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<P>AN ORDINANCE OF THE Lords &amp; Commons A&s;&s;embled in <HI>PARLIAMENT,</HI> For putting the County of <HI>Sur|rey</HI> into a po&s;ture of defence, by the better regulating of the Trained-Bands,</P>
<P>And rai&s;ing other Forces of Hor&s;e and Foot, for the pre&s;ervation and &s;afety of the &s;aid County, and the pay of &s;uch Foot as &s;hall belong to the Garri&s;on of <HI>Farnham</HI>-Ca&s;tle.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis, 1 Julii, 1645.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this Ordinance be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H. El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Edw. Husbands,</HI> Jul. 3. 1645.</P>
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<HEAD><DATE><HI>Die Martis</HI> 1 <HI>Julii</HI> 1645.</DATE> An Ordinance of the Lords and Com|mons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, for putting the County of <HI>Surrey</HI> into a po&s;ture of de|fence, by the better regulating of the Train|ed-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 County, and the pay of &s;uch Foot as &s;hall belong to the Garri&s;on of <HI>Farnham</HI>-Ca&s;tle.</HEAD>
<P>THe Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament taking into their &s;erious con&s;iderations the ne|ce&s;&s;ity that all the Counties of this Kingdom and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> in this time of imminent danger, &s;hould 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 ne|ce&s;&s;ary defence and &s;afety of their Counties, from the incur&s;ion of tho&s;e rai&s;ed again&s;t the Parliament, which daily plunder and &s;poile in all parts where they come: And finding that the County of <HI>Surrey</HI> hath not as yet been put into &s;uch a po&s;ture of defence as was expect|ed, by rea&s;on of differences which have there ari&s;e, by rea&s;on of one Ordinance of Parliament for the &s;aid County, bearing date the &s;even &amp; twentieth of <HI>July,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fourty and three, which was then
<PB N="3" REF="2">pa&s;&s;ed upon a pre&s;ent occa&s;ion of danger that would not admit of a long debate, as by the Preamble of the &s;aid Ordinance doth and may appear.</P>
<P>Now, for the better &s;etling of the &s;aid County, and the enabling them fully to put them&s;elvs into a po&s;ture of defence, it is thought fit, and &s;o ordained and decla|red, that the <HI>Militia</HI> of the &s;aid County &s;hal be hereafter regulated and executed according to the tenor of this pre&s;ent Ordinance, and in no other manner.</P>
<P>Be it therefore ordained and declared by the Lords and Comons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, and by the Au|thority of the &s;ame, that for the intents and purpo&s;es before mentionned, the County of <HI>Surrey</HI> &s;hall forth|with 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 County, in manner and forme following in this Ordi|nance expre&s;&s;ed, and no otherwi&s;e: And that the Lord-Lievtenant, or in his ab&s;ence, the Deputy-Lievtenants of the &s;aid County, or any two or more of them, &s;hall forthwith, after notice or receipt of this Ordinance, i&s;&s;ue out their Warrants to the Con&s;tables and Head|boroughs of the &s;everal Pari&s;hes, or to any two or more of the mo&s;t able &amp; fitting per&s;ons of the Pari&s;hes with|in every re&s;pective hundred or divi&s;ion, thereby requi|ring them at certain times and places prefixt, to deliver to them a Li&s;t or Schedule of the names of all per&s;ons within their &s;everall and re&s;pective Pari&s;hes, from the age of &s;ixteen to &s;ixty, (being of ability of body) and of all other per&s;ons what&s;oever worth one hundred pounds or more, in Lands or Goods: and of all Hor&s;es and Mares above foure 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 Owners of
