First Comission of King Charles I

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Wexford
<Hand> Charles by the grace of god King of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland defender of the faith &c To our welbeloved Henry Jones Deane of Kilmore Roger Puttock william Hitchcock Randall Adams John Sterne William Aldrich Henry Brereton and John Watson Clerks greeting: Whereas divers wicked and disloyall people have lately risen in armes in seuerall partes of this kingdome and haue robbed and Spoyled many of our good subiects brittish and protestants who haue been seperated from theire setled habitacions and scattered in most lamentable manner And forasmuch as it is needfull to take due examinacion concerning the same Knowe yee that we reposing especiall trust and confidence in your care diligence and provident circumspeccion haue nominated and appoynted you to be our Comissioners and doe hereby give vnto you or any two or more of you full power and authoritie from tyme to time to call before you and to examine vpon oath on the holy Evangelists (which we hereby authorize you or any two or more of you to administer) aswell all such persons as haue been so robbed and spoyled as all the witnesses that can give testimony therein what robberies and spoyles haue been committed on them or any other to theire knowledge since the two and twentieth of October last or shall hereafter be comitted on them or any of them, what the particulars were or are whereof they were or are shalbe so robbed and spoyled, to what value, by whome what theire names are and where they now or last dwelt that comitted those robberies on what day or night the said robberies or spoyles comitted or to be committed were done, what traiterous or disloyall words speeches or Accions were then or at any other time vttered or committed by those robbers or any of them, what violence or other lewde Accions were then performed by the said robbers or any of them, and how often. And all other Circumstances touching or concerning the said particulars & every of them And you our said Comissioners are to reduce to writing all the Examinacions which you or any two or more of you shall take as aforesaid, and the same to returne vnto our Justices and Counsell of this our Realme of Ireland vnder the hands and seales of you or any two or more of you as aforesaid Witnesses our Right trustie and welbeloved Counsellors Sir william Parsons knight & Baronett & Sir John Burlase knight our Justices of our said Realme of Ireland at Dublin the 23th day of December in the xvijth yeare of our Reigne.
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