of England according to the limitation of the Statute made in the yeare of the Reigne for the establishment of the succession of the Crowne Imperiall of this Realme You shall not know nor heare any thing that may in any wayes be prejudiciall to her Majesty or to her Heires and Successors in forme aforesaid or to the Common-wealths peace and quiet of this her Majesties Realme but you shall with all diligence reveale and disclose the same to her Majesty or to such person or persons of her Highnesse Privie Councell as you shall think may and will honestly convey and bring it to her Majesties knowledge you shall serve her Majesty truly and faithfully in the roome and place of her Highnesse Privie Councell you shall keepe close and secret all such matters as shall be treated disputed debated and resolved of in Councell without disclosing the same or any part thereof to any but only to such only as be of the Privie Councell and yet if any matter so propounded treated disputed and debated in any such Councell shall touch any particular person sworne of the same upon any such matter as shall in any wise concerne his fidelity and truth to the Queenes Majesty you shall in no wise open the same to him but keep it secret as you would doe from any other person till the Queenes Majesties pleasure be knowne in that behalfe you shall in all things to be moved treated disputed and debated in any such Councell faithfully and truly declare your minde and opinion according to your heart and conscience in no wise forbearing so to do for any manner of respect of favour love need dread displeasure or corruption Finally you shall be vigilant diligent and circumspect in all your doings and proceedings touching the Queenes Majesty and her Affaires all which points before expressed you shall faithfully observe fulfill and keepe to the uttermost of your power wit and cunning So God you helpe and by the holy Contents of this Booke The Oath of the Clerke of the Councell YOu shall sweate To be a true and faithfull Servant unto the Queenes Majesty as one of the Clerks of her Highnesse Privy Councell You shall not know or understand of any manner of thing to be attempted done or spoken against her Majesties Person Honour Crowne and Dignity Royall but you shall let and withstand the same to the uttermost of your power and either do or cause it to be revealed either to her Majesty her selfe or to her Privy Councell You shall keep secret all matters committed and revealed unto you or that shall be treated of secretly in Councell And if any of the same Treaties or Counsels shall touch any of the Councellors you shall not reveale it unto him but shall keepe the same untill such time as by the consent of her Majesty or of the Councell Publication shall be made thereof You shall to your uttermost beare Faith and true Allegiance to her Majesty her Heires and Successors and shall assist and defend all Jurisdictions Preeminencies and Authorities granted to her Majesty and annexed to her Crown against all
Forraigne Princes Persons Prelates or Potentates c. by Act of Parliament or otherwise And generally in all other things you shall do as a faithfull and true Servant and Subject ought to do to her Majesty So helpe you God and by c. The Oath of a Judge The Kings Iustices shall be sworne That they well and truly shall serve the King and his People and that they shall not assent to things that may turne to his damage or dis-inheritance nor that they shall take no fee nor Livery of none but of the King nor that they shall take gift or reward of none that hath a do before them except it be meat or drinke of a small value as long as the Plea is hanging before them nor after for that cause Nor that they shall give counsell to none in a matter that may touch the King upon paine to be at the Kings will body and goods And that they shall do right to every person notwithstanding the Kings Lees c. And in like manner the Barons of the Exchequer shall be sworne and also Justices of Oyer and Terminer and of Assizes and Goale Delivery and Justices of Peace before whom they have their Commissions in a certaine forme as shall seeme good to the Chancellor Anno 2. Edw. 3. The Oath of the Clerke of the Chancery YEE shall sweare That yee well and truly shall serve our Soveraigne Lord the King and his People in the Office of the Chancery whereto ye are Titled nor ye shall assent or procure the dis-herizon or perpetuall hurt of the King to your power nor you shall do no fraud nor procure none to be done to the hurt of any of the people nor in any thing that toucheth the keeping of the Seale And truly shall yee counsell the things that touch the King when you shall be thereto required and the counsell that you know touching him shall yee conceale and it yee know the Kings dis-heritance or his perpetuall hurt or fraud to be done in things touching the keeping of the said Seale you shall put your lawfull power to redresse it and if ye cannot do it yee shall shew it the Chancellor or other that may amend it after your intent And it shall be added for the Clerke of course And ye shall not bring nor suffer to be brought to your knowledge Writs which ye shall make of the Court not sealed thereof to make execution nor ye shall record none Atturney neither by Writ nor without Writs without speciall Licence if ye have not Lawfully examined the party and the Attorney in proper person or at least he that shall make the Attorney in proper person nor no Writ which is of Commandment ye shall not deliver to the Examinors nor to the Seale before the same Writ be commanded to you by a Commander that hath power if it be not to the Chancellor or to one of the Masters which shall command you to make the Writs and that all the Writs which ye shall make ye shall deliver them to the Examiner by your owne hands or by a fellow that is sworne to the King if your selfe be out of the Court because of sicknesse or cannot do it for some other necessary caâ—se And that ye shall deliver to the Examiner no Writs written of any other hand under your name as yours nor you shall put no name upon your Writs So help you and his Saints Anno xviii Edw. 3. The Oath of the Kings Servants Yeomen by the Vice-Chamberlain YEE shall sweare That yee shall be true to your Soveraigne Lord King Hen. 8. and to his Heires Kings of England and if yee have knowne any thing in times past or may know in time coming that might bee prejudiciall to his Royall Person or to this his Realme yee shall with diligence do it to be knowne either to his Person or to such of his Councell as it may soonest come to his knowledge Yee shall from henceforth use your selfe in the Roome as one of the Squires for his Body ye shall be diligent in giving your attendance for the same Yee shall be obedient to the Lord Chamberlain to the Vice-Chamberlain to all Gentlemen Ushers and to all Yeomen Ushers in all things that shall appertaine to your Roome Yee shall not depart this the Kings Court without the Kings especiall Licence the Lord Chamberlaines or the Vice-Chamberlaines in his absence You shall not from hence forward beare your service nor be retained to no manner of person but onely to the Kings Highnesse Ye shall not from hence forwards retaine no man otherwise than according to the Kings Lawes except it be onely for the Kings service These Articles with all other ye shall truly observe and keepe As help you God and holy David and all Saints and by this Book c. The Oath of a Master of Requests as it is outered in the Councell Booke Anno Eliz. YOu shall sweare To be true Councellor to the Queenes Majesty as one of her Masters of Requests You shall not know or understand of any manner of thing to be attempted done or spoken against her Majesties Honour Crowne and Dignity Royall but you shall let and withstand the same to the uttermost of your power and either do or cause it forthwith to be revealed either to her Majesties selfe or to the rest of the Privy Councell And you shall to the uttermost beare faith and true Allegiance to the Queenes Majesty her Heires and Lawfull Successors and shall assist and defend all Jurisdictions Preeminencies and Authorities granted to her Majesty and annexed to the Crown against all Forraigne Princes Persons Prelates and Potentates c. by Act of Parliament or otherwise and generally in all things yee shall do as true Councellors ought to do to her Majesty So God you help c. The Tenor of the Oath directed by King Hen. 8. and his Councell in the fourth yeere of his Reigne to his Commissioners for executing the Kings Commissioners and Instructions within the Dyocesse of Yorke for Mustering and putting the Kings Subjects in a readinesse for the Wars and to understand the substance of every man throughout England YEE shall truly and plainly declare and shew as neere as ye can or may possibly call to minde or remembrance putting apart all colour fraud or deceit of what value and substance ye be as well in Money Plate Jewels Utensels Stuffe and Ornaments of Houshold-stuffe Merchandizes of all manner sorts and qualities debts upon specialties Obligations Pledges Promises or any otherwise not onely on this side the Seas but also in any outward parts not forbearing thus expresly to shew and declare for any lucre singular profit or advantage prejudices hinderances losses and damages that may ensue unto you by the same So God you helpe and the holy Evangelists The Oath of the Bayliffe for the Sewers You shall sweare That you shall diligently truly and circumspectly peruse view and search from time to time all and
your Bayliffes to make such Oath as yee make your selfe in that that belongeth to their occupation yee shall receive no Writ by you or any of yours unsealed or any sealed under any â—eale of any Justice save of Justice in Eyre or Justice Assigned in the same Shire where ye be Sheriffe in or other Justice having power or Authority to make any Writs unto you by the said Law of the Land or any Justice of Newgate yee shall make your Bayliffes of the true and sufficient men in the Country also yee shall doe all your paine and diligence to destroy and make to cease all manner of Heresies and Errors commonly called Lollers within your Bayliffewick from time to time to all your power and assist and be helping to all Ordinaries and Commissaries of holy Church and favour and maintaine them as oft times as yee shall be required by the said Ordinaries and Commissaries yee shall be dwelling in your proper person within your Bayliffewick for the time yee shall be in the same Office except yee be otherwise licensed of the King yee shall not let your Sheriffe-wicke nor any Bayliffewicke thereof to Farme to any man yee shall truly set and returne reasonable and due issues of them that be within your Bayliffewicke after their estate and their honour and make your Pannels your selfe of such persons as be most next most sufficient and not suspect or procured as it is ordained by the Statutes and over this in Eastchining and restrainder of the Mans slaughters Robberies and other manifold grievous offences that have been done daily namely of such as name themselves Souldiers and by other Vagarants the which continually increase in number and multiply so that the Kings true Subjects may not be safe yea ride nor goe to doe such things as they have to doe to their intollerable hurt and hinderance yee shall truly and effectually with all diligence possible to you execute the Statute and the Statutes of Winchester and of Vagabonds these things all yee shall truly keepe as God you helpe and his Saints The Oath of an Attorney at Law YOu shall doe no falshood nor consent to any to be done in the Court and if you know of any to be done you shall give knowledge thereof unto my Lord Chiefe Justice or other his Brethren that it may be reformed you shall delay no man for lucre or malice You shall encrease no Fees but shall be contented with the old Fees accustomed you shall plead no Forraigne Plea nor suffer no Forraigne Suits unlawfully to hurt any man but such as shall stand with order of the Law and your conscience you shall seale all such Processe as you shall sue out of the Court with the Seale thereof and so the Kings Majesty and my Lord Chiefe Justice discharged for the same yee shall not wittingly nor willingly sue nor procure to be sued any false Suit nor give ayde nor consent to the same in paine to be expulsed from the Court for ever And furthermore you shal use your selfe in the Office of an Attorny within the Court according to your Learning and discretion so helpe you God c. The Oath of a Merchaut Adventurer FIrst yee shall sweare To be true to our soveraigne Lady the Queene her Heires and Successors and if any thing may come to your knowledge intended against her Majesties Person or Dominions to discover the same to the Governour of this Fellowship or his Deputy or some other in place convenient Secondly You shal sweare to be obedient and assistant to the Governour and his Deputy and Fellowship of Merchant Adventurers and to keep all Acts and Ordinances by them made or to be made without doing or procuring any thing in prejudice thereof or else offending duly to pay the penalties Thirdy yee sweare To conceale the secrets of the Fellowship and to make knowne unto the Governour or his Deputy from time to time any thing which you shal understand to be pretended against the Fellowship or the Priviledges thereof Lastly you sweare That in no case you shal collour or free any mans Goods whomsoever being either Stranger or one free of this Fellowship The Oath of a Merchant Adventurer taken before the Poqueter for the true Shipping of his Clothes YOu shall sweare That all and every such Clothes and other Commodities whereof you or any of you have made entry are allready bought and within the Walls of London being over and above all former Entries and are not yet Shipped and they are also belonging to those men in whose names they be entered and their Partners being free Brothers of this Company of Merchant Adventurers and that they are entred to be Shipped either for Stiade or Middleborough So God you helpe The Oath which the Honourable George Lord Nevell Baron of Abergaveny used to sweare his Servants by at their first comming into his Houshold YEe shal beare your faith therewith and true service next unto our Soveraigne Lord King Henry 8. unto my Lord and Ladie of this place whom yee intend now to serve also if yee know any hurt harme or hinderance to be done to my said Lord and Ladie to their Bodies or to their Goods or to his Children by any person or persons yee shal give him knowledge or some of his Councel as soone as God wil give you grace Also yee shal not consume nor waste none of his Goods nor suffer them to be wasted negligently by any other person if ye be in power to let it or else give knowledge to his Officers that have the Rule and Charge of his House And also at all times yee shall be obedient requisite and necessary unto my Lords Officers that have the Rule and Charge of my said Lords Houshold aforesaid yee shall well and truly of your behalfe keepe and performe to the best of your power So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of Treasurer Clerk in the Ezchequer YOu shall sweare That you shall well and truly serve the King your Lord in your Office and Roome of Clerkship to the Lord Treasurer of England within this Court of the Kings Receipt and Treasury And you shall uprightly behave your selfe towards all his Subjects and Accomptants for their speedy expedition without any unjust hinderance or delay for affection meed or dread And you shall make no untrue Entry into any of the Kings Rolls or other Books of Receipt and exitus commonly called the Pelles of Receipt and Exitus whereby the King our Lord or any his Subjects may be hurt or damaged But if you shall know of any errour in them escaped speedily to be amended And you shall from time to time make or cause to be made to the Lord Treasurer of England true and perfect Declarations of all manner of Sums of Money coming in and going out of the Kings Treasury so often as the same Lord Treasurer shall demand And you shall safely preserve and keep the Kings Records Leagues and other
