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<P>AN ORDINANCE OF THE Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT FOR Advancing by way of loane, the &s;umme of fourty thou&s;and pounds, for payment of Sir THOMAS FAIRFAX ARMIE.</P>
<P>October the 15. 1645. ORdered by the Commons in Parliament, That this Ordi|nance be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed. Hen. El&s;ynge Cler. Parl. D. Com.</P>
<P>Printed by <HI>T.W.</HI> for <HI>Edw. H<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="indecipherable" EXTENT="1 letter">sband,</HI> Printer to the Honou|rable Hou&s;e of Commons. 1645.</P>
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<HEAD>An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, for advancing by way of Loane, the &s;umme of Fourty thou&s;and pounds, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>13. October, 1645.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_THe Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, finding the many Battells, Sieges and other &s;ervice performed by the Army under the Command of Sir <HI>Tho|mas Fairfax,</HI> and the nece&s;&s;ary recrui|ting and &s;upplying thereof at &s;o great a di&s;tance hath occa&s;ioned a farre greater expence, then was at fir&s;t conceived, And al&s;o the great Ad|vantages, which through the ble&s;&s;ing of God, the Common-wealth hath received by the unwearied indeavours of the &s;aid Army; Doe hold it nece&s;&s;ary, that a Con&s;iderable &s;umme of Money bee forthwith ad|vanced for the &s;upply of the &s;aid Army, and defraying of the charges incident thereunto, Have Ordained, and doe hereby Ordaine by authority of Parliament, that the &s;umme of forty thou&s;and pounds &s;hall be forthwith advanced by way of Loane for the intents and purpo&s;es afore&s;aid, by, and on &s;uch per&s;ons of abilitie as &s;hall vo|luntarily, or by A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment lend the &s;ame on the Securi|ty, and Termes hereafter expre&s;&s;ed. And in regard many per&s;ons of Abilitie through di&s;affection or otherwi&s;e have been &s;low in the like Services tending to the good and pre&s;ervation of the Publique, It is therefore by the &s;aid Lords and Commons Ordained, for the more &s;pee|dy
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and orderly ray&s;ing of the &s;aid &s;umme of fourty thou|&s;and pounds. That the Committee appointed by &s;eve|rall Acts of Common Coun&s;ell for gathering of the Arrears or any &s;even or more of them &s;hall be a Com|mittee to Regi&s;ter and take the Sub&s;criptions of all per|&s;ons that &s;hall voluntarily lend and advance moneys as afore&s;aid, and to a&s;&s;e&s;&s;e &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall not according to their Abilities, voluntarily and pro|portionably advance the &s;ame. And to A&s;&s;e&s;&s;e &s;uch part of the &s;aid &s;umme (as &s;hall not bee voluntarily advan|ced) on &s;uch per&s;ons of abilitie as they &s;hall thinke fit, the &s;ame to be paid by the per&s;ons re&s;pectively, as &s;hall &s;o lend or pay the &s;ame unto Sir <HI>John WVolla&s;ton,</HI> and the re&s;t of the Trea&s;urers at Warre, appointed by the Ordi|nance of the 29 of <HI>March</HI> la&s;t, at the place of Receipts in Guild-hall <HI>London.</HI></P>
<P>And be it Ordained by authority afore&s;aid, That all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons, being a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by vertue hereof, and neglecting or refu&s;ing to pay the &s;aid &s;everall &s;ummes &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed unto the &s;aid Trea&s;urers at Warre within ten dayes after notice given, or left at his or their u&s;uall place of aboad, or at the dwelling Hou&s;e or place of aboad of any Partner or Factor of the per&s;on or per|&s;ons &s;o A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, inhabiting within, or neere the Citie of <HI>London,</HI> &s;hall be by vertue of a Warrant from the Committee of Lords and Commons appointed by the &s;aid Ordinance of Parliament of the 29 of <HI>March</HI> la&s;t pa&s;t, who (or any five of them, one thereof being a Peere upon con&s;ideration of every &s;uch a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment) are hereby authori&s;ed to approve, increa&s;e, or moderate eve|ry &s;uch a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment, and thereupon to make and give Warrants to &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall be by the Commit|tee now appointed nominated for that purpo&s;e, compel|led
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to pay the &s;ame by di&s;tre&s;&s;e of the Goods and Chat|tels of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o refu&s;ing or neglect|ing to pay the &s;ame, which goods &s;o di&s;treyned &s;hall be &s;old by &s;uch per&s;ons as the &s;aid Committee &s;hall ap|point for &s;atisfaction of the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment, and the &s;urplu&s;age, if any be, the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment and Charges &s;atisfied, be returned to the party di&s;treyned.</P>
<P>And if any per&s;on &s;hall neglect, or refu&s;e to pay the &s;um a&s;&s;e&s;sed, untill a Di&s;tre&s;se be taken for the &s;ame then, that every per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o neglecting or refu|&s;ing as afore&s;aid, &s;hall pay &s;uch rea&s;onable charge for every &s;uch di&s;tre&s;s, removall, or &s;ale of his, her, or their goods as the &s;aid Committee (of Lords and Commons, or any five of them one thereof being a Peere) appointed by the Ordinance of the 29 of <HI>March</HI> 1645. &s;hall allow to be imployed for the better execution of this Ordinance.</P>
