DIE Veneris, 25 die Octobris.
PRAYERS, by Doctor Smyth.
Ds. Grey de Warke, Speaker.
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Comes Rutland.
Comes Sarum.
L. Admiral.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Kent. |
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Mountague.
Ds. North.
Ds. Howard.
Ds. Willoughby.
Ds. Berkley.
Ds. Bruce. |
Mr. Sallaway to be sworn.
Ordered, That Mr. Baron Trevor shall have the
like Order to swear Mr. Sallaway, an Officer in the
Exchequer, as he had to swear Alderman Hoyle.
Browne, Upholsterer to the House, Privilege.
Upon reading the Petition of Oliver Browne, His
Majesty's Upholsterer, attending upon the Service of this
House, desiring the Privilege of Parliament, for not
sending forth a Soldier: Hereupon this House Ordered, That the Petitioner shall have the same Privilege granted him as Mr. Fitchett and others.
White and Middleton.
Upon reading the Petition of Robert White and Ellen
his Wife, against Symon Middleton and John Batty, concerning the Estate of Robert Gray of London, deceased,
desiring a Day for hearing of the said Cause: It is Ordered, That this Cause shall be heard, by Counsel on
both Sides, on Monday come Fortnight.
Bastwick, Burton's, and Prynn's, Cause.
Ordered, That the Cause of Doctor Bastwicke, Mr.
Burton, and Mr. Prynn, shall be heard at this Bar, by
Counsel, on this Day Sevennight, at which Time the
Judges are to have Notice to be present.
E. of Arundel to be quieted in his Possessions.
The Lord North reported, "That the Committee have
considered of the Petition of the Earl of Arundell;
and concerning the detaining of his Tithes, and being
kept out of Possession of a Farm, the Committee are of
Opinion, That he may take his Remedy at the Law,
to recover his Right; and touching the disposing and
detaining of his Rents, the Assessment for his Twentieth
and Fifth Part, this Committee are of Opinion, That
Notice be given from this House, to those Persons
that (fn. *) detain his Rents, that the Earl of Arundell is
in Delinquency, and hath been assessed by the Lords
for his Twentieth and Fifth Part; therefore he ought
to enjoy his Rents and Possession of his Estate without
any Molestation; and that Restitution for what is
taken away from him may be made:" Which this
House approved of, and Ordered the same accordingly.
Newcastle taken.
A Letter was read, reported from the Committee of
both Kingdoms, giving a Relation of the taking of Newcastle, by the Scottish Army, by Assault.
Duncannon taken, and a Frigate.
Next, was read, an Extract of a Letter from Laurance
Larcan and Rich'd Symonds, dated from the Fort of
Duncannon, October the 6th, 1644; which informs of the
taking of the Fort of Duncannon, for the Service of
the Parliament; and of the taking of a Frigate, which
was going to relieve the Rebels in Ireland.
Hereupon this (fn. †) House Ordered, To recommend
to the House of Commons Mr. Larcan and Mr. Symonds,
that they and the Officers might have some Reward
given, for their good Service done to the Parliament.
And accordingly this Letter was sent down to the
House [† of Commons], by Sir Edward Leech and Dr.
Aylett, with the Recommendations as aforesaid.
Situation of Affairs in Pembrook and Ulster.
Likewise an Extract of a Letter was read, from Captain Richard Swanley, informing of the Affairs in Pembrookshire, and the good Success of the Forces in Ulster
against the Rebels.
Message from the H. C. for a Conference on the Propositions.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Henry Chomeley and others:
To desire a Conference, concerning Propositions of
Peace to be sent to His Majesty.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House will give a present Conference, as is
desired, in the Painted Chamber.
Ordered, That the Lord Admiral be added to the
Committee that are appointed to treat with the Scottish
Commissioners, about Matters of Religion; and to send
to the House of Commons, to desire their Concurrence
therein.
Lords to attend.
Ordered, That all the Lords shall have Notice to
attend the House To-morrow.
Windows in the Painted Chamber to be glazed.
Ordered, That the Windows in the Painted Chamber
be forthwith glazed; and the Charge is recommended to
the Committee for the Revenue, to pay for the same.
Monthly Fast to be solemnized.
Ordered, That the Peers do solemnize the Monthly
Fast in the Abby Church at Westm.; and the Assembly of
Divines is hereby desired to appoint Two Divines to
preach before the Lords on Wednesday next, in Westm.
