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<DIV1 TYPE="Parliamentary declaration">
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<HEAD>A Declaration of the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, concer|ning diver&s;e well affected per&s;ons and Citizens of the City of London, who are willing and ready to undertake and advance a con&s;iderable number of Souldiers, and them to Arme, maintaine, and pay for &s;everall months en&s;uing, or du|ring the&s;e times of danger, upon the publike Faith.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Lunae.</HI> 14. <HI>Novemb.</HI> 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas divers well-affected Per&s;ons, Citizens of the City of <HI>London,</HI> and others, have advanced &s;everall great &s;ummes of money, and other &s;upplies for the &s;afety of the King, Parliament, and Kingdome, and al&s;o have &s;et forth many Souldiers under the &s;everall Commands of their Excellen|cies the Earles of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> and <HI>Warwicke:</HI> Notwith&s;tanding all which &s;aid former Advances, and for the better &s;upply of the &s;aid Forces, as al&s;o for the more &s;ure pre&s;ervation and &s;afety of the King, Parliament, and City, which &s;o much concernes the Publique. And no way to hinder or backward the &s;aid former undertakings or intentions; divers of the &s;aid well-affected Per&s;ons, are and do declare them&s;elves yet willing and ready, further to undertake and advance a con&s;iderable number of Souldiers, and them to Arme, maintaine and pay for &s;everall moneths en&s;uing, or during the&s;e times of dangers and Di&s;tractions, for the purpo&s;es afore&s;aid. Provided they may have the Publique Faith of the Kingdome for repayment of all &s;uch &s;ummes of money, which they &s;hall &s;o advance by way of Loane. All which is Declared by the Lords and Commons in Parliament, to be an acceptable Service to the King, Parliament, and Kingdome, and nece&s;&s;a|rily tending to the pre&s;ervation of them. And doe therefore Order that all &s;uch as &s;hall fur|ni&s;h Men, Money, Hor&s;e or Armes for this Service, &s;hall have the &s;ame fully Repayed againe, with intere&s;t for the forbearance thereof from the times disbur&s;ed: And for the true pay|ment thereof, doe hereby engage to all and every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons the Publique Faith of the Kingdome. And doe further Order, that the Lord Major, and Sheriffes of <HI>London</HI> for the time being, &s;hall by them&s;elves, and &s;uch Sub-Committee as they &s;hall appoint to take the &s;aid Sub&s;criptions, who are to order the performance of this Service for the advance|ment thereof.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>John Brown, Cler. Parliament.</SIGNED>
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<P>_ACcording to an ordinance of Parliament bearing date the fourteenth day of this pre&s;ent Moneth of <HI>November</HI> 1642 concerning the advancing of a con|&s;iderable number of Souldiers, by contribution of Money; and Armes, to be rai&s;ed within this City, and liberties by the &s;ub&s;criptions of per&s;ons to be called upon in the &s;everall Wards and Pari&s;hes, for the perfecting of this nece&s;&s;ary worke, and the furtherance of the &s;ame, being directed by the &s;aid ordinance unto us the Major and Sheriffs of this City, and to &s;uch &s;ubcommittee, as by us &s;hall be thought fit, for the execution of the contents of the &s;aid ordi|nance, we doe therefore hereby ordaine and appoint the &s;everall per&s;ons here under men|tioned that is to &s;ay <HI>(Robert Sweet</HI> for <HI>La<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">gborne</HI> Ward. <HI>John