and them cause to be duly kept and observed The Oath of the Marshall of Barwicke YOu shall sweare That you shall be faithfull and true to our soveraigne Ladie Queene Elizabeth by the grace of God Queene of England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. You shall be obedient to the Governour of this Towne for the good governance and defence of the same and shall give good counsell and assistance unto him and all other Officers of the Towne to the uttermost of your power You shall set the Watch of the Towne and visit it from time to time as to your Office belongeth You shall not imprison or present any person without reasonable cause and thereof you shall certifie the Governour of their names and their causes You shall suffer no person borne out of the Queenes Majesties Allegiance without the Governours speciall Licence and that not without good cause to lodge in this Towne above two nights or to continue above twenty foure houres at any one time nor shall suffer any stranger to be lodged but in convenient place to keepe the same person from the knowledge of the secrets of this Towne Finally you shall keepe and cause to be kept all manner of Statutes Lawes and Ordinances heretofore made and now remaining in force for the good governance of this Towne to the uttermost of your power The Oath of the Treasurer of Barwick YOu shall sweare That you shall be faithfull and true to our Soveraigne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace of God Queen of England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. You shall be obedient to the Governour of this Towne for the good governance and defence of the same and shall give counsell and assistance to him and all other Officers of the Towne to the uttermost of your power you shall make no payment to Officer or Souldiers untill Muster be had viewed and taken by the Governour and Marshall of the Towne and the Compt Roller and of the Checque hereof Finally Ye shall observe and keep or cause to be observed and kept all manner of Statutes Lawes and Ordinances heretofore made and now remaining in force for the government of this Towne The Oath of the Porter of Barwick YOu shall sweare That you shall be faithfull and true to our overaigne Lady Glizabeth by the grace of God Queene of England France and Ireland Defendor of the faith c. You shall be obedient and attendant to the Governour for the time being in all things appertaining to the good governance and defence of the same Towne and to him and to the Queene Councell and Officers of the same Towne You shall give faith full and diligent counsell and thâ—m ayd and assist to the uttermost of your power You shall safely surely and diligently keepe the keyes of the Gates of this Towne of Barwick while they shall be in your hands and shall see the same Gates guarded and shut up at the times accustomed and as the Governour of this Towne shall command for the surety of this Towne And at all times as so one as the Gates shall be shut you shall bring the said Keyes to the Governour of the Towne and in his absence to his Deputy you shall whensoever any tidings or intelligences shall come to you by Land or by Water that is meet to be knowne to the Governour of the Towne or to the Councell in his absence forthwith let them know the same You shall reare no new Customes or Taxes to the vexation of any comers or goers c. The Oath of the Master of the Ordinance for the Towne of Barwicke YOu shall sweare That you shall be true and faithfull to our soveraigne Ladie Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queene of England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. You shall be obedient to the Governour of this Towne for the good governance and defence of the same And shall give good councell and assistance to him and all other Officers of the Towne to the uttermnst of your power You shall seâ— that the Ordinance Artillery and Munition be safely and well kept from all danger of the Enemies of Fire or other misadventures to the best of your power and that the Ordnance and Artillery placed for the defence of this Towne be alwaies kept in good repaire and he in readinesse for the use where the same is or shall be planted You shall issue no part thereof at any time but for the service of this Towne nor shall expend any portion of your Office but by Warrant Finally You shall observe and keep or cause to be observed and kept all manntt Statutes Lawes and Ordinances of this Towne heretofore made and now remaining in force for the good governance of the same Towne The Oath of the Clerke of the Checque in Barwicke YOu shall sweare That you shall be true and faithfull to our Soveraigne Ladie Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queene of England Frane and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. You shall sweare to keepâ— truly the Bookes of Musters of all the persons in the Towne and you shall keepe true Record and Report of the time of all manner of persons departing from the Towne being either Licenced for more theâ— two dayes or being Calhaâ—er 〈◊〉 or dilcharged of Service and of all such as shall depart without Licence and shall duly informe the Governour of the defaults that you shall finde and the same you shall Cheeque in your Booke and the same Booke you shall duly keepe and at the pay see the Party thereof Taxed and defaultâ—e and surther punished as the cause shall require The Oath of Captaines of Bands in the Towne of Barwicke You shall sweare To be true and good to our Soveraigne Lady the Queene and to the Governour of the Towne and shall keepe your whole number being in your charge without diminishing or admitting of the same untill you have certified the Governour of the Towne thereof and that the Clerke of the Checque by the Governours appointment have enrolled the same in his Booke and if any of your Band shall escape away or dye you shall forthwith notifie the same to the Governour of the Towne and the said Clerke of the Checque You shall not refuse to come to common Musters at any time upon the call of the Governour of the Towne either being alone or else having with him the Treasurer and Clerke of the Checque neither shall you bring to Muster any person but such as have served in your Band during the time for which he shall have pay neither shall you to your knowledge suffer any one to be in your Band that receiveth any mans pay of our Treasurer in any other roome or place within this Towne except it be for the Tax worke in our Fortifications whereof you shall make privie the Treasurer and Clarke of the Checque You shall see and cause every your Souldiers to be frequently Trained and taught the
use of their Weapons and other Feates of Warre convenient for them and at the least you shall cause the same to be done every fourteene daies in Summer once and every twenty daies in Winter You shall not permit any of your Band to take any more Victuals or other Wares within that Towne then his Wages will discharge You shall with your Band Watch and Ward for the defence of this Towne as you shall be appointed by the Marshall and Governour thereof You shall not depart out of the Towne and Marches further then the Orders of the Towne doe permit without leave of the Governour of the Towne or in his absence by his Deputie under their Writings and Seale mentioning the time of your leave to be absent and before your departure if it shall be longer then for three daies you shall present your selfe to the Treasurer or his Deputy giving notice unto them for the time licenced you for absence and at your returne you shall also give notice to the said Treasurer and Clerke of the Checque You shall also be obedient to the Governour and to the other Counsellors of this Towne and shall obey all Statutes and Ordinances of the same The Oath of every private Sauldier in Barwicke YOu shell sweare To be good and true to our Sovereigne Lady the Queene and to the Governour of this Towne for Her Maâ—esties service and truly doe as much as in you shall lye to keepe this Towne alwaies true English and in good obedience to the Governour Marshall and other Officers thereof and you shall be governed by your Captaine within any Debate or Rebellion and if you shall know any thing hut full to the state of this Towne or to any part thereof you shall forthwith disclose the same either to your Captaine or to the Governour or to one of the Courncell of the Towne You shall keepe such Armour and Weapâ—n as you are by your Captaine limited to have without wilfull spoile or selling thereof except it be to provide better You shall keepe all other Ordinances of this Towne that maâ— any waies pertaine to you to keepe The Oath of the Lord President of the Councell in the Mareheâ— of Wales YOu shall sweare To the uttermost of your power will and â—unning that you shall be true and faithfull to the Queenes Highnesse our Soveraignâ— Lady and to her Heires and Successors and that you doe utterly testifie and declare in your conscience that the Queenes Highnesse is the only supreame Governour of this Realme and of all other Her Highnesse Dominions and Countries as well in all Spirituall and Ecclesiasticall things or Causes as Temporall and that no Forraigne Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction Power Superiority Preeminence or Authoritie Ecclesiasticall or Spirituall within this Realme And that you doe utterly renounce and forsake all Forraigne Jurisdictions Powers Superiorities and Authorities and doe promise that from hence forth you shall beare faith and true Allegiance to the Queenes Highnesse her Heires and Successors and to your power shall assist and defend all Jurisâ—â—ctions Priviledges Preeminencies and Authorities granted or belonging to the Queenes Highnesse her Heires and Successors or united and annexed to the Imperiall Crowne of this Realme 2. You shall not know nor hear any thing that may in any wise be prejudiciall to her Highnesse or her Common-wealth peace and quiet of her Highnesse Realme but you shall with all diligence reveale and discover the same to her Highnesse or to such other person or persons of her Graces Privy Councell as you shall think meet and will soonest convey and bring it to her Highnesse 3. You shall serve her Highnesse truly and faithfully in the roome and place of one of her Graces Councell 4. You shall in all things to be moved treated and debated in any Councell faithfully and truly declare your minde and opinion according to your heart and conscience no wise forbearing so to do for any manner respect of favour meed displeasure or corruption 5. You shall faithfully and uprightly to the best of your power cause Justice to be duly and indifferently Ministred to the Queenes Majesties Subjects that shall have cause to sue for the same according to equity and to the Order of the Law Fâ—â—ally You shall be vigilant and circumspect in all your doings and proceedings touching the Queenes Maâ—esty and her Highnesse Affaires All which points and Articles before expressed with all other Articles Signed with the Queens Majesties Hand and delivered to me the Lord President of her Highnesse Councell established in these parts you shall faithfully keepe and fulfill to the uttermost of your power wit will and cunning So God you help and the contents of this Booke The Oath of the Clerke of the Parliament YOu shall be true faithfull and truth you shall beare to our Soveraigne Lord the King and to his Heires and Successors You shall nothing know that shall be prejudiciall to his Highnesse his Crowne State and Dignity Royall but that you shall resist to your power and with all speed ye shall advertise his Grace thereof at the least some of his Councell in such wise as the same may come to his knowledge Ye shall also well and truly serve his Highnesse in the Office of Clerke of his Parliament making true entry and Records of the things done and past in the same Ye shall keep secret all such matters as shal be treated in his said Parliament and not disclose the same before it shall be published but to such as they ought to be disclosed unto And generally ye shall well and truly do and execute all things belonging unto you to be done appertaining to the Office of Clerke of the Parliament as God you help c. The Oath of Allegiance I A. B. Do truly and sincerely acknowledge professe testifie and declare in my conscience before God and the world That our Soveraigne Lord King James is lawfull King of this Realme and of all other his Majesties Dominions and Countries and that the Pope neither of himselfe nor by any Authority of the Church or Sea of Rome or by any other meanes with any other hath any Power or Authority to depose the King or to dispose of any of his Majesties Kingdomes or Dominions or to authorize any Forraigne Prince to invade or annoy him or his Countries or to discharge any of his Subjects of their Allegiance and obedience to His Majesty or to give License or leave to any of them to beare Armes raise Tumults or to offer any violence or hurt to his Majesties Royall Person State or Government or to any of His Majesties Subjects within His Majesties Dominions Also I do â—weare from my heart that notwithstanding any Declaration or sentence of Excommunication or Deprivation made or granted or to be made or granted by the Pope of his Successors or by any Authoritie derived or prieâ—ended to be derived from him or his Sea against
