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Order of the Privy Council of England concerning the prosecution of the Quo Warrantos against proprietary charters
England. Privy Council
May 28, 1687
Volume 01, Page 354

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[B. P. R. O. Colonial Entry Book. Vol. 97. p. 240.]
ORDER OF COUNCILL TO Mr ATTORNEY AND Mr SOLLICITOR TO PROSECUTE THE QUO WARRANTOS ISSUED AGAINST THE SEVERALL PROPRIETIES AND CORPORATIONS IN AMERICA.

At the Court at Hampton Court
the 28th of May 1687.

Upon reading a report from the Right honoble the Lords of the Committee for Trade & Foreign Plantations It is this day ordered by His Majty in Councill that Mr Attorney and Mr Sollicitor Generall do forthwith proceed upon and prosecute the Quo Warrantos, which have been issued or ordered to be issued out against the severall Proprieties and Corporations in America.