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A56192	The Popish royall favourite: or, a full discovery of His Majesties extraordinary favours to, and protections of notorious papists, priestes, Jesuites, against all prosecutions and penalties of the laws enacted against them notwithstanding his many royall proclamations, declarations, and protestations to the contrary: as likewise of a most desperate long prosecuted designe to set up popery, and extirpate the Protestant religion by degrees, in this our kealme [sic] of England, and all His Majesties dominions. Manifested by sundry letters of grace, warrants, writings under the Kings own signe-manuall, privy-signet, his privy-councels, and Secretary Windebanks hands and seals, by divers orders and proceedings in open sessions at Newgate, in the Kings Bench, and elsewhere ... Collected and published by authority of Parliament: by William Prynne, of Lincolns Inne, Esquire.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1643 (1643)	Wing P4039A; ESTC R220569	95,274	89

inundation of Popery that extermination of our Protestant Religion Laws Liberties Parliaments that utter destruction now menaced to our three united Christian Kingdomes against which the great Roman Pontif with all his Antichristian bloody generation of Forraign and Domestick Popelings have a long time conspired and now united all their polices purses forces to accomplish their finall devastation as the ensuing papers will in part descry which I shall recommend to your most serious perusall and Gods blessing the reality of them being so unquestionable and these Transcrips so consonant to the Originalls by which they have been diligently examined that I should but waste time and Paper to trouble you with any other arguments or attestations of their verity so well known to the Papists and all Officers of justice then such as you shall finde annexed to them in the following pages by the Collector of them Your most affectionate friend and reall Servant of our Church and Republique to his power WILLIAM PRYNNE The Popish Royall Favourite CONTAINING Sundry Letters of Grace Protection and Warrants of discharge granted by His Majesty to notorious Popish Recusants Priests and Iesuits to exempt them from all Prosecutions and penall Lawes against them signed with the Kings owne hand c. The Originals whereof are in the custody of Mr. Iohn Glynne Esquire Recorder of London Mr. Graves Clerke of the Peace for Middlesex and others CHARLES REX WHereas we have received good testimony of the loyalty and duty of our trusty and welbeloved William Keeley in the county of VVorcester and because he may be subiect to the penalties of the lawes for Recusancy these are to signifie that we are graciously pleased to extend our speciall grace towards him and doe hereby will and command that no indictment presentment information or suit in our name or in the name of any other be henceforth commenced prosecuted or attempted against him by any Officers or Subiects whatsoever for or concerning Recusancy And if any such shall happen to be then our will and pleasure is that upon sight thereof the same shall be discharged and made voyd or otherwise not prejudiciall to him Given under our Signet at our Court at VVhitehall the six and twentieth day of March in the tenth yeare of our Raigne To all and singular our Iudges of Assize Iustices of peace Mai●rs Sheriffs Clerkes of Assize and peace Bayliffs Constables Informers and to all other our Officers and Ministers whom it may or doth concerne and to every of them CHARLES REX WHereas we are well satisfied of the loyalty duty and affection of our trusty and wellbeloved VVilliam Cobbe of Sa●dringham in the County of Norfolke Gentleman and because he may be subject to the penalties of the lawes made against recusants by way of Indictment or otherwise these are to signifie that we are graciously pleased to extend our speciall grace towards him and doe hereby will and command that no Indictment presentment Information or Suite in Our name or in the name of any other be henceforth prosecuted or accepted against him the said William Cobbe by any of our Officers or Subjects whatsoever for or concerning recusancy till We shall signifie Our pleasure to the contrary and if any such shall happen to be then Our will and pleasure is that upon sight hereof the same shall be discharged and made voyd or otherwise not prejudiciall to him Given under our Signet at Our Pallace at Westminster the fourteenth of March in the tenth yeare of our raigne To all and Singular our Iudges of Assize and Barons of our Exchequer Iustices of Peace Maiors Baliffes Clerkes of Assize and of the peace Constables Headboroughs Messengers Pursivants Informers and to all every our Officers whom it may or doth concerne and to every of them CHARLES REX VVHereas ou● trusty and wellbeloved Sir Francis Eaglesfield Knight and Baronet being a recusant is thereby subject to our lawes and statutes in that case provided These are to signifie our royall will and pleasure that no person or persons shall at any time hereafter sue prosecute implead either by way of Indictment Information or otherwise against the said Sir Francis Eaglesfield for being a recusant or cause or procure him to be Indicted or convicted by vertue of any of our Lawes or Statutes against Popish recusants till we shall signifie Our pleasure to the contrary Given under our signet at our Palace of Westminster the sixth day of December in the tenth yeare of our raigne To all our Iudges of Assize Iustices of Peace Maiors Sheriffes Bayliffes Constables Headboroughs Pursivant● and to all other our Officers and Min●sters whom it may or doth concerne and to every of them CHARLES REX VVHereas we are well satisfied of the loyalty duty and affection of our trusty and wellbeloved Sir Iohn Shelly Knight and Baronet and the Lady Iane his wife and because they may be subject to the penalty of the lawes made against recusants by way of Indictment or otherwise These are to signifie that we are graciously pleased to extend Our speciall grace towards them and doe hereby will and command that no Indictment Presentment Information