Die
Lunae
,
18
Septemb.
1643.
Whereas
Thomas
Andrews
,
John
Fowke
,
Richard
Chambers
,
William
Barkley
,
Aldermen
of
the
City
of
London
;
Maurice
Thompson
,
Francis
Allen
,
James
Russell
,
and
Stephen
Estwick
,
Merchants
,
are
Ordained
and
Constituted
to
be
Collectors
and
Commissioners
,
enabled
to
receive
all
such
summes
of
Money
as
should
bee
paid
for
Customes
,
or
advanced
by
way
of
Loan
,
or
otherwise
for
and
in
respect
of
Goods
and
Merchandize
,
exported
out
of
,
and
imported
into
the
Port
of
London
,
and
all
other
Ports
within
the
Realm
of
England
,
Dominion
of
Wales
,
and
Towne
of
Barwick
,
the
said
Commissioners
receiving
what
they
ought
to
rec●●ve
,
by
vertue
of
the
severall
Or●inances
of
both
Houses
of
Parliament
already
past
,
concerning
them
,
are
contented
to
advance
by
way
of
Loan
,
thirty
thousand
pounds
,
towards
supply
of
the
pressi●●
N●●essities
of
the
Navie
:
It
is
thereupon
ordained
by
the
Lords
and
Commons
in
Parlia●●●
.
That
the
said
Commissioners
shall
repay
unto
themselves
by
way
of
defalcation
,
out
of
the
one
●●lfe
of
the
said
Receipts
,
the
forsaid
s●mme
of
thirty
thousand
grounds
,
with
Interest
for
the
same
,
●●●●r
the
rate
of
eight
pound
percent
.
for
a
yeare
at
the
end
of
six
●●neths
next
to
bee
elapsed
and
expired
;
And
for
the
further
encouragement
and
security
of
the
said
Commissioners
,
It
is
likewise
Ordained
by
the
said
Lords
and
Commons
,
that
the
said
Commissioners
shall
continue
in
the
said
imployment
untill
the
five
&
twentieth
of
March
one
thousand
six
hundred
forty
five
,
And
shall
not
then
be
displaced
nor
dismissed
from
the
said
imployment
,
without
Order
of
both
houses
of
Parliament
;
for
untill
they
be
re-imbursed
the
said
thirty
thousand
pounds
,
with
Interest
as
aforesaid
,
and
all
other
sums
which
shall
bee
due
unto
them
.
And
it
is
likewise
Ordained
,
that
aswell
the
Ordinance
concerning
the
Subs●●y
of
Tonnage
and
Poundage
,
with
such
alterations
as
the
said
Lords
and
Commons
shall
think
sit
;
As
also
the
other
severall
Ordinances
herein
mentioned
,
in
all
other
things
,
shall
stand
and
continue
in
full
force
,
and
power
,
to
all
inten●
and
purposes
,
during
all
the
ti●
aforesaid
.