WHere the Queenes Maiestie hath of late tyme had of her louyng subiectes, certayne summes of money by way of loane, for the repayment whereof, her Maiestie caused this last sommer, knowledge to be geuen to the parties that payde the same, at what tyme the same shoulde be certaynely payde to euery of them, hauyng respect to the tymes of their first payment made to the Col­lectours: Her Maiestie meaning to obserue the same her determination, hath thought best to notifie by this her proclamatiō, that the paymēt shal be made in this sort folowyng: that is to say, That euery person that should, according to the foresayde signification, and in respecte of the tyme of theyr paymentes made, receaue any summes of money this moneth of Nouember, shall haue the same freely and fully payde, before the ende of this same present moneth of Nouember: and whosoeuer lykewyse shoulde haue payment accordyng to the foresayde signification, in the next moneth of December, shal haue the same also freely and fully payde, immediatly after the twentieth of the same moneth of December, and so consequently euery person shall haue lyke payment euery moneth afterwarde, immediatly after the .xx. of the same moneth respectiuely.

And because her Maiestie hath ben partly infourmed, that some abuse hath ben heretofore in some mini­sters, hauyng charge to make payment of the lyke sommes lent to her Maiestie, contrarie to her meanyng, and that in some part of the Realme, some of her good subiectes haue ben by sinister dealing induced to make payment of parcels of the money demaunded by priuie Seale, whiche summes haue ben retayned and not payde ouer to her Maiesties vse, and some also hath ben payde or lent by way of reward, to procure a forbea­ring to lende any to her Maiestie, which abuses her Maiestie meaneth to cause to be searched, tryed, and pu­nished. And therefore for more suretie, that none of her subiectes, that hath lent to her Maiestie, vpon her pri­uie Seales, any summe of money, shoulde be delayed or misused in the repayment: Her Maiestie hath geuen commission to the Lorde Keeper of her great Seale, the Erle of Leicester, the Lorde of Burghley, and syr Walter Myldmay knight, to direct the repayment thereof in this sort: That whosoeuer shall bryng her Ma­iesties letters of her priuie Seale, with the subscription, or byll of the Collectour, testifying the receipt of any money demaunded and conteyned in the sayde priuie Seale, and shewe the same to the Lorde Keeper, or to any of the others, ioyned with him in commission for this purpose, shall haue order immediatly to receaue the whole summe due to hym, at Westminster, without paying any maner rewarde to any officer, or person, for the payment, or for any maner colour of expedition therein. And yf any person to whom the same shal be due, be not hable, or shall not be disposed to come personally for the same, to any of the sayde Commissioners, or that (it may be) the same may be deceassed, & so the debt due to some other: In those cases, so as the letters of priuie Seale, and the subscription or byll of the Collectour, testifying the receipt thereof, be presented with some letter of atturney, or other assignation in wrytyng, sufficiently aucthorising the partie that shall pre­sent the same for receipt thereof: the sayde person shall also haue present free and full payment, and without delay or rewarde, in any sort or maner. For suche is her Maiesties intent, that her louyng subiectes shoulde be thankefully and freely payde, whiche also shoulde haue ben to their proper handes in the countreys: but for more delayes and vncertaynties, that thereof many wayes myght folowe, to the hynderaunce of her subiectes.

Finally, her Maiestie most earnestly desireth, that if any person hath ben misused by pretence of demaun­dyng any money vpon any suche priuie Seale, to geue any thyng in rewarde, or lende any portion to be spared from lendyng to her Maiestie, that the same persons wyll speedily notifie the same, eyther to the Sheryffe of the Shire, or to any suche person as hath had charge in these last yeres past to be Lieuete­nauntes of the Shires, or their deputies, or to any other persons whom they shall thynke otherwyse meete: whom also her Maiestie chargeth to make certificate to the sayde Lorde Keeper, or any other of the Commissioners nowe ioyned with hym, and thereupon her Maiestie wyll order, that vpon the certayntie thereof knowen, the parties shal haue full repayment thereof.

Gyuen at our Manour of Grynwich, the .xxiiii. day of Nouember. 1571. the .xiiii. yere of our Reigne.

God saue the Queene.