ss.
To
_____
being
by
us
approved
and
appointed
Collectors
for
the
_____
within
the
_____
of
the
Moneys
payable
to
Their
Majesties
by
vertue
of
an
Act
of
this
present
Parliament
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
a
Grant
to
Their
Majesties
of
an
Aid
of
Twelve
Pence
in
the
Pound
for
one
Year
for
the
necessary
Defence
of
Their
Realms
.
THese
are
in
Their
Majesties
Name
to
Will
and
Require
you
,
That
you
Collect
and
Levy
of
the
several
and
respective
Person
and
Persons
in
the
Estreat
or
Assessment
hereunto
annexed
mentioned
,
the
several
and
respective
Sum
and
Sums
of
Money
on
them
respectively
Rated
or
Assessed
;
And
to
that
end
you
are
by
the
said
Act
required
to
make
demand
thereof
of
the
Parties
themselves
within
six
days
after
the
Receipt
hereof
;
And
if
any
Person
or
Persons
shall
neglect
or
refuse
to
pay
,
upon
your
demand
,
the
several
Rates
and
Assessments
wherewith
he
is
Charged
by
the
said
Act
for
or
in
respect
of
his
Goods
,
Chattels
,
Personal
Estate
,
Offices
,
or
Imployments
,
and
which
he
ought
to
pay
;
Or
if
the
Pound
Rate
,
or
any
Payment
thereof
charged
upon
any
Mannors
,
Messuages
,
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Hereditaments
,
and
Premisses
,
shall
be
neglected
or
refused
to
be
paid
,
you
are
hereby
Authorized
and
Required
to
Distrein
the
Person
or
Persons
so
refusing
or
neglecting
to
pay
,
by
his
or
their
Goods
or
Chattels
,
or
to
distrein
in
and
upon
the
Messuage
,
Lands
,
and
Tenements
so
Charged
,
and
the
Goods
and
Chattels
then
and
there
found
,
and
the
Distress
so
taken
to
keep
by
the
space
of
four
days
at
the
cost
and
charges
of
the
Owner
thereof
,
and
if
the
Owner
do
not
pay
the
same
within
the
said
four
days
,
the
said
Distress
is
hereby
directed
to
be
appraized
by
three
or
two
of
the
Inhabitants
where
the
Distress
is
taken
,
and
there
by
you
to
be
sold
for
payment
of
the
said
Money
,
and
the
Overplus
coming
by
the
said
Sale
,
(
if
any
be
)
(
over
and
above
the
Charges
of
taking
and
keeping
the
said
Distress
)
you
are
immediately
to
restore
to
the
Owner
thereof
:
And
the
better
to
enable
you
to
Levy
the
Money
Assessed
by
such
Distress
and
Sale
,
it
is
by
the
said
Act
declared
lawful
to
break
open
in
the
day
time
any
House
,
and
by
vertue
of
this
our
Warrant
,
any
Trunk
,
Chest
,
Box
,
or
other
things
wherein
any
such
Offenders
Goods
are
,
calling
to
your
assistance
therein
the
Constables
,
Tythingmen
,
and
Headboroughs
within
your
_____
where
any
refusal
,
neglect
or
resistance
shall
be
made
,
as
by
the
said
Act
of
Parliament
is
directed
,
and
they
and
every
of
them
are
hereby
required
to
be
aiding
and
assisting
unto
you
in
the
Premisses
;
And
where
no
sufficient
Distress
is
to
be
found
,
you
are
to
make
and
deliver
to
the
Head-Collector
a
perfect
Schedule
fairly
written
in
Parchment
under
your
Hands
and
Seals
,
to
be
allowed
by
two
or
more
of
us
(
or
other
)
Their
Majesties
Commissioners
for
the
said
_____
containing
the
Names
,
Sirnames
,
and
places
of
abode
of
every
person
within
your
Collection
who
shall
make
default
of
Payment
,
and
of
the
Sum
and
Sums
charged
on
every
such
Person
,
to
the
end
the
same
may
be
returned
into
Their
Majesties
Court
of
Exchequer
,
and
the
person
so
