A
Declaration
of
the
Lords
and
Commons
assemb●ed
in
PARLIAMENT
.
THe
Lords
and
Commons
now
in
Parliament
assembled
,
being
certainly
informed
,
That
Papists
,
and
other
wicked
and
ill-aff●cted
persons
,
have
trayterously
combined
together
,
and
entred
into
Association
,
and
have
raised
,
and
daily
do
raise
great
Forces
both
of
Horse
and
Foot
,
in
severall
Counties
of
this
Kingdom
,
and
have
plundered
,
spoiled
,
and
destroyed
Multitudes
of
His
Majesties
good
Subjects
;
and
if
not
timely
prevented
▪
will
utterly
subvert
and
destroy
the
true
Protestant
Religion
(
which
is
their
chief
Design
)
the
Laws
of
the
Land
,
the
Priviledges
if
Par●iament
,
and
the
Liberty
of
the
Subject
;
The
said
Lords
and
Commons
do
declare
,
That
they
hold
it
a
thing
most
fit
and
necessa●y
for
the
present
state
of
t●is
Kingdom
,
and
do
accordingly
O●der
,
That
all
Lords-Lievtenants
,
Deputy-Lievtenants
,
Colonells
,
Captains
,
and
other
Officers
,
and
all
other
well-affected
persons
,
Inhabitants
in
the
severall
Counties
of
Norfolk
,
Suff●lk
,
Essex
,
Cambridge
,
and
the
Isle
of
Ely
,
Hertford
,
and
the
County
of
the
City
of
Norwich
,
shall
and
may
associate
themselves
,
and
mutually
ayd
,
succour
,
and
assist
one
another
,
in
the
mutuall
defence
and
preservation
of
themselves
,
and
of
the
Peace
of
the
said
Counties
,
from
all
Rapines
,
Plundering
,
Spoylings
of
the
said
Papists
and
ill
affected
persons
.
And
it
is
further
Ordered
and
Declared
,
That
the
said
Lords-Lievtenants
,
Deputy-Lievtenants
,
Colonells
,
Captains
,
and
other
Officers
,
have
Power
and
Authority
to
raise
Forces
of
Horse
and
Foot
,
and
to
leade
them
into
any
place
which
shall
be
fi●ting
and
convenient
,
and
to
give
Battell
,
and
to
fight
with
all
such
as
are
,
or
shall
be
raised
to
levy
War
against
the
Parliament
,
and
all
other
Forces
raised
without
Authority
and
Consent
of
both
Houses
of
Parliament
;
that
make
any
Insurrection
▪
and
plunder
and
destroy
His
Majesties
good
Subjects
,
And
them
to
invade
,
resist
,
supp●esse
,
subdue
,
and
pursue
,
kill
and
slay
,
and
put
to
execution
of
death
,
and
by
●ll
means
to
destroy
,
as
enemies
to
the
Kingdom
;
and
to
perform
all
things
else
needfull
for
the
preserv●t●in
of
the
safety
and
peace
of
the
said
Counties
,
either
by
Water
or
Land
▪
observing
from
time
to
time
such
other
Directions
and
Commands
,
as
they
shall
receive
from
both
Houses
of
Parliament
,
or
from
the
Earl
of
Essex
,
Lord
Generall
:
And
that
the
said
Inhabitants
of
the
said
severall
Counties
,
and
every
of
them
,
for
so
doing
,
shall
be
saved
and
kept
harmlesse
,
by
power
and
Authority
of
Parliament
.
And
the
said
Lords
and
Commons
taking
into
their
serious
Considerations
the
necessity
of
appointing
a
Commander
in
Chief
over
the
Forces
which
are
,
or
shall
be
raised
in
the
Counties
aforesaid
,
or
any
of
them
for
the
Service
aforesaid
,
in
regard
that
by
particular
Commissions
already
granted
to
persons
in
the
said
severall
Counties
,
there
is
not
power
given
to
leade
Forces
out
of
their
own
Counties
;
It
is
Ordered
,
That
the
Lord
Generall
the
Earl
of
Essex
shall
be
desired
to
grant
a
Commission
to
William
Lord
Grey
of
Wark
,
to
command
in
Chief
,
as
Major
Generall
of
all
the
Forces
to
be
raised
in
the
said
Counties
,
and
to
have
power
to
leade
,
conduct
,
and
carry
the
same
to
such
places
within
the
said
Counties
,
as
he
shall
think
fit
,
for
the
defence
of
the
said
Counties
,
And
likewise
power
to
give
the
same
Orders
and
Instructions
,
in
his
Excellencies
absence
▪
for
regulating
the
Souldiers
,
which
are
or
shall
be
under
his
Command
,
as
his
said
Excellency
hath
given
to
his
Army
,
And
to
use
Martiall
Law
to
compell
Obedience
thereunto
,
as
occasion
shall
require
;
And
also
Power
and
Authority
to
make
and
appoint
Colonells
,
Captains
,
and
other
Officers
,
for
levying
,
conducting
,
and
leading
the
said
Forces
as
he
shall
think
fit
.
