Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	authority_n	county_n	peace_n	2,755	5	6.0708	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82988	An ordinance and declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. That the Lord Major & citizens of the City of London, for the better securing and safety thereof, shall have full power and authority according to their discretion, to ... stop, and fortifie all high-wayes leading into the said city, as well within the liberties as without, as they shall see cause. And for the better effecting thereof, shall impose upon all the inhabitants within the same, upon every house worth ... lis a yeere six pence, and every house of greater ... after the rate of two pence in the pound.	England and Wales. Parliament.	1643 (1643)	Wing E1776; Thomason E99_17; ESTC R12976	1,271	4

AN ORDINANCE AND DECLARATION Of The LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT That the Lord Major Citizens of the City of London for the better securing and safety thereof shall have full power and authority according to their discretion to trench stop and fortifie all high-wayes leading into the said City as well within the Liberties as without as they shall see cause And for the better effecting thereof shall impose upon all the Inhabitants within the same upon every house worth 〈…〉 yeere six pence and every house of greater rent after the rate of two pence in the pound ORdered by the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament that this 〈◊〉 Ordinance shall 〈◊〉 forthwith Primed and published John Browne Cler. Parliamento Aprill 25 Printed for John Wright in the Old Bailey 1643. Die Martis 7. Martii 1642. IT is this day ordered by the Lords Commons in Parliament ●hat the Lord Major Citiz●ns of the City of London for the batter securing and safety of the said City Suburbs Parliament City of Westminster and Borough of South warke shall have power to trenth and stop all such high-wayes and by wa●s leading into the said City as well within as without the Liberties as they shall because And shall also have full Power and Authority according to their discretion ●o fortifie intrench the places aforesaid with such out-workes in such places as they shall think meét And for his and their furtherance and Assistance to call in all or any Deputy Lieutenants Iustices of the Peace Bailiffs Constables and other Ministers Officers and other his Maiesties loving Subiects to be ayding and assisting as they will answer the contrary at their perill And it is further ordered that the Deputy Lieutenants and Iustices of P●ace for the County of Middlesex and Surrey City of Westminster and Borough of Southwarke or any thr●e or more of them within their severall and respective limits shall have power to impose upon the Inhabitants within the said Trenches and Fortifications and without the liberties of the said City towards the charges of fortifiing the said places as aforesaid upon every House that shall be let for or may be valued worth five pound per yeere sir pence And for every House of greater rent after the proportion of two pence in the pound that the T●nant of the said House paieth if he hold it at a Racke-rent or otherwise after the rate that the said house shall be valued to be worth Which Assessement shall be forthwith made and collected in all the Parishes Precincts and Liberties aforesaid and paid to the Treasurer chosen or to be chosen by the Common Councell of the City of London to be disbursed as aforesaid the said money to be paid by the said Tenant or Inhabitant where houses are inhabited who is to deduct the same out of his next Rent payable to the Land-lords if it be a Rack-rent and by the Land-lords where Houses shal stand empty And it is further ordered That whereas the Common-Councell of London have in this time of imminent danger passed an Act for the fortifiing of the City of London and other places above mentioned In pursuance whereof a Committee of Common-Councell men and others are appointed and have already proceéded in the said Fortifications before this Ordinance could be effected It is hereby declared that their said pursuance of that Act and executing the same is a good service to the Common-wealth and the said parties all such Ingeneers or others that shall be imployed by them shall be by power of Parliament saved harmles both for what they have do●● and shall doe herein for time to come Finis