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<P>AN ORDINANCE OF THE <HI>LORDS</HI> and <HI>COMMONS</HI> A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT;</P>
<P>For putting the A&s;&s;ociated Counties OF <HI>Suffolk, Norfolk, E&s;&s;ex, Huntington, Hertford, Cambridge, Lincoln,</HI> The I&s;le of <HI>Ely,</HI> and the Cities of <HI>Lincoln</HI> and <HI>Norwich</HI> into a Po&s;ture of Defence;</P>
<P>By the better Regulating of the Trained Bands, and Rai&s;ing other Forces of Hor&s;e and Foot, for the pre&s;ervation and &s;afety of the &s;aid Counties and Cities.</P>
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<P>ORdered by the Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament that this Ordinance be forth|with printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Henry El&s;yng, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Edward Husbands,</HI> and are to be &s;old at his &s;hop in the Middle-Temple. Iuly 5. 1644.</P>
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<HEAD>An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons a&s;|&s;embled in Parliament, for putting the A&s;&s;o|ciated Counties of <HI>Suffolk, Norfolk, E&s;&s;ex, Han|tington, Hertford, Cambridge, Lincoln,</HI> the I&s;le of <HI>Ely,</HI> and the Cities of <HI>Lincoln</HI> and <HI>Norwich</HI> into a Po&s;ture of Defence, by the better regulating of the Trained-Bands, and rai&s;ing other For|ces of Hor&s;e and Foot, for the pre&s;ervation and &s;afety of the &s;aid Counties and Cities.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_THe Lords and Commons a&s;&s;em|bled in Parliament, taking in|to their &s;erious con&s;ideration the &s;ad and manifold Oppre&s;|&s;ions and Mi&s;eries that now do threaten the utter Ruine and De&s;olati|on of this Kingdom in generall, and the Counties of</HI> Norfolk, Suffolk, E&s;&s;ex, Cam|bridge, Hertford, Lincoln, Huntington, <HI>The Cities of</HI> Norwich, Lincoln, <HI>and Counties of the &s;ame, and the I&s;le of</HI> Ely <HI>in parti|cular; And how nece&s;&s;ary a thing it is, that all men well-affected, having any bowells of compa&s;sion towards their</HI>
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afflicted Country, &s;hould in the&s;e times of Imminent danger, put them&s;elves into a Po&s;ture of Defence, by rai&s;ing of Forces both of Hor&s;e and Foot, for the defence and &s;afety of the &s;aid A&s;&s;ociated Counties and Cities, from the Inva&s;i|on and Fury of the Iri&s;h Rebells, Po|pi&s;h and ill-affected per&s;ons, who &s;eek the Ruine and De&s;truction of the whole Kingdom in generall, and the &s;aid A&s;&s;o|ciated Counties in particular:</P>
<P>Be it Ordained and Declared by the Lords and Co~mons a&s;&s;embled in Par|liament, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That for the intents and purpo|&s;es before mentioned, the &s;aid A&s;&s;ociated Counties and Cities &s;hall forthwith be put into a Po&s;ture of Defence, and &s;hall rai&s;e Forces of Hor&s;e and Foot for the defence of the &s;aid A&s;&s;ociation; And that the Lord Lieutenants or Deputy Lieu|tenants of the &s;aid &s;everall and re&s;pe|ctive Counties and Cities, or any two or more of them, &s;hall forthwith after no|tice or receipt of this Ordinance, i&s;&s;ue out their Warrants to the Con&s;tables
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and Over&s;eers of th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">erall Pari&s;hes, or to any two or mo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> the mo&s;t able and fitting per&s;ons of the pari&s;hes with|in every re&s;pective Hundred or Divi&s;ion, thereby requiring them at certain times and places prefixt, to deliver unto them a Li&s;t or Schedule of the Names of all per&s;ons within their &s;everall and re&s;pe|ctive Pari&s;hes, from the Age of Sixteen to Sixty (being of ability of body) and of all other per&s;ons what&s;oever, worth an Hundred pounds or more in Lands or Goods; And of all Hor&s;es and Mares above four yeers of Age, and the Names of the Owners; And of all Arms, Guns, and other u&s;efull Weapons for the War, with the Names of the Own|ers of them, Except &s;uch Hor&s;es, Men and Arms as are now, or &s;hall be here|after Li&s;ted in the Trained-Bands and Trained Troops; And that the &s;aid Lord Lieutenants, Deputy Lieute|nants, or any two or more of them, &s;hall hereby have power to charge the &s;aid parties with Hor&s;e and Arms, &s;o as no per&s;on be charged with a Harquebu&s;hier
