DIE Veneris, 24 die Decembris.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Ash.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
Comes Manchester, Speaker.
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Comes Kent.
Comes Salisbury.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Rutland.
Comes Northumb.
Comes Stamford.
L. Viscount Say & Seale. |
Ds. La Warr.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Grey.
Ds. North. |
L. Cromwell's Petition.
A Petition of the Lord Crumwell, was read, and
Ordered to be recommended to the House of Commons.
Letter, &c. from Sir T. Fairfax.
A Letter from Sir Thomas Fairfax, with Results of the
General Council of the Army, were read.
(Here enter them.)
Message from the H. C. with Orders and Ordinances, &c.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Swinfen, &c.
To desire Concurrence in several Particulars:
1. An Order, That the Sheriff of the County of
Stafford may have Liberty to live out of the County
during his Sheriffalty. (Here enter it.)
Read, and Agreed to.
2. An Ordinance for paying, (fn. *) out of the Excise,
Two Thousand Pounds to Colonel John Birch.
(Here enter it.)
Read, and Agreed to.
3. An Order to give One Hundred Pounds to Sir
Edward Povey, upon Accompt.
(Here enter it.)
Read, and Agreed to.
4. To desire their Lordships would please to appoint
a Day when the Committee for settling the Classis may
meet.
Committee to settle the Classis.
Ordered, The Committee for settling the Classis
shall meet on Thursday next.
The Answer returned was:
Answer to the H. C.
That this House agrees to the Orders and Ordinances
now brought up: To the rest, they will send an Answer by Messengers of their own.
Message from thence, with Ordinances, Orders, &c.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Pierrepont, &c.; who brought up divers Ordinances, wherein their Lordships Concurrence is desired:
1. An Ordinance concerning Free Quarter.
Agreed to.
2. An Ordinance for Pay of the Soldiers Arrears.
(Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
3. An Ordinance for Payment of the Soldiery out
of Bishops Lands remaining not engaged.
(Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
4. An Ordinance for Payment of the Soldiery, out
of Delinquents Estates, &c. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
5. An Ordinance for stating and auditing the Accompts of the Officers and Soldiers to be now disbanded.
(Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
6. An Ordinance for Payment of the Soldiery out
of the Moiety of the Receipts of Excise.
(Here enter it.)
Read, and Agreed to.
7. An Ordinance for stating the Army's Accompts.
(Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
8. An Ordinance for Power to the Committee of Indemnity to put in Execution the Ordinances concerning
Apprentices Freedoms. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
9. An additional Ordinance for the more effectual
Relief of maimed Soldiers.
(Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
10. An Ordinance for the several Commissioners in
the several Counties to take a Collector for the Monthly
Assessment of Sixty Thousand Pounds.
(Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
11. An Ordinance for Power to the Committee for
Indemnity. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
12. An Ordinance for impowering a Committee in
Kent, concerning the Matter of Indemnity.
13. An Order and Addition of Commissioners for the
County of Pembrooke, for the Monthly Assessment of
Sixty Thousand Pounds. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
14. An Addition to the Commissioners of Glo'ster,
for the Weekly Assessments. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
Ordinance to raise Money, to prevent Free Quarter.
The Ordinance concerning Free Quarter, was read
Twice, and Ordered to be committed to the Committee of the whole House.
And accordingly the House was adjourned during
Pleasure, to consider of it.
The House being resumed;
The said Ordinance was read the Third Time, and
Agreed to, and Ordered to be printed and published.
(Here enter it.)
The Answer returned was:
Answer to the H. C.
That touching the Ordinance for improving the Committee in Kent concerning the Matter of Indemnity, they
will take it into (fn. *) Consideration, and return an Answer
by Messengers of their own: To all the rest of the
Ordinances now brought up, their Lordships do agree.
Delinquents who are compounding to stay in Town.
The Lord Howard presented an Order to this House,
concerning Leave to those that are compounding at
Haberdashers Hall to stay in Town; which was read, but
nothing done in it.
Ordered, That the Lord Howard do bring in the
Names of such Persons as are actually compounding at
Haberdashers Hall, that so they may be allowed of by
both Houses.
Message from the H. C. with Ordinances, &c.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Wm. Masham; who brought up divers Ordinances, wherein their Lordships Concurrence is desired:
1. An Order for Five Hundred Pounds apiece to
be paid to Mr. Marsham and Mr. Nye.
(Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
2. An Ordinance for declaring the Commissioners of
the Customs.
3. An Ordinance for reimbursing the Commissioners
of the Customs the Monies by them advanced out of
the Moiety of the Receipts of the Customs, together
with the Interest due for the same.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That the Lords agree to the Ordinance concerning
Mr. Marshall and Mr. Nye: To all the rest, this House
will send an Answer by Messengers of their own.
