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Royal Proclamation for December 16 fasting observance
Royal Proclamation issued by the Privy Council calls for a general fast across England Wales and Berwick upon Tweed on Friday December 16. Archbishops and bishops are ordered to prepare a suitable prayer form and distribute it through all churches and chapels to ensure orderly and timely observance. Violators face punishment. Given at St James's November 15, 1720 in the seventh year of the reign.
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