profit and to the Augmentation of the Rights and Prerogatives of his Crowne And also endeavour your selfe to the uttermost of your power to see the King truly answered of all such Rents and Revenues Issues or Profits which shall or may arise or grow in your Office and from time to time deliver with speed such as shall have to do before you And that you shall not take or receive of any person any gift or reward in any cause or matter depending before you wherein the Kings Highnesse shall be partie whereby any prejudice hinderance losse or dis-herizon shall grow or be to the Kings Highnesse So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of the Treasurer of the Court of Augmentations YEE shall sweare That yee shall well and truly serve the King our Soveraigne Lord and his People in the Office of Treasurer of the Court of the Augmentations according to the Orders hereafter ensuing and yee shall reasonably and honestly procure the Kings profit and doe right to all manner of people poore and rich in those things which touch your Office and the Kings Treasure yee shall truly keep and dispend and true Declaration Accompt make from time to time without any concealement according to the Ordinance made for the establishment of this Court and further shall doe every thing that of right appertaineth to your Office So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of the Master of the Woods of the Court of Augmentation Yee shall sweare That yee shall well and truly serve the King our Soveraigne Lord in the Office of the Master of the Woods of this Court of Augmentations in all things touching your Office according to the Authority given unto you by these Letters Patents for the Kings most advantage And yee shall doe all and every thing and things which you ought to doe by reason of your Office according to the forme and effect of these Letter Patents So helpe you God and all Sainis The Oath of the Attorney and Sollicitor of the Court of Augmentations YEE shall sweare That yee shall well and truly serve the King as his At orney or Solicitor in all Courts for and concerning any matter or cause that shall cuncerne or touch the Possessions and Hereditaments limited to the Survey and governance of this Court of the Augmentation and procure the Kings profit thereof and that ye shall truly counsell the Kings Chancellor and generall Surveyor of this Court all things concerning the same to the best of your cunning wit and power and with all speed and diligence from time to time at the calling of the said Chancellor and generall Surveyor or any of them be diligently attendant to assist the said Chancellor and Surveyor or any of them with good advise and counsell in the hearing and determination of such matters and causes as shall depend before the said Chancellor and generall Survey or of this Court And that ye shall not take any gift or reward in any matter or cause depending in the same Court or elsewhere wherein the King shall be partie whereby the Kings Majestie shall be hindered hurted or dis-herited And further do all and every thing that shall appertaine to your Office So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of the Surveyor of the VVoods of the Court of Augmentation YE shall sweare That ye shall serve truly the King in your Office of Surveyor of the Woods within the Survey of this Court of the Augmentation and to your cunning and power shall truly do and execute all and every thing and things which ye ought to do by reason of your Office according to the formes and effect of the Ordinance and Establishment of this Conrt So help you God and aâ—l Saints The Oath of the Clerke of the Augmentations YEe shall soeare That ye shall well and truly â—erve the King in your Office of Clerke of this Court of the Augmentation and truly do and execute all and every thing and things which ye ought to do by reason of your Office according to the forme and effect of the Ordinance made upon the erection of this Court. So help you God and all Saints The Oath of the Auditors of the Court of the Augmentation YEe shall sweare That yee shall well and truy serve the King in your Office of Auditorship and true Allegiance make to every person which shall bee Accomptant before you Ye shall not take nor receive of poore or rich any Gift or Reward in any Matter or Cause depending or to be discussed in Court but such that shall be your ordinary Fees and ye shall do all and every thing and things which ye ought to do by reason of your Office according to the forme and effect of the Ordinance made and established upon the erecting of this Court of the Augmentation So help you God and all Saints The Oath of the Receiver of the Gourt of Augmentation YE shall sweare That ye shall truly serve the King in your Office and nothing conceale but true Accompt make of all such revenues Rents Sume of Money and other profies wherewith ye shall be lawfully charged by reason of your Office Ye shall make no Petition nor aske any allowance but such as shall be good just true and reasonable And ye â—hall doe all and every thing and things which ye ought to do by reason of your Office according to the forme and effect of the Ordinance made and established upon the erection of this Court of Augmentation So help you God and all Saints The Oath of Surveyor of Lands of the Court of Augmentation YE shall truly serve the King in your Office of Survey or of Lands within the Survey of this Court of the Augmentation and to your cunning wit and power shall truly do and execute all and every thing and things which ye ought to do by reason of your Office according to the forme and effect of the Ordinance and establishment of this Court. So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of the Messenger of the Court of the Augmentation YE shall sweare That ye shall well and truly serve the King in your Office of Messenger of this Court of the Augmentation as well in speedie serving all and singular Processe to you to bee delivered without fraud covine guile or deceit as also making true and speedie certificate to this Court of the same And that you well and truly do and execute all and every other thing and things which ye ought to do by reason of your Office So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of Henry the third French King for observing of the Statutes of the Order of the Garter WEE Henry by the grace of God King of Franoe and Polbgne do sweare vow and protest solemnly upon our Honour and in the word of a King That we shall observe keepe and maintaine the Statutes and Orders of the right Noble Order of St. Geoege called the Garter so far forth as
Gentleman and Gentleman whereunto you are called as a Witnesse or required by Princes Judges or any other unlesse the Law do so compell you ye shall not open without Licence of both Parties and having license yee shall for any love dread or favour of any partie report the truth Seventhly ye shall promise and sweare To be true and secret to all Gentlewoman Widdowes or Maids and in case be that any man would do them wrong or inforce them or disherit them of livelihoods and they having not goods to pursue their Rights if they require you of supportation you shall helpe them with your goods wisdome and counsell and shew their griefes to the Prince and Judges Eightly ye shall sweare and pronounce That ye shall forsake all places dishonest of hasfardie and daily going to common Tavernes and places of debate and all manner of vice and take you to vertues to your power These Articles and all other Articles abovesaid you shall truly keep So God you helpe and by the Crosse of this Sword that belongeth to Knighthood The Oath of a Pursevant of Armes at his Creation FIrst ye shall sweare That ye shall be true to the most High Mightie and most excellent Princesse the Queens most excellent Highnesse that now is and if ye have any knowledge or heare any imagination of Treason of Language or word that should sound to the derogation or hurt of her Estate and Highnesse which God forbid ye shall in that case as hastily and as soone as is to you possible discover and shew it unto her Highnesse or to the Honourable and discreet Councell Secondly ye shall also dispose you to be lowly humbly and serviceable to all those States Universall that be Christians not lying in wait to blame ne hurt none of the said Estates in any thing that may touch their Honours Thirdly ye may dispose to be secret and sober in your Port and not to abuse in Language readie to commend and loath to blame and diligent in your service eschiewing vice and taking you to virtue and true in your reports And so to exercise whiles you be in the Office of Pursevant that your merits may cause your more preferment in the Office of Arms in time to come All such Articles and things as belong to a Pursevant of Armes to keepe you shall well and truly keepe and observe So God you help and Holidome and by the Contents of this Booke The Oath of the Knights of the Round Table in the time of King Arthur NOt to put off your Armour from your Bodie but for requisite rest in the night The search for marvellous adventures whereby to winne renowne To defend the poore and simple people in their right Not to refuse aid unto them that shall ask it in any just quarrell Not to hurt offend or play any lewd part the one with the other To fight for the protection defence and welfare of his friends Not to purchase any goods or particular profit but Honour and the Title of honestie Not to breake faith promised or sworne for any cause or occasion whatsoever To put forth and spend his life for the honour of God and his Countrie and to chuse rather to die honestly than to live shamefully The Oath which the new King of Pelonia made to the Turke in Anno 1573. Promise and sweare by the 〈◊〉 â—nighty God mercifull and â—â—â—ng the maker of Heaven and Earth and of all things that are therein by these holy Evangelists by holy Baptisme and by Christian faith That all those that I know shall be manifested to high and mighty Solomon Emperour of the Turks whose Empire God certefie I will be friend to his friends and enemie to his enemies I will be a redeemer of his Captives out of the hands of his Enemies there shâ—â— be no fraud or deceipt on my part If I shall neglect thus to doe I will be an Apostata a forsaker of the holy Commandments of the Gospell of the Christians I will say that the Gospell is false and untrue I will crosse both Alter and Priest I will slay Swine upon the Fount I will deny the holy Trinity and will worship them I will commit whoredome upon the Altar and will receive the course of the Saints even as God shall behold me from Heaven The Oath of Homage done and performed by an Arch-Bishop IF your Homage by reason of my Tenure in the Mannour of A. in the County of B. become Leidgman of life and limbe and of earthly worship and faith and troth I shall beare unto you to live and die against all manner of men as God me help and all Saints I shall be faithfull and true and faith and truth shall beare to you my Soveraigne Lord King H. and to your Heires Kings of England of life and limbe and earthly worship for to live and die against all people and diligently I shall intend unto your needs and bussnesse after my wit and power and your Counsell I shall keepe and leine and truly I shall knowledge And the service due of the Temporalties of my Arch Bishoprick B. C. the which I claime to hold of you and the which ye gave and yeeld to me And to you and your Commandments in that to me appertaineth and belongeth I shall be obeysant As God me help and all Saints The Oath Appointed by Queene Elizabeth in June 1579. to be ministred by the Lord President of Wales unto the Councell established in those parts c. YOu shall sweare That to the uttermost of your power wit and cunning you shall true and faithfully to the Queenes Highnesse our Soveraigne Ladie and to her Heires and Successors And that you do utterly testifie and declare in your conscience that the Queenes Highnesse is the onely Supreme Governour of this Realme of England and of all other her Highnesse Dominions and Countries as well in all Spirituall or Ecclesiasticall things or causes as Temporall And that no Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction Power Supremacy Preem nence or Authority And do promise That from henceforth you shal beare faith and true Allegiance to the Queenes Highnesse her lawfull Heires and Successors and to your power shall assist and defend all Jurisdictions Priviledges Preeminencies and Authorities granted or belonging to the Queenes Highnesse her Heires and Successors or united and annexed to the Imperiall Crowne of this Kingdome and Realme You shall not know nor have any thing that may any way be prejudiciall to her Highnesse or to her Common-wealth peace and quiet of this her Highnesse Realme but you shall with all diligence reveale and disclose the same to her Highnesse or to such other person or persons of her Graces Privie Councell as you shall thinke meet and will soonest convey it and bring it to her Highnesse knowledge You shall serve her Majestie truly and faithfully in the room and place of her Highnesse Councell You shall in all things to