Message to the H. C. for an Answer to the Vote to prevent Colonel Rainsborough from commanding the Winter Fleet.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Doctor Heath and Mr. Eltonheade; with this Message:
That the Lords, upon Receipt of a Letter from Sir
Thomas Fairfax, by which he gave an Account to this
House, "That the Carriage of Colonel Raynsborough
at the Rendezvous tended much to the Disturbance
of the quiet and orderly Government of the Army;"
the Lords sent down to the House of Commons a Vote,
to which they desired their Concurrence, That Colonel
Raynsborough might not be sent to Sea as Commander of
this Winter's Guard; to which their Lordships have
had no Answer as yet. They again press the House
of Commons for their Concurrence to that Vote; conceiving it of most dangerous Consequence, that a Person who hath had such a Character from the General
and the Army should be employed in a Place of so
great Trust and Importance to the Kingdom.
(fn. *) "Several Ordinances of the Lords and Commons
assembled in Parliament, for the Disbanding
of all supernumerary Forces within this Kingdom, under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairfax; and that no Officer or Soldier, after the
15 Day of January, 1647, shall have any
Free Quarter; also their Accompts to be
speedily audited, with Security for all their
Arrears, and full Indemnity for all their
Actions in relation to the late War.
"Die Veneris, 24 Decemb. 1647.
"An Ordinance concerning Free Quarter.
Ordinance to bring in Assessments for the Army, to prevent their taking Free Quarter.
"Whereas an Army and many other great Forces
have of Necessity been raised and kept up, for the
Security and Service of this Kingdom; and, for
Want of Payment of the said Army and Forces in
due Manner, they have been necessitated to take and
live upon Free Quarter, in the several Places and
Counties of this Kingdom, to the great Charge and
Burden of the said Places and Counties, where they
have been so quartered for many Months last past;
and though the Parliament, for the Prevention of
that and other Inconveniencies, and paying the said
Forces, did think fit to lay an Assessment of Sixty
Thousand Pounds per Mensem, to have Beginning at
the 25 of March last past, which said Assessment is
now Nine Months behind and in Arrear, so as the
Forces unnecessarily kept up could not be disbanded,
nor the Standing Army paid, which hath for a long
Time enforced and caused the Taking of Free Quarter: The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled,
taking into their serious Consideration, how for the
present the Kingdom may be eased of so great a
Burden, and that Free Quarter may be prevented
for the Time to come, have thought it necessary that
a proportionable Sum of Money be presently raised
and paid, for the Paying of those Forces that are to
be disbanded, and the future Provision of the Army,
that no more Free Quarter may be hereafter taken
by them; and do therefore order and declare, That,
for the Purposes aforesaid, the full Sum of Six Months
Assessment of the Sixty Thousand Pounds per Mensem,
of the Nine Months now behind and in Arrear, be
levied and paid, by the Fifteenth Day of January next,
in Ready Monies, to the Treasurers at Wars, without
any Defalcation: And upon the speedy Payment
thereof, the said Lords and Commons do further
order and declare, That the last Three Months of
the said Nine Months now in Arrear shall be, and is
hereby ordered and declared to be, remitted and
taken off, and the said Charge of that Monthly Assessment to proceed on from the 25 of December Instant, for the constant Pay of the continuing Army:
And the said Lords and Commons do further order
and declare, That the said several and respective
Places and Counties shall, from the Time of the Payment of the said Six Months Assessment, be forthwith discharged of Free Quarter, by Disbanding of
those Forces which are not to be kept up, and by
the Withdrawing of all other Forces into Towns and
Garrisons; so as for the future it may be, and it
is hereby, Provided and Ordained, That no Officer or
Soldier shall enter into the House of any Person or
Persons, who shall duly pay their Assessments, within
the Kingdom of England or Dominion of Wales; without his Consent, except Inns, Taverns, Victualinghouses, or Ale-houses; nor shall take any Monies,
Victuals, or other Provisions, for Horse or Man,
without Consent of the Owner, and due Satisfaction
given unto him for the same; but that the said Officers and Soldiers do make their own Provisions out of
their Pay allowed to them by the State: And the
said Lords and Commons, upon the Consideration of
the Orders and Declarations aforesaid, do expect a
ready Compliance hereunto, by all and every the
respective Counties, Cities, and Towns, within this
Kingdom and Dominion of Wales, in regard they
find it impossible to discharge them of the Burden
of the Forces remaining upon them that exceed the
Establishment of the Army, and to ease the People
of that pressing Grievance of Free Quarter, without
a Performance of the Payment of the Sums and
Assessments as aforesaid."
