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<P>AN ORDINANCE OF THE Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT, For the maintenance and pay of the GARRISONS OF <HI>Newport Pagnel, Bedford, Lyn Regis,</HI> and other Garri&s;ons in the Ea&s;tern A&s;&s;ociation.</P>
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<P>ORdered by the Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this Ordinance be Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H: El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>LONDON: Printed for <HI>Edward Husband,</HI> Printer to the Hono|rable Hou&s;e of Commons, <HI>Sept.</HI> 4. 1645.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Mercurii 3. Sept. 1645.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT.</HEAD>
<P>_VVHereas by a former Ordi|nance made in or about the eighteenth of <HI>Decem|ber, 1643.</HI> It was provided and Ordained, That the Town of <HI>Newport Pagnell</HI> in the County of <HI>Buckingham</HI> &s;hould be For|tified, and the Garri&s;on there main|tained at the charges of &s;everall Counties neer adjoyning, but no pro|vi&s;ion
<PB N="4" REF="3">is thereby made for the Garri|&s;ons of <HI>Bedford</HI> in the county of <HI>Bed|ford;</HI> of <HI>Huntington</HI> in the county of <HI>Huntington;</HI> of the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Cam|bridge</HI> in the county of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> or <HI>Lyn Regis</HI> in the county of <HI>Norfolk;</HI> and at pre&s;ent there is no provi&s;ion or maintenance made for the &s;aid la&s;t recited Garri&s;ons.</P>
<P>The Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, taking into their &s;erious con&s;ideration, how the &s;aid Garri&s;ons may for the time to come be maintained, and have con|&s;tant pay provided for the Officers and Souldiers of the &s;aid Garri&s;ons; Have Ordered, and be it by authori|ty of Parliament Ordained, That the &s;aid Ordinance, made, in or about the eighteenth of <HI>December, 1643.</HI> for the maintaining the &s;aid Garri&s;on of <HI>Newport Pagnell,</HI> be repealed and made void from the fir&s;t day of <HI>June</HI> in the year of our Lord God, <HI>1645.</HI> And the &s;aid Lords and Commons
<PB N="5" REF="3">do further Declare and Ordain, That for the maintaining the &s;aid Garri&s;ons of <HI>Newport Pagnell, Bedford, Huntington,</HI> Ca&s;tle at <HI>Cambridge</HI> and <HI>Lyn Regis,</HI> from the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>June, 1645.</HI> there &s;hall be monethly rai&s;ed, within all the counties, ci|ties and places, hereafter named, the monethly Sum of Three thou|&s;and, &s;even hundred, fourty and &s;ix pounds, the &s;ame to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, rai|&s;ed, and Leavied, within the &s;aid counties and cities re&s;pectively, in manner and form following: <HI>Viz.</HI></P>
<P>In the county of <HI>Bedford,</HI> the mo|nethly &s;um of One hundred &s;eventy three pounds, and three pence.</P>
<P>In the county of <HI>Hertford,</HI> the mo|nethly &s;um of Two hundred ninety &s;even pounds, &s;ixteen &s;hillings and a peny,</P>
<P>In the county of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> the monethly &s;um of Two hundred forty five pounds, &s;ix &s;hillings and eight pence.</P>
<P><PB N="6" REF="4">
In the I&s;le of <HI>Ely,</HI> the monethly &s;um of Ninety pounds, &s;eventeen &s;hillings and eleven pence.</P>
<P>In the County of <HI>Huntington,</HI> the monethly &s;um of One hundred thir|ty nine pounds, &s;ixteen &s;hillings and &s;even pence.</P>
<P>In the County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> the mo|nethly &s;um of Eight hundred &s;ixty &s;ix pounds, nineteen &s;hillings and five pence.</P>
<P>In the County of <HI>Suffolk,</HI> the mo|nethly &s;um of Eight hundred and fif|teen pounds, eleven &s;hillings and nine pence.</P>
<P>In the County of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> the month|ly &s;um of Seven hundred and four|teen pounds, four &s;hillings and &s;even pence.</P>
<P>In the County of the City of <HI>Nor|wich,</HI> the monethly &s;um of One hun|dred pounds, thirteen &s;hillings and &s;even pence.</P>
<P>In the County of <HI>Northampton,</HI> the monethly &s;um of Two hundred pounds.</P>
<P><PB N="7" REF="4">
In the county of <HI>Buckingham,</HI> the monethly &s;um of Eighty pounds.</P>
<P>And it is al&s;o Ordained, That the fir&s;t moneth and time of payment &s;hall begin and be Accompted from the fir&s;t day of <HI>June,</HI> in the year of our Lord, <HI>1645.</HI> and to continue for the &s;pace of one whole year, next after the fir&s;t of <HI>June</HI> la&s;t pa&s;t.</P>