Abby, being the Day of the Monthly Humiliation.
Instructions for Gloucester Committees.
Next, the Instructions concerning the Committee of
Parliament for the Garrison of Gloucester, and for the
Counties of Gloucester, &c. formerly brought from the
House of Commons, was read; and it was resolved by
the House to be laid aside and sleep.
Ordinance concerning Rutland.
Ordered, That the Committee for the Ordinance
for Rutlandshire do meet on Monday Morning next; and
to report their Opinions to this (fn. *) House on Tuesday
Morning next, or else this House will take it into Consideration.
Message from the H. C. for a Thanksgiving for taking Newcastle.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Robert Harley Knight and others:
To desire their Lordships Concurrence, that there may
be a Thanksgiving the next Lords-day, in all the Parishes
in London and Westm. and within the Line of Communication, for the great Success that God hath given to the
Scottish Army, in taking the Town of Newcastle.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House doth affectionately concur, for a
Thanksgiving on the next Lords-day, for the taking of
Newcastle.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and the
Lords went to the Conference; which being ended, the
House was resumed.
Answer from the H. C.
The Messengers return with this Answer from the
House of Commons:
That they have already taken into Consideration the
Business concerning Mr. Larcan and the (fn. †) Officers.
Message to the H. C. to add the Ld. Admiral to the Committee for treating about Religion.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Sir Edward and Dr. Aylett:
To desire their Concurrence, that the Lord Admiral
may be added to the Committee that is appointed to treat
with the Commissioners from the Church of Scotland,
concerning Matters of Religion.
Ordered, That the Report of this Conference shall
be made To-morrow Morning.
"October 25, 1644.
(fn. ‡) "An additional Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, to a former
Ordinance of the 19 of February last past,
granted to divers Persons of the County of
Middlesex therein named, for putting the said
County into a Posture of Defence, by the better
regulating of the Trained Bands, and raising
other Forces of Horse and Foot, for the Preservation, Defence, and Safety of the said
County.
Ordinance for regulating the Trained Bands, &c. to put Middlesex into a Posture of Defence.
"Whereas, by an Ordinance of the Nineteenth of
February last past, certain Persons therein named
were ordained and appointed to be a Committee, for
Voluntiers of the said County, and such other Forces
as then were or should be raised and employed, for
the present Defence of the said County and the City
of London, by the Order and Advice of the Deputy
Lieutenants of the said County, with Power to raise
such Sum and Sums of Money as by them should be
judged convenient and necessary, for the raising, arming, arraying, training, disciplining, and maintaining
of the said Forces, provided that it did not exceed
the Sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds by the
Week; in Pursuance whereof, and by the good Endeavours of the said Committee, in Execution of the
Power and Directions thereby given to them, and by
the voluntary and chearful Subscriptions of very many
well-affected Inhabitants of the said County without
the Lines of Communication, there have been already
raised and armed Two Regiments of Foot, consisting of
near Four Thousand, besides Two Hundred Horse and
Foot, in the Garrison of Woxbridge, Weekly paid by
the Inhabitants of the said County without the Line;
and more might have long since been raised, with a
Body of Horse proportionable to the said Foot, had
these of the said County within the Lines of Communication (who are equally concerned in the common
Danger, and benefited by the common Defence and
Safety of the said County) born their Parts and Proportions in the Weekly Rates and Assessments with the
rest of the said County, according to the said Ordinance:
"The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament,
taking the same into their serious Considerations, and
foreseeing how necessary it is, both for the Defence
and Safety of the said County, to make timely Provision
for the better preventing and resisting of any Forces;
that shall make, or attempt to make, any Insurrection
in the said County; or any Invasion or Incursion into the
same, that the said County should be put not only into
a good Posture of War (for which Purpose, the said
Ordinance was intended), but also that there should be
some further Addition made to the said Ordinance, and
some larger Power granted to some Persons of known
