By the King. A proclamation, prohibiting the seizing of any persons, or searching houses without warrant, except in time of actual insurrections. England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A79370 of text R210895 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.26[49]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A79370 Wing C3553 Thomason 669.f.26[49] ESTC R210895 99869646 99869646 163931 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A79370) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163931) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f26[49]) By the King. A proclamation, prohibiting the seizing of any persons, or searching houses without warrant, except in time of actual insurrections. England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by John Bill, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, London : 1660. [i.e. 1661] With factotum initial. Dated at end: Given at Our Court at Whitehall, the seventeenth day of January, in the twelfth year of Our Reign, one thousand six hundred and sixty. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jan 19". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Searches and seizures -- England -- Early works to 1800. A79370 R210895 (Thomason 669.f.26[49]). civilwar no By the King· A proclamation, prohibiting the seizing of any persons, or searching houses without warrant, except in time of actual insurrect England and Wales. Sovereign 1660 827 2 0 0 0 0 0 24 C The rate of 24 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-11 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2007-11 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion royal blazon or coat of arms C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT By the King . A PROCLAMATION , Prohibiting the seizing of any Persons , or Searching Houses without Warrant , except in time of Actual Insurrections . CHARLES R. WHereas ever since Our arrival into England , We have made it Our great care and Study to improve the mercies of Almighty God in Our Happy and Miraculous Restauration , by endeavouring all that lay in Us , to compose and settle the minds of all Our Subjects : And in order thereunto We did freély give Our Royal assent to an act of General Pardon and Oblivion ( which We are resolved inviolably on Our part to keép and observe ) yet such hath beén the restless and perverse disposition of certain unreasonable men disaffected to Our Royal Person and Government , that they have lately attempted , and actually began the levying a new War , and the revival ( as much as in them lay ) of those differences and divisions which We have so often desired and endeavoured to have buried in perpetual Oblivion : And for the better effecting their malicious and traitorous purposes , had provided themselves with stores of Arms and other Warlike Ammunition , and many of them lay privately , and do yet lurk in and about Our Cities of London and Westminster , watching all opportunities to put their wicked designs in execution : For preventing whereof , and for the preservation of Our Peace , We have been necessitated to cause diligent search to be made for such Arms , and to secure several persons , whom We had good cause to suspect to be engaged in the said wicked and traitorous designs ; Which nevertheless We desired might be done in so orderly a manner as such an exigence would bear , and not to the terrifying ▪ disturbance , or injury of any of Our good Subjects who were lately of the Army under the Duke of Albemarle , and therein instrumental to Our Happy Restauration , or others , in their Persons , Estates , or Families . And We being given to understand , That during those late Commotions , several persons have been imprisoned by Souldiers and others , their Houses searched , and their Goods taken away without lawful Authority , And that thereupon opprobrious words and terms of dissension and discrimination of parties have been used and given , to Our great disservice , contrary to the before-said Act of Pardon and Oblivion ; and notwithstanding Our Royal Pleasure so often published and declared to the contrary . These are therefore strictly to Charge and Command all Officers and Souldiers , and all other persons whatsoever ( unless it be upon inevitable necessity of suddain and actual Rebellion or Insurrection ) to forbear to molest or trouble any of Our good Subjects , either in their Persons or Estates , and not to presume to apprehend or secure any person or persons , or seize any Armes whatsoever , or to search any houses , without a lawful Warrant under the Hand and Seal of some one or more of the Lords of Our Privy Council , or under the Hand and Seal of some one or more of Our Lord Lieutenants , Deputy Lieutenants , or Iustices of the Peace , in their respective Liberties and Precincts , within the several Counties , Cities , and Towns Corporate , in Our Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , and Town of Berwick upon Tweed : And We Will that the said Warrants be always directed to some Constable , or other known Legal Officer ; and that no Souldiers do otherwise interpose or meddle with the execution of any of the said Warrants , then by aiding and assisting of the said Constable , or other such known Legal Officer or Officers , as aforesaid : And all Military Officers and Souldiers are hereby commanded to be aiding and assisting to such Constable , or other Legal Officers , being by them or any of them thereunto required : And we do hereby declare , That aswell all those who shall hereafter be so hardy as to offend against this Our Proclamation , shall not onely not receive countenance from Us therein , but shall be left to be proceeded against according to Our Laws , and incur Our high displeasure , as persons doing their utmost to bring scandal and contempt upon Our Government . Given at Our Court at Whitehall , the Seventeenth day of January , in the Twelfth Year of Our Reign , One thousand six hundred and sixty . GOD SAVE THE KING . LONDON , Printed by John Bill , Printer to the KING' 's most Excellent MAJESTY , 1660 ▪ At the KING'S Printing-House in Black-Friers .