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<P>AN ORDINANCE AND DECLARATION Of the LORDS and Commons A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT.</P>
<P>For the a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing of all &s;uch as have not contributed upon the propo&s;itions of both Hou&s;es of Parli|ament, for rai&s;ing of Money, Plate, Hor&s;e, Hor&s;e|men, and Armes, for defence of the King, Kingdome, and Parliament, or have not con|tributed proportionably according to their E&s;tates.</P>
<P>With an Explanation of the former Ordinance, de|claring, That if any Per&s;on &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, &s;hall within 6 or 12 dayes (after notice thereof) pay in the Money to the Trea|&s;urers in Guild-Hall, they &s;hall give acquittances for the &s;ame, as u&s;uall, to be repaied upon the publique Faith. But if they refu&s;e to pay, the collectors &s;hall have power to di&s;treine their goods, impri&s;on their per&s;ons, and the families of &s;uch di&s;-affected Per&s;ons &s;hall no longer remaine within, the City of London.</P>
<P>Likewi&s;e an Ordinance of both Hou&s;es of Parliament, for the better provi&s;ion of Victuals, and other nece&s;&s;aries for the Army, and for payment and &s;atisfaction to be made for the &s;ame.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis, 29 Novemb. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament that the&s;e Ordinances bee forthwith Printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Iohn Browne, Cler. Parl.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>Decemb, 1. <HI>Printed for</HI> I. Wright <HI>in the Old-Bailey.</HI> 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>An Ordinance and Declaration Of the Lords and Commons in Parliament.</HEAD>
<P>WHereas the King &s;educed by wicked Coun&s;ell hath ray&s;ed an Army, and levyed War again&s;t the Parliament, and great number of Forces are daily rai&s;ed under the commands of Papi&s;ts and other ill-affected per&s;ons, by Commi&s;&s;ions from his Maje&s;ty; And whereas divers Delinquents are protected from publike Ju&s;tice by his Maje&s;ties. Army, and &s;undry outrages and rapines are daily committed by the Souldiers of the &s;aid Army, who have no re&s;pect to the Lawes of God or the Land, but burne and plunder the Hou|&s;es, and &s;eize and de&s;troy the per&s;ons and goods of divers His Maje|&s;ties good Subjects; And whereas for the maintenance of the &s;aid Ar|my divers a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ements are made upon &s;everall Counties, an<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter"> His Ma|je&s;ties Subjects are compelled by the &s;ouldiers to pay the &s;ame; which &s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d army if it &s;hould continue, wou<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">d &s;oone ruine and w<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;te the whole Kingdome, and overthrow Religion, Law, and Libertie. For &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of which &s;aid army and ill-affected per&s;ons there is no probable way under God, but by the armv ray&s;ed by au<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">hority of the Parliament; which &s;aid army &s;o ray&s;ed cannot be maintained without great &s;ummes of Money, yet for ray&s;ing &s;uch &s;ummes by rea&s;on of his Maje&s;ties withdrawing him&s;elfe from the advice of the Parliament, there can be no Act of Parliament pa&s;&s;ed with his Ma|je&s;ties a&s;&s;ent, albeit there is great Ju&s;tice that the &s;aid Monies &s;hould be ray&s;ed: The Lords and Commons in Parliament, having taken the &s;ame into their &s;erious con&s;ideration, and knowing that the &s;aid army &s;o ray&s;ed by them, hath beene hitherto for the mo&s;t par<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> main|tained by the voluntary contribution of divers well affected per|&s;ons, who have freely contributed according to their abilities.</P>
<P>But con&s;idering there are divers others within the Cities of <HI>Lon|don</HI> and <HI>Westmin&s;ter,</HI> and the Suburbes of the &s;ame, and al&s;o within the Borough of <HI>Southwarke,</HI> that have not contributed at all towards the maintenance of the &s;aid army, or if they have, yet not <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n&s;werable to their E&s;tates, who notwith&s;tanding receive benefit and protection
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by the &s;ame army as well as any others, and therefore its mo&s;t ju&s;t that they &s;hould as well as others be charged to contribute to the maintenance thereof.</P>