Bellamie</HI> for <HI>Cornehill</HI> Ward. <HI>Hugh Smith&s;on</HI> for <HI>Cheap</HI> Ward. <HI>Richard Willet</HI> for <HI>Cordwinders</HI> Ward. <HI>Wylliam Walwin</HI> for <HI>Vin|trey</HI> Ward. <HI>Haugan Hovell</HI> for <HI>Broad&s;treete</HI> Ward. <HI>Chri&s;topher Nichol&s;on</HI> for <HI>Ca&s;tle-Bennets</HI> Ward. <HI>Miguel Styles</HI> for <HI>Candleweak</HI> Ward. <HI>John Hilliard</HI> for <HI>Dowgate</HI> Ward. <HI>Rich. Cotes</HI> for <HI>Alder&s;gate</HI> without. and <HI>John Leigh</HI> for <HI>Alder&s;gate</HI> within. <HI>Walter Boothby</HI> for <HI>Cripplegate</HI> Ward. <HI>Nicholas Gerrard</HI> for <HI>Bread&s;treete</HI> Ward. <HI>Will.</HI> and <HI>Matthew Fox</HI> for <HI>Farington</HI> without. <HI>Tho. Lentall</HI> for <HI>Billing&s;gate</HI> Ward. <HI>Tho. Hutchins</HI> for <HI>B<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;hop&s;gate</HI> Ward. <HI>Richard Finch</HI> for <HI>Queene-hithe</HI> Ward. <HI>Robert Meade</HI> for <HI>Walbrooke</HI> Ward. <HI>Will. Farrington</HI> for <HI>Port-Sokin</HI> Ward without. <HI>Marke Hil&s;ley</HI> for <HI>Coleman&s;treete</HI> Ward. <HI>John Dethick,</HI> for <HI>Lime&s;tr.</HI> Ward. <HI>John Kenricke</HI> for <HI>Tower</HI> Ward. <HI>Tho. Foote,</HI> for <HI>Bridge</HI> Ward. <HI>Francis Greeneway</HI> for <HI>Ba&s;inghall</HI> Ward. <HI>Edward Vaughan</HI> for <HI>Farring|ton</HI> within. <HI>Solomon Vandebrooke</HI> for the <HI>Dukes place,)</HI> and to any other Committes, that have not yet brought in their names unto you to be a generall Committee for the mannaging of this bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, and for the &s;ame to a&s;&s;emble them&s;elves together from time to time, keeping their Court at <HI>Weavers Hall,</HI> or where-el&s;e your &s;elves &s;hall finde mo&s;t convenient, to con&s;ider and conclude of tho&s;e things which may promote the expedition of this &s;ervice, to which purpo&s;e we give you by the&s;e pre&s;ents full power and authority together with the other trea&s;urers of &s;everall pari&s;hes to collect and receive all &s;uch &s;ub&s;criptions as &s;hall be advanced for money and armes as afore&s;aid, and that by monethly payments to begin from the fir&s;t day of this pre&s;ent Moneth, and to deale with the Deputies, Common-councell men, Church-wardens and all others of the &s;everall Wards and Pari&s;hes within and about this City of <HI>London,</HI> and particularly with tho&s;e who have not yet promoted the &s;ub&s;criptions in their Wards or Pa|ri&s;hes, nor have hitherto cho&s;en any Trea&s;urers nor Committes for the furtherance of this worke; to call before you all &s;uch per&s;ons, and to pre&s;&s;e them thereunto, by vertue of the or|dinance of Parliament, and of this our authority given unto you in this behalfe, for the execu|tion whereof, it will be convenient that the greate&s;t number of you &s;hould be pre&s;ent at your Courts, however when there &s;hall be a defect of the greater number, then what&s;oever &s;ix per|&s;ons of you at the lea&s;t &s;hall debate and re&s;olve upon, &s;hall pa&s;&s;e for good, and be entred for an order, and for your ea&s;e and more free attendance upon the Committee Court. We give you power in your &s;euerall Pari&s;hes to chu&s;e and appoint &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as you think meet together in the &s;ub&s;criptions, and to bring in the &s;ame to you that are Trea&s;urers, as well as Committees.</P>
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<ITEM>I&s;acke Pennington, Major.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Shreiffes.</HEAD>
<ITEM>John Langham,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Thomas Andrews,</ITEM>
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