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<P>AN ACT AND DECLARATION Touching &s;everal Acts and Ordinances Made &s;ince the Twentieth of <HI>April</HI> 1653. and before the Third of <HI>September</HI> 1654. and other ACTS, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>At the Parliament begun at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> the 17^t^h day of <HI>September, An. Dom.</HI> 1656.</P>
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<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed by HEN: HILLS and JOHN FIELD, Printers to His Highne&s;s the Lord PROTECTOR. 1657.</P>
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<HEAD>AN ACT AND DECLARATION Touching &s;everal Acts and Ordinances</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"><HI>Made &s;ince the Twentieth of <HI>April</HI></HI> 1653. <HI>and before the Third of <HI>September</HI></HI> 1654. <HI>and other Acts, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></HI></HEAD>
<P>_WHereas &s;ince the Twentieth day of <HI>April,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty three, in the great Exigences and Nece&s;&s;ities of the&s;e Nations, divers Acts and Ordinances have been made without the Con&s;ent of the People a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, which is not accord|ing to the Fundamental Laws of the Nati|ons, and the Rights of the people, and is not for the future to be drawn into example, yet the Actings thereupon tending to the Settle|ment of the E&s;tates of &s;everal per&s;ons and Families, and the peace and quiet of the Na|tions; Be it Enacted by His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector and this pre&s;ent Parliament, And it is hereby Enacted and Declared by the Authority of the &s;ame;</P>
<P>That one Ordinance made in the year 1653. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Repealing of &s;everal Acts and Re&s;olves of Parliament made for, or touch|ing the Sub&s;cribing or Taking the Engagement:</HI></P>
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<P> And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1653. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Set|ling and confirming of the Manors of <HI>Framlingham</HI> and <HI>Saxted</HI> in the County of <HI>Suffolk,</HI> and the Lands, Tene|ments and Hereditaments thereunto belonging, devi|&s;ed by Sir <HI>Robert Hitcham</HI> Knight, and late Serjeant at Law, to charitable U&s;es:</HI></P>
<P>And one Ordinance al&s;o made in the &s;ame year 1653. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Relief of per&s;ons that have acted in the Service of the Par|liament:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance prohibi|ting Cock-matches:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Continu|ing one Act of Parliament,</HI> Entituled, <HI>An Act for Probate of Wills and Granting Admini&s;trations:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Ere|cting Courts Baron in <HI>Scotland:</HI></HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Uniting <HI>Scotland</HI> into one Commonwealth with <HI>England:</HI></HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Doubling upon, and fini&s;hing the Sale of Deans, Deans and Chapters Lands, Manors of Rectories, Gleab-lands, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></HI></P>
<P>And one Ordinance al&s;o made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Pre&s;erva|tion of the Work of the Great Level of the Fens:</HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance of Explanation touching the Juri&s;diction of the Court of Admiralty:</HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame
<PB N="3" REF="3" MS="y"> year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for bringing the Publick Revenue of this Commonwealth into one Trea&s;ury:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for the further Encouragement of the Adventurers for Lands in <HI>Ireland,</HI> and of the Soldiers and other Planters there.</HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance again&s;t Chal|lenges, Duels, and all Provocations thereunto:</HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance Impower|ing the Commi&s;sioners of the Cu&s;toms, and o|thers for the better Suppre&s;sing of Drunkenne&s;s, and Prophane Cur&s;ing and Swearing, in per&s;ons im|ployed under them:</HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Indempnity to the Engli&s;h Prote&s;tants of the Province of <HI>Mun|&s;ter</HI> in <HI>Ireland:</HI></HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for the better Maintenance and Encouragement of Preaching Mini&s;ters, and for Uniting of Pari&s;hes.</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance to En|able &s;uch Soldiers as &s;erved the Commonwealth in the late Wars, to Exerci&s;e any Trade:</HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance touching Fines:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for fur|ther Doubling upon Deans and Chapters Lands:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Ad|mitting Prote&s;tants in <HI>Ireland</HI> to Compound:</HI></P>
