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<P>AN ORDINANCE OF THE Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT, That the <HI>Committee</HI> for the <HI>Militia</HI> of LONDON &s;hall have Power to Impo&s;e upon Per&s;ons to finde Arms, not exceeding Three foot-Souldiers for any one man:</P>
<P>And to &s;earch for Papi&s;ts and Su&s;pitious per|&s;ons, and to di&s;arm them, and to rai&s;e Hor&s;e.</P>
<P><HI>Die Jovis; 27. Febr. 1644. H: El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</HI></P>
<P>Printed at <HI>London</HI> for <HI>Edward Husbands.</HI> Febr. 28. 1644.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Jovis, 27. Febr. 1644. </DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament.</HEAD>
<P>VVHereas divers per&s;ons within the City of <HI>London,</HI> and parts adjacent within the Lines of Communication, and Pari&s;hes men|tioned in the Weekly Bills of Mortality, and Hamlets of the Tower, that are not fit to bear Arms in their own per&s;ons, yet are able and fit to finde Arms, and pay others for bearing the &s;ame, but do neglect and refu&s;e the doing thereof; And whereas divers Papi&s;ts, and other ill-affected per|&s;ons do lurk and hide them&s;elves in divers hou&s;es and places within the limits afore&s;aid, that hold corre&s;pondency with, or bring Intelligence from the Enemy, and others that gather together Arms, Ammunition, and other materialls of War, likely to be imployed to the prejudice of the Parliament and City.</P>
<P>And whereas by &s;everall Ordinances of Parlia|ment, Power is given to the &s;aid Committee for ordering the &s;aid <HI>Militia</HI> within the Limits afore|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">aid, and drawing out Forces for Service abroad, And that many things mentioned in the &s;aid Or|dinances
<PB N="4" REF="3"> to be put in execution, require the help and a&s;si&s;tance of more per&s;ons in the nature of Sub-Committees; Thereupon Power is given to the &s;aid Committee, to make one or more Sub-Committees within the &s;aid Limits, as they &s;hall think fit: And for the better enabling the &s;aid Sub-Committees &s;o made, or to be made to per|form the &s;ervices therein contained:</P>
<P>The &s;aid Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled do Ordain and Declare, and be it Or|dained and Declared, That the &s;aid Committee of the <HI>Militia</HI> of <HI>London</HI> &s;hall have power, and are hereby authorized to Impo&s;e upon all &s;uch per|&s;ons as have any Stocks going in Trade within the Limits afore&s;aid, and ab&s;ent them&s;elves, or do per&s;onally inhabit or re&s;ide within the &s;aid Li|mits, to finde &s;uch proportion of Arms, and pay &s;uch per&s;ons as have been, or &s;hall be appointed to bear the &s;ame, as the &s;aid Committee &s;hall think fit, not exceeding Three Foot-Souldiers for any one per&s;on: And &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall di&s;obey the Commands and Directions of the &s;aid Committee of the <HI>Militia</HI> herein, the &s;aid Committee &s;hall have power to Impo&s;e &s;uch rea|&s;onable Fines upon them, or any of them, as they
<PB N="5" REF="3"> &s;hall think fit, not exceeding the &s;um of Forty &s;hillings for any one offence; and for want of payment thereof, to Leavie the &s;ame by Di&s;tre&s;&s;e and &s;ale of their Goods and Chattels, or other|wi&s;e, to Impri&s;on their per&s;ons without Bail or Mainprize, untill &s;uch time as they &s;hall conform them&s;elves accordingly: But in ca&s;e &s;uch per|&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o offending, do ab&s;ent them&s;elves without the &s;aid Limits, where the Authority of the &s;aid Committee doth not extend, and not a &s;ufficient value of his or their Goods or Chattels to be found within the &s;aid Limits, whereon to Leavie the &s;aid Fines by Di&s;tre&s;&s;e as afore&s;aid, That then the Committee of Lords and Com|mons for Seque&s;trations, upon complaint made by the Committee of the <HI>Militia,</HI> or &s;uch as they &s;hall appoint, do forthwith grant their Warrants for apprehending of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, where&s;oever they &s;hall be and to commit him or them to pri&s;on without Bail or Mainprize, untill he or they do conform them&s;elves, or to di&s;train his or their Goods, and bring them to <HI>London,</HI> and there &s;ell them to pay the &s;aid Fine or Fines; All which Fines are to be imployed to &s;uch u&s;e and purpo&s;e for the &s;afety and defence of this city, as
