A proclamation for quieting the post-master general his deputies and assigns in the execution of his office James R.

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DIEV ET MON DROIT

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By the King, A PROCLAMATION, For quieting the Post-master General his Deputies and Assigns in the Execution of his Office.

JAMES R.

WHereas Our dearly beloved Brother the late King was pleased by His Procla∣mations to Signifie His Pleasure for exempting from bearing Offices and Quartering of Soldiers His Post-master General and all Inn keepers, Victuallers and other persons, who were actually Post-masters, Masters of the Letter Office or Pacquet Boats, and employed by the Post-master Gene∣ral or his Deputy in the Grand Letter Office in London; VVe purposing to continue the said Priviledges and Exemptions, which VVe conceive to be for Our Service, are graciously pleased, and do accordingly hereby Declare Our VVill and Pleasure to be, That no Soldier, Horse, Foot, or Dragoons be Quartered in the House of any Inn-keéper, Victualler, or other person, who is or shall be actu∣ally a Post-master, Master of the Letter Office or Pacquet Boats, and employed by Our Post-master General for the time being, or his Deputy, or some other Person or Persons Commissiona∣ted by Vs for the Management of the Office or Place of Post-master General, by Vertue of some Deputation or Commission from Our Post-master General or his Deputy, or such other Person, who shall be therein Employed by Vs, And that if any such Soldiers be already Quartered up∣on any such Person as aforesaid, they be forthwith Removed from his House to some other place. And Our further VVill and Pleasure is, That Our Post-master General for the time being, his Deputies, Servants, and Assigns shall be from henceforth Freed and Exempted and Discharged off and from Serving upon all Iuries, Inquests, Musters or any other publick Employments or Attendances, that may any way Impede, Retard, or Prejudice the Execution of his or their Duty and Service in the said Office, and from all Pains and Penalties, which he, they, or any of them might or may Incur for or by reason of his or their Omission or Refusal to perform the said Employments or any of them. And Our further VVill and Pleasure is, That all Our Officers both Civil and Military do take Notice hereof and Conform thereunto accordingly.

Given at Our Court at Windsor the Seventh day of September, 1685. In the First Year of Our Reign.

God Save the King.