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A92658 A proclamation, anent field conventicles and house-meetings; Proclamations. 1687-10-05 Scotland. Sovereign (1649-1685 : Charles II); James II, King of England, 1633-1701. aut. 1687 (1687) Wing S1631; ESTC R230221 1,506 1

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I2R HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE A PROCLAMATION Anent Field Conventicles and House-Meetings JAMES by the Grace of GOD King of Great-Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith To Macers of Our Privy Council or Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute and to all and sundry Our Leidges and Subjects whom it effeirs Greeting Whereas We having by Our Proclamation of the twentieth of February last past and Our other Proclamation of the twenty eight of June thereafter Explaining and extending the same in favours of all Our Subjects of this Kingdom of whatsoever Profession Granted full Liberty to them to Meet and Serve God in their own Way and Manner on the Terms therein expresly mentioned Yet We understanding That several seditious Preachers and others declared Fugitives Do nevertheless of that Our great and unexpected Clemency and Favour Meet in the open Fields aud there keep Conventicles these Rendevouzes of Rebellion And that great numbers of persons of all sorts do frequent these seditious Meetings and many in Arms We have thought fit therefore with Advice of Our Privy Council Hereby to Declare That not only all such persons whether Preachers or Hearers that shall presume to be at any Conventicle in the open Fields But also all Dissenting Ministers who shall take upon them to Preach in Houses without observing such Directions as are prescribed by Our said late Proclamation viz. That nothing be Preached or Taught among them which may any way tend to alienat the Hearts of Our People from Vs or Our Government and that their Meetings be peaceable openly and publickly held and all persons freely admitted to them and that they do signifie and make known to some one or moe of Our next Privy Counsellors Sheriffs Stewarts Baillies Justices of Peace or Magistrats of Royal Burrows what place or places they set apart for these Uses with the Names of the Preachers Shall be Prosecuted with the utmost rigor and severity that Our Laws Acts of Parliament and Constitutions of this Our Ancient Kingdom will allow Requiring hereby all Our Officers Civil and Military and al● other Our good Subjects who are or may be any way concerned in the Execution thereof to see this Our Royal Will and Pleasure duly performed and put in Execution conform to Our saids Laws Acts of Parliament and Constitutions aforesaid every manner of way as is thereby Prescribed and under the Pains and Certifications therein-mentioned And to the end Our said Proclamation of the twenty eight of June last may receive due obedience We with Advice foresaid Do strictly Require all such as shall Preach by vertue thereof at any time or in any place to make Intimat●on of their Preaching as to the time and place before their Meetings to some one or moe of Our next Privy Counsellors Sheriffs Stewarts Baillies Justices of Peace or Magistrats of Our Royal Burrows and of their fixing their abodes there which shall be sufficient to them during their Residence at that place or places only And in case they be transient Preachers that they give the same Intimation to some one or moe of Our Privy Council or others aforesaid Both as they will be answereable And further We in Prosecution of Our said late Proclamation Do hereby Require all and every person aforesaid to whom such Intimation shall be given respectivè to send in to the Clerks of Our Privy Council once every Moneth the Name and Sirname of the persons Preachers and the times and places of their Meetings as they will answer the contrary at their peril And that Our Royal Pleasure in the Premisses may be known and due and exact obedience given thereto OUR WILL IS HEREFORE and We Charge you strictly and Command that incontinent these Our Letters seen ye pass to the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh and all the other Mercat-Crosses of the Head-Burghs of the Shires of this Kingdom and other places needful and there in Our Name and Authority by open Proclamation make Publication of Our Pleasure in the Premisses that none may pretend ignorance Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the fifth day of October One thousand six hundred eighty seven And of Our Reign the third year Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii COL M cKENZIE Cls. Sti. Concilii GOD save the KING Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred Majesty Anno DOM. 1627.