Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	duke_n	earl_n	viscount_n	19,936	5	11.8819	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46535	James the Seventh by the Grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland ...	England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II); James II, King of England, 1633-1701.	1685 (1685)	Wing J316; ESTC R2632	810	1

JAMES R. JAMES the Seventh by the Grace of GOD King of Scotland England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To all and sundry Our good Subjects whom these presents do or may concern Greeting Whereas by the decease of Our most dear and most entirely beloved Brother King Charles the Second of ever blessed Memory the Parliament of Our Ancient Kingdom of Scotland which was current before that time is now actually dissolved And seeing upon divers weighty Considerations of great Importance to our Service and to the Peace and Tranquillity of that Our Ancient Kingdom We have thought fit to call a Parliament to meet at our City of Edinburgh upon the Ninth day of April next ensuing the date of these Presents We do therefore Require and Command all Arch-Bishops Dukes Marquisses Earls Viscounts Bishops Lords and Officers of State of Our said Ancient Kingdom to be present and attend that Dyer And We do also Require and Command all our Sheriffs in the several Shires and their Deputs forthwith to call and conveene all the Freeholders in the respective Shires to the end that according to the Laws and Acts of Parliament Elections may be made of sit Persons to be Commissioners for this Parliament And We do likewise Require and Command Our Royal Burrows to make choice of Commissioners accordingly and them and all Persons having Interest to attend this Our Parliament under the Pains contained in our Laws made thereanet And to the effect all Our good Subjects may have notice of this Our Royal Will and Pleasure We do hereby Command Our Lyon King at Arms and his Brethren Heraulds Macers Pursevants and Messengers at Arms to make timeous Proclamation of these Presents at the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh and at the Mercat-Crosses of the Head-Burrows of the several Shires of that Our Kingdom Given at Our Court at VVhite-hall the Sixteenth of February 1685. And of Our Reign the first Year By His Majesties Command MORRAY EDINBVRGH the 20 of February 1685. ORdered by His Majesties Privy Council that His Majesties said Proclamation be forthwith Published at the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh and all other places needful with all the usual and accustomed Solemnities And Printed WILL PATERSON Clericus Secreti Concilij GOD save the KING Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred Majesty and Reprinted at London for L. Curtiss near Fleet-bridge 1685.