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A37585 An Act for the security of His Highnes the Lord Protector his person, and continuance of the nation in peace and safety. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the 17th day of September, an. Dom 1656.; Public General Acts. 1656. England and Wales.; England and Wales. Parliament. Proceedings. 1656. aut 1657 (1657) Wing E1123; ESTC R25056 4,622 12

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AN ACT For the Security of HIS HIGHNES THE LORD PROTECTOR His Person And Continuance of the Nation in Peace and Safety FOrasmuch as the prosperity and safety of this Nation and the Dominions thereunto belonging very much dependeth under God upon the security and preservation of the Person of His Highness And for that it hath manifestly appeared that divers wicked Plots and means have been of late devised and laid as well in Foreign parts beyond the Seas as also within this Nation to the great endangering His Highness Person and the embroyling this Commonwealth in new and intestine Wars and Seditions to the utter Ruine and Subversion thereof if the same had taken effect Therefore and for the preventing of such great Perils and Mischiefs as may hereafter ensue by the like detestable Conspiracies and Practises The Parliament sout of a deep Sense and Consideration thereof do desire that it may be Enacted and Ordained And be it Enacted and Ordained by His Highness the Lord Protector and the Parliament and the Authority thereof That if any person or persons shall from and after the Tenth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred fifty and six Attempt Compass or Imagine the death of the Lord Protector And such Attempting Compassing or Imagining shall declare by open deed Or shall levy War or Plot Contrive or Endeavour to stir up or raise Force against the Lord Protector or the Government to subvert or alter the same and shall by open Deed declare such Endeavour Plotting or Contriving Or shall advisedly and maliciously Proclaim Declare Publish or Promote Charles Stuart eldest Son to the late King or any other Issue or Posterity of the said late King or any other person claiming by from or under him any or either of them to be King Queen or Chief Magistrate of Great Brittain or of England Scotland or Ireland or of any the Dominions thereto or to any of them belonging Or shall be Aiding Assisting Comforting or Abetting unto any person or persons that shall by any ways or means whatsoever endeavour or attempt the reviving or setting up of any pretended Right Title or Claim of the said Charles Stuart or of any other the Issue or Posterity of the said late King or of any person or persons claiming under him or them to any of the Offices Stile Title Dignity or Authority aforesaid or any of them Or shall hold any Intelligence or Correspondence with the said Charles Stuart or with James Stuart or Henry Stuart or with the late Queen their Mother or any or either of them Or shall give or contribute any sum or sums of Money or other Aid or Assistance to the said Charles Stuart or unto James and Henry Sons of the said late King or to the late Queen their Mother or to any or either of them Or shall Plot Contrive or Endeavour the Betraying Surrendring or Yeelding up any City Town Castle Fort Magazine Ship Vessel or Forces by Land or by Sea belonging to this Common-wealth unto the Enemies thereof Or shall advisedly and maliciously Plot Contrive or Endeavour by any open Act to stir up Mutiny in the Army or Fleet or amongst any of the Forces thereof by Sea or Land to withdraw any Officer or Souldier Mariner or Sea-man from his or their obedience to the Lord Protector Or shall Invite Procure Aid or Assist any Forreigner or Stranger to invade these Nations of England Scotland or Ireland or any the Dominions thereto belonging Or shall Adhere to any Forces raised or that shall be hereafter raised against the Lord Protector of this Common-wealth Then all and every the Offences above mentioned shall be and are hereby Deemed Ordained and Adjudged to be High Treason And that in all such Cases and upon all such occasions the Lord Chancellour Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal of England for the time being are hereby Authorized and required from time to time by Warrant from His Highness the Lord Protector to issue out one or more Commission or Commissions under the Great Seal of England to the respective persons hereafter named That is to say For England and Wales the Town of Barwick upon Tweed and the Isles of Guernsey and Jersey The Lord Chancellour Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal of England for the time being The Lords Commissioners of the Treasury for the time being The Chief Iustice of the Vpper Bench The Master of the Rolls The Chief Iustice of the Common-Pleas The Chief Baron of the Exchequer The Iustices of the Vpper Bench The Iustices of the Common-Pleas The Barons of the Exchequer and every of them for the time being Lissebone Long Esq Recorder of the City of London Roger Hill Serjeant at Law Unton Crook Serjeant at Law Erasmus Earl Serjeant at Law George Lord Eure Sir William Strickland William Earl of Salisbury Sir Walter St. John Baronet Sir Christopher Pack Sir Thomas Vyner Sir John Dethick Robert Tichburn Thomas Foot John Ireton Aldermen of the City of London Sir John Hobart Baronet Sir William Roberts Sir John Thoroughgood of Kensington Sir John Coppleston Sir Thomas Pride Sir John Barkstead Lieutenant of the Tower of London Luke Robinson Esq Anthony Rous Esq John Hildesley Esq Alexander Blake Esq Owen Row Esq Henry Hatsel Esq Edward Cresset Esq Richard Lucy Esq John Fothergill Esq Thomas Whitegrave Esq Charles George Cock one of the Iudges of the Admiralty John Godolphin Doctor of the Laws one of the Iudges of the Admiralty Captain John Brown of Orpington Dennis Bond Esq Sir Richard Combes John Marsh Esq Adam Washington Francis Clinton alias Fiennes John Ward Richard Dunton James Chadwick Bussey Mansel Esqs Sir George Eleetwood of the County of Bucks Knight Nicholas Green Esq Thomas Bendish Esq Sir John Trever William Underwood Alderman of the City of London Arthur Stanhope Esq Sir Francis Russel Baronet John Bingham Esq Thomas Croxton Dudley Templer Richard Lilburn Esqs John James of Trippleton in the County of Hereford Esq Thomas Dickenson Esq Alderman of the City of York Samuel Moody Esq Richard Boughton William Freeman George Downing John Hagget Bennet Hoskins John Corbet William Foxwist Edward Bulstrode Evan Seys Esqs Robert Wood of Breadonash in the County of Norfolk Esq Anthony Nicoll Azariah Husbands John Pitman Christopher Lister John Carter Robert Jermy Peter Legay Henry Cannon Esqs John Geldart Alderman of York John Palmer Doctor of Physick Francis Lassels John Stone Alban Cox John Grew of Bedford Esqs Cornelius Holland Peter Ceeley James Dewey Henry Barrington Esqs John Crofts Wroth Rogers William Cullen Abraham Babington William Puckle Charles Doyley Edward Herbert Henry King Thomas Brooks Nicholas Saltar Esqs Robert Weaver of Amstrey in the County of Hereford Esq John Gorges Esq Thomas Basnet Alderman of Coventry Robert Aldworth Joseph Hawksworth John Fiennes George Byard Edward Clud Esqs Richard Fincher John Carey of Dichley Esqs Edmund Waring Esq Thomas Allen Alderman of the City of London Robert Castle Thomas Gorges Robert Shapscot Esqs Thomas Pury junior Esq John Price