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A46119 Whereas by proclamation, bearing date the second of November last past, we did think fit to charge all and every the sheriffs and justices of the peace of the several and respective counties in this kingdom ... by the Lord Lieutenant and Council, Ormonde. Ireland. Lord Lieutenant (1677-1685 : Ormonde); Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1610-1688. 1678 (1678) Wing I745; ESTC R43295 2,179 3

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BY THE Lord Lieutenant AND COUNCIL ORMONDE VVHereas by Proclamation bearing date the second of November last past We did think fit to charge command require all and every the Sheriff●s and Iustices of the peace of the several and respective Counties in this Kingdom and all and every the Officers of his Majesties Army that from and after the expiration of twenty dayes next ensuing the date of the said Proclamation they should search for seize upon and secure all such Armes as should be found to be in the possession of or belonging unto any person or persons of the Popish Religion who had not licenses from the Lord Lieutenant or other chief Governour or Governours of this Kingdom to keep or carry the same and that in case they should find any person or persons who had such Licenses to have or keep more or other Armes then are Expressed in such Licenses that they should also seize upon and secure the same and take care to have such persons in whose custodie any Armes should be found contrary to our said Proclamation to be bound over with sufficient security to appear at the next assizes or sessions to be held for such Counties wherein any such Armes should be found and there to be prosecuted for the said offences that they should also return the names of such persons to Vs or to the Clerk of the Council and that all such Armes as should be so seized upon or secured by them should be brought into one of His Majesties Stores of Ordnance and Ammunition in this Kingdom or delivered to some of the Persons mentioned in the said Proclamation to receive the same together with the names of the Persons from whom such Armes were taken And whereas We find that the said Sheriffs and Iustices of the Peace and also the Officers of His Majesties Army have been very Remiss in Executing the aforesaid several matters Committed to their Charge in so much as little or nothing hath been done by either of them in obedience to the said Proclamation We cannot but hereby give them to understand that We do highly resent the same and more particularly their great neglect in not making strict search for and seizing upon all such Armes as immediatly after the 22th of November last past might be found in the possession of or belonging unto any person or persons of the Popish Religion who have not Licences from the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours of this Kingdom to keep and carry the same and returning us an account of their proceedings therein according to the Tenor of the said proclamation Wherefore We have thought fit in hopes and Expectation of their greater care and diligence for the future to declare and publish And VVe do hereby in His Majesties name straicly Charge and require all and every the said Sheriffs and Iustices of the Peace of the several and respective Counties of this Kingdom and also the Officers of His Majesties Army that immediately after the date of this Proclamation they do proceed with all care Diligence and Circumspection in the several Counties Baronies Cities Garrisons and Towns where they reside to put the Contents of the aforesaid Proclamation in due Execution and to return an account of their proceedings therein with all convenient speed unto us as they will answer the contrary at their utmost perils And We do also further in His Majesties Name Straightly Command and require all and every the said Sheriffs and Iustices of the Peace and also the Officers of His Majesties Army that in Case any person or persons of the Popish Religion of what Quality soever he be shall pretend to have Licence for the keeping or carrying of any Armes for himself or any number of Persons of his Family or Retinue That they take a Copie of such his or their Licence and of the Names of the persons who are by him allowed to keep or carry any Arms as his Servant or of his Retinue by Vertue or under Colour of such Licence and send the same together with the Names of the persons so allowed by him unto Vs or to the Clerk of the Council with all convenient speed And also to make strict inquiry after such Arms as they know or shall be informed any person or persons of the Popish Religion had in his or their possession before or since the Date of our former Proclamation which are not brought in according to the Tenor thereof and what is become of them and in whose Custody or possession the same now are and to take the same wherever they may be found dispose of them as is directed in our said former proclamation And also to bind over all and every such person persons of the Popish Religion whom they shall finde upon diligent inquiry to have had any such Arms in his or their Custody or possession without Licence at any time before the Date of Our said Proclamation or since which are not now to be found and were not delivered in according to the directions aforesaid And that they take speciall care that every such person and persons be duely prosecuted for their respective Offences at the next Assizes or Quarter Sessions to be held for the said County wherein such person or persons shall or may be found And We do hereby further declare that if the said Sheriffs and Iustices of the Peace or Officers of His Majesties Army shall prove as Negligent and Remiss as formerly they have been in the Execution of these Matters which do so neerly concern His Majesties Service We shall looke on them as contemners of His Majesties Royal Authority and Countenancers and Abettors of those who seek the Disturbance of the Peace of this Kingdom and proceed against them with all imaginable severity Given at the Council Chamber in Dublin the 12th day of December 1678. Mich Dublin C Arran Granard Lanesborough Hen Midensis R. Coote R. Fitz-gerald Ca. Dillon Char. Meredith Ro. Booth Jo Bysse Jo Davys John Cole Ric Gethin Theo Jones Walter Plunkett Tho Radcliffe Hans Hamiltone Tho Newcomen God Save the King DVBLIN Printed by Benjamin Took Printer to the KING 's most Excellent Majesty and are to be sold by Mary Crook at His Majesties Printing-House in Skinner-Row 1678.