or suit in our name or in the name of any other be henceforth commenced prosecured or accepted against them or either of them by any of our Officers or Subiects whatsoever for or concerning recusancy till we shall signifie Our pleasure to the contrary And if any such shall happen to be then our will and pleasure is that upon sight hereof the same shall be discharged and made voyd or otherwise not preiudiciall to them or either of them Given under our Signet at our Court at Greenwich the ninth day of Iune in the eleventh yeare of our Raigne To all and singular the Barons of the Exchequer Iudges of Assize Iustices of peace Maiors Sheriffes Bailiffes Clerkes of Assize and Petty Constables Headboroughs Messengers Pursivants Informers and to all other our Officers and Ministers whom it may or doth concerne and to every of them ● CHARLES REX VVHereas we have received very good testimony of the loyalty duty and affection of our trusty wellbeloved Sir Iohn Wintour of Lydney in our County of Glo●cester Knight and the Lady Mary his Wife and because they may be subject to the penalty of the Lawes made against Recusancie These are to signifie that we are pleased to extend Our speciall grace towards them and doe hereby command that no Indictment Presentment Information or Suit either in Our name or in the name of any other be hereafter commenced prosecuted or accepted against them or either of them by any of our Officers or Ministers whatsoever for matter of Recusancy till we shall signifie our pleasure to the contrary And if any such be already or shall happen to be at any time hereafter then our will and pleasure is the same shall be forth with made void or otherwise not preiudiciall to them or either of them Given under our Signet at our

he not long after released even neer the verie time that D. Bastwicke Mr. Burton and Mr. Prynne were most grievously censured in the Star-chamber and most barbarously pillored deprived of their eares stigmatized yea sent away Close-prisoners and exiles into forraign Islands and there shut up so strait that not so much as their Wives of Friends might have accesse by person or letter to them nor set footing in the Islands where they were cloistered up under pain of imprisonment and the severest censures and all for opposing the Popish Doctrines and Innovations brought into our Church by the Prelaticall and Popish Confederates who conspired to undermine our Religion and boldly discovering this their conspiracy spiracie in printed bookes to the incredulous secure world who never dreamed of such an imminent danger to our religion which is since more palpably and experimentally discovered To such an exorbitant power and prevalency had the Priests and Popish faction then attained Secondly if any Priests or Jesuits were committed in the Countrey then it was this Secretaries ordinary practice to send for them up to London by his own Warrant and Messengers under pretence of proceeding against them here and so to release them to give you one late instance most Counties having made experiences of this practice Patricke Clerye a dangerous Priest was committed by the Earle of Salisbury to Hortford-Gaole by this Warrant YOu shall receive herewith the body of Patricke Clerye who BY HIS OWN CONFESSION made before me IS A SEMINARY PRIEST Wherefore these are to will and require you to take into your custodie the body of the said Patricke Clerye and him to keepe in durance till he shall be delivered by sufficient Warrant for that behalf And herein you may not faile at your perill Dated at Hertford this 26. of June 1643. Salisbury To the Keeper of his Majesties Gaole of Hertford or his Deputies there Within few dayes after this Priest was removed and released by Windebanke by colour of this juggling Warrant BY vertue of HIS MAJESTIES COMMAND to me given These are to wil and require you forth with upon sight hereof to deliver the body of Patricke Clerye now prisoner in your custody into the hands of this bearer one of the Messengers of His Majesties Chamber sent purposely for him who is to bring him hither to be proceeded with as his Majesty shal please further to direct and hereof you may not faile at your perill Dated at Whitehall 21. July 1640. Fran Windebanke To the Keeper of His Majesties Gaole of Hertford and to all others whom it doth or may concerne By such a Warrant as this Captaine Read that active Lay-Iesuite mentioned in Romes-Master-piece the common Host and Agent of the Jesuits Society in England and chiefe Agent in the late Irish rebellion was freed from the Gaole in Devonshire where he was imprisoned and then inlarged and especially protected by the King in manner following by the King himself and this Letter of Grace By the King VVHereas we have received good testimonie of the loyaltie and dutie of Our trusty and wel-beloved Captaine Iohn Read and because the may be subject to the penalties of the Lawes against RECVSANCY These are to signifie That We are GRACIOVSLY PLEASED to extend OVER SPECIALL GRACE towards him and doe hereby will and command that no Indictment Presentment Information or Suit in our Name or in the name OF ANY OTHER BEE HENCEFORTH commenced prosecuted or accepted against him by ANY OF OVER OFFICERS AND SVBJECTS WHATSOEVER for or concerning RECVSANCIE And if any such shall happen then Our will and pleasure is that upon sight hereof the same shall be discharged and made void or otherwise not prejudiciall unto him Given under Our Signet the 13. day of July in the tenth yeere of Our Reigne To all and singular Our Iudges of Assize Iustices of Peace Majors Sheriffs Clerks of Assize Basiliffs Constables Informers and all other Our Officers and Ministers whom it doth or may concern and to every of them This Letter of extraordinary grace and protection to this Arch-Traitor Conspirator and Rebell is entred of Record in the Sessions-booke of the Clerke of the Peace of Middlesex at the Sessions held 6. Oct. 13. Caroli pag. 261. and in the Crown Office too where those who please or doubt of it may peruse it at their pleasure 3. This Secretary committed some and much blamed other Officers only for apprehending molesting Popish