22.
Febr
.
1643.
An
Ordinance
of
the
Lords
and
Commons
Assembled
in
Parliament
,
for
taking
and
Receiving
of
the
Accompts
of
the
whole
Kingdome
.
WHereas
divers
sums
of
money
,
and
other
goods
have
been
Raysed
,
leavyed
,
and
taken
by
divers
persons
,
partly
by
vertue
of
severall
Acts
of
Parliament
,
Ordinances
,
and
Orders
of
both
or
one
of
the
houses
of
Parliament
,
and
partly
by
pretence
and
Colour
of
the
said
Acts
,
Orders
,
and
Ordinances
,
or
some
of
them
,
and
by
other
persons
without
any
authority
at
all
,
upon
pretences
,
neverthelesse
for
the
use
or
service
of
the
Commonwealth
;
The
Lords
&
Commons
in
Parliament
think
it
very
necessary
,
and
do
Ordain
,
that
all
&
every
the
Receivers
of
such
sums
of
Money
,
Goods
,
and
other
things
,
shall
make
a
perfect
accompt
of
all
and
every
the
said
sums
and
Goods
:
And
for
that
purpose
have
appointed
a
Committee
hereafter
named
:
And
whereas
the
Lords
&
Commons
hold
it
fit
,
that
no
person
lyable
to
any
such
accompt
shall
be
of
the
said
Committee
,
or
of
any
Sub-Committee
,
for
taking
the
said
Accompts
:
And
for
the
more
speedy
taking
of
the
same
Accompt
,
have
Declared
,
that
no
Member
,
or
Officer
of
either
House
of
Parliament
,
or
Assistant
of
the
Lords
House
,
or
Officer
of
the
Army
,
or
other
Forces
raised
by
the
Parliament
,
shall
be
of
the
said
Committee
or
any
the
Sub-committees
.
Be
it
therefore
ordained
by
the
Lords
and
Commons
in
Parliament
,
That
the
persons
hereafter
named
,
That
is
to
say
,
William
Cockain
&
Will
:
Methold
Merchants
,
John
Glover
Esq
;
William
Pryn
Esq
;
Iohn
Stevens
Esq
;
Thomas
Hodges
Merchant
,
Henry
Hunter
Merchant
,
Edmond
Cason
,
Samuel
Elliot
,
Iohn
Langly
Merchant
;
Walter
Boothby
,
Iohn
Gregory
,
Oliver
Clowbery
,
Thomas
Hutchins
,
Anthony
Bidolph
,
Robert
Ellis
,
Merchants
;
Edward
Mead
,
Thomas
Andrews
,
Nichollas
Gold
,
Christopher
Pack
,
Daniel
Hudson
,
George
Witham
,
Laurence
Brinsl●y
,
Andrew
Kendrick
,
William
Collins
,
shall
be
a
Committee
,
for
the
taking
of
the
said
Accounts
of
all
and
every
the
Treasurers
,
Receivers
,
Collectors
,
or
Agents
for
the
Parliament
Members
,
or
Officers
of
either
Houses
of
Parliament
,
or
Assistants
of
the
Lords
House
;
Officers
of
the
Armie
,
or
other
Forces
raised
by
Authority
of
both
houses
of
Parliament
,
or
other
person
,
or
persons
whatsoever
,
which
have
Taken
,
Received
,
or
Issued
ou●
,
or
shall
Receive
or
Issue
out
,
or
shall
be
otherwise
Chargeable
with
any
the
said
Monies
,
or
other
goods
,
Raised
,
Leavied
or
taken
;
or
that
shall
be
Received
,
Issued
out
,
Raised
,
Levied
,
or
taken
as
aforesaid
,
and
to
enquire
of
all
frauds
,
deceits
,
or
misdemeanours
concerning
the
premeses
,
as
also
of
the
sums
of
Money
that
are
Rated
and
Assessed
upon
any
person
,
or
persons
,
and
not
yet
paid
,
or
which
shall
not
at
the
time
of
such
Accompt
be
paid
,
and
to
certifie
the
same
to
both
or
either
of
the
said
Houses
,
or
to
any
Committee
,
by
both
or
either
of
the
said
Houses
in
that
behalf
to
be
appointed
.
And
every
person
of
the
said
Committee
,
hereby
Ordained
,
before
he
enter
upon
the
said
service
,
shall
take
an
Oath
before
the
Speaker
for
the
time
being
of
either
of
the
said
Houses
,
for
the
due
execution
of
the
said
Service
:
Which
oath
,
the
severall
Speakers
for
the
time
being
of
both
the
said
Houses
shall
have
power
,
and
are
hereby
Authorized
to
administer
,
The
teno
whereof
shall
be
as
followeth
,
viz.
I
A.
