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ibme Ages •, according to whicbg when any hoftile Ex-pedition was intended 3 the commanding Prince fbr-mally and fölemnly bound himfelf to execute it uponthe Oblation of fome Bird_, as a vifible Teil or Signalof fuch Engagement.

Matthe 1 w of Weßminßer infbrms us, the Creationof thefe Knights was made 3 byVirtueof Writs direct-ed to the Sheriffs, and we find indeed fuch Writs up-on h Record : and it is farther acknowledged, thatother Writs were at ' that Time alfo fent to the Sheriffstowards an Ele&ion of Members of Parliament, tothe End, fuch Aid might be given, which fhould be-come due to the King upon the Knighthood of thisPrince: But if any of the young Gentlemen, the Sonsof Earls, Barons, or Knights, as our Hiftorian dothfeverally denominate them, who was to be promotedto this Degree, had not arrived to the Age of One andtwenty Years; or if any of them was not feized of anEftate, to the Value required by the Law, in either ofthefe Cafes, a Proclamation by the Sheriff could notextend to bring fuch Perfbn under an Obligation to

b Claus 34 E. I. m. 1 6. dorfo. Rex Vic. Line. Salutem. Prsecipimus tibi,quod per totam ballivam tuatn in locis, quibus videris expedire, tarn infraLibertates, quam extra, publice proclamari facias ex parte noftra, quod om-nes illi, qui Milites non funt & Milites efle voluerint, veniant ufq; Londoncitra diem Pentecoßes prox. futur. ad apparatus fuos eis in hoc cafu neceffit-rios de Garderoba noftra recipiendos de dono noftro, ut Arma Militaria denobis ibidem fufeipere valeant diflo die. Teile Rege apud Woluefeye 6 dieAprilis. Edem modo mandatum eil lingulis Vicecomitibus Anglise.

* Rym. Feedera, vol. 2, ad A. D* 130 6.

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