A
Declaration
of
the
Lords
and
Commons
Assembled
in
PARLIAMENT
.
THe
Lords
and
Commons
now
in
Parliament
assembled
,
being
certainly
informed
,
that
Papists
and
other
wicked
and
ill-affected
persons
,
have
Trayterously
combin●d
together
,
and
entered
into
Association
,
and
have
raised
,
and
dayly
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
chiefest
design
)
the
Laws
of
the
Land
,
the
Priviledge
of
Parliament
,
and
the
Liberties
of
the
Subject
;
The
said
Lords
and
Commons
do
Declare
,
That
they
hold
it
a
thing
fit
and
necessary
for
the
present
State
of
this
Kingdom
,
and
do
accordingly
Order
,
That
all
Lord
Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
,
Colonells
,
Captaines
,
and
other
Officers
,
and
all
other
well-affected
Persons
,
Inhabitants
in
the
severall
Counties
of
Norfolke
,
Suffolk
,
Essex
,
Cambridge
,
and
the
Isle
of
Elye
,
Hartford
,
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
,
plunderings
,
spoiling
of
the
said
Papists
and
other
ill-affected
persons
.
And
it
is
further
Ordered
and
Declared
,
That
the
said
Lord
Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
,
Colonells
,
Captains
,
and
other
Officers
,
have
power
and
authority
to
raise
forces
of
Horse
and
Foot
,
and
to
lead
them
into
any
place
which
shall
be
fitting
and
convenient
,
and
to
give
Battle
,
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
,
suppresse
,
subdue
,
pursue
,
kill
and
slay
,
and
put
to
execution
of
death
,
and
by
all
means
to
destroy
,
as
Enemies
of
the
Kingdom
;
And
to
perform
all
things
else
needfull
for
the
preservation
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
Pa●l●ament
,
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
chiof
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
lead
forces
out
of
their
own
C●unties
▪
It
is
Ordered
that
the
Lord
Generall
the
Earl
of
Essex
,
shall
be
desired
to
grant
a
Commission
to
William
Lord
Gray
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
lead
,
conduct
,
and
carry
the
same
to
such
places
within
the
said
Counties
,
as
〈…〉
,
for
the
defence
of
the
said
Counties
;
And
likewise
power
to
lead
,
conduct
,
and
carry
the
same
to
such
places
within
the
said
Counties
as
he
shall
think
f●●
for
the
defence
of
the
said
Counties
;
And
likewise
power
to
give
the
same
Ord●●●
and
Instructions
in
his
Excellencies
absence
,
for
Regulating
the
Souldiers
,
which
is
,
or
shall
be
under
his
command
,
as
his
said
Excellencie
hath
〈◇〉
to
his
Army
;
And
to
use
Martiall
Law
to
compell
obedience
thereunto
,
as
〈◇〉
shall
require
;
And
also
Power
and
Authority
,
to
make
and
to
appoint
C●l●●els
,
Captaine
,
and
other
Officers
,
for
levying
,
conducting
and
leading
the
●●id
Forces
as
he
shall
think
fit
.
-
Jo
:
BROWN
,
Cleric
.
Parliamentorum
.
-
H
:
ELSYNGE
,
Cler
.
Parl
:
D
:
Com
.
Instructions
for
the
Lord
Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
,
and
other
Officers
and
Commanders
in
the
Counties
of
Norfolke
,
Suffolk
,
Essex
,
Cambridge
,
Isle
of
Ely
,
Hartford
,
and
Countie
of
the
City
of
Norwich
.
1.
