By the Protector. A proclamation prohibiting delinquents to bear office, or to have any voice or vote in election of any publique officer.

By the Protector. A proclamation prohibiting delinquents to bear office, or to have any voice or vote in election of any publique officer.

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❧ By the Protector. A PROCLAMATION Prohibiting Delinquents to bear Office, or to have any Voice or Vote in Election of any Publique Officer.

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❧ By the Protector. A PROCLAMATION Prohibiting Delinquents to bear Office, or to have any Voice or Vote in Election of any Publique Officer.

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WHereas by Act of Parliament made, and publiſhed the eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thouſand ſix hundred fifty and two; It is (amongſt other things) Enacted and Ordained, That no perſon or perſons whatſoever that had his Eſtate ſequeſtred, or his perſon impriſoned for Delinquency, or did Subſcribe, or Abet the Treaſonable Engagement in the year one thouſand ſix hundred fourty and ſeven, or had been aiding, or aſsiſting to the late King, or any other Enemies of the Parliament, ſhould be capable to elect, or be elected, to any Office, or Place of Truſt, or Power within this Commonwealth; or to hold, or execute any Office or Place of Truſt, or Power within the ſame; His Highneſs the Lord Protector in His great Care and Wiſdom, conſidering the premiſſes, and foreſeeing the Dangers this Commonwealth muſt neceſſarily be expoſed unto, if ſuch Malignant and diſaffected perſons ſhould be in Offices of Truſt and Power in the Commonwealth; And calling to mind the late horrid Treaſon and Rebellion, contrived and carried on by the inveterate and reſtleſs malice of that Party to involve theſe Nations in blood and confuſion; who have avowedly, and with open face profeſſed their end was, and ſtill is (though in the utter ruin and deſolation of theſe Nations) to ſet up that Power and Intereſt which Almighty God hath ſo eminently appeared againſt; His Highneſs therefore, in order to the Peace and Welfare of theſe Nations, committed to His Charge, and to prevent the dangerous conſequence of permitting ſuch perſons to hold, or exerciſe any place or Office of Truſt or Power in this Commonwealth, hath, by and with the advice and conſent of His Council, thought fit to Publiſh and Declare, and doth hereby ſignify His Will and Pleaſure to be, That eſpeciall Care be taken, That the Magiſtrates, Officers, and Miniſters of Iuſtice elected and choſen within the ſeveral Places of this Commonwealth, ſhall be ſuch as are of pious and good converſation, and well qualified with Diſcretion, Fitneſs and Ability to diſcharge the Truſt committed to them. And that no perſon or perſons of what quality or condition ſoever, whoſe Eſtates have at any time heretofore been duly ſequeſtred, or their perſons impriſoned for their Delinquency, or who did ſubſcribe, or abet the ſaid Treaſonable Engagement, or have been in any wiſe aiding, aſsiſting, or abetting the late King, or his Family, or Allies, or any other the Enemies of this State and Commonwealth, ſhall be elected, or give his or their voice or vote, in the election of any Perſon or Perſons to any Office or Offices, Place or Places of Truſt, Power or Government, within this Commonwealth; or ſhall hold, exerciſe, or execute by him, or themſelves, or his or their Deputies or Aſſigns, any ſuch Office or Offices, Place or Places within the ſame, untill his Highneſs Command be further known, on pain of his Highneſs Diſpleaſure, and ſuch penalties, and puniſhments as may and ſhall be ſeverely inflicted on them as diſturbers of the publique Peace, and Contemners of His Highneſſe juſt Commands herein: And for the better and more effectual execution of the Premiſſes, His Highneſs doth hereby ſtraightly charge and command all Sheriffs, Mayors, Bayliffs, Conſtables, Head-boroughs, and other Officers and Miniſters both Civil and Military in their ſeveral Places, to take eſpecial care, That this His Highneſs Pleaſure, and expreſs Commandment, be from time to time in every thing duly performed, as they and every of them will anſwer the neglect of their duties herein, whereof His Highneſs will expect a ſtrict and due accompt from them.

Given at White-Hall the one and twentieth day of September, in the year of Our Lord God, One thouſand ſix hundred fifty and five.

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London, Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highneſs, MDCLV.

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By the Protector. A proclamation prohibiting delinquents to bear office, or to have any voice or vote in election of any publique officer.

England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell)

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1655

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A74146

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Thomason 669.f.20[15]

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99870314

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99870314

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163432

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— By the Protector. A proclamation prohibiting delinquents to bear office, or to have any voice or vote in election of any publique officer., England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell).

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Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to his Highness,. London :: MDCLV. [1655]. (Dated at end: Given at White-Hall the one and twentieth day of September, in the year of Our Lord God, one thousand six hundred fifty and five.) (Reproduction of the original in the British Library.)

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