THe Kings most excellent Majestie understanding that divers of the Nobility, Gentry, and others of the Northern parts, who have houses and lands there, are now abiding in and about London, and in other South­ern parts of this Kingdom; And holding it necessary, that (according to the Laws & Customs of the Realm, and constant practise of all former ages in times of danger) they should at this present be required to repair to, and reside upon their Lands in those parts; Is pleased (out of His Princely care to provide for the safety of His Kingdom and people) to declare His Royall pleasure herein: And therefore His Majestie (with the advice of His Privy Councell) doth hereby straitly charge and command, That all Lords, Spirituall and Temporall, Knights, Gentlemen, and others whatsoeuer, who have Houses and Lands in the Counties of Yorke, Lancaster, Chester, Stafford, Leicester, Darby, Rutland, Lincoln, Nottingham, Nor­thumberland, Cumberland, Westmerland, and Bishoprick of Duresme, or in the Counties and Towns of Kingston upon Hull, and New-Castle upon Tyne, or any of them (except such of the Nobility as shall attend His Majesties Person in obedience to His Letters, and such Officers, and others, who are likewise to attend His Majesties Person and other speciall services) Do forthwith and with­out delay, with their Families and Retinue, repair to their severall Houses and Lands there, so as they fail not to be there resident and abiding in their persons, with their said Families and Retinue, well arrayed and furnished with good and sufficient Arms, according to their severall degrees and qualities, for the defence and safegard of those parts, by or before the first day of March now next coming at the furthest, and there during His Majesties pleasure so to continue, to attend the service and defence of their Countrey, upon pain of His Majesties most heavy indi­gnation and displeasure, and of such further censure and punishment as may be by the Laws and Statutes of the Realm inflicted upon them for their disobedience and contempt or neglect of this His Royall Commandment, wherein the publike is concerned: Whereof as His Maje­stie intendeth to take a strict and severe accompt, so he doth hereby require and command as well the Lords and others of His Privie Councell, as all other His Officers and Ministers whom it shall any way concern, to take order that all such as shall offend, may receive condigne punish­ment without toleration or connivence.

Given at the Court at VVhitehall the nine and twentieth day of January, in the fourteenth yeer of His Majesties Reign.

¶ God save the King.