Soveraigne Lord the King and his Heires and Successors Kings and Queenes of England and also you shall keepe secret his Councell in all things you shall be privie unto concerning the Office of the Signet without uttering or disclosing the same to any person and if you shall heare or know any thing either in word or deed which shal be in any wiâ—e to the derogation or hurt of his Majesties Person and Royall Estate you shall it let to your power as in you lieth and as honestly as is possible shall discover and shew the same to his Highnesse or to some of his discreet Councell So help you God and by the holy contents of this book The Oath of the Deputy of the Towne of Calice ordered by Parliament in Anno XXVII Hen. 8. YEe shall sweare That yee shall be faithfull and true unto our Soveraigne Lord King Henry 8. by the grace of God King of England and of France defender of the Faith Lord of Ireland and in Earth supreame head of the Church of England And if yee shall know any thing that shall be prejudiciall or hurtfull unto his Highnesse or his Heires or to his Towne of â—aâ—iâ—e or Marches of the same yee shall resist the same to the uttermost of your power and in case ye cannot ye shall without delay declare the same unto his Highnesse or to such of his Councell as ye thinke will shew it unto him and yee shall safely keep to the use of our said Soveraigne Lord and of his Heires and defend to the uttermost of your power this his Towne of Calice and Marches of the same as much as to you by reason of your Office belongeth And in all things to be done that toucheth the safeguard defence and good Governance of the said Towne and Marches Yee shall give as it shall need from time to time your true faithfull and diligent Counsell to the other the Kings Officers of the same Towne and Marches and yee shall at no time be absent from your said Office without the Kings speciall license obtained in that behalfe Yee shall well and truly oversee the Marshall and all other Officers his and their Ministers and Servants and their Charge and every one of them in his degree intreat in his Office as appertaineth not suffering any of them to doe in his said Office or by colour thereof any excesse extortion bribery or exaction and if any of them be found or approved in that case culpable that without favour or delay ye proceed to the punishment of them and every of them to the example of other Ye shall doe your devoyer at your power to the keeping of the Peace among all estates and other persons of what degree or condition soever they be within the said Towne dwelling or thereunto from time to time repairing not suffering any Congregations Assemblies Commotions or Conventicles to be made within the said Towne against the said Peace or against the good restfull and Politique Governance of the said Towne And if any person of what degree or condition soever he or they be within the said Towne that provoketh privily or appartly any such Congregation Assembly Commotion Sedition or Conventicle as be found faulty thereof either else that taketh upon him any unlawfull maintenance to the perturbance or violation of the said Peace or against right to oppresse by might any person Yee shall resist and let with the advice and ayd of the residue of the Kings Councell of the said Towne and doe such punishment thereunto as with reason may serve without any exception of person not sparing so to doe for favour love dread or meede of any person And that as much as in you shall lye to your power you shall foresee that the said Towne be sufficiently Victualled from time to time as unto the same necessarily shall appertaine or belong And yee shall oversee the Rule and Governance of the Mayor and Aldermen of the said Towne touching all manner of Victuall and other things â—ppertaining to their charge for the Common Weale profit and pollicy of the said Towne and if any default yee sinde therein yee shall minister and shew it unto them charging them to amend and redresse it and if they be therein negligent or froward yee shall then by the said advice purvey such remedy by your wisedome and discretion as can be though most expedient with reason And if you and the said Counsell cannot provide remedy in that behalfe that then ye shall disclose the some to the Kings Highnesse or to such of the Kings Councell as yee thinke verily will informe the Kings Highnesse thereof with speed And yee shall administer truly rightfully and indifferently Justice to all manner person and persons that shall have any cause moved or depending before you in the said Towne and Marches without having any manner of respect to any person for love meede cread or favour And yee shall in time conveniable after your said discretion visit and oversee the Locks and shutting of the Gates and Posternes of the said Towne and also the governance of the Watch Tower walls and Ditches of the same and generally all other things necessary for the surety safeguard and defence thereof And yee shall not appoint nor admit any person or persons into any roome within the retinue of the said Towne belonging to your Admission but if the same person or persons be borne within the Realme of England Wales Ireland the said Towne of Calice and the Marches of the same and that the said person or persons be not Artificers except he or they be a Bowyer or Armorour Fletcher Crosse-bow-maker or Smith and the same person so by you named not to be admitted to any such roome nor to enjoy nor exercise the same roome to the time he be viewed examined and enabled thereunto as well by the Treasurer and Comptroller as by the residue of the Kings Councell there then being present And you shall admit nor suffer any Alien borne out of the Kings obeysance to take and inhabit any dwelling house within the Towne of Galice and Marches of the same as much as to you appertaineth except the said person be licenced by the Kings Letters Patents so to doe under his Great Seales any Grant or Grants heretofore made to the contrary notwithstanding And yee shall see surely to be kept and safely and straightly cause to be observed as much as in you lieth all manner of Statutes Lawes and Ordinances made or to be made by the King our Soveraign Lord Henry 8 or by his Councell authorised for the same for the safeguard tuition defence and good orders of his Towne of Calice and the Marches of the same doing due execution upon the transgressors of any of the said Statutes Lawes and Ordinances having no regard to the persons so transgressing for affection meede dread or any other cause whatsoever As God you helpe and the holy Evangelists The Oath of the Lieutenant of Guysnes ordered by
Parliament Anno 27. H. 8. YEe shall sweare That yee shall be faithfull and true to our Soveraigne Lord King Hen. 8. by the Grace of God King of England and of France Defender of the Faith Lord of Ireland and in Earth supreame head of the Church of England and to his Heires and if you shall know any thing that shall be prejudiciall or hurtfull unto his Highnesse or his Heires or his Towne of Caliee or Marches of the same yee shall refist the same to the uttermost of your power and in case ye cannot yee shall without delay declare the same unto his Highnesse or to such of his Councell as yee thinke will shew it unto him And ye shal safely keepe to the use and behoofe of our said Soveraigne Lord and of his Heires and defend to the uttermost of your power the Castle Towne and County of Guysnes by his Highnesse appointed and assigned to your safe keeping and in all things to be done that toucheth the defence and good Governance of the Towne of Calicâ— and Marches of the same yee shall give from time to time your true faithfull and diligent counsell and assistance to the Kings Deputy for the time being and other of the Councell and Officers of the same Towne and Marches and yee shall be personally remaining and be resident upon your room and Office there and atno time to be absent from the same without the Kings special licence obtained And you shall well and truly oversee that all the said Officers and Ministers of the said Castle and Towne and County of Guyjnes that shall serve the Kings Highnesse there under you shall diligently doe cause and suffer to be done all and every thing and things that unto them shall appertaine and belong concerning the sure and safe keeping of the said Castle Towne and County and if any of them be found and approved to be remisse or negligent in doing his or their duty that then yee without any favour or delay proceed to the correction and punition of him or them so offending and that yee doe your duty to your power to the keeping of the Peace among all and every person and persons of what degree or condition he or they be dwelling within the said Castle Towne and County of Guysnes or thereunto from time to time repairing not suffering any unlawfull Congregations Conventions or Conventicles to be made within the said Castle Towne or County of Guysmâ— against good restfull and Politique Governance of the same and duly to correct all and every person or persons so offending and that as much as in you shall lye yee shall foresee that the said Castle be furnished with Victuals as with all other things appertaining to the safe custody of the same that to you belongeth of the duty of your said Office And that you truly rightfully and indifferently administer Justice unto all and every person and persons that hereafter shall have any cause or matter moved or depending before you in the said Castle Towne and County of Guysnes without having any manner of respect to any person or persons for love dread meede malice or affection And that you from time to time as much as in you is foresee that the Kings Highnesse be not deceived or defrauded in any of his Possessions Rents Revenues and Profits which to his Highnesse should appertaine within the said Castle Towne and County And yee shall no appoint ne admit any person or persons within the retinue of the said Castle but if the said person or persons be borne within the Realme of England Wales Ireland the said Towne of Calice or Marches of the same and that the said person be sworne to be true Leigeman unto the King our Soveraigne Lord and unto his Heires And finally yee shall observe and keepe or cause to be observed and kept as much as in you shall be during the time that you shall be Captain there all manner of statutes Lawes and Ordinances made or to be made by our said Soveraigne Lord his Heires or Successors or by his or their Councell authorisâ—d for the same for the safeguard tuition defence and good orders of the Castle Towne and County of Guysnes doing due execution upon the Transgressors offending any of the same Statutes Lawes and Ordinances having no regard to the person so offending for love favour meed dread or other cause whatsoever So help you God Holy-dame and all Saints and by this book The Oath of the High Marshall of Calice ordained by Parliament in Anno 27. Hen. 8. YEE shall sweare That yee shall be faithfull and true to our Soveraigne Lord King H. 8. by the Grace of God King of England and France Defender of the Faith Lord of Ireland and in Earth supreame head of the Church of England and to his Heires And if yee shall know any thing that shall be prejudiciall or hurtfull unto his Highnesse or his Heires or unto his Towne of Calice or Marches of the same yee shall resist the same to the uttermost of your power And in case ye cannot yee shall without delay declare the same unto his Highnesse or unto such of his Councell as yee think will shew it unto him Yee shall be diligent obedient and attendant to the Deputy of the said Towne and Marches for the time being in those things that to the service of the Kings sure good politique Government and defence of the said Towne and Marches appertaineth and in all things to be done that toucheth the defence safeguard and good Government of the said Towne of Calice and Marches of the same shall give as it shall need from time to time your true faithfull and dilicounsell to the Deputy for the time being and to the Kings Councell and Officers of the same Towne and Marches and them aid and assist to the uttermost of your power and yee shall set or doe to be set the Kings Watch and that visit from time to time as unto your Office appertaineth as it is ordained to be used searched And ye can any better order or devize yee shall shew it unto the Deputy and Kings Councell of the said Town and Marches to the intent it may be set in the surest and stricktest way for the safeguard of the said Towne and Marches and that yee present not or doe to be presented nor imprisoned nor cause to be imprisoned any manner of person Watch man or other without reasonable or just cause and if any be imprisoned may be delivered without Fees or Costs paying And that yee shall duly and truly Arrest and doe to be Arrested all and every person and persons according to the Lawes used and accustomed within the said Towne and also all and every other person or persons that yee shall know to be fugitive taking the Fees thereunto limited and accustomed without excesse and also that you take Surety or doe to be taken of each Prisoner as well of the Plaintiffe as of the Defendant to pursue
and answer as the Law will ordaine so that every person that commeth into the Kings Court may have full right and if any person by chance medsy drawing Weapon or smiting that yee lead or cause to be led to Prison there to remaine according to the Lawes Customes and Ordinances of the Towne And that yee Present every fault Presentable and that ought by you to be Presented by vertue of your Office and if yee see any default or that yee be required of any person to take any distresse for doing or cleansing of the said Towne that yee doe it duly and truly and cause it to be done by the Officers under you so that no man have cause to complaine thereof And yee shall make good and true Records of all manner of things that ought to be Recorded tâ—king no other Fees for the same then of right and reâ—son have been used of old time And yee shall not hold with no Party against the other nor none sustaine but yee shall be true Reverentary and Reporter of all that which belongeth unto your Office of Marshall and if yee heare or weet of any Mennaces or debate betweene any parties that yee take or cause to be taken of both said Parties Sureties to the intent that the Peace may be kept and holden for the said Towne and Marches and yee shall see surely to be kept and straitly cause to be observed as much as in you lyeth all manner of Statutes Lawes Ordinances made or to be made by our Soveraign Lord King Hen. 8. or his Heires or by his Councell authorised for the same for the safeguard tuition defence and good order of this Towne of Calice and of the Marches of the same doing due execution upon the Transgressors of any of the same Statutes Lawes and Ordinances having no regard to the person so Transgressing for affection meede dread or any other cause whatsoever The Oath of the Lieutenant of the Castle of Calice ordained by Parliament in Anno 27. H. 8. YEE shall sweare That yee shall be faithfull and true to our Soveraigne Lord King Hen 8. by the Grace of God King of England and of France Defender of the Faith Lord of Ireland and in Earth supreame head of the Church of England and to his Heires and if ye shall know any thing that shall be prejudiciall or hurtfull unto his Highnesse or his Heires or unto his Towne of Calice or Marches of the fame Yee shall reside the same to the uttermost of your power and in case yee cannot yee shall without delay declare the same unto his Highnesse or unto such of his Councell as yee thinke will shew it unto him Yee shall give as it shall need from time to time your true faithfull and diligent