[1] [2] All the foresaid villanies notwithstanding against the king and the state, tending wholie to the subuer|sion of law and ciuill gouernement, albeit the wre [...]| [...]hes deserued no sparke of fauour, but ex [...]eame so|ueritie of iudgement to be executed vpon them; yet (as yee haue heard) besides the great clemencie of the king, exhibited vnto them in remitting their [page 434] offense, and acquiting them from the rigor of the law, he granted and gaue to them the charter, which they had requested, faire written and sealed, to auoid a greater mischiefe, & commanded it for a time to be deliuered them, knowing that Essex and Kent were not so pacified, but that if they were not the sooner contented, and that partlie after their minds, they would vp againe. The tenor of the charter which was gotten thus by force of the king was as followeth:

12.1. The forme of the kings charter of Manumission.

The forme of the kings charter of Manumission.

The like there was granted to them of other countries as well as to these of Hert|foreshire in ye same forme, the names of the coun [...]es changed. _RIchardus Dei gratia rex Angliae & Franciae, & dominus Hiberniae: om|nibus balliuis & fidelibus suis, ad quos praesentes litterae peruenerint, salu|tem. Sciatis quòd de gratia nostra speciali manumi|simus vniuersos ligeos & singulos subditos nostros & alios comitatus Hertfordiae, & ipsos & eorum quemlibet ab omni bondagio exuimus, & quietos facimus per praesentes, ac etiam perdonamus eisdem ligeis ac subditis nostris omnimodas felonias, pro|ditiones, transgressiones, & extortiones, per ipsos vel aliquem eorum qualitercúnque factas siue perpetratas, ac etiam vtlagariam & vtlagarias, si qua vel quae in ipsos, vel aliquem ipsorum fuerit vel fuerint hijs occasionibus promulgata vel pro|mulgatae, & summam pacem nostram eis & eorum cuilibet inde concedimus. In cuius rei testimo|nium, has litteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste meipso apud London 15 die Iunij. Anno regni nostri quarto.