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             William and Mary ... whereas we are credibly informed ... that on Monday, the eleventh day of September last the greatest part of the parish church of Towyn ... fell down and sunk ... we ... have given and granted ... full power, licence and authority to ask, gather ... and take the alms and charitable benevolence of our loving subjects ...
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)
             William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
             Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694.
          
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             Printed by Edward Jones for William Fall ...,
             In the Savoy [i.e. London] :
             1694.
          
           
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           Towyn (Merioneth) -- Charters, grants, privileges.
           Towyn (Merioneth) -- Church history.
           Wales -- Church history -- 17th century.
        
      
    
     
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             WILLIAM
          
           and
           
             MART
             ,
          
           By
           the
           Grace
           of
           GOD
           ,
           King
           and
           Queen
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             France
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           Defenders
           of
           the
           Faith
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           To
           all
           and
           singular
           Archbishops
           ,
           Bishops
           ,
           Arch
           Deacons
           ,
           Deans
           ,
           and
           their
           Officials
           ,
           Parsons
           ,
           Vicars
           ,
           Curates
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Spiritual
           Persons
           :
           And
           also
           to
           all
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           Mayors
           ,
           Sheriffs
           ,
           Bayliffs
           ,
           Constables
           ,
           Church-Wardens
           ,
           Chapel-Wardens
           ,
           Headboroughs
           ,
           Collectors
           for
           the
           Poor
           ,
           and
           their
           Overseers
           :
           And
           also
           to
           all
           Officers
           of
           Cities
           ,
           Boroughs
           ,
           and
           Towns
           Corporate
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           other
           Our
           Officers
           ,
           Ministers
           and
           Subjects
           ,
           whatsoever
           they
           be
           ,
           as
           well
           within
           Liberties
           as
           without
           ,
           to
           whom
           these
           Presents
           shall
           come
           ,
           Greeting
           :
        
         
           VVhere
           as
           We
           are
           Credibly
           Informed
           ,
           as
           well
           by
           the
           humble
           Petition
           of
           the
           Minister
           ,
           Church-Wardens
           ,
           and
           Inhabitants
           of
           
             Towyn
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Merioneth
             ,
          
           and
           Diocess
           of
           
             Bangor
             ,
          
           as
           also
           by
           a
           Certificate
           made
           at
           the
           General
           Quarter
           Sessions
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           holden
           at
           
             Bala
             ,
          
           in
           and
           for
           the
           said
           County
           ,
           on
           
             Thursday
          
           the
           Eleventh
           Day
           of
           
             January
          
           last
           past
           ,
           under
           the
           Hands
           and
           Seals
           of
           our
           Trusty
           and
           Welbeloved
           
             Reger
             Price
             ,
             John
             Lloyd
             ,
             Edmond
             Meyrick
             ,
          
           and
           
             John
             Vaughan
          
           Esquires
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           for
           our
           said
           County
           ;
           and
           under
           the
           Hands
           of
           Our
           Trusty
           and
           Welbeloved
           Sir
           
             John
             Wynne
          
           Knight
           and
           Baronet
           ,
           
             Thomas
             Bulkley
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             William
             Williams
          
           Baronet
           ,
           
             Price
             Deverux
             ,
             Edward
             Vaughan
             ,
             Edward
             Brereton
             ,
          
           and
           
             Robert
             Price
             ,
          
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           for
           
             North
             Wales
             ;
          
           That
           on
           
             Monday
          
           the
           Eleventh
           Day
           of
           
             September
          
           last
           ,
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Parish
           Church
           of
           
             Towyn
          
           aforesaid
           ,
           (
           being
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Churches
           within
           the
           Diocese
           of
           
             Bangor
          
           )
           together
           with
           the
           Steeple
           and
           Ring
           of
           Bells
           ,
           (
           by
           casualty
           and
           great
           mischance
           )
           fell
           down
           and
           Sunk
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           Grief
           of
           the
           poor
           disconsolate
           Parishone●s
           ,
           who
           are
           thereby
           destitute
           of
           a
           suitable
           and
           decent
           Place
           to
           meet
           and
           celebrate
           the
           Worship
           of
           Almighty
           GOD
           in
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           Duty
           and
           earnest
           Desire
           ;
           and
           not
           being
           able
           to
           Rebuild
           the
           same
           ,
           without
           the
           Assistance
           and
           Relief
           of
           Pious
           and
           Charitable
           Christians
           have
           therefore
           humbly
           besought
           Us
           to
           Grant
           unto
           them
           ,
           Our
           gracious
           Letters
           Patents
           ,
           under
           Our
           Great
           Seal
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           to
           License
           and
           Authorize
           them
           to
           Ask
           and
           Receive
           the
           Charitable
           Benevolence
           and
           Contributions
           of
           all
           Our
           Loving
           Subjects
           ,
           in
           the
           Counties
           and
           Places
           in
           these
           Our
           Letters
           Patents
           mentioned
           ,
           towards
           Rebuilding
           the
           said
           Church
           .
        
