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DUTCH CHURCH OF NEW YORK.
April 14, 1728.
Consistory held. After calling on God's name, it was Resolved, - That the movable sashes shall be made with iron frames, and a
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broad groove, that will close well; and the panes shall be five inches broad and seven long: that the South and North sides of the inner ceiling shall be hipped, as well as the East and West (sides); that on the West side shall be two open windows at the end; that on the South and North sides shall be as many as can be: that on the East side, on either side of the pulpit shall be two loose sashes in each window.
April 18, 1728.
Consistory held. After calling on God's name, an address of welcome was signed and delivered to his Excellency, John Mont- gomery, our Governor, who received it kindly.
Resolved, That the glass windows above the South door, shall begin four feet above the door, be three panes wide, and run up two and twenty feet by and above shall be another glass of six feet long, then, in the high place above, a round glass in the middle. Liber B. 73.
CERTIFICATE AS TO THE ORDINATION OF GEORGE WEISS; FROM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY, APRIL 26, 1728.
Whereas, Mr. George Michael Weiss, born at Eppingen in the Electoral Palati- nate, and at present stationed as a Reformed minister at Philadelphia, in Penn- sylvania, under date of the third of December of the last year (1729) gave infor- mation to the Ecclesiastical Council of the Palatinate concerning the present condition of religion and ecclesiastical affairs there:
And, whereas, on this occasion he gave us to understand, that, although he had received from this Council a Latin certificate, he needs also a certificate in German, because of the difficult circumstances in which he is placed, and specially on account of those who do not understand Latin:
Therefore, We testify, as we did before, that he is not only right-minded in doctrine and unblamable in life, peace-loving and sociable in his walk and con- versation, but also edifying in his manifold discourses preached before us. We have no doubt but that, if the Lord grant him life and health, he will prove useful and be the means of edifying many souls. The infinitely good and merciful God and Father extend to him light and strength in full measure from the fullness of his grace which is in Chirist Jesus, that the received word of the Lord may, by his service, make great progress, that even the minds of the heathen may be turned to the Lord, and that their Kings may be brought. Heidelberg, Ap. 26, 1728.
L. C. Mieg.
Councilor and Director of the Electoral Church Council Consistory.
See Dr. Good's Hist. Refd. Ch. 116, and Corwin's Manual of Reformed Church In America.
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COMMISSION TO THE BISHOP OF LONDON FOR EXERCISING JURIS- DICTION IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES, APRIL 29, 1728. (Plantations General Papers, XI., 10.) (Translation.)
Commissio Regia pro exercen- da Jurisdictione Spirituali et Ecclesiastica in Plantationi- bus Americanis.
Georgius Secundus Dei gratia Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex, fidei Defensor &c. Reverendo in Christo patri Edmundo permissione divina Episcopo Londinensi, Salutem.
Cum Coloniac, Plantationes, caeteraque dominia nostra in America, nondum divisa vel for- mata, neque alicui Dioecesi in- fra Regnum Nostrum Magnae Brit- anniae annexa existant: ratione cujus Jurisdictio in causis Ec- clesiasticis, in illis vel eo- rum aliquo orientibus, nobis ut supremo Ecclesiae in terris Ca- piti solummodo spectat; ac no- bis necessarium visus sit ut de- inceps Jurisdictio Spiritualis et Ecclesiastica in regionibus illis in casibus inferius in his prasentibus mentionatis, authoritate nostra regia secun- dum leges et canones ecclesiae Anglicane infra Angliam legit- ime receptos et sancitos, in- stituatur et exerceatur, qua sincerus Dei cultus religionis- que christianae pura professio melius promoveatur: Cumque rega- lis pater noster Georgius prim- us nuper Rex Magnae Britanniae &c. per literas suas patentes sub mago sigillo suo Magnae Britanniae confectas, gerentes dat' apud Westmonasterium nono die Februarii, anno regni sui decimo tertio, dederit et con- cesserit tibi praefato Episcopo Londinensi, plenam potestatem et authoritatem per te vel per sufficientem Commissarium tuum vel commissarios tuos sufficien- tes per te substituendos et nominandos exercendi, jurisdic- tionem, spiritualem et ecclesi- asticam in respectivis Coloniis, Plantationibus, caeterisque do- miniis suis in America, durante
Royal Commission for exercis- ing Spiritual and Ecclesiasti- cal Jurisdiction in the Ameri- can Plantations.
