WHereas Henry Earl of Stamford was by Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament appointed Lord-lieutenant of the County of Leicester, and by the Order of both the said Houses the Magazin of the said County was delivered into his hands to be removed or disposed of as he should thinke fit for the safety and defence of His Maiesty and the County; In obedience whereunto the said Earle did take the said Magazine and did place a great part thereof at his house at Bradgate under safe guard, and the residue thereof at a place in the Newarkeneere the Towne of Leicester; For the doing whereof the said Earle, and also William Sherman, William Stanley, John Norris, and William Reynor, upon pretence of being Afsistants to the said Earle, and all other his Adherents, were without all colour of Law, and against the rights and liberties of the Subiect proclaimed traytors, which as concerning the said Earle being a Member of the House of Peeres, is a high breach of the priviledge of Parliament: Be it therefore declared by the said Lords and Commons, That the said Earle, William Sherman, William Stanley, John Norris, William Reynor, nor any other of the parties which were assisting of the said Earle in the Premises, have done any thing herein but according to their duties, and in obedience to the commands of both Hou­ses of Parliament; and that therefore the said Earle and all other the said persons his assistants and every of them shall and ought to be protected by the power and Autho­rity of both Houses of Parliament. And the said Lords and Commons do hereby forbid all Sheriffes, Majors, Bayliffes, Constables, and other His Maiesties Officers and Sub­iects whatsoever, any way to arrest, impeach, molest, or trouble the said Earle, William Sherman, William Stanley, John Norris, William Reynor, or any other of the said persons (so assisting to the said Earle) either in their persons, goods, or estates, for, or by reason of the premises without the Authority or consent of both Houses of Parliament.