<PB N="6" REF="4"> the &s;aid Committee of the <HI>Militia</HI> &s;hall think fit and direct.</P>
<P>And it is further Ordained, That the &s;aid Committee for the <HI>Militia</HI> &s;hall have power, and is hereby Authorized by them&s;elves, or &s;uch as they &s;hall appoint, for whom they &s;hall be ac|countable, there being one of the &s;aid Committee of the <HI>Militia</HI> pre&s;ent, to &s;earch all hou&s;es and pla|ces within the Limits afore&s;aid, where the &s;aid Committee &s;hall have cau&s;e to &s;u&s;pect that any Papi&s;ts are, or other per&s;ons that come from any of the Kings quarters, or cannot give a good ac|count of their bu&s;ine&s;&s;e or aboad within the Li|mits afore&s;aid, or that have or &s;hall di&s;cover their ill-affection to the Parliament; and likewi&s;e to &s;earch for Arms, Ammunition and Materials for War in the cu&s;tody of &s;uch per&s;ons, and to &s;eize and take away the &s;ame, and to commit &s;uch per&s;ons to &s;afe cu&s;tody, or to expell them out of the Limits afore&s;aid, if they &s;hall &s;ee cau&s;e; and in ca&s;e of Re&s;i&s;tance, the &s;aid Committee are hereby Authorized to command any Con&s;table or Con&s;tables, to break open any hou&s;e or place, within the &s;aid Limits where &s;uch Re&s;i&s;tance &s;hall be made.</P>
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<P>And it is further ordained that the &s;aid Sub-Committee &s;o appointed, or to be appointed by the &s;aid Committee of the <HI>Militia,</HI> &s;hall have po|wer, and are hereby Authorized to cau&s;e all or a|ny of the clau&s;es contained in this or any other of the &s;aid Ordinances, to be put in due Execution, when and as often as they &s;hall receive directions from the &s;aid Committee for the <HI>Militia;</HI> and all Con&s;tables, Headboroughs, and other Officers and Souldiers are hereby required to obey, and execute &s;uch Warrants as they from time to time &s;hall receive from the &s;aid Committee for the <HI>Militia,</HI> or other Sub-Committees, for and con|cerning the execution of the &s;ame accordingly.</P>
<P>And it is further ordered and ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;em|bled, that the &s;aid Committee for the <HI>Militia</HI> of <HI>London,</HI> &s;hall have power to charge &s;uch Inhabi|tants wi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">hin the Lines of Communication and Bills of Mortality, as they &s;hall e&s;teeme able to finde and maintaine Hor&s;es with Riders, and furniture at their proper charge for the defence of the city and parts adjacent, &s;o as no one per&s;on &s;hall be charged for the rai&s;ing and maintaining of more then two Hor&s;es.</P>
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<P>Provided that no power hereby granted &s;hall be extended again&s;t any Peere of this Kingdom, or Member of either of the Hou&s;es of Parliament, or any of the As&s;i&s;tants of the Hou&s;e of Peeres, or attendants of the Hou&s;e of Peeres, or Com|mons. And as well the &s;aid Committee, as al&s;o their &s;aid Sub-Committees, and all other per&s;ons acting in the Premi&s;&s;es according to the intent of this Ordinance, &s;hall be &s;aved harmele&s;&s;e by Authority of both Hou&s;es of Parliament.</P>
<P>Provided that this Ordinance &s;hall continue and be in force for the &s;pace of eight moneths, to begin from the publi&s;hing of this Ordinance and no longer.</P>
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