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An act for setling the militia for the borough of Southwark, and parishes adjacent. Thursday, July 14. 1659. Ordered by the Parliament, that this act be forthwith printed and published. Thomas St. Nicholas Clerk of the Parliament.
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England and Wales.
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Wing E1070; Thomason E1074_13; ESTC R208307
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AN ACT For setling the MILITIA For the Borough of Southwark and Parishes adjacent Thursday July 14. 1659. ORdered by the Parliament That this Act be forthwith Printed and Published Thomas St. Nicholas Clerk of the Parliament LONDON Printed by John Field and Henry Hills Printers to the Parliament And are to be sold at the seven Stars in Fleet-street over against Dunstans Church 1659. AN ACT For setling the MILITIA FOR THE Borough of Southwark and Parishes adjacent BE it Enacted by this present Parliament and the Authority thereof That Lieutenant General Charls Fleetwood Sir Henry Vane Knight Thomas Scot George Thompson Nathaniel Rich Cornelius Cook Samuel Hyland James Walker Richard Downs Robert White Thomas Lee Edward Hall Edward Brent John Sandon William Angel Esqs Major Richard Lewin Captain _____ Shaw Captain William Smiter Griffith Kent John Shorter Merchants William Hester William Bab Edward Leader Jeremiah Rushley John Pope Francis Neeves Gent. John Planner Thomas Burton James Pitman William Sledd James Childe Nath. Collier William Fenton John Pool Samuel Lynne senior Thomas Middleton John Smith Morrice Craddock John Showel William Lance James Reading John Parker Gent. John Trenchard Peter Delanoy Jeremiah Baynes William Hiccock Christopher Serle Thomas Wenborne Thomas Walker Thomas Irons Charls Crayker and Richard Lee Esqs or any Seven or more of them be and are hereby constituted and appointed a Committee for the Militia for the Borough of Southwark and Parishes adjacent viz. Olaves Savior Thomas Georges Many Magdalen Bermondsey Redriffe alias Rotherhith Mary Newington and Lambeth in the County of Surrey mentioned in the weekly Bills of Mortality on the south-side the River Thames And that they or any Seven or more of them shall have power and are hereby authorized to assemble and call together all and every such well-affected person and persons within the Parishes aforesaid as are meet and fit to bear Arms and them well and sufficiently from time to time to cause to be Armed Arrayed and Weaponed and to Form into Companies Troops and Regiments and to Lead Conduct and Imploy or cause to be Led Conducted and Imployed as well within the Parishes aforesaid as within and into any other places of this Common-wealth for Suppressing of all Insurrections Rebellions and Invasions that may happen to be and to Fight with Kill and Slay such Enemies and Rebels as they shall finde in Arms against this Common-wealth And further to Act and Do according as they shall from time to time receive Directions from the Parliament or Council of State by the Parliament appointed or to be appointed And that the said Commissioners or any Seven or more of them shall have power and authority to present to the Parliament or Council of State the names of such person or persons having respect to the Qualifications declared by the Parliament as they shall think fit to be Colonels Lieutenant Colonels Majors Captains and other Commission Officers of the said persons so to be Armed Arrayed and Weaponed Which Persons so presented and approved of by the Parliament or Council of State shall have Commissions Signed by the Speaker of the Parliament as the Officers of the Army have and being so Commissionated shall have power to Train Exercise and put in readiness and also to Lead and Conduct the persons so to be Armed Arrayed and Weaponed by the directions and to the intents and purposes aforesaid And for the providing of Horse and Arms and the Furniture thereunto belonging for the Arming Weaponing the persons aforesaid And also for the Defraying and Paying the necessary Charges thereunto belonging Be it further Enacted that the said Commissioners or any Seven or more of them have hereby Power and Authority to Assess and Charge all and every such person and persons inhabiting and residing within the Parishes aforesaid or who have Estates within the said Parishes proportionably according to such Estates there as are or shall be fit and meet to be Assest and Charged for the purposes aforesaid for and towards the finding furnishing and providing maintaining and having in readiness one or more Horse or Horses Arms or other Furniture according to the several Estates and abilities of the person so to be Assest and Charged Provided That no one Person not having an Estate of the clear value of three thousand pounds of which the said Commissioners are to be Iudges be Charged or Chargeable with an Horse Arms and the Furniture thereunto belonging and that no one person not having an estate of the clear value of four hundred pounds of which the said Commissioners are to be Iudges be charged or chargeable with a whole foot Arms and the furniture thereunto belonging Provided nevertheless And be it Enacted That all and every person or persons having an Estate of the clear value of one hundred pounds and under the said value of four hundred pounds be chargeable by the said Commissioners for and towards the finding and providing of Drums Colours Powder Match and Bullet so that such charge upon any one Person exceed not the Sum of twenty shillings And be it further Enacted that if any person or persons so to be Assessed or Charged by the said Commissioners shall refuse or neglect by the time to be appointed by the said Commissioners to Provide and furnish such sufficient Horse Horses Arms and other furniture or to pay such Sum or Sums of money towards the providing and furnishing as aforesaid That then it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Commissioners or any Seven or more of them to inflict a penalty upon such person and persons not exceeding twenty pounds and also by Warrant under their hands and Seals to commit such person and persons so refusing or neglecting to Prison there to remain without Bail or Mainprize til he or they shal conform thereunto and also shall