ALL THE ORDINANCES AND DECLARATIONS OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT, For the Assessing of all such as have not contributed upon the Propositions of Both Houses of Parliament, for raising of Money, Plate, Horse, Horse-men, and Armes, for the defence of the King, Kingdome, and Parliament; or have not contributed proportionally according to their Estates.

Ordered by the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament that these Ordi­nances be forthwith Printed and Published.

Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.

ALSO Divers Orders of the Committee of Lords and Commons for Advance of Money and other necessaries for the Army: for the better execution of the said Ordinances and Declarations.

Martin Dallison Clerke to the said Committee.

Printed at London for R. Dunscomb. Februar. 14. 1642.

An Ordinance and Declaration of the Lords and Commons in Parliament.

WHereas the King seduced by wicked Counsell hath raised an Army, and levyed warre against the Parliament, and great number of Forces are dayly raised under the commands of Papists and other ill affected persons, by Commissi­ons from his Majesty; And whereas divers Delinquents are protected from publike Justice by his Majesties Army, and sundry outrages and rapines are daily committed by the Souldiers of the said Army, who have no respect to the Lawes of God or the Land; but burne amd plunder the houses and seize and destroy the persons of divers his Majesties good Subjects: And whereas for the maintenance of the said Army divers Assessements are made upon severall Counties, and His Majesties Subjects are com­pelled by the Souldiers to pay the same; which said Army if it should continue would soone ruine and wast the whole Kingdome, and overthrow Religion, Law, and Liberty. For suppressing of which said Army and ill-affected persons, there is no probable way, un­der God, but by the Army raised by authority of the Parliament; which said Army so raised cannot be maintained without great summes of Money, yet for raising such sums by reason of his Majesties withdrawing himselfe from the advice of the Parliament, there can be no Act of Parliament passed with his Majesties assent, albeit there is great Justice that the said Monyes should be raised; The Lords and Commons in Parliament having taken the same into their serious consideration, and knowing that the said Army so raysed by them, hath beene hitherto for the most part maintained by the voluntary contributions of divers well affected persons, who have freely contributed according to their abilities.

But considering there are divers others within the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Suburbs of the same, and also within the Borough of Southwarke, that have not con­tributed at all towards the maintenance of the said Army, or if they have, yet not answe­rable to their Estates, who notwithstanding receive benefit and protection by the same Army as well as any others, and therefore it is most just, that they should as well as others be charged to contribute to the maintenance thereof.

