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A67177 The Writ of quo warranto served upon the Lord Mayor, commonalty, and citizens of London to inquire by what authority they use and lay claim to their liberties, privledges, and franchises. Sawyer, Robert, Sir, 1633-1692. 1682 (1682) Wing W3721; ESTC R6696 2,198 2

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THE Writ of Quo Warranto Served upon the Lord MAYOR COMMONALTY and CITIZENS of LONDON To inquire by what Authority they use and lay Claim to their LIBERTIES PRIVILEDGES and FRANCHISES Per Jud. Mich. xxxiii Car. Secund. Reg. Lond. ss MEmorandum quod Robertus Sawyer Miles Attorn Dom. Regis nunc Generalis qui pro eodem Dom. Rege in hac parte sequitur in propria persona sua ven hic in Cur. dict Dom. Regis coram ipso Rege apud Westm die Lunae prox post quinden ' S. Martini isto eodem term ' pro eodem Dom. Rege dat Cur. hic Intelligi Informari quod Major Communitas ac Cives Civitat Lond. praed per spacium unius Mensis jam ult elaps amplius usi fuerunt adhuc utuntur ac clamant habere uti absque aliquo Warranto sive Regali Concessione infra Civit. Lond. praed Libertat Praecinct ejusdem Civitat diversis Libertat Privilege Franches sequen videl Fore de seipsis unum Corpus Corporat Politicum in nomine Majoris Civitat ac Civium Civitat London ac per idem nomen placitare implacitari respondere responderi ac etiam habere Vicecomit Civitat Comitat. Civitat Lond. nominare eligere ex seipsis duas personas fore Vicecomit Civitat praed Com. ejusdem Civitat Ac ill sic nominat elect praeficere constituere Vic. Civit. praed Com. ejusdem Civitat ad Execution Retorn omnium Brevium Billarum Praeceptorum Dom. Regis pro Administratione Executione Justic infra Civit. praed Com. ejusdem Civit. exequend faciend ac ad faciend exequend omnia singula al. infra Civit. praed Com. ejusdem Civit. quae ad Officium Vic. faciend pertinent Ac etiam habere Vic. Com. Middlesex nominare eligere constituere ex seipsis Vic. Com. Middlesex pro eodem Com. ut Vicecomes inde deservitur ac omnia Brevia Billas praecepta Dom Regis infra Com. Middlesex praed pro Administratione Executione Justic ibid. exequend retorn inde faciend absque aliqua Commissione sive aliquibus Literis Patentibus à Dom. Rege inde obtent sive obtinend Ac etiam quod Major Aldermanni ejusdem Civit. fuerunt Justic Dom. Regis ad pacem infra Civit. praed conservand ac ad Sessiones pacis placita Coronae infra eandem Civit. tenend ac ad omnes Felon Riot Conventic illicit infra Civit. praed inquirend audiend terminand Authoritate ipsorum propria absque aliqua Commissione sive al. Authoritate à Dom. Rege in ea parte concess sive obtent De quibus quidem omnibus singulis Libertat Privileg Franches iidem Major Communitas ac Cives Civit. London praed per totum tempus supradictum supra dictum Dom. Regem nunc usurpaverunt adhuc usurpant in dict Dom. Regis nunc Contempt Praerogativae suae Regiae grave dampnum praejudicium Vnde idem Attornat dict Dom. Regis nunc General pro eodem Dom. Rege pet Advisament Cur. hic in praemiss debit Legis Proces versus praefat Major Communitat ac Cives Civit. Lond. praed in hac parte fieri ad respondend dict Dom. Regi Quo Warranto clamant habere uti gaudere Libertat Privileg Franches supradict c. In English thus By the JVDGES in Michaelmas Term in the Thirty Third Year of Car. II. KING of England c. Lond. ss MEmorand ' That Robert Sawyer Knight our Lord the Kings Attorney General who on this behalf prosecutes for our said Lord the King appears here in his own person in the Court of our said Lord the King before the King himself at Westminster on Munday next after the Quindene of St. Martin viz. Nov. 27. in the same Terms and for our said Lord the King gives this Court to understand and be informed That the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London aforesaid for the space of one month last past and longer have used and do yet use and claim to have and use without any Warrant or Royal Grant within the City of London aforesaid and the Liberties and Precincts of the said City divers Liberties Priviledges Franchises following to wit To be of themselves one Body Corporate and Politick in the Name of the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London and by the same Name to implead and be impleaded to answer and be answered And also to have a Sheriff of the City and County of the City of London and to Nominate and Elect out of themselves two persons One to be the Sheriff of the City aforesaid and of the County of the same City and him so nominated and elected to prefer and constitute Sheriff of the City aforesaid and of the County of the said City for the Execution and Return of all Breve's Bills and Precepts of our Lord the King for the administration and execution of the Justice within the City aforesaid and County of the same City to be executed and done and to do and execute all and every the other things within the City aforesaid and County of the same that belong to the Office of a Sheriff And also to Nominate Elect and Constitute Another person out of themselves for the Sheriff of the County of Middlesex for the said County to serve as Sheriff for the same and to execute there and make return of all Breve's Bills and Precepts of our Lord the King within the County of Middlesex aforesaid for the administration execution of Justice without any Commission or Letters Patents obtained or to be obtained from our Lord the King on that behalf And also that the Mayor Aldermen of the said City have been Justices of our Lord the King to keep the Peace within the said City and to hold Sessions of the Peace and Pleas of the Crown within the said City and all the Felonies Riots and unlawful Conventicles within the said City to enquire into hear and determine by their own proper authority without any Commission or other Authority from our Lord the King granted or obtained on that behalf All and every of which Liberties Priviledges and Franchises the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London aforesaid for all the said time have usurped and do still usurp over our said Lord the King to the contempt of our said Lord the King and to the great damage and prejudice of his Prerogative Royal. Whereupon the said Attorney-General of our Lord the King doth desire for our said Lord the King the Advice of this Court in the premisses and due course of Law to be made against the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London aforesaid on this behalf to answer our said Lord the King By what Warrant they claim to have use and enjoy the Liberties Priviledges and Franchises aforesaid c. London Printed for W. Davies in Amen-corner 1682.