Priests and released Iames a Priest taken in Execution for a debt by commanding an Officer to bring him out of prison to his chamber to examine him and there by collusion permitted him to escape for which escape thus fraudulently procured the Jailor and Officer were inforced to pay the debt The Warrants to free Priests and Jesuits out of prison before and without Indictments to prohibit them from Indictments to reprieve and release them after they have been arraigned and condemned are almost numberlesse The Jesuits apprehended by Justice Long in their new erected Colledge of Clerkenwell in the third yeere of the Kings Reigne were all bailed and released before they were Indicted and tried by speciall directions from the King which abuse was much complained of and examined in the Parliament held that yeer and how many scores of Priests have been since released without any prosecution and Indictment when apprehended the premised Warrants and the Goal-books thorowout England will at test Windebanke releasing above 80. as was proved in Parliament 4. Iunii 1633. A privie Seale reciting that one Iohn Broughton was indicted for a Priest was directed by the King to the Judges of the Kings Bench to stay proceedings against him which is recorded in the Crowne Office whereupon this Warrant was made under the Lord chiefe Justice Richardsons hand WHereas there is an Indictment remaining upon Record in the Kings Majesties Court of his Bench at Westminster against Iohn Broughton of London Clerke otherwise Iohn Crowder of London Clerk And whereas His Majestie hath directed his privie Seal to me and to the rest of the Judges of the said Court for staying of prosecution of the said Indictment against the said Iohn Broughton by the name of Iohn Broughton of Ruerdeane in the County of Gloucester the said Iohn Broughton being one and the self-same person though diversly stiled in the Privie Seale and in the Indictment Therefore let the Clerke of the Crown keep the said Privie Seale and stay Processe upon the said Indictment untill Further order be taken and this shall be your Warrant 4 Iunii 1633. Thomas Richardson Ch. J. This Broughton at the Sessions of Oyer and Terminer for the City of London 22. Febr. 7. Car. R. was indicted for a Priest which Indictment was afterwards removed into the Kings Bench returnable immediately and there stayed by this former Order Anno 1643. Henry Rivers Francis Foster William Atkins Francis Cotes and George Parret Priests Jesuits were all indicted in the Kings

Israel of Puritans and Protestants may be no more in remembrance through the tabernacles of Edom and Ishmaelites Moa● and the Hagarens Gebal Ammon Amaleck the Philistines Tyre and Assur be now all confederated and joyned together to destroy them yet God shall do unto them as to Sisera and Iabin at the brook of ●ison which perished at Endor and became as dung for the earth he shall make them like a wheel as the stubble before the wind he shall persecute them with his tempest and make them afraid with his storme They shall be troubled and confounded for ever yea they shall be put to shame and perish that men may know that he whose Name alone is JEHOVAH is the most High over all the earth And in regard of the former Victories atchieved by your Excellencies incomparable valour and prowesse we may all sing this gratulatory Song of Moses and the Israelies after the overthrow of Pharaoh and his host at the red Sea Thy right hand O Lord is become glorious in power thy right hand O Lord hath dashed in pieces the enemy And in the greatnesse of thy excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee thou sentest forth thy wrath which consumed them as stubble The enemy said I will pursue I will overtake I will divide the spoil my lust shall be satisfied upon them I will draw my sword my hand shall destroy them Thou didst blow with thy wind the sea covered them they sank as lead in the mighty waters Who is like unto thee O Lord amongst the gods who is like the● glorious in holinesse fearfull in praises doing wonders To this great Lord of hosts and man of war of whose omnipotent Protection Our present Parliament and your Excellency have had many adorable experiments I shall in my dayly Prayers recommend your Honours Person Forces and Military proceedings till through his blessing on them the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountaines and exalted above the hills the Kingdome and power of Romish Babylon notwithstanding all the confederated domestick forraign Popish Forces now united to support it utterly subverting throughout our Dominions and thereupon our swords be beaten into plowshares our spears into pruning ●ooks And one part of our Nation Kingdome shall not have any cause to lift up a sword against the other nor to learn nor exercise a civill destructive war any more but mutually imbrace each other with an holy kisse of Charity and Peace Which that your Excellency by your successefull Armes may speedily accomplish to your eternall Honour shall be the prayer Of Your Excellencies devoted servant W. PRYNNE TO All who love their God Religion Countrey in SINCERITY Dearest Brethren YOu might justly repute me especially since the late solemn Covenant a perfidious Traytor to God Religion and my now bleeding dying native Countrey should I wittingly conceal the underhand attempts of any mortall whatsoever against them I have therefore by authority of Parliament published these ensuing Letters Warrants Papers extant under His Majesties own His Councells Secretaries Hands and Signets with sundry Orders made in open Court by Royall direction for protection of Popish Recusants Priests Jesuits against the many good Laws enacted to suppresse them by means whereof and of his Marriage Articles that dangerous Traiterous Faction hath grown so powerfully great by degrees and insinuated so far into the Kings affections that they now threaten a sudden extirpation of the Protestant Party and Religion out of his Majesties Dominions a speedy subvertion of our Laws Liberties the present Parliament by open force of Armes having already fully possessed themselves of His Majesties Royall Person Issue Forces