October, 1645
[8 October, 1645.]
Ordinance to settle 8,000l. per annum on the Prince Elector, out of the King's Revenue and Delinquents Estates.
The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, taking
into their Consideration the present Condition of His Highness
the Prince Elector Palatine of The Rhine, and the Provision for
a convenient Support for his Person and Retinue, do hereby
Order and Ordain. That the said Prince Elector shall, from the
One and Twentieth Day of February, in the Year of our Lord
1644, have and receive the Yearly Sum of Eight Thousand
Pounds, towards his present Support; the said Yearly Sum to
be paid and payable Quarterly, upon every One and Twentieth
Day of May, 21th Day of August, 21th Day of November, and
21th Day of February, by equal Portions: And for the better
raising of the said Yearly Revenue, it is hereby further Orderedand
Ordained, by the Authority aforesaid, That the Yearly Sum of
Two Thousand Pounds shall be and is hereby charged upon His
Majesty's Revenue, payable as aforesaid; and that the remaining
Sum of Six Thousand pounds Yearly be, and is hereby, charged
upon the Manors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments,
hereafter expressed; (that is to say,) all those the Manors,
Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, descended or come to
William, Lord Peter, situate in the Counties of Essex,
Cambridge, Middlesex, and City of London, or any of
them; and also all those the Manors, Messuages, Lands,
and Tenements, and all other the Estate Personal and
Real, of Francis Lord Cottington; and all those the Manors,
Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of Sir John
Yates Knight, situate in Popler, and in the Marsh Land at
Stepney, in the County of Middlesex; and also all those the
Manors, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of
James Earl of Northampton, situate in Islington, or elsewhere
in the County of Middlesex; and also all those the Manors,
Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of Thomas
Earl of Southampton, situate or being in St. Giles' in the Fields
and St. Andrewe's in Holborne, in the County of Middlesex;
and also all those the Manors, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and
Hereditaments, of Sir John Penruddocke Knight, situate, lying,
or being, in Ealing, in the County of Middlesex; and also all
those the Manors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of
Henry Bishopp Gentleman, situate in Islington, in the County
of Middlesex; and also all those the Manors, Messuages, Lands,
Tenements, and Hereditaments, of Sir Henry Spiller Knight,
situate and being in Hoborne, Layleham, and Shepperton, or
elsewhere, in the County of Middlesex; and also all those the
Manors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of Sir Humphrey
Tracy Baronet, and John Carey Esquire, or either of them,
situate in the County of Middlesex; and also all those the
Manors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of Sir Percy
Harbert, situate in Henden, in the County of Middlesex; and
also all those the Manors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments,
of Mr. Robert Jason, situate in Enfeild, in the County of
Middlesex; together with all the Houses, Edifices, and Buildings,
of the said Robert Jason, situate, lying, and being, in the City
of London; and also Two Parts of the Manors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of Christopher Roper, Lord Tenham,
lying and being in the County of Kent.
And for the better levying of the said Revenue, and Regulation
of the Premises; it is hereby Ordered and Ordained, by the
Authority aforesaid, That the said Manors, Messuages, Lands,
Tenements, Hereditaments, and Premises, shall be from henceforth under the Survey, Rule, and Government, of the Persons
hereunder named; that is to say, the Right Honourable the Lord
Fairefax, Sir William Waller, Sir Henry Mildmay, Mr. Whitlocke,
Mr. Lisle, Mr. Trenchard, Sir Benjamine Rudyer, Sir William
Massam, Sir Gilbert Gerrard, Sir William Strickland, Mr. Tate,
Mr. Bainton; which Persons, or any Five or more of them, shall
have Power, and are hereby authorized, from Time to Time, to
send for and take Surveys and Rentalls of the Premises, and
appoint Bailiffs, Collectors, and Treasurers, or other Officers, for
the collecting of the Revenue of the Premises, and to improve
the Rents and Profits of the Premises to such lawful Ways and
Means as they in their Judgement shall think fit, and to make
any Lease or Leases of the Premises, or any Part thereof, from
Year to Year, and to grant Copyhold Estates, according to the
Custom of the respective Manors abovementioned; and to give
Warrant or Power for the levying of the Rents of the Premises,
by Distress, or other lawful Ways, as in their Wisdom they shall
think fit; and to make Allowance of Salaries, Rents, Annuities,
or other Charges Lying upon, or to be allotted out of, the Premises;
and, out of the Rents and Profits of the Premises, to make due
Payment of the Yearly Sum of Six Thousand Pounds, at the
Times aforesaid, unto the said Prince Elector, or such Person or
Persons as he shall from Time to Time appoint, by Warrant
under his Highness' Hand and Seal, to receive the same; and if
upon the Accompts of the Treasurer, Bailiffs, or any other the
Collectors, there shall appear to be any Surplusage in any of their
Hands, then the said Committee, or any Five or more of them,
shall certify the same unto the House of Commons, that the same
may be disposed of to such Uses as both Houses of Parliament
shall think fit: And it is further Ordained, by the Authority
aforesaid, That the Acquittance of the said Officer, to be appointed
by his Highness the Prince Elector, for the Receipt of the said
Yearly Sum of Eight Thousand Pounds, or any Part thereof,
shall be a sufficient Warrant and Discharge, as well to the
Committee of His Majesty's Revenue, as to the said Committee
hereby appointed, and all other Officers and Persons whom it may
respectively concern: Provided nevertheless, and it is hereby
Declared, That this Ordinance, or any Thing herein contained,
shall not be construed to hinder the Sale of any Part of the
Premises, by virtue of any Ordinance of Parliament heretofore
made, or hereafter to be made: And the said Lords and Commons
do hereby Ordain and Declare, That in case the Rents
and Profits of the said Manors, Messuages, Lands, Tenements,
Hereditaments, and Premises, herein before mentioned,
shall not amount unto the full Sum of Six Thousand Pounds
per Annum, or in case any of the said Manors, Messuages,
Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, or Premises, shall hereafter be
contracted for to be sold, by Authority of both Houses of Parliament, or otherwise be evicted or disposed of, whereby the said
Six Thousand Pounds per Annum cannot be paid unto the said
Prince Elector according to this Ordinance, that, in Pursuance of
their former Intentions herein expressed, the said Lords and
Commons will speedily and effectually, and before the said Lands
be or any Part of them shall be, actually sold, provide for the
Supply of the said Six Thousand Pounds per Annum, or any
Part thereof, over and above the said Two Thousand Pounds per
Annum, which is to be paid to the said Prince Elector out of the
King's Revenue before in this present Ordinance limited and
appointed, by such other and further Ways and Means as in
their Wisdoms they shall think fit: Provided, That this
Ordinance, nor any Thing therein contained, shall not be extended to prejudice the Grant of any Sum or Sums of Money
appointed by former Ordinance to be paid to the Town of Lyme
out of the Estate of Sir John Yates.