By the King. A proclamation. : Charles R. Charles the Second, by the grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all and sundry our good subjects whom these presents do or may concern, Greeting: we having, with the advice and consent of our Parliaments, past so many Acts in favours of the Protestant religion, against field-conventicles ...
England and Wales.Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)
Edinburgh : printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson, printer to His most Sacred Majesty,
anno Dom. 1679.
Title from caption title and opening lines of text.
Initial.
Dated at end: "Given at our court in Whitehall, the 29. day of June, 1679. and of Our Reign the thretty one year."
Signed: By His Majesties command, Lauderdale.
Orders the strict enforcement of penalties in "A proclamation against persons being in arms at field-conventicles" of 13 May 1679 but suspends penalties against Lowlanders attending house-conventicles.
Steele notation: Defender place one; Arms 232.
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996),
Steele,
ESTC
Aldis, H. G., Scotland
Microfilm.
Dissenters, Religious
Great Britain Scotland Edinburgh.