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<P> AN ORDINANCE OF THE LODRS and COMMONS A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT, For the Contribution of the value of one Meale in the weeke, towards the charge of Arming and forming into Regiments the Auxi|liarie Forces, now in ray&s;ing within the City of <HI>London</HI> and Lines of Communication.</P>
<P>And for the better execution of the &s;everall Ordinances of the MILITIA within the&s;e parts and places, according to the Tenor of the &s;ame Ordinances.</P>
<P>With the Names of the Trea&s;urers of the &s;everall Divi&s;ions.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis, 26 Martii, 1644.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P><HI>ORdered by the Lords a&s;sembled in Parliament, That this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>John Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>LONDON, Printed for <HI>John Wright</HI> in the Old-Bayley, March 28. 1644.</P>
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<HEAD>An Ordinance of Parliament, for the Contribution of the value of one Meale in the weeke, towards the charge of arming and forming into Regiments the Auxiliary forces now in ray&s;ing within the Lines of Communication; And for the better execution of the &s;everall Ordinances of the <HI>Militia</HI> within the&s;e parts and places <HI>according to the tenor of the &s;ame Ordinances.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_WHereas the Committee for the <HI>Militia of London,</HI> have for the better di&s;charge of the great tru&s;t in them repo&s;ed (according to &s;everall Ordinances of Parliament inabling them thereunto) authori|zed &s;everall Sub-committees, to put in execution within the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> Hamlets of the <HI>Tower,</HI> and the Borough of <HI>Southwark</HI> and other the parts adjacent, within the weekly Bills of Mortalitie, the &s;everall Ordinances heretofore made for ordering the <HI>Militia</HI> of tho&s;e parts and places; the &s;peedy and due effecting whereof, will not onely much ea&s;e and relieve the Trained and Auxiliatie Bands of the pla|ces afore&s;aid, now much over-burdened with duty, but will al&s;o by Gods ble&s;&s;ing upon the &s;ame apparently, tend to the better &s;afe|guard of tho&s;e places, and pre&s;ervation of this pre&s;ent Parliament, un|der God the chiefe Bulwarke and con&s;erver of our Religion, Lawes, and Liberties: And whereas, be&s;ides other voluntarie Contributi|ons, a chiefe meane of ray&s;ing and forming of the Auxiliarie Regi|ments already ray&s;ed in the places afore-&s;pecified, hath beene the voluntarie forbearance of one Meale in the weeke, and rendering the value of the &s;ame for the purpo&s;e afore&s;aid, which being begun by wel-affected per&s;ons, is conceived may be of &s;peciall u&s;e, for ray&s;ing more Forces, buying of Armes and Ammunition, and ac|compli&s;hing
<PB N="2" REF="3"> the intent of the &s;aid Ordinances, if convenient power be added to make that way of Contribution generall, and &s;o as the but then may not re&s;t alone upon the willing partie.</P>
<P>The Lords and Commons in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, taking the premi&s;&s;es into their &s;erious con&s;ideration, and being &s;en&s;ible of the good &s;ervice alreadie performed to the State, by the Forces of the Citie and places afore&s;aid, and well approving of the continu|ance of the good endeavours of the &s;aid Committee; and of their Sub-committees, whereto they conceive it requi&s;ite to give all fitting a&s;&s;i&s;tance and encouragement, and holding it very ju&s;t and rea&s;onable, that all per&s;ons according to their abilities &s;hould in a rea&s;onable and proportionable way contribute to the &s;upporting of that charge and burden, which is nece&s;&s;arily to be undergone for the common &s;afetie; doe for the better &s;peeding and perfecting of the &s;aid worke, thinke fit to Order and Ordaine; And be it Ordai|ned, Declared, and e&s;tabli&s;hed as followeth: That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, and their