The Great Seal
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the Great Seal · our Great Seal · Great Seal · his great seal · le grand sçeau · letters patents under our Great Seal · the King's seal · the new Great Seal
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The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660 (English)
they cause them to produce their letters patents under our Great Seal, and the warrants made by our Privy Council for levying of those duties.
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The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
The physical royal seal whose application is repeatedly required to authenticate lawful royal warrants for musters.
We, therefore, considering that by the laws of the realm it belongeth to us to order and govern the militia of the kingdom, have thereupon by our Proclamation of the 27th of May last, prohibited all manner of persons whatsoever upon their allegiance to muster, levy or summon upon any warrant, order or ordinance from one or both Houses of Parliament, whereunto we have not, or shall not give our exp …
We do therefore, by this our Proclamation, expressly charge and command all our sheriffs, and all colonels, lieutenant-colonels, sergeant-majors, captains, officers and soldiers, belonging to the trained bands of this our kingdom, and likewise all high and petty constables, and other our officers and subjects whatsoever, upon their allegiance, and as they tender the peace of this our kingdom, not …
being first declared guilty of such offence by the said Lords and Commons, any Commission under the Great Seal, or other warrant to the contrary notwithstanding;
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
King John's great seal, used to authenticate his acceptance of the Articles of the Barons.
Before nightfall, John, overawed by their firmness and by the numbers of the armed force behind them, was constrained to surrender, and signified his acceptance of the barons’ demands, as contained in a list of 49 Articles (apparently drawn out on the spot), by imprinting his great seal on the wax of its label, where it may still be seen.