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His Majesties most gracious and general pardon
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England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II); James II, King of England, 1633-1701.
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1688
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His Majesties most Gracious and General PARDON JAMES the Second by the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting It hath always been Our earnest Desire since Our Accession to the Crown that all Our People should live at Ease and in full Enjoyment of Peace and Happiness under Our Government and nothing can be more agreeable unto Us then that Offenders should be Reformed by Acts of Mercy extended towards them rather then Punishment Our open Enemies upon Repentance have found Our Favour And although besides Our particular Pardons which have been Granted to many Persons it be not long since We issued forth Our Royal Proclamation of General Pardon to all Our People yet inasmuch as even they who live most peaceably do often fall within the reach of some of Our Laws and may be liable in their Persons or Estates should We be severe to Prosecutions in Our Courts Ecclesiastical or Temporal We therefore out of Our special Grace and Tenderness to Our People from whom We expect a sutable return of Duty and Obedience do hereby Grant Publish and Declare this Our Royal and Gracious Pardon And We do hereby for Us Our Heirs and Successors Pardon Acquit Release and Discharge all and every Our Subjects except such Persons who shall be herein or hereby excepted of this Our Realm of England Dominion of Wales and the Town of Berwick upon Tweed their Heirs Executors and Administrators them and every of them and all and all manner of Bodies Politick or Corporate within Our said Realm or Dominions aforesaid and the Successor and Successors of of them and every of them against Us Our Heirs and Successors of and from all and all manner of Treasons Felonies Misprisions of Treason or Felony Treasonable or Seditious Words or Libels Seditious and unlawful Meetings and Conventicles all Offences whereby any Person may be charged with the Penalty and danger of Premunire all Riots Routs Offences Contempts Trespasses and Misdemeanors and all Judgments and Convictions for not coming to Church and of and from the Forfeitures and Penalties for the same or any of them heretofore had committed or done except as herein or hereby after is excepted And Our Will and Pleasure is that neither Our said Subjects nor any of them nor the Heirs Executors Administrators or Successors of any of them be or shall be Sued Vexed or Disquieted in their Bodies Goods or Chattels Lands or Tenements for any manner of Matter Cause Contempt Misdemeanor Forfeiture Offence or any other thing heretofore suffered done or committed or omitted against Us Our Crown Dignity Prerogative Laws or Statutes and not herein or hereby after excepted And that this Our Grant of General Pardon by the general Words Clauses and Sentences before rehearsed shall be reputed deemed adjudged expounded allowed and taken in all manner of our Courts and elsewhere most beneficially and liberally for Our said Subjects thereby Pardoned in all things not hereafter excepted as if their particular Persons and Crimes had herein been at large and fully exprest Excepted and always Foreprized out of this Our Pardon all Treasons committed or done in the Parts beyond the Seas or in any other Place out of this Our Realm And also excepted all Offences in Forging or false Counterfeiting the Great or Privy Seal Sign Manual or Privy Signet or any of Our Moneys currant within this Our Realm or of unlawful Diminution of any of the said Monies by any ways or means whatsoever and all Abetting Aiding Comforting or Procuring the said Offences or any of them and also all voluntary Murders Petty Treasons Wilful Poysonings and all Offences of being accessary to the same or any of them before the Fact committed and also all Piracies and Robberies committed upon the Sea Robberies upon the Highways Burglaries in Houses and all Offences of being accessary to the said Offences or any of them And also Excepted the detestable and abominable Vice of Buggery committed with Man or Beast all Rape and Carnal Ravishments of Women all Ravishments and wilful taking away or Marrying of any Maid Widow or Damsel against her will or without the Consent or Agreement of her Parents or of such as then had her in Custody and all Offences of Aiding Comforting Abetting or Procuring the said Offences or any of them And also excepted all Offences of Perjury Subbornation of Witnesses Razing