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<HEAD><HI>At Edinburgh the 19. of</HI> November <HI>1646.</HI></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"><HI>ACT</HI> Anent the payment of Officers, Souldiers, and Dra|gooners, Hor&s;e and Foot, in their Quarters, quan|tity of their Pay, and manner of pay|ment of the &s;ame.</HEAD>
<P>_THe E&s;tates of Parliament now conveened in this &s;ixth Se&s;|&s;ion of the fir&s;t Trienniall Parliament, by vertue of the la&s;t Act of the la&s;t Parliament, holden by His Maje&s;tie and three E&s;tates, in <HI>Anno</HI> 1641. Taking to their con&s;iderati|on the great abu&s;es committed by Officers and Souldiers, in their unorderly Quartering through the Country; And the heavy burden thereby lying upon His Maje&s;ties good Subjects, And being re&s;olved to apply their authority for redre&s;&s;e of the&s;e di&s;orders, and protection of the Lieges; Do therefore Statute, Ordain, and enact, That in time coming after the twentie &s;ixth day of November in&s;tant, All Offi|cers and Souldiers have their pay delivered to them at the end of every fourteen dayes (or &s;ooner if they remove) by the Shire in which they and their Regiments are Quartered, according to the e&s;tabli&s;hment hereafter &s;ub|joyned. And that the &s;aids Officers &s;hall pay ready money for what|&s;oever they take up for them&s;elves, their Hor&s;e and &s;ervants, at the ordina|ry rates of the&s;e places where they are Quartered without extortion. And al&s;o that when they receive their payment ilk fourteen dayes, at the receipt of their pay they bring with them and exhibite certificats and di&s;charges of the true payment made by them of all their furni&s;hing and expences from the&s;e per&s;ons where they have lived, or from the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Pari&s;hes or Magi&s;trates of Burrows where they have been Quartered. Heere fol|loweth the e&s;tabli&s;hment for the Officers for their daily pay in their Quar|ters: <HI>viz.</HI> A Colonell to Hor&s;e 7 <ABBR>l.</ABBR> 4 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Scots Money <HI>per diem.</HI> A Lieu|tenant Colonell to Hor&s;e daily 3 <ABBR>l.</ABBR> 12 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> A Major to Hor&s;e daily 48 <ABBR>s.</ABBR>. A Regiment Quarter-Ma&s;ter to Hor&s;e daily 30 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> A Chirurgion to Hor&s;e where there is ane daily 20 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Each Root-Ma&s;ter daily 3 <ABBR>l.</ABBR> 6 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> 8 <ABBR>d.</ABBR> Each
<PB N="2" REF="2">Lieutenant daily 30 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Each Cornet daily 24 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Each Quarter-Ma&s;ter daily 20 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Each Corporal, being three allowed to each Troop, daily 16 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Each Trumpeter daily 13 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> 4 <ABBR>d.</ABBR> And to each Trooper daily half Peck of Oates, &s;ix &s;heaves of Straw, and 6 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> 8 <ABBR>d.</ABBR> in Money: Or otherwi&s;e 12 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> in Money, in the option of the per&s;ons where they are Quartered.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> For a Foot Regiment, The Colonel to Foot to have daily 4 <ABBR>l.</ABBR> 16 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> A Lieutenant Colonell to Foot daily 48 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> A Major to Foot daily 32 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Regiment Quarter-Ma&s;ter daily 20 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Chirurgion, where there is ane dai|ly 20 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Drummer Major daily 8 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Regiment Scriber daily 13 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> 4 <ABBR>d.</ABBR> Prove&s;t Mar&s;hall daily 8 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Each of ten Captains daily 44 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> 5 <ABBR>d.</ABBR> Each of ten Lieutenants daily 20 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Each of ten En&s;ignes daily 16 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Each of twen|ty Serjeants daily 6 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> 8 <ABBR>d.</ABBR> Each of thirty Corporals daily 5 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> 9 <ABBR>d.</ABBR> Each of ten Captains at Arms daily 6 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> 8 <ABBR>d.</ABBR> Each of nineteen Drummers dai|ly 5 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> 4 <ABBR>d.</ABBR> Each Foot Souldier allowance in Meale and Quarters, or 4 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> daily, in the option of the per&s;ons where they are Quartered.</P>