George the Second, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain France and Ireland, De- fender of the Faith &c., To the Reverend father in Christ, Ed- mund, by Divine permission, Bishop of London, Greeting:
Whereas the Colonies, Planta- tions, and other our dominions in America, are not yet divided into, constituted as, neither annexed to, any Diocese within our Kingdom of Great Britain; by reason whereof Jurisdiction in Ecclesiastical causes aris- ing in them, or in any one of them, belongeth to Us only, as the Supreme Head of the Church on earth; And whereas it seem- eth to Us necessary that hence- forth Spiritual and Ecclesias- tical Jurisdiction should, in the cases hereinafter mentioned, be established, and exercised in those parts, by virtue of our Royal Authority, according to the Laws and Canons of the Church of England, in England lawfully received and sanction- ed, to the better promoting of the sincere worship of God, and the pure profession of the Christian Religion; and where- as our Royal Father, George the First, late King of Great Britain, &c., did, by letters patent, under the great seal of Great Britain, bearing date at Westminster, the ninth of Feb- ruary, in the thirteenth year of his reign, give and grant unto you, the Bishop of London aforesaid, full power and au- thority, by yourself, or by your sufficient commissary, or commissaries to be by you sub- stituted and named, to exer- cise Spiritual and Ecclesiasti- cal Jurisdiction in his sever- al Colonies, Plantations, and
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bene placito dicti nuper Regis prout per easdem litteras paten- tes relatione inde habita plen- ius liquet et apparet.
Sciatis modo quod nos revocav- imus et determinavimus ac per praesentes revocamus et deter- minamus dictas recitatas literas patentes ac omnia et singula in eisdem contenta. Et ulterius sciatis quod nos de vestris sin- cera religione, et doctrina, ac morum probitate, et in rebus gerendis provida circumspec- tione, et industria, plurimum in hac parte confidentes, de gratia nostra speciali ac ex certa scientla et mero motu nos- tris, dedimus et concessimus, ac per praesentes damus et con- cedimas tibi praefato Episcopo Londinensi plenam potestatem et authoritatem, per te vel per sufficientem Commissarium tuum, sive Commissarios tuos suffi- clentes per te substituendos et nominandos, exercendi juris- dictionem Spiritualem et eccle- siasticam in respectivis Colo- niis, Plantationibus, caeteris- que Dominiis nostris in America, secundum leges et canones Ec- clesiae Anglicanae infra Angli- am legitime receptos et sanci- tos, in specialibus causis et materiis inferius in his prae- sentibus expressis et specifica- tis. Ac pro Declaratione re- galis voluntatis nostrae quoad specialis causas et materias in quibus Jurisdictionem Ante- dictam virtute hujus Commission- is nostrae exerceri volumus; Dedimus ulterius et concessi- mus ac per praesentes damus et concedimus tibi praefato Epis- copo Londinensi plenam potesta- tem et authoritatem, per te vel per sufficientem commissarium tuum sive commissarios tuos sufficientes per te substituten- dos, Visitandi omnes Ecclesias in Colonils, lantationibus, caeterisque Dominiis nostris praedictis in America, in qui- bus divinum servitium juxta ritus et liturgiam ecclesiae Anglicanae celebratum fuerit, ac omnes ecclesiarum praedicta- rum rectores, curatos, ministros, et Incumbentes, sive alio quo- rumque nomine vocatos, ac omnes
other dominions in America, during the good pleasure of the said late King, as by the said letters patent doth, upon examination, more fully ap- pear; Know ye, that We have revoked, and determined, and do, by these presents, revoke, and determine the above men- tioned letters patent, with all and singular the things therein contained. And fur- ther know ye, that We, repos- ing especial confidence in your sound religion, learning and probity, and in your pru- dence and industry in the man- agement of affairs, have, of our special favor, certain knowledge and mere motion, given and granted, and do by these presents, give and grant to you, the Bishop of London aforesaid, full power and au- thority, by yourself, or