Hidden Works of Darkness Brought to Public Light, Letter 34
REX omnibus ad quos,NOTE. &c. Salutem. Sciatis quod Nos pietate moti, de Gracia Nostra speciali ac ex certa scientia & mero motu Nostris, pardonavinimus, remissimus & Relaxavimus, ac per praesentes pro Nobis, haeredibus & Successoribus Nostris pardonamus, remittimus & Relaxamus Joanni Piercy Clerico. Henrico Hopkins Rico. Bapthorpe Clerico. Benjam. Medcalfe Clerico. Thomae Mushe, Thomae Cudworth, Christophero Ibotson, Willielmo Brooksby Clerico. Christophero Clough, Tobie Clay, Rico, Robinson Clerico. Edwardo Ditchfield Clerico. Joanni Melling, Willielmo Nayler, Jacobo Eckersall, Richardo Whaley, Laurencio Lanshaw, Rico, Sharrocke, Rico. Gill & Willielmo Berrey, quocunque nomine vel cognomine aut additione nominis vel cognominis, dignitatis, Artis professions, misterij, Loci vel Locorum idem Joannes Piercy, Henricus Hopkins Ricus, Bapthorpe, Brianus, Medcalse, Thomas Mush, Thomas Cudworth, Christopherus Ibotson, Willielmus Brooksby, Christopherus Clough, Tobias Clay, Richardus Robinson, Edwardus Ditchfield, Joannes Melling, Willielmus Nayler, Jacobus Eckersall, Richardus Whaley, Laurencius Lanshaw, Richardus Sharrocke, Richardus Gill & Willielmus Berry sciantur, cenceantur aut huncupantur, aut nuper sciebantur, censebantur aut nuncupabantur, aut eorum aliquis, Sciatur, censeatur aut nuncupatur, aut nuper sciebatur, censebatur aut nuncupabitur, ac eorum cuilibet omnes & singulas proditiones, proditorias offensiones misprisiones proditionum, felonias & offensiones & Malefacta Felonica quaecunque per ipsos aut eorum aliquem sive aliquos per se solum, sive cum aliqua alia persona, sive aliquibus alijs personis quibuscunque, contra forman Statuti in Parliamento Dominae Elizabethae nuper Reginae Angliae anno Regni sui vicessimo rertio fact. & edit; intitulat, An act to retaine the Queenes Majesties Subjects in their due obedience: Seu contra formam Statuti Parliamenti Dominae nuper Reginae Anno regui sui vicessimo septimo fact. & edit, intitulat. An Act against Jesuits, Seminary-priests and such otherlike disobedient persons; seu contra formam Statuti in Parliamento praecharissimi nuper patris Nostri Iacobi nuper. Regis Angliae anno regni sui tertio fact. & edit. intitulati: An Act for the better discovering and repressing of popish Recusants, seu contra formam alicuus alterius legis sive Statuti ante hac fact. concernen. Iesuitas, Sacerdotes Presbiter, Seminar. seu allos Presbiteros, Sacerdotes Diaconos, aut personas religiosas seu ecclesiastic. sact. & ordinat. seu provis: per aliquam authoritatem sive jurisdictionem derivat, calumniat. aut pretens. a sede Romana, aut concernen. reconcilitionem alicujus subditi sive aliquorum subditorum hujus regni Angliae, Episcopo, Sedi auc Eccleliae Romanae adhuc fact. Commiss. sive perpeirat. ac omnia & singula ostens. & Malefacta de Premuniresen cog…lt. per nomen de Premunire contra formam Statuti predicti anno regni prefat. nuper Patris Nostri precharissimi tertio edit; aut alicuus alteri act. sive Statuti Comiss. in recusando vel non recipiendo Sacrament, devisat & provis. in Statuto predicto anno Regni Domini nuper Patris Nostri precharissimi Angliae tertio edit. ac omnia & singula alia offenss. & delict. quaecunque in recusando vel non recipiendo Sacrament. praedict. ac omnia imprisonamenta ratione praemissorum seu eorum alicujus, aut ratione recusanciae in non accedendo ad aliquam Ecclesiam, Capellam seu usual. loc, com. Precationis juxta leges et Statuta in ea parte …abilita, aut ratione alicujus