September, 1647
[9 September, 1647.]
Names of Committee of Militia for Westminster, and Liberties thereof.; Powers.; Indemnity.; How long Ord. to continue.
The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled taking
into their serious consideration the state and condition of the
Kingdom of England, and particularly of the City of Westminster
and parts adjacent within the County of Middlesex hereafter
mentioned, Do Ordain and Declare, and be it Ordained and
Declared by the Authority of Parliament, That Sir Gregory
Norton, Knight, Humphrey Edwards, John Trenchard, Cornelius
Holland, John Brown, Clerk of the Parliament. William Ball,
Richard Keble, George Manley, Josias Berners, Richard Graves,
Nicholas Martin, John Hall, John Heylin and Edward Dendy
junior, Esquire; William Parker Doctor in Physick, James Prince,
Silvanus Taylor, George Crompton, John Robinson, Noah Banks,
Peter Linsey, Richard Big, Ralph Farmer, Nicholas Bond, Arthur
Squib, John Honnor, Richard Bates, Samuel Smith, John Clendon,
Francis Blake, Ralph Grey, John Frampton, Edward Neal,
William Dashword, William Duppe, William Stone, and Walter
Frost, or any seven or more of them, be and are hereby made,
constituted, and appointed a Committee for the Militia of and
within the City of Westminster and Liberties thereof, the Parishes
of Mary Savoy, Clements Danes, Giles in the Fields, Andrews
Holborn, Sepulchres, James Clerkenwel, Mary Islington, and
Giles Creplegate, in the county of Middlesex, and every of them,
and shall have power, and are hereby authorized, to assemble
and call together all and singular person and persons within the
said City, Liberties and Parishes 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 imploy the
persons aforesaid arrayed and weaponed, for the suppression of
all Rebellions, Insurrections and Invasions that may happen
within the said parts: And likewise shall have further Power and
Authority to lead, conduct and imploy the persons aforesaid
arrayed and weaponed, as well within the said parts, as within
any other part of this Realm of England or Dominion of Wales
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 of July, Anno Dom, 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
Vertue of this or any former Ordinance or Order of Parliament
concerning the said Militia, shall be saved harmless and indempnified 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 harmless and indempnified 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.