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              <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:2em;border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;John&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; by Divine Permission, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;Lord Bishop Of Worcester&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Commissary for this purpose of the Most Reverend Father in God &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;Justin Portal&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;by Divine Providence &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;Lord Archbishop Of Canterbury&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Primate of All England and Metropolitan, by Authority of Parliament, lawfully empowered for the purposes herein written, To Our beloved in Christ &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;Michael Hopkins&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;Health And Grace&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;in Jesus Christ Our Saviour&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;Whereas&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;in Schools regularly instituted, the Laudable Usage and Custom hath long prevailed and that with the Approbation as well of the pure Reformed Churches as of the most learned Men for many Ages past, that they who have with Proficiency and Applause exerted themselves in the Study of any liberal Science, should be graced with some eminent Degree of Dignity:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;And Whereas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; the Archbishops of Canterbury, enabled by the public Authority of the Law, do enjoy, and long have enjoyed, the Power of conferring Degrees and Titles of Honour upon those considered deserving of such recognition as by an authentick Book of Taxations of Faculties, confirmed by Authority of Parliament, doth more fully appear:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;We Therefore,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;on behalf of the said Lord Archbishop being vested with the Authority aforesaid, and following the example of the said Archbishop's Predecessors, have judged it expedient that you whose Proficiency in the Study of Theology, Uprightness of Life, Sound Doctrine, and Purity of Morals, are manifest unto Us, be dignified with the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;And We&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; on behalf of the said Lord Archbishop do by these Presents, so far as in Us lies, and the Laws of this Realm do allow, accordingly create you an actual Doctor of Philosophy&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;And We&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; do also admit you into the Number of the Doctors of Philosophy of this Realm: the Oath hereunder written having been by Us or the Master of the Faculties first required of you, and by you duly taken and subscribed&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;I, Michael Hopkins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; the Person to be admitted to the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the Right Reverend &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;John&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Lord Bishop of Worcester, Commissary for this purpose of the Most Reverend Father in God, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;Justin Portal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; by Divine Providence, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England, and Metropolitan, do swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Second,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Her Heirs and Successors, according to Law&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;Provided Always&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; that these Presents do not avail you anything, unless duly confirmed by Her Majesty's Letters Patent&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;Given&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; under the Seal of the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom:2px solid #FF0000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;Office Of Faculties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; at Westminster this Twenty-seventh day of September in the year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty-one&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Howard Dellar&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;William the third by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France &amp;amp; Ireland, Defender of the faith, &amp;amp;c. Right trusty &amp;amp; Welbeloved, Wee greet you well, Whereas Wee by our Com&lt;sup&gt;on&lt;/sup&gt; bearing even date w&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; these presents have thought good to committ the keeping of Our Great Seale of England to your care, and Trust, and therew&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; to Seal Grants, Comissions, and Writs to signe Decrees and doe other things that are used to be expedited by Our Chancellor of England, or Keeper of Our Great Seale of England, Wee doe therefore hereby Will &amp;amp; com̄and and alsoe authothorize you, or any two of you, and give you or any two of you, full power from time to time to nominate and appoint a fit person, or fit persons to all and singular the offices and Benefices Ecclesiasticall w&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; or without Cure of Souls now belonging or w&lt;sup&gt;ch&lt;/sup&gt; hereafter may belong to Us, to be presented to, and such fit person or persons to present in Our Name, &amp;amp; to doe and execute all [^other] matters requisite for that purpose in as large &amp;amp; ample a manner as any Chancellor of England, or Keeper of the Great Seale of England hath usually executed &amp;amp; done for all w&lt;sup&gt;ch&lt;/sup&gt; these our Letters shall be yo&lt;sup&gt;r[?]&lt;/sup&gt; sufficient Warrant. Given under Our Signet at Hampton Court the fifth day of May in the Twelfth year of Our Reigne.&lt;/p&gt;
