An
Ordinance
of
the
Lords
and
Commons
assembled
in
Parliament
,
for
raising
and
maintaining
of
Horse
and
Foote
for
the
Garrison
of
Glocester
,
&
for
the
Counties
of
Glocester
,
&c.
WHereas
the
County
and
City
of
Glocester
,
and
the
County
of
the
said
city
are
now
in
a
sad
condition
,
by
reason
of
the
enemies
lying
upon
them
,
and
keeping
many
Garrisons
in
the
county
of
Glocester
,
and
the
counties
of
Hereford
,
Monmouth
,
Glamorgan
,
Brecknock
,
and
Radnor
,
being
almost
all
in
their
power
,
whereby
the
Irish
Rebels
and
other
enemies
have
the
freer
passage
for
prosecuting
their
bloudy
designes
against
this
kingdom
to
spoil
and
ruine
the
same
;
for
prevention
whereof
,
and
to
reduce
the
residue
of
the
said
counties
to
their
due
obedience
of
the
King
and
Parliament
,
there
is
great
necessity
that
three
or
400.
horse
,
and
other
forces
be
presently
raised
,
and
mony
provided
for
the
same
,
&
also
for
the
better
maintaining
of
the
forces
already
raised
,
and
to
be
raised
in
the
said
Counties
and
City
,
The
Lords
and
Commons
in
Parliament
assembled
,
considering
the
premises
,
and
well
weighing
the
extraordinary
and
faithfull
service
performed
at
,
before
and
since
the
late
siege
of
Glocester
by
the
Garrison
there
by
Colonell
Massey
,
&
the
forces
under
his
command
,
Do
declare
,
order
,
and
ordaine
,
and
be
it
hereby
ordered
,
declared
,
and
ordained
,
That
sir
Robert
Harley
Knight
of
the
Bath
,
Iohn
Wilde
Serjeant
at
Law
.
Nathaniel
Stephens
,
Edward
Stephens
,
Tho
.
Hodges
,
Tho
.
Pury
Esq.
Members
of
the
House
of
Commons
,
the
Major
and
Recorder
of
the
City
of
Glocester
for
the
time
being
,
sir
Giles
Overbury
▪
Kt
Edw
.
Massie
,
Col.
and
Governour
of
Glocester
,
Iames
Kirle
,
Iohn
Stephens
,
Tho
.
Stephens
,
Edw
.
Harley
,
Isaac
Bromwich
,
Sylvanus
Wood
,
Will
.
Shepheard
,
Stephen
Flower
,
Edw
.
Broughton
,
and
Henry
Iones
Esq.
shall
be
,
and
are
hereby
nominated
a
Committe
of
,
and
for
the
said
severall
counties
and
city
;
and
that
they
,
or
any
three
or
more
of
them
shall
hereby
have
full
power
and
Authority
,
to
take
the
subscriptions
of
all
such
persons
as
will
voluntarily
lend
or
contribute
any
summe
or
summes
of
money
,
plate
,
horse
or
Armes
towards
the
supplies
and
provisions
aforesaid
,
and
for
other
necessaries
for
the
advancement
of
the
said
service
,
which
summe
and
summes
of
Money
,
Plate
,
Horse
,
or
Armes
to
be
subscribed
,
lent
,
and
contributed
as
aforesaid
,
the
said
Committee
,
or
any
three
or
more
of
them
shall
and
may
receive
and
employ
for
the
services
aforesaid
,
and
give
Notes
,
or
Acquittances
for
the
severall
summes
of
Money
,
Plate
,
Horse
,
or
Armes
so
received
,
which
said
Notes
or
Acquittances
shall
be
a
sufficient
specialty
for
the
severall
persons
that
shall
lend
,
or
contribute
any
Money
,
Plate
,
Horse
,
or
Armes
as
aforesaid
,
to
demand
re-payment
thereof
,
or
the
value
thereof
with
such
encrease
as
shall
be
agreed
upon
,
so
as
the
same
shall
not
exceed
8.
l.
per
cent
.
And
for
the
better
enabling
the
said
Committee
to
make
re-payment
of
such
Monies
,
and
the
value
of
such
Plate
,
Horse
,
and
Arms
as
shall
be
lent
for
the
purposes
aforesaid
,
and
for
the
raysing
,
maintenance
,
and
supplies
of
the
said
forces
from
time
to
time
as
need
shall
require
,
Be
it
further
ordained
by
the
Lords
and
Commons
,
that
the
said
committee
,
or
any
three
or
more
of
them
,
shall
have
power
and
authority
to
put
in
execution
within
the
said
counties
the
severall
Ordinances
of
this
present
Parliament
hereafter
mentioned
;
That
is
to
say
,
The
Ordinance
for
Sequestration
of
Malignants
,
Delinquents
,
and
Papists
Estates
;
the
Ordinance
for
raysing
of
Money
,
by
taxing
such
as
have
not
at
all
contributed
,
or
not
according
to
their
Estates
;
The
Ordinance
for
the
weekly
Assesments
,
and
all
other
Ordinances
made
this
present
Parliament
,
for
advance
of
Money
through
the
whole
Kingdome
of
England
and
dominion
of
Wales
,
for
the
service
of
the
King
and
Parliament
,
so
far
forth
as
they
,
or
any
of
them
have
not
been
already
fully
executed
within
the
places
aforesaid
,
except
the
Ordinances
for
leavying
of
Monies
by
way
of
Excise
,
or
new
Impost
,
the
proceed
of
all
which
raised
,
and
to
be
raised
within
the
said
counties
,
shall
be
paid
unto
the
said
Committee
,
or
any
three
or
more
of
them
to
be
issued
out
for
the
uses
and
purposes
aforesaid
,
which
shall
be
a
sufficient
discharge
to
the
commissioners
of
Excise
in
that
behalfe
.