Be it therefore Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, and by Authority thereof; That Isaac Pennington Lord Major of the City of London, Sir John Wollaston, Knight and Alderman, Alderman Towes, Alderman Warner, Alderman Andrews, Alderman Chambers, Alderman Fow [...]e, Sir Thomas S [...]ame Knight and Alderman, Samuel Vassell, John Venne, Morris Thompson, and Richard Warring, Citizens; or any foure of them, shall hereby have power and authority to nominate, land appoint in every Ward, within the City of London, six such persons as they, or any foure of them, shall thinke fit, which said six so nominated, or any foure of them, shal hereby have power to enquire of any that shall remaine, or be within the said several Wards, that have not contributed upon the Pro­positions of both Houses of Parliament, concerning the raising of mony, plate, horse, hors­men, & armes, for defence of the King & both Houses of Parliament, and also of such as are able men, that have contributed, yet not according to their Estates and Abilities. And the [Page 3]said six persons so nominated, or any foure of them, within their severall and respective Wards and Limits, shall have power to Assesse such person and persons, as are of Ability and have not contributed, and also such as have contributed, yet not according to their ability, to pay such summe or summes of Money, according to their Estates, as the said Assessors, or any foure of them, shall thinke fit and reasonable, so as the same exceed not the twentyeth part of their Estates, and to nominate and appoint fit persons for the col­lection thereof. And if any person so Assessed shall refuse to pay the money Assessed upon him; It shall be lawfull to and for the said Assessors and Collectors, or any of them, to levy the said summe so Assessed by way of Distresse, and sale of the goods of the person so Assessed, and refusing. And if any person so distrained shall make resistance, It shall be law­full to and for the respective Assessors and Collectors or any of them, to call to their as­sistance any of the trained Bands of the said City of London, or any other his Majesties Sub­jects, who are hereby required to be ayding and assisting to the said Assessors and Col­lectors in the premises; And it is hereby further ordained, that the respective Burgesses of Westminster and Southwarke, together with the severall Committees, appointed for the Subscriptions of Money, Plate, Horse, Horse-men, and Armes within the said City and Borough, shall respectively have power hereby to nominate Sessors for the said City and Borough, in such manner as the Lord Major, &c. hath for the City of London; and the said Assessors, or any foure of them, to name Collectors, as aforesaid; Which said As­sessors and Collectors shall have the same power respectively within their respective limits, as those to be nominated within the said City of London, have hereby limited to them. And for the Suburbs of London and Westminster, the respective Knights of the Shire where the said Suburbs are, shall have hereby the like power to name Assessors, and they so na­med, or any foure of them, and the Collectors by them to be nominated, or any of them within their respective limits, shall have the like power respectively as the Assessors and Collectors fot London have by vertue of this Ordinance. And be it Ordained that the summes so Assessed and levyed, as aforesaid, shall be paid in at Guild-hall London, to the hands of Sir John Wollastan Knight, John Warner, John Towes, and Thomas Andrews Al­dermen, or any two of them; And the Assessors and Collectors to be nominated by ver­tue hereof, shall weekely report to the Committee of the House of Commons for the Pro­positions aforesaid, what summes of money have beene Assessed, and what summes have beene levyed weekely, according to the purport hereof. And the said monies so levyed and paid in, shall be [...]sslied forth in such sort as the other moneyes raised upon the Propo­sitions aforesaid, and not otherwise.

VVHereas a late Ordinance is passed by both Houses of Parliament for the Reasons therein declared, for the assessing of all such persons within the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Suburbs thereof, with the Borough of Southwarke, as have not contributed upon the Propositions of both Houses of Parliament, for raising of Money, Plate, Horse, Horsemen, and Armes, for defence of the King, Parliament, and Kingdome, or have not contributed proportionably to their Estates and Abilities. And whereas it is [Page 4]thought fit that some additions be made for further explanation and better execution of the said Ordinance: Be it further Ordained and Declared by the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament, that such persons as shall be Assessed by the respective Assessors, in the said Ordinance appointed, and shall within sixe dayes next after notice given to them, or left at their severall houses within the said Cities, Suburbs, or Borough, pay in the one moity of the said summes of money so Assessed, and within twelve dayes after the said notice given as aforesaid, the other moity thereof, unto the Treasurers of money and plate in Guild-hall London, or unto the Collectors appointed by the said Ordinance, respectively to receive the same, that then the said Treasurers, or Collectors, shall give Acquittances for the same, as hath beene done to such who have lent moneyes or Plate, upon the Propositions of both Houses as aforesaid. And the said moneyes so paid to the said Treasurers, or to the said severall Collectors, shall be repaid upon the Publike Faith, as all other moneyes lent upon the said Propositions of both Houses. And as for those who shall so farre discover their disaffection, as not to bring in the severall sums of money so Assessed upon them to the persons before appointed, within the times limi­ted, that then their goods shall be distrained and sold according to the said Ordinance. And if no sufficient distresse be found, that then the said Collectors shall respectively have power to enquire of any summe or sums of money due, or to be due unto them respective­ly so Assessed from any person or persons for any Rents, Tithes, Goods, or Debts, or for any other thing or cause whatsoever.