Families, re&s;iding or Inhabing within the &s;aid Cities of <HI>London</HI> &amp; <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> the Hamlets of the <HI>Tower,</HI> Borough of <HI>Southwark</HI> and other the Pari&s;hes and places within the Lines of Communication and weekly Bills of Mortalitie, &s;hall pay and contribute upon each Tue&s;day weekely, the value of one ordi|narie Meale, to &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons as &s;hall be re&s;pectively ap|poynted Collector or Collectors thereof; in &s;uch &s;ort as is after mentioned, the &s;ame to be imployed for the ends and purpo&s;es be|fore &s;pecified, and hereafter mentioned; And for the better Or|dering, Rating, and Ray&s;ing the &s;aid Monies, It is further Ordered and Ordained, That the Alderman, Aldermans Deputie, and Com|mon-councell-men, of and for each Ward within <HI>London,</HI> and the Liberties, calling to their a&s;&s;i&s;tance two or more of the Sub-com|mittee, u&s;ually &s;itting at <HI>Salters-</HI>Hall in <HI>Bread-street,</HI> being Free|men of the Citie of <HI>London,</HI> and of the &s;ame Ward, if there be any &s;uch therein, and &s;ome other able and wel-affected per&s;ons of each Ward, and the greater part of them; And the &s;aid other Sub-com|mitrees, within their &s;everall Limits and Divi&s;ions, or any &s;even or more of them re&s;pectively, &s;hall have full power and authority, to A&s;&s;e&s;&s;e or Tax, or nominate A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors, to &s;et a Rate and Tax upon each per&s;on and Familie as afore&s;aid; To wit, what Rate, Pro|portion,
<PB N="3" REF="3"> or &s;umme of Money, each per&s;on or him or her &s;elfe, or for them&s;elves and Families re&s;pectively; &s;hall pay and con|tribute for the value of one Meale in the Weeke, as afore&s;aid; And &s;hall appoint convenient places and fit per&s;ons within each Pari&s;h or Precinct re&s;pectively, where, and to whom the &s;aid Moneyes &s;hall be re&s;pectively payd, by the per&s;ons &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and to nominate and appoint Collectors, or Receivers, to call for, and attend the receipt of the &s;aid moneyes &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, who are to pay over the &s;ame upon each Thur&s;day weekely, at two of the clock in the afternoone, to the re&s;pective Trea&s;urers hereafter mentioned, <HI>viz.</HI> The Collectors for the &s;aid City of <HI>London,</HI> and the Liberties, to <HI>John Langham</HI> Alderman, appoynted Trea&s;urer by the Com|mon-Councell of the City of <HI>London,</HI> who &s;hall and may upon occa|&s;ion exchange and alter the &s;ame Officer, and appoint &s;uch other fit Officer as &s;hall to them &s;eeme meeete. The Collectors for the Hamlets of the <HI>Tower</HI> of <HI>London</HI> and the Liberties thereof, to M. <HI>Abraham Cor&s;iellis,</HI> one of the Sub-committee there, which u&s;ually meets at <HI>Savage-</HI>hou&s;e at <HI>Tower-</HI>hill&punc; and who is appointed to be their Trea&s;urer; The Collectors for the &s;aid City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and Liberties thereof, and other the Liberties, Pari&s;hes, and Places within that Divi&s;ion, to M. <HI>Edward Carter,</HI> one of the Sub-com|mittee for that part, which u&s;ually meet and &s;it at the <HI>Savoy</HI> in the <HI>Strand,</HI> and appointed to be their Trea&s;urer; The Collectors for the <HI>Borough</HI> of <HI>Southwarke,</HI> and other the Liberties and Places within the Divi&s;ion, to M. <HI>Richard Walker,</HI> one of the Sub-com|mittee there, which u&s;ually meet at the Ve&s;try-Hou&s;e in <HI>Olaves</HI> Pari&s;h, and who is appointed to be their Trea&s;urer; And in default of &s;uch per&s;ons appointed Trea&s;urers afore&s;aid, Then to &s;uch other Trea&s;urers as &s;halbe &s;everally for &s;uch purpo&s;e appointed to wit, by the Common-Councell of <HI>London</HI> for the &s;aid City, and Liberties, and by the other Sub-committees, or any &s;even of them, for their Divi&s;ions re&s;pectively: which &s;aid re&s;pective Trea&s;urers are hereby authorized to i&s;&s;ue out the &s;aid Moneyes &s;o gathered and received, as is hereafter mentioned, <HI>(viz)</HI> The Trea&s;urer for the City of <HI>London,</HI> and the Liberties thereof, for recruiting of the Auxiliary Regiments already rai&s;ed, ray&s;ing and preparing of more Forces, buying of Armes and Ammunition, and for &s;uch other u&s;es, as the