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<P> And one other Ordinance al&s;o made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for bringing &s;everal Branches of the Revenue under the Managing and Government of the Commi&s;&s;ioners for the Trea&s;ury and Court of Exchequer:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Re|viving and Continuing an Act of Parliament for Re|covery and Pre&s;ervation of many Thou&s;and Acres of Ground in <HI>Norfolk</HI> and <HI>Suffolk,</HI> &s;urrounded by the rage of the Sea:</HI></P>
<P>And one other Ordinance made al&s;o in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for the taking an Accompt of the Moneys Received upon the Act for the better Propagation and Preaching of the Go&s;pel in <HI>Wales:</HI></HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the year 1653. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance touching Bills Signed by the Commi&s;sioners of the Navy, to be a Warrant to the Trea&s;urer:</HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made the &s;ame year 1653. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for giving <HI>Charls</HI> Vi&s;count <HI>Mansfield</HI> the benefit of the Act of Ge|neral Pardon and Oblivion:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1653. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Set|ling Lands of the clear value of 200 l. <HI>per Annum,</HI> upon <HI>Nicholas Lockyer</HI> and his heirs:</HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o another Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1653. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Charging the Judges Salaries upon the Cu&s;toms:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1653. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for a Tax on Ale and Beer in <HI>Edenburgh,</HI> and the parts and pendi|cles thereof:</HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the year
<PB N="5" REF="4" MS="y"> 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for better provi&s;ion for maimed Soldiers &amp; old widows, and orphans in <HI>Ireland:</HI></HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for payment of Arrears due to</HI> Colonel <HI>Hew&s;on:</HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Setling the remainder of a Term in a Lea&s;e of the Rectory of <HI>Hartland,</HI> in the County of <HI>Devon,</HI> upon Mr. <HI>Iohn Dury.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o another Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Satisfacti|on of &s;everal &s;ums of money due to <HI>Daniel Hutchen&s;on</HI> and <HI>Michael Casteel:</HI></HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance Im|powering the Commi&s;sioners for Managing E&s;tates under Seque&s;tration, to proceed upon an Order of Parliament of the 16^t^h day of June</HI> 1649. <HI>touching di|vers Engagers in York&s;hire:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Set|ling Lands to the value of</HI> 120<HI>l. <HI>per Annum</HI> in <HI>Scotland,</HI> upon <HI>Ioachim Hain</HI> and his heirs:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance touch|ing the Min&s;ter of <HI>York,</HI> and the School called <HI>Peters-School:</HI></HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for <HI>George Ralegh</HI> and <HI>Henry Clark,</HI> to have the benefit of the Articles given upon the Rendition of <HI>Oxford:</HI></HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Na|turalizing <HI>Joachim Hain:</HI></HI></P>
<P>One other Ordinance al&s;o made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Ratifica|tion</HI>