And
the
commissioners
of
Excise
are
Authorised
,
and
hereby
required
from
time
to
time
,
to
issue
their
Warrants
to
their
inferiour
Officers
within
the
said
counties
for
payment
of
the
said
monies
accordingly
,
and
that
the
said
Committee
,
or
any
three
or
more
of
them
,
take
care
of
the
full
and
due
execution
of
the
said
Ordinances
,
according
to
the
tenure
and
true
meaning
of
the
same
respectively
;
and
for
the
more
speedy
raising
of
Monies
for
the
repayment
of
such
summes
,
and
the
value
of
such
Plate
,
Horse
,
or
Armes
as
shall
be
brought
in
by
subscriptions
as
aforesaid
;
Be
it
ordained
by
the
Lords
and
Commons
,
that
the
said
committees
,
or
any
three
or
more
of
them
shall
have
hereby
full
power
and
authority
to
set
,
and
let
the
Lands
,
Tenements
,
and
Hereditaments
of
all
Malignants
,
Delinquents
,
and
Papists
,
which
shall
be
seized
and
sequestred
according
to
the
Ordinance
of
Parliament
for
Sequestration
within
the
said
counties
,
and
city
from
yeare
to
yeare
,
or
by
Lease
or
Leases
for
the
intents
or
purposes
aforesaid
,
so
long
as
the
said
Sequestration
shall
continue
;
and
in
case
the
said
Subscribers
and
Lenders
shall
not
receive
full
satisfaction
of
their
principall
Money
,
and
interest
to
be
lent
and
subscribed
as
aforesaid
out
of
the
Estates
of
Malignants
,
Delinquents
and
Papists
,
and
other
provision
as
aforesaid
,
that
then
the
said
Subscribers
,
and
Lenders
,
and
every
of
them
are
by
vertue
of
this
Ordinance
to
have
the
publique
faith
of
the
Kingdome
for
the
repayment
of
such
summe
and
summes
of
money
as
shall
be
due
unto
them
.
And
be
it
further
Ordained
,
that
the
said
Committees
or
any
three
or
more
of
them
shall
have
full
power
and
Authority
to
name
and
appoint
such
Treasurers
,
Collectors
&
other
Officers
within
the
said
Counties
&
City
,
as
they
shall
think
fit
and
convenient
for
the
better
putting
in
Execution
of
all
and
every
the
aforesaid
Ordinances
of
Parliament
,
&
of
this
present
ordinance
,
aswell
for
the
receiving
of
all
or
any
the
said
monies
,
as
also
for
the
issuing
out
of
the
same
,
for
the
purposes
aforesaid
,
by
warrant
under
the
hands
of
the
said
Committee
,
in
such
manner
as
the
said
Committee
or
any
three
or
more
of
them
shall
appoint
,
and
to
call
to
account
from
time
to
time
upon
Oath
all
such
Treasurers
,
collectors
,
and
other
persons
who
shall
receive
any
Monies
,
Plate
,
Horse
,
or
Armes
,
by
vertue
of
this
present
Ordinance
of
Parliament
,
for
the
Services
aforesaid
,
and
to
give
such
fitting
and
reasonable
allowances
unto
such
persons
as
shal
be
imployed
in
the
Execution
of
the
Ordinance
aforesaid
,
and
of
this
present
Ordinance
or
any
of
them
for
their
charges
and
paines
therein
,
as
the
said
Committees
or
any
three
or
more
of
them
shall
think
fit
:
provided
that
such
allowance
shall
not
exceede
the
respective
rates
allowed
by
the
said
severall
Ordinances
in
other
counties
of
the
Kingdome
for
putting
the
said
Ordinances
in
Execution
;
and
if
any
such
Treasurers
,
Collectors
or
other
person
or
persons
shall
refuse
to
Accompt
or
pay
in
the
Monies
wherewith
they
are
charged
,
then
the
said
Committees
or
any
three
or
more
of
them
,
shall
returne
their
names
to
one
or
both
houses
of
Parliament
,
and
the
said
Committees
or
any
three
or
more
of
them
are
hereby
enabled
and
Authorized
to
call
to
accompt
upon
oath
all
such
person
and
persons
of
the
said
severall
Counties
,
as
have
received
any
monies
by
Authority
of
Parliament
,
which
they
have
not
made
even
payment
of
.