Forts Affections bearing chiefest sway in all his late Councels Proceedings as we may now clearly discern to our greatest grief by many wofull experiences and visible Demonstrations written in red Capitall Characters of our own English Protestant blood especially by the late sending for and landing of Irish Rebels to destroy us It seems a strange mystery of Iniquity to me First that from the beginning of His Majesties reign till this present Parliament the most zealous conscientious pious Protestants have been continually persecuted under the Title of Puritans the better to colour the design with extraordinarie rigour by the Prelatical and Popish faction against the expresse Laws of the Realm both in the High Commission Prelates Consistories Councell-Chamber and Star-Chamber to the losse of their Estates Benefices Liberties Eares Limbs Lives Yea thousands of them have been expelled the Realm or forced to flie into forraign desolate American Plantations for securitie And yet not one Royall Letter for ought appears to me could ever be produced all that time to any Courts of Justice in the lawfull favour of any of them but many Royall Orders Expresses from his Majesty have been procured rigourously to proceed against them Notwithstanding His Majesties many Printed Declarations to His Subjects r●ally to maintain and defend the Protestant Religion and professours of it to the utmost of His power Secondly that since our late unhappy civill bloody wars till this present the best and most zealous Protestants Ministers people both in Ireland and England have been every where most cruelly Massacred plundred tortured imprisoned ruined aimed at by blood-thirsty Popish Cavaliers many of their houses and almost some whol Towns of them as Banbury Malborough Bromingham O●kingham and others fired sacked by his Majesties speciall Commission as the Incendiaries reported or at least by his Royall Permission notwithstanding his many late solemn Declarations Protestations Remonstrances Oathes to maintain the Protestant Religion the Subjects Liberties Properties Laws and that he took up Armes to no other end but this Thirdly that on the other side sundry Popish Recusants and Seminary Priests have during all his Majesties raign obtained innumerable Letters of Grace Protection from His Majesty contrary to Law and Orders of Session in their favour to stay all manner of proceedings or executions of the Laws in force against them contrary to the Iudges and Iustices Oathes till this Parliament in all Counties of the Realm and that since this unhappy civill War the Papists both in England and Ireland have been armed against the Parliament by His Majesties speciall Commission yea put into places of great command trust admitted free accesse to his Camp Court where they are now most in favour and preserved from all violence injury plunder of His Forces notwithstanding His many Royall printed Declarations Proclamations Protestations Vows against Popery and Papists to blinde or delude the over credulous Vulgar who now begin to be so well acquainted with these hypocriticall Court-stratagems execrable both to God and men that they will no longer be circumvented by them And is this that brave reall royall Defence of the Protestant Religion so oft protested proclaimed to the world in Print of late with deepest Oaths and Imprecations of Divine vengeance if not

Court at Oatlands the seventh day of August in the thirteenth yeare of our Raigne To the most Reverend Father in God our right trusty and right entirely el●ved Councellour the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury to the Treasurer Vnder treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer for the time being to our Commissioners for Recusancy for the time being and to all the Iudges of Assize Iustices of peace Maiors Sheriffes Bailiffes Clerkes of Assize Petty Constables Headboroughs Messengers Pursivants and Informers and to all other our Officers and Ministers as well Ecclesiasticall as Temporall whom it doth or may concerne and to every of them CHARLES REX VVHereas we are well satisfied of the loyalty duty and affection of our trusty and wellbeloved Sir Francis Mannecke of Stocke in our County of Suffolke Baronet and Dame Mary his Wife and because they are or may be subject to the penalty of our lawes made against Recusancy by way of Indictment or otherwise These are to signifie that we are pleased to extend our speciall grace and fovour towards them and doe therefore here by command that no Indictment Presentment Information or Suite either in our name or in the name of any other be from henceforth framed preferred commenced prosecuted or accepted against them or either of them by any our Officers or Ministers whatsoever Ecclesiasticall or Temporall for or concerning Recusancy till we shall signifie our pleasure to the contrary And if any such be or shall happen to be hereafter then our pleasure is that presently upon sight hereof the same be cancelled and made voyd or otherwise not preiudiciall to them or either of them and these our Letters shall be to all our said Officers and Ministers whatsoever sufficient warrant and discharge in this behalfe Given under our Signet at our Palace of Westminster the one and twentieth day of April in the fourteenth yeare of our Raigne To all c. CHARLES REX WHereas we are well satisfied of the loyalty duty affection and good service of our trusty and welbeloved Thomas lennings of London Merchant and because he is or may be subiect to the Penalty of our Lawes made against Recusancy by way of Indictment or otherwise by reason of his Wives Recusancy although he himself be every way conformable These are to signifie that we are pleased to extend our speciall grace towards him and her and doe therefore hereby command that no Indictment Presentment Information or Suit either in our name or in the name of any other be from henceforth framed preferred prosecuted or accepted against them or either of them by any of our Officers or Ministers whatsoever for or concerning her Recusancy till we shall signifie our pleasure to the contrary And if any such be or shall happen to be hereafter