<P>And if no &s;ufficient Di&s;tre&s;s can be had, or taken of the goods of the per&s;ons that &s;hall be A&s;&s;e&s;ed, by vertue of this pre&s;ent Ordinance, then &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be by vertue of a Warrant from the Committee of Lords and Commons as afore&s;aid who are hereby authori&s;ed to grant the &s;ame, be committed to &s;afe Cu|&s;todie, there to remaine untill &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall &s;atisfie the &s;aid &s;umme a&s;&s;e&s;sed upon them by ver|tue hereof, which money &s;o brought into the Trea&s;urers at Warre &s;hall be i&s;sued forth by Warrant from the &s;aid Committee of Lords and Commons appointed by Ordinance of the 29 of <HI>March</HI> afore&s;aid, except|ing what &s;hall be by order of the Committee appointed by this pre&s;ent Ordinance deducted for payment of per|&s;ons imployed in the execution of this Ordinance not exceeding three pence in the pound.</P>
<P><PB N="4" REF="4">And for the better incouragement and &s;ecuring of &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall advance the &s;aid &s;umme or any part thereof, The Lords and Commons doe hereby Ordaine that &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall pay or lend any mo|ney upon or by vertue of this Ordinance, and pay the &s;ame to the Trea&s;urers at warre afore&s;aid, &s;hall be re|paid the &s;everall &s;ummes which &s;hall be by them ad|vanced. out of the receipt of the Excize and new Impo&s;t, with intere&s;t after the rate of eight pound <HI>per centum, per annum</HI> for &s;o long time as they &s;hall forbeare the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Excize and new Impo&s;t for the time being, are hereby authorized and required to pay unto the &s;everall Lenders, their Executors and a&s;|&s;ignes, at the end of &s;ixe months, the intere&s;t for &s;o much money as &s;hall be advanced by vertue hereof, and the principall and remainder of the intere&s;t thereof after the rate afore&s;aid, in due cour&s;e, order and ranke as the &s;ame &s;tands charged upon the &s;aid Exci&s;e and impo&s;t, unto the per&s;ons that doe advance the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And the rcceipt of the &s;aid Trea&s;urers at Warre or any two of them, one being an Alderman, the other a Commoner, &s;hal intere&s;t and intitle every per&s;on or per|&s;ons to whom it &s;hall be given, his or their Executors, Admini&s;trators or a&s;&s;ignes, into the &s;ecurity and benefit of this pre&s;ent Ordinance with intere&s;t afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And it is further Ordained that no Ordinance nor a&s;|&s;ignement, not pa&s;t in the &s;aid receipt of the Exci&s;e be|fore an Ordinance of the &s;econd of <HI>September</HI> la&s;t, for the payment of fifty thou&s;and pounds in cour&s;e, for the &s;ervice of the Army under the Command of Sir <HI>Tho|mas Fairfax,</HI> &s;hall preceede this Ordinance; But that it &s;hall be paid in its cour&s;e from that time accordingly
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and the aforementioned receipts of the Trea&s;urers at warre, together with the acquittance of the per&s;ons ad|vancing the &s;ame, &s;hall be a &s;ufficient warrant and di&s;|charge to the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e and every of them, for payment of the &s;aid &s;ummes to the &s;everall per|&s;ons as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And it is further Ordained that all Majors, Sheriffs, Con&s;tables and Headboroughs and all Officers of the Trayned Bands and Auxiliaries within the &s;aid limits, &s;hall be ayding to the &s;aid re&s;pective Committees, and &s;uch as they &s;hall imploy in the execution of this pre|&s;ent Ordinance.</P>
<P>And the &s;aid re&s;pective Committees &s;hall have pow|er to impo&s;e upon &s;uch Officers or per&s;ons &s;o neglecting their duties therein, &s;uch fine or fines as to them &s;hall &s;eeme meet, not exceeding forty &s;hillings for any one of|fence, and to cau&s;e the &s;ame to be leavied by di&s;tre&s;&s;e and &s;ale of the goods as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And it is further Ordained that all per&s;ons acting in pur&s;uance of this Ordinance &s;hall be &s;aved harmeles by authority of Parliament.</P>
<P>And that no priviledged places &s;hall be exempted from the &s;aid a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment.</P>
<P>Provided that &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall make it appeare to the &s;aid Committee of Arreares by their Prote&s;tation or Oath that he or they are not worth one thou&s;and pounds, &s;hall not be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by this Ordinance.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes that this Ordinance or any clau&s;e therein conteyned &s;hall not extend to any of the Peers of this Realm, or to the Members of the Hou&s;e of Com|mons, or a&s;&s;i&s;tant, attendant or Officer of the Hou&s;e of Peers, or Officer of the Hou&s;e of Commons.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H. El&s;ynge, Cler.Parl.Dom.Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis 2. September, 1645,</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_IT is this day Ordained by the lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Par|liament; that fifty thou&s;and pounds &s;hall bee paid in cour&s;e for the &s;er|vice of the Army under the Com|mand of Sir <HI>Thomas Fairefax,</HI> out of the receipts of the <HI>Exci&s;e,</HI> by Ordinance of the eleventh of <HI>Sep|tember,</HI> 1643, unto the Trea&s;urers at Warre; and the receipt of any foure of them together with this Ordinance &s;hall bee a &s;ufficient di&s;|charge unto the Commi&s;&s;ioners of <HI>Excize</HI> and every of them, for payment of the &s;aid fifty thou&s;and pounds, and Intere&s;t for the &s;ame after the rate of eight pounds <HI>Per Cent.</HI> for &s;o long time as the &s;ame &s;hall be unpaid, before it become due as afore&s;aid.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H. El&s;ynge, Cler.Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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