Anno Primo GEORGII I  - CHAP. XIII.

<P><b><a href="chron-georges.html#244099">187</a></b></P>
 
 
<p>A.D. 1714</p>
 

 
<P>An act for the 
  further security of his Majesty's person and government, and the succession 
  of the crown in the heirs of the late princess Sophia, being protestants; 
  and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and 
  his open and secret abettors.</P>

  
 
<P>WHEREAS by an 
  act made in the twelfth year of the reign of his late majesty King William, 
  of glorious and immortal memory, intituled, An act for the further 
  limitation of the crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the 
  subject; it was enacted, That the crown and regal government of the kingdoms 
  of England, France, and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto 
  belonging, with the royal state and dignity of the said realms, and all honours, 
  stiles, titles, regalities, prerogatives, powers, jurisdictions and authorities, 
  to the same belonging and appertaining, after the decease of his said Majesty, 
  and of the princess Anne of Denmark, and in default of issue 
  of the said princess Anne of Denmark, and of his said Majesty 
  respectively, should be, remain, and continue to the most excellent princess 
  Sophia, electoress and dutchess dowager of Hanover, daughter 
  of the most excellent princess Elizabeth, late Queen of Bohemia, 
  daughter of our late sovereign lord King James the First, and the heirs 
  of the body of the said princess Sophia, being protestants: and whereas 
  also an act was made in England in the thirteenth and fourteenth years of the 
  reign of the said King William, intituled, An act for the further 
  security of his Majesty's person, and the succession of the crown in the protestant 
  line, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended prince of Wales, 
  and all other pretenders, and their open and secret abettors, whereby, among 
  other things, it was provided, That all and every person and persons, mentioned 
  in the said last recited act, should take the oath therein mentioned, and subscribe 
  the same, in the manner, at the times and places, and under the pains and penalties 
  therein expressed; and upon the demise of his late majesty King William, 
  </P>

  

<P>188</P>

 
<P>there was another 
  act made in the first year of her late majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An 
  act to declare the alterations in the oath appointed to be taken by the act, 
  intituled, An act for the further security of his Majesty's person, 
  and the succession of the crown in the protestant line; and for extinguishing 
  the hopes of the pretended prince of Wales, and all other pretenders, 
  and their open and secret abettors; and for declaring the association to be 
  determined; and for the same end there was another act passed in the fourth 
  year of her said late majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An act for 
  the better security of her Majesty's person and government, and of the succession 
  to the crown of England in the protestant line: and whereas by 
  the treaty of union, and second article thereof, it is provided, That 
  the succession to the monarchy of the united kingdom of Great Britain, 
  and of the dominions thereunto belonging, after her said late most sacred 
  majesty Queen Anne, and in default of issue of her said Majesty, should 
  be, remain, and continue to the most excellent princess Sophia, electoress 
  and dutchess dowager of Hanover and the heirs of her body, being protestants, 
  upon whom the crown of England stood settled by the aforesaid act, made in 
  England in the twelfth year of the reign of his late majesty King William; 
  pursuant to which treaty and state of union, there were sundry 
  act made in the reign of her said late majesty Queen Anne, for taking 
  certain oaths and declarations for security of her Majesty's person and government, 
  and settling the crown in the protestant line: and whereas the said pretended 
  prince of Wales hath assumed the stile and title of James the 
  Third, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, in open defiance 
  of the provisions made for the establishment of the title and succession of 
  the crown by the said acts of parliament, on which said acts the safety 
  of your Majesty's royal person and government, the continuance of the monarchy 
  of Great Britain, the preservation of the protestant religion, the 
  maintenance of the churches of England and Scotland, as by 
  law established, the security of the ancient and undoubted rights and 
  liberties, and the future peace and tranquility of this kingdom do 
  (under God) entirely depend: and whereas the said pretended prince of Wales, 
  since the demise of the late Queen, in prejudice of your Majesty's 
  just right and title to the imperial crown of these realms, has continued 
  to assume the said name and title of James the Third, King of 
  England, Scotland and Ireland, in manifest violation of your Majesty's 
  most lawful and rightful title to the crown, and of the acts and treaty above-mentioned, 
  made for settling, and further security of the same, and for extinguishing 
  the hopes of him the said pretender, and of all other pretenders, and their 
  open and secret abettors: and whereas also several wicked and evil-minded persons 
  have, even since your Majesty's happy accession to the throne, in riotous, 
  seditious, and treasonable manner, taken upon them to give to the said pretended 
  prince of Wales the aforesaid name and title: to the intent therefore the said 
  acts may be for ever inviolably preserved, and that all future questions and 
  divisions, by reason of any pretended titles to the crown, may be prevented, 
  we your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the lords spiritual and 
  temporal and commons, in this present parliament assembled do</P>

  
  