by your sufficient commissary, or commissaries to be by you sub- stituted and named, to exer- cise Spiritual and Ecclesias- tical Jurisdiction in the special causes and matters hereinafter expressed and spec- ified, within our several Col- onies, Plantations, and other dominions in America, accord- ing to the laws and canons of the Church of England, in England lawfully received and sanction- ed. And for declaration of our Royal Pleasure as to the special causes and matters in which we will that the Juris- diction above named be, by virtue of this our commission, exercised, we have further given and granted, and do, by these presents, give .and grant to you, the Bishop of London aforesaid, full power and au- thority, by yourself, or by your sufficient commissary, or commissaries to be by you sub- stituted and named, to visit all churches in our aforesaid Colonies, Plantations, and other dominions in America, in which Divine Service according to the Rites and Liturgy of the Church of England shall have been celebrated, and the Rectors, Curates, Ministers and Incumbents, by whatever name
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presbyteros et diaconos in sac- ris ordinibus Ecclesiae Angli- canae constitutos, cum omni et omnimoda jurisdictione, potes- tate et coercione Ecclesiastica quoad praemissa requisita, et ad dies, horas, et loca compe- tentia quaecunque, quoties et quandocunque tibi, sive commis- sario, vel commissariis praedic- tis magis congrua et opportuna videbuntur, praedictos rectores, curatos, ministros, incumbentes, Presbyteros vel Diaconos, in sacris ordinibus Ecclesiae An- glicanae constitutos, aut ali- quem vel aliquos eorum et non alias quascunque personas, co- ram te, vel Commissario, sive Commissariis praedictis evocan- di, et per estes per te sive Commissarium vel Commissarios praedictos in debita juris for- ma jurandos, aliisque viis et modis legitimis quibus de jure melius et efficacius id fieri possit, inquirendi de moribus eorundem, secundum leges et can- ones ecclesiae Anglicanae; ac etiam quaecunque juramenta licita in curiis Ecclesiasticis consueta ministrandi, ac corri- gendi et puniendi praedictos Rectores, Curatos, Ministros, Incumbentes, Presbyteros et Di- aconos, in sacris ordinibus Ecclesiae Anglicanae constitutos, juxta eorum demerita, sive per amotionem, suspensionem, excom- municationem, vel aliud quod- cunque genus censurarum ecclesi- asticarum aut correctionum debi- tarum, juxta canones et leges ecclesiasticas praedictas. Et ulterius de uberiori gratia nostra dedimus et concessimus, ac per praesentes damus et con- cedimus tibi praefato Episcopo Londinensi, plenam potestatem et authoritatem de tempore in tempus nominandi et substituen- di sub manu tua et sigillo tuo Episcopali Commissarios Suffi- cientes ad omnia et singula praemissa, in separalibus et respectivis Coloniis, Planta- tionibus et Dominiis praedictis in America, Juxta tenorem et veram intentionem hujus Com- missionis nostrae exercenda et exequenda cum effectu, et tales Commissarios amovendi et mutan-
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called belonging to said Churches, and all Presbyters and Deacons admitted into the Holy Orders of the Church of England, with all and every Sort of Jurisdiction, power, and Ecclesiastical coercion, requisite in the premises; and to summon the aforesaid Rectors, Curates, Ministers, Incumbents, Presbyters or Deacons admitted into the Holy Orders of the Church of England, or any of them, and no person else, be- fore yourself or your commis- sary, or commissaries aforesaid, upon whatever days and hours. and at whatever suitable places, as often as, and whensoever, to yourself or to your commissary, or commissaries aforesaid, shall seem most fit and con- venient, and by means of wit- nesses, to be sworn in due form of law by yourself, or your commissary or commissa- ries aforesaid, and by such other proper ways and methods, as can with right be more advan- tageously and effectually used, to examine concerning the manners of the same, according to the laws and canons of the Church of England; and also to ad- minister all oaths lawful and customary in Ecclesiastical Courts, and