         
           
             VVe
          
           being
           willing
           to
           forward
           all
           Good
           Works
           ,
           especially
           wherein
           the
           Worship
           of
           GOD
           is
           concern'd
           ,
           have
           Condescended
           to
           their
           humble
           Request
           ,
           and
           have
           Given
           and
           Granted
           ,
           and
           by
           these
           Our
           Letters
           Patents
           under
           Our
           Great
           Seal
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           do
           Give
           and
           Grant
           to
           the
           said
           Parishioners
           of
           
             Towyn
             ,
          
           and
           to
           their
           Deputy
           and
           Deputies
           ,
           the
           Bearer
           and
           Bearers
           hereof
           ,
           Authorised
           and
           Deputed
           in
           this
           behalf
           ,
           as
           afterwards
           in
           these
           Presents
           is
           Appointed
           ,
           full
           Power
           ,
           Licence
           ,
           and
           Authority
           ,
           to
           Ask
           ,
           Gather
           ,
           Receive
           ,
           and
           Take
           the
           Alms
           and
           Charitable
           Benevolence
           of
           all
           Our
           Loving
           Subjects
           ,
           not
           only
           Housholders
           ,
           but
           also
           Servants
           ,
           Strangers
           ,
           and
           Others
           ,
           in
           all
           and
           every
           the
           Counties
           ,
           Cities
           ,
           Boroughs
           ,
           Towns
           Corporate
           ,
           Priviledged
           Places
           ,
           Parishes
           ,
           Chapelries
           ,
           Towns
           ,
           Villages
           ,
           Hamlets
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Places
           whatsoever
           within
           Our
           Dominion
           of
           
             Wales
             ;
          
           and
           in
           the
           Counties
           of
           
             Salop
             ,
             Stafford
             ,
             Warwick
             ,
             Worcester
             ,
             Glocester
             ,
             Hereford
             ,
             Chester
             ,
          
           and
           
             Monmeuth
             ,
          
           and
           in
           all
           Cities
           ,
           Towns
           ,
           Parishes
           ,
           and
           Places
           ,
           within
           the
           said
           Counties
           ,
           and
           not
           elsewhere
           ,
           for
           and
           towards
           the
           said
           Pious
           and
           Charitable
           Use
           .
        
         
           
             VVherefo●
             ,
          
           We
           Require
           and
           Command
           you
           and
           every
           of
           you
           ,
           that
           at
           such
           time
           and
           times
           as
           the
           said
           Deputy
           and
           Deputies
           ,
           the
           Bearer
           and
           Bearers
           hereof
           ,
           shall
           come
           or
           repair
           to
           any
           your
           Churches
           ,
           Chapels
           ,
           or
           Assemblies
           for
           Religious
           Worship
           ,
           to
           Ask
           and
           Receive
           the
           Alms
           and
           Charitable
           Benevolence
           of
           Our
           said
           loving
           Subjects
           ,
           quietly
           to
           permit
           and
           suffer
           them
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           without
           any
           manner
           your
           Letts
           or
           Contradictions
           ;
           And
           you
           the
           said
           Parsons
           ,
           Vicars
           and
           Curates
           ,
           upon
           some
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           soon
           after
           that
           these
           Our
           Letters
           Patents
           shall
           be
           produced
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Copies
           thereof
           tendred
           unto
           you
           ,
           or
           the
           said
           Church-Wardens
           or
           Chapel-Wardens
           respectively
           ,
           and
           before
           the
           expiration
           of
           these
           Presents
           ,
           deliberately
           and
           affectionately
           to
           publish
           and
           declare
           the
           Tenor
           of
           these
           Our
           Letters
           Patents
           unto
           Our
           said
           Loving
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           earnestly
           exhort
           ,
           perswade
           ,
           and
           stir
           them
           up
           ,
           to
           extend
           their
           Liberal
           Contributions
           towards
           the
           Rebuilding
           of
           the
           said
           Church
           and
           Steeple
           .
           And
           you
           the
           said
           Church-Wardens
           ,
           Chapel-Wardens
           ,
           Collectors
           for
           the
           Poor
           and
           their
           Overseers
           ,
           to
           Collect
           the
           Alms
           of
           Our
           said
           Loving
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           the
           Sums
           of
           Money
           Collected
           by
           Virtue
           hereof
           ,
           to
           Endorse
           upon
           these
           Our
           Letters
           Patents
           ,
           or
           the
           said
           Copies
           ,
           in
           Words
           at
           length
           and
           not
           in
           Figures
           ,
           together
           also
           with
           the
           Names
           of
           the
           Counties
           ,
           Cities
           ,
           Towns
           ,
           Par●hes
           ,
           Chape●ries
           ,
           and
           Places
           respectively
           ,
           wherein
           and
           the
           time
           when
           such
           Sums
           were
           gathered
           ;
           which
           Endorsements
           are
           to
           be
           subscribed
           by
           the
           Ministers
           and
           your selves
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           be
           enter'd
           into
           your
           Books
           of
           Accompts
           for
           the
           said
           Parish
           ,
           Chapelries
           ,
           and
           Places
           respectively
           :
           And
           you
           are
           also
           to
           deliver
           the
           said
           Monies
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           said
           Copies
           ,
           unto
           the
           said
           Bearer
           and
           Bearers
           hereof
           ,
           (
           Authorised
           as
           herein
           is
           appointed
           )
           whensoever
           you
           shall
           be
           by
           them
           or
           any
           of
           them
           thereunto
           required
           ,
           but
           to
           no
           other
           Person
           or
           Persons
           whatsoever
           ;
           whose
           receiving
           thereof
           ,
           together
           with
           their
           or
           any
           of
           their
           Acquittance
           or
           Acquittances
           ,
           shall
           be
           your
           sufficient
           Discharge
           for
           so
           doing
           :
           Which
           said
           Bearer
           and
           Bearers
           hereof
           are
           hereby
           Willed
           and
           Required
           ,
           upon
           Receipt
           of
           the
           said
           Monies
           ,
           forthwith
           to
           pay
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           deliver
           all
           the
           said
           Copies
           ,
           unto
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Fathers
           in
           GOD
           ,
           
