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<P>AN ORDINANCE OE THE Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT: For the inabling of S^r^. <HI>William Brereton</HI> Baronet, one of the Members of the Hou&s;e of Com|mons, &s;peedily to put in Execution the Ordinances for the Seque&s;tration of the E&s;tates of Papi&s;ts and Delinquents, the Fifth, and Twentieth Part, Weekly A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ement; and all other Ordinances of Parliament, within the County of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and County and City of <HI>Che&s;ter:</HI> And to take Sub&s;criptions for the better &s;upply and main|tenance of the Forces under his Command, for &s;ecurity of the &s;aid Places, and preventing the Acce&s;&s;e of the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Forces into tho&s;e Parts.</P>
<P>Al&s;o allowing unto the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Brereton</HI> the per|&s;onall E&s;tates of all Papi&s;ts and Delinquents, in and about <HI>London,</HI> and within 20. miles thereof, as are not yet &s;eque&s;tred, or di&s;covered for the Service afore&s;aid.</P>
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<P><HI>Die Martis 26. Martii. 1644.</HI></P>
<P>ORdered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament, that this Ordinance be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<P>Joh. Browne, Cler. Parliament.</P>
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<P>Printed for JOHN WRIGHT in the <HI>Old-Baily,</HI> March 29. 1644.</P>
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<HEAD>AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS in PARLLIAMENT: To inable Sir <HI>William Brereton</HI> Baronet, one of the Members of the Hou&s;e of Commons, to execute the &s;everall Ordinances of Parliament, for Advance of Money within the County of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and County and City of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and to take Sub&s;criptions for the better Sup|ply and Maintenance of the Forces under his Command, for the &s;ecurity of the &s;aid Places, and for prevention of the Acce&s;&s;e of the Iri&s;h Forces into tho&s;e Parts.</HEAD>
<P>_THE Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament taking into their &s;erious Con&s;ideration the pre&s;ent condition of the County of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and of the County and City of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and the Parts adja|cent; and the dammage which hath already hap|pened, and may &s;till accrue to this Kingdom, by the frequent Acce&s;&s;e of the Iri&s;h Forces into the &s;aid Place, (by meanes of the Haven of <HI>Che&s;ter</HI> being yet within the enemies power) joyning them&s;elves with &s;uch Delinquents and Papi&s;ts as are now in Armes in tho&s;e Parts again&s;t the Parliament; have thought fit that cour&s;e be timely taken for prevention of further mi&s;chiefs, by landing of more Iri&s;h Forces in tho&s;e Parts. And therefore that they might &s;peedily reduce the &s;aid County and City of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and Places afore&s;aid, to their due obedience to the King and Parliament, have thought it nece&s;&s;ary, that competent Supplies and Provi&s;ions be had
<PB N="2" REF="3">and e&s;tabli&s;hed, as well for the Di&s;charge and paiment of &s;uch Arreares as are already due and owing to the Officers and Souldiers imployed in the &s;ervice afore&s;aid, as for their future maintenance and allowance du|ring &s;uch time as their &s;ervice &s;hall be requi&s;ite. To which end and purpo&s;e the &s;aid Lords and Commons having had good experience, and being fully a&s;&s;ured of the Fidelity and Re&s;olution of Sir <HI>William B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ereton</HI> Baronet, one of the Members of the Hou&s;e of Commons, and of the forwardne&s;&s;e and good affections of the Deputy-Lieute|nants, Commanders, and Inhabitants of the &s;aid County of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> have ordained, and be it ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, That the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Brereton</HI> &s;hall have full Power and Authority, to take the Sub&s;criptions of all &s;uch per&s;ons, as will voluntarily lend or contribute any &s;umme or &s;ummes of Money towards the Supplies and Provi&s;ions afore&s;aid, and for other nece&s;&s;aries for the advancement of the &s;aid Service: Which &s;ums of Mony to be &s;ub&s;cribed as afore&s;aid, the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Brereton,</HI> and his A&s;&s;ignes, &s;hall and may receive and imploy for the Service afore&s;aid, and give Notes or Acquittances for the &s;everall &s;ums &s;o received; which &s;aid Notes or Acquittances &s;hall be a &s;ufficient Specialty and Evidence for the &s;everall per&s;ons that &s;hall lend or contribute any Money as afore&s;aid, to demand repaiment there|of, with &s;uch increa&s;e as &s;hall be agreed upon, &s;o as the &s;ame &s;hall not exceed eight pounds <HI>per centum.</HI> And for the better inabling the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Brereton</HI> to make repaiment of &s;uch Moneyes as &s;hall bee lent for the &s;aid purpo&s;es, and to performe &s;uch Conditions and Agree|ments as the &s;everall Sub&s;cribers and Lenders &s;hall agree unto as afore|&s;aid; and for the maintenance and &s;upplies of the &s;aid Forces, and fur|ther advancement of the afore&s;aid Service. Be it further ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, That the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Brereton,</HI> to|gether with the Deputy-Lieutenants, and Committees of the laid County of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and the County of the Citie of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> or any two, or more of them, &s;hall have full power and authority to put in Execution, within the &s;aid County of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and the County of the Citie of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> (when the &s;ame &s;hall bee reduced) the &s;everall Ordi|nances of this pre&s;ent Parliament hereafter mentioned: That is to &s;ay, The Ordinances for &s;eque&s;tration of Malignants, Delinquents, and Pa|pi&s;ts E&s;tates. The Ordinance for the levying of Moneyes by way of Exci&s;e, or New Impo&s;t. The Ordinance for the rai&s;ing of money, by taxing &s;uch as have not at all contributed, or not according to their