THat
the
Lords
Lievtenants
of
the
severall
Counties
of
Norfolk
,
Suffo●k
,
Essex
,
Cambridge
,
Isle
of
Elye
,
Hartford
,
and
the
County
and
City
of
Norwich
,
or
the
Deputy
Lievtenants
of
the
said
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
,
aswell
within
Liberties
and
Corporations
as
without
,
that
do
or
are
able
to
bear
or
find
Armes
,
to
such
places
in
the
said
severall
Counties
,
as
they
hold
most
fitting
,
and
at
such
meetings
to
take
a
survey
,
what
Arms
and
Force
can
be
raised
in
the
said
Counties
respectively
,
and
examine
the
defects
of
Arms
and
Ammunition
,
and
to
consider
of
some
fitting
course
how
to
have
the
want
of
Arms
and
other
defects
to
be
supplyed
,
and
at
such
meetings
or
at
any
other
fit
time
and
times
;
The
said
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
said
Counties
,
Cities
,
and
Corporations
,
that
are
able
to
bear
or
find
Arms
or
to
contribute
towards
the
same
:
what
present
and
iminent
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
joyne
in
an
Association
and
mutuall
defence
of
one
another
,
according
to
the
form
of
an
Association
hereunto
anexede
And
to
require
them
to
set
down
in
writing
,
and
subscribe
what
Arms
for
Horse
and
Foot
,
what
Horse
,
either
Dragoneers
or
others
they
will
have
in
readinesse
upon
every
just
occasion
for
the
defence
of
the
said
Counties
.
2.
Secondly
,
the
better
to
prevent
the
plundering
and
spoyling
of
the
said
Counties
,
and
to
have
meanes
for
the
furnishing
of
Arms
and
Ammunition
,
making
Fortifications
,
and
payment
of
Officers
,
and
other
publique
necessary
charges
;
that
there
be
forthwith
raised
in
the
said
severall
Counties
respectively
,
the
4th
part
of
such
like
severall
sums
as
were
assessed
upon
the
said
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
Taxe
and
Rate
upon
the
said
severall
Counties
respectively
.
3.
And
for
the
better
levying
of
the
said
4th
part
of
the
said
sum
of
500000.
pounds
,
or
of
any
other
sum
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
Lord
Lievtenants
,
and
Deputy
Lievtenants
of
the
said
Counties
respectively
,
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
,
shall
,
and
may
Assesse
and
Taxe
,
or
cause
to
be
Assessed
and
Taxed
,
the
said
sum
and
sums
upon
the
severall
Cities
,
Corporations
,
Hundreds
,
Towns
,
and
Hamblets
in
the
said
severall
Counties
,
after
the
most
industrious
and
usuall
proportion
of
other
Rates
in
the
said
Counties
▪
And
that
they
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
nominate
and
appoint
Treasurers
,
Collectors
and
Assessors
in
every
County
abovesaid
,
for
the
Assessing
Receiving
,
and
Collecting
such
sum
and
sums
of
mony
as
abovesaid
:
And
that
the
said
Lord
Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
,
shall
,
and
may
grant
warrants
under
their
hands
and
Seales
in
writing
to
any
Constable
or
other
Officer
whatsoever
,
to
raise
and
levy
the
said
sum
and
sums
so
to
bee
assessed
and
taxed
as
above
said
,
upon
all
such
persons
upon
whom
any
sum
shall
be
so
assessed
and
set
as
abovesaid
,
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
said
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
abovesaid
,
to
some
common
Coale
,
there
to
remain
without
Bayl
or
Mainprize
,
untill
payment
made
of
such
sum
and
sums
as
abovesaid
.
4.
That
all
Sheriffs
,
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
Maiors
,
Bayliffs
,
and
Constables
,
and
all
other
His
Majesties
Officers
,
aswell
within
Liberties
as
without
,
be
from
time
to
time
ayding
and
assisting
unto
the
said
Lord
Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
in
execution
of
the
power
to
them
,
given
by
both
Houses
of
Parliament
,
and
of
these
Instructions
.
5.
The
Lord
Lievtenants
Deputy
Lievtenants
of
the
said
severall
Counties
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
do
put
in
execution
in
the
said
counties
all
former
Instruction
to
them
graunted
by
both
Houses
of
Parliament
for
the
executing
of
the
Militia
,
disarme
those
Popish
Recusants
,
and
other
ill
affected
Persons
▪
and
for
the
preserving
the
peace
of
the
said
Counties
.
6.
That
no
Treasurer
and
receiver
of
any
money
,
shall
issue
out
any
money
,
but
under
the
hands
of
the
Lord
Lievtenants
,
or
two
or
more
Deputy
Lievtenants
in
every
County
respectively
.
