§. 5. Writ of Execution upon a judgment of Murder, before the King in Parliament.
GEORGE the ſecond by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, and ſo forth; to the ſheriffs of London and ſheriff of Middlefex, greeting. Whereas Lawrence earl Ferrers, viſcount Tamworth, hath been indicted of felony and murder by him done and committed, which ſaid indictment hath been certified before us in our preſent parliament; and the ſaid Lawrence earl Ferrers, viſcount Tamworth, hath been thereupon arraigned, and upon ſuch arraignment hath pleaded not guilty, and the ſaid Lawrence earl Ferrers, viſcount Tamworth, hath before us in our ſaid parliament been tried, and in due form of law convicted thereof; and whereas judgment hath been given in our ſaid parliament, that the ſaid Lawrence earl Ferrers, viſcount Tamworth, mail be hanged by the neck till he is dead, and that his body be diſſected and anatomized, the execution of which judgment yet remaineth to be done: {{blackletter|We} require, and by theſe preſents ſtrictly command you, that upon Monday the fifth day of May inſtant, between the hours of nine in the morning and one in the afternoon of the ſame day, him the ſaid Lawrence earl Ferrers, viſcount Tamworth, without the gate of our tower of London (to you then and there to be delivered, as by another writ to the lieutenant of our tower of London or to his deputy directed, we have commanded) into your cuſtody you then and there receive: and him, in your cuſtody ſo being, you forthwith convey to the accuſtomed place of execution at Tyburn: and that you do cauſe execution to be done upon the ſaid Lawrence earl Ferrers, viſcount Tamworth, in your cuſtody ſo being, in all things according to the ſaid judgment. And this you are by no means to omit, at your peril.Witneſs ourſelf at Weſtminſter the ſecond day of May, in the thirty-third year of our reign.
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