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A82586	A declaration and ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the better securing and setling of the peace of the county of Kent, and for enabling them to associate with the City of London, or any other counties adjacent. And to raise forces within the said county, as well horse as foot, and therewith to give, or cause battell to be given to all such forces as are or shal be raised without the consent of both houses of Parliament; and all such persons with their abbettors and adherents to invade, resist, put to flight, pursue, suppresse, kill, slay, put to execution of death, and by all means to destroy, as enemies to the kingdom. Likewise, instructions for the lord-lieutenant, deputy-lieutenants, and other offiers [sic], and commanders in the county of Kent. And, that every person which shall be imployed as souldiers in this service, of the age of 16. yeers and upwards, shall solemnly take an oath, to be approved of by the Parliament, and they that wilfully neglect the same shall be proceeded against as delinquents, and enemies of the peace of the kingdom. Die Martis, 30 Maii. 1643. Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that this declaration and ordinance with the instructions shall be forthwith printed and published. J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.	England and Wales. Parliament.	1643 (1643)	Wing E1301; Thomason E104_22; ESTC R13977	7,748	13

Foote Be it declared and ordained by the authority aforesaid That the said Lord-lieutenant and Deputy-lieutenants or any seven or more of them shall have hereby full power and authority to make give and execute the same Orders and Instructions for regulating and punishing the Officers Troopers and Souldiers of the said Forces as his Excellency the Lord Generall hath done in his Army and to compell them to obedience as occasion shall require And the better to defend the said County and Inhabitants thereof from all invading plundering and pillaging and that spéedy meanes may be used for the furnishing and providing of Horses Armes and Ammunition making Fortifications payment of Officers and other necessary charges And for the repayment of all such sums of money as are or hath béen already or shall be advanced and subscribed towards the forwarding of this worke It is hereby declared and ordained That forthwith and from time to time untill the said Forces shall by authority of both Houses be disbanded there be raised by way of taxe or rate within the said County and places aforesaid such sums of money for the intents aforesaid as to the Lord-lieutenant Deputy-lieutenants or any seven or more of them shall be thought requisite and necessary And that the Deputy-Lieutenants or any thrée or more of them after thrée moneths next ensuing the first sessement made by vertue of this Ordinance shall issue forth their severall Warrants unto such persons as by them or any three of them have béen or shall be constituted and appointed Treasurers or Receivers of such sums of money as have béen or at any time hereafter before the said sessement or any leavies thereupon made shall be lent towards the advancement of this worke for the repayment of the same unto the lenders thereof they the said lenders produceing the Acquittance or Acquitances of the said Treasurers or Receivers for the said moneys lent as aforesaid Instructions for the Lord-lieutenant Deputy-lieutenants and others Officers and Commanders in the County of Kent the City and County of Canterbury and the Cinqueports and members thereof within the said County of Kent I. THat the Lord-Lieutenant and Deputy-Lieutenants of the said County of Kent of the City and County of Canterbury the said Cinqueports and members of the same or any two or more of them doe with all convenient speed summon the severall Gentlemen Freeholders and other Inhabitants thereof as well within the Liberties and Corporations as without that doe beare or are able to beare or finde Armes to such places in the said Counties and places aforesaid as they hold most fitting and at such meeting to take a view of what Armes and Forces may be raised besides the Trained-bands in the said Counties and places and examine the defects of Armes and Ammunition and to consult of some sitting course how to have the want of Armes and other defects supplied And at such meetings or at any other fit time or times the said Deputy-lieutenants or any two or more of them shall and may propound to all the inhabitants of the said Counties and places aforesaid that are able to beare or finde Armes or to contribute towards the same what present and iminent danger and necessity the Kingdome is now reduced unto by the wicked advice attempts and conspiracies of Papists Traitors Delinquents and other ill affected persons declaring themselves against the Parliament And to perswade and stir them up to joyn in a mutuall defence of one another and of all that shall associate with them to give provide furnish lend or advance Horse Money Plate or Armes towards the defence preservation of the peace of the said Counties and places aforesaid and towards the raising furnishing and maintaining of the Forces hereby ordained to be raised and maintained within the said Counties and places aforesaid II. And for the better leavying of all sums to be assessed and set upon the said Counties and places for the defence and preservation of the same as afore said the said Lord lieutenant and Deputy Lieutenants of the said Counties and places aforesaid or any two or more of them shal and may assesse and taxe or cause to be assessed and taxed the said sum and sums upon the severall Cities Corporations Lath Rapes Wapentakes Hundreds Townes Hamlets and Villages in the said Counties and places aforesaid And that they or any two or more of them shal and may nominate and appoint Treasurers Collectors and Assessors in the said Counties and places aforesaid for the assessing receiving and collecting