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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	lord_n	sir_n	thomas_n	11,969	5	8.7332	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03015	The ordinance and declaration of the Lords and Commons, for the assessing all such who have not contributed sufficiently for raising of money, plate, &c. with His Maiesties declaration to all his loving subjects upon occasion thereof.	England and Wales. Parliament.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)	1642 (1642)	Wing E1771E; ESTC R221064	10,616	41

THE ORDINANCE AND DECLARATION of the Lords and Commons for the Assessing all such who have not contributed sufficiently for raising of Money Plate c. WITH HIS MAIESTIES DECLARATION TO ALL His loving Subjects upon occasion thereof Charles R. OUr expresse pleasure is That this Our Declaration be published in all Churches and Chappels within Our Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales by the Parsons Vicars or Curates of the same SHREWSBURY Printed by ROBERT BARKER Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie And by the Assignes of JOHN BILL 1642. An Ordinance and Declaration of the Lords and Commons in Parliament WHereas the King seduced by wicked Counsell hath raised an Army and levied War against the Parliament and great number of Forces are daily raised under the commands of Papists and other ill affected persons by Commissions from His Majestie And whereas divers Delinquents are protected from publike Justice by His Majesties Army and sundry outrages and rapines are daily committed by the Souldiers of the said Army who have no respect to the Laws of God or the Land but burn and plunder the Houses seize and destroy the persons and goods of dive●s His Majesties good Subjects And whereas for the maintenance of the said Army divers Assessements are made upon severall Counties and His Majesties Subjects are compelled by the Souldiers to pay the same which said Army if it should continue would soon ruine and waste the whole Kingdom and overthrow Religion Law and Liberty For suppressing of which said Army and ill-affected persons there is no probable way under God but by the Army raised by Authority of the Parliament which said Army so raised cannot be maintained without great summes of Money yet for raising such summes by reason of His Majesties withdrawing himself from the advice of the Parliament there can be no Act of Parliament passed with His Majesties assent albeit there is great justice that the said Moneys should be raised The Lords and Commons in Parliament having taken the same into their serious consideration and knowing that the said Army so raised by them hath been hitherto for the most part maintained by the voluntary contribution of divers well-affected persons who have freely contributed according to their abilities But considering there are divers others within the Cities of London and Westminster and the Suburbs of the same and also within the Borough of Southwark that have not contributed at all towards the maintenance of the said Army or if they have yet not answerable to their Estates who notwithstanding receive benefit and protection by the same Army as well as any others and therefore it 's most just that they should as well as others be charged to contribute to the maintenance thereof Be it therefore Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled by Authority thereof That Isaac Pennington Lord Major of the City of London Sir Iohn Wollaston Knight and Aderman Alderman Towes Alderman Warner Alderman Andrewes Alderman Chambers Alderman Fowkes Sir Thomas Seham Knight and Alderman Samuel Vassell Iohn Ven Morries Thompson Richard Warrin Citizens or any four of them shall hereby have power and Authority to nominate and appoint in every Ward within the City of London six such Persons as they or any four of them shall think fit which said six so nominated or any four of them shall hereby have power to enquire of any that shall remain or be within the said severall Wards that have not contributed upon the Propositions of both Houses of Parliament concerning the raising of Money Plate Horse Horsemen and Arms for defence of the King and both Houses of Parliament also of such as are able men that have contributed yet not according to their Estates and Abilities And the said six persons so nominated or any four of them within their severall and respective wards and limits shall have power to assesse such person or persons as are of ability and have not contributed and also such as have contributed yet not according to their ability to pay such sum or sums of Money according to their Estates as the said Assessors or any four of them shal think fit and reasonable so as the same exceed not the twentieth part of their Estates and to nominate and appoint fit persons for the collection thereof And if any person so assessed shall refuse to pay the Money assessed upon him it shall be lawfull to and for the said Assessors and Collectors or any of them to levy the said summe so assessed by way of distresse and sale of the goods of the person so assessed and refusing And if any person so distrained shall make resistance it shall be lawfull to and for the respective Assessors and Collectors or any of them to call to their assistance any the Trained bands of the said City of London or any other His Majesties Subjects who are hereby required to be ayding and assisting to the said Assessors and Collectors in the premisses And it is hereby further ordained That the respective Burgesses of Westminster and Southwark together with the severall Committees appointed for the subscriptions of Money Plate Horse Horsemen and Arms within the said City and Borough shall respectively have power hereby to nominate Sessors for the same City and Borough in such manner as the Lord Major c. hath for the City of London and the said Assessors or any four of them to name Collectors as aforesaid which said Assessors and Collectors shall have the same power respectively within their respective limits as those to be nominated within the said City of London have hereby limited to them And for the Suburbs of London and Westminster the respective Knights of the Shires where the said Suburbs are shall have hereby the like power to name Assessors and they so named or any four of them and the Collectors by them to be nominated or any of them within their respective limits shall have the like power respectively as the Assessors and Collectors for London have by vertue of this Ordinance And be it ordained that the summes so assessed and levied as aforesaid shall be paid in at Guild Hall London to the hands of Sir Iohn Wollastone Knight Iohn Warner Iohn Towes and Thomas Andrewes Aldermen or any two of them And the Assessors and Collectors to be nominated by vertue hereof shall weekly report to the Committee of the House of Commons for the propositions aforesaid what summes of money have been assessed and what summes have been levied weekly according to the purport hereof and the said Moneys so levied and paid in shalt be issued forth in such sort as the other Moneys raised upon the propositions aforesaid and not otherwise Die Martis 29. Novemb. 1642 WHereas a late Ordinance is passed by both Houses of Parliament for the Reasons therein declared for the Assessing of all such persons within the Cities of London and Westminster and the Suburbs thereof with the Borough of Southwark