B.
do
sweare
,
that
according
to
my
best
skill
and
knowledge
,
I
shall
faithfully
,
diligently
and
truely
demean
my self
,
in
taking
the
Accompts
of
all
such
persons
as
shall
come
before
me
in
execution
of
an
Ordinance
of
both
Houses
of
Parliament
,
entituled
,
An
Ordinance
of
the
Lords
and
Commons
assembled
in
Parliament
,
for
taking
and
receiving
of
the
accompts
of
the
whole
Kingdome
,
according
to
the
tenour
of
the
said
Ordinance
:
And
that
I
shall
not
for
feare
,
favour
,
reward
or
affection
,
give
any
allowance
to
conceal
,
spare
,
or
discharge
any
.
So
help
me
God
.
And
the
said
Committee
,
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
,
shall
have
power
,
and
are
hereby
authorised
,
if
they
shall
see
cause
,
to
make
and
ordaine
sub-Committees
in
every
County
,
Citie
or
place
where
they
shall
think
meet
,
who
shall
have
the
like
power
and
authority
within
their
severall
limits
,
as
the
said
Committee
before
named
is
authorised
▪
to
have
by
vertue
of
this
present
Ordinance
,
and
shall
take
the
said
Oath
before
any
two
or
more
of
the
said
Committee
,
or
such
as
they
shall
appoynt
,
who
shall
have
power
,
and
are
hereby
authorized
and
required
to
administer
the
same
.
The
said
Oath
to
bee
taken
before
they
take
upon
them
the
execution
of
the
said
service
.
And
the
said
Committee
herein
named
;
and
every
such
sub-Committee
as
aforesaid
,
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
respectively
shall
have
power
,
and
are
hereby
authorized
and
required
,
to
call
before
them
all
and
every
the
persons
chargeable
,
as
aforesaid
,
and
to
cause
them
to
accompt
of
all
and
everie
such
monies
and
goods
for
which
they
or
any
of
them
shall
be
so
chargeable
and
accomptable
as
aforesaid
:
Which
Accompt
shall
bee
given
in
upon
Oath
:
and
the
said
Committee
,
or
sub-Committees
,
or
any
two
of
them
,
are
hereby
authorized
to
administer
the
said
Oat
:
The
tenour
whereof
shall
be
as
followeth
:
viz.
I
A.
B.
doe
Swear
,
that
I
shall
according
to
the
best
of
my
knowledge
,
give
into
this
Committee
(
or
sub-Committee
)
a
just
and
true
Accompt
of
all
and
every
the
moneyes
,
or
other
goods
by
me
,
or
any
other
by
my
appoyntment
,
or
to
my
use
,
received
or
issued
out
,
leavyed
,
or
taken
by
vertue
of
any
Act
of
this
present
Parliament
,
Order
,
or
Ordinance
of
both
,
or
one
of
the
Houses
of
Parliament
,
or
by
colour
or
pretence
of
any
such
Act
,
Order
,
or
Ordinance
,
or
for
which
I
am
any
way
chargeable
,
or
accomptable
by
force
or
vertue
of
a
late
Ordinance
of
both
the
said
Houses
,
entituled
,
An
Ordinance
of
the
Lords
and
Commons
assembled
in
Parliament
for
taking
and
receiving
the
accompts
of
the
whole
Kingdom
,
without
any
fraud
or
concealement
whatsoever
.
So
help
me
God
.
And
shall
likewise
have
Power
,
and
are
hereby
authorized
to
direct
the
manner
of
the
said
accompts
,
and
to
examine
as
well
the
persons
accomptable
,
as
any
witnesses
,
or
others
that
can
informe
or
testifie
any
thing
materiall
touching
the
Premisse
,
upon
their
corporall
oaths
(
which
they
are
hereby
authorized
to
administer
)
and
to
send
for
any
person
or
persons
whom
they
shall
think
fit
,
and
to
cause
them
to
bring
in
and
produce
any
Books
of
Accompts
,
Writings
,
Papers
,
Inventories
,
Apprisements
,
Rentalls
,
or
other
things
necessary
touching
the
Premises
:
And
if
any
person
or
persons
in
whose
house
or
custody
any
such
Bookes
,
Writings
,
Accompts
,
or
Papers
concerning
the
said
Accompt
shall
be
supposed
to
be
,
shall
refuse
to
shew
and
produce
them
,
then
the
said
Committee
or
sub-Committees
respectively
,
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
,
may
cause
any
doors
,
locks
,
bolts
,
chests
,
trunks
,
or
other
places
,
of
or
belonging
to
any
such
person
or
persons
(
being
no
Member
of
either
House
of
Parliament
)
to
be
opened
,
whereby
search
may
be
made
for
any
such
things
.