such sum and sums of money as aforesaid And that the Deputy-Lieutenants or any two or more of them shall and may grant Warrants under their hands and feales in writing to any Constable Officer or any other person or persons whatsoever to raise and leavy the said sum and sums so to be assessed and taxed as aforesaid by distresse sale of goods or by such other waies or means as to the said Deputy-lieutenants or any two of them shal be thought requisite upon all such person and persons upon whom any sum shall be assessed and set as aforesaid that do refuse or neglect to pay the same And in case no distresse is or may be found then the said Deputy-lieutenants or any two or more of them shall and may commit such person persons so refusing neglecting to pay as aforesaid to some common Goale or to such other place as the said Deputy-lieutenants or any two of them shal think fit there to remaine without baile or mainprize untill payment be made of such sum and sums as abovesaid wherein speciall care shal be had and used that such sum and sums of money shall be impos●d taxed and leavied upon all Papists Delinquents and such who have either contributed nothing upon the subscriptions Propositions or very small and inconsiderable sums as may in proportion equall the subscriptions and contributions of those who are wel affected and have already liberally contributed and subscribed III. That all Sheriffs Justices of the peace Majors Bayliffs Constables and all other His Majesties Officers as well within Liberties as without be from time to time aiding and asisting unto the said Lord-lieutenant Deputy-lieutenants in execution of the power now or heretofore to them given by both Houses of Parliament And if they shal refuse or forbeare to be aiding and assisting to them therein that the said Lord-lieutenant and Deputy-lieutenants or any one or more of them shal them apprehend and imprison or cause them to be apprehended and imprisoned or sent up to the Parliament for further punishment as to justice shall appertaine IV. That if any person or persons being nominated or appointed Sessors or Collectors by vertue of this Ordinance shall refuse or neglect to be aiding and assisting in execution of such office so enjoyned him or them That for the first neglect of the said service the said Deputy-Lieutenants or any two of them shall impose upon every such Collector or

Sessor so refusing or neglecting the said Service the sum of ten pounds by way of mulct and for his second refuse all or neglect shall punish him with imprisonment till he shall conform himselfe V. That the said Lord-Lieutenant and Deputy-Lieutenants or any two or more of them doe put in execution in the said Counties and Places aforesaid as well this present Ordinance and Instructions as other Ordinances and Instructions formerly to them granted by both Houses of Parliament for raising of Money upon the Propositions for the executing of the Militia disarming of Papists and other ill affected persons or any other Ordinance or Instructions of both Houses heretofore granted to them now in forces And for that purpose that they or any two or more of them shal have power and authority to Arm Exercise Train and put in readinesse as well all and every the trained Bands and Troops of the said Counties and Places aforesaid and other Voluntiers both of Horse and Foot as the said Forces of Horse and Foot raised or to be raised or maintained by vertue of this present Ordinance as aforesaid and them under the command of such Colonels Lieutenant-Colonels Sergeant-Majors Captains and other Officers as from time to time being nominated by the said Lord-Lieutenant and Deputy Lieutenants or any three or more of them as shall be approved of or appointed to lead and conduct the said Forces as well against all forraigne Power that shall in hostile manner invade the said Counties as also against all other Forces which shall be either within the said Counties and Places aforesaid or elsewhere raised to the disturbance of the Peace thereof or which shall stand in opposition to the Orders Commands and Ordinances of both Houses of Parliament And if any person or persons whatsoever shall leavie or endeavour to leavie or billet any Souldiers or raise draw forth or keepe together the trained Bands of the said Counties and places or other armed Forces thereof by colour or pretence of any Commission Warrant or Authority from his Majesty under the great Seale or otherwise without order or consent of both Houses of Parliament That they the Lord-Lieutenant and Deputy-Lieutenants and every of them are to make knowne to the said Trained-bands and Forces aforesaid and other Inhabitants of the said Counties and places aforesaid that those who shall appeare upon any such Warrant or obey any such Commission shall bee held enemies to the publique peace And those that shall not appeare upon any such Warrant and Commission nor doe any thing in ex●cution thereof but conforme and submit themselves to the Ordinance of the Militia and to this Ordinance and the Instructions thereupon shall be protected by both Houses of Parliament and also shall make known to the said Inhabitants That it hath ever been and still shall be the care and endeavours of the Parliament to provide for His Majesties safetie and that they do not nor never did intend any evill against His Majesties P●●son His Crown or Dignity that His greatest safety is in the Aff●●ctions and fidelity of His Subjects and in the Advice and Councell of His Parliament And His greatest danger is in withdrawing Himselfe from them and joyning Himselfe to such dis●aff●cted and malignant Persons obnoxious to Justice for their great enormities who under colour of doing Him service have raised Forces which they labour to increase to the h●zard of ruining Religion and the whole Kingdom VI. That no Treasurer or Receiver of Money lent or assessed towards the raising and maintaining of these Forces shall issue out any such Money but under the hands of the