Integrity within the said County, without the Line, for
the raising of more Forces, both of Horse and Foot,
and the regulating of the same, with Power to levy
such Sum and Sums of Money, for the maintaining of
such Forces as shall be raised, as to them shall seem
convenient and necessary, do think fit to Order and
Ordain as followeth, and be it Declared, Ordered,
and Ordained, by the said Lords and Commons in this
present Parliament assembled, That George Earl of
D'Esmond, William Bridges Esquire, Sir Gilbert Gerard, Sir Edward Barkham, Sir Richard Sprignell, Baronets, Sir John Danvers, Sir John Francklin, Sir
William Roberts, Sir John Hippesley, Sir James Harrington, Sir John Trever, Sir John Thorowgood, Knights,
Laurence Whittaker, John Huxley, Colonel Richard
Brown, Thomas Wilcox, John Morris, Richard Downton,
Justinian Paget, Gilbert Gerrard, Henry Mildmay,
Tobias Massey, John Wroth, Edward Claxton; Robert
Hampton, John Alford, James Hawley, Richard Grames,
John Hervey, William Lane, Walter Williams, Daniel
Proctor, Paul Nicoll, Anthony Aylmer, Christopher Cooper, Theodorus Willy Esquires, John Wolverston, John
Redding, Thomas Norwood, John Norwood Junior,
Thomas Weeks Junior, Augustine Wing field, William
Stisteed, Edward Plumsteed, John Barns, John Dods,
Daniel Cole, William Smith, Richard Troute, Thomas
Treswallen, Thomas Hogsflesh, John Offley, Edward
Prescot, Matthew Coleburn, William Greenhill, Leonard
Wealsteed, Henry Arundell, Samuel Edlin, Henry Haley,
Richard Nicoll, Stephen Ewer, Thomas Fletcher, Edward Nicoll, John Cornish, Christopher Hill, Robert
Morton, Thomas Childe, Ralph Johnson, John Francklin,
Arthur Nicoll, Robert Stanbrough, Joseph Downer,
Daniell Enderby, Henry Finch, William Warren, John
Smith, John Haly, Daniel Brown, John Rowse, John
Hill, John Brignishaw, Francis Childe, John Pearce,
William Smith of Isleworth, William Maynard, Robert
Cromwell, Ezekiell Tanner, William Turner, John Finch,
Ralph March, William Finch, William Atlee, Roger Nicoll,
Richard Owen, Thomas Moor, Richard Pigge, Reynald
Beacham, William Arnold, Henry Proctor, John Arnold,
William Earsby, John Cleaver, John Nutmaker, Robert
Goodale, William Coomes, John Stevens, Matthew Baker,
and Thomas Pitt, Gentlemen, all of them Inhabitants
of the said County without the Lines of Communication, and Places mentioned in the Weekly Bills of
Mortality, shall be, and are hereby appointed and
ordained to be, a Committee for the Militia of the said
County of Middlesex, without the Lines of Communication, and Places mentioned in the Weekly Bills of
Mortality; and they, or any Seven or more of them,
whereof Two to be Deputy Lieutenants, within the
Limits aforesaid, shall have Power, and are hereby
authorized, to meet and sit, at such convenient Times
and Places, and as often, as they shall think fit, for the
better and more speedy putting this present Ordinance
in Execution, according to the true Intents and Purposes therein contained; and are hereby authorized
to raise, out of the respective Towns, Townships,
Liberties, and Places, within the said County (other
than in such Places as are within the Line of Communication and Weekly Bills of Mortality), such Forces
of Horse and Foot, as they, or any Seven or more of
them, whereof Two to be Deputy Lieutenants, shall
from Time to Time think needful, for the necessary
Defence of themselves, (fn. *) and the Parts adjoining, with
whom they are, or shall be, associated for their mutual
Defence; and to direct and appoint what Persons, and
what Numbers and Companies of Persons, shall from
Time to Time be sent forth, armed and prepared, to
their Place and Places of Rendezvous; thence to be led
and conducted, by such Commanders, Colonels, Captains, and Officers, as by the Deputy Lieutenants of
the said County for the Time being, or the greater
Number of them, shall be from Time to Time nominated and appointed; and, by Warrants under their
Hands, to be directed to such Constable or Constables,
or other Person or Persons as they shall think fit, to
commit such Persons as shall fully refuse to do the said
Service, or not appear at the Places appointed, unto
Prison, without Bail or Mainprize, until he or they shall
conform themselves thereunto; and if any Officers or
Soldiers of the Trained Bands, or other Forces, either
of Horse or Foot, of the said County, have heretofore, since the First of October last, refused or neglected, or if they, or any other Forces of Horse or Foot
already raised, or to be raised at any Time hereafter,
by this Committee or Deputy Lieutenants as aforesaid,
shall refuse or neglect, upon Summons, according to this
or other Ordinances of Parliament, to attend their
