WHEREAS We are fully satisfied, aswell by Records out of Our Court of Exchequer, as by infor­mation of the severall Officers of Our said Court, that divers Sheriffes, and Escheators of Coun­ties, Cities, and Townes Corporate, Receivers, Bayliffs of Liberties, and other Accomptants; As also diverse of Our Fee-Farmers, Farmers of Recusants Lands, and other Tenants, who hold of Us in Capite by Knights service or otherwise; under colour and pretence of the pre­sent Distractions, and Troubles of these times, have wholy neglected to make their Accompts, and pay those duties which belong unto Us, and to do and perform their Services for their Tenures; And taking into consideration how much this neglect of theirs, tends to Our pre­judice and disservice; We have thought fit by this Our Proclamation, to Publish and Declare Our Will and Pleasure to be; And We do hereby straitly Charg and Command all Sheriffes, and Escheators of Counties, Cities, and Townes Corporate, Receivers, Bayliffs of Liberties, and all other Accomptants, as also all Our Fee-Far­mers, Farmers of Recusants Lands, and Tenants who hold of Us in Capite by Knights-service, or other Services, that they forth with take notice of this Our Proclamation, and either in their own Persons, or by some others whom they shall appoint, (according as it hath bin heretofore used by them respectively) make their appearance at Our Court of Exchequer at Oxford, in Easter Terme next, (where they shall finde Officers and Clarkes appointed for the dispatch of Our affaires and busines, in and concerning the Premises, according to the ancient and usuall course of Our said Court,) and then and there to returne their severall Proces, formerly issued out unto them out of Our said Court; and be apposed, charged, and finish their Accompts, and pay Us Our duties and do Us all other Services, as se­verally and respectively, they and every of them ought to have done, at or before the time herein limited, under pain of Our high Displeasure; As also such other punishments, which by the Lawes of this Kingdom, may be inflicted up­on them for their neglect or contempt herein; Letting them know We cannot esteem them well affected to Us, who shall, under any excuse, pretence, or colour whatsoever, neglect their known Duties, wherein Our Rights, and Pro­fits are so much concerned. And hereof none, whom it may concerne, are to faile, as they respect their own indemni­ty, and desire to preserve a good opinion in Us of their integrity.

Given at Our Court at OXFORD, the 25. of March in the Twentieth year of Our Raigne.

GOD SAVE THE KING.