<PB N="4" REF="3">them, except &s;uch men and arms as are now, or &s;hall be hereafter li&s;ted in the Trained-bands and Trained-troopes. And that the &s;aid Lord-Lievtenant, or in his ab&s;ence the Deputy-Lievtenants, or any two or more of them, &s;hall hereby have power to charge the &s;aid par|ties with hor&s;e and arms, &s;o as no per&s;on be charged with a Harquebu&s;ier or light-hor&s;e, unle&s;&s;e he hath one hundred pounds <HI>per annum</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 foure hundred pounds in goods, or fourty pounds <HI>per annum</HI> in lands; nor with a whole foot-arms, unle&s;&s;e he be worth one hundred pounds in goods, or fifteen pounds <HI>per annum</HI> in lands.</P>
<P>And be it further ordained, that all per&s;ons well-affe|cted, 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 Colonells, Lievtenant-Colonells, Serjeant-Maiors, and Captaines over them, being men of ability, and men well-affected, and found faithfull from the beginning of the&s;e trou|bles; which &s;aid Officers being approved and allowed of by the Lord-Lievtenant, or in his ab&s;ence by the Deputy-Lievtenants, or any two or more of them with|in the &s;aid County, &s;hall have commi&s;&s;ions accordingly from the &s;aid Lord-Lievtenant of the &s;aid County.</P>
<P>And be it further ordained, that all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons what&s;oever, which &s;hall by virtue of this Ordinance be charged to provide hor&s;e or armes as afore&s;aid, &s;hall every moneth, after they are &s;o charged, pay to the Trea&s;ure appointed by the Lord-Lievte|nant, or in his ab&s;ence by the Deputy-Lievtenants, or
<PB N="5" REF="3" MS="y">any two or more of them for the &s;aid County; the &s;e|verall &s;ums of money following, <HI>viz.</HI> For every hor&s;e|man twelve pence, for every foot-man &s;ix pence, to|wards the providing of trumpets, drums, colours, and other charges incident to the &s;aid &s;ervice.</P>
<P>And be it al&s;o ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, that it &s;hall &amp; may be lawfull for the Lord-Lievtenant, or in his ab&s;ence for the Deputy-Lievtenants of the &s;aid County of <HI>Surrey,</HI> or for any two or more of them within the &s;aid County, from time to time, &s;o long as the &s;aid &s;ervice &s;hall continue, by warrant under their hands and &s;eals, to be directed unto the &s;everall and re|&s;pective high-Con&s;tables of the hundreds within their &s;everall divi&s;ions of the &s;aid County, to a&s;&s;e&s;&s;e and tax, by indifferent rates, upon the Inhabitants of the &s;aid County, &s;o much money as &s;hall be requi&s;ite for the payment of &s;uch experienced Majors, Lievtenants, or other inferiour Officers as &s;hall be nece&s;&s;ary for the &s;aid &s;ervice, to be allowed of as afore&s;aid, and they &s;hall be paid according to the e&s;tabli&s;hment of Sir <HI>Thomas Fair|fax</HI>'s Army, while&s;t they are in &s;ervice, and a moytie of their half pay when they lie &s;till; as likewi&s;e for the other Officers and Souldiers pay, when they are in &s;er|vice, according to the pay of hor&s;e and foot in the &s;aid Army, and not above; and for &s;uch other charges as will be incident and nece&s;&s;ary for the &s;aid &s;ervice. And if any part of the County &s;hall performe &s;ervice, and any other part &s;hall not bring up their proportion of men, then that part &s;hall be inforced, as is hereafter pre&s;cri|bed, by the Lord-Lievtenant, or in his ab&s;ence by the Deputy-Lievtenants, or any two or more of them, to pay for &s;uch Souldiers as they &s;hall be defective in, to make all parts equall in charge.</P>
