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A75860 Ad general. session. pacis Dom. Regis tent. apud Doncaster, per adjourn. in & per le West Rid. Com. præd. decimo sexto die Januarii, Anno Regni Dom. nostri Caroli secundi nunc Regis Angl. &c. tricesimo quarto the humble presentment of the Grand Jury at the said sessions, as followeth. West Riding of Yorkshire (England). Grand Jury. 1683 (1683) Wing A465B; ESTC R225523 1,260 1

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West Rid. Com. Ebor. ss Ad general Session pacis Dom. Regis tent apud Doncaster per adjourn in per le West Rid. Com. praed decimo sexto die Januarii Anno Regni Dom. nostri Caroli secundi nunc Regis Angl. c. tricesimo quarto The Humble Presentment of the Grand Jury at the said Sessions as followeth WE do present That nothing like Union both in Church and State can contribute to the happiness of this Government and to its continuance as it is now established by Law That remissness both in Magistrates and Officers as to the putting all Laws in execution against Popish and Protestant Dissenters is hurtful to the same We do also present That all persons whose Worship is contrary to the Liturgy and Practice of the Church of England are equally dangerous to the Government and that all Magistrates are under an equal obligation to put the Laws in execution as well against Popish as Protestant Dissenters We do also present That where any Magistrates are observed to favour factions and not to put the Laws in execution as aforesaid the King ought to be acquainted therewith that his authority may not be made use of to protect where it ought to punish We do also present That the names of all persons whether Papists or Protestant Dissenters known to be disaffected consequently dangerous to the Government ought to be represented to the Lord Lieutenant or his Deputies to the end they may forthwith be disarmed according to the Laws and Statutes of this Realm We do further present That the neglects of Constables and other Officers in putting the Laws in execution against Rogues Vagrants petty Chap-men and Scotch Pedlars is dangerous and prejudicial to his Majesties Subjects and especially to the Trades-men of this Kingdom WE his Majesties Justices of the Peace of the said Riding present at the said Sessions do hereby declare our consent and concurrence with the Gentlemen of the Grand Jury representing the body of the said Riding in their abovesaid Presentment and have resolved in order thereunto to use all diligent and lawful means of contriving to put the Laws in execution against all Dissenters as well Popish as Protestant persons who though they differ in the manner yet agree too visibly in the matter of fostering and encouraging of Schism and Faction We further Order the like Warrants be sent out from this Sessions which were from the last to all Chief Constables Petty Constables Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor commanding them and every of them to give an account in Writing upon Oath to the Justices of the Peace at the next Sessions to be held at Pontefract for this Riding what Conventicles are held and who are Dissenters with their Names in their respective Parishes Towns or Hamblets to the end they may be proceeded gainst and prosecuted according to Law We further Order this Presentment be Printed and one of them be affixed to every Warrant so distributed and sent out to the end we may first rightly execute the trust reposed in us by his Sacred Majesty in the execution of the Laws and that all Dissenters of either or any perswasion knowing our resolutions herein may have warning thereby to reconcile themselves to the Church and to avoid the penalty of the Laws And we further Order That all persons that keep Ale-houses or Victualling-houses or other publick Houses within the said Riding bring a Certificate under the hand of the Parson of the Parish or other Incumbent there at the same time that they come to renew their Licences for the ensuing year that they have duly repaired to their Parish Churches and received the Sacrament according to Law LONDON Printed for Walter Davis 1683.