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lord_n	day_n	great_a	year_n	12,088	5	4.6880	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22147	To the ministers and church-wardens of [blank] a copie of His Maiesties letters directed to the most reverend father in God, the Lord Archbishop of Cant. of the tenoure that ensueth.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); Abbot, George, 1562-1633.; James I, King of England, 1566-1625.; Overall, John, 1560-1619.	1618 (1618)	STC 8556; ESTC S3896	1,146	1

To the Ministers and Church-wardens of 〈…〉 A Copie of his Maiesties Letters directed to the most Reuerend Father in God the Lord Archbishop of Cant. of the tenoure that ensueth MOst Reuerend Father in God Right trustie and right wel-beloued Counsellor Wee greet you well The Inhabitants of our Towne and Mannour of East-Greenwich in our Countie of Kent haue made knowne vnto Vs by their humble Petition that their Parish Church and steeple is growne into such ruine and decay as the charge of repayring it will amount to the summe of one thousand pounds And b●cause they are very poore and vtterly vnable to compasse so great a worke of themselues though they haue alreadi● giuen testimonie of their willingnesse in disbursing the sum of three hundreth pounds toward it Forasmuch as the Worke is pious and the Towne a place of marke in regard of our Mansion House and often residing there We haue beene pleased to vouchsafe Our Princely furtherance to so religious and charitable a businesse nothing doubting but that you likewise will giue it all possible assistance both by your owne example and by encouraging the zeale and deuotion of Our louing Subiects thereunto especially of those of the Clergie Wherefore Wee doe by these our speciall Letters require and authorise you to giue order to the Bishops of the seuerall Diocesses throughout the Prouince of Canterbury that they forthwith cause the Ministers and other zealous persons of their Diocesses both by their owne example in contributing and by exhortation to others to moue Our people within their seuerall charges to contribute to so good a worke in as liberall manner as they may and the mony collected to send to the Bishops of the Diocesses to bee by them deliuered ouer to you or to such as you shall appoint to whom the Inhabitants or Church-wardens of that Towne of East-Greenwich may repayre for it And these Our Letters shall bee your sufficient warrant and discharge in this behalfe Giuen vnder Our Signet at Our Court at New-Market the 13. day of December in the fifteenth yeere of Our Raigne of Great Brittaine and of Scotland the fiftieth To the right Reuerend Father in God my very good Lord and Brother the Lord Bishop of Norwich NOw because it is a worke of pietie to repayre and vphold the Houses of God and it were a disgrace to the Truth of Religion that what hath beene founded in the dayes of our Predecessors should not be vpheld in the time wherein the Gospell of Christ doth so cleerly and brightly shine I pray your Lordship to giue the best furtherance you may vnto this worke not only by permitting but also by exciting men within the Diocesse to extend their deuotion in this behalfe Whereof not doubting I leaue you to the Almighty From Lambith the 13. of Ianuary 1617. Your Lordships louing Brother G. CANT LEt my Brethren of the Clergie and the Churchwardens vse their best expedition and readinesse for the publishing and speeding of his Maiesties Letters aforesaid and to returne this Briefe with the money collected to the Officiall of your Archdeaconrie in whose Iurisdiction you dwell or to his Register that by the said Officiall or Registers the same may be returned to me or to my Chancellor to be sent vnto me speedily This 20. of October 1618. Io. Norwich