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<P> A DECLARATION OR ORDINANCE Of the <HI>Lords</HI> and <HI>Commons</HI> A&s;&s;embled in <HI>Parliament,</HI> Concerning the &s;eizing of Hor&s;es for his Excellency the Earl of <HI>E&s;&s;ex:</HI> With a Provi&s;ion that this Ordinance &s;hall not ex|tend to the &s;eizing or taking of any Hor&s;es, Mares or Geldings of any the Members of both Hou&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">s of <HI>Par|liament,</HI> or any of the A&s;&s;i&s;tants of the Hou&s;e of <HI>PEERS.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>Ordered by the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this Declaration be forthwith Printed and publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><LIST>
<ITEM>Jo: Brown Cler. Parl.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Hen: El&s;ynge Cler. Parl D. Com.</ITEM>
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<P>Al&s;o, An ORDER of the Commons Hou&s;e in <HI>Parliament</HI> concerning Coals, That they &s;hall be &s;old at 20. &s;hillings the Chaldron, or 23. S. at the mo&s;t: And that the &s;ayd Coals be not &s;old to any Woodmon|ger, Chandler, or others, who &s;ell the &s;ame again; but unto the poor, and unto Hou&s;e-keepers, and tho&s;e of the meaner &s;ort, not &s;paring to any one per&s;on above the quantity of one Chaldron.</P>
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<P><HI>Ordered by the Commons Hou&s;e A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this Order be forthwith Printed and publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Henry El&s;ynge Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Edward Husbands</HI> June 10. 1643.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Mercurii,</HI> 7. <HI>Junii;</HI> 1643.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>WHereas there is an Ordinance of Parliament pa&s;&s;ed, bearing date the Tenth day of this in&s;tant May, con|cerning the taking of hor&s;es for the &s;er|vice of the Parliament&punc; It is further Or|dered, and Declared by the Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, a&s;well in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid Ordi|nance, as by way of addition, That his Excellencies occa&s;ions may be &s;erved, and yet with the greate&s;t ea&s;e to the Counties as may be; That the Deputy-Lieutenants, or the Committees for the Propo&s;itions, or any two of them, with|in the &s;everall Counties, when the Lord Generall &s;hall require &s;o many Hor&s;es out of any County, &s;hall immediately leavie &s;uch a number upon every Di|vi&s;ion and Hundred, as in a proportion the &s;everall parts will afford; And &s;hall
<PB N="4" REF="3"> cau&s;e the Hor&s;es &s;o proportioned, to be delivered accordingly.</P>
<P>And in ca&s;e the &s;aid Deputy-Lieu|tenants, or Committees, &s;hall not exe|cute according to the &s;aid Ordinance, and deliver &s;uch Hor&s;es as are fit for &s;ervice, nor in &s;uch time as the Lord Generall &s;hall direct; Or that the Lord Generall &s;hall finde, by rea&s;on of &s;ome great exigencie, that the &s;aid circum|&s;tances cannot be ob&s;erved without danger to the Army, and in&s;ert the &s;ame in his VVarrant, Then &s;uch Offi|cers as his Excellencie &s;hall appoint, &s;hall rai&s;e and take &s;uch number of Hor&s;es as are required by his Excel|lencie, within the places appointed, ren|dring an accompt to his Excellencie for the &s;ame, having regard alwaies of tho&s;e per&s;ons that having expre&s;&s;ed their good Affections by contributing
<PB N="5" REF="3"> upon the Propo&s;itions, and &s;ubmitting to the Orders and Ordinances of Par|liament; And in ca&s;e that upon any exigencie the Hor&s;es of &s;uch per&s;ons as have expre&s;&s;ed their Affections to the Parliament as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be ta|ken, That their Hor&s;es &s;hall be valued by the Con&s;tables, and certified to the Commi&s;&s;ary in <HI>London,</HI> for valuing of Hor&s;es, Arms, &amp;c. And the parties re|paid for them upon the Publike Faith. Provided alwaies, That this Ordinance &s;hall not extend to the feizing or taking any Hor&s;es, Mares, or Geldings of any the Members of either of the Hou&s;es of Parliament, or of any Peer, or of any of the A&s;si&s;tants of the Hou&s;e of Peers.</P>
