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BILL OF RIGHTS 1688

BILL OF RIGHTS 1688 - LONG TITLE

S1200 (1 William and Mary (sess.2)) 9 Chapter 2
[ya as] aforesaid their said Majestyes did become were are and of
right ought to be by the lawes of this realme our soveraigne liege
lord and lady King and Queene of England France and Ireland and
the dominions thereunto belonging in and to whose princely persons
the royall state crowne and dignity of the said realmes with all
honours stiles titles regalities prerogatives powers jurisdictions and
authorities to the same belonging and appertaining are most fully
and rightfully and intirely invested and incorporated united and
annexed.| And for preventing all questions and divisions in this
realme by reason of any pretended titles to the crowne and for
preserveing a certainty in the succession thereof in and upon which
the unity peace tranquillity and safety of this nation doth under
God wholly consist and depend the said lords spirituall and
temporall and commons doe beseech their Majestyes that it may be
enacted established and declared that the crowne and regall
government of the said kingdoms and dominions with all and singular
the premisses thereunto belonging and appertaining shall bee and
continue to their said Majestyes and the survivour of them dureing
their lives and the life of the survivour of them and that the
entire perfect and full exercise of the regall power and government
be onely in and executed by his Majestie in the names of both
their Majestyes dureing their joynt lives and after their deceases
the said crowne and premisses shall be and remaine to the heires
of the body of Her Majestie and for default of such issue to her
royall Highnesse the Princess Anne of Denmarke and the heires of
her body and for default of such issue to the heires of the body
of his said Majestie. And thereunto the said lords spirituall and
temporall and commons doe in the name of all the people aforesaid
most humbly and faithfully submitt themselves their heires and
posterities for ever and doe faithfully promise that they will stand
to maintaine and defend their said Majesties and alsoe the
limitation and succession of the crowne herein specified and
contained to the utmost of their powers with their lives and
estates against all persons whatsoever that shall attempt any thing
to the contrary.| And whereas it hath beene found by experience
that it is inconsistent with the safety and welfaire of this
protestant kingdome to be governed by a popish prince or by any
King or Queene marrying a papist the said lords spirituall and
temporall and commons doe further pray that it may be enacted that
all and every person and persons that is are or shall be
reconciled to or shall hold communion with the see or church of
Rome or shall professe the popish religion or shall marry a papist
shall be excluded and be for ever uncapeable to inherit possesse or
enjoy the crowne and government of this realme and Ireland and the
dominions thereunto belonging or any part of the same or to have
use or exercise any regall power authoritie or jurisdiction within
the same [{3}And in all and every such case or cases the people
of these realmes shall be and are hereby absolved of their
allegiance] and the said crowne and government shall from time to
time descend to and be enjoyed by such person or persons being
protestants as should have inherited and enjoyed the same in case
the said person or persons soe reconciled holding communion or
professing or marrying as aforesaid were naturally dead| [{3}And that
every King and Queene of this realme who at any time hereafter
shall come to and succeede in the imperiall crowne of this kingdome
shall on the first day of the meeting of the first Parlyament next
after his or her comeing to the crowne sitting in his or her
throne in the House of Peeres in the presence of the lords and
commons therein assembled or at his or her coronation before such
person or persons who shall administer the coronation oath to him
or her at the time of his or her takeing the said oath (which
shall first happen) make subscribe and audibly repeate the
declaration{4} mentioned in the Statute made in the thirtyeth yeare
of the raigne of King Charles the Second entituled An Act for the
more effectuall preserveing the Kings person and government by
disableing papists from sitting in either House of Parlyament| But
if it shall happen that such King or Queene upon his or her
succession to the crowne of this realme shall be under the age of
twelve{5} yeares then every such King or Queene shall make subscribe
and audibly repeate the said declaration at his or her coronation
or the first day of the meeting of the first Parlyament as
aforesaid which shall first happen after such King or Queene shall
have attained the said age of twelve{5} yeares.]| All which their
Majestyes are contented and pleased shall be declared enacted and
established by authoritie of this present Parliament and shall stand
remaine and be the law of this realme for ever. T PS0800 na
Interlined on the Roll 




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