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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84053	The second centurie. 1. Cornelius Holland, his father died in the Fleete for debt, ...	El., M., fl. 1648.; Elsynge, Henry, 1598-1654, attributed name.	1648 (1648)	Wing E317C; Thomason 669.f.13[22]	6,783	1

13 Sim. Edmons Alderman Commissioner for excise worth 1200. l. per annum 14 John Langham Alderman treasurer for the excise and as Alderman Fowke treasurer for payment of Waggoners and a trustee for Bishops lands 15 Owen Roe Lieutenant Collonel keeper of the Magazine of store received 5000. l. to provide Armes not yet accounted for one of the new Militia 16 Walter Boothby Commissioner for the customes 17 Robert Manwaring Collonell Register accountant for moneyes raised by Bishops lands hath a standing fee of 200. l. per annum 18 John Dethwicke a treasurer at Warre and hath 3. d. per pound for all money received by him and 3. d. per pound for what hee payes 19 Edward Hooker Collonell 20 Natheniel Campsfield Lievetenant-Collonell 21 Richard Chiverton a Receiver of one per cent of Merchants goods for redemption of Captives 22 Richard Hill likewise a receiver of one per cent of Merchants goods for redemption of Captives 23 Stephen Eastwick a trustee for sale of Bishops lands formerly a Commissioner for the Customes one of the new Milicia and hath gotten a great estate since this Parliament 24 James Russel a trustee for sale of Bishops lands one of the new Militia formerly a Commissioner for the Customes 25 John Bellamy 26 Thomas Arnold 27 Richard Glide 28 John Babington 29 Richard Vennor Captaine 30 Robert Meade 31 James story These seven last past are trustees for sale of Bishops lands 32 William Antrobus 33 Richard Turner 34 Thomas Brumfeild 35 Edward Bellamy 36 Hugh Norris 37 Nathaniell Hall 38 Peter Jones 39 Thomas Blackwell treasurer at Weavers hall 40 John Hayes These are all Common Councell-men and have such imployments as thou seest and have besides beene doublers of lone moneys and buyers of others lones at 9. and 10. s. in the pound receive their full interest at 8 l. per centum out of the excise and their principall in good penniworths out of Bishops lands buying 6000. l. worth of land for 1000. l. in arreares or lone mony which they bought for 4. or 500. l. The benefit of which bargaines is so great both to Parliament men Souldier and Citizen as 't is feared they will not admit of the Kings offer to repay them their purchase money and preserve the Church Land for Church maintenance but rather breake the Treary continue the Army Excise Taxes their imployment and our Ruine which God Forbid THAT thou maist know Reader the benefit of Military Officers I have thought fit to set down their severall payes according to the establishment of the Army of my Lord of Essex viz A Collonell of foote 1 l. 10. s. the day which amounts to 42 l. the moneth A Lievetenant-Collonell 15 s. the day which amounts to 21 l. the moneth A Serjant Major 9 s. the day which amounts to 12 l. 12 s. the moneth A Captaine 15 s. the day which amounts to 21 l. the moneth A Collonell of horse 1 l. 10 s. the day which amounts to 42 l. the moneth for himselfe and for six horses 1 l. 1 s. the day which amounts to 29 l. 8 s. the moneth A Lieutenant Collonell of horse 15 s. the day which amounts to 21 l. the moneth A Captaine of horse 1 l. 4 s. the day which amounts to 33 l. the moneth and for six horses 1 l. 1 s. the day which amounts to 29 l. 8 s. the moneth in all 52 l. 8 s. the moneth for his owne personall entertainement besides false musters And thou must know that every Collonel Lieutenant Collonell and Major doth receive pay for a Captaine besides his pay as a field Officer so that a Collonell received monethly 42 l. as Collonell and 21 l. as Captaine and 29 l. for six horses in all 94 l. the moneth besides hee receives pay for his whole Company which should bee 120. men in a foote Compay the pay whereof is 158 l. 4 s. the moneth while his Company perhaps is not 60. men But the monthly entertainement of a troope of horse was 349 l. 6 s. and advance money to raise regiments for every Company 390 l. but more for a troope This good pay plunder and Free-quarter made very many members of both houses take the imployment so that of 19. Regiments which were raised at first 16. of them were Commanded by members of both houses viz. Earle of Stamford Earle of Peterborough viscount Say and Seale viscount Mandivile Lord Roberts Lord Brooke Lord Rochford Lord St. Johns Lord Wharton Mr. D Hollis Sir William Constable Sir Henry Chomly John Hampden Arthur Goodwine Thomas Grantham Sir John Merrick and divers of these besides had troops of horses some members put their sons into Command but themselves took the pay the Lord Say received for 13. moneths from the 30. of July 1642. to the 26. of July following 9081 l. 16 s. being the pay for the two troopes of Mr. James Fiennis and Francis Fiennis his sonnes Mr. Pym for the same moneths received for his sonne Alexanders troope 45 40 l. 18 s. although his sonne never had 26. men in his troope besides Officers Thus thou seest why our Loans taxes excise and sequestrations are continued how they and Bishops lands are devoured and yet neither the Army nor Parliament men Satisfied READER I intended before this time to have given thee this Century as promised and also a Catalogue of such of the Aldermen Common-Councell and Militia-men of London as receive pay and profit by the continuance of the Excise Impositions Warre and Discord betweene the King and His houses of Parliament that the world might know the reason of such Votes and Actions as promote the Warre prolong our Payments detarde the Kings Returne obstruct our Peace and Happinesse but besides my weekely imployment which thou knowest I have beene necessitated daunger approaching to remove my quarter before Michaelmas to my great trouble and hindrance yet that thou mayest see I intended what I promised accept this Motly-Century not that I will defrand thee of any one Parliament man or Citizen if as formerly I may bee connived at in the perusall of the Journall-bookes and bookes of the Committees M. El.