An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament with the names of the knights and gentlemen entrusted in every county to bring up a speedy account of the weekely assessment and to returne the names of all such persons as refuse to pay : also the instructions agreed upon by both Houses for the said gentlemen appointed for this service. Laws, etc. England and Wales. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B22178 of text R12002 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 8KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B22178 Wing E2112 ocm 12201170

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in Parliament .

With the names of the Knights and Gentlemen entrusted in every County to bring up a speedy account of the Weekely Assessement , and to returne the names of all such persons as refuse to pay .

Also the Instructions agreed upon by both Houses , for the said Gentlemen appointed for this service .

Die Mercurii , 3 Maii . 1643.

ORdered by the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament , that this Ordinance and Instructions shall be forthwith printed and published .

Io . Browne Cler . Parliamentorum .

LONDON , Printed for Iohn Wright in the Old-baily , May 4. 1643.

Die Mercurii , 3 Maii . 1643.

THE Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled , finding that the Moneys rated upon the Counties by the Ordinance for the weekly Assessement are not returned up with such expedition as the emergent and present necessities doe require , Have thought fit , and doe order and ordaine that two or more Persons of trust shall be , and are hereby appointed for each County to take especiall care herein , and to put in execution with all industry and fidelity within their respective Counties : for which they are appointed these instructions hereunto annexed : And shall have such Allowance towards their Charges and Expences in this Service as upon their respective Accounts shall be thought fit by the Lords and Commons , viz. For the County of Middlesex Sir John Francklyn Knight , and Sir Edward Barkeham Knight and Baronet : for the County of Kent Sir Henry Heyman , Knight and Baronet , and Thomas Blunt Esq. for the City & County of Canterbury Sir Edward Masters , and Sir William Man , Knights : for the County of E●sex , Sir Richard Everard Baronet , and Sir Thomas Hone●wood Knight : for the County of Surrey , Sir John Dingley Knight , & John Goodwin , Esq. for the Borough of Southwarke , with the Parishes of Rotherhith , Newington-buts , & Lambeth , John White Esq. and Cornelius Cooke : for the County of Sussex , Herbert Morley , & John Baker , Esqirs . for the county of Hertford , Sir Tho . Dacres Knight , & John Heydon , Esq. for the county of Cambridge , Tho . Symons , Esqu . & Thomas Thompson , Gent . for the Isle of Ely , Sir Myles Sands , Knight , & William Fisher , Esq. for the county of Suffolke , Sir Wil . Spring Barro . & Wil . Hevenningham , Esqu . for the county of Norfolke , and the city and county of Norwich , Sir John Hubbert Barronet , Samuel Smith , & Thomas Toll , Esquires : for the county of Huntington , Onslow Winch , & Tirrill Josselin , Esquires : for the county of Burkingham , Henry Bulstrode , & Thomas Tirrill , Esquires : for the county of Bedford , Sir John Burgon Barronet , & Samuel Brown , Esq. for the county of Southampton , Richard Whitehead , & Richard Norton , Esquires : for the Isle of Wight , Sir Henry Worsesly , Bar . & John Buckley Esq. for the county of Northampton , Sir Richard Samuel Knight , and John Crew Esq. for the county of Berks , Sir Francis Knoles the younger , & Tanfield Vachell , Esq. for the county of Wilts , Sir Edw . Hungerford Knight , & Edward Goddard of Vpham , Esq. for the county of Somerset , Sir John Horner Knight , & Alexander Popham , Esq. for the county of Dorset , Sir Walter Earle Knight , & John Fitz-James , of Lewsam ▪ Esq. for the county of Warwick , Godfrey Boswell , & George Abbots , Esquires : for the county of Glocester , and the county of the city of Glocester , Sir Robert Cooke Knight , Edward Stevens , & Thomas Purry , Esquires : for the city of Westminster , Sir Robert Pye Knight , and John Glynne , Esq.

Die Mercurii . 3. Maii 1643.

Instructions agreed upon by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled , for the Gentlemen that are appointed by the Ordinance hereunto annexed , to take care within their respective Counties of the speedy payment of the weekly Assessement , and other payments for the Armie .

I. YOu shall forthwith call all the Collectors within the severall Divisions before you , and strictly examine what Monies have been already collected by vertue of the Ordinance for the weekly Assessement , and cause all such Monies to be with all possible speed safely sent up to the T●●asurer of the Army , according to the said Ordinance . II . Such Moneys as are due , or shall grow due , and not yet collected , you shall cause to be speedily leavied , and sent up , as aforesaid . III . Where you shall finde the said Ordinance hath not been put in execution , you sha●l informe your selves who be the Committees of that Division , and through whose default such neglect hath hapned , and certifie their names to the Lords and Commons in Parliament . IV . You shall cause such Committees as are next to the place where such negligence or defect shall be found , forthwith to put the said Ordinance in execution , and to make their Assessements for the whole three moneths mentioned in the said Ordinance , and to appoint Collectors with all speed to collect the same according to the said Ordinance . V. You shall enquire whether the Assessors thorowout the said County have made their Assessements according to the said Ordinance ; and such as you shall finde to have been negligent , or otherwise faulty therein , you shall cause them to be fined by the Committees , according to the power given by the said Ordinance , and their Fines to be collected and returned , together with the rest of the Money assessed . VI . You shall likewise cause all Collectors , who have neglected their duties in collecting the said Assessements , to be fined according to the said Ordinance , and their Fines to be leavied and returned accordingly . VII . You shall take care that a true and exact List be forthwith made in Parchment faire written , of the names and sirnames , and places of abode of all such persons within the said County , as are assessed by vertue of the said Ordinance , and refuse to pay the Moneyes so assessed upon them , and whose Moneys you cannot leavie by distresse , and to returne a true Copie of the said List under the hands of the said Committees , or under the hands of two of them at the least , that such further course be taken with such persons so listed as shall be thought fit . VIII . You shall take speciall care that all Moneys hereafter to be leavied by any other Ordinance of Parliament for the maintaining of the said Armie , be duly and speedily leavied accordingly . IX . You shall once every weeke , and oftner if it may be , give an account in writing of your proceedings herein , and of all other things you shall conceive advantagious for this Service , to the Speaker of the House of Commons .
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