Deputy-Lieutenants or two or more of them And that the said Deputy-Lieutenants shall not signe or grant any Warrant or Warrants for the issuing or paying of any sum or sums of Money but for the furnishing of Horses Armes and Ammunition making Fortifications paiment of Officers and Souldiers or r●parment of the Money already advanced or to be advanced by loane for this Service or other necessary charges tending to the safety and preservation of the said Counties and places aforesaid and not otherwise VII That the said Lord-Lieutenant and Deputy-Lieutenants besides the Magazines already within the said Counties and places aforesaid shall out of the Monies to be raised as aforesaid provide and furnish such quantities of Arms Ammunition Powder Match and Bullet as shall be by them or any seven or more of them thought requisite and necessary for the furnishing of the said Forces both of Horse and Foot to be raised armed and maintained by vertue of this Ordinance and Instructions and for the safety and necessary defence of the said Counties and the same being so provided to be carefully kept in some one or more Magazines for that purpose And that as for such of the said Armes and Ammunion which after the disbanding of the said Forces as aforesaid shall remain full restitution shall be made of so many thereof as are or shall be borrowed or lent towards the present arming of the said Forces and the residue thereof shall be kept and preserved in store in publike Magazines for the said Counties and places aforesaid VIII That the said Lord-Lieutenant and Deputy-Lieutenants or any one or more of them shall take away and cause to be taken away the Arms Horses and Moneys of all such persons inhabiting within the Counties and places aforesaid as shall refuse to contribute Money Plate Horse Men or Arms upon the Propositions or upon this Ordinance and Instructions or upon any other Ordinance formerly made and now in force or hereafter to proceed from both Houses of Parliament And that they or any two of them shall and may in manner aforesaid compell all Papists Delinquents and persons dis●affected to the Parliament to contribute in proportion to their estates to the maintenance of the Army raised in defence of the Parliament and Kingdome and to the Forces raised or to be raised by vertue of this present Ordinance and Instructions IX That the said Lord-Lieutenant and Deputy-Lieutenants and every of them shall take care that the said Forces of Horse and Foot raised or to be raised by vertue of this Ordinance and Instructions so long as they shall continue in the said County or any other County that shall associate therein be governed according to the Lawes and Ordinances published by his Excellencie the Earle of Essex and bee paid out of such Moneys as shall be leavied and paid upon this Ordinance and Instructions X. That all and every person and persons which are or shal be imploied as Souldiers in this service or which are of the age of sixteen yeers or upwards inhabiting in the Counties and places aforesaid shall for the better securing and uniting thereof solemnly take such Covenant or Protestation or forme of Association as shall be agreed upon propounded or approved of by the Parliament to be taken by all persons therein exceeding the said age And that whosoever shall refuse or wilfully neglect to take the same shall be taken within the intent and meaning of this Ordinance to be a Delinquent and an enemy to the good and peace of the said County and Kingdom and so to be proceeded against to all intents and purposes within this and all other Ordinances and Declarations published by authority of Parliament XI That to the end all Orders and Ordinances of Parliament may be better divulged intelligence received and given from and to the Parliament and that the said Lord-Lieutenant and Deputy-Lieutenant may upon all occasions receive Informations concerning the state of the said Counties and places aforesaid and determine and advize concerning the same It is therefore ordained That the said Deputy-Lieutenants be hereby enjoyned constantly to conveene once every moneth at the least in some one convenient place of the said Countie during the time of these publique distractions Lastly for the better securing of all such Inhabitants of the said County and places aforesaid as now are or hereafter shall be voted Delinquents by both Houses of Parliament or either of them or which for their disobedience or contempt already or hereafter expressed against this or any other Ordinance of Parliament or other proceedings thereof or for whatsoever other cause shall be thought fit by the said Deputy-Lieutenants or any two of them to be committed and remaine in safe custodie The said Deputy-Lieutenants or any two of them are hereby authorized to apprehend or by their Warrant cause to be apprehended and to commit all and singular such persons as aforesaid unto the next Goale or to such other place or places as the said Deputy-Lieutenants or any two of them shall thinke fit FINIS

A DECLARATION AND ORDINANCE Of the LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in Parliament For the better securing and setling of the peace of the County of Kent and for enabling them to associate with the City of London or any other Counties adjacent And to raise Forces within the said County as well Horse as Foot and therewith to give or cause battell to be given to all such forces as are or shal be raised without the consent of both houses of Parliament and all such persons with their Abbettors and Adherents to invade resist put to flight pursue suppresse kill slay put to execution of death and by all means to destroy as enemies to the Kingdom Likewise Instructions for the Lord-Lieutenant Deputy-Lieutenants and other Offiers and Commanders in the County of Kent And that every person which shall be imployed as Souldiers in this service of the age of 16. yeers and upwards shall solemnly take an Oath to be approved of by the Parliament and they that wilfully neglect the same shall be proceeded against as Delinquents and enemies of the peace of the Kingdom Die Martis 30 Maii. 1643. ORdered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament that this Declaration and Ordinance with the Instructions shall be forthwith printed and published J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum LONDON Printed for I. Wright in the Old-baily Iune 1. 