And the said respective Collectors shall have power by vertue of this Ordinance, to re­ceive all or any part of the said summes due, or to be due unto them or any of them so as­sessed, untill the full value of the summe or summes so Assessed, and the charges in levying and recovering of the same shall be received and satisfied: And the said respective Colle­ctors shall have further power to compound for any of the said Rents, Tithes, Goods, or Debts, due unto the said person so Assessed respectively as aforesaid, with any person or persons by whom the said Rents, Goods, or Debts, are or shall be owing, as also to give full and ample discharge for the mony by them so received, upon composition or other­wise, which discharges shall be good and effectuall to all intents and purposes. And if the summe or summes of Money so Assessed cannot be levyed by any of these meanes or wayes, then the persons so respectively Assessed, shall be imprisoned in such places of this Kingdome, and for so long time as the Committee of the House of Commons for the Examinations, shall appoint and Order: And the families of all such persons so im­prisoned, shall no longer remaine within the Cities of London and Westminster, the Sub­urbs and the Counties adjacent.

And be it further Ordained, that all and every the Assessors and Collectors of the said severall summes, shall have the protection of both Houses of Parliament, for their in­demnity in this service, and receive such reasonable allowances for their paines taken and charges disbursed, or to be disbursed therein, as the Committee of Lords and Commons for advance of Money and other necessaries for the Army, raised by the Parliament, shall apportion and appoint.

A Declaration of the Lords and Commons Assem­bled in Parliament.

VVHereas in and by a late Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament, it is Ordained for the cause therein expressed, that all persons of ability within the Cities of London and Westminster, and Suburbs of the same, and also within the Borough of South­warke, who have not at all, or not answerably to their Estates, contributed towards the maintenance of the Army raised by authority of this present Parliament, shall be assessed in such manner and proportion as in the said Ordinance is directed, of which the Lords & Commons now assembled in Parliament, doe expect a vigorous and speedy execution: but finding some doubt to be raised upon the point of time, whether that clause of not contributing at all, or not in proportion to their Estates, bee meant of not contributing before the passing of the said Ordinance in both Houses of Parliament, or to bee extended to any time before the assessing of them, and giving them notice of it, in such manner as in the said Ordnance is appointed. Wee the said Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, doe hereby Declare, That if any person or persons who have not contributed at all, or not answerably to their Estates, shall be­fore any assessement of them be made, and notice thereof left at their Houses, accor­ding to the said Ordinance, contribute towards the maintenance of the said Army, by loane or otherwise, according to their severall and respective Estates, as others well-af­fected have already done, without evasion or collusion, every such person so contributing, shall be accepted as doing an acceptable service to the Common-Wealth, and be freed from the paiment of all and every Tax and Assessement of him to be mad by the Assessors, au­thorized by the said Ordinance for that purpose, as likewise from all Distresses, imprison­ment, and other Punishments to be inflicted by vertue of the said Ordinance, or any ad­dition to, or explanation made of it, for the not paying of any such Assessements; And hereof all such Assessors and Collectors, are hereby required to take notice. And for this end, It is Ordered by the said Lords and Commons, That this Declaration be forthwith printed and published.

Votes of the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament, for better enabling of the Lord Major to put their late Ordinance in execution.

Resolved upon the Quession.

That the Lord Maior and other persons named in the Ordinance, shall have power to nominate and appoint six other persons to be Assessors in the severall Wards of Farringdon without, and Cripplegate, and as many in other Wards as there shall be cause.

Resolved upon the Question.

That the Lord Major, and the other persons named in the said Ordinance, shall have power to no­minate two persons to be Assessors in the severall priviledged places, within the severall Wards.

An Ordinance, made by the Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled, for the better and more speedy ex­ecution, of the late Ordinance of the 29. of November, 1642.