<PB N="6" REF="5"> <HI>of Grants of Lands in <HI>Scotland</HI> by the Commi&s;|&s;ioners of Parliament, and &s;atisfaction of &s;ome per|&s;ons to whom Lands in <HI>Scotland</HI> have been given by Order or Vote of Parliament; and for payment of ar|rears due to</HI> Colonel <HI>Horton:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for &s;et|ting up Lectures in <HI>Scotland:</HI></HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for alowing of Debts belonging to the Univer&s;ity of <HI>Gla&s;gow,</HI> and the Revenues of the &s;ame:</HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance touching Sa|laries &amp;c. of Officers in the Exchequer:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Sir <HI>Iohn Wolla&s;ton</HI> Knight&punc; and the re&s;t of the former Trea|&s;urers at War, and the Trea&s;urers for Seque&s;trations and Compo&s;itions, to pay money upon Warrant from the Committee for the Army:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Re|lief of &s;everal per&s;ons in <HI>Scotland,</HI> upon whom Fines are impo&s;ed by the Ordinance of Pardon and Grace to the people of <HI>Scotland:</HI></HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for payment of</HI> 600 <HI>l. to <HI>Edward Elvins</HI> of the City of <HI>Worcester:</HI></HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Naturali|zation of <HI>William Haumer</HI> &s;on of <HI>Thomas Haumer</HI> of <HI>Hau|mer,</HI> in the County of <HI>Flint,</HI> Baronet:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Sta|ting the Arrears of</HI> General <HI>Monk for his Service</HI>
<PB N="7" REF="5" MS="y"> <HI>done in <HI>Ireland,</HI> and for &s;atisfaction of the &s;ame out of Forfeited Lands of the Rebels there:</HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance touching the Arrears of Colonel <HI>Roger Fenwick,</HI> decea&s;ed:</HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Setling Lands in <HI>Ireland</HI> on Colonel <HI>Robert Hamond:</HI></HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for the Grant|ing unto, and Ve&s;ting in the Mayor, Bayliffs and Bur|ge&s;&s;es of the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed</HI> for ever, cer|tain Lands and Tenements within the Bounds of the &s;aid Town, for the perpetual Repair of the Bridge there, and other Benefits of the &s;aid Town.</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Uni|ting the Rectories of <HI>Wymborn St. Giles,</HI> and <HI>Wym|born All Saints,</HI> in the County of <HI>Dor&s;et,</HI> and to Setle the perpetual Patronage of the Vicarage of <HI>Loaders</HI> upon his Highne&s;s, in recompence of his Right of Patro|nage of the &s;aid Rectory of <HI>VVymborn All Saints,</HI> which is hereby Setled upon Sir <HI>Anthony A&s;hley-Cooper</HI> Baronet, and his heirs:</HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance touching Al|lowance of Debts and Incumbrances upon the E&s;tate which was Setled by Order of the Council of State, upon Mi&s;tre&s;s <HI>Mary Dean,</HI> Relict of General <HI>Dean,</HI> and her Children:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Pay|ment of</HI> 3473 <HI>l.</HI> 5 <HI>s. to <HI>Francis Thomp&s;on</HI> and <HI>Henry Can|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="3 letters">,</HI> in recompence of their Intere&s;t in the little Park at <HI>Wind&s;or,</HI> the Kings Meadows and Bu&s;hy-Park:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the
<PB N="8" REF="6"> &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Sa|tisfaction of the Creditors of <HI>Peter Smart</HI> decea&s;ed, out of the Remainder of Deans and Chapters Lands:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Sa|tisfaction of <HI>Henry Howard</HI> E&s;q; and the Lady <HI>Ann So|mer&s;et,</HI> for Lands &s;etled by Ordinance of Parliament on Mr. <HI>Hugh Peters:</HI></HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for ad|mitting Sir <HI>Francis Wortley</HI> Baronet to the Benefit of the Articles made upon the Rendition of <HI>A&s;hby de-la. Zouch:</HI></HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654 Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Con|firmation of the Articles made upon the Surrender of <HI>Barn&s;taple:</HI></HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654 Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Set|ling</HI> 100 <HI>l. <HI>per Annum</HI> in <HI>Ireland</HI> upon <HI>Richard Vriel</HI> and <HI>Thomas Cro&s;twait</HI> of <HI>Cockermouth-</HI>Ca&s;tle in the County of <HI>Cumberland,</HI> in &s;atisfaction of their Lo&s;&s;es and faithful Services:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Pay|ment of</HI> 100 <HI>l. <HI>per Annum</HI> to the Lady <HI>Iane Gorges,</HI> out of the Sixpeny-Writs in Chancery:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Pardoning of <HI>William Black&s;ton</HI> of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> E&s;q;</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance appointing Maintenance for Preaching the Go&s;pel in <HI>We&s;t-Cowes</HI> in the I&s;le of <HI>Wight:</HI></HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Charging the Sum of</HI> 3490 <HI>l.</HI> 2 <HI>s.</HI> 6 <HI>d. upon the Ex|cize</HI>