"Die Veneris, 24 December. 1647.
"An Ordinance for the Payment of the Soldiery,
out of the Moiety of the Receipts of Excise.
Ordinance for 600,000l. for Payment of the Army.
"The Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, taking into Consideration the great
Arrears of Pay due to the Army that is to be kept
up in this Kingdom, and of the Supernumeraries that
are now to be disbanded, and being resolved to give
Security for the same, do ordain, and be it hereby
Ordained by the said Lords and Commons, That, towards the Payment thereof, the Sum of Six Hundred Thousand Pounds, out of the Moiety of the
Receipt of the Excise, in Course, shall be paid to
the Treasurers at Wars, to be employed for the Uses
aforesaid, in such Manner as both Houses of Parliament shall hereafter appoint."
"Die Veneris, 24 Decemb. 1647.
"An Ordinance for Payment of the Soldiery out
of Delinquents Estates.
Ordinance for Money out of Delinquents Estates, for paying the Army;
"The Lords and Commons in this present Parliament
assembled, taking into Consideration the great Arrears of Pay due to the Soldiery who have faithfully
served the Parliament, and being resolved to give
Security for the same, do ordain, and be it hereby
Ordained by the Lords and Commons, That, towards
the Payment thereof, Two Third Parts of all the
Lands and Hereditaments of all the Delinquents mentioned or comprehended in the Three First Qualifications of the Proposition for Delinquents sent to the
King into the Isle of Wight, not formerly disposed of,
or the Fines that shall be set upon those Delinquents
by the said Houses, shall be paid in to the Treasurers
at Wars, to be disposed of for the Purposes aforesaid, in such Manner as both Houses of Parliament
shall think fit."
"Die Veneris, 24 Decemb. 1647.
"An Ordinance for Payment of the Soldiery, out
of Bishops Lands remaining not engaged.
and for Money out of the remaining Part of the Bishops Lands.
"The Lords and Commons in this present Parliament
assembled, taking into Consideration the great Arrears of Pay due to the Soldiery who have faithfully
served the Parliament, and being resolved to give Security for the same, do ordain, and be it hereby Ordained, by the said Lords and Commons, That, towards
the Payment thereof, the Money arising out of the
remaining Part of all the Lands and Revenues of all
the late Archbishops and Bishops of the Realm of
England, and Dominion of Wales, late belonging to
their Archbishoprics and Bishoprics, appointed to be
sold by several former Ordinances for that Purpose,
after such Engagements satisfied as are already
charged thereupon, shall be paid over to the Treasurers at Wars, to be employed for the Uses aforesaid, in such Manner as both Houses of Parliament
shall hereafter appoint."
"Die Veneris, 24 Decemb. 1647.
"The Lords and Commons in this present Parliament
assembled, taking into Consideration the great Arrears of Pay due to the Soldiery that have faithfully
served the Parliament, and being resolved to secure
the same, have, by an Ordinance of both Houses of
Parliament, of the 24th of this Instant December; ordained, That the Money arising out of the remaining
Part of the Lands and Revenues of all the late Archbishops and Bishops of the Realm of England, and Dominion of Wales, late belonging to the Archbishoprics
and Bishoprics, appointed to be sold by several Ordinances of Parliament (after such Engagements as are
charged thereupon shall be first satisfied), shall be
employed for the Payment of the Soldiery; and by
another Ordinance of Parliament, of the Date aforesaid, Two Third Parts of all the Lands and Hereditaments of all the Delinquents mentioned or comprehended in the Three First Qualifications of that
Proposition for Delinquents lately sent to the King,
to the Isle of Wight, not formerly disposed of, or the
Fines that shall be set by the said Houses upon those
Delinquents, are appointed to be and enure to the
Use aforesaid; and further, by an Ordinance of Parliament of the same Date, the Sum of Six Hundred
Thousand Pounds is charged to be paid, out of the
Moiety of the Receipts of the Excise, in Course, towards Payment of the Arrears of the Army that is
to be kept up, and the Supernumeraries that are to
be disbanded, as by the said several Ordinances may
appear: It is now Ordained, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That the said Sum of
Six Hundred Thousand Pounds be, and is hereby,
charged upon all and every the Securities aforesaid,
for and towards Satisfaction of the Arrears of the
Soldiers that are to be kept up in this Kingdom, and
of the Supernumeraries that are now to be disbanded,
and shall be in the First Place satisfied: And it is
further Ordained, by the Lords and Commons aforesaid, That all and every such Sum and Sums of
Money as shall be received and come in upon any
the Securities aforesaid shall be from Time to Time
paid unto the Treasurers at Wars at Guildhall, London;
and shall be issued and paid forth, by the said Treasurers at Wars, to such Person and Persons, for the
Uses aforesaid, in such Manner as the Committee of
Lords and Commons for the Army, or any Five of
them, shall from Time to Time, under their Hands,
limit and appoint."