VVHereas according to an Ordinance and Declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, of the 29. of November last, the persons whose names are subscribed are appointed and since approved of by both Houses of Parliament, to bee Assessors and Collectors of [...] It is now ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. And the said persons are hereby required and authorized, upon the Receipts of this order, forthwith to proceed, effectually and diligent­ly, to execute the said Ordinance, according to the tenor hereof, in every behalfe, without omission, favour, dread, malice or any other thing, to be attempted, by them, or any of them, to the contrary thereof: And for that end, It is further Ordained and Declared: That the said Assessors, shall hereby have authoritie to call before them, as well such per­sons, as they shall thinke fit to their assistance: as also, all or any such persons, as are to be assessed. And the said Assessors shall appoint the said Collectors, in their severall Divisions and Precincts, for the gathering the sums that shall be assessed; And give notice of the summe & summes of money, at which every person, in their divisions and Pr [...]cincts, shall be particularly assessed. And whereas it is expressed, in the said Ordinance, (So as the assessement exceed not the twentieth part of the estates of the persons to be assessed) It is hereby Declared, for prevention of all inequality in the said assessement: That if the said Assessors, or any foure of them, proceeding in their assessement according to their Judgements, and best Information, shall assesse any person above the twentieth part of his estate; And that the person so assessed, doth find himselfe grieved, with the same assessing or rating: That then the party so assessed, (paying one moiety of the summe hee shall be assessed at, within sixe dayes next after assessement, and notice thereof given, or left, at the dwelling house of the party so assessed) may, (during sixe dayes, after his having paid the said Moiety, as aforesaid) have liberty, and may addresse himselfe for remedy and reliefe, unto the persons nominated by the said Ordinance, to nominate the Assessors, or any foure of them, and may tender his voluntary Oath, or Protestation, to such persons, that he is over-rated, and of the true value of his estate (if he please:) and after due examinati­on, and perfect knowledge thereof had, and perceived; the said Persons authorized to no­minate Assessors as aforesaid, or any foure of them, shall hereby have power to Order such abatement of the said assessement, according as shall appeare unto them just, and equall upon the same examination. And it is hereby further Ordained and Declared, that the person so assessed and sworne, shall within three dayes next after the Order of abate­ment, in that behalfe made, pay unto, or be repald by the Treasurers who received the other moiety of such assessement, such summe or summes of money, as by the said Order of abate­ment shall be appointed: And in case the said person, so sworne and assessed, shall not pay [Page 7]within the said three dayes, next after Order of abatement made, the summe thereby orde­red to be paid; That then the same summe shall be recovered by distresse, or otherwise, as is provided in the said Ordinance of the 29. of November last, in case the summes assessed shall not be paid into the Guild-hall London, according to the true meaning of the same.) And if it be proved by witnesses, or by the parties owne confession, or other lawfull wayes or meanes, within six months after any such Oath made, that the same person so rated, and sworne, was of any better or greater estate, in Lands, Goods, or other things above speci­fied, at the time of the making the said Ordinance, then the said person so sworne, did declare upon his Oath: that then every person so offending, shall lose and forseit so much lawfull money of England, as he the same person so sworne, was first assessed at, or tax­ed to pay, by vertue of the Ordinance aforesaid: To be recovered by Distresse, or other­wise, as is provided, in the said Ordinance of the 29. of November last, (in case the summes of money to be assessed by vertue of the said Ordinance shall not be paid into the Guild­hall London, according to the true meaning of the same.) And it is hereby further Ordained and Declared, That the said Assessors and Collectors shall incurre no damage by [...]ason of their over-valuing the estate of any person assessed, or to be assessed, or recovering or re­ceiving the same, by vertue of the Ordinance aforesaid, unlesse some corruption or indirect carriage therein, shall be proved in Parliament against them.

Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament that this Ordinance be forthwith Prin­ted and published.
Jo. Browne Cler. Parliamentorum.

VVHereas severall Ordinances of both Houses of Parliament of the 29. of November last, and the seventh and foureteenth of this instant December are passed, concer­ning assessing such persons as are of ability, and have not contributed, or not according to their ability, as in the said Ordinances doe and may appeare; It is now further Ordai­ned and Declared by the Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled: That the seve­rall and respective Assessors shall not assesse any of the Members, of either of the Houses of Parliament, or the Assistants of the House of Peeres, any thing in the preceding Ordi­nances, or any of them, to the contrary notwithstanding. But that the Members of either House, shall be assessed by that House, whereof they are Members, and the Assistants of the Peeres by the House of Peeres.

Ordered that this Ordinance shall be Printed.

Jo. Browne Cler. Parliamentorum.

At the Committee of Lords and Commons for Advance of money and other necessaries for the ARMY.