             William
          
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           
             Litchfield
          
           and
           
             Coveniry
             ,
             Humphry
          
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           
             Bangor
             ,
          
           the
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           St.
           
             Asaph
             ,
          
           Our
           Trusty
           and
           Welbeloved
           Sir
           
             John
             Wynne
             ,
          
           Knight
           and
           Baronet
           ,
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Owen
          
           Kt.
           
             Edward
             Vaughan
             ,
             Griffith
             Vaughan
             ,
          
           Colonel
           
             Hugh
             Nanney
             ,
             William
             Pugh
             ,
             Roger
             Price
             ,
             John
             Lloyd
             ,
             Vincent
             Corbet
             ,
             Richard
             Owen
             ,
             Owen
             Anwill
             ,
             Robert
             Price
             ,
             John
             Vaughan
          
           Esquires
           ,
           
             John
             Vaughan
          
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           
             William
             Lewis
          
           Vicar
           of
           
             Towyn
          
           aforesaid
           ,
           whom
           We
           do
           hereby
           Constitute
           and
           Appoint
           Commissioners
           and
           Trustees
           of
           all
           such
           Money
           as
           shall
           be
           Collected
           by
           Virtue
           hereof
           ,
           with
           full
           Power
           to
           them
           ,
           or
           any
           Five
           or
           more
           of
           them
           ,
           (
           whereof
           the
           Bishop
           of
           the
           Diocese
           of
           
             Bangor
          
           for
           the
           time
           being
           to
           be
           always
           one
           )
           as
           well
           to
           Depute
           and
           Appoint
           ,
           such
           Person
           or
           Persons
           as
           they
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           Collect
           the
           said
           Money
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           dispose
           of
           the
           same
           towards
           the
           Rebuilding
           of
           the
           said
           Church
           and
           Steeple
           ,
           and
           to
           or
           for
           no
           other
           Use
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           
             And
             Lastly
             ,
          
           Our
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           is
           ,
           That
           no
           Person
           or
           Persons
           whatsoever
           shall
           Collect
           or
           Receive
           the
           said
           Monies
           of
           or
           from
           the
           said
           Church-Wardens
           ,
           Chapel-Wardens
           ,
           Collectors
           for
           the
           Poor
           ,
           and
           their
           Overseers
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           ,
           but
           such
           only
           as
           shall
           be
           Appointed
           and
           Authorized
           so
           to
           do
           by
           Deputation
           under
           the
           Hands
           and
           Seals
           of
           the
           above-named
           Commissioners
           and
           Trustees
           ,
           or
           any
           Five
           or
           more
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           
             In
             VVitness
          
           whereof
           ,
           We
           have
           caused
           these
           Our
           Letters
           to
           be
           made
           Patents
           ,
           and
           to
           continue
           for
           One
           Year
           ,
           from
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Date
           hereof
           ,
           and
           no
           longer
           .
        
         
           
             
               VVitness
            
             Our Selves
             at
             
               Westminster
               ,
            
             
               the
               Sixth
               day
               of
               
                 November
                 ,
              
               in
               the
               Sixth
               Year
               of
               Our
               Reign
               .
            
          
        
         
           GOD
           Save
           the
           KING
           and
           QUEEN
           .
        
         
           Fall.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
           In
           the
           
             SAVOY
             :
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Edward
             Jones
          
           for
           
             William
             Fall
          
           dwelling
           in
           
             Weld-str●et
             .
          
           1694.
           
        
      
    
  