Charge, and to appear with their Horse and Arms so
charged upon them, or to send some able Man with
such Horse or Arms as they are charged withall, or to
satisfy, discharge, or pay, all such Sum or Sums of
Money, as is, hath been, or from Time to Time shall
be, due to, for, or by reason of, their several or respective Horses, Quarters, Riders, hired Men, or otherwise, unto such Person or Persons as shall be thereunto nominated and appointed by the said Committee,
or any Seven or more of them, Two whereof to be
Deputy Lieutenants, that then it shall and may be
lawful to and for the said Committee, or any Seven or
more of them, Two whereof being Deputy Lieutenants, for every such Offence, to impose such Fine as
to them shall seem fit, upon the Persons making or
having made Default; provided it exceed not the Sum
of Five Shillings per Diem upon him that shall find
or supply a Foot Arms, and Ten Shillings per Diem
upon him that shall find or supply a Horse Arms:
And if any, that are charged to serve in the Arms of
others, shall refuse or neglect to appear, and do their
Service upon Summons, that then the said Committee,
or Number as aforesaid, shall have Power, and are
hereby authorized, to punish them by Fine or Imprisonment, provided that such Fine exceed not the Sum
of Two Shillings Six Pence per Diem upon him that
serves with a Foot Arms, and Five Shillings per Diem
upon him that serves with a Horse Arms, or Ten Days
Imprisonment for each; and also to punish, by Fine or
Imprisonment, all such as shall be mutinous, or Disturbers of the Peace of the said County, or that
otherwise shall be Hinderers or Contemners of the said
Service, provided the said Fine exceed not the Sum of
Ten Shillings for any One Offence, or Imprisonment
till they conform: And the said Committee, or Number as aforesaid, shall have Power, and are hereby
authorized, to charge Carts, Carriages, and Horses, for
the Furtherance of this Service, allowing so much a
Mile for a Cart and Horses, as the Committee, or Number aforesaid, whereof Two to be Deputy Lieutenants,
shall think fit; and, in Case of Refusal, to punish the
Owners by Fine or Imprisonment, such Fine not exceeding the Sum of Five Pounds, or Imprisonment for
Twenty Days; for every Default: And, further to
enable them to maintain and pay such Forces as shall
from Time to Time be raised, to be drawn forth upon
Occasion as aforesaid, the said Committee hereby made,
or any Seven or more of them, whereof Two to be
Deputy Lieutenants of the said County, shall have
Power, and are hereby authorized, from Time to Time,
to rate, assess, and tax, or to nominate Assessors to rate,
assess, and tax, upon the respective Towns, Townships,
Liberties, Persons, and Places, within the said County
(other than upon such Places as are within the Line of
Communication and Weekly Bills of Mortality), in an
equal Way, according to their Estates and Abilities
there, or according to the most usual Proportion of Rates
in the last Weekly Assessment there, such Sum and Sums
of Money as by the said Committee hereby made, or any
Seven or more of them (whereof Two to be Deputy
Lieutenants of the said County), shall be from Time to
Time judged fit and requisite for the said Forces; and
also for discharging the Public Debts and Arrearages
of the said County, for Fortification of the Town of
Woxbridge, and maintaining of the Garrison there, and
other Public Charges, since the First of October, 1643;
and to nominate and appoint Collectors, for the levying
and receiving of the Monies so to be rated or assessed as
aforesaid, according to this Ordinance, and to nominate
a Treasurer or Treasurers thereof; which said Collectors shall collect the said Sums of Money so to be
assessed or taxed Weekly, or otherwise, and shall pay
the same to such Person or Persons as shall be so appointed Treasurer or Treasurers thereof as aforesaid,
and at such Times and Places as they shall receive Direction in that Behalf from the said Committee hereby
made, or any Seven or more of them, whereof Two to
be Deputy Lieutenants of the said County; which
Treasurer or Treasurers, so to be appointed, shall from
Time to Time pay and issue forth such Money as shall
be so paid to him or them, in such Sort as the said Committee hereby made, or such of them as aforesaid, shall
from Time to Time, by any Warrant or Warrants under
their Hands, direct or appoint; and shall keep a Register-book of all such Sums of Money as shall be so
received or paid forth by him, them, or any of them;
and shall from Time to Time give an Accompt of all
such Sums of Money as shall be so received or paid
forth by him, them, or any of them, unto the said Committee hereby made, or any Two or more of them,
