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Oxford, England
Great Britain
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Folger call number: X.d.771
Folger holdings ID: 502123
Accession Number: 270683
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Title transcribed from top of page Place of production and date at the end of proclamation: "Given at o[u]r Court at Oxford, this thirteenth day of November in [th]e one & twentieth year of o[u]r reign 1645." Manuscript version of: Crawford, J.L.L. Bibliography of royal proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns and of others published under authority, 1485-1714, I, 2637 Response to: Ordinance for taking away the Book of Common Prayer and putting in Execution the Directory for the Public Worship of God, 1644/45 January 4 Acquired from A.R. Heath (direct quote), 2018-02-23, who wrote that the item was "Found among a small archive of papers belonging to the Airay family of Headington, Oxford, which was purchased at auction. A member of the Airay family married into the Turner family in the 17th century."
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Extended title: By the king. A proclamation commanding [th]e use of [th]e Book of common-prayer according to law notwithstanding [th]e pretended ordinances for [th]e new directory 1645 November 13. signed manuscript
Alternate titles: Proclamation commanding the use of the Book of common-prayer, Proclamation commanding ye use of ye Book of common-prayer, By the king. A proclamation commanding ye use of ye Book of common-prayer
Related names
signer: Turner, Samuel, -1647?
associated name: Scotland. Sovereign (1542-1567 : Mary)
associated name: England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I)
associated name: England and Wales. Sovereign (1547-1553 : Edward VI)