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or light-Hor&s;e, <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 letters">&s;&s;e he hath One hun|dred pounds <HI>p<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">nnum</HI> in Lands, or be worth One thou&s;and two hundred pounds in Goods and Lands, nor with a Dragoon, unle&s;&s;e he be worth four hundred pounds in Goods, or forty pounds <HI>per annum</HI> in Lands; nor with a foot Arms, unle&s;&s;e he be worth one hun|dred pounds in Goods, or Ten pounds <HI>per annum</HI> in Lands.</P>
<P>And be it further Ordained, That all per&s;ons well-affected, being charged and li&s;ted to &s;erve as afore&s;aid, or the Major part of them, &s;hall within their &s;everall and re&s;pective Divi&s;ions forthwith, and &s;o from time to time as cau&s;e &s;hall be, propound and nominate all Colonells, Lieutenant Colonells, Sergeant Ma|jors and Captains over them, being men of ability, and men well-affected; which &s;aid Officers being approved and allow|ed of by the Lord Lieutenants or Depu|ty Lieutenants, or any three or more of them within their re&s;pective Counties and Cities, &s;hall have Commi&s;&s;ions ac|cordingly.</P>
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And be it further Ordained, That all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, which &s;hall by vertue of this Ordinance be charged to provide Hor&s;e or Arms as afore&s;aid, &s;hall every Moneth after they are &s;o charged, pay to the Trea&s;urers appointed by the Deputy Lieutenants, or any two of them, for the &s;everall and re&s;pective Counties, the &s;everall Sums of Money following, <HI>viz.</HI> Every Hor&s;e, Twelve pence, every Foot Six pence, towards the providing of Trumpets, Drums, Colours, and other charges in|cident to the &s;aid Service.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, that this extraor|dinary charge, and impo&s;ition of Arms, do not continue any longer then during the&s;e times of imminent danger, and that it &s;hall be no Pre&s;ident for the future.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, that no Member of ei|ther Hou&s;e of Parliament, nor their Meniall Servants, nor any of the A&s;|&s;i&s;tants of either of the &s;aid Hou&s;es, be charged by this Ordinance, but that it be left to his or their good affection,
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what they will do in this Service.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, that if any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever &s;hal be overcharged by the &s;aid Lord Lieutenants or Depu|ty Lieutenants, or any two of them of the re&s;pective Counties or Cities, that then the &s;aid Lord Lieutenants or De|puty Lieutenants, or any three or more of them of the re&s;pective Counties or Cities, &s;hall hereby have power to ea&s;e &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons overcharged, as in their Di&s;cretions they &s;hall think fit. And if any Officers or Souldiers of the Trained Bands or Troops have here|tofore, &s;ince the Fir&s;t of Augu&s;t, in the yeer of our <HI>LORD,</HI> One thou&s;and Six hundred forty three, refu&s;ed or negle|cted; or if they or any other Forces of Hor&s;e or Foot, to be rai&s;ed at any time hereafter, &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect upon Summons, according to this or other Ordinance of Parliament, to attend their charges and duties in their &s;eve|rall and re&s;pective places, or to appear with their Hor&s;e and Arms, or to &s;end &s;ome other Man with &s;uch Hor&s;e or
