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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69347	Iames, by the grace of God, king of England, Scotland, France & Ireland defender of the faith &c. to all and singuler archbishops ... whereas we are credibly certified ... that upon Saterday [sic] the nynth day of July [1614], there happened a sodaine and terrible fire within our towne of Stratford vpon Avon ...	England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1566-1625.	1616 (1616)	STC 8541; ESTC S113029	2,326	1

I R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT IAMES By the Grace of God King of England Scotland France Ireland De●nder of the Faith c. To all and singuler Archbishops Bishops Archdeacons Deanes and their Officials Parsons Vicars Curats and to all spirituall persons And also to al Iustices of Peace Maiors Sheriffes Bayliffes Constables Churchwardens Headboroughes And to all Officers of Citties Boroughes and Townes corporate And to all other our Officers Ministers and Subiects whatsoeuer they bee aswell within Liberties as without to whom these presents shall come greeting WHEREAS wee are credibly certified by a Certificate vnder the hands of our trus●y and welbeloued Subiects Sir Fulke Grevill Knight Chancellor of our Exchequer Sir Thomas Leigh sir Edward Deuereux and sir Thomas Holt Knights Baronets sir Edward Greuill sir Clement Fisher sir Clement Throgmorton sir Richard Verney sir Thomas Lucy sir Henry Dymocke sir William Someruill sir Thomas Bea●●on and sir Henry Rainsford Knights Thomas Spencer Edward Boughton Bartholomew Hales Iohn Repington William Combe and William Barnes Esquiors Iustices of the Peace within our Counties of Warwicke Gloucester That vpon Saterday the Nynth day of Iuly in the yeare of our Lord God One Thousand Sixe Hundred and Fourteene there happened a sodaine and te●●ible Fire within our Towne of Stratford vpon Avon within our County of Warwicke which within the space of lesse then two howres consumed burnt Fifty Fower dwelling houses many of them being very faire houses besides Barnes Stables other howses of Office together also with great store of Corne Hay Straw Wood Timber therin Amounting in all to the value of Eight Thowsand Pounds vpwards The force of which Fier was so great the wind sitting ful vpon the Towne that it dispersed into so many places thereof whereby the whole Towne was in very great danger to haue beene vtterly consumed and burnt by reason whereof and of two seuerall Fiers happening in the said Towne within these Twenty yeares to the losse of Twenty Thousand Pounds more not onely our said poore Subiects who haue now sustained this great losse are vtterly vndoone and like to perish but also the rest of the Towne is in great hazard to be ouerthrowne vndoone the Inhabitants there beeing no waies able to relieue their distressed neighbors in this their great want misery AND wheras the said Towne hath béen a great Market Towne whereunto great recourse of people was made by reason of the w●kely Market Faires and other frequent meetings which were there holden and appointed and now being thus ruinated decayed it is in great hazard to beé vtterly ouerthrowne if either the resort thither be neglected or course of trauellers diuerted which for want of spéedy reparation may bee occasioned And forasmuch as our sayd distressed Subiects the Inhabitants of the said Towne are very ready willing to the vttermost of their powers to réedifie new build the say Towne againe Yet finding the performance therof far beyond their abilty they haue made their humble suite vnto vs that we would be pleased to prouide some conuenient meanes that the said Towne may be againe réedified repayred aswell for the reliefe of the distressed people within the same as also for the restoring and continuing of the sayd Market and haue humbly besought Vs to commend the same good laudable déed and the charitable furtherance thereof to the beneuolence of all our louing Subiects not doubting but that all good and wel-disposed Christians will for common charity and loue to their Country and the rather for our Commendation heerof be ready with all willingnes to extend their charitable reliefe towards the comfort of so many distressed people and the speedy performing of so good and charitable a worke KNOWE yee therefore that wee tendering the lamentable estate and lesses of our sayd distressed Inhabitants together with the humble suit of all our foresaid Iustices made vnto Vs on their behalfes Of our especiall Grace and Princely compassion haue giuen granted and by these our ●etters Patents doe giue and graunt vnto our foresaid trusty welbeloued Subiects Sir Richard Verney sir Henry Rainsford Knights Bartholomew Hales Esquior and the Bayliffe Burgesses of the sayd Towne of Stratford vpon Avon and to their Deputie Deputies the bearer or bearers hereof full power licence and authority to aske gather receiue take the Almes charitable beneuolence of all our louing Subiects whatsoeuer Inhabiting within our Counties of Kent Surr●y Sussex Southampton Wiltes Devon Dorset Somerset Cornwal with our Citti●e of Canterbury Rochester the Cinque Ports and in our Citties of Chichester Winchester with the Isle of Wight and Towne of Southampton in our Citties of Salisburie Exeter Bristow Bath Wels with our Towne County of Poole in our County of Dorset And in all other Cities Townes Corporate priuiledged places Parishes Villages and in all other places whatsoeuer within our said Counties and not else where for towards the new building reedifying erecting of the said Towne of Stratford vpon Avon the reliefe of al such our poore distressed subiects their Wiues Children as haue sustained losse decay by the misfortune of the said Fire WHEREFORE wee wil command you and euery of you that at such time and times as the sayd Sir Richard Verney sir Henry Rainsford Bartholomew Hales the Bayliffe Burgesses aforesaid or any of them or their Deputie or Deputies the bearer or bearers héerof shall come repaire to any your Churches Chappels or other places to aske and receiue the gratuities charitable beneuolence of our said Subiects quietly to permit suffer them so to do without any manner your lets or contradictions And you the said Parsons Vicars and Curats for the better stirring by of a charitable deuotion deliberately to publish and declare the Tenor of these our Letters Patents vnto our said Subiects Exhorting and perswading them to extend their liberall contributions in so good charitable a deede And you the Churchwardens of euery Parish where such Collection is to bee made as aforesaid to collect and gather the Almes and charitable beneuolence of all our louing Subiects And what shall bée by you so gathered to endorse on the Backe-side heerof and deliuer the same to the bearer or bearers heereof when as therevnto you shall be required Any Statute Lawe Ordinance or prouision héertofore made to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding IN witnesse wherof wée haue caused these our Letters to be made Patents for the space of One whole yeare next after the date héerof to endure Witnesse our selfe at Westminster the Eleauenth day of May in the Fourteenth yeere of our R●●gne of England Fraunce and Ireland● and of Scotland the Nyne and Fortieth Steward God saue the King Printed by Thomas Purfoot