<P>And it is further Ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, That the &s;everall Lords Lieutenants of the re&s;pective Counties of the Ea&s;tern A&s;&s;ociation, &s;hall be, and are hereby appointed, to be of the Committee of the &s;aid A&s;&s;ociation; And that the &s;everall &s;ums of money monthly rai|&s;ed within the &s;aid counties, &s;hall be imployed and di&s;po&s;ed of for the maintenance and pay of &s;uch and &s;o many Officers within the &s;aid &s;eve|rall Garri&s;ons, as by the &s;aid Com|mittee for the Ea&s;tern A&s;&s;ociation &s;hall be nominated and appointed: and al&s;o for the maintenance of the
<PB N="8" REF="5">&s;everall Souldiers, within the &s;aid &s;everall Garri&s;ons, as hereafter fol|loweth: <HI>Viz.</HI></P>
<P>At <HI>Newport Pagnell,</HI> Eight hundred Foot, and One hundred and twenty Hor&s;e. At the Town of <HI>Bedford,</HI> Eigh|ty foot, and Fourty Dragoons. At the Town of <HI>Huntington,</HI> Eighty Foot, and Fourty Dragoons. At the ca&s;tle of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> One hundred and twenty Foot, and ten Hor&s;e; which &s;aid Hor&s;e are to be ordered and directed, by the &s;aid Committee of the Ea&s;tern A&s;&s;ociation. At the Town of <HI>Lyn Regis,</HI> One thou&s;and Foot, whereof Three hundred are to be &s;ent to <HI>Bo&s;ton,</HI> for the better &s;e|curing of that Garri&s;on, as they &s;hall be ordered and directed by both Hou|&s;es of Parliament, or the Commit|tee of both Kingdoms, or by the &s;aid Committee of the Hou&s;e of Com|mons for the Ea&s;tern A&s;&s;ociation.</P>
<P>And be it further Ordained, That the &s;aid Committee for the &s;aid Ea|&s;tern
<PB N="9" REF="5">A&s;&s;ociation, &s;hall and may, from time to time, nominate &amp; appoint, &s;uch per&s;on &amp; per&s;ons to be Trea&s;urer and trea&s;urers, for the receiving and paying &s;uch Sums of money, to be rai&s;ed with|in the &s;aid counties as above&s;aid, as they &s;hall think fit; and that the &s;everall Collectors, and other per&s;ons within the &s;aid &s;everal counties, do pay all mo|neys by them received, and to be recei|ved and collected by vertue of this Or|dinance, to &s;uch Trea&s;urer or Trea&s;u|rers, &s;o to be named and appointed as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further ordained and decla|red, That all the &s;ums of mony to be a&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ed and rai&s;ed by vertue of this Ordi|nance, &s;hall be wholly imployed in the maintaining and paying the Officers and Souldiers of the &s;aid Garri&s;ons, and in and about the &s;aid Garri&s;ons, and nece&s;&s;ary pre&s;ervation of them, and to no other u&s;e what&s;oever; And that the &s;aid Trea&s;urer and Trea&s;urers &s;hall i&s;&s;ue forth, and pay no &s;um of mo|ney, but for the u&s;es and intents afore|&s;aid,
<PB N="10" REF="6">and that by warrant and Order in writing, to be from time to time had, and made from the &s;aid Committee for the Ea&s;tern A&s;&s;ociation, under five or more of their hands, which &s;aid Com|mittee are to i&s;&s;ue forth no Order or warrant, but for the u&s;es and intents afore&s;aid, other then in allowances of nece&s;&s;ary Fees and charges to Trea&s;u|rers, Collectors, and other per&s;ons im|ployed in the collecting, rai&s;ing, and paying of the &s;aid moneys; which &s;aid Trea&s;urers, Collectors, and other per|&s;ons, are to have no greater Fees or al|lowances, then is allowed to the Trea|&s;urers, Collectors, and other per&s;ons appointed for the collecting the &s;everall Sums of money, rai&s;ed by the &s;everall Ordinances of Parliament, for the pay|ment of Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfaxes</HI> Army.</P>
<P>And it is further Ordained by the Au|thority afore&s;aid, That for the A&s;&s;e&s;|&s;ing, Leavying, and rai&s;ing the &s;everall monethly Sums afore&s;aid upon the &s;e|verall counties afore&s;aid, The Comit|tees, or any three or more of them of the
<PB N="11" REF="6">&s;everall counties of <HI>Norfolk, Suffolk, E&s;&s;ex, Cambridge, I&s;le of Ely, Huntington, Nor|thampton, Bedford, Buckingham,</HI> and city of <HI>Norwich</HI> re&s;pectively, already e&s;ta|bli&s;hed, and appointed by Parliament, for the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, Rai&s;ing, and Leavy|ing the &s;everall Sums of money, for the payment of the Army under the com|mand of Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax,</HI> &s;hall and may have power to nominate A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors, Collectors, and other Officers and per|&s;ons for the a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, rai&s;ing, collecting and leavying the monethly Sums of money within the &s;aid &s;everall counties, cities and places; and &s;hall have power to a&s;&s;e&s;&s;e, tax, rai&s;e, collect and leavy the &s;aid &s;everall &s;ums of money within the &s;aid re&s;pective counties, with the be&s;t equality they may, upon each Pa|ri&s;h, Town&s;hip or place, within the &s;aid &s;everall counties: And &s;hall, and may &s;end forth their warrants to the high Con&s;tables, or &s;uch other per&s;ons, as they or any three of them &s;hall think fit|ting, for the rating, a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, and col|lecting of the &s;everall &s;ums taxed, or