whereof One to be a Deputy Lieutenant of the said
County (being thereunto authorized and appointed by
the said Committee, or Number aforesaid), when and as
often as they shall require the same; and if any of the
said Assessors or Collectors, or any of them, shall refuse
the said Service, or that they, or any of them, or any
Constable, Headborough, or other Person, shall refuse
to do or execute any other Act or Service, which shall
be required of them, or any of them, in Execution of this
Ordinance, or prove negligent or faulty therein, the said
Committee hereby made, or such of them as aforesaid,
shall have Power, and are hereby authorized, to commit
such Assessors, Collectors, Constables, or other Persons,
as shall so refuse, or be negligent or faulty, to Prison,
or to set such Fine upon him or them as they shall think
fit, so as such Fine for any One Offence or Neglect do
not exceed Ten Pounds, or Imprisonment Twenty
Days, every of which Fines so set shall be collected
by the said Collectors, or such others as shall be appointed by the said Committee, or some of them, and
shall be paid unto the said Treasurer or Treasurers, and
employed to the Use aforesaid: And for the better Advancement of this Service, and Encouragement of those
who shall be employed therein by the said Committee,
it is Ordained, That Two Pence in the Pound shall be
allowed to the said Collectors, for every Sum or Sums of
Money collected and paid by them to the said Treasurer
or Treasurers; and to such Officers and others as shall
be employed in this Service by the said Committee, such
Allowance and Satisfaction, as to the said Committee, or
Number aforesaid, shall seem meet and expedient,
according to their several Pains and Employments;
and if any Person or Persons, who shall be sined,
rated, or assessed, by virtue of this Ordinance (and
who, by the true Intent and Meaning hereof, is, are,
or ought to be, chargeable or charged with the Payment of any Sum or Sums of Money, or Fine, which
shall be set, rated, or assessed, upon him or them),
shall refuse to pay the same, or shall not pay the
same unto such Collector or Receivers who shall be
appointed to collect or receive the same, upon Demand thereof made by such Collector, or Receiver,
(fn. *) or shall not send it unto such Collector, Collectors, or
Receivers, within Four Days next after Notice thereof
left in Writing at the Place where such Person shall
be then dwelling and abiding, or where such Person
as shall be so fined or assessed did dwell or abide at
the Time when such Fine was imposed, or Assessment
made, that then it shall and may be lawful to and
for the said Collectors, Receivers, or any of them, to
levy the Sums so imposed or assessed, by Distress and
Sale of the Goods of such Persons so refusing or neglecting to pay, wheresoever the same shall be found,
deducting the Sum so imposed or assessed, and the reasonable Charges of distraining, and restore the Overplus to the Owner thereof; and if any Person or
Persons so distrained, or any other Person or Persons,
shall make any Resistance in the Premises, the said
Collectors, or any of them, may call to their Assistance
any of the Constables, Headboroughs, and Companies
of Trained Bands, Voluntiers, or other Persons in the
said County, who are hereby authorized and required
to be therein aiding and assisting to the said Collectors
or Receivers, and every of them, as they will answer
the contrary thereof, upon Penalty of such Fine as
shall be thought fit by the said Committee, or Number as aforesaid, according to the Nature of their Offence, provided the said Fine exceed not the Sum of
Twenty Shillings; and, for such Assistance, are hereby authorized to pay them reasonable Allowance, out
of the Offender's Estate; and in Case no sufficient
Distress shall or may be found, whereby to pay the
Fines, or Sums of Money, which shall be so set,
rated, or assessed as aforesaid, then the said Committee hereby made, or any Seven or more of them,
whereof Two to be Deputy Lieutenants, shall have
Power to imprison the Persons of such Offenders, and
are hereby authorized (for the Use aforesaid) to sequester the Rents and other the Estates of all and every
such Person or Persons so refusing or neglecting to pay
the same, until such Time as the Double Sum of the
said Fines, Rates, or Assessments, shall be satisfied and
paid; and in such Case also all the Arms of every
such Person and Persons so refusing or neglecting to
pay any such Fine, Rate, or Assessment, shall be taken
away and seized, by the said Committee, or any Seven
or more of them, whereof Two to be Deputy Lieutenants of the said County, or their Agents, for the
Use and Defence of the said County.