Forging or Counterfeiting any Deeds Escripts Inquisitions Indentures of Appraisment or other Writings or Publishing the same Forging or Counterfeiting any Examinations or Testimonies of any Witness or Witnesses tending to bring any person or persons into danger of his Life and all procuring and Counselling of any of the said Offences And also except all Informations and all Proceedings concerning High ways and Bridges and common Nusances or Reparing County Goals and all Fines and Issues set and Returned thereupon since the Year One thousand six hundred seventynine And also Except all Offences in taking away Imbezeling or Purloyning any Goods Moneys Chattels Jewels Armour Munition Stores Naval Provisions Shipping Ordnance or other Habillments of War belonging to Us or Our late Brother And all Offences committed or done within the space of one year last within Our Forest of Windsor And also Except all Offences of Incest Dilapidations or Simony and also Except all Contempts and Process thereupon Issuing in or out of any Court of Equity And also Except all Recognizances Conditions and Covenants and all Penalties Cities and Forfeitures of Offices Conditions or Covenants forfeited accrued or grown to Us or to Our late Brother by reason of the Breach or not performing of any Office Covenant or Condition whatsoever Also Excepted all Concealments Frauds Corruptions Misdemeanours and Offences whereby We or Our late Brother have been deceived in the Collection Payments or Answering of Our Revenues or any part thereof or any other Money due or to be due to Us or received for Us or him And all Forfeitures Penalties and Nomine Paene's thereupon arising And all Indictments Informations or other Process or Proceedings now depending or to be depending thereupon Provided always that nothing in this Our Pardon contained shall extend or be construed to discharge any Fines Sums of Money recovered by Judgment Fines pro licentia Concordandi Post-Fines Issues or Amerciaments lost imposed assessed set or entered in any Court of Record whatsoever And also Except all Persons who are as to any pains penalties or disabilities whatsoever excepted out of the several Acts of Free and General Pardon Indemnity and Oblivion made in the Reign of Our late Royal Brother Excepted also all Persons who after Conviction or Attainder of or for any manner of Treason or Misprisions of Treasons have been Transported and such Attainted of other notorious Crimes or Felonies as have been ordered or directed to be Transported into any of Our Foreign Plantations Except also all Fugitives and Persons fled from Our Justice into Parts beyond the Seas or out of this Realm who shall not return and render themselves to Our Chief Justice or some Justice of the Peace before the First day of January next ensuing And also Excepted out of this Our Pardon the Persons hereafter particularly mentioned Viz. Robert Parsons Edward Matthews Samuel Venner Andrew Fletcher Colonel John Rumsey Major John Manley Isaac Manley Francis Charleton Esq John Wildman Esq Titus Oates Robert Ferguson Gilbert Burnet Sir Robert Peyton Laurence Braddon Samuel Johnson Clerk Thomas Tipping Esq and Sir Rowland Gwynne Provided that no Process of Outlawry at the Suit of any Person Plaintiff shall be by vertue of this Our Pardon stayed or avoided unless the Defendant appear and put in Bail where by Law Bail is necessary and take forth a Writ of Scire Facias against the Party at whose Suit he was Outlawed and that this Our Pardon be not allowed to Discharge any Outlawry after Judgment till Satisfaction or Agreement be made to or with the Party at whose Suit the Outlawry was obtained And Our Will and Pleasure is That this present Pardon shall be of as good force and effect to Pardon and Discharge all and singular the Premisses abovementioned and intended to be Pardoned and Discharged as if We should by Letters Patents under the Great Seal have granted particular Pardons to every one of Our Subjects And for the better manifestation of Our Gracious Intentions and Desire herein We do give leave that any of Our Subjects not herein excepted may Sue and take out Our particular Pardon pursuant to the Tenor hereof and for that purpose We shall direct Our Secretaries of State to present Warrants to Us for Our Signature and give order to Our Attorney-General or Solicitor to prepare Bills for passing Pardons for such as shall desire the same In Witness whereof We have caused these our Letters to be made Patents Witness Our self at Westminster the Second day of October in the Fourth Year of Our Reign Clerke LONDON Printed by Charles Bill Henry Hills and Thomas Newcomb Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1688.