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APPENDIX I.

THE CORONATION OATH OF JAMES II.

[Taken from Francis Sandford, The History of the Coronation of . . James II. In the Savoy, Thomas Newcombe, 1687, p. 88.]

Sect. V. The Oath.

Sermon being ended, the KING uncovered His Head, and the Archbishop arose, and repaired to His MAJESTY, and asked Him,

SIR, Are You willing to take the Oath usually taken by Your Predecessors?

And the KING answered,
I am willing.

Then the Archbishop Ministred these Questions; To which the KING (having a Book in His Hand) answered severally as followeth.

ARCHB. SIR, Will You Grant and Keep, and by Your Oath Confirm to the People of England, the Laws and Customs to them Granted by the Kings of England, Your Lawful and Religious Predecessors; and namely, the Laws, Customs and Franchises Granted to the Clergy by the Glorious King St. Edward Your Predecessor, according to the Laws of God, the True Profession of the Gospel Established in this Kingdom, and agreeing to the Prerogative of the Kings thereof, and the Antient Customs of this Realm?

KING. I grant and promise to keep them.

ARCHB. SIR, Will You keep Peace and Godly Agreement intirely, according to Your Power, to the Holy Church, the Clergy, and the People?

KING. I will keep it.

ARCHB. SIR, Will you to Your Power cause Law, Justice and Discretion, in Mercy and Truth, to be Executed in all Your Judgements?

COR. ORDERS.

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KING. I will,

ARCHB. SIR, Will You Grant to hold and keep the Rightful Customs which the Communalty of this Your Kingdom have, and will You defend and uphold them to the Honour of God, so much as in You lieth?

KING. I Grant and Promise so to do.

Then the Petition or Request of the Bishops to the KING, was read by the Bishop of Glocester, with a clear Voice, in the Name of the rest standing by.

Our LORD and KING, We beseech You to Pardon Us, and to Grant and Preserve unto Us, and the Churches committed to Our Charge, all Canonical Privileges, and due Law and Justice, and that You will Protect and Defend Us, as every good King in His Kingdom ought to be Protector and Defender of the Bishops and Churches under Their Government.

The KING answered,

With a Willing and Devout Heart, I Promise and Grant You My Pardon; and that I will Preserve and Maintain to You, and the Churches committed to Your Charge, all Canonical Privileges, and due Law and Justice: And that I will be Your Protector and Defender to My Power, by the Assistance of God, as every good King in His Kingdom ought in Right to Protect and Defend the Bishops and Churches under Their Government.

Then the KING arose from His Chair, and being attended by the Lord Great Chamberlain, and supported by the Two Bishops, and the Sword of State carried before Him, He went to the Altar, and laying His Hand upon the Evangelists, took the Oath following:

The Things which I have here before promised, I will perform and keep. So help Me God, and the Contents of this Book.

And then kissed the Book.

APPENDIX II.

EXTRACTS FROM COUNCIL REGISTER, WILLIAM III. VOL. I.

P. I.

Whitehall the 14th of February 1688. [1689]

The Lords Spirituall and Temporall and Commons... Resolved... that ye sole and full Exercise of ye Regall Power be only in, and executed by the said Prince of Orange in yo names of the said Prince and Princesse during their joynt Lives.

p. 19.

At the Court at Whitehall

the 26th of February, 1688 [1689] Tuesday afternoon

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It is this day Ordered by his Maty in Councill That the Rt Honoble ye Lord President, the Lord Privy Seale, the Duke of Norfolke Earle Marshall of England Marquesse of Winchester, Lord Great Chamberlain, Lord Steward, Lord Chamberlain, Earle of Shrewsbury, Viscount

Newport, Lord Montagu, Mr. Comptroller, & Mr. Vice: Chamberlain, Or any Five of them be, and they are hereby appointed a Committee of this Boord, to consider of ye time & manner of ye Coronation of their Maes: And make Report thereof to his Maty in Councill.

p. 27.

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At the Court at Whitehall the 5th of March 168

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[BP of London added to ye Committee for ye Coronation: in margin]. The Lord BP. of London added to the Committee appointed to consider of the time and manner of the Coronation of their Matys.

P. 32.

88

[12th March 1689]

[Proclamation about the Coronation to [be] approved: in margin]. It is this day ordered by His Maty in Councill that the Proclamation in order to their Matys intended Coronation do pass the Great Seal and be forthwith printed and published, and that one of His Matys Principall Secretaries of State do direct the Same to be don according to the Form hereunto annexed wch was approved at the Boord.