"And it is further Ordained and Declared, That
every Person, who hath any Estate in more Places than
One within the said County, shall be rated and assessed in every of those Places respectively, for such
Estate as he hath there; and where any Lands or
Tenements within the County are, or shall be, letten
or set at or near the Yearly Value thereof, such Person or Persons to whom the Rent thereof belongeth
shall be wholly charged and solely assessed for the
same; but where any such Lands or Tenements are
or shall be letten or set at any considerable Undervalue, then the Sum which shall be rated or assessed
upon or in respect of those Lands and Tenements
shall be apportioned by the said Assessors, having an
equal Regard to the Proportion of the Rent which
the Tenant thereof pays, and the clear Yearly Value
of the same Lands and Tenements over and above
that Rent; and shall be accordingly assessed upon the
Tenant and Person or Persons to whom the same Rent
belongs; and what Sum or Sums of Money soever are
or shall be set or imposed, by virtue of this Ordinance,
upon any Landlord or Landlords, for or in respect of
any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, held of
them by any Tenant or Tenants, the same Sum and
Sums of Money shall be paid by their several and respective Tenants, who shall and may deduct and defalk so much as they shall so pay, out of such Sums
of Money and Rents as are or shall be due or owing
by them respectively to their respective Landlords,
and may retain the same to their own Uses respectively, in Satisfaction of so much as they shall so pay for
their Landlords; and for so much as any such Tenant
or Tenants shall, by virtue of this Ordinance, pay for
any such Landlord, such Tenant or Tenants, his and
their Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and every
of them, shall be thereof saved harmless, and is and
are hereby thereof discharged, against such Landlord
and Landlords, and his and their Heirs, Executors,
Administrators, and Assigns, and against all Distresses,
Breaches of Conditions, and all other Penalties, Forfeitures, Damages, Losses, Actions, Suits, and Demands, for the same, or by reason of such Tenants
Not-payment thereof to such Landlord and Landlords,
or other Person or Persons for whom such Tenant or
Tenants shall pay the same, by virtue of this Ordinance; and if any Tenant or Tenants, that shall be
(fn. *) cessed or charged, by virtue of this Ordinance, at any
Sum or Sums of Money for his or their Landlords,
shall refuse or neglect to pay the said Sums, that then
it shall and may be lawful to and for the Collectors to
levy the same, by Distress and Sale of such Tenant or
Tenants Goods as aforesaid.
"And be it further Ordained and Declared, That
if any Person or Persons, who shall be rated or assessed, either by virtue of this or of the said former
Ordinance, shall find him or themselves aggrieved,
and can make it truly and justly appear that he or
they is or are over-rated, then such Person or Persons,
at any Time before any Distress shall be taken of his
or their Goods for his Refusal or Not-payment of
such Assessment, may thereof complain to such of the
Committee hereby made, or to any Three or more of
them, whereof One to be a Deputy Lieutenant of the
said County, who thereupon, for the Relief and Ease
of such Person or Persons whom they shall judge to
be so over-rated, are hereby authorized to moderate
or certify the same, and further to do therein as in
their Discretions they shall think fit; which being a
more ready Way for the Ease and Relief of the Parties complaining than was provided by the said former Ordinance; which invested the Committee for the
Weekly Assessments of the said County, or any Two
of them, with Power in that Behalf, it is hereby Declared and Ordained, That all such Power, as by the
said former Ordinance is given to the said Committee
for Weekly Assessments, or any Two of them, shall
cease, and shall not be any longer put in Execution:
And for the better Execution of the said former Ordinance, which in many Things cannot be put in Execution but by the major Part of the Committee therein named, who, being many in Number, and many
of them employed upon other Public Affairs, cannot
so often meet to attend that Service as the Necessity
of it requires, it is hereby Declared and Ordained,
That the said Committee hereby made, or any Seven
or more of them, whereof Two to be Deputy Lieutenants of the said County, shall have Power, and
are hereby authorized, to do and execute all and
every such Act and Acts, Thing and Things, as the
major Part of the Committee named in the said former
Ordinance might, should, or ought to have done, by
virtue of that Ordinance; and that whatsoever the said
Committee hereby made, or any Seven or more of
them, whereof Two to be Deputy Lieutenants of the
said County, shall do or execute, which the major
Part of the said Committee named in the said former
Ordinance might, could, should, or ought to have
done, by virtue of that Ordinance, shall be as valid
and effectual, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the
same had been done by the major Part of the Committee named in the said former Ordinance.