to correct and pun- ish the aforesaid Rectors, Cu- rates, Ministers, Incumbents, Presbyters and Deacons in the Holy Orders of the Church of England, according to their de- merits, whether by a motion, suspension, excommunication, or by any sort of Ecclesiastical censure, or due correction, according to the canons and Laws Ecclesiastical aforesaid. And further, of our superabun- dant favor, we have given and granted. and do, by these presents, give and grant to you, the Bishop of London aforesaid, full power and authority, from time to time, to nominate and substitute under your hand and Episcopal seal, sufficient Commissaries to exercise and effectually execute all and singular the premises, in each and every of the Colonies, Plantations, and Dominions
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di de tempore in tempus prout tibi expediens videbitur. Ha- bendum et gaudendum omnes et singulas potestates et author- itates antedictas tibi praefato Episcopo Londinensi, quam diu nobis placuerit. Volumus tamen ac per praesentes declaramus et ordinamus, quod bene liceat et licebit alicui personae vel aliquibus personis quibuscunque in quam vel in quas aliquod judicium, decretum, sive sententia virtute hujus commissionis nostrae datum sive pronuntiatum fuerit, appellare a tali judicio decreto, sive sententia, ad per- dilectos et perquam fideles Consiliarios nostros Rerendis- simum in Christo patrem Guliel- mum Archiepiscopum Cantuarien- sem ac Archiepiscopum Cantuari- ensem pro tempore existentem; Petrum Dominum King Baronem de Ockham, Cancellarium Nostrum Magnae Britanniae, ac Cancellari- um Nostrum Magnae Britanniae vel Magni nostri sigilli Mag- nae Britanniae Custodem pro tem- pore existentem: Reverendissimum in Christo patrem Lancelotum Archiepiscopum Eboracensem, ac Archiepiscopum Eboracensem pro tempore existentem: Summum The- saurarium Nostrum Magnae Britan- niae pro tempore existentem: Gulielmum Ducem Devoniae, Consilii Nostri Privati praesidem, ac Consilii privati Nostri praesi- dem pro tempore existentem; Thomnam Dominum Trevor, privati sigilli nostri Custodem, ac pri- vati sigilli nostri Custodem pro tempore existentem; Lionelem Cranfield, Ducem de Dorset, Sen- eschallum Hospitii Nostri, ac Seneschallum Hospitii nostri pro tempore existentem; Carolem Du- cem de Grafton Hospitii Nostri Camerarium, ac Hospitii Nostri Camerarium pro tempore existen- tem; Thomam Ducem Novi Castri unum primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum Status, Thomam Comitem de Westmorland, Carolum Vice Comitem Townshend alterum prima- riorum Secretariorum nostrorum Status, ac Primarios Secretarios Nostros Status pro tempore ex- istentes; Georgium Vicecomitem de Torrington Primarium Admi- ralitatis nostrae Commissarium,
aforesaid, in America, accord- ing to the tenor and true in- tent of this our Commission, and from time to time, to re- move and change such Commissa- ries, as to you shall seem fit. You, the Bishop of London afore- said having and enjoying all and singular, the powers and authorities above recited, dur- ing our good pleasure. We will, nevertheless, and do by these presents, declare and ordain, that it may and shall be law- ful for any person or persons whatsoever, against whom any judgement, decree, or sentence, shall have been given or pro- nounced, by virtue of this our Commission, to appeal from such judgement, decree, or sen- tence, to our Right trusty and Well-beloved Councillors, the most Reverend Father in Christ William, Archbishop of Canter- bury, and to the Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being; Peter, Lord King, Baron of Ock- ham, our Chancellor of Great Britain, and to our Chancellor of Great Britain, or Keeper of our Great Seal of Great Brit- ain for the time being; the Most Reverend Father in Christ, Lancelot, Archbishop of York, and to the Archbishop of York for the time being; our High Treasurer of Great Britain for the time being; William Duke of Devonshire, President of our Privy Council, and to the President of our Privy Council for the time being; Thomas, Lord Trevor, Keeper of our Pri- vy Seal, and to the Keeper of our Privy Seal for the time being; Lionel Cranfield, Duke of Dorset, Steward of our Pal- ace, and to the Steward of our Palace for the time being; Charles, Duke of Grafton, Cham- berlain of our Palace, and to the Chamberlain of our Palace for the time being; Thomas, Duke of Newcastle, one of our Principal Secretaries of State; Thomas, Earl of Westmoreland, Charles, Viscount Townshend, another of our Principal Sec- retaries of State, and to our Principal secretaries of State for the time being; George,