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<P>Provided always, That this extraordinary Charge and Impo&s;ition of Arms do not continue any longer then during this time of imminent danger, and that it &s;hall be no Pre&s;ident for the future.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, that no Peer of this Realm, nor any A&s;&s;i&s;tant or Officer of the Hou&s;e of Peers, or their me|nuall &s;ervants, or any Member or Officer of the Hou&s;e of Commons, or their menuall &s;ervants, be charged by this Ordinance, but that it be left to his or their good affection 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;hall be over-charged by the Deputy-Lieute|nants, or any two of them of the &s;aid County, that then the Lord-Lieutenant of the &s;aid County &s;hall, hereby have power to ea&s;e &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons over-charg|ed, as in his di&s;cretion he &s;hall think fit. And if any Offi|cer or Souldier of the Trained-Bands or Troops, or of any other Forces of Hor&s;e or Foot to be rai&s;ed at any time hereafter in the &s;aid County by vertue of this Ordinance, &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect, upon Summons ac|cording to this Ordinance of Parliament, to attend their Charges and Duties in their &s;everall and re&s;pe|ctive Charges and Places, to appear with their Hor&s;e and Arms, or to &s;end &s;ome other man with their Hor&s;e and Arms, as they are or &s;hall be charged withall; eve|ry &s;uch Defaulter, for every &s;uch Offence, &s;hall be fined by the &s;aid Lord-Lieutenant, or, in his ab&s;ence, the Deputy-Lieutenants, or any two or more of them, not exceeding the Sum of ten pounds, and impri&s;oned till the &s;aid Fine be paid. And if any per&s;on or per|&s;ons, who by any former Ordinance of Parliament may be Impre&s;&s;ed, have been, or hereafter &s;hall be charged by the Lord-lieutenant, by the Deputy-lieu|tenants,
<PB N="7" REF="4">or any two or more of them, to &s;erve in the Arms of any per&s;on or per&s;ons charged 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, or in &s;uch Arms; he or they &s;o refu&s;ing or neglecting, &s;hall by the &s;aid Lord-lieutenant, or, in his ab&s;ence, by the Deputy-lieutenants, or any two or more of them, be fined, not exceeding the &s;um of Fourty &s;hillings, and impri&s;oned till the &s;aid Fine be paid, and the &s;aid 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, in his ab&s;ence, the Deputy-lieutenants, or any two or more of them, of the &s;aid County, may impri&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-lieutenant, or, in his ab&s;ence, the Deputy-lieutenants, or any three of them, to draw together the Troops and Companies which are rai&s;ed or &s;hall be rai&s;ed by vertue of this Ordinance, or any part of them, and lead by them&s;elves, or by &s;uch as the Lord-lieutenant, or, in his ab&s;ence, any three or more of the Deputy-lieutenants &s;hall appoint, into any part of the &s;aid County, 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 and Parliament: and that it &s;hall and may be lawfull for the &s;aid Lord-lieu|tenant, or in his ab&s;ence, for the Deputy-lieutenants, or any one of them, in the &s;aid County, to charge Carts, Carriages and Hor&s;es, for the nece&s;&s;ary Service of the Parliament, allowing for every Cart with Five hor&s;es Twelve pence <HI>per</HI> Mile outward onely, and &s;o
<PB N="8" REF="5">ratably 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 outward onely. And in ca&s;e any &s;hall refu&s;e, upon rea&s;onable notice, to provide their Carts, Carriages and Hor&s;es, to be made u&s;e of for the Service afore&s;aid; it &s;hall be lawfull for the &s;aid Lord-lieutenant, or in his ab|&s;ence, for the Deputy-lieutenants, or any two of them, to impri&s;on the owners of the &s;aid Carts, Carriages and Hor&s;es, or to impo&s;e a Fine-upon them, not exceeding the &s;um of Ten pounds.</P>