"Die Veneris, 24 Decemb. 1647.
Ordinance for taking the Accompts of Officers and Soldiers, and to defaulk for Free Quarters from their Arrears.
"Be it Ordained, and it is Ordained, by the Lords and Commons now assembled in Parliament, That the
Committee of Lords and Commons for the Army, or any Three of them, shall have Power and Authority, and
are hereby authorized and enabled, by themselves and such as they shall appoint, and by such Ways and
Means as they or any Three of them shall think fit, to cause the Accompts of all the Officers and Soldiers of
the Army now or late under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairfax, as well due to them upon Public Faith as
for their present Pay, to be stated, audited, and cast up, during their Service in this Army, or in any other
Service of the Parliament; and to allow and determine of such Accompts, and to give out Debentures accordingly unto the said Officers and Soldiers; and to cause a Register to be kept of such Debentures, by
such Person or Persons as they shall appoint: And it is further Ordained, That for such Debentures as shall
be thereupon given out and signed by the said Committee, or any Three of them, and shall be registered as
aforesaid, the State shall be liable to the Payment thereof, and shall be paid and satisfied respectively, by
Warrant from the said Committee, or any Five of them, out of such Monies and other Securities as the Parliament hath or shall ordain for those Uses: And it is further Ordained and Declared, That the said Committee shall deduct and defaulk for Free Quarter, out of the Arrears due to the Officers and Soldiers for their
Service in this Army, according to the Proportions following; videlicet,
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12d. per Diem. |
| "From every Dragooner and Non Commission Officer, |
9d. per Diem. |
| "From every Foot Soldier and Non Commission Officer of Foot, |
4d. per Diem. |
"From the Officers of the Train of Artillery, and Artificers and Attendants thereunto, as followeth; videlicet,
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9 |
per Diem. |
| Matrosses, |
4 |
| Firelocks, |
4 |
| At Eighteen Pence per Diem, Carters, |
6 |
per Diem to be deducted. |
| Quarter-master, |
12 |
| At Three Shillings per Diem, Gentlemen of Ordnance, |
12 |
| At Two Shillings Six Pence per Diem, All Officers and Artificers with Horse, |
12 |
| At Two Shillings Six Pence per Diem, Artificers of Foot, |
9 |
"From all Officers in Commission, according to the Proportions following; videlicet,
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Officers in Commission of Foot and Train, |
¼ Part. |
| Officers in Commission of Horse and Dragoons, for themselves and Horse, |
⅓ of the Pay due to them. |
| From the Gentlemen of the Life Guard, and other Persons, as Deputies, Clerks, Assistants, Chirurgeons Mates, |
¼ Part. |
"Provided always, That if any Officer or Soldier can prove that he hath paid Quarter for more Time than
the Space he hath been paid for, he shall have proportionable full Pay for so much Time over.
"And it is further Ordained and Declared, That the said Committee may employ such Persons under them
in this Service, and may reward and pay them, for their Pains and Travel herein, out of the Receipts appointed for the Army, as they shall think fit: And it is further Ordained, That the said Committee may, if
they shall think fit, administer an Oath to such Persons as they shall employ under them in this Service, for
their due and faithful Execution of the Business they shall be employed in, according to their best Skill and
Judgement; and, in Cases of Doubt, to examine upon Oath, if they see Cause: And it is lastly Ordained, That
the Treasurers at Wars and Commissioners of Musters, their Deputies and Clerks, shall be aiding, assisting, and
obedient to the said Committee, in the Execution of the Premises.
"Provided always, That if any Surcharge can be brought upon any particular Accompt within Two Years
after the Debentures are given, that Defalcation shall be made for so much accordingly."
"Die Veneris, 24 December. 1647.
Ordinance for the supernumerary Forces to be disbanded;—for their Accompts to be audited; and to defaulk from their Arrears for Free Quarter.
"Be it Ordained, and it is Ordained, by the Lords and Commons now assembled in Parliament, That all the
Forces within this Kingdom, and Dominion of Wales, above the Establishment of the Army, shall be forthwith disbanded, by Order and Warrant from the General; and such of them as have been entertained since
the Sixth of August last shall be disbanded without any Money; and the rest shall be paid Two Months Pay
at their Disbanding, towards their Arrears; and shall have their Accompts audited, and Debentures given for
the Remainder, or shall be paid off by a gross Sum, as the Commissioners hereafter mentioned can agree for.