pay such penalty so inflicted as aforesaid or else by like Warrant to Levy such Sum or Sums of Money or the value of such Horse Horses Arms and Furniture and such penalty inflicted by Distresse and Sale of the Goods of the person or persons so neglecting or refusing rendring the overplus to the party so distrained all necessary Charges for Levying thereof being first deducted And be it further Enacted that if any person or persons so to be Armed Arrayed and Weaponed shall detain or imbezle his Horse Arms or other Furniture wherewith he shall be intrusted That it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Commissioners or any five or more of them to imprison such person and persons till he or they have made satisfaction for the Horse Arms or other Furniture so by him detained or imbezled and also that if any person so to be Armed Horsed or Weaponed as aforesaid shall not appear and serve compleatly furnished with the Horse Arms and other Furniture wherewith he is intrusted at the Beat of Drum Sound of Trumpet or other summons That then and so often it shall and may be lawful to
and for the said Commissioners or any five of them if the default be in the person or persons so intrusted to imprison such person or persons for the space of five days without Bail or Mainprize or inflict a penalty if a Horseman not exceeding twenty shillings and if a Footman not exceeding ten shillings to be paid down without delay or forbearance And if any person or persons so assessed or charged as aforesaid shall refuse or neglect to deliver his Horse Arms or other Furniture upon such summons or other notice as aforesaid That then and so often it shall and may be Lawfull to and for the said Commissioners or any three or more to inflict a penalty not exceeding five pounds to be Levied by distress and sale of the Goods of such person persons so refusing as aforesaid rendring the overplus to the party distrained necessary charges for Levying being first deducted And for the better discovery of the ability of the persons to be assessed and charged and of all mildemeanors tending to the hindrance of the service aforesaid the said Commissioners or any five or more of them are hereby enabled to examine upon Oath such person and persons as they shall judge necessary and Convenient And for the better and more speedie execution of the Premises Be it further Enacted And the said Commissioners are hereby required to appoint such and so often General meetings of themselves as they shall think fit and at such General meetings to appoint one or more Treasurer or Treasurers for receiving such money as shall be Levied by vertue hereof of all which Receipts and disbursements thereof the said Treasurers and Receivers are every six Moneths to give their Accompt in writing to the Parliament or Council of State And be it further Enacted That the said Commissioners or any Seven or more of them shall and may Summon all and every Treasurer and Treasurers of any former Committee or Commissioners for the Militia within the Parishes aforesaid or any other person or persons who by vertue of any Authority of Parliament or otherwise are possest of any Sum or Sums of Money Arms or Ammunition in relation to the said Militia and to require them and every of them forthwith to pay every such Sum and sums of Money and deliver such Arms and Ammunition remaining in their hands aforesaid to such person or persons as the said Commissioners appointed by this Act or any Seven or more of them shall appoint and in case of non-payment and delivery of such Arms and Ammunition to Levy the same Money or value of the said Arms and Ammunition by Imprisonment of the person or by distress and sale rendring the overplus to the party distrained All which Moneys so Levied and Received and all such Arms and Ammunition as aforesaid to be delivered are to be imployed for carrying on of the said service and at such General meetings the said Commissioners are to divide themselves in such proportions and numbers as they shall judge convenient and into such Precincts and divisions as may most tend to the speedy and effectual advancement of the service And for the better securing of the Peace of this Commonwealth Be it further Enacted and Ordained And the said Commissioners or any Seven or more of them are hereby enabled and Authorized from time to time by Warrant under their hands seals to imploy such wel affected person or persons as they shall think fit of which the Constable for the time being within his respective Parish to be one in the day-time to search for and seize all Arms and Horses in the custody or possession of any Popish Recusant or other person that hath been in Arms against the Parliament or that hath adhered to the Enemies thereof or any other person whom the said Commissioners shall judge dangerous to the Peace of this Commonwealth and with such Arms and Horse to Arm such well affected persons as they shall think fit or otherwise to secure such Arms and Horse for the use of the Commonwealth to which purpose the persons so to be imployed are hereby Authorized and required to enter into the House or Lodging of any such person as aforesaid and there to search for seize and take away such Arms and Horse as they shall finde and thereof from time to time to give accompt to the said Commissioners And be it further Enacted That all high Constables Petty Constables and other Officers and Ministers within the Parishes aforesaid be and are hereby required to be aiding and assisting to the said Commissioners in execution of the Premisses and that all and every Person and Persons who shall Act or Do any thing in execution thereof shall be saved harmless and Indempnified by Authority of Parliament And be it further Enacted That it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Commissioners or any Seven or more of them to impose the finding and providing of Horse and Arms as aforesaid by joyning two three or more persons together in the Charge as to their Iudgements shall appear most conducible to the service of the Common-wealth Provided That this Act shall continue in Force until the First day of March One thousand six hundred fifty nine and no longer Thursday 14. July 1659. ORdered by the Parliament That this Act be forthwith Printed and Published Thomas St. Nicholas Clerk of the Parliament