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A32451 By the King, a proclamation for preventing the fears and dangers that may arise from the concourse of papists or reputed papists in or near the cities of London or Westminster during this present sitting of Parliament England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II); Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1674 (1674) Wing C3354; ESTC R35815 1,232 1

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By the King A PROCLAMATION For Preventing the Fears and Dangers that may arise from the Concourse of Papisst or Reputed Papists in or near the Cities of London or Westminster durings this present Sitting of PARLIAMENT CHARLES R. WHereas Our most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in this present Parliament Assembled have besought Vs That We would be Graciously pleased to Issue out Our Royal Proclamation Thereby Requiring all Papists or reputed Papists who now are or remain within Five Miles of Our Cities of London and Westminster or Our Burrough of Southwark not being Householders nor Attending any Peer of this Realm as a Menial Servant to repair to their respective Dwellings or to depart Ten Miles from the Cities and Burrough aforesaid and not to return during this Session of Parliament Provided That it may be permitted for any Papist or reputed Papist to return unto the Cities or Burrough aforesaid who shall first obtain a Licence therefore under the Hands of any Sir of the Lords of Our Privy Council And that We would be pleased to give Order to the Quarter Sessions That they give in unto Vs an Account of what Housholders now are within the Cities or Burrough aforesaid and Five Miles thereof who are of that Profession And that the Quarter Sessions do Adjourn themselves from time to time for that purpose Which Address of theires We have seriously Considered and do with much Contentment and Satisfaction Accept And as We have always manifested Our Zeal for the Preservation of the True Religion Established in this Kingdom and to hinder the Growth and Encrease of the Papish Religion so We are now ready upon this Occasion to prevent all Fears and Dangers that may arise by the Concourse of persons of that Profession in or near Our Cities of London or Westminster We therefore by this Our Royal Proclamation do straightly Command and Require all Papists and reputed Papists who now are or remain within Five Miles of Our Cities of London and Westminster or Burrough of Southwark not being Householders nor attending any Peer of this Realm as a Menial Servant That they do before or upon Monday next at the farthest being the Nineteenth of this instant January repair to their respective Dwellings or depart Ten Miles from the Cities and Burrough aforesaid And That they nor any of them do presume to return during the Sitting of Parliament as they will answer the contrary at their Perils Provided always That this Our Proclamation shall not extend to Prohibit any Papist or reputed Papist from returning unto the Cities or Burrough aforesaid who shall first obtain Licence therefore under the Hands of any Sir of the Lords of Our Privy Council And We do hereby further Charge and Command Our Iustices of the Peace of and for Our Cities of London and Westminster and for Our several Counties of Middlesex Surrey Kent and Essex That at their nert Quarter Sessions to be holden for the said respective Cities and Counties They make diligent Enquiry within their respective Iurisdictions and give in unto Vs an Account of what Householders now are within the Cities or Burrough aforesaid or within Five Miles thereof who are of that Profession And that they do cause the said Quarter Sessions to be Adjourned from time to time for that purpose as shall require Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Fourteenth day of January in the Five and twentieth year of Our Reign 1673 4. God save the King LONDON Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1673 4.