-
Jo
.
Browne
,
Cleric
.
Parliamentorum
.
-
Hen
.
Elsynge
,
Cleric
.
Parl
.
D.
Com
.
Instructions
for
the
Lord-Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
,
and
other
Officers
and
Commanders
in
the
Counties
of
Norfolk
,
Suffolk
,
Essex
,
Cambridge
,
Isle
of
Ely
,
Hartford
,
and
County
of
the
City
of
Norwich
.
THat
the
Lords
Lievtenants
of
the
severall
Counties
of
Norfolke
,
Suffolke
,
Essex
,
Cambridge
,
Isle
of
Ely
,
Hartford
,
and
the
County
and
City
of
Norwich
,
or
the
Deputy
Lievtenants
of
the
sayd
Counties
respectively
,
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
,
with
all
convenient
speed
,
do
summon
the
severall
gentlemen
Freeholders
and
other
Inhabitants
of
the
said
severall
Counties
,
as
well
within
Liberties
and
Corporations
,
as
without
;
That
do
,
or
are
able
to
bear
or
finde
Arms
,
to
such
places
in
the
sayd
severall
Counties
,
as
they
hold
most
fitting
,
and
at
such
meetings
to
take
a
view
what
Arms
and
Force
can
be
raised
in
the
sayd
Counties
respectively
,
and
examine
the
defects
of
Arms
and
Ammunition
,
and
to
consult
of
some
fitting
course
how
to
have
the
want
of
Arms
and
other
defects
to
be
supplied
,
and
at
such
meetings
,
or
at
any
other
fit
time
and
times
,
the
sayd
Deputy
Lievtenants
,
or
any
two
of
them
,
with
the
assistance
of
the
Committee
,
for
the
Propositions
and
Subscriptions
in
the
severall
Counties
,
or
any
two
of
them
,
shall
and
may
propound
to
all
the
Inhabitants
of
the
sayd
Counties
,
Cities
,
and
Corporations
,
that
are
able
to
bear
or
finde
Arms
,
or
to
contribute
towards
the
same
,
what
present
and
eminent
danger
and
necessity
the
whole
Kingdom
is
now
reduced
unto
,
by
the
wicked
advise
and
attempts
and
conspiracies
of
Papists
and
other
persons
now
about
His
Majesty
,
and
to
propound
to
them
,
to
joyn
in
Association
and
mutuall
defence
of
one
another
,
according
to
the
form
of
an
Association
hereunto
annexed
.
And
to
require
them
to
set
down
in
writing
,
and
subscribe
what
Arms
for
Horse
and
Foot
,
what
Horse
,
either
Dragooners
or
others
they
will
have
in
readinesse
upon
every
just
occasion
,
for
the
defence
of
the
said
Counties
.
Secondly
,
the
better
to
prevent
the
plundering
and
spoyling
of
the
sayd
Counties
,
and
to
have
means
for
the
furnishing
of
Arms
and
Ammunition
,
making
Fortifications
,
and
payment
of
Officers
,
and
other
publick
necessary
charges
;
That
there
be
forthwith
raised
in
the
sayd
severall
Counties
respectively
,
the
fourth
part
of
such
like
severall
Sums
as
were
Assessed
upon
the
sayd
Counties
,
by
vertue
of
the
Act
lately
made
in
this
present
Parliament
;
for
the
raising
of
400000
pounds
,
The
same
fourth
part
to
be
raised
by
way
of
Tax
and
Rate
,
upon
the
said
severall
Counties
respectively
.
Thirdly
,
And
for
the
better
levying
of
the
sayd
fourth
part
of
the
said
sum
of
400000
pounds
,
or
of
any
other
summe
to
be
Assessed
and
set
upon
the
said
Counties
,
for
the
defence
and
preservation
of
the
same
,
by
consent
of
both
Houses
of
Parliament
.
