WHereas by an Ordinance of His Highness the Lord Protector and his Council, for reviving the jurisdiction of the Countie Palatine of Lancaster, and for hold­ing of Assizes there, Matthew Hales, one of the Iustices of the Court of Common-Pleas at Westminster, and Hugh Windham Sergeant at Law, were appointed Iustices of Assize and Goal deliverie with­in the said Countie Palatine; Bee it Or­deined [Page 402] by His Highness the Lord Protector, by the advice of His Council, That from hence forth such of the Iustices of the Court of the Vpper Bench, or of the Iustices of the Conet of the Common-Pleas, or of the Barons of the Court of the Publick Exche­quer, or Sergeants at Law, or one or more of them, as from time to time are or shall bee appointed Iudges for the time being, for the Northern Circuite, shall bee Iustices of As­sizes & Goal deliverie within the said Countie Palatine, in the room & place of the said Mat­thew Hales, & Hugh Windham, and the said Iusti­ces or either of them that are or shall be from time to time so appointed, shall and may act, do, and perform all matters and things, as well concerning Criminal as Common-Pleas: And all other Pleas and Process whatsoever, in such manner and form as any other Iustice or Iustices of Assizes at Lancaster have lawfully acted, don and performed at any time heretofore. And the Commissio­ner for keeping the Seal of the said County Palatine of Lancaster (for the time being) is hereby authorized and appointed from time to time, to issue forth to the said Iustices that are or shall bee so appointed for the exe­cution of the premisses, such Commission or Commissions as in such cases have been heretofore in the said Countie Palatine used and accustomed.