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Arms as they are or &s;hall be charged withall, Every &s;uch Defaulter for every &s;uch offence, &s;hall be Fined by the &s;aid Lord Lieutenants, Deputy Lieute|nants, or any two or more of them, not exceeding the &s;um of Twenty pounds. And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons in the &s;aid &s;everall and re&s;pective Counties, who by a former Ordinance of Parliament may be Impre&s;&s;ed, have been, or are hereafter, &s;hall be charged by the &s;aid Lord Lieutenants, Deputy Lieute|nants, or any two of them to &s;erve in the Arms of any per&s;on or per&s;ons char|ged as afore&s;aid, to finde Arms or Hor&s;e, do or &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to appear at Mu&s;ters, or to &s;erve upon &s;uch Hor&s;e, or in &s;uch Arms, he or they &s;o refu&s;ing or neglecting, &s;hall by the &s;aid Deputy Lieutenants, or any three or more of them be Fined, not exceeding the &s;um of Forty &s;hillings, and Impri&s;oned untill the &s;aid Fine be paid, And the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o refu&s;ing, have conformed them&s;elves unto the &s;aid Service.</P>
<P>And it is Ordained, That the Lord Lieutenant or Deputy Lieutenants, or
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any three or more of them, or the &s;tand|ing Committee of the &s;everall and re|&s;pective A&s;&s;ociated Counties, may Im|pri&s;on all &s;uch as &s;hall be mutinous or Di&s;turbers of the Peace, and may Fine them, not exceeding the &s;um of Five pounds: And that it &s;hall be lawfull for the &s;aid Lord Lieutenants or Deputy Lieutenants, or any of them, to draw together the Troops and Companies which are to be rai&s;ed by vertue of this Ordinance, or any part of them, and with the con&s;ent of the Major part of any of the &s;aid Troops and Companies, to Conduct and leade by them&s;elves, or by &s;uch as they or any three or more of them &s;hall appoint, into any of the &s;aid A&s;&s;ociated Counties, and with them to Oppo&s;e, Re&s;i&s;t, Kill and Slay, all &s;uch as in any Ho&s;tile manner declare them|&s;elves as Enemies to the King, Parlia|ment and Kingdom: And that it &s;hall and may be lawfull for the &s;aid Lord Lieutenants or Deputy Lieutenants, or any one of them in their &s;everall and re&s;pective Counties, to charge Carts, Carriages and Hor&s;es, for the ne|ce&s;&s;ary
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Service of the Parliament, allowing for every Cart with Five Hor&s;es, after the rate of Twelve pence <HI>per</HI> Mile, outward onely, and &s;o rateably for more or fewer Hor&s;es, and for every &s;ingle Hor&s;e, after the rate of Two pence <HI>per</HI> Mile, outwards onely.</P>
<P>And in ca&s;e any &s;hall refu&s;e upon rea|&s;onable notice to provide their Carts, Carriages or Hor&s;es, to be made u&s;e of for the Service afore&s;aid, It &s;hall be lawfull for the laid Deputy Lieute|nants, or any one of them, to Impri&s;on the Owners of the &s;aid Carts, Carria|ges or Hor&s;es, or to Impo&s;e a Fine up|on them, not exceeding the &s;um of Ten pounds.</P>
<P>And be it Ordained, That the petty Con&s;tables, &amp; Over&s;eers of the Poor of the &s;everall Pari&s;hes within the &s;aid re|&s;pective Counties, and &s;uch other per|&s;ons as &s;hall be nominated by the De|puty Lieutenants of the &s;aid Counties, or any two of them, &s;hall be the Colle|ctors of all &s;ums of Money, as &s;hall by vertue of this Ordinance be Impo|&s;ed
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or &s;et upon any per&s;on <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">r per&s;ons within their &s;aid Pari&s;hes, and for their pains they &s;hall be allowed Two pence in the pound for all Monies &s;o by them Collected and leavyed; which &s;aid &s;ums of Money &s;o to be &s;et and Collected as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be paid to the high Con|&s;tables of the &s;everall Hundreds within the &s;aid re&s;pective Counties, and in Cor|porations, to the Major or other head Officer of the &s;aid Corporations, who al&s;o &s;hall have Two pence in the pound allowed unto them for their pains of making out their Warrants, and recei|ving and paying over the &s;aid Moneys to &s;uch Trea&s;urer or Trea&s;urers as &s;hall be appointed in the &s;everall Divi&s;i|ons, by the Deputy Lieutenants of the &s;everall and re&s;pective Counties, or any two or more of them, who are to i&s;&s;ue forth the &s;ame for the u&s;e and &s;ervice of the &s;everall and re&s;pective Counties, by the Vote of the Major part of the re&s;pe|ctive Deputy Lieutenants pre&s;ent, or any three of them pre&s;ent, and by their order, in pur&s;uance thereof under their hands and not otherwi&s;e.</P>