That
the
Lords
Lievtenants
,
and
Deputy
Lievtenants
of
the
sayd
Counties
respectively
,
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
,
shall
,
and
may
Assesse
and
Tax
,
or
cause
to
be
Assessed
and
Taxed
,
the
said
sum
and
sums
,
upon
the
severall
Cities
,
Corporations
,
Hundreds
,
Towns
,
and
Hamlets
in
the
sayd
severall
Counties
,
after
the
most
industrious
and
usuall
proportion
of
other
Rates
in
the
sayd
Counties
:
And
that
they
,
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
,
nominate
and
appoint
Treasurers
,
Collectors
,
and
Assessors
in
every
County
above
said
;
for
the
Assessing
,
Receiving
,
and
Collecting
such
sum
and
sums
of
Money
as
above
sayd
:
And
that
the
sayd
Lord
Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
,
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
,
shall
,
and
may
grant
Warrants
under
their
hands
and
Seals
in
writing
,
to
any
Constable
or
other
Officer
whatsoever
,
To
raise
and
levy
the
sayd
sum
and
sums
so
to
be
Assessed
and
Taxed
as
above
said
,
upon
all
such
persons
upon
whom
any
sum
shall
be
so
Assessed
and
set
as
above
sayd
,
that
do
refuse
or
neglect
to
pay
the
same
by
way
of
Distresse
and
sale
of
the
goods
of
the
person
so
refusing
,
or
neglecting
to
pay
the
same
.
And
in
case
no
Distresse
is
or
may
be
found
,
Then
the
sayd
Lord
Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
,
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
,
shall
,
and
may
commit
such
person
and
persons
so
refusing
and
neglecting
to
pay
as
above
sayd
,
to
some
common
Goale
,
there
to
remaine
without
Bayle
or
Mainprize
,
untill
payment
made
of
such
sum
and
sums
as
above
said
.
Fourthly
,
That
all
Sheriffes
,
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
Majors
,
Bayliffes
,
and
Constables
,
and
all
other
His
M●●esties
Officers
,
as
well
within
Liberties
,
as
without
;
Be
from
time
to
time
Ayding
and
Assisting
unto
the
sayd
Lord
Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
.
in
execution
of
the
power
to
them
given
by
both
Houses
of
Parliament
,
and
of
these
Instructions
.
Fifthly
,
the
Lord
,
Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
of
the
sayd
severall
Counties
,
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
,
do
put
in
execution
in
the
said
Counties
all
former
instructions
to
them
granted
by
both
Houses
of
Parliament
,
for
the
executing
of
the
Militia
,
disarming
of
Popish
Recusants
,
and
other
ill
affected
persons
:
And
for
the
preserving
the
Peace
of
the
sayd
Counties
.
Sixthly
,
That
no
Treasurer
and
Receiver
of
any
Money
,
shall
issue
out
any
Money
,
●ut
under
the
hands
of
the
Lord
Lievtenants
,
or
two
or
more
Depu●y
Lievtenants
in
every
County
respectively
;
And
that
the
severall
Lord
Leivtenants
,
and
Deputy
Lievtenants
,
do
not
sign
or
grant
any
Warrants
for
the
issuing
or
paying
any
sum
or
sums
,
but
for
the
furnishing
of
Arms
and
Ammunition
,
making
of
Fortifications
,
payment
of
Officers
and
Souldiers
,
and
other
necessary
publick
charges
,
tending
to
the
safety
and
preservation
of
the
sayd
Counties
,
and
not
otherwise
.
Seventhly
,
That
the
Lord
Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
of
every
the
said
Counties
respectively
,
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
,
shall
,
and
may
from
time
to
time
,
raise
such
,
and
so
many
of
the
Trained
Bands
,
and
other
persons
inhabiting
in
the
sayd
Counties
,
as
they
shall
judge
necessary
and
fitting
,
to
enter
into
the
Houses
of
all
Papists
,
and
other
persons
that
are
Voted
to
be
Delinquents
,
by
both
,
or
either
Houses
of
Parliament
,
or
that
have
put
in
execution
the
Commission
of
Array
,
Or
that
have
been
present
with
,
or
Ayding
and
Assisting
to
His
Majesty
in
this
unnaturall
War
against
the
Parliament
;
Or
that
being
of
ability
,
have
not
contributed
upon
the
Propositions
of
raising
of
Horse
,
Money
,
or
Plate
,
for
the
defence
of
the
King
and
Parliament
;
Or
that
have
refused
to
send
Horse
and
Arms
to
the
Musters
,
when
by
the
Deputy
Lievtenants
appointed
by
power
of
Parliament
,
they
having
been
required
so
to
do
;
Or
such
Clergy-men
and
others
,
that
have
publickly
Preached
or
Declared
themselves
to
oppose
,
disgrace
,
or
revile
the
proceedings
of
both
or
either
Houses
of
Parliament
.