then our will and pleasure is that forthwith upon sight hereof the same shall be cancelled and made voyd or otherwise not preiudiciall to them or either of them and this our letter shall be unto all and every our officers and Ministers whom it doth or may concerne sufficient warrant and discharge in this behalf Given under our Signet at our Palace of Westminster the seven and twentieth day of March in the fifteenth Yeare of our Reigne To the most reverend Father in God our right trusty and right intirely beloved Councellour the Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury Primate and Metrapolitane of all England and to the Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury for the time being to the Tresurer and Vnder-treasurers and Barons of our Exchequer for the time being to our Commissioners for Recusants for the time being to all and singular our Iudges● Iustices of Assize and Goal-delivery Iustices of Peace Maiors Sheriffs Clerkes of Assize and peace Baliffs Constables Messengers Pursivants and Informers and to all other our Officers and Ministers as well Ecclesiasticall as Temporall now and for the time being whom it doth or may concerne and to every of them CHARLES REX WHereas Sir Chr●les Smith of VValton VVavers in the County of VVarwick Knight is or may be subiect to the danger of our Lawes for his Recusancy by way of Indictment or otherwise These are to signifie that we are graciously pleased to extend our speciall grace and favour towards him and doe hereby will and command that no Indictment Presentment Information or Suit in our name or in the name of any other be henceforth preferred or accepted against him by reason of his said Recusancy by any of our Officers or Subjects whomsoeever and if any such shall happen to be then our will and pleasure is upon sight hereof that the same shall be discharged and made voyd Given under our Signet at our Court at Greenwich the nine and twentieth day of June in the tenth yeare of our Reigne To all and singular our Iudges of Assize Iustices of peace Maiors Sheriffs Bailiffs Clerkes of Assize and Peace Constables and to all other our Officers and Ministers wh●● it doth or may concerne and to every of them CHARLES REX TRusty and well beloved we greet you well we have been often and earnestly moved by our deare Mother the Queene Mother of France to extend our favour to Sir Henry Bedingfield Knight his Wife and Family who are Popish Recusants and we are very willing that for her sake they should receive our favour when they shall stand in need thereof for that cause yet we must so performe it that it may not be of ill example to others who are or shall be in the like kinde obnoxious to our Lawes for Recusancy nor be scandalous to our Government whereof we are and must be tender therefore our will and command to you is that you take knowledge of our pleasure herein and take speciall care to preserve the said Sir Henry Bedingfield and his Wife from the danger of the lawes made against Popish Recusarits that Sir Henry himself shall not be impeached any way for any of his Family for being Popish Recusants for the doing whereof from time to time by such wayes you shall thinke fittest this shall be your warrant Dated this twentieth of November 1634. To our tructy and wellbeloved Iohn Bankes Knight Atturney Generall and his successors CHARLES REX WHereas we are well satisfied of the loyalty duty and affection of our trusty and wellbeloved Clement Paston of Thrope in our County of Norfolke Esquire and because he may be subject to the penalty of our Lawes made against Recusants by way of Indictment or otherwise These are to signifie that we are graciously pleased to extend our speciall grace towards him and doe hereby will and command that no Indictment Presentment Information or suit in our name or in the name of any other be from henceforth Commenced prosecuted or accepted against him by any of our Officers or Subjects whatsoever for or concerning Recusancy till we shall signifie our pleasure to the contrary and if any such shall happen to be then our will and pleasure is that upon sight hereof the

same shall be discharged and made voyd or otherwise not preiudiciall to him Given under our Signet at our Palace of Westminster the foure and twentieth day of March in the tenth yeare of our Raigne To all Iudges of Assize Barons of Exchequer Iustices of peace Maiors Sheriffes Bayliffes Constables Headboroughs Messengers Pursivants Informers and to all other our Officers and Ministers whom it doth or may concerne and to every of them CHARLES REX WHereas our wellbeloved Subject William Peters of Landford-rivers in the County of Essex hath particular imployments in Our service which he cannot so well discharge and execute if he be troubled for his Religion these are therefore to signifie our gracious pleasure that we are so well informed and satisfied of his loyalty towards us that from henceforward he be not any wayes questioned for the same unlesse our pleasure be especially delivered to the contrary And this to be sufficient warrant to any whom that may concerne Given under our Signet at our Court at Whitehall the six and twentieth day of March in the fourteenth yeare of our Raigne To the Treasurer Vnder-treasurer Chancellours Barons and other the Officers of our Court of Exchequer for the time being To all our Iudges of either Bench Iudges of Assize and Peace Maiors Sheriffes Bailiffes Clerkes of Assize and Peace Constables Headboroughs and to all other our Officers and Ministers whom it may or doth concerne and to every of them CHARLES REX WHereas the Lady Elizabeth Stoner of Blounts-court widdow stands indicted for Recusancy in the County of Oxon she being a weake and sickly woman as we are informed Our Royall pleasure is that you henceforth forbeare to proceed and suffer not any farther proceeding against her nor upon her lands and goods upon the said indictment to Conviction or upon any other the foresaid Indictment in the the said County of Oxon or Wilts untill you know our further pleasure to be signified by us expresly touching the same And this shall be your warrant in that behalfe To all our