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esq_n john_n berkstead_n esq_n sir_n william_n constable_n john_n hutchinson_n robert_n tichbourne_n owen_n roe_n adrian_n scroop_n richard_n deane_n john_n okey_n john_n huson_n augustine_n garland_n simon_n meyne_n peter_n temple_n john_n brown_n thomas_n scot._n thomas_n lister_n john_n jones_n vincent_n potter_n daniel_n blagrave_n william_n say_n nicholas_n love_n robert_n lilbourne_n william_n goffe._n john_n carew_n thomas_n pride_n francis_n allen._n peregrine_n pelham_n john_n moor_n francis_n lassels_n henry_n smith_z james_n challoner_n humphrey_n edward_n john_n fry_n sir_n gregory_n norton_n john_n venn_n william_n cawley_n thomas_n horton_n thomas_n hammond_n isaac_n ewer_n cornelius_n holland_n sir_n john_n bourchier_n edmond_n ludlow_n edmond_n harvey_n edmond_n wild._n thomas_n heath_n william_n heveningham_n henry_n marten_n william_n purefoy_n john_n lisle_n present_a ordered_n that_o the_o commissioner_n of_o this_o court_n who_o have_v not_o hitherto_o appear_v be_v summon_v by_o warrant_n under_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o clerk_n of_o this_o court_n to_o give_v their_o personal_a attendance_n at_o this_o court_n to_o perform_v the_o service_n to_o which_o they_o be_v by_o act_n of_o the_o commons_o of_o england_n assemble_v in_o parliament_n appoint_v and_o require_v ordered_n that_o the_o sergeant_n at_o arm_n attend_v this_o court_n or_o his_o deputy_n do_v forthwith_o summon_v all_o the_o aforesaid_a commissioner_n make_v default_n who_o reside_v or_o dwell_v within_o twenty_o mile_n of_o london_n particular_a warrant_n to_o every_o one_o of_o they_o be_v according_o issue_v forth_o for_o their_o attendance_n upon_o report_n make_v by_o col._n hutchinson_n from_o the_o committee_n to_o consider_v of_o the_o manner_n of_o bring_v the_o king_n to_o trial_n etc._n etc._n the_o court_n order_n as_o follow_v viz._n ordered_n that_o sir_n robert_n cotton_n house_n be_v the_o place_n where_o the_o king_n shall_v lodge_v during_o his_o trial_n that_o the_o chamber_n in_o sir_n robert_n cotton_n be_v house_n next_o the_o study_n there_o shall_v be_v the_o king_n bedchamber_n that_o the_o great_a chamber_n
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