And
to
seize
upon
the
Arms
,
Ammunition
,
and
Horses
fit
for
service
in
the
War
,
that
belong
to
such
person
and
persons
:
the
same
Horses
,
Arms
,
and
Ammunition
to
be
employed
and
disposed
of
by
the
direction
of
one
,
or
more
of
the
Deputy
Lievtenants
of
the
sayd
Counties
,
for
the
pu●l●ck
service
and
defence
of
the
severall
Cou●t●es
,
and
in
the
mean
time
to
●e
kept
in
some
safe
place
.
Eighthly
,
That
in
every
County
the
Lord
Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
,
〈…〉
two
〈…〉
of
them
,
do
cause
the
severall
Companies
of
the
Train'd
Bands
and
Voluntiers
to
be
put
into
Regiments
;
and
to
nominate
,
appoint
,
and
place
Colonells
,
Lievtenant-Colonells
,
Serjeant-Majors
,
Captaines
,
Lievtenants
,
and
other
Officers
in
every
Regiment
and
Company
,
where
any
such
are
wanting
;
or
when
such
as
are
,
and
have
been
nominated
,
have
refused
to
execute
those
places
.
Ninthly
,
That
the
Lord
Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
,
or
any
two
of
them
in
each
County
respectively
,
do
nominate
and
appoint
one
experienced
Souldier
in
every
Regiment
to
be
an
Adjutor
,
to
be
resident
in
the
sayd
Counties
to
exercise
the
severall
Companies
of
the
sayd
R●giments
,
and
to
be
ayding
and
assisting
to
the
Colonell
from
time
to
time
,
and
to
do
and
perform
all
such
commands
as
he
shall
receive
from
the
Lord
Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
,
or
the
sayd
Colonell
;
And
also
to
have
in
every
Regiment
,
one
experienced
Souldier
to
be
a
Serjeant
,
to
exercise
and
teach
the
severall
Companies
,
and
to
execute
the
commands
of
the
Lord
Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
,
or
the
Colonell
Lievtenant
Colonell
,
or
Serjeant-Major
of
the
sayd
Regiment
,
and
the
said
Serjeant
to
have
the
pay
of
a
Serjeant
to
a
Company
;
and
also
that
in
each
Troope
of
Horse
,
there
be
an
experienced
Souldier
appointed
to
be
a
Corporall
.
Tenthly
,
That
the
Dragooners
be
put
into
Companies
,
And
that
one
hundred
and
twelve
be
allotted
to
a
Company
;
and
that
each
Company
of
Dragooners
have
an
experienced
Souldier
to
be
a
Corporall
,
and
he
to
have
the
present
pay
of
a
Corporall
.
Eleventhly
,
That
the
Lords
Lievtenants
,
Deputy-Lievtenants
in
each
Countie
respectively
,
or
any
two
,
or
more
of
them
,
shall
,
and
may
give
command
and
directions
from
time
to
time
,
to
secure
,
and
fortifie
all
Bridges
,
Cawses
,
and
Passages
,
and
in
times
of
approach
of
an
Enemy
,
or
fear
of
any
Invasion
by
an
Enemy
,
to
pull
down
,
or
stop
the
Bridges
,
Cawses
,
Passages
,
and
to
cut
the
Banks
in
the
said
Counties
respectively
;
And
to
have
power
to
fortifie
and
secure
any
Town
,
Hundred
,
or
Hamlet
,
where
the
said
Town
,
Hundred
or
Hamlet
are
willing
to
do
the
same
at
their
own
proper
charges
;
And
also
to
have
Power
at
all
times
,
to
seize
,
and
stop
all
Barge●
,
Boats
,
or
other
Vessels
,
passing
by
Water
for
the
safety
of
the
said
Countie
.
Twelfthly
,
That
the
said
Lords
Lievtenants
,
Deputy-Lievtenants
,
or
any
two
of
them
,
shall
,
and
may
Imprison
,
or
commit
to
safe
custodie
,
all
and
every
such
Persons
,
as
being
able
,
and
have
had
due
Summons
,
do
notwithstanding
refuse
,
or
wilfully
neglect
to
appear
at
Muster
,
or
to
send
some
able
Persons
to
be
allowed
of
,
by
the
Captains
,
or
chief
Officer
of
the
Company
in
his
behalf
.
-
Joh
.
Brown
,
Cler
.
Parliamentorum
;
-
Hen
.
Elsinge
,
Cler
.
Parl
.
D.
Com
.