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A85811	The book of oaths, and the severall forms thereof, both antient and modern. Faithfully collected out of sundry authentike books and records, not heretofore extant, compiled in one volume. Very useful for all persons whatsoever, especially those that undertake any office of magistracie or publique imployment in the Common-wealth. Whereunto is added a perfect table.	Garnet, Richard, S.J., attributed name.	1649 (1649)	Wing G264; Thomason E1129_1; ESTC R202149	108,262	410

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 wi●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 spec●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 a●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

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 w●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 d●bet unicuique Episcopo Eccliis sibi commissis Responder Kex Anime L●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

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

be the onely Supreame Head in earth of the Church of England and that to his cunning wit and uttermost of his power without guile fraud or other undue meane He shall observe keep maintain and defend the whole effect and contents of all and singular Acts and Statutes made and to be made within this Realme in derogation execution and extinguishment of the Bishop of Rome and his authoritie and all other Acts and Statutes made and to be made in Reformation and coroboration of the Kings Power of Supreame Head in earth of the Church of England And this he shall doe against all manner of persons of what estate dignitie degree or condition they be and in no wise doe or attempt nor to his power suffer to be done or attempted directly or indirectly any thing or things privily or appartly to the let hindrance dammage or derogation thereof or of any part thereof by any manner of meanes or of any manner of pretence And in case any Oath be made or hath been made to him by any manner of person or persons in maintenance defence or favour of the Bishop of Rome or his authoritie jurisdiction or power yea repute the same as vaine and adnihillate So help him God and all Saints and the holy Evangelists The Oath of a Commissioner for Sewers as in the Statute Anno 23. H. 8 YEE shall sweare That you to your cunning wit and power shall truly indifferently execute the Authoritie given by this Commission of Sewers without any favour affection corruption dread or malice to be borne to any manner of person or persons and as the case shall require yee shall consent and endeavour your selfe for your part to the best of your knowledge and power to the making of such wholesome just equall and didifferent Lawes and Ordinances as shall be made and devised by the most discreet and indifferent number of your fellowes being in Commission with you for the due redresse reformation and amendment of all and everie such things as are contained specified in the said Commission And the same Lawes and Ordinances to your cunning wit and power cause to be put in due execution without favour meed dread malice or affection So God you helpe and all Saints The Oath of an Vnder-Sheriff Bayliffe of Franchies Deputies and Clerke of every Sheriffe and Vnder-Sheriff Statute Anno 27. of Queene Eliz. Ca. 12. I. A. B. Shall not use or exercise the Office of Under-Sheriffe corruptly during the time that I shall remaine there neither shall or will accept rejoyce or take by any colour meanes or device whatsoever or consent to the taking of any manner of fee or reward of any manner of person or persons for the inpannelling or returning of any Inquest Jurie or Tales in any Court of Record for the Queene or betweene partie and partie above two shillings or the value thereof or such Fees as are allowed and appointed for the same by the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme but will according to my power truly and indifferently with convenient speed impannell all Jurours and returne all such Writ or Writs touching the same as shall appartain to be done by my dutie or Office during the time that I shall remaine in the said Office So helpe me God and by the contents of this Book It is Ordained That every Under-Sheriff Bayliffe of Franchizes Deputie and Clerke of every Sheriffe Under-Sheriff and every other person and persons which shall have Authoritie or take upon him to impannell or returne any Inquest Jurie or Tales or entermedle with execution of Processe in any Court of Record untill he or they have taken the Oath of Supreamacie as it is Ordained in the first yeare of Queene Elizabeth Together with the Oath abovesaid The Oath given to the Kings Councell and Judges of his Court of Requests as it is entred in an old Book of Presidents remaining among the Records of that Court Anno 27. H. 6. Fo. 56. YOu shall be faithfull true Councellour to our Soveraigne Lord Henry by the grace of God King of England and of France and Lord of Ireland the 7 and to his Councell be diligently attendant and due and diligent attendance he shall give to the same and in every matter touching our said Soveraigne Lord his honourable suretie or profit that shall come to your knowledge or that shall be communed or treated in his Councell Yee shall to the best of your wisedome give plaine and true Councell not letting so to do for meed dread favour or affection of any person of what degree or condition soever he be the Kings Councell as long as it is Ordained to be Councell yee shall conceale and keepe secret without disclosing it to any person though he be of the same Councell if it touch him and that he may not be made privie there And if there shall come any thing to your knowledge that may be hurtfull prejudiciall or dishonourable to our said Soveraign Lord Yee shall let it to the best of your power and as soone as yee goodly may shew it to our said Soveraigne Lord or such of his Councell as yee shall think will shew it to him All which premisses and every of them yee shall well and truly keep and observe So help you God and all Saints and by his holy Evangelists by you bodily touched The Oath which was given by Henry Garnet the Jesuit to Catesby Piercy Christopher Wright and Thomas Winter and the rest of the Conspirators in the Powder Treason Anno 1605. for secresie as perseverance and constancie in the execution of their Plots YOu shall sweare By the blessed Trinitie and by the Sacrament you now purpose to receive never to disclose directly nor indirectly by word or circumstance the matter that shall be proposed to you to keep Secret nor desist from execution thereof untill the rest shall give you leave The Oath concerning the Office of a Constable in the Countrey Vide Dalton Title Warrants YOu shall sweare That you shall well truly serve our Soveraigne Lord the King in the Office of a Constable You shall see and cause his Majesties Peace to be well truly kept and preserved according to your power You shall Arrest all such persons as in your sight or presence shall ride or go Armed offensively or shall commit or make any Riot Affray or other breach of his Majesties Peace You shall doe your best endeavour upon complaint to you made to apprehend all Fellons Baretors and Rioters or persons Riotous assembled and if any such Offenders shal make resistance with force you shall leave hue and cry and shall pursue them untill they be taken You shall doe your best endeavour that the Watch in your Towne be duly kept and that hue and cryes be duly pursued according to the Statute of Winchester And that the Statutes made for the Punishment of Rogues and Vagabonds and Night walkers and such idle persons comming within your Bounds and