Royal Warrant - For Letters Patent conferring City Status on Doncaster [2022-09-07]

Royal Warrant - For Letters Patent conferring City Status on Doncaster [2022-09-07]

Great Seal

Local Government

Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II directing the Lord Chancellor to pass Letters Patent under the Great Seal conferring City status on Doncaster.

Queen Elizabeth II

FOI request

2022-09-07

T. Onslow

(Sgd.) Elizabeth R

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 Counsellor Our Chancellor of Great Britain one of Our Principal Secretaries of State GREETING: WE WILL AND COMMAND that under the Great Seal of Our Realm remaining in your custody you cause these Our Letters to be made forth Patent in form following:

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 all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas We for divers good causes and considerations Us thereunto moving are graciously pleased to confer on the Borough of Doncaster the status of a City Now Therefore Know Ye that We of Our especial grace and favour and mere motion do by these Presents ordain declare and direct that the Borough of Doncaster shall henceforth have the status of a City and shall have all such rank liberties privileges and immunities as are incident to a City In Witness &c. Witness &c.

Given at Our Court at Saint James’s the seventh day of September two thousand and twenty-two in the seventy-first year of Our Reign

BY HER MAJESTY’S COMMAND

(Sgd.) Brandon Lewis    (Sgd.) Dominic Raab

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY

This contains a Warrant to the Lord High Chancellor to pass Letters Patent under the Great Seal whereby Your Majesty is pleased to confer upon the Borough of Doncaster the status of a City And this Warrant is prepared according to Your Majesty’s Royal Command

Signified by Secretary of State

ROMEO
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery

Received this 7th
day of September 2022

(Sgd.) Dominic Raab    (Sgd.) Brandon Lewis

Dominic Raab (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice)
Brandon Lewis (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice)

There are two countersignatures and recepis because the Warrant was received the same day as Brandon Lewis succeeded Dominic Raab as Lord Chancellor. Lewis signed even though he had not yet taken the Oath of Office or formally received the Great Seal (though his appointment was informally approved by the late Queen Elizabeth II shortly before her death).

Black and white Royal Arms centered at the top.

Printed in Times New Roman.

Date clause completed by hand.

The sealing wasn't completed before Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8, so King Charles III issued a second Warrant on October 31. However, the subsequent Letters Patent were dated September 7.