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<OPENER><BYLINE>By Major Generall Lambert, Commander in Chief the&s;e Northern Parts.</BYLINE></OPENER>
<P>VVHereas the Committee of the Militia of the Countie of York did formerly give directions for calling the Inhabitants of the Weapontake of <HI>Claro</HI> to labour in the &s;leighting of the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Knaresbrough,</HI> according to the &s;everall Orders of Parliament in that behalf; and being now informed that divers of the &s;aid Inhabitants do neglect to &s;end in men to a&s;&s;i&s;t in that Work, and &s;uch Labourers as are &s;ent from any Towne, do for the mo&s;t part neglect the Service, comming late, going away early, and &s;tanding idle while&s;t they &s;tay, &s;o as the Ca&s;tle is at pre&s;ent in danger to be &s;urprized if any Enemie &s;hould at|tempt it; And in regard the &s;aid Committee doth not Act as formerly, it is therefore Orde|red, that everie Pettie-Con&s;table within the &s;aid Weapontake do upon the eight day of <HI>la|nuary</HI> in&s;tant, &s;end a certain number of able Labourers with Spades, Shovels, Pick-Axes, Hacks, Mattocks or Gavelocks proportioning their numbers, according the Book of Rates, that is to &s;ay, one Labourer for every pennie charged on the Con&s;tablerie in the &s;aid Book of Rates, each Labourer to work from half hour after &s;even a Clock in the Morning, and to con|tinue untill half hour after four a Clock in the Afternoon, re&s;ting onely for one hour at Din|ner time.</P>
<P>And to the end the &s;aid Work way be effectually performed, everie Con&s;table is to levie weekly &s;o much money as will pay each Labourer his Wages after eight pence <HI>per diem,</HI> and bring the &s;ame to <HI>Knaresbrough,</HI> and there Pay it to the Hands of <HI>Iohn Roundell &amp; Robert Hill,</HI> who are therewith to pay each Labourer his Wages proportionably, according to the hours he &s;hall labour at the &s;aid Work; and deduct out of his &s;aid Wages for &s;o many hours as hee &s;hall neglect. And each Labourer, with the re&s;pective Con&s;table of the Towne that &s;ends them, are to appear (when they come to work) in the Towlebooth of <HI>Knaresbrough,</HI> where Mr. <HI>Richard Ellis</HI> is to Regi&s;ter their appearance, and al&s;o Regi&s;ter what &s;umme of Money each Con&s;table &s;hall deliver to the &s;aid <HI>Iohn Roundell</HI> or <HI>Robert Hill</HI> for paiment of their Wa|ges, and is likewi&s;e to Regi&s;ter what Wages is paid to everie &s;everall Labourer, that no abu&s;e be done to the Countrey.</P>
<P>And for &s;uch Towns as have not &s;ent their proportion of Labourers for the la&s;t fourteen dayes, according to the former Warrants, the Governour of <HI>Knaresbrough</HI> Ca&s;tle is hereby Ordered (upon notice given him by Mr. <HI>Stockdale,</HI> Mr. <HI>Rodes</HI> and Mr. <HI>Barroby</HI>) to &s;end a Par|tie of Souldiers to Quarter upon the Con&s;tablerie, untill they &s;end in money after the Rate of eight pence <HI>per diem</HI> for each Labourer, charged on them for the time &s;o neglected, and pay the &s;ame to the &s;aid <HI>Iohn Roundell</HI> and <HI>Robert Hill,</HI> and Regi&s;ter the &s;ame with the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Ellis.</HI> And the &s;aid Governour is further Ordered to do the like al&s;o in ca&s;es where any Townes &s;hall make the like defaults for the time en&s;uing. And all the &s;aid moneys &s;o to be &s;ent in and paid for former defaults, and all other moneys to be &s;ent in for Hyering of Labou|rers for the time to come from &s;uch Townes as &s;end money and no Labourers, are to be i&s;&s;ued and di&s;po&s;ed of for the Wages of Workmen, according as &s;hall be appointed by the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Stockdale,</HI> Mr. <HI>Rodes,</HI> and Mr. <HI>Barroby,</HI> to whome the Care and Charge of this Service is com|mended, and Power given them to appoint Over&s;eers for the Worke, and give Directions therein upon all occa&s;ions, as they &s;hall &s;ee expedient. <HI>Given at Towlerton under my Hand and Seale the fourth day of lanuary, Anno Dom.</HI> 1648.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>J. LAMBERT.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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