<P>And it is Ordained, that the petty-Con&s;tables, and Over&s;eers of the poor of the &s;everall Pari&s;hes within the &s;aid County, and &s;uch other per&s;ons as &s;hall be no|minated by the Lord-lieutenant, or, in his ab&s;ence, by the Deputy-lieutenants of the &s;aid County, or any two or more of them, &s;hal be the Collectors of all Sums of Money as &s;hall by vertue of this Ordinance be im|po&s;ed or &s;et upon any per&s;on or per&s;ons within the &s;aid Pari&s;hes: which &s;aid Sums of Money &s;o to be &s;et and collected as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be paid unto the high-Con&s;tables of the &s;everall Hundreds within the &s;aid County; and, in Corporations, to the Maior or other head-Officers of the &s;aid Corporations, who &s;hall re|ceive and pay over the &s;aid Sums 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 Lord-lieutenant, or, in his ab&s;ence, by the Deputy-lieutenants of the &s;aid County, or any two or more of them, who are to i&s;&s;ue forth the &s;ame for the U&s;e and Service of the &s;aid County, by the Lord-lieu|tenant, or, in his ab&s;ence, by the vote of the major part of the re&s;pective Deputy-lieutenants of the &s;aid Coun|ty pre&s;ent at &s;uch Meetings as &s;hall be appointed for that purpo&s;e, and by their Order, in pur&s;uance thereof,
<PB N="9" REF="5">under their hands, and not otherwi&s;e. And the &s;aid Trea&s;urers are hereby required to keep a perfect Ac|compt of all &s;uch Moneys as they &s;hall receive and pay by vertue of this Ordinance, and to deliver copies of the &s;aid Accompts unto the &s;aid Lord-lieutenant, or, in his ab&s;ence, to the Deputy-lieutenants, or any of them of the &s;aid County: and the &s;aid Trea&s;urers, for their Charge and Pains, &s;hall be allowed Two pence in the Pound for all &s;uch Sums 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 days after demand or notice to be left at their dwelling-hou&s;e, or u&s;uall place of abode, pay the Sum or Sums on him or them a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed or &s;et as a|fore&s;aid; it &s;hall be lawfull for the &s;aid Collectors, or any one or more of them, to levie &s;uch Sum by way of Di&s;tre&s;&s;e and Sale of the Goods of the per&s;on and per|&s;ons &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed or fined, rendring to the party the overplus of the &s;aid &s;ale, if any &s;hall happen to be; 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 Volunteers, or other Forces of the &s;aid County, who are hereby re|quired to be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting to the 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, having not &s;uffi|cient Di&s;tre&s;&s;e, or neglect to pay either their A&s;&s;e&s;&s;e|ment or Fine to the Con&s;tables or other Collectors appointed, within Twelve days after it &s;hall be de|manded; the Lord-lieutenant, or, in his ab&s;ence, the Deputy-lieutenants, or any two or more of them, upon the returns of the names of &s;uch who &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect, &s;hall charge the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons with
<PB N="10" REF="6">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 Sum &s;o doubled within other Twelve days af|ter it &s;hall be demanded; that it &s;hall be lawfull for the &s;aid Lord-lieutenant, or, in his ab&s;ence, the Deputy-lieutenants of the &s;aid County, or any two or more of them, to commit the &s;aid 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;urers, high-Con&s;tables, petty-Con&s;tables, Over|&s;eers of the Poor, or other Collectors to be nomina|ted as afore&s;aid, &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to levie and re|ceive the Sums of Money to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and &s;et by ver|tue of this Ordinance; it &s;hall be lawfull for the &s;aid Lord-lieutenant, or, in his ab&s;ence, the Deputy-lieu|tenants, or any two or more of them, of the &s;aid County, to fine the &s;aid Trea&s;urers, high-Con&s;tables and Collectors, not exceeding the &s;um of Twenty pounds, to be levied upon them by &s;uch per&s;on or per|&s;ons as &s;hall be appointed by the &s;aid Lord-lieutenant, or, in his ab&s;ence, by the Deputy-lieutenants, or any two or more of them, by way of Di&s;tre&s;&s;e and Sale of their Goods, rendring to the party the overplus of the &s;aid Sale, if any happen to be.</P>
