AN
ACT
For
the
Abolishing
the
KINGLY
OFFICE
IN
ENGLAND
,
IRELAND
,
and
the
Dominions
thereunto
belonging
.
WHereas
Charls
Stuart
late
King
of
England
,
Ireland
,
and
the
Territories
and
Dominions
thereunto
belonging
,
hath
by
authority
derived
from
Parliament
,
been
,
and
is
hereby
declared
to
be
justly
condemned
,
adjudged
to
dye
and
put
to
death
,
for
many
treasons
,
marthers
,
and
other
hainous
offences
committed
by
him
,
by
which
Iudgement
he
stood
and
is
hereby
declared
to
be
attainted
of
High
Treason
,
wherby
his
Issue
and
Posterity
,
&
all
others
pretending
Title
under
him
,
are
become
uncapable
of
the
said
Crowns
,
or
of
being
King
or
Queen
of
the
said
Kingdom
or
Dominions
,
or
either
or
any
of
them
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
and
Ordained
,
and
it
is
Enacted
,
Ordained
and
Declared
by
this
present
Parliament
,
and
by
authority
thereof
,
That
all
the
people
of
England
and
Ireland
,
and
the
Dominions
and
Territories
thereunto
belonging
,
of
what
degree
or
condition
soever
,
are
discharged
of
all
Fealty
,
Homage
and
Allegiance
which
is
or
shall
be
pretended
to
be
due
unto
any
of
the
Issue
and
Posterity
of
the
said
late
King
,
or
any
claiming
under
him
;
and
that
Charls
Stuart
eldest
son
,
and
James
called
Duke
of
York
,
second
son
,
and
all
other
the
Issue
and
Posterity
of
him
the
said
late
King
,
and
all
and
every
person
and
persons
pretending
Title
from
,
by
or
under
him
,
are
and
be
disabled
to
hold
or
enjoy
the
said
Crown
of
England
and
Ireland
,
and
other
the
Dominions
thereunto
belonging
,
or
any
of
them
;
or
to
have
the
Name
,
Title
,
Stile
or
Dignity
of
King
or
Queen
of
England
and
Ireland
,
Prince
of
Wales
,
or
any
of
them
;
or
to
have
and
enjoy
the
power
and
Dominion
of
the
said
Kingdoms
and
Dominions
,
or
any
of
them
,
or
the
Honors
,
Manors
,
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Possessions
and
Hereditaments
belonging
or
appertaining
to
the
said
Crown
of
England
and
Ireland
,
and
other
the
Dominions
aforesaid
,
or
to
any
of
them
;
or
to
the
Principality
of
Wales
,
Dutchy
of
Lancaster
or
Cornwal
,
or
any
or
either
of
them
,
Any
Law
,
Statute
,
Ordinance
,
Vsage
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
hereof
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
:
And
whereas
it
is
and
hath
been
found
by
experience
,
that
the
Office
of
a
King
in
this
Nation
and
Ireland
,
and
to
have
the
power
thereof
in
any
single
person
,
is
unnecessary
,
burthensom
and
dangerous
to
the
liberty
,
safety
and
publique
interest
of
the
people
,
and
that
for
the
most
part
,
use
hath
been
made
of
the
Regal
power
and
prerogative
,
to
oppress
,
impoverish
and
enslave
the
subject
;
and
that
usually
and
naturally
any
one
person
in
such
power
,
makes
it
his
interest
to
incroach
upon
the
iust
freedom
and
liberty
of
the
people
,
and
to
promote
the
setting
up
of
their
own
will
and
power
above
the
Laws
,
that
so
they
might
enslave
these
Kingdoms
to
their
own
Lust
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
this
present
Parliament
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
the
Office
of
a
King
in
this
Nation
,
shall
not
henceforth
reside
in
,
or
be
exercised
by
any
one
single
person
;
and
that
no
one
person
whatsoever
,
shall
or