<P>Be it therefore Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parlia|ment a&s;&s;embled, and by authority thereof; That <HI>I&s;aac Pennington</HI> Lord Maior of the City of <HI>London,</HI> Sir <HI>John Wolla&s;ton</HI> Knight and Alderman, Alderman <HI>Towes,</HI> Alderman <HI>Warner,</HI> Alderman <HI>Andrewes,</HI> Alderman <HI>Chambers,</HI> Alderman <HI>Fowkes,</HI> Sir <HI>Thomas Soham</HI> Knight and Alderman, <HI>Samuel Va&s;&s;ell, John Venn, Morris Thomp&s;on,</HI> and <HI>Ri|chard VVarrin,</HI> Citizens, or any foure of them, &s;hall hereby have pow|er and authority to nominate, and appoynt in every Ward within the City of <HI>London,</HI> &s;ix &s;uch per&s;ons as they, or any foure of them, &s;hall thinke fit, which &s;aid &s;ix, &s;o nominated, or any foure of them, &s;hall hereby have power to enquire of any that &s;hall remaine, or be within the &s;aid &s;everall Wards that have not contributed upon the Propo&s;itions of both Hou&s;es of Parliament, concerning the ray&s;ing of Money, Plate, Hor&s;e, Hor&s;emen, and armes, for defence of the King and both Hou&s;es of Parliament, and al&s;o of &s;uch as are able men, that have contributed, yet not according to their E&s;tates &amp; abilities. And the &s;aid &s;ix per&s;ons &s;o nominated or any four of them within their &s;everall and re&s;pective wards and limits, &s;hall have pow|er to a&s;&s;e&s;&s;e &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, as are of ability and have not contributed, and al&s;o &s;uch as have contributed, yet not according to their ability, to pay &s;uch &s;um or &s;ums of Money according to their E&s;tates, as the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors or any foure of them &s;hall think fit and re<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;onable, &s;o as the &s;ame exceed not the twentieth part of their E|&s;tates, and to nominate and appoint fit per&s;ons for the collection thereof. And if any per&s;on &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed &s;hall refu&s;e to pay the money a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed upon him, it &s;hall be lawfull to and for the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors and Collectors, or any of them to leavy the &s;aid &s;um &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by way of di&s;tre&s;&s;e and &s;ale of the goods of the per&s;on &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and refu&s;ing; And if any per&s;on &s;o di&s;trained &s;hall make re&s;i&s;tance, It &s;hall be law|full to and for the re&s;pective A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors and Collectors or any of them, to call to their a&s;&s;i&s;tance any the Trained bands of the &s;aid City of <HI>London</HI> or any other his Maje&s;ties Subjects, who are hereby required to be ayding &amp; a&s;&s;i&s;ting to the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors and Collectors in the pre|mi&s;es; And it is hereby further ordained, that the re&s;pective Burge&s;&s;es
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of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> and <HI>Southwark,</HI> together with the &s;everall Committees appointed for the &s;ub&s;criptions of Money, Plate, Hor&s;e, Hor&s;e-men and armes within the &s;aid City and Borough &s;hall re&s;pectively have power hereby to nominate Se&s;&s;ors for the &s;ame City and Borough, in &s;uch manner as the Lord Major, &amp;c. hath for the City of <HI>London,</HI> and the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors or any foure of them to name collectors as a|fore&s;aid; Which &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors and Collectors &s;hall have the &s;ame power re&s;pectively within their re&s;pective limits, as tho&s;e to be no|minated within the &s;aid City of <HI>London</HI> have hereby limit<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">ed to them. And for the Suburbs of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI>the re&s;pective Knights of the Shires where the &s;aid Suburbs are &s;hall have hereby the like power to name A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors, and they &s;o named, or any foure of them, and the Collectors by them to be nominated, or any of them within their re&s;pective limits, &s;hall have the like power re&s;pectively as the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors and Collectors for <HI>London</HI> have by vertue of this Ordinance. And be it ordained that the &s;ums &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and levied as afore&s;aid &s;hall be paid in at Guild-Hall <HI>London,</HI> to the hands of Sir <HI>Iohn Wolla|&s;tone,</HI> Knight, <HI>Iohn VVarner, Iohn Towes,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Andrews</HI> Aldermen, or any two of them; And the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors and Collectors to be nomina|ted by vertue hereof &s;hall weekely report to the Committe of the Hou&s;e, of Commons, for the propo&s;itions afore&s;aid, what &s;ums of money have bin a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and what &s;ums have bin levied weekely accor|ding to the purport hereof, And the &s;aid monies &s;o levied and paid in &s;hall be i&s;&s;ued forth in &s;uch &s;ort as the other monies rai&s;ed upon the propo&s;itions afore&s;aid, and not otherwi&s;e.