"And to the End the same may be done with all convenient Speed, the Lords and Commons do further
ordain, That the respective Commissioners for the Monthly Assessment of Sixty Thousand Pounds, within the
several Counties, Cities, and Places of this Kingdom, and Dominion of Wales, or any Three of them,
shall have Power and Authority, and are hereby authorized and required, to state, audit, and cast up, or
cause to be stated, audited, and cast up, by such Persons as they shall appoint for that Purpose, the Accompts
of such Officers and Soldiers, as well due on Public Faith as for their present Pay, as are to be disbanded
in their respective Counties and Cities; and of such Officers as had the Command of such Regiments, Troops,
or Companies, since the First of August last past, and give Debentures accordingly; and that the said respective Commissioners, in their several Counties, shall cause a Register to be kept of such Debentures,
and shall certify a Duplicate thereof under their Hands to the Committee of the Army: And it is further
Ordained, That, for such Debentures as shall be thereupon given out, and signed by the said Commissioners,
or any Three of them, and shall be registered and certified as aforesaid, the State shall be liable to the Payment thereof, and shall be paid and satisfied respectively, by Warrant from the Committee of the Army, or
any Five of them, out of such Monies and other Securities as the Parliament hath or shall ordain for those
Uses; and also the said Two Months Pay, or the Sum in Gross above-mentioned, shall be paid, by Warrant
from the said Committee, or any Five of them, out of the said Assessments.
"And it is further Ordained and Declared, That the said Commissioners shall deduct and defaulk for Free
Quarter, out of the Arrears due to the Officers and Soldiers for their Service, according to the Proportions
following; videlicet,
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12d. per Diem. |
| "From every Dragooner and Non Commission Officer, |
9d. per Diem. |
| "From every Foot Soldier and Non Commission Officer of Foot, |
4d. per Diem. |
"From the Officers of the Train of Artillery, and Artificers and Attendants thereunto, as followeth; videlicet,
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Gunners, |
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per Diem to be deducted. |
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Matroses, |
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Firelocks, |
4 |
| At Eighteen Pence per Diem, |
Carters, |
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per Diem to be deducted. |
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Quarter-master, |
12 |
| At Three Shillings per Diem, |
Gentlemen of Ordnance, |
12 |
| At Two Shillings Six Pence per Diem, |
All Officers and Artificers with Horse, |
12 |
| At Two Shillings Six Pence per Diem, |
Artificers of Foot, |
9 |
"From all Officers in Commission, according to the Proportions following; videlicet,
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Officers in Commission of Foot and Train, |
¼ Part. |
| Officers in Commission of Horse and Dragoons, for themselves and Horse, |
⅓ Part of the Pay due to them. |
| From the Gentlemen of the Life Guard, and other Persons, and Deputies, Clerks, Assistants, Chirurgeons Mates, |
¼ Part. |
"Provided always, That if any Surcharge can be brought upon particular Accompt, within Two Years after
the Debentures are given, that Defalcation shall be made for so much accordingly."
"Die Veneris, 24 Decemb. 1647.
"An Ordinance for the several Commissioners in the respective Counties to make a Collector for the
Monthly Assessment of Sixty Thousand Pounds.
County Committees to appoint Receivers for the Monthly Assessment of 60,000l.
"Be it Ordered and Ordained, by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, That Power be given
to the Commissioners nominated in the several Counties, in the Ordinance for the Monthly Assessments of Sixty
Thousand Pounds, to nominate in each particular County a General Receiver, who shall receive the Assessments
of the said County from the particular Collectors and Sub-collectors; and that the said General Receiver of
each particular County do transmit the Monies by him received unto the Treasurers at Wars; and that the
said Treasurers at Wars do allow unto the said Receiver General, in each County, a Salary for his Pains, not
exceeding One Penny in the Pound, upon his Accompt."
"Die Veneris, 24 Decemb. 1647.
"An Addition of Commissioners for the County of Pembroke, for the Monthly Assessment of Sixty
Thousand Pounds.
Additional Commissioners for Pembroke;
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, That Sir Richard Phillips Baronet, James
Lewis, Griffith White, Roger Lort, John Elyot, Thomas Bowen, Herbert Perrot, Samson Lort, Esquires, be
added to the former Commissioners for the Monthly Assessments of the Sixty Thousand Pounds, for the County
of Pembroke."
"Die Veneris, 24 Decemb. 1647.