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;Whereas His Majesty by Letters Patent under the Great Seal bearing date the Twenty seventh day of May last hath declared His Will and Pleasure that his brother Edward having been born in the lineal succession to the Crown shall notwithstanding his declaration and determination to renounce the Throne for himself and his descendants and His Majesty’s Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 be entitled to hold and enjoy for himself only the style title or attribute of Royal Highness so however that his wife and descendants if any shall not hold the said style title or attribute And also hath signified His Royal Will and Pleasure that the said Letters Patent or the enrolment thereof be recorded in His Majesty’s College of Arms.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I, Bernard Marmaduke, Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter and One of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council do hereby authorize and require you to cause the said Letters Patent to be recorded in the College of Arms accordingly. For which this shall be your Warrant.&lt;/p&gt;
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              <text>&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;Home Office&lt;br /&gt;Whitehall&lt;br /&gt;9 June 1937&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;342, 469/25.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sir,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am directed by the Secretary of State to forward herewith, to be recorded in the College of Arms and returned to this Department in due course, Letters Patent under the Great Seal bearing date the 27&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; ultimo declaring that the Duke of Windsor shall be entitled to hold and enjoy the title, style or attribute of Royal Highness.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;George the Sixth by the Grace of God of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith To Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin and Counsellor, Bernard Marmaduke, Duke of Norfolk, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of Our Royal Victorian Order, Earl Marshal and Our Hereditary Marshal of England, Greeting! Whereas We having taken into Our Royal Consideration that Our Trusty and Well Beloved Richard Brandram, Esquire, upon whom has been conferred the Decoration of the Military Cross, Major in Our Royal Regiment of Artillery, has lately intermarried with the Princess Katherine of Greece, daughter of His late Majesty Constantine the First, King of Greece, whereby she has become a subject of these Our Realms, We have thought fit to and do hereby signify Our Royal Will and Pleasure to declare and ordain that the said Katherine Brandram (hitherto known as the Princess Katherine of Greece) shall henceforth have hold and enjoy upon all occasions the same style, title, place, pre-eminence and precedence as the daughter of a Duke of this Our United Kingdom. Our Will and Pleasure therefore is that you the said Bernard Marmaduke, Duke of Norfolk, to whom the cognizance of matters of this nature doth properly belong, do see this Our Order observed and kept and that you do cause these Presents to be recorded in Our College of Arms. And for so doing this shall be your Warrant.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;WHEREAS certain new local government areas known as districts have been established by the Local Government Act 1972:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AND WHEREAS a Petition praying for the grant of a Charter conferring upon the district of Havant the status of a borough has been presented unto Us by the council of the said district:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AND WHEREAS We are pleased by the advice of Our Privy Council to grant a Charter for such purpose.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NOW THEREFORE KNOW YE that We, by virtue of Our Prerogative Royal and in pursuance of the Local Government Act 1972 and of all other powers&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;and authorities enabling Us in that behalf, have granted and declared and by these Presents do grant and declare that the district of Havant shall have the status of a borough.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This Our Charter shall not take effect before the first day of April, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-four.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;IN WITNESS whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;WITNESS Ourself at Westminster the &lt;em&gt;fourteenth&lt;/em&gt; day of &lt;em&gt;December&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;in the &lt;em&gt;twenty second&lt;/em&gt; year of Our Reign.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Whereas We are informed that there is in the Mint some quantities of Gold and Silver which if it should remaine uncoyned would be to the dissatisfaction and hindrance of the Importers; and that the Puncheons and Dyes that are to be made with Our Effigies and Arms will take up some considerable time to be made and finished, Our Will and Pleasure therefore is that the Master and Worker of the Mint do proceed to Coyne the Gold and Silver Bullion now in the Mint; as also all such other Gold and Silver Bullion as shall be brought into Our Mint, with the same Dyes that were formerly made and used for that Service untill the aforesaid Puncheons and Dyes with our Effigies and Arms shall be made and finished. And for &amp;amp;c Given at Our Court at Whitehall the 15&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; day of February 1688/9 in the first year of Our Reigne.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;To Our &amp;amp;c Thomas Neale Esq&lt;sup&gt;r&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;Master &amp;amp; Worker of Our Mint.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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&lt;p&gt;Trusty &amp;amp; welbeloved. We Greet you well. Being well satisfied of the Piety, Learning &amp;amp; Ability of Our Trusty &amp;amp; welbeloved John Wickart Master of Arts, one of Our Chaplains in Ordinary, We have thought fit hereby to recommend him to you in a particular manner for the Degree of Doctor in Divinity, willing &amp;amp; requiring you forthwith upon the receipt hereof to confer the same upon him by accumulation, he performing the Exercises requisite thereunto, or giving caution for y&lt;sup&gt;e&lt;/sup&gt; performance thereof, at such times as you shall think convenient, And so not doubting of your ready complyance herein, We bid you farewell. GIVEN at Our Court at Kensington the 29 day of December 1692 in the 4 yeare of Our Reigne&lt;/p&gt;
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