August 1642
[10 August, 1642.]
The Lords and Commons in this present Parliament, reposing
special Trust and Confidence in the approved Wisdom and
Fidelity of Sir Guilbert Gerrard, Baronet, do hereby nominate
and appoint the said Sir Guilbert Gerrard to be Treasurer of
the Army, ordered and appointed by the said Lords and Commons to be forthwith raised, for the Safety of the King's Person,
the Defence of both Houses of Parliament, and of those who
have obeyed their Orders and Commands, and for the Preservation of the true Religion, the Laws, Liberties, and Peace of the
Kingdom: And the said Lords and Commons do hereby
authorize and require the said Sir Guilbert Gerrard, by Virtue
and Warrant hereof, out of such Treasure as is already come, or
hereafter shall come, to his Hands, for the Purpose aforesaid, to
content and pay, from Time to Time, all such particular Sums
of Money as, by Warrants or Bills, subscribed with the Name
of the Person or Persons and Officers hereafter following, shall
be required of him, whose said Warrants or Bills, so subscribed,
shall be a sufficient Discharge for the said Sir Guilbert Gerrard,
at all Times hereafter, in that Behalf. First, The said Sir
Guilbert Gerrard shall pay and content to all such Person and
Persons all such Sums of Money as shall be directed
by Order of both Houses of Parliament: Secondly, He
shall content and pay all such Sum and Sums of
Money as, by Warrants of the Right Honourable Robert Earl of
Essex, whom the said Lords and Commons have appointed to be
Captain General of the said Army, or by the Warrants of any
other, appointed, or to be appointed, by the said Lords
and Commons, to be Captain General of the said Army, or
by the Warrants of his or their Lieutenant-General of the said
Army, in the Absence of the Captain General for the Time being,
shall be required of the said Sir Guilbert Gerrard; which said
Warrant, or Warrants, with the Hands of the Parties that shall
receive the said Monies, shall be his sufficient Discharge in that
Behalf: Thirdly, The said Sir Guilbert Gerrard shall content and
pay, upon the like Warrants of the said Captain General for the
Time being, and in his Absence of his Lieutenant General for
the Time being, for Provision for Victuals of the said Army,
Carriages, and all other Necessaries thereunto belonging, all such
Sums of Money as the said Captain General, or in his Absence
his Lieutenant General, shall require of the said Sir Guilbert
Gerrard, by his Warrant or Warrants, or Bill subscribed with his
Hands; which Bill, so subscribed by the said Captain General
for the Time being, and in his Absence by his Lieutenant
General, together with the Acquittances of the Persons which
shall testify the Receipt thereof, shall be a sufficient Discharge
for the said Sir Guilbert Gerrard in that Behalf: Fourthly, The
said Sir Guilbert Gerrard shall content and pay all such Sums of
Money, in Gross, or otherwise, as shall be required of the
said Sir Guilbert Gerrard, by the Warrants or Bills subscribed by the said Captain General for the Time
being, or in his Absence by his Lieutenant General,
for any Thing or Things which the said Captain General, and in
his Absence his Lieutenant General, shall think meet to be
provided for the Furniture of the Ordnance, with Munition,
Carriages, and all other Necessaries for the same, delivering, by
Indenture, the said Monies to such of the principal Officer or
Officers of the Ordnance there, as the said Captain General, or
in his Absence his Lieutenant General, shall appoint, for which
he or they are to render the Parliament, or such as they shall
appoint, an Accompt; which Indenture, with the said Bills
subscribed by the said Captain General, or in his Absence by his
Lieutenant General, shall be a sufficient Discharge unto the said
Sir Guilbert Gerrard in that Behalf: Fifthly, the said Sir
Guilbert Gerrard shall content and pay, upon the like Warrants
or Bills of the said Captain General for the Time being, and in
his Absence of his Lieutenant General, all such Sums of Money
as shall be required of the said Sir Guilbert Gerrard, for Coat,
Conduct, Transportation, Payment of Dues, and Wages to the
said Captain General, or his Lieutenant General, and all other
Counsellors, Officers, and Captains, Petty Captains, Soldiers, and
all others which shall be waged or listed in the said Army, and
for all other Things and Necessaries, with all Manner of Carriages
for the same; which Bills or Warrants, so subscribed, shall be his
Discharge in that Behalf; and the said Sir Guilbert Gerrard, for
and in respect of the said Office, and Execution thereof, shall by
virtue hereof have Power to make, constitute, and appoint,
such Officers and Persons, to be employed under him
for the Execution of his said Office, as Sir William Uvedall
Knight, by a Commission under the Great Seal of England,
bearing Date the Six and Twentieth of February, Dccimo quinto
Caroli, had Power and Authority to nominate under him; and
for, and in respect of his said Office, and Execution thereof, shall
have and receive, for himself and his said Officers, and the
Persons by him employed, such Fees and Allowances as by the
said Commission are or were appointed unto the said Sir Willm.
Uvedall: And the said Lords and Commons do further
Declare, That whatsoever Monies he, the said Sir Guilbert
Gerrard, shall receive and disburse for the Affairs of the Army,
by virtue hereof, according to the Orders and Directions aforesaid, together with the Fees and Allowances above-mentioned,
upon his Accompt made to such Persons as shall be thereunto
authorized by the Commons House of Parliament to receive
the same, he shall receive a full Discharge for the same, from
both Houses of Parliament; and, by them, he, his Heirs,
Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, saved and kept harmless from any further Question or Accompt, to any Person or
Persons whatsoever; and, in and about the Performance and
Execution of this Service, all His Majesty's Officers and loving
Subjects are required to give their best Aid and Assistance to
him, the said Sir Guilbert Gerrard, and his Officers under him,
as Occasion shall require.