https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/855cfa60dd194bf2c3da0f48d00668dd.pdf 3f3799d2402eef645f14bf3683a66bcb Letters Patent Letters Patent are sealed with the Great Seal of the Realm. Transcript A transcript of the document. Victoria by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen 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 authorize and direct the issue of a Royal Charter conferring upon the Town and County of Kingston upon Hull the title of City Now therefore Know Ye that We of Our especial grace and favour and mere motion DO by this Our Royal Charter will ordain constitute declare and appoint that Our said Town and County of Kingston upon Hull should henceforth for the future and for ever hereafter be a City and shall be called and styled The City and Mayor Aldermen and Citizens of the City and County of Kingston upon Hull with all such and the same powers and privileges as they have hitherto had as the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the said Town and County and as if they had been incorporated by the name of the Mayor Aldermen and Citizens of the City and County of Kingston upon Hull instead of the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the Town and County of Kingston upon Hull In witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the sixth day of July in the sixty first year of Our reign. By Warrant under the Queen’s Sign Manual. Muir Mackenzie <div style="text-align:center;">L. S.</div> Warranty The authority for passing the document under the Great Seal. Sign Manual Warrant Seal Type The Great Seal can be either a pendant wax seal or an embossed seal on the document itself. Wafer Seal Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. "Victoria by the Grace of God," incipits, "By" in the warranty, and the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery's name are in a Gothic script. Rest of the document is written in an ordinary cursive hand with some portions larger for emphasis. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. Warranty clause is in both Gothic script and cursive hand. 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 Letters Patent - Conferring City Status on Kingston upon Hull [1897-07-06] Subject The topic of the resource Local Government Description An account of the resource Letters Patent of Queen Victoria conferring city status upon the Town and County of Kingston upon Hull. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Victoria Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Letters Patent conferring City Status, 1897," C BRC/32, Hull City Archives, Hull, United Kingdom. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1897-07-06 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch City Status Local Government Monarch Royal Prerogative