Die
Martis
4.
April
.
1648.
AN
ORDINANCE
OF
THE
LORDS
and
COMMONS
Assembled
in
PARLIAMENT
:
For
the
better
payment
of
Tythes
and
Duties
to
the
Ministers
of
the
City
of
London
.
WHereas
by
an
Ordinance
of
Parliament
of
the
eighth
of
Novemb.
Anno.
Dom.
1644.
entituled
,
An
Ordinance
of
the
Lords
and
Commons
assembled
in
Parliament
,
for
the
true
payment
of
Tythes
,
and
other
such
Duties
,
according
to
the
Lawes
and
Customs
of
the
Realm
,
there
is
a
Proviso
,
That
the
said
Ordinance
,
or
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
not
extend
to
any
Tythes
,
Offerings
,
Yearly
payments
,
or
other
Ecclesiasticall
Duties
,
due
or
to
be
due
for
any
Houses
,
Buildings
,
or
other
Hereditaments
within
the
City
of
London
,
or
the
Liberties
thereof
,
which
be
otherwise
provided
for
by
Act
of
Parliament
:
And
whereas
some
doubt
and
scruple
hath
been
made
,
whether
the
Lord
Major
of
the
said
City
of
London
be
sufficiently
authorized
to
relieve
such
Ministers
within
the
said
City
or
the
Liberties
thereof
,
as
have
been
put
into
any
Benefice
or
Ecclesiasticall
Living
by
way
of
Sequestration
by
both
or
either
Houses
of
Parliament
,
or
by
the
Committee
for
Plundered
Ministers
,
or
any
other
Committee
of
Parliament
;
Be
it
therefore
Ordered
and
Ordained
by
the
Lords
and
Commons
in
this
present
Parliament
assembied
,
That
the
said
Proviso
in
the
before
mentioned
Ordinance
of
the
eighth
of
Novem.
1644.
be
hereby
repealed
and
wholly
made
null
and
void
,
and
that
the
said
Ordinance
of
the
eighth
of
November
1644.
and
the
Ordinance
of
the
ninth
of
August
.
1647.
entituled
,
An
additionall
Ordinance
of
the
Lords
and
Commons
assembled
in
Parliament
,
for
the
true
payment
of
Tythes
and
other
Duties
;
and
the
Ordinance
of
the
23.
of
August
,
1647.
entituled
,
An
Ordinance
for
keeping
in
godly
Ministers
,
placed
in
Livings
by
authority
of
Parliament
,
and
all
other
Ordinances
of
Parliament
,
concerning
the
payment
of
Tythes
,
Rates
for
Tythes
,
Rents
,
or
other
Duties
,
do
extend
unto
the
said
City
of
London
,
and
the
Liberties
thereof
,
and
be
put
in
execution
by
the
Lord
Maior
of
the
said
City
for
the
time
being
;
or
by
any
two
Iustices
of
Peace
within
the
said
City
or
Liberties
thereof
,
who
are
hereby
authorized
and
required
respectively
,
to
require
and
command
the
ayd
of
all
Constables
and
other
Officers
,
that
shall
be
by
the
said
Lord
Maior
or
Iustices
of
Peace
,
as
aforesaid
,
appointed
for
their
assistance
in
the
due
execution
of
this
Ordinance
,
as
well
within
their
severall
Parishes
or
Precincts
as
without
,
as
wel
in
cases
of
Sequestration
as
otherwise
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
and
in
the
like
manner
,
as
in
and
by
the
said
Ordinances
is
Ordained
,
Limited
and
appointed
to
be
executed
and
done
,
in
any
other
place
or
places
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
by
the
respective
Iustices
of
Peace
,
and
other
Officers
in
the
said
Ordinances
mentioned
.
Provided
,
That
this
Ordinance
,
or
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
not
be
construed
to
extend
to
the
payment
of
any
other
kinde
of
Tythes
Payments
,
Rents
or
Duties
,
then
such
as
have
been
paid
at
any
time
since
the
beginning
of
this
Parliament
,
or
two
years
before
.
Joh.
Brown
Cler.
Parliamentorun
FINIS
.