AN ACT FOR Granting a Supply TO HIS MAJESTY BY Raising Money by way of a POLL. DVBLIN Printed by Andrew Crook Printer to the King 's Most Excellent Majesty on Cork-Hill near Copper-Alley MDCXCVII An ACT for Granting a supply to His Majesty by raising Money by way of a POLL. CHAP. XXXIII WE Your Majesty's most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Commons of IRELAD in Parliament Assembled having a grateful sense of the Benefits we enjoy under the Auspicious Reign of our great Deliverer and Defender with all Thankfulness and Humility own Your Majesty's Goodness towards us and Your Indefatigable Pains and Care for our Safety And taking into our Consideration that many Debts Contracted by Your Majesty for our Security and Preservation remain unpaid through a Deficiency of Your Majesty 's Established and Settled Revenue to discharge the same As a further Acknowledgment of the Sincerity and Loyalty of our Hearts Do most humbly Present Your Majesty a Freé Gift of the several Summs hereafter following to be Levyed in manner herein-after expressed for and towards the payment and discharge of the Debts and other Ends hereafter particularly mentioned And do veseéch Your Majesty to accept thereof And that it may be Enacted And be it Enacted by the King 's most Excellent Majesty by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this present Parliament Assembled and by the Authority of the same That all and every person and persons of what Age Sex or Degreé soever that shall be in this Kingdom at the time of executing this Act shall pay unto His Majesty Two shillings sterl per ann To commence from the Sixth day of November in the Year of Our Lord God One thousand Six hundred Ninety seaven except the Wives and Daughters of Day-Labourers living with their Parents and the Sons of Day-Labourers who have not attained their Age of Eighteén Years and also except Widows who by reason of their poverty are discharged from paying Hearth-money and all persons living on Alms. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every person and persons who at the time of the execution of this Act shall be of the several Qualities Ranks Orders and Degreés hereafter mentioned shall Annually pay unto His Majesty the several Summs hereafter in this Act set down and appointed beside and over and above their said Annual Poll of Two shillings sterl That is to say Every Arch-Bishop of this Kingdom shall pay the Summ of Fifty pounds sterl Every Bishop of this Kingdom shall pay the Summ of Twenty pounds sterl Every Dean of this Kingdom shall pay the Summ of Ten pounds sterl Every Arch-Deacon of this Kingdom shall pay the Summ of Five pounds sterl Every Cannon or Prebendary of this Kingdom shall severally pay the Summ of Fifty shillings sterl Every Doctor of Divinity Law or Phisick shall pay the Summ of Five pounds sterl Every Person having two or more Benefices with Eure of Souls making together One hundred pounds sterl or upwards shall pay Five pounds sterl Every person having one Benefice with Cure of Souls of the Yearly Value of One hundred pounds sterl shall pay Threé pounds sterl Every person having one or more Benefice or Benefices with Cure of Souls of the Yearly Value of Fifty pounds sterl and under a hundred pounds Yearly Value shall pay the summ of One pound sterl and no more Every person having a Sine Cure or Benefice without Cure of Souls of the Yearly Value of One hundred pounds sterl shall pay the summ of Ten pounds sterl and so after the Rate proportionably for any greater or lesser Sine Cure or Benefice without Cure of Souls being under or above the Yearly Value of One hundred pounds sterl Every Parson or Incumbent having but one Benefice with Cure of Souls and not residing thereon or having more Benefices then one with Cure of Souls and not residing on any one of them shall pay for every such Benefice of the Yearly Value of One hundred pounds ster the summ of Ten pounds ster and after that Rate proportionably for every greater or lesser Benefice And every Parson or Vicar having any Benefice or Benefices with Cure of Souls under the Yearly Value of Fifty pounds ster shall pay the summ of Ten shillings Every Chancellor of a Diocess or Vicar-General shall pay Five pounds ster Every Register of a Diocess shall pay the summ of Two pounds ten shillings ster Every Chancellor of a Cathedral shall pay two pound ten shillings ster Every Dignitary of what nature or kind soever shall pay Two pounds ten shillings sterl Every Curate having no Benefice shall pay Ten shillings and no more And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That every person and persons who at the time of the execution of this Act shall be of the several Ranks and Degreés hereafter mentioned and shall be then within this Kingdom or that hath any Estate in Lands Tenements or Hereditaments in the same shall pay unto His Majesty the several Summs of Money hereafter in this Act set down and appointed That is to say Every person of the Degreé of a Duke of this Kingdom shall pay the summ of Fifty pounds sterl Every person