Letters Patent - Conferring City Status on Bangor [2022-11-22]
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C HARLES ♦ THE ♦ THIRD
by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories King Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith
To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting WHEREAS Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Second did indicate Her Royal will that for divers good causes and considerations the status of a City be conferred on the Town of Bangor in the County of Down in celebration of Her Platinum Jubilee And whereas the sad demise of Her Late Majesty occurred before Her warrant could be placed under Her Sign Manual to cause Letters Patent conferring the status of a City to be under the Great Seal of Northern Ireland And Whereas We are graciously pleased to confer on the said Town of Bangor the status of a City in order to bring Her Late Majesty’s will into effect 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 said TOWN OF BANGOR 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 whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent WITNESS Ourself at Westminster the twenty-second day of November in the first year of Our Reign.
By Warrant under The King’s Sign Manual
Clerk of the Crown for Northern Ireland
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Document is written in Foundational Hand.
Full color municipal coat of arms in the lower right.
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Document notes that Queen Elizabeth II approved the grant of city status to mark her Platinum Jubilee but died before signing the necessary Royal Warrant to pass the Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Northern Ireland.
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