Die
Mercurii
,
17
Maii
.
1643.
WHereas
by
an
Ordinance
of
both
Houses
of
Parliament
,
dated
the
30.
day
of
Ianuary
last
,
for
a
new
loane
and
Contribution
towards
the
reliefe
of
Ireland
,
it
is
(
amongst
other
things
which
conduce
to
the
advance
of
that
service
)
ordered
that
the
Churchwardens
of
every
Parish
(
or
the
Overseers
for
the
poore
,
where
there
is
no
Churchwardens
)
having
collected
and
gathered
the
free
and
charitable
Benevolences
of
all
the
Inhabitants
thereof
;
and
all
sum
and
sums
of
Monie
,
Victuall
,
Arms
,
Ammunition
,
Goods
,
Wares
,
or
Commodities
that
any
the
said
Parishioners
shall
be
willing
to
lend
and
disburse
,
as
in
the
said
Ordinance
is
expressed
,
shall
cause
to
be
written
down
in
a
Schedule
thereof
indented
,
as
well
the
name
and
names
of
the
severall
Givers
as
of
the
Lenders
,
with
the
severall
sum
and
sums
which
shall
bee
by
every
of
them
lent
or
given
:
and
having
subscribed
their
names
at
the
foot
of
one
part
of
the
said
Schedule
indented
,
shall
deliver
that
part
,
together
with
all
such
sum
and
sums
of
Money
,
Victuall
,
Arms
,
Ammunition
,
Goods
,
Wares
,
and
Commodities
,
unto
such
person
or
persons
as
shall
be
therefore
imployed
and
intrusted
by
Order
of
the
Committee
of
Parliament
mentioned
in
the
said
Ordinance
to
bee
appointed
to
take
care
of
the
affaires
of
Ireland
,
or
any
eight
of
them
,
and
that
the
said
person
and
persons
so
intrusted
,
shall
upon
receipt
thereof
subscribe
the
other
part
of
the
said
Schedule
to
remaine
with
the
Churchwardens
,
or
Overseers
,
and
Parishioners
,
as
is
expressed
in
that
Ordinance
,
and
receiving
the
Money
,
Victuall
,
Arms
,
Ammunition
,
Goods
,
Wares
,
and
Commodities
in
the
severall
Parishes
,
shall
with
all
convenient
speed
after
the
receipt
thereof
returne
the
same
unto
the
Treasurers
appointed
by
that
Ordinance
at
the
Guildhall
London
.
Now
forasmuch
as
in
the
directions
that
have
been
already
given
into
the
severall
Counties
of
this
Kingdom
,
to
the
Commissioners
named
in
the
late
Act
of
Parliament
for
raising
the
Subsidie
of
400000.
li.
to
whose
care
and
good
endeavours
the
mannaging
of
this
Affaire
is
specially
recommended
;
no
person
or
persons
are
particularly
named
to
receive
such
Money
,
Victuals
,
Armes
,
Ammunition
,
Goods
,
Wares
,
and
Commodities
from
the
Churchwardens
and
Overseers
in
such
manner
as
the
Ordinance
of
Parliament
doth
seeme
to
require
,
and
as
may
bee
for
their
indempnity
and
discharge
.
The
Lodrs
and
Commons
in
this
present
Parliament
assembled
,
to
avoid
all
ambiguities
and
hinderances
that
may
retard
the
service
which
is
of
so
great
necessity
at
this
present
,
and
to
give
the
best
furtherance
they
may
to
so
pious
and
charitable
a
worke
which
is
so
well
begun
in
divers
parts
of
the
Kingdom
,
alreadie
doe
hereby
authorize
and
appoint
the
before
mentioned
Commissioners
named
in
the
late
Act
of
Parliament
for
raising
the
Subsidie
of
400000.
li.
in
the
severall
Counties
of
this
Kingdome
,
and
the
Dominion
of
Wales
,
within
the
severall
divisions
of
each
County
,
as
well
within
Liberties
as
without
,
to
receive
and
take
either
by
themselves
,
or
such
persons
as
they
shall
depute
from
the
Churchwardens
,
Collectors
,
and
others
that
are
imployed
for
such
Collections
,
all
such
Moneys
,
Victuals
,
Armes
,
Ammunition
,
Goods
,
Wares
and
Commodities
,
as
they
have
,
or
shall
from
time
to
time
have
collected
by
vertue
of
the
said
Ordinance
,
together
with
the
Schedules
thereof
,
so
to
be
signed
as
aforesaid
,
and
to
subscribe
and
deliver
back
unto
those
Churchwardens
or
Collectors
,
the
other
part
of
such
Schedules
indented
for
their
indempnity
and
discharge
:
And
the
said
Churchwardens
and
Collectors
of
every
Parish
,
as
well
within
Liberties
as
without
,
are
hereby
required
to
deliver
,
without
delay
,
all
such
Money
,
Victuals
,
Armes
,
Ammunition
,
Goods
,
Wares
,
and
Commodities
,
with
the
Schedules
before
mentioned
,
unto
those
respective
Commissioners
,
or
such
as
they
shall
appoint
to
receive
the
same
,
who
are
in
all
other
respects
to
observe
the
former
directions
given
them
for
the
disposing
thereof
,
according
to
the
tenor
of
the
said
Ordinance
and
Orders
given
them
in
that
behalfe
.
FINIS
.