of the Degreé of a Marquess having any Estate in this Kingdom shall pay Forty pounds Every person of the Degreé of an Earl inhabiting or resideing in this Kingdom at the time of the execution of this Act or having any Estate in the same shall pay the summ of Thirty pounds sterl Every person of the Degreé of a Viscount that shall be in this Kingdom at the time of the execution of this Act or that hath any Estate in the same shall pay the summ of Twenty five pounds sterl And that every person being of the Degreé of a Baron of this Kingdom who shall be in the same at the time of the execution of this Act or that hath any Estate in this Kingdom shall pay the summ of Twenty pounds sterl And that every person being eldest Son of such Duke who is Charged Fifty pounds as aforesaid shall pay Thirty pounds sterl Every younger Son of such Duke so Charged as aforesaid shall pay the summ of Twenty five pounds sterl Every eldest Son of such Marquess as is before Charged shall pay the summ of Twenty five pounds Every younger Son of such Marquess shall pay the summ of Twenty pounds sterl Every eldest Son of such Earl as is before Charged with Thirty pounds sterl shall pay the summ of Twenty pounds sterl Every younger son of such Earl as is Charged as aforesaid the summ of Fifteén pounds sterl Every eldest son of such Viscount Charged by this Act with the payment of Twenty five pounds sterl shall pay the summ of Seaventeén pounds ten shillings sterl Every younger son of such Viscount so Charged as aforesaid shall pay the summ of Thirteén pounds six shillings and eight pence Every eldest son of such Baron
as is before Charged by this Act with the payment of the summ of Twenty pounds sterl shall pay the summ of Fifteén pounds sterl Every younger son of such Baron so Charged as aforesaid shall pay the summ of Twelve pounds sterl Every woman having the Title of a Peeress of this Kingdom or who takes place as such by Descent or by any Grant from His Majesty or any of his Predecessors having any Estate in Lands Tenements Hereditaments or otherwise in this Kingdom or that shall be in this Kingdom at the time of the execution of this Act shall pay equal with any Peér of the same Degree Every Widow of a Noble man though Marryed to a Commoner shall pay one full third part of what her former Husband whose Relict she was should or ought to have paid had he been living Every Baronet of England Scotland or Ireland or Nova Scotia and every Knight of the Bath residing in this Kingdom at the time of the execution of this Act or having any Estate in Lands Tenements or Hereditaments in this Kingdom shall pay he summ of Fifteén pounds sterl Every person of the Degreé of a Knight Batchellor shall pay Ten pounds sterl Every person of the Degreé of an Esquire or so reputed or owning or writing himself such other then such as are reputed Esquires for having beén or being Mayor or Sheriffs or Members of any Corporation and every person that is or hath beén a Member of the House of Commons or born or doth bear the Office of a Sheriff or Justice of the Peace or Deputy Lievtenant residing in this Kingdom at the time of the execution of this Act or having any Estate in Lands Tenements or Hereditaments within this Kingdom shall pay the summ of Five pounds sterl Every reputed Knight Baronet Baron Viscount and Earl or who shall call or stile themselves so shall pay the same summ as they should have beén lyable to pay if they really were of that Quality Every Gentleman or reputed Gentleman or owning himself or writing himself such inhabiting or residing in this Kingdom or having any Estate in Lands Tenements or Hereditaments in this Kingdom shall pay the summ of Five and twenty shillings sterl Except Gentlemen who shall not be worth Twenty pounds sterl at the execution of this Act shall pay Five shillings sterl and no more Every Widow respectively residing in this Kingdom or having any Estate within the same shall pay One third part Rated by this Act on that Degreé of which the Husband of such Widow was in his life-time And be it further Enacted That every Person under the Degreé of a Baron being worth One hundred pounds in Goods Chattels or other Personal Estate shall pay Five shillings and that every Person as aforesaid worth in Personal Estate of any kind Two hundred pounds Sterling shall pay Ten Shillings and every Person worth Threé hundred pounds in Personal Estate as aforesaid shall pay Fifteén Shillings and every person worth Four hundred pounds in personal Estate as aforesaid shall pay One pound Sterl and every Person worth Five hundred pounds in Personal Estate as aforesaid shall pay One pound Five shillings every Person having in Personal Estate as aforesaid to the Value of One thousand pounds or upwards shall pay the summ of Five pounds sterl Every Tenant or Farmer of this Kingdom who payeth not a greater Rent then Ten pounds sterl per ann and every Shop-keéper Trades-man or Artificer not worth Ten pounds in Substance shall pay for no more Children under the Age of Sixteén years then two Every Tenant or Farmer paying