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis, 29. Novemb. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>VVHereas a late Ordinance is pa&s;&s;ed by both Hou&s;es of Par|liament, for the Rea&s;ons therein declared, for the a&s;&s;e&s;|&s;ing of all &s;uch per&s;ons within the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>we&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the Suburbes thereof, with the Burrough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> as have not contributed upon the Propo&s;itions of both Hou&s;es of Parliament, for ray&s;ing of Money, Plate, Hor&s;e, Hor&s;emen, and Armes, for de|fence of the King, Parliament, and Kingdome, or have not contribu|ted proportionably to their e&s;tates and abilities. And whereas it is thought fit that &s;ome additions be made for further explanation and
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better execution of the &s;aid Ordinance: Be it further Ordained and declared by the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled Parliament, that &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by the re&s;pective A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors in the &s;aid Ordinance appoynted, and &s;hall within &s;ix dayes next after notice gi|ven to them, or left at their &s;everall hou&s;es within the &s;aid Cities, Sub|urbes, or Burrough, pay in the one moity of the &s;aid &s;ums of Money &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and within twelve dayes after the &s;aid notice given as afore|&s;aid, the other moity thereof, unto the Trea&s;urers of Money and Plate in <HI>Guild-Hall London,</HI> or unto the Collectors appoynted by the &s;aid Ordinance, re&s;pectively to receive the &s;ame, that then the &s;aid Trea&s;urers, or Collectors, &s;hall give Acquittances for the &s;ame, as hath beene done to &s;uch who have lent Monies or Plate, upon the Propo|&s;itions of both Hou&s;es as afor&s;aid. And the &s;aid Monies &s;o payd to the &s;aid Trea&s;urers, or to the &s;aid &s;everall Collectors, &s;hall be repayd upon the Publike Fath, as al other Monies lent upon the &s;aid Propo|&s;itions of both Hou&s;es. And as for tho&s;e who &s;hall &s;o far di&s;cover their di&s;affection, as not to bring in the &s;everall &s;ums of Money &s;o a&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ed upon them to the per&s;ons before appoynted, within the times limited, that then their goods &s;hall be di&s;trained and &s;old according to the &s;aid Ordinance. And if no &s;ufficient Di&s;tre&s;&s;e be found, that then the &s;aid Collectors &s;hall re&s;pectively have power to enquire of any &s;umme or &s;ummes of Money due, or to be due unto them re&s;pe|ctively &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed form any per&s;on or per&s;ons for any Rents, Tithes, Goods, or Debts, or for any other things or cau&s;e what&s;oever. And the &s;aid re&s;pective Collectors &s;hall have power by vertue of this Or|dinance, to receive all or any part of the &s;aid &s;ummes due, or to be due unto them or any of them &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, untill the full value of the &s;umme or &s;ummes &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and the charges in levying and reco|vering of the &s;ame &s;hall be received and &s;atisfied. And the &s;aid re&s;pe|ctive Collectors &s;hall have further power to compound for any of the &s;aid Rents, Tithes, Goods, or Debts, due unto the &s;aid per&s;on &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed re&s;pectively as afore&s;aid, with any per&s;on or per&s;ons by whom the &s;aid Rents, Tithes, Goods, or Debts, are, or &s;hall be owing, as al&s;o to give full and ample di&s;charge for the Money by them &s;o received, upon compo&s;ition or otherwi&s;e, which di&s;charges &s;hall be good and effectuall to all intents and purpo&s;es. And if the &s;umme or &s;ummes of Money &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed cannot be levyed by any of the&s;e meanes or
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wayes, then the per&s;ons &s;o re&s;pectively a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, &s;hall be impri&s;oned in &s;uch places of this Kingdome, and for &s;o long time as the Commit|tee of the Hou&s;e of Commons for Examinations, &s;hall appoynt and order: And the families of all &s;uch per&s;ons &s;o impri&s;oned, &s;hall no longer remaine within the Cities of <HI>London,</HI> and <HI>Westmin&s;ter,</HI> the Suburbes and the Counties adjacent.</P>
