July, 1645
[7 July, 1645.]
Ord. of 28 Jan. 1644–5 for relief of Distressed Captives to continue for a year; Indemnity
The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, intending
with all speed to carry on that so pious a work, of the Releasing
of those distressed Captives taken by Turkish, Moorish and other
Pirats; to which purpose, they are now sending away dispatches for Algier: But finding that the Moneys already Collected, or which may be Collected by vertue of the Ordinances
already granted, for the Receiving of one fourth part of one per
cent. imposed on all goods and Merchandize, and appropriated
to that use, will not perfect the work, without continuance of the
said duty; Do therefore Order and Ordain, That the Ordinance
of Parliament of the eight and twenty of January, One thousand
six hundred forty and four, which expires the Eleventh of December next, for the collecting of the said duty, & imposition
of one fourth part of one per cent. which is one shilling in every
twenty shillings, paid for Custom and Subsidy, according to the
now Book of Rates, Established by Authority of this present
Parliament, upon all goods and Merchandize, exported out of,
and imported into this Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales,
and port and Town of Berwick, for the relief of the said distressed
Captives; and every Clause and Article therein contained, shall
be observed, stand and continue in full force and power from the
said Eleventh of December next inclusive, unto the Eleventh
of December, 1646. exclusive. And it is further Ordained, That
the Chamberlain of London, his Deputy or Deputies, and every
of them, shall be saved harmless and indempnified for whatsoever
Act or Acts they shall do in the execution of this Ordinance, according to the Clause of indempnity in the said Ordinance of 28.
January, 1644.