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ac Summum Admirallum Nostrum at- que primarium Admiralitatis Nostrae Commissarium pro tem- pore existentem; Arthurum Onslow nostrum domus Nostrae Communium Prolocutorem, ac Domus Nostrae Communium Prolocutorem pro tem- pore existentem; Robertum Wal- pole Nobilissimi Ordinis Peris- cilidis Equitem, Scaccarii nostri Cancellarium, ac Aerarii nostri primarium Commissarium, atque Scaccarii nostri Cancel- larium et Aerarii nostri pri- marium Commissarium pro tempore existentem; Robertum Raymond militem, Capitalem Justiciarium nostrum ad placita coram nobis tenenda assignatum, ac Capitalem Justiciarium nostrum ad placita coram nobis tenenda assignatum pro tempore existentem; Josephum Jekyll militem Magistrum Rotulo- rum Cancellariae nostrae, ac Magistrum Rotulorum Cancellariae nostrae pro tempore existentem; et Robertum Eyre militem, cap- italem Justiciarium nostrum de communi banco, ac capitalem Justiciarium nostrum de Com- muni Banco pro tempore exis- tentem. Quibus quidem Guliel- mo Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi, ac Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi pro tempore existenti; Petro Domino King, ac Cancellario Nos- tro Magnae Britanniae, vel mag- ni Sigilli nostri Magnae Britan- niae Custodi, pro tempore ex- istenti; Lanceloto Archiepis- copo Eboracensi, ac Archiepis- copo Eboracensi pro tempore existenti: summo Thesaurario nostro magnae Britanniae pro tempore existenti; Gulielmo Duci Divoniae, ac Consilii Privati nostri praesidi pro tempore existenti; Thomae Domino Trevor, ac privati Sigil- li nostri Custodi pro tempore existenti; Lioneli Cranfield Duci de Dorset, ac Seneschallo Hospitii Nostri pro tempore ex- istenti; Carolo Duci de Graf- ton, ac Hospitii nostri Camera- rio pro tempore existenti; Thom- ae Duci Novi Castri; Thomae Comiti de Westmorland; Carolo Vicecomiti Townshend, ac prima- riis Secretariis nostris Status pro tempore existentibus; Geor- gio Vicecomiti Torrington, ac
Viscount Torrington, First Lord Commissioner of our Ad- miralty, and to our Lord High Admiral, and first Lord Com- missioner of the Admiralty for the time being; Arthur On- slow, our Speaker of our House of Commons, and to the Speaker of our House of Commons for the time being; Robert Walpole, Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, Chancellor of our Exchequer, and First Lord of our Treasury, and to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and first Lord of the Treasury for the time being; Robert Ray- mond Knight, our Chief Justice of Pleas before Us, and to our Chief Justice of Pleas before us for the time being; Joseph Jekyli, Knight, Master of the Rolls of our Chancery, and to the Master of the Rolls of our Chancery for the time being, and Robert Eyre, Knight, our Chief Justice of Common Pleas, and to our Chief Justice of Common Pleas for the time be- ing, To whom, that is to say, to William, Archbishop of Canter- bury, and to the Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being; Peter, Lord King, Chancellor of Great Britain, or the Keeper of our Great Seal of Great Brit- ain for the time being; Lance- lot, Archbishop of York, and to the Archbishop of York for the time being; our High Treasurer of Great Britain for the time being; William, Duke of Devon- shire, and to the President of our Privy Council for the time being; Thomas, Lord Trevor, and to the Keeper of our Privy Seal for the time being; Lionel Cranfield, Duke of Dorset, and the Steward of our Palace for the time being; Charles, Duke of Grafton, and to the Chamber- lain of our Palace for the time being; Thomas, Duke of Newcastle, Thomas Earl of West- moreland, Charles Viscount Townshend, and to the Princi- pal Secretaries of State for the time being; George Viscount Torrington, and to our Lord High Admiral and First Lord Commissioner of our Admiralty for the time being; Arthur On-