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<ITEM>Joh. Brown, Cler. Parliament.</ITEM>
<ITEM>H: El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</ITEM>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Jovis,</HI> 8. <HI>Junii,</HI> 1643.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>WHereas by an Ordinance of both Hou|&s;es of Parliament, dated the 14. day of <HI>Ianuary,</HI> 1642. All per&s;ons are prohibited to fetch Coals at <HI>Newca&s;tle, Sunderland,</HI> and <HI>Blith,</HI> upon pain of the forfeiture of their Ships and Coales, notwith&s;tanding which Ordinance, &s;ome pretending ignorance, others that in their voyage for Scotland they were forced in by foule weather, have pre&s;umed to Lade Coales at the afore&s;aid places; The con&s;ide|ration of who&s;e &s;everall ca&s;es, the Commons hou&s;e of Parliament having referred to this Committee of the Navy, who&s;e want of time to examine the truth of the &s;aid Allegations have in favor to the &s;everall per&s;ons offending in this kind taken bond of the Ma&s;ters and owners of the Ships and Coales, with con|dition that they &s;hould be re&s;pon&s;all to the Parliament, for the true value of their Ships and Coales, when they &s;hould be thereunto required, and not to &s;ell their Coales above the rate appointed by the &s;aid Ordinance, not|with&s;tanding
<PB N="7" REF="4"> which care of the &s;aid Com|mittee: It is informed that the &s;aid Ma&s;ters and owners taking advantage of the times, and coveting exce&s;sive gaines have &s;old their Coales at farre greater pri&s;es; For avoyding which abu&s;e in time to come. It is Ordered that the Lord Major of London for the time being, be de&s;ired to appoint Officers of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">u&s;t who be commanded to attend on board the Ships, and take care that the &s;aid &s;everall Ma|&s;ters &amp; owners, who &s;hall upon Bond given to this Committee, have leave to &s;ell off their Coals, receiving for a chaldron of Coals the &s;um of 20 s. and not above 23 s. And that the &s;aid Coals be not &s;old to any Woodmonger, Chandler, or others who &s;ell the &s;ame again, but unto the poor, and unto Hou&s;e-keepers, and tho&s;e of the meaner &s;ort, not &s;paring to a|ny one per&s;on above the quantity of one chal|dron. And it is further Ordered, that Mr. <HI>Sa|lomon Smith,</HI> Mar&s;hall of the Admiralty, do not permit any Ma&s;ter or owner to &s;ell their &s;aid Coals, but in the pre&s;ence of &s;ome per&s;ons de|puted by the Lord Major of <HI>London,</HI> under his Lord&s;hips hand in writing, to &s;ee the due ex|ecution of this Order.</P>
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<P> Provided that it &s;hall be lawfull for the Over&s;eers of the Poor of any Pari&s;h within the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and Suburbs thereof, to make provi&s;ions of Coal for the u&s;e of the Poor of &s;uch Pari&s;hes again&s;t the Winter, in &s;ome &s;uch indifferent proportion as &s;hall be thought fit by the Lord Major of the &s;aid Ci|tie for the time being, &s;ignified under his hand in writing. The &s;ame Order and rule to be ob&s;erved in all other Ports where <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> Coals are imported to be &s;old to the Poor, by the direction and over&s;ight of the chief Offi|cers of the &s;aid Ports.</P>
<P>This Order being this day pre&s;ented from the Committee of the Navie to the Hou&s;e of Commons, it was approved of, and a&s;&s;ented unto, and Ordered to be printed, and &s;ent un|to the Lord Major.</P>
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<P>Ordered by the Commons in Parliament, that this Order concerning Coals be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed:</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Henry El&s;ynge. Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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