the same court of the said Lord the late King, before the King himself, considered, that the liberties, privileges, and franchises in the said last-mentioned information above specified, should be seized into the hands of the said Lord the late King. until the said court there further ordered; as by the record and proceedings thereof, remaining in the court of our said Lord the now King, before the King himself, at Westminster aforesaid, appears. And the said Coroner and Attorney of our said Lord the now King, for our said Lord the now King, further saith, that after the said judgment, and after the making of the said letters patent, in the said plea of the said Thomas mentioned, (to wit,) on the 19th day of October, which was in the year of our Lord 1688, his late Majesty King James the Second, by a certain order in council bearing date the same nineteenth day of October, which was in the said year of our Lord 1688, being graciously resolved, that the city of Chester, and the Mayor and Citizens thereof, should be restored to their ancient charters, rights, and franchises, notwithstanding the judgment and proceedings against them in an information in the nature of a quo warranto in the Court of King's Bench, in the reign of the late King Charles the Second, of blessed memory: his said Majesty King James the Second was, by the said order last-mentioned, made in council, graciously pleased to order according to the power to him reserved in the late charters, patents, and grants; and it was thereby ordered accordingly, that all Mayors, Sheriffs, Recorders, Aldermen, Clerks of the Pentice, Town-Clerks, Common-Councilmen, and all other officers and members of the said city of Chester, constituted, named, appointed, or elected by virtue of any charter, patent, or grant since the year 1679, from the King, or his then Majesty, and all and every person and persons having or claiming any office or place by the same, be removed, displaced, and discharged, and they and every of them were thereby removed, displaced, and discharged accordingly; and it was further ordered by his said late Majesty King James the Second, by the said order in council, that Mr. Attorney, or Mr. Solicitor-General, should prepare a bill, instrument or instruments for his Majesty's royal signature, for granting, confirming, [355] and restoring of the said city of Chester, and the Mayor and Citizens thereof, to their ancient charters, rights, franchises, offices, and places had or used by them before the said judgment given, and proceedings against them, and to pardon, discharge, vacate, annul, and reverse the said judgment and proceedings. And the said Coroner and Attorney of our said Lord the now King, for the said Lord the now King, further saith, that afterwards, (to wit,) on the 26th day of October, which was in the said year of our Lord 1688, the said late sovereign Lord King James the Second, late King of England, etc. by his letters patent under the great seal of England, bearing date at Westminster, the 26th day of October, which was in the said year of our Lord 1688, in the 4th year of his reign, in consideration of the good services which the said Mayor and Citizens of the said city of Chester had done to him, and also for the good government of the said city, did pardon, remise, and release, and by those presents did for himself, his heirs and successors, amongst other things, pardon, remise, and release to the Mayor and Citizens of the said city of Chester, the judgment given against the said Mayor and Citizens of the said city of Chester, or against the aforesaid Citizens, by the name of the Mayor and Citizens of the said city of Chester, or by any other name or names, in the term of St. Hilary, in the 35th and 36th years of the reign of his most dearly beloved brother Charles the Second, late King of England, upon an information of quo warranto, in the nature of a quo warranto thentofore exhibited by Sir Robert Sawyer, Knt. Attorney-General of his said brother in the court of his said brother (then late King) before the King himself at Westminster, in the county of Middlesex, against the Mayor and Citizens of the city of Chester; and also all seizures and process thereupon had, and all and singular forfeitures, pains, and penalties forfeited, had, or incurred by the said Citizens, or by the Mayor and Citizens of the said city of Chester, by reason of the said judgment; and also all and singular claims and demands of him the said late King James the Second, his heirs and successors, to any liberties, privileges, or franchises lawfully had or enjoyed by the said Citizens, or by the Mayor and Citizens of the said city of Chester, before the time of the rendering of the said judgment. And the said late King James the Second did also, by his said letters patent, for himself, his heirs and successors, wholly remise, release, and quit claim, to the said Mayor and Citizens