counsell to the Kings Deputy of his Towne and Marches of Calice for the time being and to the Kings Councell and Officers of the same Towne and Marches and them shall aid and assist to the uttermost of your power in all things to be done concerning safeguard defence and good governance of the said Towne and Marches Yee shall safely keepe true English to the use and behoofe of our Soveraigne Lord and of his Heires to the uttermost of your power his Castle and Fortresse of Calice by his Highnesse appointed and assigned to your safe keeping Yee shall personally remaine and be resident upon your said roome and Office there and at no time to be absent from the same without the Kings speciall licence for the same obtained And you shall well and truly oversee that all Officers Souldiers and Ministers of the said Castle and Fortresse that shall serve the Kings Highnesse there under you shall diligently doe cause and suffer to be done all and every thing and things that unto them shall appertaine and belong concerning the sure and safe keeping of the said Castle and Fortresse and if any of them be found and proved to be remisse or negligen in doing his or their duty or duties that then yee without favour or delay proceed to the correction and punition of him or them so offending And that you doe your duty to your power to the keeping of the Peace among all and every person or persons of what condition he or they be dwelling within the said Castle or Fortresse or thereunto from time to time repairing not suffering any unlawfull Congregations Conventions or Convenâ—icles to be made within the said Castle or Fortresse against good restfull and Politique Government of the same and duly to correct all and every person and persons offending And that as much as in you shall lye you shall see that the Castle and Fortresse be furnished as well with Victuals and with all other things appertaining to the safe custody of the same that to you belongeth by duty of your Office and that you truly rightfully and indifferently administer Justice to all and every person and persons that hereafter shall have any Cause or matter moved or depending before you in the said Castle or Fortresse without having any manner of respect to any person or persons for dread meed malice or affection And yee shall not appoint neâ— admit any person or persons within the retinue of the said Castle or Fortresse but if the said person or persons be borne within the Realme of England Wales and Ireland or being English borne within the said Towne of Calice or Marches of the same and that the said person to be true Leige-man unto the King our Soveraigne Lord and to his Heires And finally yee shall observe and keepe or cause to be observed and kept as much as in you shall be during the time yee shall be Lieutenant there all manner Statutes Lawes and Ordinances made and to be made by our said Soveraigne Lord his Heires or his Successors or by their Councell authorized for the same for the safeguard tuition defence and good Orders of the said Castle and Fortresse doing due execution upon the Transgressors so offending any of the said Statutes Lawes and Ordinances having no regard to any person so offending for affection meed dread or any other cause whatsoever So God c. The Oath of the Treasurer of Calice as it was ordained by Parliament in the 27. yeare of Hen. 8. YEE shall sweare That yee shall be faithfull and true to our Loveraigne Lord H. 8. by the Grace of God King of England and of France Defender of the Faith Lord of Ireland and in Earth supreame head of the Church of England and to his Heires and if yee shall know any thing that shall be prejudiciall and hurtfull unto his Highnesse or his Heires or unto his Towne of Calice or Marches of the same Yee shall resist the same to the uttermost of your power and in case yee cannot yee shall without delay declare the same unto his Highnesse or unto such of his Councell as yee thinke will shew it unto him Yee shall be diligent obedient and attendant to the Deputy
of the â—aid Towne and Marches for the time being in those things that to the service of the King sure and Politique Governance and defence of the said Towne and Marches appertaineth and in all things to be done that toucheth the safeguard and defence and good governance of the said Towne of Calice and Marches of the same Yee shall give as it shal be need from time to time your true faithfull and diligent counsell to the Deputy for the time being and to the Councell and Officers of the same Towne and Marches and them aide and assist to the uttermost of your power and that to your knowledge wit and power for as much as in you is during the time you shall be in your Office you shall endeavour your fâ—lfe to see his Highnesse answered and truly satisfied of all Rents Revenues issues Profits and Commodities as well casuall as certaine whatsoever they be or shall be which his Highnesse of right ought for to have or hereafter shall have or be or shall be to him belonging by any manner of meane within the said Town County and Marches and that he be in no wise defrauded or deceived thereof by your negligence or default and that yee make no payment of none Wages to none Officer nor other Souldier unto such time as due Muster be had viewed and taken and the same comptrolled by the Comptrollers Booke for the time being And yee shall from time to time during the time yee shall be in your Office see all Artificers which be or shall be in Wages under your Governance and Rule diligently duly and truly exercise and occupy their Occupations and Mysteries in the Kings Workes and that you shall not appoint or admit any person or persons into the Office or roome of a Speare or other Souldier within your retinue but if the said person or persons be borne within the Realme of England Wales Ireland the said Towne of Calice or Marches of the same and that the said person be sworne to be true Leige-man unto the King our Soveraigne Lord and his Heires and be an able person to serve the King for the defence of the said Towne and Marches And sinally you shal observe and keep or cause to be observed and kept as much as in you shall be during the time that you shall be in your Office all manner Statutes Laws and Ordinances made or to be made by our said Soveraigne Lord his Heires and Successors or by his or their Councell authorized for the same for the safeguard tuition defence and good Orders of the said Towne and Marches So help you God c. The Oath of the Lievtenant of Ruisbanke as it was ordained by Parliament in Anno 27. of Hen. 8. YEE shall sweare That yee shall be faithfull and true to our Soveraigne Lord King Henry the eight by the Grace of God King of England and of France Defender of the Faith Lord of Ireland and in Earth supreame head of the Church of England and to his Heires and if yee shall know any thing that shall be prejudiciall or hurtfull unto his Highnesse or his Heires or unto his Towne of Calice or Marches of the same yee shall resist the same to the uttermost of your power and in case yee cannot yee shall without delay declare the same unto his Highnesse or unto such of his Councell as ye think will shew it unto him Ye shall give from time to time as it shall need your true faithfull and diligent Counsell to the Kings Deputy of his Towne and Marches and them shall aide and assist to the uttermost of your power in in things to be done concerning the safeguard defence and good Governance of the said Towne and Marches ye shall safely keep true English to the use and behoofe of our said Soveraigne Lord and of his Heires and defend to the uttermost of your power his Castle and Fortresse of Ruisbanke by his Highnesse appointed and assigned to your said keeping Yee shall be personally remaining and refident upon your said Office and Roome there and at no time to be absent from the same without the Kings speciall license for the same obtained And you shall well and truly oversee that all Officers Souldiers and Ministers of the said Castle and Fortresse that shall serve the Kings Highnesse there under you shall diligently doe cause and suffer to be done all and every thing and things that unto them shall appertaine and belong concerning the sure and safe keeping of the said Castle and Fortresse and if any of them be found and proved to be remisse or negligent in doing his or their duty That then ye without favour or delay proceed to the correction and punition of him or them so offending and that you doe your duty to your power to the keeping of the Peace among all and every person and persons of what degree or condition ye or they be dwelling within the said Castle or Fortresse or thereunto from time to time repairing not suffering any unlawfull Congregations Conventions or Conventicles to be made within the said Castle or Fortresse against good restfull and Politique Governance of the same and duly to correct all and every person and persons offending and that as much as in you shall lye you shall see that the said Castle and Fortresse be furnished as well with Victuall as with all other things appertaining to the safe custody of the same that to you belongeth by duty of your said Office and that you truly rightfully and indifferently administer Justice to all and every person and persons that hereafter shall have any cause or matter moved or depending before you in the said Castle or Fortresse without having any manner of respect to any person or persons for love dread meed malice or affection And ye shall not admit ne appoint any person or persons within the said Castle and Fortresse but if the said person or persons be borne within the said Realme of England Wales Ireland or being English borne within the said Town of Calice or Marches of the same and that the said person be sworne to be true Leige-man unto the King our Soveraigne Lord and unto his Heires And finally you shall observe and keep or cause to be observed and kept as much as in you shall be during the time you shall be Lievtenant there all manner of Statutes Laws and Ordinances made and to be made by your said Soveraigne Lord his Heires or his Successors or by his or their Councell authorised for the same for the safeguard tuition defence and good orders of the said Castle and Fortresse doing due execution upon the transgressors offending any of the said Statutes Lawes and Ordinances having no regard to the person so offending for love favour meed dread or other cause what soever So help you God c. The Oath of the Lievtenant of Hannues as it was ordained by Parliament in Anno 27. Hen. 8. THe said Lievtenant shall take the like
Oath as is ordained for the Lievtenant of Ruisbanke The Oath of the Comptrollor of Calice as it was ordained by Parliament in Anno 27. Hen. 8. YEE shall sweare That ye shall be faithfull and true to our Soveraigne Lord King Hen. 8. by the Grace of God King of England and of France Defender of the Faith Lord of Ireland and in Earth supreame head of the Church of England and to his Heites and if you shall know any thing that shall be prejudiciall or hurtfull unto his Highnesse or his Heires or unto his Towne of Calice or Marches of the same yee shall resist the same to the uttermost of your power and in case ye cannot ye shall without delay declare the same unto his Highnesse or unto such of his Councell as yee thinke will shew it unto him ye shall be diligent obedient and as Tendant to the Deputy of the said Towne and Marches for the time being in those things that to the service of the Kings Suer good Politique Governance and defence of the said Towne and Marches appertaineth And that you shall not be absent from your said Office without the Kings speciall License obtained in that behalfe and in all things to be done that toucheth the safeguard defence and good governance of the said Towne of Cilice and Marches of the same shall give as it shall need from time to time your true faithfull and diligent counsell for the time being and to the Kings Councell and Officers of the same Towne and Marches and them ayd and assist to the uttermost of your power And you shall so much as in you is that due Musters shall be taken at all the whole retinue at two severall times in the yeare before the paying of their Wages and oftner if need shall be thought by the Deputy and the Kings Councell of the said Towne to be needfull and in as much as in you is and shall be from time to time ye shall see that the Deputy Souldiers and all other Officers and Ministers whatsoever be resident attendant and furnished as to them in every degree appertaineth and such as yee shall finde defective or faulty from time to time ye shall reforme and doe therein as to your Office belongeth ye shall also diligently and particularly oversee the Provisions made and to be made of all and every thing and things necessary and expedient for the Kings Works Buildings and Reparat one within the said Towne and Marches and diligently see that all Artificers and Workmen that from time to time shall be retained in the Kings Wages shall doe their duties in all such things for the which they are so retained And that you from time to time as much as in you is foresee that the Kings Highnesse be not deceived nor defrauded of any of his Possessions Rents Revenues Woods Waters Customs Forfeitures and other Profits as well certaine as casuall whatsoever they be which to his Highnesse shall of right appertaine And that ye shall not appoint nor admit any person or persons into the roome of a Souldier within your retinue but if the said person or persons be borne within the said Realm of England Wales and Ireland and the said Towne of Calice and Marches of the same and the said person to be sworne to be true Leige-man unto the King our Soveraigne Lord and to his Heires and to be an able person to serve the King for defence of the â—aid Towne and Marches And finally ye shall observe and keep or cause to be observed and kept as much as in you shall be during the time that you shall be in your Office all manner of Statutes Lawes and Ordinances made and to be made ut supra The Oath of the Master Porter as it was ordained by Parliament in Anno 27. H. 8. YEe shall sweare That ye shall be faithfull and true to our Soveraigne Lord King Henry 8. by the grace of God King of England and of France Defender of the Faith Lord of Ireland and in each Supreme Head of the Church of England and to his Heires and if ye shall know any thing that shall be preâ—udiciall or hurtfull unto his Highnesse or his Heires or unto his Towne of Callicâ— or Marches of the same ye shall resist the same to the uttermost of your power And in case ye cannot ye