making
default
of
payment
may
be
charged
by
Process
of
the
said
Court
;
And
in
case
any
Lands
or
Houses
within
your
Collection
shall
be
unoccupied
,
and
no
Distress
can
be
had
for
the
same
,
nor
the
true
Owner
found
,
by
reason
whereof
the
Rates
and
Assessments
upon
such
unoccupied
Lands
cannot
be
levied
,
you
are
to
make
complaint
thereof
to
us
,
to
the
end
the
same
may
be
by
us
Certified
into
Their
Majesties
said
Court
of
Exchequer
,
and
the
Persons
made
Debtors
to
Their
Majesties
,
and
Processes
issued
out
against
the
Body
,
Goods
,
and
all
other
Lands
of
such
Debtor
,
until
the
same
be
fully
paid
;
And
where
any
Person
or
persons
chargeable
with
any
Rates
or
Assessments
by
the
said
Act
imposed
,
shall
be
under
the
age
of
21
years
,
in
every
such
case
their
Parents
,
Guardians
or
Tutors
respectively
,
upon
default
of
payment
by
such
Infant
,
are
made
liable
and
chargeable
with
the
payment
which
such
Infants
ought
to
have
made
,
and
upon
neglect
or
refusal
may
be
proceeded
against
in
like
manner
as
against
other
Persons
making
default
of
payment
as
aforesaid
.
And
the
several
and
respective
Tenants
of
all
and
every
the
Messuages
,
Mannors
,
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Hereditaments
,
and
Premisses
,
which
by
vertue
of
the
said
Act
shall
be
charged
with
any
Pound
Rate
,
are
hereby
required
to
pay
such
Sums
of
Money
as
shall
be
rated
upon
the
same
,
and
to
deduct
out
of
the
Rent
so
much
thereof
as
in
respect
of
the
Rents
the
Landlord
ought
to
bear
;
But
the
Tax
or
Assessment
which
shall
be
made
or
imposed
in
respect
of
any
House
or
Tenement
which
any
Embassador
,
Resident
,
Agent
,
or
other
Publick
Minister
of
any
Foreign
Prince
or
State
,
doth
or
shall
Inhabit
or
Occupy
,
is
to
be
paid
by
the
Landlord
or
Owner
respectively
;
And
the
Tax
or
Assessment
made
or
imposed
upon
the
Shares
or
Interest
in
the
New-River
or
Thames
,
Hide-Park
,
or
Maribone-water-works
,
or
on
the
Stock
or
Stocks
of
all
Companies
of
Merchants
in
London
,
charged
by
the
said
Act
,
and
on
the
Stock
and
Shares
for
Printing
,
are
to
be
paid
by
the
Governors
and
Treasurers
of
the
said
Companies
,
and
Treasurers
of
the
said
Water-works
,
and
Stock
for
Printing
;
And
the
Assessment
laid
upon
our selves
or
any
other
Their
Majesties
Commissioners
for
putting
the
said
Act
in
Execution
,
you
are
to
levy
and
gather
as
it
should
or
ought
to
have
been
,
if
we
or
they
had
not
been
Commissioners
;
And
you
are
further
Required
to
take
such
speedy
and
effectua
Order
and
Care
in
the
Premisses
,
that
you
fail
not
to
levy
and
pay
into
the
Head-Collector
of
the
said
_____
the
total
Sum
of
_____
(
Being
tne
_____
Payment
(
or
one
moiety
)
of
the
Moneys
charged
upon
your
said
_____
by
vertue
of
the
said
Act
)
at
such
place
as
shall
be
appointed
you
within
ten
miles
of
your
said
_____
on
or
before
the
_____
day
of
_____
now
next
coming
:
Hereof
you
are
not
to
fail
,
as
you
will
answer
the
contrary
at
your
utmost
Peril
.
Given
under
our
Hands
and
Seals
the
_____
day
of
_____
in
the
First
Year
of
the
Reign
of
our
Sovereign
Lord
and
Lady
William
and
Mary
,
by
the
Grace
of
God
,
of
England
,
Scotland
,
France
,
and
Ireland
,
King
and
Queen
,
Defenders
of
the
Faith
,
&c.
Annoque
Dom.
1689.