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<P> AN ORDINANCE OF THE Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT, TO Appoint and Enable Committees in the &s;everall Counties of <HI>Buckingham, Oxon,</HI> and <HI>Berks,</HI> to put in Execution this pre&s;ent Ordinance, and &s;everall other Ordinan|ces of both Hou&s;es of <HI>Parliament.</HI></P>
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<P>ORdered by the Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament that this Ordinance be forth|with printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Henry El&s;yng, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Edward Husbands,</HI> and are to be &s;old at his &s;hop in the Middle-Temple. Iune 27. 1644.</P>
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<HEAD>An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, to Appoint and enable Committees in the &s;everall Counties of <HI>Buckingham, Oxon,</HI> and <HI>Berks,</HI> to put in execution this pre&s;ent Ordinance, and &s;everall other Ordinances of both Hou&s;es of Par|liament.</HEAD>
<P>FOr the better Execution of the Orders and Ordinances of Parliament in the &s;everall Counties of <HI>Berks, Buckingham,</HI> and <HI>Oxon,</HI> and for the Rai&s;ing of Money and Forces within the &s;aid Counties for &s;uppre&s;&s;ing the Rebels there, and for the maintenance of all &s;uch Garri&s;ons within the &s;aid Coun|ties, as are, or &s;hall be Erected by Authority of Parliament for the better defence of the &s;ame: The Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, do hereby Con&s;titute and Ap|point,</P>
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<P> FOr the County of Berks, <HI>William Lenthall</HI> E&s;q; Speaker <NOTE PLACE="marg">Berks.</NOTE> of the Hou&s;e of Common<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">, and Ma&s;ter of the Rolls, Sir <HI>Francis Kno<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">is,</HI> Knight, &s;ir <HI>Francis Pile,</HI> Baronet, &s;ir <HI>Robert Pye,</HI> Senior, &s;ir <HI>B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">niamin Rudyard, Richard Whitehead, Edmund Dunch, Henry Martin, Peregrine Hobby, Tanfield &V;achell, Da|niel Blagrave,</HI> Sergeant Major Generall <HI>Richard Browne, Willi|am Ball, Iohn Pack<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">r</HI> &s;enior, <HI>Robert Packer,</HI> and <HI>Cornelius Holland.</HI></P>
<P>For the County of Buckingham, <HI>Thomas</HI> Lord Vi&s;count <NOTE PLACE="marg">Buckingham</NOTE> <HI>Wenman,</HI> &s;ir <HI>Peter T<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">mple</HI> Knight and Baronet, <HI>Richard Win|wood&punc; Bul&s;troude Whitlock</HI> E&s;quire, &s;ir <HI>William Andrews,</HI> &s;ir <HI>Ri<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">hard Pigott,</HI> and &s;ir <HI>William Cobb,</HI> Knights, <HI>I&s;aack Penning|ton</HI> Lieutenant of the Tower, <HI>George Fleetwood</HI> E&s;q; &s;ir <HI>Richard Ingol<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">sby</HI> knight, <HI>Anthony Radcliff, Thomas Lane, Thomas Fountaine, Edward Woodward, Peter Dormer, Richard Serge|ant, Henry Beake, Anthony Carpenter, Symond Mayne, Edmund W<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;t, Thomas White, Thomas Ayres, Thomas Scot, Iohn Pot|ter, Thomas Ligoe, Iohn Lane, William Theed</HI> of Cra&s;ton, <HI>Thomas Wheeler, Iohn Doylie,</HI> &s;ir <HI>Gilbert Gerard</HI> Baronet, <HI>Chri|&s;topher Henn, Thomas Wyan,</HI> and <HI>John Barringer.</HI> Gent. and Major Generall <HI>Richard Browne.</HI></P>
<P>For the County of Oxon, <HI>Thomas</HI> Lord Vi&s;count <HI>Wenman,</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">Oxon.</NOTE> <HI>William L<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">n<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ll,</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">peaker of the Hou&s;e of Commons, and Ma|&s;ter of the Roles, <HI>James Fines, Iohn Fines</HI> E&s;quires, Sir <HI>Peter Femole,</HI> Knight and Barone<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">, Sir <HI>William Cobb,</HI> Knight, <HI>Iohn Doylie, Thomas Knight, William Typping, Robert Scrope, Ed|ward Clerk<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">, Edmund Dunch,</HI> and <HI>Bul&s;trode Whitlock<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> E&s;quires, Sir <HI>Peter W<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ntworth,</HI> Knight of the Bathe, Sir <HI>Nathaniel Brent,</HI> Knight, and Sergeant Major Generall <HI>Richard Browne;</HI> To be Committees of Parliam<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">nt for the &s;aid &s;everall Counties re&s;pectively. And do hereby authorize them, or any three of them re&s;pectively, to put in execution within the &s;aid &s;everall and re&s;pective Coun<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ies, the &s;everall Ordinances of Parliament en&s;uing <HI>(viz.)</HI> The Ordinance for voluntarie Loanes, and Contributions to the Parliament, the Ordinance for Weekely
