Royal Warrant - Receiving the Great Seal [1770-01-21]

Royal Warrant - Receiving the Great Seal [1770-01-21]

Great Seal

Royal Warrant of King George III directing Viscount Weymouth to collect the Great Seal of the Realm.

King George III

SP 44/379 f.25

1770-01-21

Jason Loch

George R.

Our Will and Pleasure is That You forthwith receive Our Great Seal of Great Britain from Our Trusty and Welbeloved Edward Woodcock Esq. in whose Hands Our said Great Seal now is, and bring it without Loss of Time into Our Presence. And for so doing This shall be unto You, as well as unto the said Edward Woodcock for delivering the Same, a sufficient Warrant.

Given at Our Court at St. James’s the Twenty First day of January 1770 in the Tenth Year of Our Reign.

To Our Right Trusty & Welbeloved Cousin and Councillor Thomas Lord Viscount Weymouth, one of Our Principal Secretaries of State

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By His Majesty’s Command Rochford

William, 4th Earl of Rochford (Secretary of State for the Northern Department)

This text is taken from the Secretary of State's Entry Books and may not reflect the formatting of the original.

This Royal Warrant was necessary because the Lord Chancellor, Charles Yorke, had taken his own life on January 20.