<P>And be it further Ordained, that all and every the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors and Collectors of the &s;aid &s;everall &s;ummes, &s;hall have the protection of both Hou&s;es of Parliament, for their indemnity in this &s;ervice, and receive &s;uch rea&s;onable allowances for their paines taken and charges disbur&s;ed, or to be disbur&s;ed therein, as the Committee of Lords and Commons for advance of Money and other nece&s;&s;aries for the Ar|my, ray&s;ed by the Parliament, &s;hall apportion and appoynt.</P>
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<HEAD>An Ordinance of both Hou&s;es of Parliament, for the better Provi&s;ion of Victuals, and other Nece&s;&s;aries for the Army, and for payment and &s;atisfaction to bee made for &s;uch provi&s;ions.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis, 29 Novemb. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>IT is Ordered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament, That Committees &s;hall be named in all Counties, to take Care for Provi&s;ions of Victuals for the Army ray&s;ed by the Parliament, as likewi&s;e for the taking up of Hor&s;es for &s;ervice in the Field, Dra|gooners, and Draught-Hor&s;es, as likewi&s;e for borrowing of Money or Plate to &s;upply the Army. Which Committees, or any two or more of them, &s;hall have power and authoritie, to value all kind of Provi&s;ions both for Men and Hor&s;e, all kind of Hor&s;e for &s;ervice, or otherwi&s;e, which &s;hall be voluntarily offered to be lent upon the Publike Faith, or likewi&s;e to receive any Money or Plate to be lent as before; and that upon Certificate of any two of &s;uch Committees, the &s;ame Provi&s;ions of Hor&s;es, Money, and Plate, and the value there|of &s;hall be entred by the Trea&s;urer of the Propo&s;itions, and &s;hall be repayed to the party from whom the &s;ame was received, with like Con&s;ideration as other Money lent.</P>
<P><PB REF="6">And in ca&s;e the Owners of &s;uch Provi&s;ions, Money, Plate, and Hor&s;es, &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to bring in the &s;ame upon publike Faith, for the u&s;e of the Army, for the better preventing the &s;poyle and embezeling of &s;uch Provi&s;ions of Money, Plate, and Hor&s;es, by the di&s;order of the Souldiers, and that they may not come into the hands of the Enemies: It is further Ordered, that the Committees a|fore-mentioned, or any two of them, be hereby authorized and e|nabled to &s;end for &s;uch Provi&s;ions, Money, Plate, and Hor&s;es, and take the &s;ame into their Cu&s;todie and to &s;et an indifferent Value and Rate upon them: Which Value they &s;hall certifie to the Trea&s;urers for the Propo&s;itions, to be repayd at &s;uch time, and in &s;uch man|ner, as &s;hall be Ordered by both Hou&s;es of Parliament. It is like|wi&s;e Ordered, That the &s;aid Committees of the &s;everall and re&s;pe|ctive Counties &s;hall meet and con&s;ult with the Committees of the adjacent and neighbour Counties, unto the place or places where the &s;aid Army or any part thereof &s;hall pa&s;&s;e and remaine, con|cerning the Receiving, Procuring, Valuing, and Di&s;po&s;ing of &s;uch Provi&s;ions, Hor&s;es, Money, and Plate. And if they cannot conve|niently meet, that then it &s;hall be lawfull for any two, or more of the Committee, to execute the &s;everall Services above mentioned in the adjoyning Counties, as well as in the Countie wherein hee is named a Committee; and that &s;uch Certificates as they &s;hall make of any Provi&s;ions, Hor&s;es, Money, or Plate, &s;hall be as effe|ctuall for the Securities of the Parties, as if the &s;ame were received and taken within the Countie for which hee or they are named Committees. And the &s;aid Committees, or any two, or more of them, &s;hall cau&s;e the &s;aid Provi&s;ions to be delivered to the Com|mi&s;&s;arie for the Victuals, or to his Deputie, and &s;uch other Officers of the Army, who may be charged with the &s;ame upon their Ac|compt, and &s;hall certifie the Trea&s;urer of the Army, or his Deputie that &s;o Defalcation of the Value thereof may be made out of the Pay of &s;uch Officers and Souldiers as &s;hall receive the &s;ame. And the &s;aid Committee &s;hall likewi&s;e cau&s;e all &s;uch Money and Plate to be delivered unto the Trea&s;urer of the Armie, or his Deputie, who &s;hall take Care, to convey the Plate unto the Trea&s;urer for the Pro|po&s;itions, and &s;hall be charged with all &s;uch Money upon his Ac|compt as with other Money received from them.</P>
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