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