<PB N="9" REF="6" MS="y"> <HI>in cour&s;e, unto <HI>Robert Engli&s;h</HI> and Mr. <HI>Finlow.</HI></HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for In|corporation, Continuance, and Maintenance of the Ho&s;pital commonly called the Ho&s;pital of St. <HI>Kathe|rines</HI> in <HI>Ledbury</HI> under <HI>Malvern</HI> in the County of <HI>Here|ford:</HI></HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance touch|ing the Accompts of <HI>Mary Sankey</HI> the Relict of <HI>Robert Sankey:</HI></HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Stating the Accompts of Colonel <HI>Richard Lawrence,</HI> and allowing the &s;ame upon Iri&s;h Lands:</HI></P>
<P>And one other Ordinance al&s;o made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Set|ting forth Lands in <HI>Ireland</HI> unto the Committee for Claims at Grocers Hall, in &s;atisfaction of</HI> 2621 <HI>l.</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Set|ling Lands in <HI>Ireland</HI> of</HI> 300 <HI>l. <HI>per Annum</HI> upon Ge|neral <HI>William Penn</HI> and his heirs:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Continuing the Alms men and Alms-hou&s;es at New<HI>-Wind&s;or:</HI></HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Set|ling Lands in <HI>Ireland</HI> upon Commi&s;&s;. Gen. <HI>Reignolds,</HI> of</HI> 500 <HI>l. <HI>per Annum.</HI></HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for the more equal divi&s;ion of the Lands alotted to the Soldi|ers in <HI>Ireland:</HI></HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the
<PB N="10" REF="7"> &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Additional Ordi|nance for the &s;atisfaction of the Arrears due to Widows and Orphans, and Maimed Soldiers in <HI>Ireland:</HI></HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Additional Ordi|nance to the Ordinance appointing Commi&s;sioners for Approbation of Publique Preachers:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled. <HI>An Ordinance for Re|viving the Juri&s;diction of the County Palatine of <HI>Lan|ca&s;ter,</HI> and for holding A&s;size there:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance appoint|ing who &s;hall be Ju&s;tices of A&s;size for the County Palatine of <HI>Lanca&s;ter:</HI></HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year 1654. Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Reviving the Court of the Dutchy of <HI>Lanca&s;ter:</HI></HI></P>
<P>And one Act made in the year 1653. Entitu|led, <HI>An Additional Act for Stating and Determining the Accompts of the Officers and Soldiers of the Army in <HI>Ireland:</HI></HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Act made in the &s;ame year 1653. Entituled, <HI>An Explanatory Additional Act for the Sale of the Remaining Fee-Farm-Rents, and the fini&s;hing of that whole Affair:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Act made in the &s;ame year 1653. Entituled. <HI>An Act concerning the Plan|ters of Tobacco:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Act made in the &s;ame year 1653. Entituled, <HI>An Act for the &s;peedy and effectual &s;atisfaction of the Adventurers for Lands in <HI>Ireland,</HI> and of the Arrears due to the Sol|diers there, and of other Publick Debts, and for the encouragement of Prote&s;tants to Plant and Inhabit <HI>Ireland:</HI></HI></P>
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<P> And al&s;o one other Act made in the &s;ame year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and three, En|tituled, <HI>An Act impowring the Committee for the Ar|my, to &s;tate and determine the Accounts of all Offi|cers and Souldiers and others imployed by them, for Moneys by them received from the &s;ix and twenti|eth day of <HI>March,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty &s;e|ven untill the five and twentieth day of <HI>July,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and three:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Act made in the year one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty three, Entituled, <HI>An Act for Regulating the making of Stuffs, in <HI>Nor|folk</HI> and <HI>Norwich;</HI></HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o one other Act made in the &s;ame year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty three, Entituled, <HI>An Act to Admit <HI>Charlot</HI> Counte&s;s