<PB N="5" REF="3"> A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ements, The Ordinance for the fifth and Twentieth part, The Ordinance for the Seque&s;tration of Papi&s;ts and de|ljnquents E&s;tates, according to the true meaning of the &s;aid Or|dinances. And the &s;aid Committees of the &s;everall Counties, or any three or more of them re&s;pectively, &s;hall have power within their &s;everall Counties to A&s;&s;e&s;&s;e, Taxe and Levie, or cau&s;e to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, Taxed, and Levied, upon the &s;aid Counties what &s;umme, or &s;ummes of money, they &s;hall thinke the &s;aid Coun|ties are &s;everally able to pay, not exceeding four hundred pounds a weeke, upon any one of the &s;aid Counties, with &s;uch power for the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, Leavying and Collecting the &s;ame, and with &s;uch allowances as by the Ordinance of the weekly a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ement is provided. And it is hereby declared that the &s;everll &s;ummes of money, Rai&s;ed or to bee Rai&s;ed within the &s;aid Counties, And al&s;o all &s;uch &s;ummes of money as &s;hall be hereafter rai&s;ed within the &s;aid &s;everall Counties by vertue of the Ordinan|ces of Exci&s;e, be received and di&s;po&s;ed of, for the rai&s;ing and maintaining of all &s;uch Forces, as are or &s;hall be rai&s;ed for the reducing, and defence of the &s;everall Counties afore&s;aid. And it is further Ordained and Declared, that the &s;everall Committees, or the Major part of them, within their &s;everall Counties re&s;pectively, &s;hall appoint a Trea&s;urer who &s;hall receive all &s;uch monies a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;hall be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and Collected within the &s;aid Coun|ties re&s;pectively, and &s;hall from time to time i&s;&s;ue out &s;uch mo|nies for the nece&s;&s;ary u&s;es of the &s;aid Counties, for the purpo|&s;es afore&s;aid, as any three or more of the Committ<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ees of the &s;aid Counties re&s;pectively, &s;hall by the vote of the Major part of the re&s;pective Committees, or of any three of them then pre|&s;ent order; and &s;hall by writing under their hands appoint, and not otherwi&s;e. And it is al&s;o Ordained that every Colle|ctor, &s;hall have foure pence in the pound for every &s;umme of money by him Collected and paid to the Trea&s;urer, and al&s;o two pence in the pound &s;hall be allowed to the Trea&s;urer for all monies by him received and i&s;&s;ued out by Warrant as afore&s;aid. And be it Ordained that the &s;aid Committees, or any three of them re&s;pectively, &s;hall have power from time to time, to a&s;&s;igne, and by their &s;everall Mini&s;ters and Officers, to cut and take &s;ufficient Timber, &s;tanding, or being upon the
<PB N="6" REF="4"> lands of Papi&s;ts or Delinquents for the making of Fortifications in &s;uch Towns and places of any of the &s;aid Counties, as by three or more of the Committees of every of the &s;aid Counties re&s;pectively &s;hall be thought fit, expre&s;&s;ing the &s;ame by warrant under their hands.</P>
<P>And be it further Ordained that the Committees of the &s;aid Counties or any three of them re&s;pectively, &s;hall hereby have Power and Authority from time to time to Demand and take an Account of all Mu&s;ters that &s;hall be made by the &s;everall Commi&s;&s;aries of the &s;aid Counties, And that every Captain both of Hor&s;e and Foote, and every other Superi|our or Inferiour Officer, who&s;e pay comes to ten &s;hillings a day, or above, &s;hall take but halfe the pay due unto him, and re&s;pit the other halfe upon the Publique Faith, untill the War &s;hall be ended; and every Officer, who&s;e pay commeth to five &s;hillings a day or more, and under Ten &s;hilling a day, &s;hall ac|cept of two parts of three, of &s;uch pay due unto him, and re|&s;pit the other third part upon the Publique Faith, untill the Warre be ended. And when there is three Moneths pay due unto any of them, a Certificate thereof under the hands of the &s;aid Committees, or any three of them re&s;pectively &s;halbe a &s;ufficient warrant to &s;uch Officer to demand &amp; receive the &s;aid Monies owing upon the Publique Faith as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further Ordained that Nine, or more of the Com|mittees afore&s;aid, whereof three at lea&s;t of every of the &s;aid Counties re&s;pectively, &s;hall have power to A&s;&s;emble them|&s;elves together, as often as they &s;hall thinke fit, to advi&s;e and direct all things that they &s;hall think fit for the more &s;peedy and effectuall execution of this Ordinance, in all or any of the &s;aid Counties.</P>
