Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	council_n	majesty_n	privy_a	11,336	5	9.5907	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05361	At Edinburgh, the twelfth day of December, one thousand six hundred and sixty one	Scotland. Privy Council.; Wedderburn, Peter, Sir, 1616?-1679.	1661 (1661)	Wing S1493B; ESTC R183053	765	1

C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE AT EDINBURGH The twelfth day of December one thousand six hundred and sixty one FOrasmuch as by an Act of Privy Council of the date the sixth day of September last His Majesties Royal pleasure to restore the Church of this Kingdom to its right Government by Bishops as it was by Law before the late troubles during the reigns of His Majesties Royal Father and Grand-father of blessed memory and as it now stands setled by Law was made known to all the Subjects of this Kingdom by open Proclamation at the Mercat Crosses of all Burroughs Royal And that it is Statute by the first Act of the twenty one Parliament of King James the sixth that all Presentations to Benefices should be directed thereafter to the Archbishop or Bishop of the Diocess within the bounds whereof any vacant Church lyeth So that since their restitution to their former Dignities Priviledges and Powers setled upon them by Law and Acts of Parliament No Minister within this Kingdom should be admitted to any Benefice but upon Presentations directed as said is And yet notwithstanding thereof it is informed that upon Presentations directed to Presbyteries they do daily proceed to admit Ministers to Kirks and Benefices albeit the Archbishops and Bishops are restored to their Dignities some of them already consecrated and all of them within a very short time will be invested in their Rights and Benefices and impowered to receive Presentations and grant Admissions thereupon Therefore the Lords of His Majesties Privy Council prohibits and by these presents discharges all Patrons to direct any Presentations to any Presbyteries as also discharges all and sundry the Presbyteries within this Kingdom to proceed to the Admission of any Minister to any Benefice or Kirk within their respective bounds upon any such Presentations as they will be answerable with certification that if they do other wayes the saids Presentation and Admission shall be void and null as if they never had been granted And ordains these presents to be printed and published at the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh and other places needfull that none may pretend ignorance Pet. Wedderburne Cl. S ti Concilii EDINBVRGH Printed by Evan Tyler Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1661.