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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Martis.</HI> 23 <HI>May</HI> 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">For &s;etling of the Militia in the County of <HI>Hereford.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_BE it Ordained by the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, that the&s;e per&s;ons fol+lowing, <HI>viz. Walter</HI> Lord Vi&s;count Hereford, <HI>Leice&s;ter Devereux</HI> E&s;quire, Sir <HI>Edward Pow+ell</HI> Baronet, Sir <HI>Robert Harley</HI> Knight of the Bath, Sir <HI>Robert Pye</HI> Senior Knight, <HI>Franc<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="2 letters"> Kirle</HI> E&s;quire, High Sheriffe of the County of Hereford, <HI>Edward Harley, Thomas Baskervile Edward Pitt</HI> E&s;quires, <HI>Walter Kirle, VVilliam Littleton, Robert Kyrle Robert Harley, John Scu+damore</HI> of Ken Church, <HI>Samuel Mare, Bennet Hoskins, John Birch, VVilliam Crowther, Ambro&s;e Elton</HI> Junior <HI>John Pute&s;hall, Francis Pember, John Flacket,</HI> Junior, <HI>Thomas Rawlins</HI> E&s;quires; Major <HI>Thomas Bla+ney,</HI> Captaine <HI>Priamus Davies,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Eaton</HI> Gentleman; Shall bee Commi&s;&s;ioners for the <HI>Mi+litia,</HI> in the County of Hereford, for the better &s;ecuring and &s;afety of the Parliament and the &s;ai<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> County; And &s;hall have power and Authority, and are hereby Authorized by them&s;elves, o<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> any five or more of them to put the &s;aid County into a po&s;ture of defence, and to rai&s;e Forces Hor&s;e and Foot, and them to Li&s;t, Arme, and exerci&s;e; and to forme them into Regiments, Troops and Companies, and them to Mu&s;ter, Array and weapon from time to time in places fit for that pur+po&s;e: And to appoint over them Colonels, Captaines, and other Officers from time to time by Com+mi&s;&s;ions under the hands and &s;eales of the &s;aid Commis&s;ioners, or any &s;even of them, as often as there &s;hal<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> be occa&s;ion in that behalfe: And &s;hall have power, and are hereby authorized by them&s;elves, or thei<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;aid Commanders and Officers to lead, conduct and imploy the &s;aid per&s;ons arrayed, and weaponed fo<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> the &s;uppres&s;ion of all Rebellions and In&s;urrections that &s;hall or may happen within the County afore&s;aid According as the &s;aid Commis&s;ioners, or any five of them &s;hall from time to time give directions, or &s;hal<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> be otherwi&s;e directed from time to time by the Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, or th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> Committee &s;itting at Derby hou&s;e: Any former Order, Declaration, or other matter to the contrary hereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding. And for all and every their doings herein, the &s;aid Commis&s;ioners and all and every the &s;aid Per&s;on and Per&s;ons &s;hall be &s;aved harmle&s;&s;e and indempnified by the Authorit<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Parliament. Provided that this Ordinance and every thing therein conteyned &s;hall continue fo<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> the &s;pace of &s;ixe Moneths, and no longer.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis. <HI>23</HI> May <HI>1648.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Lords A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this Ordinance be forthwith Prin+ted and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>John Wright</HI> at the Kings Head in the old Bayley. 1648.</P>
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