shall without delay declare the same unto his Highnesse or unto such of his Councell as ye think will shew it unto him Ye shall be diligent obedient and attendant to the Deputie of the said Towne and Marches for the time being in those things that to the service of the King Suer good politique Governance and defence of the said Towne and Marches appertaineth and in all things to be done as toucheth the safeguard defence and good governance of the said Towne of Calice and Marches of the same shall give as it shall need from time to time your true faithfull and diligent counsell to the Deputy for the time being And to the Kings Councell and Officers of the same To â—ne and Marches and them aid and assist to the uttermost of your power Ye shall safely keep duly and truly the Keyes of the Gates of this Towne of Calice at all times as to your Office appertaineth and if that you may heare or espâ— coming by Water or by Land any â—idings you shall do it to be known to the Kings Deputy of the said Town and Marâ—â—es with diligence And yee shall not raise nor suffer to be done or raised any new customs which might turne to prejudice or hinderance of any person And finally ye shall see surely to be kept and straightly cause to be observed as much as in you lieth all manner of Statutes Lawes and Ordinances made or to be made by our said Soveraigne Lord or his Heires and Successors or by his Councell authorized for the same for the safeguard tuition defence and good Orders of this Towne of Calice and Marches of the same doing due Execution upon the Transgressors of any of the said Statutes Lawes and Ordinances having no regard to the person so transgressing for affection meed dread or any other cause whatsoever So God c. The Oath of the Lieutenant of Newenham Bridge as it was ordained by Parliament in Anno 27. H. 8. THe said Lieutenant shall take like Oath as is Ordained before for the Lieutenant of Ruitbanke The Oath of the under Marshall of Calice as it was ordained by Parliament in Anno 27. Hen. 8. YE shall sweare That yee shall be faithfull and true to our Soveraigne Lord King Henry 8. by the grace of God King of England and of France Defend or of the Faith Lord of Ireland and in Earth Supreme head of the Church of England and to his Heires and if you shall know any thing that shall be prejudiciall or hurtfull to his Highnesse or his Heires or unto his Towne of Calice or Marches of the same ye shall resist the same to
the uttermost of your power and in case ye cannot ye shall without delay declare the same to his Highnesse or to such of his Councell as ye think will shew it unto him Yee shall bee obedient to the Kings Deputy for the time being in all things to be done that toucheth the safeguard defence and good governance of the said Towne of Calice and Marches of the same ye shall give as it shall need from time to time your true faithfull and diligent counsell to the Kings Deputy for the time being and to the Kings Councell and Officers of the same Towne and Marches and them aid and assist to the uttermost of your power Ye shall truly fet and do to be set the stand-Watch nightly on the Wals of the said Towne at the Castle hill and shall suffer no person or persons to keepe and furnish the said stand-watch but such person or persons as shall be by you appointed and sworne according to the Oath for the same devised and also take sureties for his or their Abearing in the Watch And that ye neither present nor do to be presented ne imprisoned nor cause to bee imprisoned any manner of person or Watchman nee other whatsoever without reasonable and true cause And if you finde any persons in Chance medly drawing any weapon or smiting that ye do leade or cause to be lead him or them to prison without any let And that ye present or do to be presented every fault that belongeth to your Office to bee presented duly and truly and that ye take not or cause to be taken any other fees of any person or persons then of right and of reason have bin used and of old time accustomed belonging to your Office And also you shal not hold with no party against other nor none sustaine but â—ee shall be true Referender of all that that belongeth to your Office of under Marshall and ye shall nightly be in the Market-place to take the Report of the Typped-staves of the furnishâ—ng of the Watches in the East and West Houses on the Wals and shall certifie the same Report unto the Kings Deputy immediately And all other things do that appertaine to your said Office of under-Marshall during the time you shall continue in your said Office So helpe you God c. The Oath of them that be or shall be made of the Kings Councell of the Towne and Marches of Calice as it was ordained by Parliament in Anno 27. Hen. 8. YEe shall sweare That ye shall be good true and faithfull unto our Soveraigne Lord King Henry the 8. by the Grace of God King of England and of France Defender of the Faith Lord of Ireland and in Earth supreame head of the Church of England and to his Heires and ye shal be ready with good attendance to come to the place of Councel holden for the King where it shall be assigned and appointed by the Deputy of his Towne and Marches of Calice for the time being and not absent you there-from without reasonable cause of excusation and that in all matters causes and questions that by the said Councell be or shall be opened moved stirred or asked you shall say and utter your good advice and opinion clearly after your discretion and understanding shewing and giving in conclusion your true and faithfull counsell not letting for favour affection love affinity hatred wrath had or borne to any party or for corruptions of any goods or other things whatsoever it be And that all manner Languages Reasons Conclusions had moved or uttered in the said Councell ye shall effectually keep them secretly and not discover them in no wise in other forme or manner then by the same Councell shall be ordained devised and accorded and whereas you can devise thinke or purpose any thing forme or rule that might be evident to turne to the honour weale and commodity of the King our Soveraigne Lord or to the good governance of this Towne and Marches ye shall at all times shew and move it to the Councell to the intent that it may be ordained and executed These things abovesaid every of them with all their circumstances and dependances ye shall duly exercise use keep and doe from time to time during your abiding in the said Councell with all the spirits of your good minde So help you God and the Holy dame and by this book The Oath given to a Knight of the Bath at the time of his creation GReat Worship be this noble Order unto you and Almighty God give you Grace well to keep it you shall be strong in the Faith of Holy Church you shall releeve as right requireth Widows Maids and Orphants you shall love and dread God above all things you shall love the King your Soveraigne Lord and him and his right defend to your power you shall suffer no Extortion as farre forth as you may nor sit in any place where wrongfull Judgement shall be given to your knowledge and as great honour be this noble Order unto you as it was to any of your Kinne or Progenitors before you or any others The Oath of the Captaines and Souldiers serving the Estates of Zeland VVEE sweare and promise To be faithfull to the Queenes Majesty of England our Soveraigne and to the generall united Provinces of the Low Countries especially to the Estates of this Province of Zeland to the end to keepe his Towne of Flushing with the Forts belonging to the same for the assurance of her Majesty the profit of the said Estates and the maintenance of the true Christian Religion as it is at this present exercised as well in England as in the Towne and Country of Zeland and to yeeld all due obedience to our Governour chiefe and Captaines So God us help The Oach and Homage made by James the King of Scots unto King Henry 6. in the second yeare of his Reigne over England I Iames Steward King of Scots shall be true and faithfull unto you Lord Henry by the grace of God King of England and France the noble and Superiour Lord of the King of Scotland which I hold and claim to hold of you and I shall beare you my faith and fidelity of life and limbe and worldly honour against all men and faithfully I shall knowledge and shall do to you service due to the Kingdome of Scotland So God help me and these holy Evangelists The Oath of a Tenant that doth Atturne to the Lord of a Mannour YOu shall become true and lawfull Tenant and true faith beare to the Lord of this Mannour for such Lands as you hold of the same Lordship and do such Customes and Services as of right ye ought to do saving the faith that you beare to any other Lands So help you God and by the Contents of this Booke The Oath used in a Court Baron to swedre any to the Queenes Highnesse YOu shall be true Liegeman and true faith beare to our Soveraigne Lady Elizabeth Queen
yee shall counsell the King and his counsaile yee shall-laine and keepe and ye shall not know nor suffer the hurt nor dis-heriting of the King nor that the Rights of the Crowne be distressed by any meaneâ— as farre forth as you may let And if yee may not let it yee shall make it clearely and expresly knowne to the King with your true advice and counfaile And that yee shall doe and purchase the kings profit in all that yee may as God helpe you and the holy Evangelists The Oath of the Treasurer of the Exchequer YEE shall sweare That well and truly yee shall serve the King our Soveraigne Lord and his People in the Office of Treasurer And ye shall doe Right to all manner of People Poore and Rich of such things as toucheth your Office And the Kings Treasure truly yee shall keepe and dispend And truly yee shall counsaile the King and his counsaile ye shall layne and keepe and that yee shall neither know nor suffer the Kings hurt nor his dis-heriting nor that the Rights of his Crowne be distresled by any meanes as farre forth as yee may let And if yee may not let it yee shall make knowledge thereof clearely and expresly to the King with your true advice and counsaile And yee shall doe and purchase the Kings profit in all that yee may reasonably doe as God you helpe and the holy Evangelists The Oath of the Barones of the Exchequer YEE shall sweare That well and truly yee shall serve the the King in the Office of Baron of his Exchequer And that truly yee shall charge and discharge all people that have Accompt before you and that yee shall do Right to all manner of People as well to Poore as to Rich And that for Highnesse nor for Riches nor for hatred nor for the estate of no manner of person nor for any good deed gift â—e promise of any person the which is made to you or may be made to you nor by crafts nor by Engines the Kings Right nor none other persons yee shall disturbe let nor respite against the Lawes of the Land nor the Kings Debts yee shall put in respite where that they may goodly be leavied And that the Kings Needes yee shall speede before all other And that neither for gift wages nor good deed yee shall laine disturbe nor let the profit and the advantage of the King in advantage of any other person nor of your selfe And that no things yee shall take of any person for to doe wrong or Right to delay of for to deliver or delay the people the which that have to doe before you But as hastily as yee may them goodly to deliver without hurt to the King And having no reward to any profit that might thereof to you be made then yee shall make to be delivered And that whereas yee may know any wrong or prejudice to be done to the King yee shall put and doe all your power and diligence that to redresse and if ye may not doe it yee shall tell it to the King or to them of his Councell the which may make relation to the King if ye may not come to him And the Kings Councell yee shall keepe and layne in all things As God you helpe and all his Saints The Oath of a Iudge endorso claus de Anno 20. Edw. 3. Part. prima YEE shall sweare That well and truly yee shall serve our Soveraigne Lord the King and his People in the Office of Justice And tfiat yee shall counsell our Soveraigne Lord the King in his needes And that yee shall not give any connsaile or assent to any thing the which might turne to hurt or dis-heriting of the King by any way or colour and that ye shall not know any hurt or dis-herting of the King but that ye shall make it to him known by you or by some other person And that yee shall doe equall Law and Execution of Right to all the Kings Subjects Rich and Poore without having regard to any person And that ye shall not take by you or by any other privily ne appart any gift or reward of Gold or of Silver nor of any other thing the which might turne you to profit But if it be meat or drinke and that of little value of any man that shall have any Plea or Processe hanging before you as long as before your selfe two Pleas and Processes shall be hanging nor after for that cause And that ye shall take no fees as long as ye be Justice nor Roab of any person great or small in any case But of the King himselfe And that yee shall not give any counsaile or advice to any person great or small in any case where the King is party And in case that any persons in what estate that they be of come before you in Sessions with force and Armes or otherwise against the Peace or against the forme of the Statute hereof made for to disturbe the Execution of the Common Law or for to Mennasse the people that may not doe the Law That yee shall doe Arrest their Bodies and put them in prison and in case they be such as yee may not Arrest that ye shall certifie the King of their names and of their misdoing hastily to that end that ye may thereof Ordaine remedy And that ye shall not maintaine by your selfe nor by none other privily nor openly any Plea or Quarrell hanging in the Kings Cours or else where in the Country And that ye shall not delay any person of Common Right for the Letters of the King or of any other person nor for any other cause And in case that any Letters come to you contrary to the Law that ye shall nothing doe for such Letters but ye thereof shall certifie the King And yee shall proceede to doe the Law the same Letters notwithstanding and that ye shall do and procure the profit of the King and his Crowne in all things where ye them reasonable may doe And in case that ye be found in default hereafter in any of the points aforesaid ye shall be at the Kings will of Bodies Lands and of honour to doe thereof that that shall please the King The Oath of a Iustice for Workes Weights and Measure YEE shall sweare That in your Office of Justice of Labors and of Weights and Measures yee shall doe equall Right to the Poore as to the Rich after our cunning wit and power and after the forme of Statutes thereof made and the Issues Fines and Amerciaments the which shall be made and to be made before you yee shall doe truly enter without any consealement or embeazling and truly send into the Exchequer And that yee shall not leave for gift nor for other cause but that well and truly ye shall doe your office of Justice in that behalfe And also ye shall sweare that in your office of Justice of Peace and Labours and of all other Articles contained in the Kings