Dowager of <HI>Darby,</HI> to compo&s;ition, and for one thou&s;and pounds to be given to <HI>Robert Ma&s;&s;ey</HI> for &s;atisfaction of his lo&s;&s;es:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Act made in the &s;ame year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty three, Entituled, <HI>An Act to enable <HI>Robert Peyton</HI> E&s;q; and <HI>Algernon Peyton</HI> his Brother to make Sale of part of their Lands to pay their Debts:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Act made in the &s;ame year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty three, Entituled, <HI>An Act to enable <HI>Ferdinando</HI> Earl of <HI>Huntington</HI> to &s;ell &s;ome Lands for payment of his own debts and his Fa|thers, and to re&s;train him from making Lea&s;es of other Lands to the prejudice of his I&s;&s;ue:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Act made in the &s;ame year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty three, Entituled, <HI>An Act for &s;etling Lands, late of <HI>James</HI> Earl of <HI>Darby,</HI> of the yearly value of five hundred pounds upon <HI>Charls</HI> Earl of <HI>Derby</HI> and his heirs:</HI></P>
<P>And one Ordinance made in the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty three, Entituled, <HI>An</HI>
<PB N="12" REF="8" MS="y"> <HI>Ordinance appointing Commi&s;&s;ioners, for approba|tion of Publique Preachers:</HI></P>
<P>And one other Ordinance made in the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty four, Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance of Pardon and Grace to the People of <HI>Scotland:</HI></HI></P>
<P>And one other Ordinance made in the &s;ame year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty four, Enti|tuled, <HI>An Ordinance for &s;etling the E&s;tates of &s;everal Per&s;ons in <HI>Scotland,</HI> in Tru&s;tees, to the u&s;es herein ex|pre&s;&s;ed:</HI></P>
<P>Together with all Acts and Ordinances, touching the Cu&s;tomes, and the pre&s;ervation thereof, And all Acts and Ordinances, touching the Exci&s;e and Regulation thereof, And al&s;o one clau&s;e conteyned in an Order and Declara|tion of His Highne&s;s and the Council, dated the eighth day of <HI>February,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty four, Entituled, <HI>An Order and Declaration of His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector, with the advice of his Council, touching the Continuance of the Duty of Exci&s;e &amp; new Impo&s;t,</HI> which Clau&s;e beginneth with the&s;e words, <HI>viz. <HI>That the &s;everal Acts and Ordi|nances, and Orders relating to the Exci&s;e,</HI> &amp;c.</HI> and continueth to the end of the &s;aid Order and Declaration; And al&s;o all Orders and Decla|rations of His Highne&s;s with the advice of the Council, touching the duties of Cu|&s;tomes, and Exci&s;e and new Impo&s;t in <HI>Scotland</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the pre&s;ervation thereof; And all Acts and Ordinances, and al&s;o all Orders and Declarations of His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector with the con&s;ent of the Council, re|lating to the Committee of the Army, and Trea&s;urers at War: And all and every the Branches, Sentences and Words in the &s;ame
<PB N="13" REF="8" MS="y"> &s;everally contained, Shall be and are hereby continued and confirmed, and &s;hall &s;tand and be in full force and &s;trength, to all Intents and Purpo&s;es, any matter or thing to the Contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid; That &s;o much, and &s;uch part onely and no more, of one Ordinance made in the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty four, Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for the better &s;upport of the Univer&s;ities in <HI>Scotland,</HI> and encouragement of Publique Preachers there,</HI> as concerns the better &s;upport of the V|niver&s;ities in <HI>Scotland,</HI> &s;hall be and is hereby con|tinued and confirmed, and &s;hall &s;tand and be in full force and &s;trength.</P>