<PB N="12" REF="7">rated upon the &s;aid &s;everall Pari&s;hes, Town&s;hips and places; which Sums &s;o Rated and Taxed, to be rai&s;ed by di|&s;tre&s;&s;e and &s;ale of the goods of all and &s;ingular &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect, after lawfull demand, to pay their proportions &s;o rated upon them, by Warrant under the hand of any two or more of the &s;aid Co~mittees re&s;pective|ly: And if any per&s;on &s;hall finde him&s;elf grieved by any &s;uch Tax, That &s;uch per&s;on, upon complaint to the &s;aid com|mittees, or any two of them re&s;pective|ly, if they &s;hall think fit, &s;hall be relieved in &s;uch &s;ort, as they or any two of them re&s;pectively &s;hall finde rea&s;onable: Pro|vided, That &s;uch complaint be made within &s;ix dayes after notice of his &s;aid Tax; And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons within the &s;aid re&s;pective counties, which by vertue of this Ordinance &s;hal be Rated to pay any Sum or Sums of money, &s;hall ob&s;tinately refu&s;e to pay the &s;ame; And if no goods of &s;uch per|&s;on or per&s;ons can be found, whereby he may be di&s;trained for payment thereof,
<PB N="13" REF="7">That then it &s;hall be lawfull to, and for the &s;aid Committees, or any three or more of them re&s;pectively to cau&s;e &s;uch per&s;on, not being a Peer of this Realm, or a&s;&s;i&s;tant of the hou&s;e of Peers, &s;o refu|&s;ing or neglecting to be impri&s;oned, and there to be detained &amp; kept, untill he or they &s;hall pay their &s;aid rates &amp; Taxes.</P>
<P>And it is further Ordained, That for the better rai&s;ing of the &s;aid &s;everall Sums of money, within the &s;aid &s;eve|rall counties, that all per&s;on and per|&s;ons, bodies politique and corporate; all Mannors, Lands, Tenements, Rents, and Hereditaments, goods and chattels what&s;oever within the &s;aid counties, that are liable and chargeable with the taxes &amp; payment of any money for the payment of the &s;aid Army under Sir <HI>Tho: Fairfax,</HI> within the &s;aid counties, are and &s;hall be liable to the payment of the &s;aid &s;everall Sums to be rai&s;ed by vertue of this Ordinance: And the &s;aid Committees of the &s;aid &s;everall coun|ties or any three or more of them, &s;hall and may, do and execute all &s;uch power
<PB N="14" REF="8">and authority for the rai&s;ing of the faid &s;everall Sums of money to be rai&s;ed within the &s;aid counties by vertue of this Ordinance, as to them or any three of them is given by vertue of the &s;aid ordinances for the payment of the army under the command of Sir <HI>Tho: Fairfax,</HI> upon al per&s;ons not being a Peer of this realm or a&s;&s;i&s;tant of the hou&s;e of Peers, and &s;hal &amp; may give &s;uch allowance and allowances to Officers, and Fine &amp; im|pri&s;on, except as afore&s;aid, &s;uch as &s;hall neglect or refu&s;e their &s;everall duties &amp; offices, in &s;uch &s;ort and maner as in and by the &s;aid Ordinance for the payment of Sir <HI>Tho: Fairfaxes</HI> Army is appointed.</P>
<P>And it is further Ordered and De|clared, That all Sum and Sums of money not yet a&s;&s;e&s;sed, collected or paid from the &s;everall counties, named in and by the &s;aid Ordinance, made in or about the Eighteenth of <HI>December 1643.</HI> for the execting and maintaining of the Garri&s;on of <HI>Newport Pagnell,</HI> untill the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>June 1645.</HI> &s;hall and may be forthwith a&s;se&s;&s;ed, collected and paid
<PB N="15" REF="8">in &s;uch manner, and by &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, as in and by this Ordinance is appointed and declared, unto the &s;aid Trea&s;urer and Trea&s;urers to be ap|pointed by vertue of this pre&s;ent Ordi|nance; which &s;aid Sums of money &s;hall be paid and di&s;po&s;ed for the payment and di&s;charge of the Billet and Quar|ter due by the Officers and Souldiers of <HI>Newport Pagnell,</HI> unto the Inhabi|tants of <HI>Newport Pagnell,</HI> and three hun|dreds of <HI>Newport,</HI> and other Towns and places neer adjoyning; and after &s;uch Quarter and Billet fir&s;t paid, then the remainder and overplus (if any be) to &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, as by the &s;aid Committee for the Ea&s;tern A&s;&s;ociation &s;hall be appointed and declared.</P>
<P>And it is further Ordained and decla|red, That the &s;aid Committee for the Ea&s;tern A&s;&s;ociation, &s;hal and may from time to time, cau&s;e Mu&s;ters to be taken within the &s;aid Garri&s;ons, &s;o often as they &s;hall hold fitting; and that they &s;hall and may nominate and appoint &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons as they plea&s;e, to take &s;uch Mu&s;ters.</P>
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