<PB N="3" REF="3">E&s;tates. The Ordinance for the Weekly A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ements, and all other Ordinances made this pre&s;ent Parliament, for advance of Money through the Whole Kingdome and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> for the Ser|vice of the King and Parliament, &s;o farre forth as they, or any of them, have not beene already fully executed within the Pla|ces afore&s;aid: And to take care for the full and due Execution of the &s;aid Ordinances according to the Tenour and true meaning of the &s;ame, re&s;pectively. And for the more &s;peedie rai&s;ing of Moneys for the repayment of &s;uch Summes as &s;hall be brought in by Sub&s;criptions, as afore&s;aid, and towards the &s;atisfaction of &s;uch Officers and Souldiers as are or &s;hall be in Arreare of their ju&s;t pay and allowance, and for whom there &s;hall not be pre&s;ent Pay and Provi&s;ion allowed: Be it Ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, that the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Brereton,</HI> together with &s;uch Deputy Lievtenants and Committees as afore&s;aid, &s;hall have hereby full power and authority to &s;et and let the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, of all Papi&s;ts and Delinquents which are or &s;hall be &s;eized and &s;eque&s;tred according to the Ordinance of Parliament for &s;eque&s;tration, within the &s;aid County of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and Countie and Citie of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> or either of them from year to year, or by Lea&s;e or Lea&s;es for the intents and purpo&s;es afore&s;aid, &s;o long as the &s;aid Seque&s;tration &s;hall continue. And in ca&s;e the Lenders or Sub|&s;cribers &s;hall not receive full &s;atisfaction of their principall money to be lent or &s;ub&s;cribed as afore&s;aid, with the intere&s;t thereof, out of the E&s;tates of Papi&s;ts and Delinquents, as afore&s;aid, or by &s;uch other means as is hereby provided as afore&s;aid, That theu the &s;aid Lenders, and Sub&s;cribers, and every of them, &s;hall have the publique faith of the Kingdome for the payment of &s;uch Summe and Summes of Mo|ney as &s;hall bee due unto them. And whereas the &s;aid County of the Citie of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> is wholly &s;ubjected to the power and tyranny of the Forces rai&s;ed again&s;t the Parliament, by rea&s;on whereof no Commi&s;|&s;ioners or other Officers could as yet put in execution any of the &s;aid Ordinances of Parliament: And whereas &s;ome per&s;ons formerly ap|pointed by authority of the Parliament to be Commi&s;&s;ioners and Of|ficers within the &s;aid County of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and County of the Citie of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> to execute the Ordinances afore&s;aid, for the &s;ervice of the Par|liament, have &s;ince neglected and de&s;erted the &s;ame, and manife&s;ted their di&s;affections thereunto. Be it therefore ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, that for the &s;upply thereof the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Brere|ton,</HI>
<PB N="4" REF="4">together with &s;uch Deputy Lievtenants and Committees as afore|&s;aid, &s;hall have full power and Authority to name and appoint &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioners, Trea&s;urers, Collectors, and other officers within the &s;aid County of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and County and City of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> when the &s;ame &s;hall be reduced, as &s;hall be nece&s;&s;ary (through the defect afore|&s;aid) for the better putting in execution of all and every the Ordinan|ces of Parliament before mentioned, and of all other Ordinances of Parliament, in ca&s;e either no Comm&s;&s;ioners or other Officers be na|med by the Authority of Parliament, to put the &s;ame in execution within the &s;aid County of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and County and City of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> or either of them, or in ca&s;e the Commi&s;&s;ioners or other Officers al|ready named, have neglected or de&s;erted the &s;aid Service, or otherwi&s;e di&s;covered their di&s;affections to the proceedings of Parliament, which &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners and other per&s;ons &s;o to be named and ap|pointed by the &s;aid Sir <HI>Will. Brereton,</HI> together with the Deputy-Liev|tenants and Committees as afore&s;aid, &s;hall by vertue of this pre&s;ent Ordinance have as ful power and authority to put the &s;aid re&s;pective Ordinances in execution, as if they were named by both Hou&s;es of Parl. and their names in&s;erted into the &s;aid re&s;pective Ordinance.</P>