Iudges of Assize and Iustices of peace for the County of Oxon and Wilts To our Clerkes of Assize and peace for the said Counties and to all other our Officers and Ministers else where whom it doth or may concerne CHARLES REX WHereas we have received very good testimony of the loyalty duty and affection of Sir William Pearsall Knight And because he may be subject to the penalty of the lawes made against recusants by way of indictment or otherwise These are to signifie that we are graciously pleased to extend our speciall grace towards him And doe hereby will and command that no Indictments Presentments Informations or suit in our Name or in the name of any other be henceforth commenced prosecuted or accepted against him by any other officers or subjects whatsoever for or concerning his recusancy till we shall signifie our pleasure especially to the contrary And if any such be already or shall happen to be hereafter then our will and pleasure is that upon sight hereof the same shall be discharged and voyd or otherwise not prejudiciall to him Given under our Signet at our Court of Oatelands the five and twentieth day of November in the tenth yeare of Our raigne To our Treasurer and Chancellour of the Exchequer for the time being and to all and singular our Commissioners for Recusants to all Iudges of Assize Iustices of the peace Maiors Sheriffes Bayliffs Clerkes of the Assize and of the peace Constables M●ssengers Pursivants Informers and to all other Officers and Ministers whom it doth or may concerne and to every of them CHARLES REX WHeareas Iohn Carrill of Harting in the County of Sussex Esquier sone and heire of Sir Iohn Carrill of Harting aforesaid Knight is or may be subiect to the danger of our lawes for his recusancy by way of indictment information or otherwise and whereas we understand that the said Iohn Carrill hath componnded with us for his whole Estate by the Commission of grace which we have been pleased to grant for that purpose and the like and hath duly hitherto paid the rent reserved to us thereupon his whole Estate having been granted and released by us to him under our great Scale of England And whereas we are informed that the said Iohn Carrill Esquire hath no Lands at all to live upon but only some in the mannor of Warnham in the County of Sussex which his Father allowed him for his maintenance and which is part and parcell of the Lands aforesaid so compounded for with us by our Commissioners and for which the Father hitherto hath duly paid the rent reserved And whereas the said Iohn Carrill the Sonne h●mbly offers that if God call his Father before him he will pay us the same rent to which his father is subiect now for the same favours and immunities which the said father now enioyes so as we are not to be damnified at all in our Revenue by this our act of grace to the Sonne These are therefore to signifie that we are graciously pleased to extend our speciall favour towards the said Iohn Carrill the Sonne and doe hereby will and command that no indictment presentment Information or any Suite of any kind in our name or in the name of any other be henceforth preferred or accepted against him by reason of his said Recusancy by any of our Officers or subjects whatsoever And if any shall happen to be commenced or brought then our expresse will and pleasure is that upon sight hereof the same shall be discharged and made voyd and this ou● Warrant shall continue in force untill we shall signifie our pleasure to the contrary● Given under our Signet at our Court at Whitehall the last day of February in the twelfth yeare of Our Raigne To all and singular our Iudges of Assize our Atturney Generall and Solliciter Iustices of peace Maiors Sheriffs Bayliffs Clerkes of Assize and of the peace Constables and all other our Officers and Ministers whom it doth or may concerne and to every of them CHRALES REX WHereas we have received a good Testimoney of the loyalty duty and good affection of our trusty and wellbeloved servant Edward Cotton of Shelwood in the County of Surry Esquire and of Mary his wife and because they may be subject to the penalties of the lawes made against Recusants by way of Indictment or otherwise These are to signifie that we are graciously pleased to extend our speciall grace towards them and doe hereby will and command that no Indictmen Presentment Information or suit in our name or in the name of any other be henceforth commenced prosecuted or accepted against them or either of them by any of our Officers or servants whatsoever for or concerning Recusancy till we shall signifie our pleasure to the contrary Or if any be or shall happen to be then our will and pleasure is that upon sight here of the same shall be discharged and made voyd or

otherwise not prejudiciall to them or either of them Given under our signet at our Palace of VVestminster the fifteenth day of Iune in the thirteenth yeare of our Raigne To the most reverend father in God the Lord archbishop of Canterbury to our Lord-treasurer and Chancellor and Barons of the exchequer for the time being to all and singular our Commissioners for Recusants for the time being to all our Iudges of assize Iustices of peace maiors Sheriffs Clerkes of Assize and peace Bayliffes Constables Headboroughs Messengers Pursivants and Informers and to all other Officers and Ministers whatsoever to whom it doth or may appertaine and to every of them as well Ecclesiasticall as Temporall CHARLES REX WHereas we have received very good testimony of the loyalty duty and affection of our right trusty and wellbeloved Thomas Lord Arundell of Wardor and the Lady Anne his wife and because they may be subiect to the penalty of our Lawes made against Recusants by way of Indictment or otherwise these are to signifie that we are graciously pleased to extend our speciall grace towards them and doe hereby will and command that no Indictment presentment information or suite in our name or● in the name of any other be henceforth commenced prosecuted or accepted against them or either of them by any of our Officers or Subjects whatsoever for or concerning Recusancy till we shall signifie our pleasure to the Contrary