<P>And that one Ordinance made in the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty four, Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Sale of four Fore&s;ts or Cha&s;es, re&s;er|ved for Collateral Security to the Souldiers, which provides to Secure the right of the State in tho&s;e Lands &s;o di&s;po&s;ed of to the Souldiers,</HI> Be and is hereby likewi&s;e continued and confirmed, and is to &s;tand and be in full force and &s;trength, except all powers, given by certain in&s;tructions made by His Highne&s;s by advice of His Council in pur|&s;uance thereof, for determining the Rights of the Proprietors and Commoners, of the &s;aid Fore&s;ts, which are hereby declared Null and void. Provided neverthele&s;s and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, that the per&s;ons hereafter named, be hereby con&s;tituted Commi&s;|&s;ioners re&s;pectively for the Surveying the Fore&s;ts and Cha&s;es hereafter mentioned, That is to &s;ay, <HI>Jo&s;eph Ayloffe, Thomas Skipwith, Jeremy Baynes, Adam Ayre,</HI> E&s;qs; <HI>James Robin&s;on,</HI> and <HI>William M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">r,</HI> Gent. for the Fore&s;t of <HI>Sherwood:</HI>
<PB N="14" REF="9"> <HI>Robert Frank, John Ken&s;ey, Thomas Wats,</HI> E&s;qs; and <HI>George Sergeant</HI> Gent. for the Fore&s;t or Cha&s;e of <HI>Needwood: James Stedman, Robert Tayler, Thomas Tanner,</HI> E&s;qs; and <HI>John Hal&s;ey</HI> Gent. for the Fore&s;t or Cha&s;e of <HI>King&s;wood: Henry Dewel, William Dawgs, Jo&s;eph Gammage</HI> E&s;qs; and <HI>Richard John&s;on</HI> Gent. for the Fore&s;t or Cha&s;e of <HI>A&s;hdown</HI> and <HI>Lanca&s;ter</HI> great Park: <HI>John Boynton, Hugh Web,</HI> E&s;qs; <HI>Major Rolph,</HI> and <HI>Nicholas Gunton</HI> Gent. for <HI>Enfield</HI> Cha&s;e; and &s;hall proceed and Act upon &s;uch claimes as have been formerly put in before any Commi&s;&s;ioners appointed under the great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> for &s;urveying the &s;aid Fore&s;t and Cha&s;es, &s;ince the thirtieth of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty four, or upon any claimes that &s;hall be put in before the &s;aid re|&s;pective Commi&s;&s;ioners, before the twentieth day of <HI>July,</HI> next en&s;uing, according to &s;uch in|&s;tructions as &s;hall be agreed upon in and by this pre&s;ent Parliament. And be it further Enacted that the Lord <HI>Lambert,</HI> General <HI>Disbrow,</HI> Co|lonel <HI>Sydenham,</HI> Sir <HI>Gilbert Gerrard</HI> Knight, <HI>John Trever,</HI> and <HI>Jo&s;ias Bernars,</HI> E&s;qs; or any four of them, be and &s;hall be a Committee of ap|peal, who &s;hall have power to Act and do in all things as in the &s;aid In&s;tructions &s;hall be declared.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid; That one Act made in the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty three, Entituled <HI>An Act touching Mariages and the Regi&s;tring thereof, and al&s;o touching Births, and Burials, and all and every the Branches, Clau&s;es, and words therein conteyned,</HI> ex|cept onely one clau&s;e in the&s;e words following <HI>(viz.) And no other Mariage what&s;oever, within the Commonwealth of <HI>England,</HI> after the nine and twentieth</HI>
<PB N="15" REF="9" MS="y"> <HI>of <HI>September,</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty three, &s;hall be held o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> accounted <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> Mariage according to the Laws of <HI>England,</HI></HI> (which is hereby declared Null and void,) &s;hall be and is hereby continued and confirmed, and is to &s;tand and be in full force and &s;trength, for &s;ix Moneths, from and after the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of this pre&s;ent Parliament:</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority a|fore&s;aid, that one Ordinance made in the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty four, Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for the ejection of Scandalous, Ignorant and in&s;ufficient Mini&s;ters and School-ma&s;ters,</HI> Be and is hereby confirmed, and continued for three years from and after the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of this pre&s;ent Parliament.</P>
<P>And one other Ordinance Entituled, <HI>An Or|dinance for appointing Vi&s;itors for the Univer&s;ities;</HI> &s;hall be and is hereby confirmed, and continued for &s;ix Moneths from and after the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of this pre&s;ent Parliament.</P>
<P>And one other Ordinance Entituled, <HI>An Ordi|nance for the better Regulating and Limiting of the Juri&s;diction of the Court of Chancery,</HI> &s;hall be and is hereby confirmed, and continued, and &s;hall &s;tand and be in full force and &s;trength until the end of this pre&s;ent Parliament, and no longer.</P>
