https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/1f5ebdffba6269c10360be41538ba969.pdf 8af759d3b0957f7456e43f705e0f5717 Writ Writs are formal commands from the Crown. For example, Writs of Summons summon peers to Parliament. Transcript A transcript of the document. 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 Faith To Our right trusty and entirely beloved Cousin and Counsellor Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr of Monteviot in Roxburghshire Greeting WHEREAS by the Council for certain arduous and urgent affairs concerning Us the state and defence of Our United Kingdom and the Church We have ordered a certain Parliament to be holden on the seventeenth day of December next ensuing and there to treat and have conference with the Prelates Great Men Great Women and Peers of Our Realm We strictly enjoining COMMAND you upon the faith and allegiance by which you are bound to Us that the weightiness of the said affairs and imminent perils considered (waiving all excuses) you be at the said day and place personally present with Us and with the said Prelates Great Men Great Women and Peers 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 sixth day of November in the sixty-eighth year of Our Reign HEATON To MICHAEL ANDREW FOSTER JUDE LORD KERR OF MONTEVIOT (MARQUESS OF LOTHIAN) A Writ of Summons to Parliament HEATON Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Printed in Times New Roman Royal name is in Gothic font. Peer's name is in boldface. Capitalized incipits. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. Despite holding a barony, he is not referred to as "chevalier" (cf. <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/205" title="Lord Ashcombe's writ of summons">Lord Ashcombe's writ of summons</a>). 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 - Life Baron and Marquess's Writ of Summons to a New Parliament [2019-11-06] Subject The topic of the resource Parliament Description An account of the resource Writ summoning Lord Kerr of Monteviot (also the Marquess of Lothian) to a new Parliament on December 17, 2019. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Crown Office Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-11-06 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource T. Onslow Relation A related resource <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1730/schedule/part/I./made" title="The Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 1992">The Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 1992</a> as amended by <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3131/contents/made" title="The Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) (Amendment) Order 2002">The Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) (Amendment) Order 2002</a>. House of Lords Parliament