Vow of Freedom

'This hear you, my Lord Mayor, and good Men; That I from henceforth shall be true and trusty to our Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth II, and to this City of York; and the same City shall save and maintain to our said Sovereign Lady The Queen and her Successors; and all the Franchises and Freedoms of the same City maintain and uphold with the best of my Power and Cunning, and with my Body and Goods so often as it shall need my Help. - So Help Me God.'

'You shall be obedient to the Lord Mayor and Sheriff of this City, that are, or shall be for the time being, and justified after the Laws, Customs, and Orders of the same City: the Goods of any Stranger, or Men unfranchised, you shall not avow for your own, by which the Lord Mayor or Sheriff may lose their Tolls or Customs, or any other Duties that belong to them: the Councils and Privities of the same City you shall well and truly keep: and all these Points and Articles before rehearsed shall hold anenst you; and for nothing let, but you shall so do. - So Help You God.'