THe Lords and Commons in Parliament , having taken into their serious consideration a Proclamation dated at Oxford the nineteenth of this instant May , for the holding and continuing of the Court of Chancery , and all proceedings therein , the receipt of his Maiesties Exchequer , and of the first Fruits and Tenths , the Court of the Dutchy of Lancaster , Court of Wards and Liveries , and Court of Requests , at the City of Oxford , for the whole Terme of Trinity then next ensuing , upon and from the second day of Iune next comming , untill and upon the 21. day of Iune aforesaid : And for adiourning the Courts of Kings bench common Pleas and Exchequer , from the said second day of Iune untill the Returne of Quindena Trinitatis next ensuing , doe finde that it will much tend to the preiudice of the common-wealth to have the said Courts and Receipts held and continued at Oxford , where great part of an Army raised against the Parliament and the authority thereof , now resides : And the said Lords and Commons apprehending and foreseeing the great inconveniences and mischiefes that necessarily must happen to many of his Maiesties most faithfull and best subiects , in case those Courts and Receipts be held at Oxford , where such of them as have occasion to attend cannot with any safety of their persons or estates repair to his Maiesty , having in effect declared all persons that have contributed any thing in ayde or defense of the Parliament , and the priviledges thereof , to be guilty of high Treason , and in pursuance thereof , by the force and power of the Army there remaining , have seized upon many of their persons , where they are detained prisoners , and some proceeded against as Traytors , having nothing layd to their charge , but their assisting the Parliament , and opposing that Army raised to destroy it and the Kingdome . And finding that divers , both Iudges and others , ( whose attendance upon the said Courts and Receipts will be necessary ) are members or assistants to one or both Houses of Parliament , whose presence at this time cannot be spared ; and that if the Records necessary to be used in the said Courts should be removed from the usuall places to Oxford , in a time when two Armies are residing neare thereabouts , it would endanger the miscarriage of them , which might ruine many of his Maiesties subiects , whose estates depend thereupon ; and that so farre a distance between the said Courts of Law and Equity , which have necessary dependance one upon another , would prove exceeding preiudiciall to many : and finding as great cause to take care for preventing the said mischiefes and inconveniences as was in Easter Terme last , in that the said Army is still continuing : The said Lords and Commons doe therefore declare and order , that no Iudge , Minister , or other person beloning to any of the said Courts or Receipts shall repaire to the said City of Oxford , or doe or execute any thing belonging to the said Offices and Imployments , but in the places usuall of the doing and executing thereof : and the said Lords and Commons doe enioyne the said severall Iudges Officers , and Ministers , to attend the execution of the said Offices at the usuall times and places for the execution thereof , and not elsewhere ; and that no member of , or assistant to either of the two Houses of Parliament , that have any place , Office , or imployment , about any of the said Courts or Receipts , shall presume to depart from their attendance upon the Parliament ▪ without the speciall leave of that House whereof they are members or assistants ; and that those departed doe teturne forthwith . And doe further order , that no person shall remove or cause to be removed any records or writings of any the said Courts or Receipts , to or towards the said City of Oxford : And the said Lords and Commons do declare , that if any person shall disobey this Order , they will proceed against them as wilfull contemners of the authority of Parliament , and disturbers of the peace of the Kingdome : and it is further Declared and Ordered by the said Lords and Commons , that no Iudgement , Decree , Order or Proceedings whatsoever , that shall be given , made , or had , by , or in , any of the said Courts or receipts , out of the usuall places where the said Courts and receipts , have bin accustomed to be held and kept , shall bind any person that may be concerned therein , without his owne voluntary consent : and that all Iudges , Officers , and other persons , shall be protected and kept indempnified , from any dammage or inconvenience that may , or can happen to them , for yeelding obedience to this Ordinance , or by the not prosecution of any iust suit or action in the said Courts at Oxford , or any of them .