as have not contributed upon the Propositions of both Houses of Parliament for raising of Money Plate Horse Horsemen and Arms for defence of the King Parliament and Kingdom or have not contributed proportionably to their estates and abilities And whereas it is thought fit that some additions be made for further explanation and better execution of the said Ordinance Be it further ordained and declared by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament That such persons as shall be assessed by the respective Assessors in the said Ordinance appointed and shall within six dayes next after notice given them or left at their severall houses within the said Cities Suburbs or Borough pay in the one moity of the said sums of Money so assessed and within twelve dayes after the said notice given as aforesaid the other moity there of unto the Treasurers of Money and Plate Guild Hall London or unto the Collectors appointed by the said Ordinance respectively to receive the same that then the said Treasurers or Collectors shall give Acquittances for the same as hath been done to such who have lent Moneys or Plate upon the Propositions of both Houses as aforesaid And the said Moneys so paid to the said Treasurers or to the said severall Collectors shall be repaid upon the Publike Faith as all other Moneys lent upon the said Propositions of both Houses And as for those who shall so farre discover their disaffection as not to bring in the severall sums of Money so assessed upon them to the persons before appointed within the times limited that then their goods shall be distrained and sold according to the said Ordinance And if no sufficient Distresse be found that then the said Collectors shall respectively have power to enquire of any sum or sums of Money due or to be due unto them respectively so assessed from any person or persons for any Rents Tithes Goods or Debts or for any other thing or cause whatsoever And the said respective Collectors shall have power by vertue of this Ordinance to receive all or any part of the said sums due or to be due unto them or any of them so assessed untill the full value of the sum or sums so assessed and the charges in levying and recovering of the same shall be received and satisfied And the said respective Collectors shall have further power to compound for any of the said Rents Tithes Goods or Debts due unto the said person so assessed respectively as aforesaid with any person or persons by whom the said Rents Tithes Goods or Debts are or shall be owing as also to give full and ample discharge for the Money by them so received upon composition or otherwise which discharges shall be good and effectuall to all intents and purposes And if the summe or summes of Money so assessed cannot be levied by any of these meanes or wayes then the persons so respectively assessed shall be imprisoned in such places of this Kingdom and for so long time as the Committee of the House of Commons for Examinations shall appoint and order And the families of all such persons so imprisoned shall no longer remain within the Cities of London and Westminster the Suburbs the Counties adjacent And be it further Ordained that all and every the Assessors and Collectors of the said severall summes shall have the protection of both Houses of Parliament for their indemnity indemnity in this service and receive such reasonable allowances for their pains taken and charges disbursed or to be disbursed therein as the Committee of Lords and Commons for advance of Money and other necessaries for the Army raised by the Parliament shall apportion and appoint An Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament for the better Provision of Victuals and other Necessaries for the Army and for payment and satisfaction to be made for such Provisions Die Martis 29. Novemb. 1642 It is Ordered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament That Committees shall be named in all Counties to take care for provisions of Victuals for the Army raised by the Parliament as likewise for the taking up of Horses for service in the Field Dragoneers and Draught-Horses as likewise for borrowing of Money or Plate to supply the Army Which Committees or any two or more of them shall have power and authority to value all kinde of Provisions both for Men and Horse all kinde of Horse for Service or otherwise which shall be voluntarily offered to be lent upon the Publike Faith or likewise to receive any Money or Plate to be lent as before and that upon Certificate of any two of such Committees the same provisions of Horses Money and Plate and the value thereof shall be entred by the Treasurer of the Propositions and shall be repayed to the party from whom the same was received with like Consideration as other Money lent And in case the owners of such provisions Money Plate and Horses shall refuse or neglect to bring in the same upon Publike Faith for the use of the Army for the better preventing the spoyle and embezeling of such provisions of Money Plate and Horses by the disorder of the Souldiers and that they may not come into the hands of the Enemies It is further ordered That the Committees afore mentioned or any two of them be hereby authorized and enabled to send for such Provisions Money Plate and Horses and take the same into their custody and to set an indifferent value and rate upon them which value they shall certifie to the Treasurers for the Propositions to be repaid at such time and in such manner as shall be Ordered by both Houses of Parliament It is likewise Ordered That the said Committees of the severall and respective Counties shall meet and consult with the Committees of the adjacent and neighbour Counties unto the place or places where the said Army or any part thereof shall passe and remain concerning the receiving procuring valuing and disposing of such provisions Horses Money and Plate And if they cannot conveniently meet that then it shall be lawfull for any two or more of the Committee to execute the severall Services above mentioned in the adjoyning Counties as well as in the County wherein he is named a Committee and that such certificates as they shall make of any Provisions Horses Money or Plate shall be as effectuall for the securities of the parties as if the same were received and taken within the County for which he or they are named Committees And the said Committees or any two or more of them shall cause the said provisions to be delivered to the Commissary for the Victuals or to his Deputy and such other Officers of the Army who may be charged with the same upon their accompt and shall certifie the Treasurer of the Army or his Deputy that so defalcation of the value thereof may be made out of the pay of such Officers and Souldiers as shall receive the same And the said Committee shall likewise cause