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 Middlesex, 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 in our said Parliament, whereas judgment hath been given Earl Ferrers, Viscount Tamworth, shall 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:  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.

Source: 4 Blackstone, Commentaries, Appendix