<PB N="4" REF="4"> Common-Councell of the &s;aid City of <HI>London,</HI> or &s;uch per&s;ons as they from time to time &s;hall appoint for that purpo&s;e, <HI>being ap|proved of by both Hou&s;es of Parliament,</HI> Shall thinke fit to direct and appoint; And the Trea&s;urers for the other parts &s;hall i&s;&s;ue their Monies re&s;pectively for recruiting their Auxiliary Regiments, ray&s;ing and preparing of more Forces, and Executing the Ordi|nances of the <HI>Militia,</HI> within their re&s;pective Precincts according to &s;uch Warrants and Directions as &s;hall be given by the &s;aid Sub-Committees for the u&s;es afore&s;aid, by Order to be made at the re|&s;pective u&s;uall places of meeting of the &s;aid Sub-Committees re&s;pectively, of whom &s;even at lea&s;t are then and there to be pre&s;ent, and &s;ub&s;cribe the &s;ame Order. And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, or to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed for the Weekely payment afore&s;aid, &s;hall after demand thereof made of the per&s;on <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">o A&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ed, or at his or their u&s;uall places of Habitation or Abode faile in payment thereof; That then it &s;hall and may be lawfull to and for the &s;aid Collectors, and every of them re&s;pectively calling to their A&s;&s;i&s;tance any of the Trained Bands, Voluntiers, Con&s;tables, or others&punc; who are hereby enjoyned to a&s;&s;i&s;t upon all Occa&s;ions, being required, to Levie double the &s;umme or &s;ummes &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, together with the nece&s;&s;arie Charges which &s;hall be expended in the Collecting thereof, by way of Di&s;tre&s;&s;e, upon his or their goods and Chattels, and &s;hall and may fell the &s;ame Di&s;tre&s;&s;e or Di&s;tre&s;&s;es for the Services afore&s;aid, and the over-plus to be returned to the Owner of the Di&s;tre&s;&s;e taken. And if no &s;ufficient Di&s;tre&s;&s;es can be found within the &s;aid Citie of <HI>London,</HI> or the Liberties, whereby the Moneyes a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed upon the per&s;ons there may be levied; Then upon Certificate thereof made by the &s;aid Sub-Committees for the Citie and Liberties, or any &s;even of them, being Free-men of the &s;aid Citie of <HI>London,</HI> to the Lord Mayor of the &s;aid Citie, hee is forthwith to grant his Warrant for the apprehen&s;ion of the &s;aid per&s;on and per&s;ons, and for his and their Commitment to &s;afe Cu|&s;todie, without Bayle or Mainptize, where&s;oever hee or they are or &s;hall be found, within Liberties or without, unle&s;&s;e hee &s;hall &s;ee ju&s;t cau&s;e to the contrary. And in like ca&s;e, if no &s;ufficient Di|&s;tre&s;&s;es can be found within the other re&s;pective Divi&s;ions before-mentioned, whereupon the &s;ummes a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed upon the per&s;ons there
<PB N="5" REF="4"> may be levied; Then upon Certificate to be made in that behalfe to the re&s;pective Sub-Committees of tho&s;e Divi&s;ions, the &s;aid Committee, or any &s;even of them, by Order to be made at their u&s;uall place of Meeting, &s;hall and may commit &s;uch per&s;on or per|&s;ons to &s;afe Cu&s;todie, without Bayle or Mainprize, where&s;oever hee or they &s;hall be found, whether within the &s;aid re&s;pective Divi&s;ions or without; the &s;aid per&s;ons &s;o to be committed, as afore&s;aid, to continue in Pri&s;on untill they have fully &s;atisfied their re&s;pective A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ements.</P>