<P>189</P>

 
<P>humbly beseech 
  your most excellent Majesty, that it may be enacted; and be it enacted 
  by the King's most excellent majesty, by and with the advice and consent of 
  the lords spiritual and temporal and commons, in this present parliament assembled, 
  and by authority of the same, That all and every person and persons, as well 
  peers as commoners, that shall bear any office or offices, civil or military, 
  or shall receive any pay, salary, fee or wages, by reason of any patent of grant 
  from his Majesty, or shall have command or place of trust from or under his 
  Majesty, or from any of his Majesty's predecessors, or by his, her or their 
  authority, or by authority derived from him, her, or them, within Great 
  Britain, or in his Majesty's navy, or in the several islands of Jersey 
  and Guernsey, or shall be of the houshold, or in the service or imployment 
  of his Majesty, or of his royal highness George prince of Wales, 
  or her royal highness the princess of Wales, or their issue, and all 
  ecclesiastical persons, heads or governors, of what denomination soever, and 
  all other members of colleges and halls in any university, that are or shall 
  be of the foundation, or that do or shall enjoy any exhibition, (being of the 
  age of eighteen years) and all persons teaching or reading to pupils in any 
  university, or elsewhere, and all schoolmasters and ushers, and all preachers 
  and teachers of separate congregations, all constables, and every person that 
  shall act as a serjeant at law, counselor at law, barrister, advocate, attorney, 
  solicitor, writer in Scotland, proctor, clerk, or notary by practicing 
  in any manner as such in any court whatsoever, who shall inhabit reside, or 
  be within the cites of London or Westminster, or within thirty 
  miles distant from the same, on the first day of Michaelmas term next, 
  at any time during the said term, shall personally appear before the end of 
  the said term in his Majesty's court of chancery, king's-bench, common pleas 
  or Exchequer, and there, in publick and open court, between the hours of nine 
  of the clock and twelve in the forenoon, take the oaths herein after mentioned; 
  that is to say,</P>

  
 
<P>I A.B. do sincerely 
  promise and swear, That I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to his majesty 
  King George. </P>
<P>So help me God.</P>

  
 
<P>I A.B. do swear, 
  that I do from my heart abhor, detest and abjure, as impious and heretical, 
  that dammable doctrine and position, That princes excommunicated or deprived 
  by the Pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murthered 
  by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, that no foreign 
  prince, person, prelate, state or potentate, hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, 
  power, superiority, pre-eminence or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, 
  within this realm.</P>
<P>So help me God.</P>

 
  <p>190</p>

<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>I A.B do truly 
  and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify and declare, in my conscience, before 
  God and the world, That our sovereign Lord King George is lawful and rightful 
  King of this realm, and all other his Majesty's dominions and countries thereunto 
  belonging. And I do solemnly and sincerely declare, That I 
  do believe in my conscience, that the person pretended to be prince of Wales, 
  during the life of the late King James, and since his decease pretending to 
  be, and taking upon himself the stile and title of King of England, 
  by the name of James the Third, or of Scotland, by the name 
  of James the Eighth, or the stile and title of King of Great Britain, 
  hath not any right or title whatsoever to the crown of this realm, 
  or any other the dominions thereunto belonging; and I do renounce, 
  refuse, and abjure any allegiance or obedience to him. And I do swear, 
  That I will bear faith and true allegiance to his majesty King George, 
  and him will defend to the utmost of my power, against all traiterous 
  conspiracies and attempts whatever which shall be made against his person, 
  crown or dignity. And I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose 
  and make known to his Majesty, and his successors, all treasons and traiterous 
  conspiracies which I shall know to be against him, or any of them. And 
  I do faithfully promise, to the utmost of my power to support, maintain and 
  defend the succession of the crown against him the said James, 
  and all other persons whatsoever, which succession, by an act, intituled, 
  An act for the further limitation of the crown, and better securing the rights 
  and liberties of the subject, is and stands limited to the princess 
  Sophia, electoress and dutchess dowager of Hanover, and the heirs 
  of her body, being protestants. And all these things I do plainly and sincerely 
  acknowledge and swear, according to these express words by me spoken, and according 
  to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words, without any 
  equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation whatsoever. And I do make 
  this recognition, acknowledgement, renunciation and promise, heartily, willingly 
  and truly, upon the true faith of a Christian.</P>
<P>So help me God.</P>

 
<P>Unto which oaths 
  so taken, every such person so taking the same, shall subscribe his name, or 
  if he cannot write, shall make his mark, and during the time of taking the said 
  oaths, all pleas and proceedings in the said respective courts shall cease; 
  and all and every the said respective persons and officers, not having taken 
  the said oaths, and subscribed the same, as aforesaid, shall on or before the 
  twenty third day of January next, at the general or quarter-sessions 
  for that county, riding, liberty, city, borough, town corporate or place, where 
  he or they shall be, inhabit or reside on the first day of December 
  next, take the said oaths in open court, between the said hours of nine and 
  twelve of the clock in the forenoon , and subscribe his name, or if he cannot 
  write, make his mark under the same.</P>

  
 
<P>201</P>

 
<P>XXXIII. And be it 
  further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the nine and 
  twentieth day of September, one thousand seven hundred and fifteen, 
  the same oath of abjuration by this act appointed to be taken in Great Britain, 
  shall be the oath of abjuration to be taken in the kingdom of Ireland, 
  and no other; and that the indemnities above-mentioned be and are hereby extended 
  to the said kingdom of Ireland.</P>
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