September, 1647
[9 September, 1647.]
The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, taking
into their serious Consideration the Estate and Condition of
the Kingdom of England, and particularly of the Borough of
Southwarke and Parts adjacent within the Line of Communication on the South Side of the River of Thames, in the County
of Surrey, do ordain and declare, and be it Ordained and
Declared by the Authority of Parliament, That Colonel George
Thompson, Mr. George Snelling, Mr. John Corbett, Mr. Robert
Houghton, Mr. Cornelius Cooke, Mr. Thomas Hudson, Colonel
John Hardwicke, Mr. Richard Hartford, Mr. William Hickox,
Mr. Samuell Hyland, Mr. Thomas Cooper, Mr. Francis Prichard,
Mr. John Humphrey, Mr. William Simter, Mr. John Sandon,
Mr. George Pashfeild, Mr. James Burton, Mr. Samuell Lynne,
Mr. Ambrose Andrewes, Mr. Robert Banyard, Mr. Richard Luen,
Mr. Peter Delanoy, Mr. Gowen Goldegay, Mr. William Hester,
or any Seven or more of them, be, and are hereby made, constituted, and appointed, a Committee for the Militia, of and within
the Borough of Southwarke, and Parts adjacent within the
Lines of Communication, on the South Side of the River of
Thames, in the County of Surrey; and shall have Power,
and are hereby authorized, to assemble and call together
all and singular Person and Persons, within the said Borough
of Southwarkes, and Parts adjacent as aforesaid, that are meet
and fit for the Wars, and them to train, exercise, and put in
Readiness; and them, after their Abilities and Faculties, well
and sufficiently from Time to Time to cause to be arrayed and
weaponed, and to take the Musters of them in Places most fit for
that Purpose; and that they shall have Power to lead, conduct,
and employ, the Persons aforesaid, arrayed and weaponed, for
the Suppression of all Rebellions, Insurrections, and Invasions,
that may happen, according as they shall from Time to Time
receive Directions from the Lords and Commons assembled in
Parliament; and that the said Committee, or any Seven or
more of them as aforesaid, shall have Power, and are hereby
authorized, to constitute and make Colonels, Captains, and other
Officers; and shall have Power to remove and displace Colonels,
Captains, and other Officers, from Time to Time, as they, or any
Seven or more of them as aforesaid, shall see Cause and think
fit; and that the said Committee, or any Seven or more of them
as aforesaid, shall have the same Power and Authority, within
the said Parts, as any Committee for the Militia of the City of
London had the Twentieth Day July, Anno Domini 1647, by any
Order or Ordinance of Parliament; and that all and every
Person and Persons, who shall act or do any Act or Thing whatsoever by virtue of this or any former Order or Ordinance of
Parliament concerning the said Militia, shall be saved harmless
and indemnified concerning the same, by Authority of Parliament; and shall have the Benefit and Advantage of the Ordinances
of the Lords and Commons lately made, for saving and
indemnifying all Persons as have acted by Authority and for the
Service of the Parliament: And this present Ordinance is to
continue until it shall be otherwise ordered by both Houses of
Parliament.