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Volume II 1603-1660 - The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple

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APPENDIX No. I.<br />

LETTERS PATENT TO THE INNER AND MIDDLE<br />

TEMPLES.<br />

13 August, 6 James I., A.D. i6o8.<br />

PRESERVED IN THE TEMPLE CHURCH.<br />

ACOB US DEI GRACIA ANGLIE SCOTIE FRANCIE<br />

ET HIBERNIE, Rex, fidei defensor, etc. OMNIBUS ad<br />

, quos presentes litere pervenerint, salutem. Cum<br />

Regnum nostrum Anglie pacis et belli artibus<br />

per tot secula florentissima nobis singulari Dei<br />

providentia suo tempore jure hereditario devolui<br />

magnam sue felicitatis partem antiquis et illius<br />

regni ppriis legibus longa etatum serie probaiilliq populose ac bellicose<br />

genti ut maxime accamodis & assidua experientia approbai<br />

merito debit agnoscit CUMQUE HOSPICIA Interioris et Medii Templi<br />

Londoli, diu ex illis quatuor tocius Europe celeberirnis Collegiis<br />

legum pdict studiosis & peritis semper refertis gratuita progenito4<br />

nikr4 Regum Anglie munificentia per longum tempus dedicata<br />

fuerunt in usum studientia ac pr<strong>of</strong>esso4 dicta2i, legum quibus quasi<br />

optimis doctrine & morum seminariis quamplurimi juvenes gas<br />

splendore & animi & corporis dotibus pexcellentes ab omnibus huius<br />

regni partibus indies confluxerunt & ex quibus multi, tam ni=i qam<br />

progenitorum n1o4 temporibus, ad publica & ardua tam status qam<br />

iusticie munia obeunda ob optima eo4 merita evecti fuerunt in quibus<br />

magna prudencie ac integritatis specimina dederunt ad dicte pr<strong>of</strong>essionis<br />

honorem & huius Regni ornamentum ac tocius Reipublice<br />

bona non modicum, prout nobis abunde liquet SCIATIS IGITUR QUOD<br />

nos felicem statum huius regni Anglie da4 legum ministerio tot<br />

seculis florentem, quatenus in nobis est, perpetuate desiderantes dietorumq,<br />

hospitiorum, non tam pristine celebritatis continuac6em qam<br />

novi splendoris accessionem ambientes ac ut benevolenciam et munificenciam<br />

nfam dictarum legum pr<strong>of</strong>essioni et pr<strong>of</strong>essoribus oim<br />

posteritati magis testatam relinquamus DE gracia nfa spiali ac ex<br />

certa sciencia & mero motu nris, dedimus & concessim9, ac per<br />

psentes, pro nobis, heredibus, et successoribus niis, damus & concedimus,<br />

predilecto & fideli consiliario ni=o Julio Ceasar alias Adelmari,<br />

H. X X

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