Royal Warrant These can be purely administrative in nature (e.g., Warrants authorizing the use of the Great Seal) or they can be substantive instruments (e.g., Warrants of appointment). They are signed by the Monarch and (usually) countersigned by a Minister of the Crown. Transcript A transcript of the document. <p style="text-align:center;">William R</p> <p>William the third by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France &amp; Ireland, Defender of the faith, &amp;c. Right trusty &amp; Welbeloved, Wee greet you well, Whereas Wee by our Com^on bearing even date w^th these presents have thought good to committ the keeping of Our Great Seale of England to your care, and Trust, and therew^th to Seal Grants, Comissions, and Writs to signe Decrees and doe other things that are used to be expedited by Our Chancellor of England, or Keeper of Our Great Seale of England, Wee doe therefore hereby Will &amp; com̄and and alsoe authothorize you, or any two of you, and give you or any two of you, full power from time to time to nominate and appoint a fit person, or fit persons to all and singular the offices and Benefices Ecclesiasticall w^th or without Cure of Souls now belonging or w^ch hereafter may belong to Us, to be presented to, and such fit person or persons to present in Our Name, &amp; to doe and execute all [^other] matters requisite for that purpose in as large &amp; ample a manner as any Chancellor of England, or Keeper of the Great Seale of England hath usually executed &amp; done for all w^ch these our Letters shall be yo^r[?] sufficient Warrant. Given under Our Signet at Hampton Court the fifth day of May in the Twelfth year of Our Reigne.</p> <p>To Our [^R^t] Trusty, and Wellbeloved Counsellor<br />S^r John Holt Knight Chief Justice, assigned<br />to hold Pleas before Us, Our Trusty and<br />Wellbeloved S^r George Treby Knight<br />Chief Justice of Our Court of Com̄on Pleas and<br />Our Trusty and Wellbeloved S^r Edward Ward<br />Knight Chiefe Baron of Our Court of<br />Exchequer.<br /><br /></p> <div style="text-align:right;">L. S.<br />Signett</div> <p> </p> <p>This Warr^t was prepared<br />at the Crowne Office</p> Countersigner The individual who countersigned the Warrant. No countersigner indicated. Seal Affixed Some Warrants bear a seal. Signet (not visible) Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. This text is taken from a handwritten transcript of the document and may not reflect the formatting of the original. There are two interlineations where words were inadvertently omitted by the copyist. 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 Royal Warrant - Authorizing the Commissioners of the Great Seal to Make Ecclesiastical Appointments [1700-05-05] Subject The topic of the resource Ecclesiastical Appointments Great Seal Description An account of the resource Royal Warrant of King William III authorizing Sir John Holt, Sir George Treby, and Sir Edward Ward, as Commissioners of the Great Seal, to make ecclesiastical appointments normally in the Lord Chancellor's gift. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource King William III Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived SP 44/348 f.140 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1700-05-05 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Chief Baron of the Exchequer Chief Justice of the Common Pleas Chief Justice of the King's Bench Commissioners of the Great Seal Discontinued Instruments Lord Chancellor Monarch Parochial Appointments Royal Prerogative