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A38015 An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the utter demolishing, removing, and taking away of all monvments of superstition and idolatry out of all the churches England and Wales. Parliament. 1643 (1643) Wing E2069A; ESTC R26121 2,227 9

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AN ORDINANCE OF The Lords and Commons assembled IN PARLIAMENT For the utter demolishing removing and taking away of all MONVMENTS OF Superstition or Jdolatry Out of all the Churches and Chappels within this Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales Before the First day of November 1643. ORdered by the Commons in Parliament That this Ordinance be forthwith printed published H El●ynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. Printed for Edward Husbands October 11. 1643. Die Lunae 28. Augusti 1643. THe Lords and Commons in Parliament taking into their serious Considerations how well pleasing it is to God and conduceable to the blessed Reformation in his Worship so much desired by both Houses of Parliament That all Monuments of Superstition or Idolatry should be removed and demollished Do Ordain That in all and every the Churches and Chappels as well Cathedrall and Collegiate as other Churches and Chappels and other usuall places of publick Prayer authorised by Law within this Realm of England and Dominion of Wales all Altars and Tables of Stone shall before the first day of November in the yeer of our Lord God 1643. be utterly taken away and demollished And also all Communion Tables removed from the East end of every such Church Chappell or place of publick Prayer and Chancell of the same and shall be placed in some other fit convenient place or places of the body of the said Church Chappell or other such place of publick Prayer or of the body of the chancel of every such Church Chappell or other such place of publick Prayer And that all Rails whatsoever which have been erected neer to before or about any Altar or Communion Table in any of the said Churches or Chappells or other such place of publick Prayer at aforesaid shall before the said day be likewise taken away And the Chancell ground of every such Church or Chappell or other place o● publick Prayer which hath been within twenty yeers last past raised for any Altar or Communion Table to stand upon shall before the said day be laid down and levelled as the same was before the said Twenty yeers last past And that all Tapers Candlestickes and Basons shall before the said day be removed and taken away from the Communion Table in every such Church Chappell or other place of publick Prayer and neither the same nor any such like shall be used about the same at any time after the said day And that all Crucifixes Crosses and all Images and Pictures of any one or more Persons of the Trinity or of the Virgin Mary and all other Images and Pictures of Saints or superstitious Inscriptions in or upon all and every the said Churches or Chappells or other places of publick Prayer Church-yards or other places to any the said Churches and Chappels or other place of publick Prayer belonging or in any other open place shall before the said first day of November be taken away and defaced and none of the like hereafter permitted in any such Church or Chappell or other places as aforesaid And be it further Ordain'd that all and every such removall of the said Altars Tables of stone Communion Table Tapers Candlesticks and Basons Crucifixes and Crosses Images and Pictures as aforesaid taking away of the said Rayles levelling of the said grouds shal be done and performed and the walls Windowes Grounds and other places which shall be broken impaired or altered by any the meanes aforesaid shall be made up and repaired in good and sufficient manner in all and every of the said Parish-churches on Chappels or usuall places of publick Prayer belonging to any Parish by the Churchwarden or Church-wardens of every such Parish for the time being respectively And in any Cathedrall or Collegiate Church or chappell by the Dean or Sub-Dean or other chiefe Officer of every such church or chappell for the time being And in the Universities by the severall Heads and Governours of every Colledge or Hall respectively And in the severall Innes of Court by the Benchers and Readers of every of the same respectively at the cost and charges of all and every such Person or Persons Body Politick or corporate or parishioners of every parish respectively to whom the charge of the repaire of any such church chappell chancel or place of publick Prayer or other part of such church or chappell or place of publick prayer doth or shall belong and in case default be made in any of the Premisses by any of the person or persons thereunto appointed by this Ordinance from and after the said first day of November which shall be in the yeer of our Lord God 1643. That then every such person or persons so making default shall for every such neglect or default by the space of Twenty dayes forfeit and lose forty shillings to the use of the poore of the said Parish wherein such default shall be made or if it be out of any parish then to the use of the poore of such parish whose Church is or shall be neerest to the Church or Chappell or other place of publick prayer where such default shal be made and if default shal be made after the first day of December which shall be in the said yeer 1643. Then any one Justice of the Peace of the county City or town where such default shall be made upon information thereof to him to be given shall cause or procure the promisses to be performed according to the Tenor of this Ordinance at the cost and charges of such person or persons bodies politick or corporate or Inhabitants in every parish who are appointed by this Ordinance to bear the same Provided that this Ordinance or any thing therein contained shall not extend to any Image Picture or coate of Armes in Glasse Stone or otherwise in any Church Chappell Church-yard or place of publick prayer as aforesaid set up or graven only fo● 〈…〉 〈…〉 ment of any King Prince or Nobleman or other dead person which hath not been commonly reputed or taken for a Saint But that all such Images Pictures and coates of Armes may stand and continue in like manner and forme as if this Ordinance had never been made FINIS Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament That this Ordinance be forthwith printed And divulged and dispersed through the severall and respective Counties Cities and Towns by the severall and respective Knights and Burgesses H Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com.