<P>And one Act made the twentie fir&s;t day of <HI>De|cember,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty nine, Entituled, <HI>An Act for di&s;charging from Impri&s;on|ment poor Pri&s;oners unable to &s;atisfie their Oreditors:</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o one Act made the &s;ixth day of <HI>April,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and fifty, Entituled, <HI>An Additional Act for the further ea&s;e and relief of poor pri&s;oners,</HI> Be and are hereby revived and continu|ed in force for twelve moneths, from the four
<PB N="16" REF="10"> and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty &s;even, as to &s;uch per&s;ons that are, or &s;hall be in pri&s;on within that time.</P>
<P>And that one Act heretofore had and made, Entituled, <HI>An Act for redre&s;s of Delays and Mi&s;|chiefs ari&s;ing by Writs of Errour, and Writs of Fal&s;e Judgment in &s;everal Ca&s;es,</HI> publi&s;hed in print the fourth day of <HI>November,</HI> in the year of our Lord God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and three, &s;hall be, and is hereby ratified and con|firmed.</P>
<P>And that one other Act heretofore had and made, Entituled, <HI>An Act for the taking away Fines upon Bills, Declarations, and Original Writs,</HI> pub|li&s;hed in print the &s;econd day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> in the year of our Lord God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred fifty and three above&s;aid, &s;hall be, and is hereby ratified and confirmed.</P>
<P>Provided always, that any thing in the &s;aid la&s;t mentioned Act contained, &s;hall not extend to the taking away of any Fines or Po&s;t Fines for Alienations upon Writs of Covenant, or Writs of Entry, and other Writs.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That one other Ordinance made in the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and four, Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for the better re|dre&s;s of the Abu&s;es committed upon the River of <HI>Thames,</HI> and Waters of <HI>Medway.</HI></HI> &s;hall be, and is hereby continued and confirmed, and &s;hall &s;tand and be in full force and &s;trength for the &s;pace of three years, from the end of this Se&s;|&s;ion of Parliament, Saving the Rights of all Bodies Politick and Corporate; and of all other per&s;on and per&s;ons what&s;oever.</P>
<PB N="17" REF="10" MS="y">
<P> And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That for the better and more effectu|al execution of the &s;aid Ordinance for <HI>Ejecting of &s;candalous, ignorant, and in&s;ufficient Mini&s;ters and School-ma&s;ters,</HI> It &s;hall and may be lawfull to and for His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector, by and with the advice of the Council, to nominate and appoint an Additional Supply of per&s;ons to be Commi&s;&s;ioners, and of Mini&s;ters to be a&s;|&s;i&s;tant to the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners in the &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties, who &s;hall be and are hereby authorized and impowred for carrying on the ends of the &s;aid Ordinance to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if they had been herein par|ticularly named.</P>
<P>Provided alwaies, that all and every the Commi&s;&s;ioners, who, in pur&s;uance of the Or|dinance before mentioned, Entituled, <HI>An Ordi|nance appointing Commi&s;&s;ioners for Approbation of publick Preachers,</HI> &s;hall hereafter in the inter|vals of Parliament be named or appointed, &s;hall be afterwards approved by the next &s;ucceeding Parliament.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, that nothing contained in the Ordinance before mentioned, Entituled, <HI>An Or|dinance of Pardon and Grace to the people of <HI>Scotland,</HI></HI> &s;hall be con&s;trued to impeach or invalidate any Articles granted by the Commander in chief of the Forces in <HI>Scotland&punc;</HI> for the time being, to any of the per&s;ons therein named or compri&s;ed, and which Articles have &s;ince been approved of by His Highne&s;s and the Council.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authori-afore&s;aid, that one Order made by His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector and the Council, bearing date the 13. of <HI>November;</HI> 1656. and
<PB N="18" REF="11"> relating to the &s;aid la&s;t mentioned Ordinance, Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance of Pardon and Grace to the people of <HI>Scotland;</HI></HI> And to one other Ordi|nance before mentioned, Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for &s;etling the E&s;tates of &s;everal per&s;ons in <HI>Scotland</HI> in Tru&s;tees, for the u&s;es herein expre&s;&s;ed,</HI> &s;hall be, and is hereby continued and confirmed, and &s;hall &s;tand, and be in full force and &s;trength.</P>