1643. Die Martis 30 Maii. 1643. A Declaration and Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament for the better securing and setling of the Peace of the County of Kent and for enabling them to associate with the City of London or any other Counties adjacent THe Lords and Commons now in Parliament assembled being certainely informed and by sad experience finding it true That divers Papists Traytors Delinquents and other persons ill affected to the King and Parliament have Trayterously combined and associated themselves in this Kingdome for the utter extirpation of the true Protestant well affected party therein And for that end have raised and daily doe raise great Forces both of Horse and Foot and have plundered spoyled and destroyed multitudes of His Majesties good Subjects using also their utmost endeavours to bring in to their assistance Forraigners of their owne Faction All which if not spéedily prevented will utterly subvert the true Protestant Religion which is their chiefe designe the Lawes of the Land the priviledges of Parliament and the Liberty of the Subject For the timely preventing and withstanding of which mischievous designes the well affected of the County of Kent have been and still are desirous to have a considerable moveing body of Horse and Foot raised and maintained at the charge of the said County and to enter into association for the mutuall defence and preservation of the peace of the said County and of all those that shall joyne with them therein The said Lords and Commons doe thereupon declare that they hold it a thing most fit and necessary for the present state of the kingdome and security of the said County of Kent And do ordaine and declare and be it ordained and declared by the said Lords and Commons that the Lord-Lieutenant and Deputy-lieutenants Collonels Captaines and other Officers that are or shall be imployed in the said County of Kent the County and City of Canterbury and Cinqueports with their members and all other well affected persons inhabitants in them or any of them shall and may associate themselves each with other and with all those who shall enter into the said Association And that the said Lord lieutenant and Deputy-lieutenants or any seven or more of them for the foresaid ends and purposes and also for the forcing and compelling refractory persons to yeeld obedience unto the Orders and Ordinances of either or both Houses of Parliament shall have full Power and Authority and are hereby authorised to raise arme and maintaine a moving body of Foot consisting of one Thousand or more Voluntiers whereof none to be of the Trained-bands and one or more Troope or Troopes of Horse which now are or hereafter shall be subscribed or otherwise provided within the said County whereof none also are to be taken out of the Trained Forces And also to nominate constitute and appoint a Major Generall over the said Forces and to give full power and authority to the said Major Generall in case of sicknesse or disability of body from time to time constitute and appoint in his stead such trusty and able person as he shall thinke fit to be his Deputy and in his absence to doe all things belonging to the Office of a Major Generall And the said Lord-lieutenant and Deputy-Lieutenants or any seaven or more of them shall be and are hereby authorised to Constitute and appoint Collonels Lieutenant-collonels Serjeant-maiors Captaines and other Officers over the said Forces and from time to time in and into all convenient places to Leade Conduct Quarter and Exercise or cause to be lead conducted quartered and exercised the said Forces or any part thereof and therewith to give or cause battaile to be given to all such Forces as are or shall be raised against or without authority or consent of both Houses of Parliament or that shall make or endeavour to make any Invasion Rapine Tumult or Insurrection or shall plunder pillage or destroy any of His Maiesties good Subiects And all and singular such persons their abbettors and adherents to invade resist put to flight pursue suppresse kill flay put to execution of death and by all meanes to destroy as Enemies to the kingdome And to performe and cause to be performed all things else which they shall in their iudgements thinke néedfull as well for the preservation and safety of the peace of the said County and places aforesaid as of all those which shall ioyne in the said Association observing the Instructions hereunto annexed with such other Directions and Commands as they shall receive from time to time from both Houses of Parliament or from his Excellency the Earle of Essex And be it also Declared and Ordained by the authority aforesaid That the said Lord-Lieutenant Deputy-lieutenants and other Inhabitants of the said County and every of them and every other person which is or shall be imployed in that service in what they have any way already done towards the preparing and perfecting so necessary a worke or shall hereafter doe or performe in pursuance thereof shall be saved and kept harmlesse by the Power and Authority of Parliament And the said Lords and Commons doe hereby Declare and Ordaine that neither the said Forces nor any part of them shal or may at any time be removed out of the said County without speciall Order and Direction from both Houses of Parliament or from his Excellency the Earle of Essex unlesse it be to the ayd and assistance of the Counties with whom they shal enter into association and in pursuance of their said association And for the better ordering and mannaging of the said Forces of Horse and