April, 1648
[3 April, 1648.]
Thomas Andrews and Maurice Thompson to be Treasurers under Ord. of 16 Feb. 1647/8.; To issue moneys for service of Ireland as Committee for Ireland shall direct.; Allowance to Mr. Gualter Frost, jun., and others.; Collectors to return duplicate assessments to Treasurers.; And pay to them moneys received on this Ord.; Treasurers acquittances Mr. Gualter Frost Registrar.; None but Treasurers to meddle with money collected on this Ord.
Whereas by an Ordinance of Parliament of the Sixteenth of
February 1647. intituled, An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons
assembled in Parliament, For raising of Twenty thousand a Moneth
for the Relief of Ireland, Sir Adam Loftus Knight was appointed
and Authorized to be Treasurer for the receipt of all moneys that
should be tendred and paid unto him by vertue of the said Ordinance:
The Lords and Commons for weighty considerations them thereunto moving, Do Ordain, and be it Ordained by the Authority
aforesaid, That Thomas Andrews, Alderman of the City of London,
and Maurice Thompson Esq; be hereby appointed and authorized
to be Treasurers for receipt of moneys on the said Ordinance of the
Sixteenth of February, 1647. by themselves or either of them,
or their sufficient Deputy or Deputies, at the house of the said
Thomas Andrews in Lime street, London, to receive all such moneys
as shall be collected by vertue of the said Ordinance, and tendred
and paid to the said Treasurers, or either of them, or their sufficient
Deputy or Deputies: And the said Treasurers shall from time to time
issue forth those moneys which shall be brought in by vertue of
the said Ordinance, unto such persons, and in such manner for the
service of Ireland, as the Committee of Lords and Commons for the
Affairs of Ireland at Derby-house, shall by their Orders or Warrants
direct, who are hereby authorized to dispose thereof for the carrying
on the War of Ireland and for other services tending thereunto, as is
more largely expressed in the said recited Ordinance: And the said
Treasurers are hereby authorized and required, to make such payments and allowances to Mr. Gualter Frost Junior, and all other
person and persons to whom any allowance is limited by the said
Ordinance. And whereas by the said Ordinance of the Sixteenth
of February, the respective Commissioners in their several Counties
and respective Divisions and Limits, were appointed to send up a
Duplicate of their several Assessments to the said Sir Adam Loftus,
and the several and respective Collectors were appointed to pay
all such moneys as they shall receive by vertue of the said Ordinance,
unto the said Sir Adam Loftus; It is Ordained by the Authority
aforesaid, That the said Commissioners shall return the said Duplicates of the said Assessments within the time limited in the said
recited Ordinance, unto the said Aldermen Thomas Andrews, and
Maurice Thompson, or one of them; and that the said Collectors
shall pay all such moneys as they shall receive by vertue of the
said Ordinance, unto the said Thomas Andrews and Maurice Thompson, or one of them, at the house of the said Thomas Andrews in
Lime street aforesaid; And the said Treasurers shall give Acquittances for the same, under their or one of their hands; which
Acquittances shall be brought to the said Mr. Gualter Frost, who is
by himself or his sufficient Deputy, to give his Attendance in or
near the said place where the said Treasurers are appointed to
receive those moneys, and is to enter the same immediately after
they are brought unto him, in a Book to be kept for that purpose,
and subscribe his name unto them, and then the same Acquittances
shall be sufficient discharges to the parties that paid in the said
sums, and not otherwise; And it is further Ordained, That neither
the Committee appointed by Ordinance of Parliament, for taking
and receiving the general Accompts of the Kingdom, nor any subCommittee by their direction and appointment, nor any other
Committee or Commissioners, or other persons whatsoever, others
then the Treasurers in this Ordinance mentioned, shall intermeddle
with, take or receive any part of the moneys to be collected by
vertue of the said Ordinance of the sixteenth of February last past,
to be assessed, leavied or raised for the service of the State, in carrying
on the War in the Kingdom of Ireland.