Appendix C(22) 1792 Report of Commissioners of Inquiry]

APPENDIX (C.) N° 22

THE OATH ADMINISTERED TO THE CLERK OF THE ROLLS SINCE THE REVESTMENT.

I JOHN QUAYLE do swear, that I will duly and truly execute the office of his Majesty's Clerk of the Rolls within this Isle, according to the trust in me reposed.

I will, from time to time, be aiding and assisting with my best advice and counsel to the Governor-in-Chief and Captain-General, so often as is needful, or I shall be called upon by him, for the furtherance of the government and the benefit and preservation of this Isle. I will generally, to my knowledge, do and execute all and every other matters and things belonging to the due execution of the said office, and not hereinbefore expressed in general words, to and for the best use of his Majesty, our Sovereign Lord the King, and his subjects within the said Isle, without favour or oppression. So help me God.

Examined by
JOHN QUAYLE, C.R.


 

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