And
if
any
person
or
persons
shall
refuse
to
come
or
appeare
before
the
said
Committee
or
Sub-Committees
,
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
respectively
,
upon
convenient
summons
,
or
shall
otherwise
wilfully
disobey
,
or
withstand
their
Command
,
in
or
concerning
the
Premises
,
then
they
,
or
any
two
,
or
more
of
them
respectively
,
shall
have
power
to
grant
out
their
Warrants
for
the
apprehending
of
every
such
person
(
being
no
Member
of
either
House
of
Parliament
)
and
to
punish
him
by
Fine
and
Imprisonment
,
and
to
breake
open
any
doores
,
lockes
,
bolts
,
chests
,
truncks
,
or
other
places
,
of
or
belonging
to
such
person
,
whereby
search
may
be
made
as
aforesaid
.
And
if
any
such
person
so
refusing
to
deliver
in
the
Books
,
Papers
,
or
Writings
aforesaid
,
or
disobeying
or
withstanding
their
Commands
,
be
a
Member
of
either
House
of
Parliament
,
then
to
certifie
his
name
and
offence
to
both
or
either
of
the
said
Houses
,
or
to
such
as
they
shall
appoint
to
receive
the
same
.
And
shall
have
power
,
and
are
hereby
authorized
and
required
to
examine
all
and
every
the
said
person
and
persons
chargeable
,
as
aforesaid
,
by
what
Warrant
or
Warrants
they
or
any
of
them
have
received
or
issued
out
,
or
shall
receive
or
issue
out
any
such
moneys
or
goods
,
and
to
use
all
fitting
means
for
the
discovery
of
the
truth
,
in
and
concerning
the
Premises
,
as
occasion
shall
require
:
And
shall
certifie
their
proceedings
and
doings
therein
to
both
or
either
of
the
said
Houses
of
Parliament
,
or
such
as
they
shall
appoint
from
time
to
time
,
when
,
and
as
oft
as
they
shall
be
thereunto
required
.
And
the
said
Committee
and
Sub-Committees
,
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
respectively
,
shall
have
power
to
appoint
Clerks
,
Registers
,
and
other
agents
and
ministers
under
them
,
for
the
better
expediting
of
the
said
service
,
as
they
shall
think
fit
,
and
to
keep
one
or
more
Office
or
Offices
for
that
purpose
,
in
such
place
or
places
as
they
shall
think
most
convenient
,
and
to
do
all
such
other
acts
and
things
which
shall
necessarily
conduce
to
the
execution
of
the
said
service
:
And
they
and
all
others
that
shall
be
imployed
in
and
about
the
said
service
,
shall
be
therein
protected
and
saved
harmlesse
by
the
power
and
authority
of
both
Houses
of
Parliament
:
And
the
Lords
and
Commons
will
in
due
time
,
take
consideration
of
the
pains
of
the
Committees
aforenamed
;
And
the
said
Clerks
,
ministers
,
and
other
agents
,
shall
have
such
recompence
for
their
charges
,
pains
and
travell
,
in
this
behalf
,
as
by
the
said
Committee
,
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
shall
be
thought
fit
,
and
shall
be
approved
of
by
both
Houses
of
Parliament
:
And
those
that
shall
make
discovery
to
the
said
Committee
,
or
Sub-Committees
,
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
respectively
,
of
any
such
moneys
or
goods
,
as
aforesaid
,
concealed
or
detained
by
any
other
person
,
who
is
,
or
ought
to
be
accomptable
for
the
same
,
shall
have
six
pence
in
every
pound
for
his
service
therein
,
and
such
further
recompence
as
shall
be
thought
fit
by
both
Houses
of
Parliament
,
or
such
as
they
shall
appoint
.
And
be
it
further
ordained
,
That
all
and
every
person
and
persons
chargeable
or
accomptable
with
any
such
money
or
goods
as
aforesaid
,
by
vertue
of
,
or
according
to
this
present
Ordinance
,
shall
bring
in
his
and
their
accompts
to
the
said
Committee
or
Sub-Committees
for
this
service
,
within
their
respective
limits
,
within
ten
dayes
after
they
shall
be
thereunto
required
by
the
said
Committee
or
Sub-Committees
,
foure
or
more
of
them
,
unlesse
the
said
Committee
or
Sub-Committees
shall
think
sit
in
regard
of
the
length
of
the
same
accompt
,
or
otherwise
to
give
unto
them
further
time
,
under
paine
of
sequestration
of
their
Estates
,
and
such
other
punishment
as
shall
be
thought
fit
by
both
Houses
of
Parliament
:
And
the
said
Lords
and
Commons
doe
further
ordain
and
command
,
all
Sheriffes
,
Majors
,
Bayliffes
,
Constables
,
Headboroughs
,
and
other
Officers
whatsoever
,
to
be
attendant
,
assistant
and
obedient
to
the
commands
of
the
said
Committees
and
Sub-Committees
respectively
,
under
such
penalty
of
sequestration
or
otherwise
as
aforesaid
.