offens. contra formam alicujus Statuti sive aliquorum Statutorum contra papales Recusantes stabilit, ac fugam & fugas superinde fact. li…t idem Ioannes Piercy, Henricus Hopkins, Richardus Babthorpe, Brian Medcalfe, Thomas Mush, Thomas Cudworth, Christopherus Iborson, Gulielmus Brooksby, Christopherus Clough, Tobias Clay, Richardus Robinson, Edwardus Ditchfield, Ioannes Melling, Willielmus Nayler, Iacobus Eckersall, Richardus Whaley, Laurentius Lanshaw, Richardus Sharrock, Richerdus Gill et Willielmus Berry, de eisdem proditione, misprisione proditionum, feloniorum offenss, et malefact. sive de eorum aliquibus vel aliquo indictat. imperit. appellat. rectat. ut lagat. condemnat. convinct. attinst. sive adjudicar, existunt vel non existunt, vel …orum aliquis existit, vel non existit, aut inde indictari, impetiri, appellati, rectari utlagari condempnari, convinciri attingi sive adjudicari contigerint vel eorum aliquis vel aliqui contiger. in sutur. Ac omnes & singulos si quae utlagar. versus ipsos vel eorum aliquem vel aliquos ratione premissorrum, seu eorum alicujus promulgat. fuerunt sive imposterum erint promulgand. ac etiam judicium et iudicia pro premiss, seu aliquo premissorum versus ipsos seu eorum aliquem vel aliquos habit. fact. reddit sive adjudicat, aut imposterum habend. siend. reddend. sive adiudicand. ac executionem et executiones hujusmodi iudicii et judicionum versus ipsos vel eorum aliquem vel aliquos pro premiss. vel aliquo premissorum habend. fiend. vel exequend, nec non omnes…et singulas paenas mortis, paenas corporales, forisfacturas, …ines et executiones quascunque quae Nos versus prefat, Jo…net… Piercy, Henricum Hopkins, Richardum Bapthorpe, Btianum Medcalfe, Thomam Mush, Thomam Cudworth, Christopherum Ibotson, Willielmum Brooksby, Christopherum Clough Tobiam Clay, Richardum Robinson, Edwardum Ditchfield, Joannem Melling, Willielmum Naylor. Jacobum Eckersall, Richardum Whaley, Laurencium Langshaw, Richardum Sharrocke, Richardum Gill & Willielmum Berry, seu versus eorum aliquem vel aliquos ratione vel occasione premissorum, aut eorum alicujus habuimus, habeamus seu in futur, habere poteritrius, aut haered. vel successor Nostri habere poteri… in futur. sectamque pacis Nostrae quae ad Nos haered. & successores nostros versus ipsos vel eorum aliquem vel aliquos pertinere poterit. Et s…mam pacem Nostram & hanc perdonacionem Nostram ejs & eorum Cuilibet inde damus & concedimus per praesentes. Mandamus etiam ac pro Nobis, haeredibus & successoribus Nostris sumiter injuugendo precipimus omnibus & singulis Commissionarijs pro causis ecclesiasticis, Justiciarijs, Vice-comitibus, Escaetoribus Ballivis, Custod. prison. & alijs officiarijs et Ministris Nostris haeredum et Successorum Nostrore quibuscunque. Quod si praefat. Joannes Piercy, Henticus Hopkins, Richardus Bapthorpe, Brianus Medcalse, Thomas Mush, Thomas Cudworth, Christopherus Ibotson, Willielmus Brooksby, Christopherus Clough, Tobias Clay, Richardus Robinson, Edwardus Di…chfield, Joannes Melling, Willielmus Naylor, Jacobus Eckersall, Richardus Whaley, Laurencius Lanshaw, Richardus Sharrocke, Richardus Gill et Willielmus Berry, vel eorum aliquis vel aliqui ratione premissorum per praesentes pardonari seu mentionati fore perdonari, incarcerati vel imprisonati existunt vel existit; Quod ipse, et eorum quilibet super solam demonstrationem praesentium inde deliberentur, et eorum aliquis deliberetur absque ulteriori warranto, proinde a Nobis, haeredibus et successoribus Nostris obtinendo seu prosequendo. Nolentes quod ipsi per