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And the &s;aid Trea&s;urers art hereby required to keep a perfect Accompt of all &s;uch Moneys as they &s;hall receive and pay by vertue of this Ordinance, and to deliver Copies of their &s;aid Accompts unto the &s;tanding Committee of their &s;aid &s;everall and re&s;pective Counties; and the &s;aid Trea&s;urers for their charge and pains, &s;hal likewi&s;e be allowed Two pence in the pound for all &s;uch &s;ums of Money as they &s;hall receive and i&s;&s;ue forth by Authority as afore&s;aid; And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons chargeable by this Ordinance, &s;hall not within Six dayes after demand, or notice to be left at their dwelling hou&s;e or u&s;uall place of abode, pay the &s;um or &s;ums on him or them a&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ed or &s;et as afore&s;aid, It &s;hal be law|full for the &s;aid Collectors, any one or more of them, to leavie the &s;um by way of Di&s;tre&s;&s;e, and &s;ale of the Goods ofg the per&s;on &amp; per&s;ons &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed or fined; And in ca&s;e of Re&s;i&s;tance, to call to their a&s;&s;i&s;tance any of the Trained Bands or Companies of Voluntiers, or other for|ces of the &s;aid re&s;pective Counties, who are hereby required to be aiding and a&s;|&s;i&s;ting
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to the &s;aid Con&s;tables or other Collectors in the Premi&s;es, as they will an&s;wer the contrary: And if any per|&s;on or per&s;ons which &s;hall be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed or fined as afore&s;aid, &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to pay either their A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment or Fine to the Con&s;tables or other Collectors ap|pointed, within Twelve dayes after it &s;hall be demanded, The Lord Lieute|nants or Deputy Lieutenants, or any two or more of them, upon return of the Names of &s;uch, who &s;hall &s;o refu&s;e or neglect, &s;hall charge the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons with double as much as he or they were a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed or fined; And if the &s;aid per&s;ons &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to pay the &s;aid &s;um &s;o doubled, within Twelve dayes after it &s;hall be demanded, That it &s;hall be lawfull for the &s;aid Lord Lieutenants, or Deputy Lieutenants of the &s;aid re&s;pective Counties, or any two or more of them, to commit the per|&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o refu&s;ing or neglecting to Pri&s;on; And in ca&s;e the &s;aid Trea&s;u|rers, high Con&s;tables, petty Con&s;tables, Over&s;eers of the Poor, or other Colle|ctors to be nominated as afore&s;aid, &s;hall
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refu&s;e or neglect to leavie and receive the &s;ums of Money to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and &s;et, by vertue of this Ordinance, It &s;hall be lawfull for the &s;aid Lord Lieutenants or Deputy Lieutenants, or any two or more of them of the &s;everall and re&s;pe|ctive Counties, to fine the &s;aid Trea&s;u|rers, high Con&s;tables and Collectors, not exceeding the &s;um of twenty pounds to be leavyed upon them by way of Di|&s;tre&s;&s;e, and &s;ale of their Goods, and by &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall be ap|pointed by the &s;aid Deputy Lieutenants or any two or more of them.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That the Forces to be rai&s;ed by vertue of this Ordinance, &s;hall not be carryed out of the &s;aid &s;eve|rall and re&s;pective Counties wherein they are or &s;hall be rai&s;ed, otherwi&s;e then as before in this Ordinance is declared, without the con&s;ent of the &s;aid Lord Lieutenants, Deputy Lieutenants and Committees of the &s;everall and re&s;pe|ctive Counties, or the greater part of them.</P>
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