"An Addition to the Commissioners of the County of Gloucester, for the Monthly Assessment.
and Gloucester.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, That John Kytee, Thomas Chamberlaine,
Richard Ayleworth, Georg Kenne, John Dorney, Robert Kyrle, Will. Cooke, Thomas James, William Selwyn,
Walter Nourse, Esquires, John Brayn, Thomas Ayleway, Robert Waterworth, John Barnard, John Clarke,
Jeremy Bucke, and Richard Yate Junior, Gentlemen, be added to the Commissioners for the County of Gloucester, for the Monthly Assessment of the Sixty Thousand Pounds."
"Die Veneris, 24 Decemb. 1647.
"An Order giving further Power to the Committee of Indemnity.
Committee for Indemnity, to put in Execution the additional Ordinances;
"The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament do Declare, That the Committee of Lords and Commons
for Indemnity have as full Power, to all Intents and Purposes, to act upon, and put in Execution, the additional
Ordinance of Indemnity, as they have to act upon, and put in Execution, the First Ordinance of Indemnity."
"Die Veneris, 24 Decemb. 1647.
"An Ordinance giving Power to the Committee of Indemnity, to put in Execution the Ordinances concerning Apprentices Freedoms.
and to put in Execution those for Apprentices Freedoms, who have served in the Army.
"Be it Ordered and Ordained, by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, That Power be given
to the Committee for Indemnity, to put in Execution the several Ordinances concerning Apprentices Freedoms,
that have served the Parliament in this late War, and to receive all Complaints made upon them; and to give
Redress to the Party grieved, and to allow Costs, Charges, and Damages, as they shall see Cause, according to
the Power given them in Cases of Indemnity."
"Die Veneris, 24 Decemb. 1647.
"Additional Ordinance for the more effectual Relief of maimed Soldiers.
Additional Ordinance for Relief of maimed Soldiers.
"Whereas, by the Statute of 43 Eliz. Provision is made for Relief of maimed Soldiers, by a Tax laid on
every Parish within the Kingdom of England, &c. for Relief of maimed Soldiers, which Money hath been
for the most Part paid by the several Parishes, and the Pensioners then appointed to receive the same are
many of them dead, so that much of that Money remains in the Hands of several Private Persons, that have
been Treasurers or Justices of Peace, who have taken Accompt of the Treasurers; and whereas, by a late
Ordinance of Parliament, bearing Date 28th Day of May, 1647, it is ordained, That the Justices of Peace
of each County do call all such Persons to an Accompt as have received any of the said Monies, that the
Necessities of maimed Soldiers, and of Widows and Orphans that have lost their Parents or Husbands in the
Service of the Parliament, may be relieved; and also by another Ordinance, bearing Date the Tenth Day
of August, 1647, a further Power is given to the Justices of Peace, for enlarging the said Taxes, for the Purposes aforesaid, in Case there shall be Need: Of all which said Ordinances, notwithstanding the especial
Care taken therein by the Parliament, for the timely Relief of the necessitous Persons aforesaid, there hath
not been an answerable Effect, through the Neglect and Default (as is complained) of the Justices of Peace,
in their several Counties, not putting their Power by the said Statute and Ordinances into speedy Execution:
It is therefore Ordained and Declared, by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, That all Justices
of Peace do forthwith cause all Officers, within their several Counties and Divisions, that have had any Hand
in receiving any of the said Monies, to appear before any Two or more Justices, whereof One to be of the
Quorum, they not being accountable themselves; and that they take Accompt what Money is in their Hands,
or that any of them may make to appear to be in the Hand of any Justice of Peace, High Treasurer, Under
Treasurer, or other Officer whatsoever; and that, at the next General Quarter Sessions for the Peace, and so
at every Session, they take an Accompt thereof; and that the Treasurers do issue out at present, by Warrant
under the Hands of Two Justices of the Peace, what Sums of Money they shall think fit, to any maimed
Soldier, Widow or Orphans of Soldiers slain or dead in the Service of the Parliament, that are in present
Want; and at the next Quarter Sessions following, the said Justices shall make known the same to the Sessions,
that so the same may be continued or determined, as they shall judge necessary: And the said Lords and
Commons do further Order and Ordain, That the Clerk of the Peace for each County respectively do keep
a Book, for the entering and issuing out of all such Monies as aforesaid, to whom such Monies are paid; and
that all Justices of Peace take especial Care that no Part of the said Monies be converted to any other Use.
"Jo. Browne, Cler. Parliamentorum."
"Die Veneris, 24 Decemb. 1647.
"Ordered, by the Lords assembled in Parliament, That these Ordinances be forthwith printed and published.
