May 1643
[24 May, 1643.]
It is this day ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled
in Parliament, That whereas his Excellency the Earle of Essex,
Lord Generall of the Army raised for the Defence of the
King and Parliament, directed a Commission, with Instruc
tions thereunto annexed; unto the Right Honorable, the Lord
Lieutenants, Deputy-Lieutenants, and some other Gentlemen
of the Counties of Essex, Hertford, and Bedford; And to Colonell
Walter Long a Member of the House of Commons, who in
particular was commanded by the said Lord Generall to put the
said Commission in execution, with any two or more of the
Commissioners, according to the said Instructions therewith
given, for the disarming of the Popish and ill-affected parties
in the said severall Counties; As also for the raising and taking
of Horse, Money, and Plate, of such as had not contributed
to the propositions of Parliament, or not proportionable to their
Estates; And whereas the said Colonell Walter Long with other of
the said Commissioners, have in part executed the said Commission
in some Hundreds within the said County of Essex, and not
elsewhere, and hath raised in Money and Plate, to the value of
Three thousand pounds or thereabouts, besides divers sums of
Money which do yet remaine in the hands of sundry persons in
the said Hundreds, who have promised to pay the same to the
said Colonell Walter Long; and whereas an Ordinance of Parliament hath since been made, for the rating and Taxing of such
persons mentioned in the said Commission, not exceeding the
Twentieth part of their Estates, or the fifth part of their yeerely
Revenue, which is to bee Assessed and gathered by certain
persons named and appointed by the said Ordinance; And for
that there may not be any losse or damage to the Parliament, or
distraction in the said County, by raising and collecting of
Moneys by the said severall wayes
Power to Col. Walter Long to receive Moneys yet unpaid in Hundreds where Commission hath been put in execution.; Tickets to be given to such as desire them.;Where Commission hath not been executed, to be put in execution.
It is therefore ordained and declared, That the said Colonell
Walter Long, shall take and receive such Monies as are behind
and unpayed, in such Hundreds where the said Commission hath
been put in execution; That so hee may give an exact accompt
for the whole; and likewise manifest his just and fair proceedings therein, having promised to leave a Booke in every
Hundred of what Monies he hath received in the said Hundred,
for his and their better satisfaction and discharge, which both
Houses of Parliament doe well approve of; the said Colonell
Walter Long, and other the said Commissioners not having
direction in their said Instructions to give Tickets unto
any, as is appointed in the aforesaid Ordinance, which notwithstanding hee shall doe to such as shall desire them; And
for the residue of the said County of Essex, and other the
Counties aforenamed, where the said Commission hath not as
yet been executed there, the persons nominated in the said
Ordinance are to execute the same according to the Instructions
therein given them.
Col. W. Long to use, for his Regiment, all moneys yet unpaid by Hundreds where Commission hath been executed.
And for those monies which are behinde and unpayed in those
Hundreds where the said Commission hath been put in execution, the said Colonell Walter Long is appointed to take and
receive the same for compleating and paying his Regiment; and
to be accomptable for that, and for the residue if any shall
be remaining: And if any the said severall summes of Money
directed by this Ordinance, to be payed to the said Colonell
Walter Long, shall be taken and received by any other person
by vertue of the late recited Ordinance, or by any other way,
It shall be forthwith restored to the said Colonel Walter Long,
to be imployed to the Purposes aforesaid.
Persons paying their Moneys to Col W. Long not to be taxed again.
And Lastly, it is Ordained and Declared, That all such persons
who have payed or shall pay their Monies unto the said Colonell
Walter Long, by vertue of this said Commission, shall not be
Rated and Taxed again, by vertue of the aforesaid Ordinance, if
they have payed according to the Propositions therein mentioned.