not enseale with the Stale of the Exchequer as long as the Chancery shall be 20 miles where the Exchequer doth abide The Oath of Fealty YEE shall sweare That yee shall be faithfull and true and faith and truth beare unto the King our Soveraigne Lord and to his Heires Kings of England and truly yee shall doe and truly knowledge the services due of the Lands the which ye claime to hold of him as in the Right of your Wife and in the which the King to you doth yeeld As God helpe you and all his Saints The Oath of the Steward of Gascoygne YEE shall sweare That well and truly ye shall with all your wit and withall your power ye shall keepe the Office of the Stewardship of the Dutchie of Guyan And ye shall doe right to all People in that that to you appertaineth and belongeth And the Townes Castles Fortlots and the Lands and Tenements of the King our Soveraigne Lord in that Dutchie ye shall keepe to the use of him and his Heires And ye shall not deliver them to any person but to him or to his Heires or to the which shall bring you his Letters Patents and his Honour his Estate his Rights and his Seignory ye shall keepe and maintaine to all your power and if any thing of his Rights in what things soever it be be withdrawne or concealed ye shall put to your true paine and deavour that to repeale and retaine in due and right estate and if ye may not that doe ye shall doe it to be knowne to the King So God ye helpe and his Saints The Oath of the Alneger YEE shall sweare That well and truly yee shall serve the King and his People in the Office of Substitute Lann your of the King And that for favour nor for hatred ye shall not let But that yee shall meet the Clothes the which attaine and belong to your Office to meet truly and them enseale with the Seale of your Office and that truly ye shall answer to the King of the forfeitures of the Clothes after the forme contained in the Statute there of late made And that ye shall not tarry nor delay the people in that that appertaineth and belongeth to your Office And that ye shall use your said Office without Fraud Extortion or Out-age to be done to the people As God you helpe and his Saints The Oath of the Maior of the Staple and Constable of the same Staple YOu shall sweare That well and truly ye shall serve the King and his people in the Office of Maior of the Staple of Westminster to the which ye be chosen and truly ye shall Treat the Merchants of the same Staple and equall Right ye shall doe to all people as well to strangers as others after the Ordinances thereof made and the law Merchant As God you helpe and his Saints Like Oath shall make the Constable of the same Staple of that that appertaineth to their Office The Oath of the Portage of the Chancery YEE shall sweare That well and truly ye shall serve the King in the Office of Portage of the Chanâ—â—ry and that yee shall be continually abiding upon the said Office and no time ye shall absent you without especiall leave of the Chancellor or of the keeper of the Rolls and that for good and just cause and that ye shall not carry nor beare nor suffer the Rolls to be carried or borne to any place but unto the place to the same Ordained and Deputed and that yee shall not shew them to any person but by the Commandment of the said keeper of the Rolls privily or openly and that yee shall not assent that any fraud or deceit the which may be done to the said Rolls as by taking of Coppie or by the sight to have of the said Rolls privily nor in none other manner and of Fraud or untruth that ye may know to be done in the said Rolls or any thing that appertaineth to your keeping of the said Rolls yee shall tell to the said keeper of the Rolls without any concealment to doe so As God ye helpe and all Saints The Oath of a Bishops renuntiations of a Popes Bull. I Renounce all the words comprized in the Popes Bull made unto me of the Bishopprick of B the which be contrary and prejudiciall to the King our Soveraigne Lord and to his Crowne and of that I put my humblement in his grace praying to have restitution of my Temporalties of my Church of B. The Oath of a Bishops Fidelity ALso I shall be faithfull and true and faith and truth shall beare to the King our Soveraigne Lord and to his Heires Kings of England of Life and Limbe and of Earthly worship for to Live and Dye against all the people And diligently I shall be entendant unto the Kings Needs and Businesse after my with and power and the Kings counsaile I shall keepe and laine and truly I shall knowledge and doe the services due of the Temporalties of my Bishopprick of B. The which I claime to hold of my said Soveraigne Lord the King And the which he giveth and yeeldeth me and to him to his Commandments in that that to me attaineth and belongeth for my Temporalties I shall be obeysant As God me helpe and his Saints The Oath of the Kings Serjeant at Law YE shall sweare That ye shall well and truly serve the King and his people as one of his Serjeants of the Law and truly councell the King in his matters when he shall be called and duly and truly Administer the Kings matters after the course of the Law after your cunning ye shall take no wages nor Fee of any man for any matter where the King is partie against the King ye shall as duly and hastily speed such matters as any man shall have to do against the King in the Law as ye may lawfully doe without delay or tarrying the partie of his lawfull Procesle in that that to you belongeth yee shall be attendant to the Kings matters when ye shall be called thereunto As God helpe you and his Saints The Homage of a Temporall Lord. J Become your Leigman of Life and Limbe and of carthly worship and faith and troth I shall beare unto you for to live and dye against all manner of folke So God me helpe and his Saints The Oath of a Searcher in the Custome House YEe shall sweare That ye shall serve the King well and truly in the Office of the Searcher-ship in the Port of N. and doe the Kings profits in all things that longeth to you to doe by way of your Office and well and truly ye shall make due search of all the Ships and Vessells coming in or passing out of the said Port and truly answer the King of all that shall belong unto him in your said Office without Fraud or Maligne after your wit and power As God helpe you and his Saints The Oath of a Serjeant at Law YEe shall
Ecclesiis sibi Commissis Respondet Rer. Animo Liberti devoto promitvobis pardnâ— quia vnicuique de vobis Ecclesiis vobis Comissis Canovicum Privelegium debitam legem atque justitiam servabo defensionem quantum potuero adiuvante Domino exhibeo sicut Rex insuo Regno vnicuique Episcopo Ecclesiis sibi Comissis per rectum defendere debet This being done the King cometh to the Altar and laying his right hand on the Bible saith these words These things which I have before promised I shall observe and keepe So God me helpe and by the contnts of this Booke The Oath which all Piopsh Bishops sweare unto the Pope unde decretalls Lib. 1. Tit. 14. Ca. 4. I. D. Bishop will be faithfull from this day forward unto St. Peter and to the holy Church of Roome and to my Lord Bomface the Pope and to his Successors ellected Cannonically and I will be an helpe to keepe and defend against all people the Popedome or Papall Soveraignty and the rules of the holy Fathers So God me helpe and the holy Gospell The Oath of the Treasurer of the Kings Houshould in the time of H. 8. as it is entered in the Blacke Booke of the Houshold YEE will sweare By that Booke to be after your power and cunning and good worshipfull and true Officer to the King our Soveraigne Lord whose high estate is here present and diligent service to doe him as Treasurer of his honorable Houshold and be knowing and consenting to any thing that might be against him in his bodie naturall or of his goods Temporall but that you let it after your power or else to give hastie knowledge thereof to himselfe or to such about him that will doe him wit or to let it or amend it And also such good as ye shall receive of the King by the Treasurer of England or other Offices for the Estate and conservation of his Royall Houshold and for the expences of it you shall truly charge your selfe therewith and true Accompt yeeld into the Exchequer full and whole by every two yeares end at the furthest and no concealement make also to behave you truly and honestie in making of all your payments with favorable demeaning cherishing love betweene the King and people and that such payments be made and used continually as the greene Cloth in the Counting-house of Houshold also that yee take oftentimes views and such over sight of all manner of victuall and stuff comprised within your charge and parcell in every Office so that the utterance of it be guided to the Kings most worship and profit and that in all your Sessions and Judgements in the Counting house upon any matter cause or thing to say and give your doome truly after good conscience right reason and all the rules of this Court will require betweene the King and party or any other party or parties cherishing the good Officers punishing the evill doer not by affect on or love only nor in anger or evill will but returne truth to every partie as nigh as you can Item ye shall neither aske nor consent to any allowance but as shall be rightfull and due to be done and that you demeane you in charging or discharging of the expences of Houshold alwaies to the Kings Houshold worship and profit and in your owne person to be example to other in the Court All such parcell of purveyance as shall be brought into the Counting-house of your time be truly purveyed and parcelled by Indentures betwixt such Officers and you by good examinations and searches in the Countries as truly ye can charge all the purveyors and that it be duly opposed in the Counting-house monthly for the King And also that he search the good old rule worshipfull and profitable of this Court used before time and them to keepe uphold and better if you can As God helpe you and by that Booke The Oath of the Comptroller of the Kings Houshold as it is recorded in the Blacke Booke of the Houshold YEE will sweare By that Booke to doe unto the King our Soveraigne Lord good and true service and diligent after your power and cunning as Comptroller of his honourable Houshold and not to know or consent to any thing that may be hurting to his Highnesse Estate or to his bodie or goods but that ye shall that after your power or else warne them in hastie time that may let it also to comptroll the receipts and all issues of the Treasurers Office of Houshold and that to record in paine Accompt into the Kings Exchequer of the old forme of the Compting house Also truly and justly to helpe to make the prizes of all manner of Stuffe Victuall and other purveyance for this Houshold and that you see and know it to be good and wholesome Victualls in every thing for the King and his Houshold and for the Kings worship Also that it be like worth to the Silver that the King must pay therefore or better by your wisedome and discretion and also such Victualls of meat and drinke be dampned and annulled so that it be not expended within the houshold and to shew comin such matters as the greene Cloth before the Steward and Treasurer that it may be understood not done for malice and then to counsell upon whom to cast the losses of such mispurveying Also ye to be consciently assenting in and to all due allowance to be made or giving in the Counting house betwixt the King and his people to apply your businesses upon the good guiding and overfight of all such manner of charges and expences within this Court and without also belonging to this houshold also in our parties to make due search and enquire of and upon the conditions of purveyance and of thier purveyance inward and outward and of all the demeaning of the Officers of the Court that there rise no slander by their deedes unto this famous Court and that you see that the Officers under you for the King put them in their diligence to take often the views of the Offices that the allowance of the Expences passe not their charges of receipts ye also to make Accompt of all the Treasurer of Houshold charge and discharge for all receipts purveyances and expences and no concealements make thereof but truly to ingrosse it and to put into the Kings Exchequer and in your Office to attend and preserve the Kings Worship and profit as nigh as you can devise and ye to search keep and uphold the good said Worshipfull and profitable Rules and Statutes used before time in this Court and them to increase and that this demeaning be example to all other under you in this Court of good governance And also that ye or your under Clearke or both be at the Cowperage of Flesh and at the departing of Fish at the service of the Kings Chamber and Hall and to know the very duties of Liveries daily in Houshold and to see with the
