Letters Patent - Conferring Borough Status on the District of Havant [1973-12-14]

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Title

Letters Patent - Conferring Borough Status on the District of Havant [1973-12-14]

Subject

Local Government

Description

Letters Patent of Queen Elizabeth II conferring borough status on the district of Havant.

Creator

Queen Elizabeth II

Source

Charter for the creation of Havant as a Borough, Emsworth Museum,  https://emsworthmuseum.org.uk/emcms/items/show/10017.

Date

1973-12-14

Contributor

Jason Loch

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Transcript

E LIZABETH 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 certain new local government areas known as districts have been established by the Local Government Act 1972:

AND WHEREAS a Petition praying for the grant of a Charter conferring upon the district of Havant the status of a borough has been presented unto Us by the council of the said district:

AND WHEREAS We are pleased by the advice of Our Privy Council to grant a Charter for such purpose.

NOW THEREFORE KNOW YE that We, by virtue of Our Prerogative Royal and in pursuance of the Local Government Act 1972 and of all other powers

and authorities enabling Us in that behalf, have granted and declared and by these Presents do grant and declare that the district of Havant shall have the status of a borough.

This Our Charter shall not take effect before the first day of April, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-four.

IN WITNESS whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent.

WITNESS Ourself at Westminster the fourteenth day of December
in the twenty second year of Our Reign.

 

By Warrant under the Queen's Sign Manual

Warranty

Sign Manual Warrant

Ornamentation

Royal name and titles are in larger type, and the name begins with a drop cap.

Document appears to be printed in a Roman typeface.

Warranty and elements of the date have been added by hand.

Special Features

This document has four unusual features:
  1. It uses punctuation.
  2. The warranty is handwritten.
  3. The surname of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery is not present.
  4. The Great Seal is not visible as either a pendant or a wafer.

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Citation

Queen Elizabeth II, “Letters Patent - Conferring Borough Status on the District of Havant [1973-12-14],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/495.

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