<P>Provided always, that the Forces rai&s;ed by vertue of this Ordinance &s;hall not be carried out of the &s;aid County without the con&s;ent of the Lord-lieutenant, or, in his ab&s;ence, of the Deputy-lieutenants, or any two or more of them.</P>
<P>And it is further Ordered and Ordained by the Au|thority afore&s;aid, That the Committees hereafter na|med, or any three or more of them, and no other, &s;hall have Power and Authority to rate and tax &s;uch Sums of Money upon the &s;aid County, as at &s;ome generall
<PB N="11" REF="6">Meeting of the &s;aid Committee &s;hall be agreed to be fit and nece&s;&s;ary for the paying of &s;uch Officers and Souldiers of the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Farnham</HI> and the Gari&s;on there, as likewi&s;e for the Troop of Hor&s;e which is now rai&s;ed and maintained by the &s;aid County for the defence thereof, and for &s;uch other charges as &s;hall be thought fit and nece&s;&s;ary for the defence and &s;afety of the &s;aid County, at &s;ome generall Meeting of the &s;aid Committee, and the &s;ame to levie in &s;uch manner as is appointed for the levying of Money for rai&s;ing and maintaining of the Forces under the command of Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax,</HI> in the Ordinance for that purpo&s;e; the &s;aid Committee to con&s;i&s;t of the&s;e per&s;ons, and no other: <HI>Viz. Algernon</HI> Earl of <HI>Northumberland, Henry</HI> Earl of <HI>Kent, Charles</HI> Earl of <HI>Nottingham, William</HI> Lord <HI>Mun&s;on; Denzill Hollis</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Benjamin Weston</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>John Glyn</HI> E&s;quire, Recorder of <HI>London,</HI> Sir <HI>Ambro&s;e Brown</HI> Baronet, Sir <HI>Poynings Moore</HI> Baronet, Sir <HI>Thomas Jervoice,</HI> Sir <HI>Richard On&s;towe,</HI> Sir <HI>Thomas Wal&s;ingham,</HI> Sir <HI>John Dingley,</HI> Sir <HI>John Lenthall,</HI> Sir <HI>John Howland,</HI> Sir <HI>William Ellyot,</HI> Sir <HI>Richard Betten&s;on,</HI> Sir <HI>Matthew Brand,</HI> Sir <HI>Robert Parkhur&s;t,</HI> Sir <HI>Robert Wood,</HI> Sir <HI>Robert Needum,</HI> and Sir <HI>John Evelyn,</HI> Knights; <HI>John Li&s;le, Nicholas Stoughton, George Farewell, Henry Tun&s;tall, Anthur On|&s;low, Robert Goodwyn, George Evelyn</HI> of <HI>Wotton, Henry We|&s;ton, Thomas Sands, John Goodwyn, Edward Bi&s;h</HI> junior, <HI>Henry Campion, Francis Drake, Robert Wood, John Farewell, Thomas Lock, John Cartwright, Edmund Jordan, Arthur Squibb, Iohn Turner, Thomas Smith, Richard Brown,</HI> E|&s;quires; <HI>Robert Houghton, Cornelius Cook, Richard Wright, George Snelling, Thomas Hud&s;on, Henry Hardwick, Robert Holman, Sackford Gun&s;on, Robert Pur&s;e, Robert Meade,</HI> Colonell <HI>Rowland Wil&s;on,</HI> and <HI>Iames Shirley,</HI> Gentlemen.</P>
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<P>And it is likewi&s;e ordered and ordained, that there be once in a moneth a generall meeting of the &s;aid Committee in &s;ome indifferent place in the &s;aid Coun|ty, to be appointed by the Major part of the &s;aid Com|mittee, at which meeting the &s;aid Committee, or the Major part of them there a&s;&s;embled, are hereby requi|red and authorized to appoint what &s;hall be re&s;pective|ly acted and performed, and by whom, in the &s;everall parts of the &s;aid County, as well for the executing of this Ordinance in what concerns them, as for the exe|cuting of all other Ordinances heretofore made, and yet in force, to be excuted in the &s;aid County: for the execution whereof, in their &s;everall and re&s;pective di|vi&s;ions, the Committees above named, or any three or more of them, are hereby inabled and authori&s;ed.</P>
<P>And it is further ordered and ordained, that there be an accompt monethly given to the &s;aid Committee; at their &s;aid generall meeting, of what &s;hall be done there|in, by the &s;everall and re&s;pective Committees, in their &s;everall and re&s;pective divi&s;ions and allotments.</P>
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