Iames by the grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. To all and singuler the lord lieutenantes, deputie lieutenants, iustices of the peace, maiors, sheriffes, bayliffes, constables, headboroughs ... greeting. Whereas our well-beloued seruant Edward Sheldon Esquier, one of our pages of honour, hath by his humble petition sued vnto us, to grant vnto him power for the ordering and appoynting of sufficient workemen for the varnishing, dressing, amending, and keeping in repaire of all the armes of the common charge within our said realme ... [electronic resource]