C 821485-1714Chancery: Warrants for the Great Seal, Series II
Various instruments which constituted the authority for the issue of royal acts under the great seal, the order coming either directly from the monarch or through a minister.
The majority are privy seal warrants, followed by signed bills, which were immediate warrants from the monarch under signature or stamp; they include some royal proclamations. Also present are warrants by senior officials like the treasurer, the masters of wards and of liveries, general surveyors and commissioners.