And if any such be already or shall happen to be hereafter then Our will and pleasure is that upon sight hereof the same shall be discharged and made void or otherwise not prejudiciall to them or either of them Given under our signet at our palace at Westminster the one and twentieth day of Iune in the thirteenth Yeare of Our Raigne To our Lord Treasurer and Chancellour of our Exchequer for the time being to all and singular our Commissioners for Recusants for the time being to all our Iudges of Assize Iustices of peace Maiors Sheriffs Clerkes of Assize and Peace Bailiffes Constables Headboroughs Messengers Pursivants and Informers and to all other our Officers and Ministers whatsoever to whom it doth or may appertaine and to every of them CHARLES REX WHereas we are well satisfied of the loialty duty and affection of our trusty and welbeloved William Therold of Arberfield in the County of Berks Esquire and Francis his wife and because they are or may be subject to the penalty of our Lawes for their Recusancy by way of Indictment or otherwise These are therefore to signifie that We are pleased to extend our speciall grace towards them and doe hereby will and command that no Indictment Presentment Information Citation or other Suit whatsoever in our name or in the name of any other be from henceforth framed preferred prosecuted or accepted against them or either of them by any our officers or subjects whatsoever for or concerning their Recusancy till we shall signifie our pleasure to the contrary And if any such already be or shall happen to be hereafter then our will and pleasure is that upon sight hereof the same shall be discharged and made voide or otherwise not prejudiciall to them Given under our Signe-Manuall this fourth day of September 1639. To the most Reverend Father in God our right trusty and right intirely beloved Councellour William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Primate and Metropolitan of all England and to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being the Treasurer and Vnder-treasurer Chamberlains and Barons of our Exchequer for the time being to all and singular our Commissioners for Recusants for the time being to all our Iudges of Assize Iustices of peace Maiors Sheriffs Clerkes of Assize and peace Bailiffs and to all other our Officers and Ministers Ecclesiasticall and temporall for the time being and to all others whom it shall or may concerne The like letters of grace under the Kings owne signe manuall I find granted to the Lady Elizateth Dormer dated the 19 of June 1629 to Captaine Iohn Read 13 of Iuly Anno 10 Car. to Anthony Metcalf Her Majestyes servant produced at the open Sessions of Goale-delivery made for Middlesex the 28 of March 15 th Car. to Anne Lady Sands Dowager Elisabeth Stukely her onely daughter and Elisabeth Hitchcock her servant produced at the Sessions of Gaole delivery for the same County the 8 of Iuly Anno 15 to Car. to Iohn Chamberlain of Lindhurst Produced at the same place the 9 of May 14 to Car. to Sir Henry Audley Knight and Dame Anne his wife dated 15 Ianuarii Anno 13 Car. to the Lady Katharine Windsor wife of Thomas Lord VVindsor dated 7 Febr. Anno 15 Car. all these Letters of Grace under the Kings signe-manuall and privy Signet for protection of these Arch-popish Recusants against all Lawes and prosecutions are registred and the true copies of them entered by the Recusants themselves or their agents in the Clerk of the Peace his bookes for London and Middlesex or in the Crowne-Office besides sundry others left with the Clerks of the Peace in other Counties of England What effects these Letters of Grace and protection produced in Courts of Iustice contrary to Law and to the Kings and Iustices own Oathes will appeare by these few ensuing Orders made at the open Sessions of Gaole delivery for the County of Middlesex UPon speciall directions given by his Majesty and signified by a Letter from Master Secretary VVindebank to the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Richardson Knight Lord chief Justice of his Majesties Court of Kings Bench bearing date the sixteenth day of April 1634 and shewed now to this Court. It is ordered by this Court ' that the Recognisance taken in Court at the Sessions of Gaole-delivery holden for the County of Middlesex at Iustice Hall in the Old-baily the fourth day of October last past wherein Alexander Baker of the Parish of Saint Andrewes in Holborn in the County of Middlesex Gentleman was bound to his Majesty with two sureties for his appearance at the Sessions of Goale delivery then next following At which Sessions he made default shall not be estreated but all further proceedings thereupon shall be forthwith stayed Per Cur. UPon the reading of His Majesties Letters Parents under the Great Seale of England bearing date the third day of Ianuary in the 3 yeare of his Maiesties reigne of England c. and inrolled in his Maiesties Court of Exchequer It appeared unto this Court that His Maiesty was graciously pleased to signifie His Royall pleasure that Iohn Chamberlain of Lindhurst in the County of Southampton Esq●● should not at any time hereafter during the terme of LX years be indicted of or for Recusancy or for not repairing to Church Chappell or usuall place of Common prayer contrary to the Lawes and Statutes of this Kingdome in that behalf had and provided And that if any indictment be that then upon such indictment or indictments no processe or other proceedings by Proclamation or Proclamations