above Ten pounds per ann Rent shall pay the summ of Two shillings and Six pence Every Tenant or Farmer paying above Twenty pounds per ann Rent shall pay the summ of Five shillings Every Tenant or Farmer paying above Forty pounds Rent per ann shall pay the summ of Ten shillings Every Tenant or Farmer paying above Sixty pounds per ann Rent shall pay the summ of Fifteén shillings Every Farmer or Tenant paying One hundred pounds per ann Rent or upward shall pay the summ of One pound Every Trades-man or Shop-keéper that is worth Twenty pounds or upwards in Personal Estate shall pay the summ of Two shillings and Six pence Every Trades-man or Shop-keéper worth Fifty pounds or upwards in Personal Estate shall pay Five shillings Every Shop-keéper or Trades-man worth One hundred pounds or upwards in Personal Estate shall pay Ten shillings Every Trades-man or Shop-keéper worth Two hundred pounds in Personal Estate shall pay Fifteén shillings Every Trades-man or Shop-keéper worth Threé hundred pounds shall pay One pound Every Trades-man or Shop-keéper worth Four hundred pounds in Personal Estate shall pay One pound Five shillings Every Gray-Merchant Merchant-Traveller or Pedler who usually Travels with an Horse shall pay One pound Every Gray-Merchant Merchant-Traveller or Pedler who usually Travels without an Horse shall pay Ten shillings Every Person in Orders of the Romish Religion shall pay Twelve shillings and Six pence And that all and every Person except Women Children under the Age of Sixteén and such as pay Two shillings and no more who have not already taken the Oaths and Subscribed the Declaration herein-after mentioned to His Majesty And who shall not voluntarily appear before the Commissioners or any two or more of them and take the said Oaths and make and subscribe the Declaration herein-after mentioned which Oath any two or more of the Commissioners in this Act named are hereby Impowered and Required to Administer and make an Entry or Memorandum thereof and of making and Subscribing the said Declaration in some Book to be kept for that purpose Every such Person who shall neglect to appear or shall not take the Oath and make and Subscribe the Declaration as aforesaid shall be charged with and shall pay to His Majesty double the summs which by Force or Vertue of any Clause in this Act he should or ought to pay or be charged with to be Levyed Collected Answered Recovered and paid in such manner and by such ways and means as are in this Act expressed and appointed for and concerning the Rates and summs hereby intended to be Doubled as aforesaid Provided nevertheless That whereas certain Persons Dissenters from the Church of England commonly called Quakers and now known to be such do scruple the taking any Oath it shall be sufficient for every such Person to make and subscribe the following Declaration I A. B. do Sincerely Promise and Solemnly Declare before God and the World That I will be True and Faithful to King WILLIAM And I Solemnly Profess and Declare That I do from my Heart Abhor Detest and Renounce as Impious and Heretical that Damnable Doctrine and Position that Princes Excommunicated or Deprived by the Pope or any Authority of the See of ROME may be Deposed or Murdered by their Subjects or any other person whatsoever And I do Declare that no Foreign Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate
present Act. Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners before-named for the execution of this Act or any Two of them shall and are hereby Impowered and Required to Administer an Oath to the respective Assessors or Presenters of the several Parishes respectively appointed them to Assess in pursuance of this Act That they will according to the best of their understanding truly perform the Office of Assessors or Presenters to them respectively committed without Concealment Love Favour Partiality Expectation of Reward Dread Hatred or Malice according to the true intent and meaning of this Act And the said Assessors or Presenters are hereby Required before they enter into or upon the execution of their Office to take the said Oath accordingly And for the careful Writing and Transcribing the said Warrants Estreats and Duplicates in due time and for making Certificates upon Appeals Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners Clerks who shall respectively perform the same shall by Warrant under three or more of the Commissioners Hands have and receive from the respective Person or Persons who shall be appointed in each County by the Chief Governour or Governours of this Kingdom for the time being as aforesaid to Receive the several Summs pursuant to this Act three Pence in the pound of all such Monies as they shall have received by Vertue of such Warrants and Estreats who are hereby appointed to pay the same accordingly And if any Person or Persons shall refuse to pay the several Summ and Summs and proportions appointed by this Act for such Persons to pay within the space of Ten Days after Demand or Notice left at the place of Residence or Dwelling of such