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did by Warrant under Our Sign Manual, hearing date the nineteenth day of July 1800, authorize and appoint the several Persons therein severally named, and any Three or more of them, to make a diligent and particular inquiry into the several Matters which Our faithful Commons had, in their abovementioned Report of their Proceedings, represented as fitting to be provided for, by Our royal Authority, and to do such other matters and things touching the premises as are therein set forth: And Whereas the said several Persons thereby appointed have duly proceeded in the execution of the several matters committed to their charge, and have made considerable progress therein, as by their annual Certificates to Us in Our Privy Council appears; but some of the said Persons are since deceased, or have become less able to attend to the duties so required of them, and it is expedient to appoint others in their place, and also to increase the number of the said Persons so to be appointed for the Purpose aforesaid, in such manner as may give more complete and permanent effect to Our royal Intentions in that behalf:

Now Know Ye, That We, considering the premises, and earnestly desiring further and more effectually to provide for he better arrangement, preservation, and more convenient use of the said Records and Papers, and reposing great trust and confidence in your fidelity, discretion, and integrity, have authorized and appointed, and by these Presents Do authorize and appoint, you the said William Wyndham Baron Grenville, George John Earl Spencer, Charles James Fox, William Windham, Charles Abbot, Sir William Grant, Henry Erskine, Henry Viscount Sidmouth, Frederick Campbell Esquire (commonly called Lord Frederick Campbell), Sylvester Baron Glenbervie, John Baron Redesdale, John Lord Bishop of Oxford, Charles Bathurst, William Wickham, and Nathaniel Bond, and any Three or more of you, (whereof the said First Commissioner of Our Treasury, one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, The Speaker of the House of Commons, The Master of the Rolls, or Our Advocate for Scotland, severally and respectively for the time being, to be one,) further to make a diligent and particular Inquiry into the several Matters which our Faithful Commons have, in the above-mentioned Report of their Proceedings, represented as fitting to be provided for by Our royal Authority:

And furthermore We do by these Presents give and grant unto you, Our said Commissioners and any Three or more of you, (whereof the said First Commissioner of Our Treasury, one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, The Speaker of the House of Commons, The Master of the Rolls, or Our Advocate for Scotland, severally and respectively for the time being, to be one,) full power and authority to cause all and singular the Officers, Clerks, and Ministers of the said Offices and Repositories respectively, to bring and produce upon Oath, before you or any Three or more of you, all and singular Rolls, Records, Books, and Papers, or other Writings belonging to the said Offices or Repositories, or any of them, or any Officers within the same, and which shall be in the custody of them or any of them respectively:

And Our further Will and Pleasure is, That ye or any Three or more of you, (whereof the said First Commissioner of Our Treasury, one of Our Principal Secretaries or State, The Speaker of the House of Commons, The Master of the Rolls, or Our Advocate for Scotland, severally and respectively for the Time being, to be one,) upon due examination of the premises, shall cause such Matters to be duly and speedily executed, as ye shall judge fitting and proper to be done for the more effectual executin of the several Matters recommended by Our Faithful Commons, in the said Report of their Proceedings relative thereto.

And, to the end that Our royal Will and Pleasure in the premises may be executed with the greater regularity and expedition, We further by these Presents will and command, and do hereby give full power and authority to you, or any Three or more of you, whereof the said First Commissioner of Our Treasury, one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, The Speaker of the House of Commons, The Master of the Rolls, or Our Advocate for Scotland, severally and respectively for the time being, to be one,) to nominate and appoint from time to time such Person of ability, care,