A Proclamation in Order to Their Matys intended Coronation. WHEREAS wee have resolved by the favor and Blessing of God to celebrate the solemnity of Our Royall Coronation upon the 11th day of Aprill next at Our Palace at Westminster. And forasmuch as by Ancient Customs & usages of this Realm as also in regard of divers Tenures of sundry mannors, Lands and other Hereditaments many of our Loving Subjects do claim and are bound to do and perform divers severall Services on the said Day and at the time of the Coronation as in times precedent their ancestors and those from whom they Claim have don and performed at the Coronation of our Predecessors Kings and Queens of this Realm. Wee therefore out of our Princely Care for the Preservation of the Lawfull Rights and Inheritances of Our Loving Subjects whom it may Concern have thought fit to give notice and publish our Resolution therein, and do hereby give notice of and publish the same accordingly, And wee do hereby further signify that by our Commission under our Great Seale of England Wee have appointed and authorized Our Rt Trusty and Rt Welbeloved Cousin & Councellor Thomas Earle of Danby President of our Councill; Our Rt Trusty and intirely beloved Cousin & Councellor George Marquis of Halifax Our Keeper of Our Privy Seale; Our Rt Trusty & Rt intirely beloved Cousin and Councellor Henry Duke of Norfolk Earle Marshall of England; Our Rt Trusty and intirely beloved Cousin & Councellor Charles Marquis of Winchester; Our Rt Trusty and Rt Welbeloved Cousin & Councellor Robert Earle of Lindsey Great

Chamberlain of England; Our Rt Trusty & Rt Welbeloved Cousin & Councellor William Earle of Devonshire Steward of Our Household, Our Rt Trusty and Rt Welbeloved Cousin and Councellor Charles Earle of Dorsett and Middlesex Chamberlain of Our Household, Our Rt Trusty and Rt Welbeloved Cousin & Councellor, Charles Earle of Shrewsbury one of Our Principall Secretaries of State; Our Rt Trusty and welbeloved Cousin & Councellor Francis Viscount Newport Treasurer of Our Household; The Rt Reverend Father in God, Henry Lord Bishop of London; Our Rt Trusty & Welbeloved Ralph Lord Montagu Master of our Wardrobe, Our Trusty & welbeloved Sr William Dolben Knt One of the Justices of Our Court of Kings Bench and our Trusty and welbeloved Sr John Powell Knt one of the Justices of Our Court of Common Pleas, or any Three or more of them to Receive, Hear & determine the Petitions & Claims wch shall be to them exhibited by any of Our Loving Subjects in this behalf And wee do appoint our said Comm" for that purpose to meet & sit in the Painted Chamber of our Palace at Westminster upon the twenty Eighth day of this instant March at nine of ye clock in the forenoon of that day, & from time to time to adjorn as to them shall seem meet for ye Execution of Our Said Commission, wch wee do thus publish to the intent yt all such persons whom it may any way concern may know when & where to give their attendance for yo Exhibiting of their Petitions & Claimes concerning their Services before mentioned to be don & performed unto Us at Our said Coronation. And wee do hereby signifie unto all and every our Subjects whom it may Concern that Our will and pleasure is, and wee do hereby straitly Charge all persons of what Rank or quality Soever they be, who either upon our letters to them directed, or by reason of their Offices or Tenures or otherwise are to do any service at the said day or time of Our Coronation, that they do duly give their attendance accordingly in all respects furnished & appointed as to so great solemnity appertaineth, & answerable to the Dignities and places wch every one of them respectively holdeth & injoyeth, And of this They or any of them are not to faile as they will answer the Contrary at their perills, unless upon special reasons by Our Self under Our hand to be allowed, wee shall dispence with any of their services or attendances.

GIVEN at Our Court at Whitehall the 16th day of March 1688 in the first year of Our Reign.

[Commission for the Court of Claims against the Coronation to pass : in margin.]

His Maty in Councill having appointed the Rt Honoble the Lord President Lord Privy Seal, Duke of Norfolk, Marquis of Winchester, Lord Great Chamberlain, Lord Steward, Lord Chamberlain, Earle of Shrewsbury Viscount Newport, Lord Bishop of London, Lord Montagu, Sr Wm Dolbin one of the Justices of the Court of Kings Bench, and Sr John Powell one of the Justices of the Common Pleas or any Three or more of them Commissioners to hear Receive and Determine the

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