<P>And be it likewi&s;e ordained that the Committees of the &s;aid &s;everall and re&s;pective Counties, or any five or more of them re&s;pectively, &s;hall have power to &s;ecure the per&s;ons of all dan|gerous delinquents re&s;iding in the &s;aid &s;everall Counties, and to call before them, or any five or more of them re&s;pectively all Mini&s;ters, and Schoole-ma&s;ters that are &s;candalous in their lives, or ill-affected to the Parliament, or that have di&s;erted their Cures, or ordinary places of re&s;idence, not having a &s;ufficient
<PB N="7" REF="4"> ground for their ab&s;ence, and they or any five or more of them re&s;pectively &s;hall have power to examine any complaint again&s;t them, upon the Oathes of &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall or may be pro|duced to give evidence again&s;t them; and the &s;aid Committees&punc; or any five of them re&s;pectively, &s;hall have power to admini&s;ter &s;uch Oath accordingly, and &s;hall have power (upon proofe of their delinquency) to remove &s;uch as they or any five or more of them re&s;pectively &s;hall judge unfit for their places, and &s;e|que&s;ter their E&s;tates and Revenues, and to place other well qualified per&s;ons in their roome, &s;uch as &s;hall be approved by three godly and learned Divines, re&s;iding in any of the &s;aid Counties re&s;pectively.</P>
<P>And be it ordained that the &s;aid Committees, and every one of them re&s;pectively, and every other per&s;on or per&s;ons, that &s;hall be ayding or a&s;&s;i&s;ting to them, or any of them re&s;pectively in the doing&punc; or executing any thing by vertue of this Ordi|nance, &s;hall be defended and &s;aved harmele&s;&s;e therein by au|thority of both Hou&s;es of Parliament. And be it further ordai|ned that the &s;aid Committees in the &s;aid &s;everall Counties, or a|ny three or more of them re&s;pectively in each &s;everall County, &s;hall have power to admini&s;ter the Nationall Covenant to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as they &s;hall thinke fit; and to &s;end up all &s;uch as &s;hall refu&s;e to take the &s;ame Covenant unto the Committees of Parliament for Examinations, to be proceeded again&s;t as the &s;aid Committee of Examinations &s;hall thinke fit.</P>
<P>And be it further ordained, that there &s;hall not any Monies, or Provi&s;ion be rai&s;ed in any of the &s;aid Counties during the continuance of this Ordinance, by vertue of any former Ordi|nanc or Order, other then &s;uch as &s;hall be imployed fo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> the purpo&s;es, and in &s;uch manner as in this pre&s;ent Ordinance is provided.</P>
<P>And be it further ordained, that the per&s;ons herein named for Committees, or any other per&s;on or per&s;ons who have ad|vanced, or &s;hall advance any Hor&s;es, Plate, Armes, or Money, or maintaine any &s;ouldiers, Hor&s;e or Foote for this &s;ervice, &s;hall be fully &s;atisfied and repaid all &s;uch monies as they &s;hall di&s;|bur&s;e, with intere&s;t after the rate of eight pound <HI>per cent.</HI> and
<PB N="8" REF="5"> the value of &s;uch Hor&s;es, Plate, and Armes, as they &s;hall fur|ni&s;h and maintaine for t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">s &s;ervice&punc; out of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">he monies to be rai|&s;ed by the new Exci&s;e, and out of &s;uch monies as &s;hall be rai&s;ed by vertue of this Ordinance; which payments &s;hall be made to them by &s;uch Trea&s;urer or Trea&s;urer<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> that &s;hall be appointed f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;everall Counti<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">fore<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> re&s;pectively, upon a War|rant give<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span">ee or more of the &s;aid Com|mittees <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> County re&s;pectively.</P>
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