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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-pardon-act-1689/section-IX",
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  "legislation": "aep/WillandMar/2/10",
  "legislation_title": "General Pardon Act 1689",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-pardon-act-1689",
  "path": "section/IX",
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  "number": "IX",
  "heading": "Exception of King Charles the First's Murderers excepted by 12 Car. II. c. 11. and the Two Persons appearing upon the Scaffold with Vizors.",
  "text": "Provided alwayes that this Act shall not extend to pardon discharge or give any benefitt whatsoever unto any person or persons who are by Name particularly excepted out of the Act of Free and Generall Pardon Indempnity and Oblivion made in the twelfth yeare of the Raigne of his late Majestie King Charles the Second for their execrable Treason and horrid Murder of their Majestyes Royall Grandfather of gracious Memory nor to those two persons or either of them who being disguised by Frocks and Vizors appeared upon the Scaffold at the time when the said Murder was committed\nOf Disabilities.\nNor shall this present Act give or restore any Ability or Capacity to take have hold or exercise any Office Place Authority or Employment Ecclesiasticall Civill or Military to any person or persons who in and by the said last mentioned Act or by vertue or reason of any other Act or Law were or are made or become incapable or disabled to have take hold or execute the same or of serveing as a Member in Parlyament but all and every such person or persons shall remaine and continue under all and every the Disabilities and Incapacities aforesaid any thing in this present Act to the contrary notwithstanding\nOf Persons who have accepted any Office contrary to 12 Car. II. c. 11.\nNor shall this Act extend to pardon discharge or give any benefitt to any person who if he after the first day of September one thousand six hundred and sixty hath accepted or exercised or hereafter shall accept or exercise any Office Ecclesiasticall Civill or Military or any other publick Employment within England Wales or the Towne of Berwicke upon Tweede is by the said Act made in the twelfth yeare of King Charles the Second to stand and be as if he had beene totally by Name excepted out of the said last mentioned Act, but all and every such persons shall if they have or shall accept any Office or Employment contrary to the tenor of the said last mentioned Act be out of this Act wholly excepted and foreprised\nOf Persons attainted of Rebellion, Treason, Murder, &c.\nAnd alsoe excepted out of this Pardon all such persons as be and remaine still attainted or condemned by Act of Parlyament or otherwise of or for any Rebellion or levying of Warr or of or for any Conspiracy of any Rebellion or levying Warr within this Realme or any other their Majesties Dominions and all such persons who are attainted or outlawed of or for any other Treason Petit Treason Murder wilfull Poysoning or Burglary and all Executions therefore\nOf Persons exiled, &c.\nAnd alsoe excepted out of this Pardon all such persons who by vertue of any former Act of Parlyament are by expresse Name exiled or made lyable to any other Pains Penalties or Disabilities whatsoever\nTransported.\nAnd alsoe excepted all such Persons who after Conviction or Attainder of or for any manner of Felony have desired to be transported into any of their Majesties Forreigne Plantations\nOf Persons fined by any Act since 12 Car. II. c. 11.\nAnd alsoe except all such persons who being excepted out of the said Act of Generall Pardon have had any pains or penalties imposed upon them by any subsequent Act of Parlyament\nOf all £500 Penalties for holding Office, &c. contrary to 25 Car. II. c. 2.\nAnd alsoe excepted out of this Act all Penalties of five hundred pounds which shall by any Act passed in this Session of Parlyament be inflicted or appointed to be levyed upon any person or persons for or in respect of holding or exerciseing any Office or Place and offending contrary to an Act of Parlyament made in the five and twentyeth yeare of the Raigne of King Charles the Second Entituled An Act for preventing Dangers which may happen from Popish Recusants,\nOf particular Persons.\nExcept alsoe out of this present Act\nWilliam Marquesse of Powis\nTheophilus Earle of Huntington\nRobert Earle of Sunderland\nJohn Earle of Melfort\nRoger Earle of Castlemain\nThe Lord Thomas Howard\nNathaniell Lord Bishop of Durham\nThomas Lord Bishop of St. Davids\nHenry Lord Dover\nWilliam Molineux\nSir Edward Hales\nSir Edward Herbert\nSir Francis Withens\nSir Richard Holloway\nSir Edward Lutwich\nSir Richard Heath\nSir Thomas Jenner\nSir Roger L'Estrange\nSir Nicholas Butler\nEdward Petre\nThomas Tindesley alias Tildesley\n—Townley lately called Collonel Townley\nRowland Tempest\nEdward Morgan\nObadiah Walker\nRobert Brent\nRichard Grajam\nPhillip Burton\nRobert Lundy\nMathew Crone\nAnd alsoe excepted George Lord Jeffreys deceased\nOf Crimes against 27 El. c. 2.\nAnd alsoe excepted out of this Pardon all and every Offence and Offences committed or done by any Jesuite Seminary or Romish Priests whatsoever contrary to the tenor or effect of the Statute made in the seven and twentyeth yeare of the Raigne of the late Queene Elizabeth Entituled An Act against Jesuits Seminary Priests and other Disobedient Persons or of any part thereof and all Outlawries Proceedings Judgments and Executions for the same Offences or any of them\nOf Convictions of Recusants.\nAnd except alsoe all Convictions of Popish Recusants for their Recusancy",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: Vizards O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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