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scroop_n richard_n dear_a john_n okey_n robert_n overton_n john_n huson_n john_n desborough_n william_n goff_n robert_n duckenfield_n cornelius_n holland_n john_n carew_n carey_n esquire_n sir_n william_n armyn_n baronet_n john_n jones_n esquire_n miles_n corbet_n francis_n allen_n thomas_n lister_n benjamin_n weston_n perigrin_n pelham_n john_n gourdon_n esquire_n francis_n thorp_n sergeant_n at_o law_n john_n nutt_n thomas_n challoner_n algernon_n sidney_n john_n anlaby_n john_n moor_n richard_n darley_n william_n say_v joh._n alured_n aldred_n john_n fag_n james_n nelthorp_n esquire_n sir_n william_n roberts_n knight_n francis_n lastell_v alexander_n rigby_n henry_n smith_n edmond_n wild_a james_n challoner_n josias_n berner_n dennis_n bond_n humphrey_n edwards_n gregory_n clement_n john_n fry_n thomas_n wogan_n esquire_n sir_n gregory_n norton_n baronet_n john_n bradshaw_n sergeant_n at_o law_n edmond_n harvey_n john_n dove_n john_n venus_n esquire_n john_n fowk_n alderman_n of_o 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stuart_n and_o the_o say_a commissioner_n or_o any_o twenty_o or_o more_o of_o they_o shall_v be_v and_o be_v hereby_o authorize_v and_o constitute_v a_o high_a court_n of_o justice_n to_o meet_v and_o sit_v at_o such_o convenient_a time_n and_o place_n as_o by_o the_o say_a commissioner_n or_o the_o major_a part_n of_o twenty_o or_o more_o of_o they_o under_o their_o hand_n and_o seal_n shall_v be_v appoint_v and_o notify_v by_o public_a proclamation_n in_o the_o great_a hall_n or_o palace-yard_n at_o westminster_n and_o to_o adjourn_v from_o time_n to_o time_n and_o from_o place_n to_o place_n as_o the_o say_v high_a court_n or_o major_a part_n thereof_o meeting_n shall_v hold_v fit_a and_o to_o take_v order_n for_o the_o charge_v of_o he_o the_o say_v charles_n stuart_n with_o the_o crime_n and_o treason_n abovemention_v and_o for_o the_o receive_n of_o his_o personal_a answer_n thereunto_o and_o for_o the_o examination_n of_o witness_n upon_o oath_n which_o the_o court_n have_v 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say_a court_n in_o the_o due_a execution_n of_o the_o trust_v hereby_o commit_v provide_v that_o this_o act_n and_o the_o authority_n hereby_o grant_v do_v continue_v in_o force_n for_o the_o space_n of_o one_o month_n from_o the_o make_n hereof_o and_o no_o long_o hen._n scobell_n cler._n par._n dom._n com._n in_o pursuance_n of_o which_o say_v act_n the_o house_n of_o commons_o order_v as_o follow_v viz._n die_fw-la sabbati_fw-la 6._o jan._n 1648._o order_v by_o the_o commons_o assemble_v in_o parliament_n that_o the_o commissioner_n nominate_v in_o the_o act_n for_o erect_v of_o a_o high_a court_n of_o justice_n for_o the_o try_v and_o judge_v of_o charles_n stuart_n king_n of_o england_n do_v meet_v on_o monday_n next_o at_o two_o of_o the_o clock_n in_o the_o afternoon_n in_o the_o paint_a chamber_n by_o virtue_n of_o which_o say_v recite_v act_n and_o of_o the_o say_a order_n ground_v thereupon_o the_o commissioner_n who_o name_n be_v here_o under-written_a meet_v on_o monday_n the_o say_v eight_o day_n of_o january_n 1648._o in_o the_o say_v paint_v chamber_n at_o westminster_n where_o the_o say_a act_n be_v open_o read_v and_o the_o court_n call_v commissioner_n present_v thomas_n lord_n fairfax_n oliver_n cromwell_n esq_n henry_n ireton_n esq_n sir_n hardress_n waller_n valentine_n wauton_n edward_n whaley_n thomas_n pride_n isaac_n ewer_n sir_n gregory_n norton_n bar._n peter_n temple_n esq_n john_n venus_n esq_n thomas_n challoner_n esq_n henry_n martin_n esq_n john_n berkstead_n esq_n gilbert_n millington_n esq_n richard_n deane_n esq_n cornelius_n holland_n esq_n john_n jones_n esq_n john_n aldred_n esq_n henry_n smith_n esq_n john_n