IT is Ordered that all such persons as already are assessed, or hereafter shall be Assessed upon, or by vertue of the Ordinance of both Houses of Parlia­ment, of the 29. of November last, doe immediately from and after payment of the summes at which they are assessed (unto the Treasurers at Guild-hall) re­paire unto Haberdashershall, in the afternoones, and there produce and shew their Acquittances unto the Clerke of this Committee, who is intrusted with the keeping the Accompts of that businesse, and is appointed to Register the same Acquittances. And it is likewise Ordered that this be Printed and pub­lished.

Martin Dallison, Clerke to the said Committee.

IT is this day Ordered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assem­bled, that the Collectors made upon the Ordinance of the 29. of Novem­ber, for Assessements, shall have power to breake open any Chests, Trunks, Boxes, Doores, or other things, whereby to take a Distresse for the summes of money assessed upon any person, and unpaid; And the time limited for pay­ment by the said Ordinance elapsed; And also if they finde any Chests, mo­ney, or other Goods in the hands of any persons, which shall be proved or confessed to belong to any person assessed, that hath not satisfyed the assesse­ment; That the said Collectors shall have power to seize such Chests, mo­ney, or Goods, for satisfaction of the summes assessed.

Jo. Browne Cler. Parliamentorum.

An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament, for the better Levying and receiving of Monies Assessed by vertue of the late Ordinance of 29. Novemb. 1642.

VVHEREAS Information is given, That divers Collectors, nomina­ted for the Collecting, Levying, and receiving of the summes of mo­ney [Page 9]Assessed by vertue of the late Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament, of the 29. of November last, for Assessements, by reason their other Im­ployments in the Publique Affaires of the State, have beene taken off, from the due execution of the same Ordinance, whereby well affected Persons are still occasionally pressed to further contributions, whilest those that have not contributed, or not in proportion to their Estates, doe not make a proportion­able supply; Be it therefore Ordained, and Declared by the Lords and Com­mons assembled in Parliament, That the Collectors nominated or to be no­minated by vertue of the said Ordinance, shall from and after the eleventh day of this instant moneth of February, onely give notice to the Persons assessed, or to be assessed of the severall summes of money at which they are or shall be assessed; And after the dayes limitted by the said Ordinance for payment, shall be elapsed, shall repaire to the houses of the persons assessed, or to be assessed, and demand the severall summes of money, at which they are or shall be assessed; and if the same be unpaid, then to take notice whether suffici­ent distresse may be had, to satisfie the summes assessed or no, and according­ly to certifie the same under their hands, to the Committee of Lords and Commons for Advance of money and other necessaries for the Army; And the said Collectors are hereby required and authorised to enquire of any summe or summes of money due, or to be due unto the persons respectively assessed, or to be assessed, from any person or persons for any Rents, Tithes, Goods, or Debts, or for any other thing or cause whatsoever; And to com­pound and receive the same, and give discharges therefore, according to the power to them formerly given by the said Ordinance; And it is hereby fur­ther Ordained, that where the said Collectors shall certifie that a suffici­ent Distresse may be had for the summes of money assessed, or to be assessed; That Colonell Randall Manwaring, Colonell Richard Browne, Captaine Edmund Harvey, Captaine Robert Manwaring, Captaine Heriot Washborne, and such Captaines, Lieutenants, Officers, and Souldiers under their severall and respective Commands, as they or any of them shall appoint; Upon notice thereof given, shall immediately repaire unto the severall houses of the per­sons assessed, or to be assessed, and certified as aforesaid; And levy the summes of money so assessed, by distresse, in as ample manner, as by the said Ordinance of 29. November, and an Order of both Houses of Parliament, of the third of this instant moneth of February, the Collectors nominated up­on the said Ordinance are authorised and appointed to doe and performe: And the distresse and distresses so had and taken, to carry into Guild-hall London, or Crosseby-house in Bishops-gate streete London, or to such other place or places as the said Committee shall appoint; To be sold and disposed of, for or to­wards satisfaction of the summes assessed, at such times, and by such persons, [Page 10]and in such manner, as by the said Committee shall be directed; And in case certificate be made by the said Collectors, that no sufficient distresse can be had, or found, and the sums of money assessed, cannot be levyed by any of the wayes or meanes in the said Ordinance mentioned. Then the said Colonell Randall Manwaring, Colonell Richard Browne, Captaine Edmund Harvey, Captaine Robert Manwaring, Captaine Heriot Washborne, and such Captaines, Lieutenants, Officers and Souldiers under their Command, as they or any of them shall Command and appoint, shall repaire unto the dwelling houses of such person or persons, as are or shall be assessed, and certified as aforesaid, and there or within any other place within this Kingdome, where such per­son or persons shall be suspected to be, to make diligent search, and him, her, or them, to apprehend and bring in safe custody before the Committee of the house of Commons for Examinations, who have power to imprison them in such places of this Kingdome, and for so long time, as the same Com­mittee shall appoint and Order; And the said Colonells and Captaines, and other the Captaines, Lieutenants, Officers, and Souldiers, under the com­mand of them or any of them, shall have power to breake open any of the lockes and doores of any roome of other place in or belonging to the said hou­ses or places where search shall be made for the parties assessed, or to be asses­sed, respectively; and the Goods, Debts, Money, and Estate of such persons as already are imprisoned, or to be imprisoned, shall stillbe lyable, and shall and may be seized on, sould, received, and disposed of, for satisfaction of the summes assessed, wheresoever, or in whose hands soever the same shall be found: And the Families of such Persons Assessed, or to be Assessed, who have or shall absent themselves from their dwelling houses, or places of aboad, within the Cities of London and Westminster, the Suburbs of the same, and the Borough of Southwarke, shall be further proceeded against, as in the said Ordinance of 29. Novemb. is provided. And the said Collectors, and all Col­lonels, Captaines, Lieutenants, Officers, Souldiers, and other person or persons as shall be appointed or imployed, in, and for the better execution of the said Ordinance as aforesaid, shall have the protection of both Houses of Parlia­ment for their indempnity in this service; And if any thing not mentioned in the said Ordinance of 29. November. or this present Ordinance, may con­duce to the more effectuall levying and receiving of monies to be assessed up­on the said Ordinance of 29. November, the same is hereby referred to the wisdome and care of the said Committee of Lords and Commons for ad­vance of money and other necessaries for the Army; And lastly it is Ordered that this Ordinance shall be Printed and published.

