First Commission of Charles I

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<hand> <symbol> Queen’s Countie
Charles by the grace of God kinge of England, Scotland, ffrance and Ireland defender of the faith &c. To our welbeloved Henry Jones deane of Kilmore, Roger Puttocke, William Hitchcocke, Randall Adams, John Sterne, William Aldriche, Henry Brereton and John Watson Clerkes Greetinge Whereas divers wicked and disloyall people have lately risen in Armes in severall partes of this kingdome and haue robbed and spoyled many of our good subiects Brittish and Protestantes who have been separated from theire settled habitacions and scattered in most lamentable manner And forasmuch as it is needfull to take due examinacion concerninge the same Knowe yee that wee reposinge especiall trust and confidence in your care dilligence and provident Circumspeccion have nominated & 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 tyme to call before you and examine vpon oath on the holy Evangelists (which wee hereby authorize you or any two or more of you to administer) aswell all such persons as have been so robbed and spoyled as all the witnesses that can give testimonie therein what robberies and spoyles have been committed on them or any other to their knowledge since the xxijth of October last or shall hereafter be committed on them or any of them, what the particulars were or are whereof they were or shalbe so robbed and spoyled, to what value, by whome, what theire names are, and where they nowe or last dwelt that committed those Robberies, on what day or night the said robberies or spoyles committed or to be committed, were done, what traiterous or disloyall wordes, speeches or Accions were then or att any other tyme vttered or committed by those Robbers or any of them, what violence or other lewde Accions were then performed by the said Robbers or
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or any of them And howe often And all other circumstances touchinge or concerninge the same particulars and every of them And you our said Comissioners are to reduce to writinge all the examinacions, which you or any two or more of you shall take as aforesaid And the same to returne vnto yo our Justices & Counsell of this our Realme of Ireland vnder the handes and seales of you or any two or more of you as aforesaid Witnesses our right trustie and welbeloved Counsellors Sir William Parsons knighte and Baronett and Sir John Burlase knighte our Justices of our said Realme of Ireland att Dublin the xxiijth day of December in the seaventeenth yeare of our Raigne.
Carleton