Persons by the Officer or Collector of the place according to the Precepts or Estreats to him Delivered by the said Commissioners it shall be Lawful to and for such Officer or Collector who is hereby thereunto Authorized and Required for Non-payment thereof to Distrain the Goods or Chattles of such Person or Persons and the Distress so taken to keép by the space of Eight days at the Costs and Charges of the Owners thereof and if the said Owner doth not pay the Summ of Money Due by this Act within the said Eight days then the said Distress to be Appraiâ—â—â—â—y Two or moâ—e of the Inhabitants where the said Distress â—s Taken and theâ—e to be Sold by the said Officer for payment of the said Money and the Over-plus coming by the said Sale if any be over and above the Charges of Taking and Keéping the said Distress to be immediately restored to the Owner thereof And if any Person or Persons Assessed by this Act shall Refuse or Neglect to pay the summ or summs so Assessed by the space of Ten Days after Demand as aforesaid where no sufficient Distress can or may be found whereby the same may be Levyed in every such Case Threé of the Commissiones by this Act appointed for any such City County or place are hereby Authorized by Warrants under their Hands and Seals to commit such person or persons to the Common Goal there to be kept without Bail or Mainprize untill payment shall be made And if any Person certified Assessed or Rated find him or herself agrieved with such Assessing or Rating and do within Five Days after Demand thereof make Complaint to the said Commissioners they or any Threé or more of them whereof two shall be of the Commissioners who Signed or Allowed his or her Rate shall and may within Seaven Days next after such Complaint particularly Examine the Party so Complaining upon his or her Oath touching the same and upon due Examination or Knowledge thereof Abate Defaulk Encrease or Inlarge the said Assessments and the same so Abated Encreased or Enlarged shall be Estreated by them into the Exchequer in manner aforesaid And to that end the said Commissioners are hereby Required to Meét together for the Determining such Complaints and Appeals accordingly And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That every Person to be Rated by this Act shall be Rated at such place where he or she with his or her Family shall be Resident at the time of the Execution of this Act. And that every person not being a Housholder nor having a certain place for Abode and all Servants shall be Taxed at the place where they are Resident at the time of the Execution of this Act. The Tax upon such Servants to be paid by their respective Masters or Mistresses and to be Deducted out of their Wages which Deduction the said Master or Mistress is hereby Impowered to make Provided always That if any person having several Mansion-Houses or places of Residence shall be double Charged by Vertue of this Act that upon Certificate made by Two or more of the Commissioners for the County City or Place which Certificate the said Commissioners are hereby Required to give without Delay Feé or Reward of his or her Personal Residence under their Hands and Seals of the Summ or Summs there charged upon him or them or in what Capacity or Respect he or they were so Charged and upon Oath made of such Certificate before any Iustice of the Peace of the County or place where such Certificate shall be made which Oath the said Iustice of the Peace is hereby Authorized to Administer then the Person or Persons so doubly Charged shall for so much as shall be certified be Discharged in every other County City or Place And if any Person at the time of the Assessing shall be out of the Realm such person shall be Rated where such person was last abiding within the Realm And if any person that ought to be Taxed by Vertue of this Act by changing his place of Residence or by Fraud or Covin shall Escape from the Taxation and not be Taxed and the same be proved before the Commissioners or any Two of them or two Iustices of the Peace of the County where such person Dwelleth or Resideth at any time within Twelve Months next ensuing after such Taxation made every person that shall so Escape from the said Taxation and Payment shall be Charged upon proof thereof at the double Value of so much as he should or ought to have beén Taxed by this Act the said double Value upon Certificate thereof made into the Exchequer by the Commissioners or Iustices before whom such proof shall be made to be Levyed of the Goods Chattles Lands and Tenements of such persons towards the Supply aforesaid Provided always That the Commissioners within any County or place within their respective Limits or the major part of them shall Tax and Assess every other Commissioner joyned with them And the Commissioners within their Division shall Assess every Assessor within their Division and as well all Summs upon every of the said Commissioners and Assessors as the Assessments Made and Presented by the Presenters as aforesaid shall be Written Estreated Levyed and Gathered