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The Charge of Whitlocke Bulstrode, Esq; to the Grand-Jury, and other Juries, of the County of Middlesex. At the General Quarter-Sessions of the Peace, Held, April 21st, 1718. at Westminster-Hall. Printed at the Desire of the Justices of the Peace, for the County, and of the Grand-Jury, and other Juries. London: Printed for J. Brown at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar. 1718. Middlessex

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Ad General' Quarterial' Session' Pacis Domini Regis, tent' pro Com' Middlesex' prædict' Die Lunæ in Septimano proximo post clausum Paschæ scil' uicesimo primo Die Aprilis, quarto Anno Regni Domini Georgij nunc Regis Magn' Britan'. & c.

His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, Assembled at this present General Quarter-Sessions, being of Opinion, that the Charge this Day given, by Whitlocke Bulstrode, Esq; the Chair-Man, to the several Juries now Assembled, is a very Learned and Useful Charge, and highly tending to the Service of His Majesty and His Government, do, on their Behalfs, and also at the Request of the said several Juries, desire, that the said Mr. Busltrode would be pleased to cause his said CHARGE to be Printed.

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Camden Fourth Series , Volume 43: Charges to the Grandjury 1689–1803 , July 1992 , pp. 89 - 108
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Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1992

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page 91 note 1 See the Arguments against the Pretender's Title, in a Letter touching the late Rebellion; wherein is Treated, Of English Liberties; Of the Power of Princes; Of the Measures of Obedienbce of Subjects; and, Of Change of Governments. [This text was written by W. Bulstrode. The late rebellion is that of 1715.]

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