"Joh. Brown, Cler. Parliamentorum."
Letter from Sir F. Fairfax, with the following Results of the Council of War.
"For the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Manchester, Speaker of the House of Peers pro
Tempore.
My Lord,
"At a General Council this Day held, the inclosed
Particulars were agreed upon, to be presented to your
Lordship; which I humbly desire may be taken into
Consideration, and remain
Windsor, 23 Decembris, 1647.
"Your Lordship's
Humble Servant,
T. Fairfax."
"The Results of the General Council of the
Army, held at Windsor, the 23th Day of December, 1647.
Their Resolutions concerning the late Ordinance to prevent the taking of Free Quarter.
"Upon the late Resolutions in Parliament, concerning the taking away of Free Quarter and disbanding
of Supernumeraries, we find divers Things which require a further Consideration, in order to the more
secure and effectual Dispatch of that Work; wherein
we shall shortly offer our humble Advice and Desire.
But at present we find an immediate Necessity to
take Notice of what hath passed on Tuesday last, the
21th Instant, in an Ordinance prepared for the bringing in Six Months Arrears of Assessments by the 15th
of January next, and for the taking away of Free
Quarter thereupon; wherein we observe,
1. It is Provided and Ordained, That no Officer
or Soldier shall enter the House of any Person
or Persons who shall duly pay their Assessments,
without his Consent, except Inns, Taverns,
Victualing-houses, or Ale-houses.
"2. Nor shall take any Provisions for Horse or
Man, without Consent of the Owner, and
due Satisfaction given to him for the same.
"As to the First of these; we must desire the Houses
to consider, That, if the Soldiery must not have so
much as Lodging or Stable-room but at Inns and
Ale-houses, without the Owners Consent, it will
follow,
"1. That it is like to fall out oft-times, and in
many Towns, that there will be more Men or
Horses to quarter than the Inns or Ale-houses
have Room for.
"2. That Soldiers must either pay for their Victuals and Horse-meat at such Rate as the
Inn where they quarter will reckon (as to
other Guests), or else give large Satisfaction to
the Inn-keepers for their Lodging and Stableroom, so as they may have Liberty to take
their Victuals and Horse-meat (fn. *) at other Places,
where they can agree for it at cheaper (fn. *) Rates;
otherwise an Inn-keeper where the Lodging
or Stable-room is taken up by Soldiers will
lose the whole Benefit of his Inn, which is
his Livelihood: And if the Soldiers must pay
the Inn-keepers at the Rate of other Guests,
or satisfy him for his Lodging and Stableroom at such Rates as to countervail his ordinary Gain; it is most evident, that the Soldier's whole Pay, nor scarce the Double of it,
would not satisfy at such Rates: And unless
either the Pay or the Way of Quarter be such
as that the Soldier may, above the Charge of
his Victual or Horse-meat, save something
for other Uses, we believe few Soldiers will
be found to serve that intend to be honest.
And we fear the Soldiery that shall consider the
Consequence of these Limitations of Quarter may be
too apt to misunderstand it, as if those that shall not
have the Benefit of Disbanding now as Supernumeraries should be left to be worse than disbanded; (even)
to be necessitated to a sudden Dissolution, without any
Benefit of Condition at all.
"For our Parts, (if it be found that the Safety and
Quiet of the Kingdom will admit it) we shall be as
ready to disband all as any: But, whilst the Parliament finds Cause to continue any Forces in the Kingdom, we must earnestly desire they may have that
Allowance of necessary Billet which is allowed in all
Nations where any Soldiers are kept; and particularly that they may still be allowed Lodging and Stableroom at such Houses where they shall by Order be
duly and equally billeted.
To the Second Particular in the Ordinance aforementioned; we are well satisfied, and presume all
Soldiers will be content (when they shall be duly
supplied with Pay in Hand wherewithal) to pay for
their Victuals and Horse-meat at such Rates as they
can agree upon: Only we must desire these Cases may
be provided for;
1. That, for the First Fortnight after the Soldiery
shall be drawn into Towns and Garrisons, and
until the Parliament shall there supply them
with Pay (as in our late Proposition to the
Commissioners), they may have Horse-meat
and Man's-meat, at the Places where they
shall be billeted, at the Rates allowed for
the Army; which the Officers are to undertake to see paid.
2. That, upon all Occasions of Marching, where
any Soldiers shall by Order be billeted (not
lying above Two Nights in a Place), they
may have their Diet at the same Rate, and
Horse-meat also, if the Landlord have it of
his own.
Windsor, 23 Decembris, 1647.
