Writ Writs are formal commands from the Crown. For example, Writs of Summons summon peers to Parliament. Transcript A transcript of the document. <p>  Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith To Our right trusty and well beloved Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil of Essendon in Our County of Rutland Chevalier</p> <p>  Greeting Whereas Our Parliament for arduous and urgent affairs concerning Us the state and defence of Our United Kingdom and the Church is now met at Our City of Westminster We strictly enjoining command you upon the faith and allegiance by which you are bound to Us that considering the difficulty of the said affairs and dangers impending (waiving all excuses) you be personally present at Our aforesaid Parliament with Us and with the Prelates Nobles and Peers of Our said Kingdom to treat and give your counsel upon the affairs aforesaid And this as you regard Us and Our honour and the safety and defence of the said Kingdom and Church and dispatch of the said affairs in nowise do you omit Witness Ourself at Westminster the twenty-ninth day of April in the forty-first year of Our Reign.</p> <p>LEGG</p> <p><i>To Robert Michael James Lord Cecil</i></p> <p>(Viscount Cranborne)</p> Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. This was the last Writ in Acceleration issued. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Writ - Writ in Acceleration for Viscount Cranborne [1992-04-29] Subject The topic of the resource Peerages House of Lords Description An account of the resource Writ in Acceleration of Queen Elizabeth II summoning Viscount Cranborne to the House of Lords in his father's Barony of Cecil of Essendon. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Elizabeth II Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199899/ldselect/ldprivi/106i/106i07.htm">First Report of the Select Committee on the Privileges Committee (Lords) (18 October 1999)</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-04-29 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Relation A related resource <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/127" title="Royal Warrant for the Writ in Acceleration">Royal Warrant for the Writ in Acceleration</a> House of Lords Peerages