December, 1645
[19 December, 1645.]
Standing Committees in Northern Counties etc to pay Salaries to Preaching Ministers.; Power to name Collectors for raising necessary moneys.
Whereas by one Ordinance made by the Lords and Commons
this present Parliament assembled, Intituled, An Ordinance made
by the Lords and Commons in Parliament, for the maintenance
of some Preaching Ministers in the Cities of York, Durham and
Carlisle, and in the Town of Newcastle upon Tyne, and Town of
Berwick upon Tweed, and in the other Towns and places therein
mentioned, out of the respective possessions of the Deans, Deans
and Chapters of York, Durham and Carlisle: And by another
Ordinance made by the said Lords and Commons, there is Seventy
pounds per annum setled upon a Preaching-Minister at Howden
in the County of York, out of the possessions of the Dean, and
Dean and Chapter of York, over & besides thirty pounds per
annum forth of His Majesties Revenue, In which said Ordinances
there is one or several clause or clauses contained to the effect
following (that is to say) That the Commissioners of Parliament
residing at York, or with the Army, shall from time to time pay
the said respective sums of money to the person and persons
therein and thereby respectively appointed, at such days and
times, and in such maner as is expressed in the said respective
Ordinances, and that the said respective Ordinances shall be to
them and every of them a sufficient Warrant in that behalf. And
whereas there be now no Commissioners of Parliament residing
at York or with the Army, in which respects some doubts have
been made what persons shall pay the said moneys, Therefore
the said Lords and Commons for the clearing of that or any other
doubt that may arise to retard or hinder the said payments, And
for the further Advancement and Establishment of so good,
pious, and necessary a work, in those Northern and remote
Counties where there is so great want of able, learned and painful
Preachers: And for the more speedy Collecting and Payment of
the said moneys, do hereby Ordain and Declare, That the several
and respective standing Committees, or any three of them respectively in the several and respective Counties, Ridings, Cities,
Towns and Places, where the said respective possessions of the
said Deans, Deans and Chapters are scituate, lying and being,
shall as well for the arrears of the said payments now past; As
also from time to time hereafter pay the said respective sums of
money to the person and persons in the aforesaid Ordinances
mentioned and designed respectively, at such days and times, and
in such maner as in the said Ordinance are respectively particularly expressed; And for their doing thereof, this present
Ordinance shall be to them and every of them a sufficient Warrant in that behalf. And for the better expediting hereof, the
said Lords and Commons do further Ordain, That the said several
Committees of the said several Counties, Ridings, Cities, Towns
and places, or any three of them respectively, where the said respective possessions do lie, shall and may constitute and appoint
one or more several Collector or Collectors for the collecting of
the said moneys. And the said Committees and Collectors may
in all things proceed herein for the speedy gathering in and payment of the said moneys according to the tenor of this present
Ordinance, and of the said former Ordinances before mentioned.