And
that
the
severall
Lord
Livetenants
and
Deputy
Lievtenants
doe
not
signe
,
or
grant
any
warrants
for
the
issuing
or
paying
any
sum
or
summs
,
but
for
the
furnishing
of
Armes
and
Ammunition
,
making
of
Fortifications
,
payment
of
Officers
and
Souldiers
,
and
other
necessary
publique
charges
,
tending
to
the
safety
and
preservation
of
the
said
Counties
,
and
not
otherwise
.
7.
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
said
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
aiding
and
assisting
to
his
Maiestie
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
Lieutenants
appointed
by
Power
of
Parliament
,
they
have
been
required
so
to
do
;
or
such
Clergie-men
and
others
that
have
publikely
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
imployed
and
disposed
of
by
the
direction
of
one
,
or
more
of
the
Deputy
Lieutenants
of
the
said
Counties
for
the
publike
service
and
defence
of
the
severall
Counties
;
And
in
the
mean
time
to
be
kept
in
some
safe
place
.
8.
That
in
every
County
the
Lord
Lieutenants
,
Deputy
Lieutenants
,
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
do
cause
the
severall
companies
of
the
Trained
Bands
,
and
Voluntiers
to
be
put
into
Regiments
;
And
to
nominate
,
appoint
and
place
Colonels
,
Lieutenant
Colonels
,
Sergeant
Majors
,
Captains
,
Lieutenants
,
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
.
9.
That
the
Lord
Lieutenants
,
Deputy
Lieutenants
,
or
any
two
of
them
in
each
county
respectively
,
do
nominate
and
appoint
one
experienced
●ouldier
in
every
Regiment
,
to
be
an
Adjutor
,
to
be
Resident
in
the
said
counties
,
to
exercise
the
severall
companies
of
the
said
Regiment
;
And
to
be
aiding
and
assisting
to
the
Colonell
from
time
to
time
,
and
to
do
and
perform
all
such
commands
as
he
shall
receive
from
the
Lord
Lieutenants
,
Deputy
Lieutenants
,
or
the
said
Colonels
:
And
also
to
have
in
every
Regiment
one
experienced
Souldier
to
be
a
Sergeant
,
to
exercise
and
teach
the
severall
Companies
,
and
to
execute
the
commands
of
the
Lord
Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
,
or
the
Colonells
,
Lieutenant
Colonell
,
or
Sergeant
Maior
of
the
said
Regiment
,
and
the
said
Sergeant
,
to
have
the
pay
of
a
Sergeant
to
a
Company
;
And
also
that
in
each
Troop
of
horse
,
there
be
an
experienced
Souldier
appointed
to
be
a
Corporall
.
10.
That
the
Dragoneers
be
put
into
Companies
,
and
that
one
hundred
and
twelve
be
allotted
to
a
Company
,
and
that
each
Company
of
Dragooners
have
an
experienced
Louldier
to
be
a
Corporall
,
and
he
to
have
the
present
pay
of
a
Corporall
.
11.
That
the
Lord
Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
in
each
County
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
,
Cawseys
,
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
Cawseys
,
Passages
,
and
to
cut
the
Banks
in
the
said
Counties
respectively
;
And
to
have
power
to
fortifie
and
secure
any
Town
,
Hundred
,
or
Hamblet
,
where
the
said
Town
,
Hundred
,
or
Hamblet
,
are
willing
to
do
the
same
at
their
own
proper
charges
:
And
also
to
have
power
at
all
times
to
sieze
and
stop
all
Barges
,
Boates
,
or
other
Vessels
passing
by
water
for
the
safety
of
the
said
County
.
12.
That
the
said
Lord
Lievtenants
,
Deputy
Lievtenants
,
or
any
two
of
them
,
shall
,
and
may
imprison
,
or
commit
to
safe
custody
,
all
and
every
such
persons
,
as
being
able
and
have
due
summons
,
do
notwithstanding
refuse
or
wilfully
neglect
to
appear
at
Muster
,
or
to
send
some
able
persons
to
be
allowed
of
,
by
the
Captain
or
chief
Officer
of
the
Company
in
his
behalfe
.
-
Jo
:
BROWN
,
Cleric
.
Parliamentorum
.
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H
:
ELSYNGE
,
Cler
:
Parl
:
D
:
Com
.