may
have
,
or
hold
the
Office
,
Stile
,
Dignity
,
Power
or
Authority
of
King
of
the
said
Kingdoms
and
Dominions
,
or
any
of
them
,
or
of
the
Prince
of
Wales
,
Any
law
,
statute
,
usage
or
custom
to
the
coutrary
thereof
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
And
it
is
hereby
Enacted
,
That
if
any
person
or
persons
shal
endeavor
to
attempt
by
force
of
arms
or
otherwise
,
or
be
ayding
,
assisting
,
comforting
or
abetting
,
unto
any
person
or
persons
yt
shall
by
any
ways
or
means
whatsoever
,
endeavor
or
attempt
the
reviving
or
setting
up
again
of
any
pretended
Right
of
the
said
Charls
,
eldest
Son
to
the
said
late
King
,
James
called
Duke
of
York
,
or
of
any
other
the
Issue
&
Posterity
of
ye
said
late
King
,
or
of
any
person
or
persons
claiming
under
him
or
them
,
to
the
said
Regal
Office
,
Stile
,
Dignity
or
Authority
,
or
to
be
Prince
of
Wales
;
or
the
promoting
of
any
one
person
whatsoever
,
to
the
Name
,
Stile
,
Dignity
,
Power
,
Prerogative
or
Authority
,
of
King
of
England
and
Ireland
,
and
Dominions
aforesaid
,
or
any
of
them
;
That
then
every
such
offence
shall
be
deemed
and
adjudged
High
Treason
,
and
the
offenders
therein
,
their
councellors
,
procurers
,
ayders
&
abettors
,
being
convicted
of
the
said
Offence
,
or
any
of
them
,
shall
be
deemed
and
adjudged
Traytors
against
the
Parliament
and
people
of
England
,
and
shall
suffer
,
lose
and
forfeit
,
and
have
such
like
and
the
same
pains
,
forfeitures
,
judgements
and
execution
,
as
is
used
in
case
of
High
Treason
:
And
whereas
by
the
abolition
of
the
kingly
Office
provided
for
in
this
Act
,
a
most
happy
way
is
made
for
this
Nation
(
if
God
see
it
good
)
to
return
to
its
just
&
ancient
right
,
of
being
governed
by
its
own
Representatives
or
National
meetings
in
Councel
,
from
time
to
time
chosen
&
entrusted
for
that
purpose
by
the
people
,
It
is
therefore
Resolved
and
Declared
by
the
Commons
assembled
in
Parliament
,
That
they
will
put
a
period
to
the
sitting
of
this
present
Parliament
,
and
dissolve
the
same
so
soon
as
may
possibly
stand
with
the
safety
of
the
people
that
hath
betrusted
them
,
and
with
what
is
absolutely
necessary
for
the
preserving
and
upholding
the
Government
now
setled
in
the
way
of
a
Commonwealth
;
and
that
they
will
carefully
provide
for
the
certain
chusing
,
meeting
and
sitting
of
the
next
and
future
Representatives
,
with
such
other
circumstances
of
freedom
in
choyce
&
equality
in
distribution
of
Members
to
be
elected
thereunto
,
as
shall
most
conduce
to
the
lasting
freedom
and
good
of
this
Commonwealth
:
And
it
is
hereby
further
Enacted
and
Declared
,
notwithstanding
any
thing
contained
in
this
Act
,
no
person
or
persons
of
what
condition
and
quality
soever
,
within
the
Commonwealth
of
England
and
Ireland
,
Dominion
of
Wales
,
the
Islands
of
Guernsey
and
Jersey
,
and
Town
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
,
shall
be
discharged
from
the
obedience
and
subjection
which
he
and
they
owe
to
the
Government
of
this
Nation
,
as
it
is
now
Declared
,
but
all
and
every
of
them
shall
in
all
things
render
and
perform
the
same
,
as
of
right
is
due
unto
the
supreme
authority
hereby
declared
to
reside
in
this
and
the
successive
Representatives
of
the
people
of
this
Nation
,
and
in
them
onely
.