verbatim therewith therefore needlesse to recite onely I shall adde this one Warrant more of the Kings running in a more legall forme CHarles by the grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To the Keeper of the prison of Clinke in the Borough of Southwarke in the County of Surry and to all Maiors Sheriffs and Justices of Peace and to all others to whom it shall or may appertaine Greeting Whereas intercesion hath been made unto us by the Marshall of Bassampire Ambassadour extraordinary from the Christian King our deare Brother that out of our grace and goodnesse we would be pleased to release from imprisonment the body of Ioseph Pater a Romish Catholike remaining in the said prison of the Clinke know you that we being willing to gratifie the said Marshall De Bassam pire in granting unto him this his request on the behalfe of the said prisoner have given and granted and by these presents doe give and grant unto the said Keeper of the prison of the Clinke and to you the said Maior Sheriffs and Iustices of peace foresaid whom it may concerne full power warrant and authority to enlarge and discharge the body of the said Ioseph Pater of his imprisonment out of the said prison before mentioned if for Recusancy onely and for no other cause he stand committed And this presents or the inrolment thereof shall be as well unto you the Keeper of the said prison of the Clinke for discharging and enlarging of the said prisoner as unto you the said Maiors Sheriffs and Iustices of Peace for suffering him to walke abroad at large a sufficient warrant and discharge in that behalfe Given under our Signet at our palace of Westminster the eight day of Ianuary in the second yeare of our Raigne Exa per Ro. Heath May it please your most Excellent Maiesty This conteineth a Warrant for the enlarging of Ioseph Pater a Romish Catholike now prisoner in the Clinke at the intercession of Marshall De Bassampire Ambassadour extraordinary from the French King Signified to be your Maiesties Pleasure by the Lord Conway Rob. Heath For releasments of Priests by the Privy Councels Warrants take these three presidents in stead of many The very originall Warrants under the Seale of the Privy Councell being now in the Recorders of Londons hands WHereas Iasper Loberi● was formerly committed to your custody to remain prisoner under your charge till further order these are to will require you forthwith to discharge set at liberty the aforesaid Iasper Loberie from his imprisonment for which this together with a certificate under the clerk of the Councels hand that the said Loberie hath given security according to an Order of this Board shall be your sufficient Warrant Dated at Whitehall the 15. of Iune 132. Thomas Coventry C. S. Arundell and Surry Rich. Ebor. Manchester Wentworth I. Coke Wimbleton Francis Windebank To the Keeper of the Clink or his Deputy At Whitehall the 18 of December 1633. present Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop of Yorke Lord Privy Seale Lord High-chamberlain Earle of Salisbury Earle of Kelly Lord Viscount Wimbleton Lord Cottington Lord Newburgh M r Treasurer M r. Secretary Coke M r. Secretary Windebanke VVHereas a petition was this day presented to the Board by Robert Hais prisoner in the New-prison shewing that the petitioner is much impoverished in his Estate by his long imprisonment and is now grwne so weake through infirmities that unlesse by their Lordships favour he may enjoy the benefit of fresh ayre for the recovery of his health his life is in great danger And therefore made humble suite to be discharged from prison for preservation of his li●e as aforesaid upon good security to attend the Board within ten dayes after notice in that behalfe Forasmuch as his petition was recommended to the Board BY THE QUEENES MAJESTY their Lordships doe thinke fit and order that the said Hais first giving good security to attend the Board within ten daies after notice given as aforesaid shall be discharged from his imprisonment and enjoy his liberty without molestation or trouble of any Messengers or other his Maiesties Officers whatsoever Where of the Keeper of the said prison and all other whom it may concerne are to take notice Ex. Wil. Becher THese are to will and command you to set at fulliberty the person of William Waglrave formerly committed to your custody and for your so doing this shall be your warrant Dated at Star-chamber the last of lanuary 1643. Wil. Cant. Thomas Coventry C.S. Arundel and Surry Salisbury R. Ebor H. Manchester Pembrooke and Montgomery To the Keeper of the Clinke and New-prison or his Deputy These three persons were committed for Priests and discharged as such though not expressed in these Warrants the better to colour the businesse Note that the Archbishops hands of Canterbury and Yorke are first subscribed to the two latter of them but Yorkes to the first in Canterburies absence whose hands I dare say are to no Warrant for such a discharge of any Puritan or Orthodox Protestant Many more Warrants of this nature from the Privy-Counsell might be produced which for brevity I omit Secretary Windebankes Warrants for releasing of Priests are almost infinite I shall touch onely upon some few now remaining in the Recorder of Londons hands who was to draw up his impeachment before he fled into France VVHereas William Waller was comitted unto your charge for Recusancy and for suspi●ion of being a Priest these are strictly to charge and command you in His Majesties name upon the sight hereof forthwith to set him at liberty and I do likewise hereby require you to deliver unto him his apparell and other necessaries left in his Chamber when you gave him leave to go abroad at THE QUEENES MAIESTIES DESIRE he paying unto you onely the ordinary Fees due by Law for the release of any prisoner from your charge and custody And this shall be your sufficient discharge in this behalf Dated the ninth day of Octob. 1632. Fran. Windebank To Robert Davison keeper of the Clink in Southwark or to his Deputy there THese are to Will and require you forthwith upon sight hereof to enlarge and set at liberty the body of Henry Moore now prisoner in your custody for which this shall be your warrant Dated at Westminster 1 Decemb. 1633. Fran. Windebank To Robert Davison keeper of the new prison in Maiden-lane London This Moore was committed for a Priest The King himself by this Warrant under his own hand committed one Edward Moore a Priest to the Clink for a notable misdemeanour done in his Court. Charles R. WE will and command you to receive into your custody the body of Edward Moore and him to keep and detaine in safe and sure custody untill you receive our further pleasure concerning him for which this shall be your Warrant Given at our Honour at Hampton-Court this 19 th day of Decemb. 1629. in