"By the Appointment of his Excellency Sir
Thomas Fairefax, and the General Council of the Army.
Jo. Rushworth."
Chetwyn, Sheriff of Staff. Leave to reside out of the County.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled
in Parliament, That Walter Chetwyn Esquire, appointed by both Houses Sheriff of the County of
Stafford, shall have Liberty to reside out of the said
County, during the Time of his Sheriffalty; any
Statute or Ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding."
Order for 4907l. 7s. 4d. to Col. Birch.
"The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament,
taking Notice of the faithful Services performed by
Colonel John Birch, for the Parliament and Kingdom;
and that there is due to him, for Monies by him lent,
and for his Services, Four Thousand Nine Hundred
and Seven Pounds, Seven Shillings, and Four Pence,
appearing upon his Accompt certified by the Com
mittee of Accompts for the whole Kingdom, and
allowed by both Houses the 16th of June last past;
do ordain, and be it Ordained by the Lords and
Commons assembled in Parliament, That Two Thousand Five Hundred Pounds, Part of the aforesaid
Sum, be paid and secured unto him, out of the Excise, in Course, with Interest for the same every Six
Months, after the Rate of Eight Pounds per Centum,
from the 23th of December Instant, so long as the
Whole or any Part thereof shall be forborn; and
that the Acquittance of the said Colonel John Birch,
or his Assigns, shall be to the Commissioners of Excise
their sufficient Discharge for the Payment of the said
Sum, with Interest, as aforesaid."
Order for 100 l. for Sir Ed. Povey.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled
in Parliament, That the Sum of One Hundred Pounds
be forthwith paid, upon Accompt, unto Sir Edward
Povey Knight, for Relief of his present Necessities,
by the Committee of the Revenue."
Order for 500 l. apiece, for Messrs. Marshall and Nye.
"It is Ordained, by the Lords and Commons assembled
in Parliament, That the Committee of Lords and
Commons for Advance of Monies, sitting in Habberdashers Hall, shall and do pay unto Mr. Marshall and
Mr. Nye Five Hundred Pounds apiece, by Way of
Remuneration and Satisfaction for their great Pains
they have taken, and for the great Expence they have
been at, in the Service of the Parliament; to be paid
unto them out of such Personal Estates, Debts, or
Monies belonging to the State, that are concealed or
detained, or not yet sequestered, and shall hereafter
be made known to the said Committee of Lords and
Commons, for or on the Behalf of the said Mr.
Marshall and Mr. Nye, or either of them: And for
the better Encouragement of any such Discovery to be
made as is aforesaid, it is Ordained, That the said
Committee shall and do pay, unto any such Discoverer
or Discoverers, One Moiety thereof: Provided, That
the said Moiety be paid towards the Satisfaction of a
just Debt due to such Discoverer or Discoverers by the
Parliament."
Marshall to be instituted to Trusthorpe;
Ordered, That Doctor Aylett give Institution and
Induction unto Mr. Robert Marshall Clerk, Master of
Arts, to the Rectory of Trusthorpe, in Com. Lincolne,
void by the Death of Edward Halden Clerk, late Incumbent; salvo Jure cujuscunque: Wm. Maddison and
John Prescott Gentlemen, Patrons.
Ball to Hornmead Parva;
Ordered, &c. That Doctor Aylett give Institution
and Induction unto Samuell Ball Clerk, Master of Arts,
unto the Rectory of Hornmead Parva, in Com. Hertford, void by Death last Incumbent; salvo Jure cujuscunque: Granted by the Great Seal.
Ward to Liddington;
Ordered, &c. That Doctor Aylett give Institution
and Induction unto John Ward Clerk, Batchelor of Arts,
to the Vicarage of Liddington, in Com. Rutland, void
by Death last Incumbent; salvo Jure cujuscunque: Granted by Great Seal.
Cordell to Althallowes;
Ordered, &c. That Doctor Aylett give Institution
and Induction unto John Cordell Master of Arts, to the
Rectory of Alhollowes Lumsber-streete; salvo Jure cujuscunque: Granted by Great Seal.
Toldervy to Mardyn;
Ordered, &c. That Doctor Heath give Institution
and Induction unto John Toldervy Clerk, to the Vicarage
of Mardyn, in Com. Heref'd, void by Death; salvo
Jure cujuscunque: Granted by Great Seal.
and Strickland, to Lancaster.
Ordered, &c. That Doctor Heath give Institution
and Induction unto John Strickland Batchelor of Divinity, unto the Vicarage of Lancaster, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, void by Death; salvo Jure cujuscunque: Geo. Tolnson, Patron.
Adjourn.
House adjourned till 10 a cras.