<P>And be it al&s;o ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, that the &s;everall Summes of Mony which &s;hall be lent for the advancement of the &s;aid Service, and &s;uch increa&s;e as &s;hall be due for every re&s;pective Summe &s;o lent according to the true intent and meaning of this Ordi|nance, &s;hall be &s;atisfied and paid out of the Moneys that &s;hall be rai&s;ed within the places afore&s;aid, by vertue of the afore-mentioned Ordi|nances, or of this pre&s;ent Ordinance. And the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Brereton,</HI> with &s;uch Deputy Lievtenants and Committees as afore&s;aid, are here|by enabled and authorized to call to Accompt upon Oath all &s;uch per&s;ons of the &s;aid County of <HI>Che&s;ter</HI> as have received any Moneys by Authority from the Parliament: As al&s;o to take Accompts upon Oath from time to time of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, Trea&s;urers, and other per&s;ons who &s;hall receive any Moneys within the &s;aid places by &s;uch Authority as afore&s;aid, and the &s;ame to convert and imploy for the &s;ervices afore&s;aid, and to give &s;uch fitting and rea&s;onable allow|ances unto &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall be imployed in the execution of the Ordinances afore&s;aid, and of this pre&s;ent Ordinance, or any of them, for their pains and charges therein, as the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Brereton</HI> &s;hal think fit, provided that &s;uch allowance &s;hal not exceed the re&s;pe|ctive
<PB N="5" REF="4">Rates allowed in other Counties of the Kingdome for putting the &s;aid Ordinances in execution: And if any Trea&s;urers, Collectors or others &s;hall refu&s;e to accompt or pay in the Moneyes where|with they are charged, then the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Brereton,</HI> toge|ther with &s;uch Deputy Lievtenants and Committees as afore&s;aid, &s;hall returne their Names to one, or both Hou&s;es of Parliament. And the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Brereton,</HI> together with &s;uch number of De|puty-Lievtenants, or Committees, as afore&s;aid, is hereby Authorized to Admini&s;ter the &s;everall Oaths &s;pecified in the afore&s;aid Ordinances unto &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioners and Per&s;ons (which have not already taken the &s;ame) as by the true meaning of the &s;aid Ordinances, or of this pre&s;ent Ordinance, or any of them, ought to take the &s;ame. And be it further ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, That the Per&s;onal E&s;tates of &s;uch Delinquents and Papi&s;ts within the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and within twenty miles of the &s;ame, not yet &s;eque|&s;tred nor di&s;covered; and which &s;hall bee di&s;covered by the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Brereton,</HI> or &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons as he &s;hall Authorize un|der his Hand and Seale for that purpo&s;e, within two Months next af|ter the publi&s;hing in Print of this Ordinance, &s;hall be allowed unto the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Brereton,</HI> for the further Advancement of the &s;aid Ser|vice, provided that the &s;aid concealed E&s;tates exceed not the Summe of five thou&s;and pounds: And that the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Brereton,</HI> or any Per&s;on Authorized by him, as afore&s;aid, nor any of them, &s;hall po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e them&s;elves of the &s;aid Papi&s;ts or Delinquents E&s;tates, before he or they acquaint the Committee of Lords and Commons for Seque|&s;trations therewith, to the end they may judge of the Delinquencie of the Per&s;ons, before his, or their E&s;tates be &s;eque&s;tred and taken away.</P>
<P>And be it further Ordained by the Lords and Commons, That the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Brereton</HI> &s;hall have Power and Authority, and is here|by required to Admini&s;ter the Covenant (appointed to be taken by the three Kingdomes of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland)</HI> to all Per&s;ons within the &s;aid County of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and the County of the City of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> who ought to take the &s;ame (by the late Ordinance and In|&s;tructions for that purpo&s;e) and have not already taken it.</P>
<P>And be it further Ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, that the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Brereton,</HI> together with the Deputy-Lievtenants and Committees, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall have Power to call before them all Mini&s;ters and Schoolema&s;ters within the County of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and the
<PB N="6" REF="5">County of the City of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> that are &s;candalous in there lives, or ill-affected to the Parliament, or Fomenters of this unnaturall Warre, or &s;hall wilfully refu&s;e obedience to the Ordinances of Parliament, or &s;hal have de&s;erted their ordinarie place of re&s;idences not being imploi|ed in the Service of the King and Parliament; and they &s;hall have power to &s;end for any Witne&s;&s;es, and examine any Complaint or Te|&s;timony again&s;t them, upon Oaths of &s;uch Per&s;ons as &s;hall and may be produced to give Evidence again&s;t them: and upon &s;uch Proofs of the afore&s;aid Crimes, the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Brereton,</HI> together with the Deputy-Lieutenants and Committees afore&s;aid, have hereby power to remove and eject all &s;uch &s;candalous Mini&s;ters &amp; Schoolema&s;ters, and in their places to nominate and apoint &s;uch learned, able, godly, and fit Per&s;ons, as they (with the advice and con&s;ent of three, or more, godly and learned Divines of the &s;aid County of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> which they &s;hall call unto them for that purpo&s;e) &s;hall thinke fit; and &s;hall cau&s;e all &s;uch Mini&s;ters and Schoolema&s;ters, &s;o nominated, appointed, and placed, to be put into po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the &s;aid Churches and Schools, who &s;hall and may re&s;pectively take, receive, and perceive to their own u&s;es, the Profits and Revenues belonging to the &s;aid &s;everall Churches and Places, in as large &amp; ample manner, as the &s;everall Mi|ni&s;ters &amp; Per&s;ons in the &s;aid &s;everall places have formerly u&s;ed to do.</P>
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