<P><HI>Item,</HI> For a Regiment of Dragooners, The Colonell of Dragooners daily 6 <ABBR>l.</ABBR> Lieutenant Colonell to the Dragooners daily 3 <ABBR>l.</ABBR> Major to the Dragooners daily 40 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Quarter Ma&s;ter daily 25 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> The Chirurgion, if there be ane daily 20 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> A Captain of Dragooners daily 45 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> A Lieute|nant to Dragooners daily 25 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> An En&s;igne to the Dragooners daily 20 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Each Serjeant to the Dragooners daily 11 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> 4 <ABBR>d.</ABBR> Each Corporall of Dra|gooners daily 10 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Each Drummer daily 10 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Each Souldier of Dra|gooners to have daily 9 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> or el&s;e &s;ix &s;heaves Straw ane fourth part Oates and 5 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> Money, in the option of the per&s;ons upon whom they are Quartered.</P>
<P>And it is Statute and Ordained, That the Troopers and Souldiers of Foot be equally Quartered through the Shires by the re&s;pective Commit|tees thereof, And that upon no pretence what&s;oever any exemption be al|lowed to any per&s;on, but by Warrant of Parliament or their Committee, except for lands burnt, wa&s;ted, or po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by the enemy: For it is decla|red hereby, that &s;uch Lands or Burghs as &s;hall be found by the Committee of E&s;tates of Parliament, or Commi&s;&s;ioners appointed by them for that effect, to be &s;till po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by the enemy, or to have been burnt or wa&s;ted by the enemy, our own Forces, or the Plague, &s;o that the Heritors thereof are di&s;abled therethrough to bear any publike burden, Shall be free <HI>pro tanto</HI> of any pay, or giving of Quarters to Officers or Souldiers, unle&s;&s;e in ca&s;e of nece&s;&s;ity for the good of the Service, which is remitted to the Com|mander in chief where the&s;e Forces are. And the Forces being thus pro|portionably Quartered in the Shires to Burgh and Land equally, conform to their valuation and Maintenance; It is Ordained, That no Shire nor Burgh pay any Quarters to any common Souldiers Hor&s;e or Foot, but &s;uch as are actually and locally Quartered within the bounds, and that none of the&s;e common Souldiers, Hor&s;e or Foot, be paid when they are per&s;onally ab&s;ent from their Quarters. And it is declared, That the whole premit|ted Articles are to be under&s;tood of the Winter Quarters allowed to the Officers and Souldiers for their re&s;idence and Maintenance, conform as they are &s;everally divided and appointed through the whole Kingdom, and no
<PB N="3" REF="2">wayes to be under&s;tood of pa&s;&s;ing or tran&s;ient Quartering, nor extended to the Shires where the body of Forces &s;hall be commanded for the pro&s;e|cution of the Warre, &s;o that no Shire &s;hall be burdened above their pro|portion; but that the E&s;tates of Parliament in their particular Act for Maintenance and entertainment of the Forces, &s;hall &s;et down the way of re|lief of the Shires of <HI>Aberdene, Bamff,</HI> and <HI>Murray</HI> pre&s;ently, and generally of all Shires which may happen hereafter to be overburdened in the pro&s;e|cution of the Warre.</P>
<P>As likewi&s;e it is Ordained that in pa&s;&s;ing Quarters the Officers and Soul|diers &s;hall bee equally and proportionably Quartered in the Pari&s;h by the advice of the Commi&s;&s;ioners thereof; So that the Officers &s;hall not overburden any per&s;on or place at their plea&s;ure, In which ca&s;e of tran&s;i|ent Quarters, It is appointed that the Quarter Ma&s;ter or Commander of the party &s;hall deliver to the Commi&s;&s;ioner of the Pari&s;h or ane of the chief Heritors re&s;ident therein, or their Bailies, Officers or Chamberlains, or Magi&s;trats within Burgh, the names of all the Souldiers to be Quartered in that Pari&s;h or Burgh, in a Roll &s;ub&s;cribed with his hand. And declares, that in the&s;e Pari&s;hes either in Burgh or Land, &s;o Quartered upon in the&s;e tran&s;ient Quarters &s;hall have their proportionall relief of the remanent Shire. And it is al&s;o declared That the hou&s;es of Heritors and Liferentors &s;hall be free of Quartering, they furni&s;hing Quarters upon their own Ten|nants or in Inns upon their own bounds. And al&s;o that &s;uch Royall Burghs, where there is Gari&s;ons of Foot be free of the locall Quartering of Hor&s;|men, They alwayes paying their proportion with the Shire according to their valuation and maintenance.</P>
