17.
Junii
,
1643.
IT
is
this
day
ordered
by
the
Commons
House
of
Parliament
,
That
the
high-Constables
of
the
severall
Hundreds
in
the
counties
of
Berks
,
Buckingham
,
Middlesex
,
and
Surrey
,
in
whose
Divisions
any
sick
and
maymed
Souldiers
of
the
Parliaments
Army
are
or
shall
be
quartered
or
Billeted
,
do
take
speciall
care
that
the
said
Souldiers
be
furnished
,
and
supplyed
with
Lodging
and
Bedding
,
fitting
for
men
in
their
condition
:
And
the
said
high-Constables
are
hereby
authorised
and
required
to
send
their
Warrants
and
Precepts
to
the
petty-Constables
of
all
Towns
neer
adjoyning
to
those
Towns
and
Houses
where
the
said
Souldiers
are
quartered
,
for
the
bringing
in
of
Bedding
,
if
need
require
,
for
the
use
of
the
said
Souldiers
,
till
it
shall
please
God
to
restore
them
to
health
.
And
it
is
further
ordered
,
That
the
Committee
for
Sequestration
of
the
severall
counties
above
mentioned
,
out
of
such
Bedding
as
by
vertue
of
the
Ordinance
of
Parliament
for
Sequestration
,
shall
be
seized
for
the
use
of
the
Common-wealth
,
shall
deliver
so
much
thereof
as
shall
be
needfull
,
to
the
Treasurers
appointed
by
this
House
for
maymed
Souldiers
,
or
to
such
as
they
shall
appoint
,
for
the
use
of
the
said
sick
and
wounded
men
:
And
that
the
high-Constables
shall
take
care
to
restore
such
Bedding
as
shall
be
by
them
supplyed
,
to
the
Owners
thereof
;
As
also
,
That
the
above
mentioned
Treasurers
for
maymed
Souldiers
,
do
take
care
that
the
Bedding
by
them
received
from
the
Committee
for
Sequestration
,
be
not
imbezilled
,
but
carefully
kept
and
accompted
for
to
the
use
and
service
of
the
Common-wealth
.
Hen.
Elsynge
,
Cler.
Parl.
D.
Com.