conveyed within five years thereafter (acts 1483–1484 and 1488–1489). These proclamations were originally made sixteen times: four times in the term in which the fine was levied, and four times in each of the three succeeding terms. Afterwards the number of proclamations was reduced to one in each of the four terms. The proclamations were endorsed on the back of the record. The system was abolished by the Fines and Recoveries Act 1833. On certain rare occasions, the heralds of the College of Arms and the Lyon Court (or somebody else assigned to) still publicly read out certain proclamations such as the proclamation regarding the dissolution of parliament or proclamations regarding the monarch's coronation, where they are read at the steps of the Royal Exchange in London and at the Mercat Cross in Edinburgh. See also Proclamation of accession of Elizabeth II Proclamation of accession of Charles III Proclamation of the People's Republic of China Proclamation Day Proclamation For the Encouragement of Piety and Virtue Proclamation of the Irish Republic Ukase Edict Decree Presidential proclamation Letters patent Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Proclamation of Indonesian Independence Royal Proclamation of 2003 References External links Introduction, Proclamations of Accession of English and British Sovereigns (1547–1952), Heraldica, 2007 (accessed 2 November 2013) Legal terminology