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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Veneris, 28. Maii 1647</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>AN ORDINANCE For releife of Maymed Souldiers and Marriners, and the VViddows and Orphants of &s;uch as have died in the &s;ervice of the Parliament during the&s;e late VVarres,</HEAD>
<P>_FOr the reliefe and maintenance of &s;uch Souldiers as have bin maimed, and di&s;abled in the &s;ervice of the Parliament during the&s;e late warres, that is to &s;ay, &s;ince the warres began; and for the reliefe of the Widowes and Orphants of &s;uch as have been &s;laine or dead in the &s;aid &s;ervice, Be it ordained by the Lords and Com|mons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, that from and after the fea&s;t of <HI>Ea|&s;ter</HI> la&s;t pa&s;t before the date hereof, every Pari&s;h within this Realme of <HI>England</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales</HI> &s;hall be charged weekly to the payment of &s;uch &s;umme of money as formerly they have been rated at by vertue of a Statute of the 43^d yeare of Queen <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> Cap. <HI>tertio,</HI> concerning the reliefe of Souldiers and Marriners, for and to &s;uch end and purpo&s;e; And likewi&s;e &s;uch further &s;umme of money over and be&s;ides the &s;ame, as by the Ju&s;tices of the Peace in their next Quarter Se&s;&s;ions after the pa&s;&s;ing this Ordinance, or the major part of them &s;hall be adjudged meete to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed upon every Pari&s;h or Chappelry that hath di&s;tinct parochiall Officers; &s;o as the &s;aid additionall &s;umme exceedeth not the &s;umme of two &s;hillings and &s;ix pence, nor be under the &s;umme of three pence each weeke, for each &s;uch Pari&s;h or Chappelry, the &s;ame to be leavied in manner and forme by &s;uch per&s;ons, and under &s;uch penalties, as by the &s;aid Statute of Queen <HI>Elizabeth</HI> is declared; And to be payd to the Trea&s;urers for the maimed Souldiers appointed by the Ju&s;tices of the peace of the County or Liberty by vertue of this Ordinance, and the Statute of Queen <HI>Elizabeth</HI> afore&s;aid; which &s;aid Trea&s;uters &s;hall be ordered in &s;uch manner, and under &s;uch penalties as by the &s;aid Statute is further declared. And be it ordained that every Souldier or Marriner, maimed or di&s;abled in body for worke, in the &s;ervice of the Parliament during the&s;e late warres, &s;hall forthwith repaire to the place where he was la&s;t &s;et|led when he tooke up Armes, with a Certificate of his &s;ervice, and hurt received, under the hand of his Captaine or other Commi&s;&s;ionary Officer, and &s;hall al&s;o repaire unto the two next Ju&s;tices of the peace for the County where &s;uch his &s;etling was; And the &s;aid two Ju&s;tices upon examination of the truth of &s;uch Certificate (which the &s;aid two Ju&s;tices are hereby enabled to take upon oath of the patty, and of &s;uch witne&s;&s;es as he &s;hall produce) &s;hall by warrant unto the Trea&s;urer a&s;&s;igne him reliefe untill the next Quarter-&s;e&s;&s;ions to be holden for that Coun|ty or Liberty, At which time a yearly Pen&s;ion &s;hall be by the &s;aid Ju&s;tices or major part of them granted in man|ner and forme, and with power of revocation or alteration, as by the &s;aid Statute is further declared and directed; And in ca&s;e that the Captaine or Officer appointed to make &s;uch Certificate be dead, the &s;aid two Ju&s;tices &s;hall have power upon reque&s;t of them made in behalfe of the party maymed by per&s;ons of credit to give &s;uch reliefe as in ca&s;e of examination afore&s;aid. And as touching Widowes and Orphans of &s;uch as have died, or have been &s;lain in the &s;ervice of the Parliament; It is hereby ordained, that over and be&s;ides &s;uch reliefe as they &s;hall gaine by their worke and labour, and &s;hall be allowed them by the charity and benevolence of the Pari&s;h, Towne, or Ham|let where they are &s;etled (who are hereby required to have them in &s;peciall regard) the Trea&s;urers of the maimed Souldiers for &s;uch County &s;hall allow &s;uch further reliefe from time to time as &s;hall be judged meete by the two next Ju&s;tices of the peace of &s;uch County; The &s;aid reliefe &s;hall be paid out of the &s;urplu&s;age of &s;uch &s;tock of maintenance as &s;hall remaine in the hands of the &s;aid Trea&s;urers after &s;uch Pen&s;ions granted, and payment of them made, and of which &s;urplu&s;age and allowance made unto &s;uch Widowes and Orphants, the &s;aid Trea&s;urers &s;hall give account from time to time, and the &s;ame di&s;tribute in &s;uch manner as by the Ju&s;tices &s;hall be directed, and according to the Statute afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Be it further Ordained, that the Ju&s;tices of the Peace in every County or Liberty, or any two of them, &s;hall forthwith call all &s;uch Trea&s;urers, High-Con&s;tables, Petty-Con&s;tables, or other per&s;ons (who have formerly been intru&s;ted with the receipt, collecting, or di&s;po&s;ing of any &s;umme of money charged upon any Pari&s;h by vertue of the Statute afore&s;aid, and whereof no account hath been given; and likewi&s;e the Executors and Admini&s;trators of &s;uch per&s;ons) unto account concerning &s;uch leavies, and collections made, and &s;uch money as they &s;hall find re|maining in the cu&s;tody of &s;uch per&s;ons, to order forthwith to be paid unto the Trea&s;urer appointed by vertue of the &s;aid Statute, or to be appointed by vertue of this Ordinance, at the next quarter Se&s;&s;ions to be holden for the County or Liberty, under &s;uch penalties as by the &s;aid Statute is &s;et forth; which &s;aid Trea&s;urer to be appointed by vertue of this Ordinance &s;hall continue by vertue hereof untill the Ea&s;ter Se&s;&s;ions following.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen. El&s;ynge Cler. Parl. Dom. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>LONDON, Printed for <HI>Edward Husband,</HI> Printer to the Honourable Hou&s;e of Commons, 1647.</P>
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