<P>And be it further Ordered and Ordained, That the over or un|der-rating of any per&s;on or per&s;ons or their Families, within the &s;aid City of <HI>London,</HI> or any part thereof, &s;hall and may upon com|plaint thereof be examined and rectified by the Common-Councell of the &s;aid City, or any Committee by them for that purpo&s;e to be appointed, or the greater part of &s;uch Committee; And if any per|&s;on or Per&s;ons, within any the &s;aid other Divi&s;ions, be over-rated in the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ements, or under-rated, the &s;ame &s;hall upon com|plaint thereof be rectified by the &s;aid Sub-Committees of that Di|vi&s;ion re&s;pectively or any &s;even of them, according to their di&s;creti|ons; And if any A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors, Collectors, or Con&s;tables, within the &s;aid City of <HI>London,</HI> or the Liberties, &s;hall refu&s;e the &s;aid &s;ervice, or prove negligent or faulty therein&punc; upon Certificate thereof made by the &s;aid Sub-Committee of <HI>Saliers-</HI>Hall, or any &s;even of them, be|ing Free-men of the &s;aid City of <HI>London,</HI> to the Lord Major of the &s;aid City, he is forthwith to grant his Warrant for Commitment of &s;uch per&s;ons to pri&s;on, unle&s;&s;e he &s;hall &s;ee ju&s;t cau&s;e to the contrary. And like power upon &s;uch occa&s;ion the &s;aid other Sub-Committees may exerci&s;e within their Limits re&s;pectively, or upon &s;uch neglect or default as afore&s;aid, the Common-Councell, of whom they &s;hall appoint for <HI>London</HI> and the Liberties, and the Sub-Committees or any &s;even of them within their &s;everall Divi&s;ions, may impo&s;e a fine upon the offenders&punc; not exceeding the &s;umme of Ten Pounds for every offence, the &s;aid Fuie to be levied by Di&s;tre&s;&s;e, and &s;ale of the offenders goods, and the Moneyes to be imployed for the &s;ervice afore&s;aid; And it is Ordained, That the &s;aid Trea&s;urers re|pectively &s;hall each of them keepe a Regi&s;ter-Booke of the &s;ummes received, and paid out by them, that &s;o they may give a ju&s;t and
<PB N="6" REF="5"> perfect Account thereof, unto the &s;aid Sub-Committees, to whom they re&s;pectively belong, when they &s;hall be by them required which &s;hal be once Monthly at lea&s;t; And the &s;aid Trea&s;urer for <HI>London</HI> and the Liberties &s;hall al&s;o concerning the Premi&s;&s;es, be ac|comptable to the Common-Councell for the &s;aid City, or &s;uch Committee as they &s;hall thereto appoint, when he &s;hall at any time be thereunto required; And for the better encouragement of the &s;aid Collectors and Trea&s;urers: It is Ordained, that five pence in the Pound &s;hal be allowed for every &s;umme of mony, which &s;hal be Collected and paid to the &s;aid Trea&s;urers according to this Ordi|nance, whereof foure pence &s;hall be to the Collectors, and one pen|ny to the Trea&s;urer.</P>
<P>And be it la&s;tly, by the &s;aid Lords and Commons further Ordai|ned, That all and every the re&s;pective Committees, A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors, Trea&s;urers and Collectors of the re&s;pective Divi&s;ions afore&s;aid, and all that &s;hall a&s;&s;i&s;t them in the premi&s;&s;es, &s;hall be by power of Par|liament protected and &s;aved harmele&s;&s;e, both for what, according to the true meaning of the premi&s;&s;es, they have done and &s;hall doe therein for time to come.</P>
<P>Provided, That this Ordinance extend not to &s;uch per&s;ons as re|ceive Almes, nor &s;hall be of longer continuance then for the &s;pace of &s;ix Moneths to begin from Tue&s;day next after the date hereof.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That this Ordinance &s;hall not extend to the u&s;ing of any compul&s;arie power over any the Members of either Hou&s;e of Parliament, or any Peer, or any A&s;&s;i&s;tant of the Hou&s;e of Peeres, or any Attendant on either Hou&s;e of Parliament, or any Member of the A&s;&s;embly of Divines; or to give power to &s;ettle any other Rates upon any of them touching the premi&s;&s;es, then what they re&s;pectively will tax them&s;elves at, or agree unto: Any thing in this pre&s;ent Ordinance contained to the contrarie notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
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