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Summo Admirallo Nostro atque Primario Admiralitatis Nostrae Commissario pro tempore existen- ti; Arthuro Onslow, ac domus nos- trae Communium Prolocutori pro tempore existenti, Roberto Wal- pole, ac Scaccarii nostri Can- cellario atque Aerarii nostri Primario Commissario pro tempore existenti; Roberto Raymond, ac Capitali Justiciario nostro ad placita coram nobis tenenda assignato pro tempore existen- ti: Josepho Jekyll, ac Magistro Rotulorum Cancellariae nostrae pro tempore existenti; atque Roberto Eyre, ac Capitali Jus- ticiario nostro de Communi Banco pro tempore existenti; de Privato Consil ionostro exis- tentibus, vel aliquibus tribus vel pluribus eorundem existen- tibus de privato Consilio nos- tro, plenam potestatem et au- thoritatem, de tempore in tem- pus, audiendi et finaliter ter- minandi omnes et singulas tales appelationes, et talia judicia, decreta sive sententias affir- mandi, mutandi, sive revocandi, et finaliter judicia sive sen- tentias superinde dandi et pronuntiandi, Damus et concedi- mus per praesentes, in tam am- plis modo et forma quam Com- missionarii sub magno Sigillo nostro magnae Britanniae con- stituti et assignati virtute Statuti anno Regni Domini Henri- ci nuper Regis Angliae octavi vicesimo quinto editi, intitu- lat' an Act for the submission of the clergy, and Restraint of Appeals, in appellationibus ipsorum determinationi per statutum praedictum subjectis procedere possint et debeant; aliquo in praesentibus conten- to in contrarium in aliquo non obstante. Mandantes insuper et per praesentes firmiter in- jungendo praecipientes tam om- nibus et singulis Gubernatori- bus generalibus, judicibus et justiciariis nostris, quam om- nibus et singulis rectoribus, incumbentibus, ministris, officia- riis et subditis nostris qui- buscunque infra Colonias, Plan- tationes, caetraque Dominia nostra praedicta in America, quod ipsi et eorum quilibet tibi
slow, and to the Speaker of our House of Commons for the time being; Robert Walpole, and to the Chancellor of our Exchequer, and First Lord of our Treasury, for the time being; Robert Raymond, and to our Chief Jus- tice of Pleas before Us for the time being; Joseph Jekyll, and to the Master of the Rolls of our Chancery for the time being; and to Robert Eyre, and to our Chief Justice of Common Pleas for the time being, being of our Privy Council, or to any three or more of them, be- ing of our Privy Council;
We do by these presents give and grant, full power and Au- thority, from time to time, to hear and determine, all and singular, such appeals; and, such judgments, decrees, and sentences, to confirm, change, or revoke, and final judgment or sentence thereupon, to give and pronounce, in manner and form as full as the Commission- ers constituted and appointed under our Great Seal of Great Britain by virtue of the Stat- ute of the twenty fifth year of Henry Eighth late King of England entituled, "An Act for the submission of the clergy and the restraint of Appeals," can or ought to proceed, in appeals subject to their de- cision, by the Statute afore- said; anything in these pres- ents contained, to the con- trary, notwithstanding. Com- manding, moreover, and by these presents strictly enjoining, all and singular, our Governor Generals, Judges, and Magis- trates, together with all and singular, our Rectors, Incum- bents, Ministers, Officers, and Subjects of what sort soever, within our Colonies, Planta- tions, and other dominions aforesaid, in America, that they and each of them, shall be to you, the Bishop of Lon-
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praefato Episcopo Londinensi, et Commissario sive Commissarily praedictis, in debita executione praemissorum sit et sint inten- dentes et auxiliantes in omni- bus, prout decet. In cujus rei testimonium, has literas nostras fleri fecimus patentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium, vicesimo nono die Aprilis, anno regni nostri primo.
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