<P>And farther it is hereby Ordained that the Officers of the &s;everall Regi|ments within the Kingdom, and all the Souldiers thereof &s;hal repair to their charges and Quarters within &s;ix dayes after the publication hereof at the Market Cro&s;&s;e of the head Bugh of every Shire (and for <HI>Pearth</HI> Shire Or|daines the publication to be at the Market Cro&s;&s;e of <HI>Abernethy</HI>) And not to remove from their &s;everall Quarters and attendance of their charges without ane forloff &amp; licence from the Generall Major, Parliament, or their Committee to the Colonell, and from the Colonell to all inferior Officers under him (they alwayes leaving &s;ufficient Officers to attend the charge) under the pain of ca&s;heiring and lo&s;&s;e of their arrears. And likewi&s;e, The E&s;tates of Parliament, Ordains and commands the Committees of Warre in the &s;everall Shires of this Kingdome (who are hereby continued in their con&s;tant places, untill the Parliament give new order thereanent) To be a&s;&s;i&s;ting to &s;ee this Act punctually ob&s;erved in the whole Heads therof. And for that end that they &s;end in weekly to their Commi&s;&s;ioners during the &s;it|ting of the Parliament, ane accompt of each Troupe and Company with the Officers and Souldiers names, according as they are Quartered within their bounds, And of the obedience given herein by the Officers. And for that effect, That they call upon the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Pari&s;hes to give in to them upon oath, ane accompt of the number locally Quartered in each Pari&s;h, and of the cariage of Officers and Souldiers Quartered upon them; With this certification, that where the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Pari&s;hes &s;ends
<PB N="4" REF="3">not &s;uch an accompt, It &s;hall be reputed and holden that there is none Quar|tered upon their Pari&s;h, nor any di&s;orders committed therein.</P>
<P>And likewi&s;e it is ordained, That it &s;hall not be lawfull to the Officers o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> Souldiers to Hor&s;e or Foot, upon the not timous advancement to them o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> the pay above written, to &s;end out parties for uplifting the &s;ame at their own hand, untill fir&s;t it be repre&s;ented by them to the Committee of the Shir<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> or Magi&s;trate within Burgh, That they may give warrand for the &s;ame And appoints the Committees of Shires to meet every fourteen dayes fo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> that effect.</P>
<P>And the E&s;tates hes hereby declared, that no allowance, maintenance, o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> Quarters is to be given to any Officers or Souldiers for the tenth man, or th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> Pedie&s;e or Boys and Hor&s;e, But totally and ab&s;olutely di&s;charges the &s;am<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> in all time coming.</P>
<P>And la&s;t it is hereby declared, That if any of the Subjects of this King|dome be injured in Body and goods by any Souldiers within the &s;ame, tha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> the partie wronged make his complaint to the &s;aid Souldiers Officer; And upon his refu&s;all or delay to redre&s;&s;e the wrong, That the party addre&s;&s; him&s;elf to the Colonell, Lieutenent Colonell, or Major of the Regimen<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> if they be within the Shire for the time, and make known his complaint t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> them; upon who&s;e ab&s;ence, or neglect, or delay of ju&s;tice, the parties wrong|ed are to mean them&s;elves to the Committee of Warre in the Shire, o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> within Burgh to the Magi&s;trates thereof; By whom the &s;ame is to be re|pre&s;ented to the Parliament or Committee of E&s;tates, That they may giv<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> orders thereanent for puni&s;hing the &s;aids offenders, and al&s;o the Officers fo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> their neglect. And ordains the Lord Regi&s;ter to cau&s;e pre&s;ently Print th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> Act.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Alex. Gib&s;one Cler. Regi&s;t.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh</HI> Printed by <HI>Evan Tyler,</HI> Printer to th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;tie. <HI>1646.</HI></P>
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