"And it is further Ordered and Ordained, by the said
Lords and Commons, That the Deputy Lieutenants of
the said County for the Time being, or the greater
Number of them, from Time to Time, shall have
Power, and are hereby authorized, to constitute, appoint, and make, such of themselves, or of such other
who are named to be Committees, either in this or in
the said former Ordinance, or such other Person or
Persons as by such Deputy Lieutenants, or the
greater Number of them, shall be thought fit, to be
Colonels, Captains, and other Commanders and Officers, over all such Forces, both of Horse and Foot,
as are or shall be raised by virtue of this and of the
said former Ordinance, or either of them; and the
same Colonels, Captains, and other Officers, from
Time to Time, at their Wills and Pleasures, to remove
out of their Places; and in their Places to constitute,
appoint, and make, such others as aforesaid, and that
from Time to Time, when and so often as they shall
think fit; but, in such Nomination and Appointment,
they are to take special Care, that such Colonels,
Captains, and other Officers, as shall be so constituted
and appointed by them, be Men of known Integrity,
and such as may be resident in the said County, and
may diligently and frequently discipline and exercise
such of the said Forces as shall be under their respective Commands.
"And it is further Ordained and Declared, by the
said Lords and Commons in this present Parliament
assembled, That the said Forces, raised by virtue of
this or the said former Ordinance, shall be ordered,
governed, and disposed of, by the said Committee, or
major Part of them, Four or more whereof being
Deputy Lieutenants of the said County, and having
Residence within the Limits aforesaid, for the Defence
and Safety of the said County, and shall not at any
Time be drawn out of the said County without their
Consents as aforesaid; and the said County shall not
be charged with the Payment of them during their
Absence, unless by the Assent and Licence of the said
Committee hereby made, or the greater Number of
them, whereof Four or more of them to be Deputy
Lieutenants as aforesaid, who, in all Cases of imminent Danger, or other emergent Occasion, wherein
they shall think it necessary and fit, are hereby authorized to give their Licence and Assent in that Behalf;
but, in every such Case, and upon every such Occasion, special Care is to be taken by them, that such
Persons as freely and liberally contribute towards the
raising and maintaining of the said Forces may be
spared from that Service, as much and as often as the
said Committee hereby made, or the greater Number
of them, shall think it may stand with Expedience and
Safety of the said County.
"And it is further Ordained and Declared, by the
said Lords and Commons in this present Parliament
assembled, That, in regard a great Part of the said
County is taken away for the present, by reason of
the Lines of Communication, which otherwise would
be liable to contribute towards the foresaid Garrison
of Woxbridge, and other Public Charges of the said
County, that whatsoever Sum or Sums of Money, or
other Goods, of any Delinquents, that shall be intercepted or discovered by Means of the said Garrison,
shall be wholly at the Disposal of the Committee
named in this Ordinance, or Number as aforesaid,
towards the Maintenance of the said Garrison, and
other Public Charges of the said County.
"Provided, and be it further Ordained and Declared,
That the said former Ordinance of the Nineteenth of
February shall, as to all the Power, Purposes, and
Things therein contained (except only as to such of
the Powers thereby given as are hereby ordained to
cease, and not to be put any longer in Execution),
(fn. *) continue and be in full Force and Effect; nevertheless, with such Alterations and Additions as are
hereby made or intended; all which are to be put in
Execution according to the true Intent and Meaning
of this Ordinance, and shall be as effectual to all Intents and Purposes as if the same had been at first
contained in the said former Ordinance.
"And it is lastly Ordered, Declared, and Ordained,
That the good Endeavours of the Committee named
in this and the said former Ordinance, and either of
them, and of all such other Person and Persons as
shall be active or assisting in the Execution of the
Premises, or in advancing or furthering of this Service, are and shall be taken as real and public Testimonies of their good Affection to the Public Weal;
and they, and all such others as shall act according to
the true Meaning of this and the said former Ordinance, or either of them, shall be for so doing protected, and saved harmless, and indemnisied, by the
Power of the Parliament:
"Provided, That this Ordinance shall continue and
be in full Force for Six Months, and no longer.
"Ordered, by the Commons in Parliament, That
this Ordinance be forthwith printed and published.
"H. Elsynge, Cler. Par. D. Com."
Adjourn.
House adjourned till 8a cras.