August 1643
[16 August, 1643.]
20,000 Soldiers, together with Gunners, Trumpeters, etc. to be raised within the 6 associated Counties.; Deputy Lieutenants and others to execute this service.; Power to Committee of House of Commons to provide for Forces so raised.
Whereas by an Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in
Parliament for the Impresting of Souldiers, the Deputie Lieutenants and Committees of Parliament, in every Countie or place
within this Realme, or any two or more of them in their severall
Limits and jurisdictions, are authorized (from time to time
untill other Order be taken by both Houses of Parliament) to
Rayse, Leavie, and Imprest, such numbers of Souldiers, Surgions,
and Gunners, for the defence of the King, Parliament, and
Kingdome, as shall be appointed by both Houses of Parliament,
or by the Lord Generall; it is now Ordered and Ordained by the
said Lords and Commons in Parliament, that 20000 Souldiers,
with so many Gunners, Trumpeters, and Chirurgions as the
Committee of the House of Commons for the six associated
Counties, of Norfolke, Suffolke, Essex, Cambridge, Herts, Huntington, with the City of Norwich and the Isle of Ely, or any
five of them shall think fit, shall bee forthwith raised and
imprested, within the said six associated Counties, and the said
City of Norwich, and Isle of Ely, for the defence of the King,
Parliament, and Kingdome, according to the severall proportions
to be set upon the said Counties, and City, together with the
said Isle of Ely by the said Committees of the House of
Commons, or any five of them, And the Deputy Lieutenants and
Committees of Parliament, of the said Counties and places or
any two of them, are hereby authorized and required, forthwith
to raise the said number of Souldiers, together with the said
Gunners, Trumpeters, and Chirurgions, or so many of them as
the said Committee of the House of Commons shall thinke fit,
within their respective Counties and Limits, according to the
Proportions, set, or to bee set upon the said Counties and places
by the said Committee of the House of Commons, or by any five of
them; And it is lastly Ordered and Ordained, that the said
Committee of the house of Commons, or any five of them, shall
have power by vertue of this Ordinance, to doe every thing for
the providing of momes and all manner of necessaries, for the
accommodation and support of the Forces raised, or to be raysed,
within the said Associated Counties and places, at the charge of
the said Counties and places indifferently to be raised, as the
emergent necessity of the Service shall from time to time
require.