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A22228 Iames by the grace of God king of England, Scotland, France and Ireland ... to all people to whome these our letters patents shall come, greeting whereas wee are credibly giuen to vnderstand aswell by ... the maior and iurats of our towne and port of Hastings, within our county of Sussex ... England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1603-1625. 1620 (1620) STC 8635; ESTC S3806 3,714 1

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that forthwith vpon sight theof you receiue take the Briefes or Copies therof and them deliuer or cause to be deliuered to the Minister or one of the Churchwardens of euery Parish within your seuerall Hundreds limits or beurds to be published by the Minister of euery such Parish the next Sabboth day after the receipt therof if with conueniency it may be done otherwise the next Sabboth day following And wee will require you the said Parsons Vicars and Curats for the better stirring vp of a charitable deuotion deliberately to publish declare the Tenor of these our Letters Patents or the Briefe therof within your Parish Churches and Chappels to all our louing Subiects within the time before prefixed and that when no other Collection shall be made Exhorting perswading them to extend their liberal contributions in so good néedfull a worke And wée require you the Churchwardens of euery Parish where such Collections are to be made as aforesaid that ymmediately after the publishing of these our Letters Patents or the Briefe therof you carefully collect gather from seat to seat the beneuolence of all our louing Subiects aswell strangers as others and such as are absent from Church to repaire vnto their houses for their beneuolence and to set down in writing in a paper Booke the name of the Parish together with the seuerall names Sums of those which giue and contribute in any Citty Towne or Hamlet and the sum totall which shall be by you so gathered to be by the Minister your selues endorsed on the Back-side of the Briefe in words at length and not in figures vnder your handes And the sayd Briefes so endorsed and the sum or sums of money so gathered together with the said paper Booke you the Churchwardens of euery Parish or Petty Constables or other inferior Officers aswell in euery Citty Towne corporate priuiledged places or elsewhere shall returne vnto the Justices of Peace Head Officers or chiefe Constables from whom you receiued your charge or to their Successons within Ten daies after such Collection made And you the said Justices of Peace Head Officers and chiefe Constables to deliuer the said Money Paper Booke Briefes to our High Sheriffe of the same County at the next Quarter Sessions And you our High Sheriffe to deliuer or cause to be deliuered the foresaid Money Paper Bookes and Briefes the next Terme following after such your receipt vnto our trusty wel-beloued Subiect Robert Tichborne Cittizen Lynnen Draper of London at his house in Cheap-side who vpon the receipt thereof shall giue vnto our said High Sheriffe an Acquittance for his discharge And you the said Robert Tichborne from time to time vpon demaund to deliuer vnto our foresaid subiects the Maior Jurats of Hastings aforesaid or to their Deputie or Deputies authorised vnder their common Seale all such Sum Sums of Money together with the said Paper Bookes Briefes taking from them or any of them an Acquitance for the same wherby it may appeare vnto Us that there hath béen no default or neglect of this Our Royall pleasure for the performance of so good and néedfull a worke Any Stature Lawe Ordinance or prouision héeretofore made to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding IN witnesse whereof wée haue caused these our Letters to be made Patents for the space of One whole yéere next after the date héereof to endure Witnes our selfe at Westminster the Sixtéenth day of May in the Eightéenth yéere of our Raigne of England France and Ireland and of Scotland the Thrée and Fiftieth Steward God saue the king Printed by Thomas Purfoot Note It is his Maiesties pleasure for the better furtherance of this necessary worke in regard it is a Towne Defence and hath been often assualted by the Enemy that the Church-wardens of euery Parish shall haue a speciall care in performing of the Collection according to the intent and true meaning of the Letter Patents whereof this is a true Briefe