<P>Provided, that nothing in the &s;aid Order &s;hall extend, or be con&s;trued to extend, to im|peach the right or po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of any per&s;on or per&s;ons, of his or their Donatives, untill he or they have received ju&s;t &s;atisfaction; as is ex|pre&s;&s;ed in the &s;aid Order: The fir&s;t Moyety to be paid upon the fir&s;t day of <HI>Jude,</HI> One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty &s;even, and then, or before, &s;ecurity be given to the &s;aid parties, to their content and good liking, for the payment of the latter Moyety upon the fir&s;t day of <HI>October</HI> next following.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, that the re&s;t of the moneys payable by the &s;aid Order, be paid, the fir&s;t Moy|ety, on or by the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty &s;even, and the other Moyety, on or before the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>Octo|ber</HI> then next following.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, that <GAP DESC="blank"> Counte&s;s of <HI>Lo|therdale</HI> &s;hall have no benefit by the &s;aid Order, unle&s;s &s;he &s;hall within &s;ix moneths after the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty &s;e|ven, relea&s;e all her Right, Title, and Inter|e&s;t, in any other Lands or E&s;tate in <HI>Scotland,</HI> claimed by her by way of Iointure.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, that the Wife or Wives, or children, mentioned in the Ordinance before mentioned, Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for &s;etling</HI>
<PB N="19" REF="11" MS="y"> <HI>the E&s;tates of &s;everal per&s;ons in the hands of Tru&s;tees, for the u&s;es herein expre&s;&s;ed;</HI> or in the other Ordinance before mentioned, Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance of Pardon and Grace to the People of <HI>Scotland,</HI></HI> who are required to relea&s;e their claims out of the confi&s;cated E&s;tates; &s;hall have &s;ix moneths time, from and after the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fif|ty &s;even, to make and give &s;uch Relea&s;e; which Relea&s;e &s;hall be, and is hereby declared to be as effectual, as if the &s;ame had been made within the time limited for the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, that all other Acts and Ordinances, and every branch and clau&s;e therein contained, not confirmed by the&s;e pre&s;ents, which have been made or pa&s;&s;ed between the twentieth day of <HI>April,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty three, and the &s;eventeenth day of <HI>September,</HI> One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty &s;ix, be, and they are here|by declared to be, from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>July,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty &s;even, ab|&s;olutely null and void.</P>
<P>And that all Acts done or to be done, before the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>July,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred fifty &s;even, by virtue of, or in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid Acts and Ordinances, or any of them, be, and they are hereby declared to be good and effectual in Law to all intents and purpo&s;es. And all per&s;ons, who have acted up|on, or in the execution of any the &s;aid Acts and Ordinances, or, who have enjoyed or do enjoy any lawfull advantage or priviledge, by any Iudgement given, or Act done, by virtue of a|ny the &s;aid Acts or Ordinances, &s;hall be, and they are hereby declared to be for ever &s;ecured
<PB N="20" REF="12"> and Indempnified therein, as fully as if the &s;aid Acts and Ordinances, had been and &s;till had continued Laws in full force and &s;trength; any Law, Statute, V&s;age, or other matter or thing to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Orders of Parliament, or either hou&s;e of Parliament, begun at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> the third of <HI>November</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and forty, for the granting or &s;etting forth land upon Oath to Sir <HI>Charls Coot,</HI> Lieutenant Ge|neral <HI>Michael Jones,</HI> Sir <HI>John Reynolds,</HI> Colonel <HI>Jerome Sanchy,</HI> Sir <HI>George Ai&s;cue,</HI> Doctor <HI>Henry Jones,</HI> the relict of Sir <HI>Symon Harecourt,</HI> and the relict of Colonel <HI>Benjamin Blundell,</HI> &s;hall be and are hereby declared to &s;tand in force to all in|tents and purpo&s;es.</P>
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