March, 1647/8
[17 March, 1647/8.]
Ordinance appointing Commissioners of the Great Seal
The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled do order
and ordain, and be it Ordained, That the Great Seal of England
shall be committed to the Custody and Keeping of Henry Earl
of Kent, William Lord Grey of Werke, Sir Thomas Widdrington
Knight, and Bulstrod Whitlocke Esquire, who are hereby
ordained Commissioners for that Purpose, for and during the
Time of One whole Year from the Passing of this present
Ordinance; which said Persons are hereby constituted and
appointed to be Commissioners for the Custody of the said
Great Seal of England during the Time aforesaid; and they,
or any Two of them, whereof One Member of the Lords
House, also One Member of the House of Commons
shall have, and are hereby authorized to have, the
Custody, Keeping, Ordering, and Disposing thereof; as also all
such and the like Powers and Authorities as any Lord
Chancellor, or Lord Keeper, or Commissioners of the Great Seal
of England, for the Time being, hath lawfully had and used, or
ought to have had or used.