lisle_n esq_n james_n temple_n esq_n adrian_n scroop_n esq_n edmond_n ludlow_n esq_n john_n huson_n esq_n thomas_n harrison_n esq_n nicholas_n love_n esq_n thomas_n lord_n grey_n of_o groby_n sir_n john_n danvers_n sir_n though_o malevere_a bar._n sir_n john_n bourchier_n sir_n henry_n mildmay_n james_n challoner_n esq_n gregory_n clement_n esq_n john_n fry_n esq_n augustine_n garland_n esq_n daniel_n blagrave_n esq_n robert_n tichbourn_n esq_n wil._n heveningham_n esq_n william_n purefoy_n esq_n john_n blackistone_n esq_n william_n lord_n mounson_n john_n okey_n esq_n john_n carew_n esq_n
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pelham_n john_n downes_n adrian_n scroop_n john_n dixwell_n john_n moor_n present_a robert_n tichbourne_n james_n challoner_n gregory_n clement_n william_n l._n mounson_n henry_n marten_n tho._n challoner_n here_o the_o court_n sit_v private_a ordered_n that_o the_o committee_n for_o nominate_v the_o officer_n of_o this_o court_n together_o with_o the_o committee_n for_o nominate_v the_o guard_n do_v consider_v of_o a_o allowance_n for_o diet_n of_o the_o officer_n and_o what_o other_o satisfaction_n they_o shall_v have_v for_o their_o service_n col._n harvey_n inform_v the_o court_n that_o he_o be_v desire_v to_o signify_v unto_o this_o court_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o mr._n john_n corbet_n member_n of_o this_o court_n that_o his_o absence_n be_v not_o from_o any_o disaffection_n to_o the_o proceed_n of_o this_o court_n but_o in_o regard_n of_o other_o especial_a employment_n that_o he_o have_v in_o the_o service_n of_o the_o state_n here_o the_o court_n consider_v of_o the_o king_n 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be_v suffer_v to_o bring_v these_o thing_n in_o question_n which_o he_o aim_v at_o touch_v that_o high_a jurisdiction_n whereof_o they_o may_v not_o make_v themselves_o judge_n and_o from_o which_o there_o be_v no_o appeal_n and_o therefore_o order_n and_o direct_v viz._n ordered_n that_o in_o case_n the_o king_n shall_v again_o offer_v to_o fall_v into_o that_o discourse_n the_o lord_n president_n do_v let_v he_o know_v that_o the_o court_n have_v take_v into_o consideration_n his_o demand_n of_o the_o last_o day_n and_o that_o he_o ought_v to_o rest_v satisfy_v with_o this_o answer_n that_o the_o commons_o of_o england_n assemble_v in_o parliament_n have_v constitute_v this_o court_n who_o power_n may_v not_o nor_o shall_v not_o be_v permit_v to_o be_v dispute_v by_o he_o and_o that_o they_o be_v resolve_v he_o shall_v answer_v his_o charge_n that_o in_o case_n he_o shall_v refuse_v to_o answer_v or_o acknowledge_v the_o court_n the_o lord_n president_n do_v let_v he_o know_v that_o 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high_a crime_n and_o treason_n which_o charge_n have_v be_v read_v unto_o you_o the_o court_n require_v you_o to_o give_v a_o positive_a answer_n whether_o you_o confess_v or_o deny_v the_o charge_n have_v determine_v that_o you_o ought_v to_o answer_v the_o same_o ordered_n that_o the_o commissioner_n shall_v be_v call_v in_o open_a court_n at_o the_o court_n sit_v in_o the_o hall_n and_o that_o the_o name_n of_o such_o as_o appear_v shall_v be_v record_v hereupon_o the_o court_n forthwith_o adjourn_v itself_o into_o westminster-hall_n westminster-hall_n 22_o jan._n 1648._o post_v merid._n the_o commissioner_n come_v from_o the_o paint_a chamber_n take_v their_o place_n in_o the_o public_a court_n in_o westminster-hall_n as_o on_o saturday_n before_o and_o be_v sit_v and_o the_o hall_n door_n set_v open_a three_o proclamation_n be_v make_v for_o all_o person_n that_o be_v adjourn_v over_o to_o this_o time_n to_o give_v their_o attendance_n and_o for_o all_o person_n to_o keep_v 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