Justiciar. Vice-com. Escaetores, Ballivas seu aliquos alios Ministros Nostros haeredum vel successorum Nostrorum occationibus praedict. sen eorum aliquis molestentur, perturbentur, seu in aliquo graventur, licet ipse bonam et sufficientem securitatem non inveniat, aut eorum aliquis inveniat secundum formam & effectum Statuti Domini Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae tertii, progenitoris Nostri, Anno regni sui decimo apud Westnionasterium, tent. edit, de Se bene-gerend, extunc. erga Nos, haered. et Successor. nostros et cunctum populum nostrum. Et ulterius de uberiori gratia Nostra, certa scientia et mero motu nostris concessimus, ac per praesentes pro Nobis Haeredibus et Successoribus Nostris concedimus prefat. Joanni Piercy, Henrico Hopkins, Richardo Bapthorpe Briano Medcalfe, Tho…ae Mush, Thomae Cudworth, Christophero Ibotson, Willielmo Brooksby, Christophero Clough, Tobiae Clay, Richardo Robinson, Edwardo Ditchfield, Joanne Melling, Willielmo Naylor, Jacobo Eckersall, Richardo Whaley, Laurentio Lanshaw, Richardo Sharrocke, Richardo Gill et Willielmo Berry, quod hae literae Nostrae Patentes favourabiliter, et in maximum ipsorum et eorum eujus…bet, commodum et beneficium, construentur, capientur et acceptabuntue, et stabunt et existent …irmae, validae et effectuales lege, erga, versus et contra Nos, Haeredes et Successores Nostros secundum veram intentionem earundem; statutis praedictis aut eorum aliquo, aut aliquo alio statuto, Actu, Proclamatione, provisione, vel restrictione… aut aliqua alia re, causa vel materia quacunque in contrarium, inde in aliquo non obstante. In cujus rei testimonium, &c. teste Rege apud Westmonasterium, quarto die Maii anno primo Caroliregis.
Convenit cum recordo et examinatur per me Joannem Claydon. Per ipsum Regem.
After this, May 11. the Duke of Buckingham was sent into France to meet the Queen, and conduct her into England: The now Archbishop of Canterbury to shew his good affection to promote this match, sent letters after him the selfesame day. The 19. of May he writ second letters to the Duke, then staying at Paris: and May 29. he sent other letters to him by the hands of the Bishop of Durham, to be delivered to him at his first arrivall in England: Iune 5. this Bishop received letters from the … out of France being Whitsunday, as he was going to divine service, to which he returned an answer the next morning early. Iune 12. the Queen arrived in England; and Iune 16. the King and Queene came both to London, where a new Chappell was f…one after built for her and her Family at Somerset-house to say Masse in: with a Mo…astery thereto adjoyning for Capuchin Fryers, who were therein placed, and walked abroad in their Fryars-habits, seducing his Majesties Subjects.
Hereupon the Papists (though formerly much daunted by the dissolution of the Spanish Match) began to lift up their heads, elevated their hopes, and resorted openly to Masse in great multitudes; Seminary Priests and Jesuits repaired into the Realme from all forreigne parts without restraint, and grew very numerous and bold: which the Parliament then sitting, taking into their pious and serious consideration, in the beginning of August 1625. both Houses presented the King at Oxford (whither the Parliament was then adjourned by reason of the plague) with this ensuing Petition aginst Recusants, Priests and Jesuits; whereunto I have annexed his Majesties Answer to each branch thereof, which was very plausible (to ingratiate himselfe with his people in the beginning of his reigne) had it been really performed.