And
the
said
Committees
or
any
three
or
more
of
t●hm
are
hereby
Authorised
,
to
Administer
the
severall
oathes
specified
in
the
foresaid
Ordinances
to
such
Commissioners
or
persons
as
have
not
already
taken
the
same
:
And
be
it
further
Ordained
by
the
said
Lords
and
Commons
,
that
the
personall
Estates
of
such
Malignants
,
Delinquents
and
Papists
within
the
Cities
of
London
and
Westminster
,
and
within
20.
miles
of
the
same
not
yet
sequestred
nor
discovered
,
and
which
shall
be
discovered
by
the
said
Committees
,
or
any
three
,
or
more
of
them
,
or
by
such
person
or
persons
as
they
shall
authorize
under
their
hands
and
seales
for
that
purpose
,
within
three
Moneths
next
after
the
passing
of
this
Ordinance
,
shall
be
allowed
unto
the
said
Committees
for
the
further
advancement
of
the
said
service
:
Provided
that
the
said
concealed
Estates
exceed
not
the
sum
of
5000.
pounds
;
And
that
the
said
committees
or
any
person
or
persons
authorized
by
them
as
aforesaid
,
nor
any
of
them
shall
possesse
themselves
of
the
said
Delinquents
or
Papists
Estates
,
before
hee
or
they
acquaint
the
committee
of
Lords
and
Commons
for
sequestrations
therewith
,
or
any
three
or
more
of
them
,
whereof
the
chair-man
to
be
one
,
to
the
end
,
they
may
judge
of
their
Delinquency
before
his
or
their
estates
be
sequestred
and
taken
away
:
And
be
it
further
Ordained
by
the
Lords
and
Commons
,
that
the
said
committees
or
any
three
or
more
of
them
,
shall
have
power
and
authority
,
and
are
hereby
required
to
administer
the
late
Nationall
Covenant
appointed
to
be
taken
by
the
three
Kingdomes
of
England
,
Scotland
and
Ireland
,
to
all
persons
within
the
said
counties
and
citie
,
who
ought
to
take
the
same
by
the
late
Ordinance
and
Instructions
for
that
purpose
,
and
have
not
already
taken
it
.
And
be
it
further
Ordained
by
the
said
Lords
and
Commons
,
that
the
said
committees
or
any
three
or
more
of
them
,
shall
have
power
to
call
before
them
all
Ministers
and
Schoole-masters
within
the
said
counties
and
citie
that
are
scandalous
in
their
lives
,
or
ill-affected
to
the
Parliament
,
or
fomenters
of
this
unnaturall
War
,
or
shall
wilfully
refuse
obedience
to
the
Ordinances
of
Parliament
,
or
shall
have
deserted
their
ordinary
place
of
Residence
,
not
being
employed
in
the
service
of
the
King
and
Parliament
,
and
they
shall
have
power
to
send
for
any
witnesses
,
and
examine
any
complaint
,
or
receive
any
testimony
against
them
upon
Oath
of
any
person
that
shall
be
produced
to
give
evidence
against
them
,
and
upon
such
proofes
of
the
aforesaid
crimes
,
the
said
Committees
or
any
three
or
more
of
them
,
have
hereby
power
to
remove
and
eject
all
such
scandalous
Ministers
and
Schoole-masters
,
and
in
their
places
to
nominate
and
appoint
such
learned
,
able
,
and
godly
persons
as
they
shall
think
fit
,
and
shall
cause
all
such
Ministers
and
Schoole-masters
so
nominated
,
appointed
,
and
placed
,
to
be
put
in
possession
of
the
said
severall
Churches
and
Schooles
,
who
shall
and
may
respectively
take
,
receive
,
and
perceive
,
to
their
owne
use
,
the
profits
and
revenues
belonging
to
the
said
severall
Churches
and
places
in
as
large
and
ample
manner
as
the
severall
Ministers
and
persons
in
the
said
severall
places
have
formerly
used
to
do
:
And
all
Majors
,
Sheriffes
,
Constables
,
and
other
His
Majesties
Officers
and
Ministers
,
are
hereby
required
to
be
ayding
and
assisting
to
the
said
Committee
as
aforesaid
in
the
execution
of
this
service
;
and
t
is
lastly
ordered
,
declared
&
ordained
,
that
the
good
endeavours
of
the
said
Committee
in
the
execution
of
the
premisses
,
are
,
and
shall
be
taken
as
reall
and
publique
testimonies
to
the
publique
weale
,
and
themselves
,
and
such
others
as
shall
act
and
be
ayding
and
assisting
to
them
,
according
to
the
true
meaning
of
this
present
Ordinance
,
shall
be
for
so
doing
,
saved
harmelesse
and
indempnified
by
power
of
Parliament
.