such Rents Revenues Issue and Profits which shall or â—ay arise or grow in your office and from time to time deliver with speed such as shall have to doe before you And that yee shall not take or receive of any person any Gift or Reward in any cause or matter depending before you or wherein the Kings Highnesse shal be Partie whereby any prejudice hindrance losse or dis-herison shall grow or be to the Kings Highnesse So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of the Treasurer of Office or Court of the Kings generall Surveyer Anno 33. H. 8. Ca. 39. YEE shall sweare That yee shall well truly serve the King our Soveraigne Lord and his people in the Office of Treasurer of his Highnesse Court of generall Surveyer And yee shall reasonably and honestly procure the Kings Profit and doe right to all manner of people poore and rich in those things which touch your Office and the Kings Treasure Yee shall truly keep and dispend and true declaration accompt thereof shall make from time to time without any concealment to and before such per on and persons as shall be named and appointed by the Kings Highnesse his Heires and Successors for the same And further shall doe everie thing that of right appertaineth to your Office So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of the Kings Attourney of the Court of generall Surveyer Anno 33. H. 8. Ca. 39. YEE shall sweare That yee well truly shall serve the King in all places for or concerning any matter or cause that shall concern or touch the possessions and Hereditaments limited to the survey and governnance of this Court and procure the Kings Profit thereof And yee shall truly counsell the King and the Surveyer Treasurer of this Court in all things concerning the same to the best of your cunning wit power and with all speed and diligence from time to time at the calling of the said Surveyer and Treasurer you shall endeavour your selfe for the hearing and determination indifferently of such matters and causes as shall depend before the said Surveyer and Treasurer And that yee shall not take any gift or reward in any matter or cause depending in the same Court or elsewhere wherein the King shall be Partie whereby the Kings Majestie shall be hurted hindred or dis-inherited And further doe all and everie thing that shall appertain to your Office So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of the Master of the Woods of the Court of generall Surveyer Anno 33. H. 8. Ca. 39. YEE shall sweare That yee well truly shall serve the King our Soveraigne Lord in the Office of Master of the Woods in this Court And that yee shall shake true sale and sales of all Wood and under-woods belonging to your Office according to the authoritie given unto you by this Act of generall Surveyer or any other Act or Acts to be made concerning the said generall Surveyers for the Kings most advantage and nothing conceal but true accompt make of all such sums of money received for the same and other Profits wherewith yee shall be lawfully charged by reason of your said Office Yee shall make no Petition nor aske any Allowance but such as shall be good just true and reasonable And yee shall doe all and every thing and things which yee ought to doe by reason of your Office according to the forme and effect of this Act So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of the Auditors of the Court of the generall Surveyor Anno 33. H. 8. Ca. 39. YEE shall sweare That yee shall well truly serve the King in your Office and shall not take or receive of poore or rich any gift or reward in any matter or cause depending or to be discussed in the same Court but such as shall be your ordinarie Fees And yee shall do all and everie other thing which shall appertaine to your Office So help you God and all Saints The Oath of the Receivor of the Court of the generall Surveyance An. 33. H. 8. Ca. 39. YEE shall sweare That yee shall truly serve the King in your Office and nothing conceale but true accompt make of all such Revenues Rents sums of money and other profits wherewith you shall be lawfully charged by reason of your said Office You shall make no Petition nor aske Allowance but such as shall be good just and true and reasonable and ye shall doe all and everie thing and things which yee ought to doe by reason of your Office according to the forme and effect of this Act So helpe you God and by the contents of this Booke The Oath of the Clerke of the Court of the generall Surveyor Anno 33. H. 8. Ca 39. YEE shall sweare That yee shall well truly serve the King in your Office of Clerke of the said Court and truly doe and execute all and every thing and things which yee ought to doe by reason of your Office according to the forme and effect of the Act And yee shall also be attendant unto the said generall Survey or from time to time as they shall require you So help you God and all Saints The Oath of the Messenger of the Court of the generall Surveyor Anno 33. H. 8. Ca. 39. YOu shall sweare That ye shall well and truely serve the King in your Office of Messenger of this Court as well in speedie serving all and singular Processes to you to be delivered without fraud covin guile or deceipt As also making true and speedie Certificate to this Court of the same And that you well and truly doe and execute all and every other thing and things which yee ought to doe by reason of your said Office So helpe you God and all Saints The Oath of Supreamacie Anno 28. H. 8. Ca. 10. IT is Ordained and Enacted by Authoritie aforesaid That all and everie Ecclesiasticall Judge Ordinarie Chancellour Commissarie Officiall Vicar-Generall Mayor Bayliffe Sheriffe Under Sheriff Escheator Alderman Jurate Constable Headborough Thirdborow Bursholder and every other Lay-Officer and Minister to be made created elected or admitted within this Realme or any otheâ— the Kings Dominions of what estate order degree or condition soever he shall be from and after the said last day of July shall before he take upon him such Office make take and receive a corporall Oath upon the Evangelists before such person and persons as have or shall have authoritie to admit him That he from henceforth shall utterly renounce refuse relinquish and forsake the Bishop of Rome and his authoritie power and jurisdiction And that yee shall never consent or agree that the Bishop of Rome shall practise exercise or have any manner of authoritie jurisdiction or power within this Realme or any other the Kings Dominions but that he shall resist the same at all times to the uttermost of his power And that from henceforth he shall accept repute take the Kings Majestie to
all and every such person or persons within your Parish either knowne commonly reported or vehemently suspected to have committed any Misdemeanour Fault Default Crime Sinne or Offence mentioned or specified within any the Articles in this Booke comprised or in the same omitted which comming to your knowledge are by Ecclesiasticall Authoritie to be reformed So helpe you God in Christ Jesus The Protestation Iâ— B. Doe in the presence of Almightie God Promise Vow and Protest to maintain and defend as farre as lawfully I may with my life power and estate the true Reform'd Protestant Religion expressed in the Doctrine of the Church of England against all Popery and Popish Innovations within this Realme contrary to the same Doctrine and according to the dutie of my Allegiance his Majesties Royall Person Honour and Estate as also the Power and Ptiviledges of Parliament the lawful Rights and Liberties of the Subâ—ect and every person that maketh this Protestation in whatsoever he shall do in the lawfull pursuance of the same And to my power and a far as lawfully I may I will oppose and by all good wayes means endeaâ—our to bring to condigne punishment all such as shall either by Force Practice Councells Plots Conspiracies or otherwise doe any thing to the contrary of any thing in this present Protestation contained And further That I shall in all just and honourable wayes endeavour to preserve the Union and Peace betweene the three Kingdomes of England Scoâ—land and Ireland and neither for hope feare nor other respect shall relinquish this Promise Vow and Protestation The Vow and Covenant appointted by the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament to be taken by every man in the Cities of London Westminster the Suburbs and Liberties thereof and throughout the whole Kingdome IA. B. In humilitie and reverence of the Divine Maâ—esty declare my heartie sorrow for my own sins and the sins of this Nation which have deserved the calamities judgments that now lye upon it And my true intention is by Gods grace to endeavour the amendment of my owne wayes And that I do abhor and detest the said wicked and treacherous Design lately discovered And that I never gave nor will give my assent to the execution therof but wil according to my power Vocation oppose resist the same and all other of the like nature And in case any other like Designe shall hereafter come to my knowledge I will make such timely discoverie as I shall conceive may best conduce to the preventing thereof And whereas I do in my conscience believe That the Forces raysed by the Two Houses of Parliament are raysed and continued for their just Defence and for the Defence of the true Protestant Religion and Liberties of the Subject against the Forces raised by the King I doe here in the presence of Almightie God Declare Vow and Covenant That I will according to my power and Vocation assist the Forces raysed and continued by both Houses of Parliament against the Forces raysed by the King without their consent and will likewise assist all other persons that shall take this Oath in what they shall doe in pursuance thereof and will not directly or indirectly adhere unto nor shal willingly assist the Forces raysed by the King without the consent of both Houses of Parliament And this Vow and Covenant I make in the presence of Almightie God the Search of all hearts with a true intention to perform the same as I shall answer at the great Day when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed 1. T That we shall sincerely really and constantly through the grace of God endeavour in our severall places and callings the prefervation of the Reformed Religion in the Church of Sâ—oâ—und in Doctrine Worship Discipline Government against our common Enemies the Reformation of Religion in the Kingdomes of Englâ—nd and Ireland in Doctrine Worship Discipline Government according to the Word of God the Example of the best Reformed Churches And shall endeavour to bring the Churches of God in the Three Kingdoms to the nearest Conâ—unction and Uniformity in Religion Confession of Faith Forme of Church-government Dâ—rectory for Worship and Catechizing That we and our Posterity after us may as Brethren live in faith and love and the Lord may delight to dwel in the midst of us 2. That we shall in like manner without respect of persons endeavor the extirpation of Poperie Prelacie that is Church-Government by Arch-Bishops Bishops their Chancellors and Commissaries Deans Deans Chapters Archdeacons and all other Ecclesiastical Officers depending on that Hierachy Superstition Heresie Schism Prophanesse and what soever shal be found to be contrarie to sound Doctrine and the power of godlinesse lest we partake in other mens sins thereby be in danger to receive of their plagues and that the Lord may be one and his Name one in the Three Kingdoms 3. We shall with the same sinceritie realitie and constancy in our several Vocations endeavâ—r with our Estates and Lives mutually to preserve the Rights and Priviledges of the Parliament and the Liberties of the Kingdoms and to preserve and defend the Kings Majesties Person and â—uthoritie in the preservation defence of the true Religion and Liberties of the Kingdoms that the world may beare witnesse with our consciences of our loyaltie and that we have no thoughts or intentions to diminish his Majesties just power and greatnesse 4. We shall also with all faithfulnesse endeavor the discovery of all such as have bin or shal be Incendiaries Malignants or evill Instruments by hindring the Reformation of Religion dividing the King from his people or one of the Kingdoms from another or making any Faction or Pâ—rties amongst the people contrarie to this League and Covenant that they maybe brought to publike Tryall and reâ—eive condign punishment as the degree of their Offences shall require or deserve oâ— the Supreme Judicatories of both Kingdoms respectively or others having power from them for that effect shall judge convenient V. And whereas the happinesse of a blessed Peace between these Kingdoms denied in former times to our Progenitors is by the good providence of God granted unto us and hath beene lately concluded and setled by both Parliaments we shall each one of us according to our place and interest endeavor that they may remain conjoyed in a firm Peace and Union to all Posteritie And that Justice may be done upon the wifull Opposers thereof in manner expressed in the present Articles 6. We shall also according to our places and callings in this Common Cause of Religion Libertie and Peace of the Kingdoms assist and defend all those that enter into this League and Covenant in the maintaining and pursuing thereof and shall not suffer our selves directly or indirectly by whatsoever combination perswasion or terror to be divided and withdrawne from this blessed Union Conjunction whether to make defection to the contrary part or give our selves to a detestable indifferency or neutrality in this Cause which so much concerneth the glory of God the good of the Kingdoms and Honor of the King but shall all the dayes of our lives zealously and constantly continue therein against all opposition and promote the same according to our power against all Lets and Impediments whatsoever what we are not able our selves to suppresse or overcome we shall reveal make known that it may be timely prevented or removed all which we shal do as in the fight of God And because these Kingdoms are guiltie of many sins provocations against God and his Son Jesus Christ as is too manifest by our present distresses and dangers the fruits thereof We professe and declare before God and the world our unfeigned desire to be humbled for our own sins and for the sins of these Kingdoms especially that we have not as we ought valued the inestimable benefit of the Gospel that we have not laboured for the puritie and power thereof and that we have not endeavoured to receive Christ in our hearts nor to walke worthy of him in our lives which are the causes of other sins and transgressions so much abounding amongst us And our true unfeigned purpose desire indeavor for our selves and all others under our power charge both in publike and in private in all duties we owe to God and man to amend our lives and each one to go before another in the example of a reall Reformation that the Lord may turn away his wrath and heavie indignation establish these Churches and Kingdoms in truth peace And this Covenant we make in the presence of Almighty God the serarcher of all hearts with a true intention to performe the same as we shall answer at that great day when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed most humbly beseeching the Lord to strengthen us by his holy Spirit for this end to blesse our desires proceedings with success as may be deliverance safetie to his people encouragement to other Christian Churches groningunder or in danger of the yoke of Antichristian tyranny to joyn in the same or like Association Covenant to the glorie of God the enlargement of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ and the Peace and Tranquility of Christian Kingdoms Common wealths FINIS