Jo. Browne Cler. Parliamentorum.

At the Committee of Lords and Commons for Advance of Money and other Necessaries for the ARMY.

IT is Ordered: That the Assessors nominated upon the Or­dinance of Parliament of 29. Novemb. last, for Assesse­ments, within the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Suburbs of the same, and the Borough of Southwarke, doe forthwith proceed to make a further and full Assesse­ment, of all the Inhabitants in the severall and respective places afore­said, which they hold meete to be assessed: And that the said Asses­sors doe, on or before Friday the 17. of this instant February, deliver to this Committee, under their hands, two scrowles of the names of the persons assessed, and the summes of Money at which they shall be assessed, one of which scrowles shall remaine with the Clerke of this Committee, and the other, to be delivered or sent by him, to the Col­lectors in the severall and respective places aforesaid. And it is ordered that henceforth the Collectors of each Ward and place, do weekly e­very Tuesday and every Fryday in the afternoones, certifie under their hands to this Committee, the dayes that notice was given to the par­ties Assessed. And the dayes for payment, limitted by the said Ordi­nance being expired, the said Collectors are to repaire to the houses of the persons assessed, and demand the severall summes at which they were assessed, which they finding unpaid are to take notice whether a sufficient Distresse may be had to satisfie the summes assessed or no, and accordingly from time to time to certifie the same to this Com­mittee every Tuesday, and Fryday weekely in the afternoones, where­of they are not to faile. And it is ordered that this be Printed and published.

Martin Dallison, Clerke to the said Committee.

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