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A83255 An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament: for the repairing of churches and paying of all church-duties whatsoever within the kingdome of England and dominion of Wales; Laws, etc. England and Wales. 1647 (1647) Wing E2032B; ESTC R204570 5,775 13

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT FOR The repairing of CHURCHES and paying of all Church-Duties Whatsoever within the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales Die Mercurii 9 Februarii 1647. ORdered by the Lords Assembled in Parliament That this Ordinance for repairing of Churches and paying of Church-Duties be forthwith printed and published and sent to all Churches and Chappels within the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum Imprinted at London for John Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley 1647. Die Mercurii 9 Februarii 1647. An Ordinance for repairing Churches and for payment of Church-Duties FOr the upholding and keeping all Parish Churches and Chappels within this Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales from utter ruine and decay and for payment of Church Duties It is Ordered and Ordained by the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament That foure three two or one substantiall Inhabitant or Inhabitants of every Parish or Chappelry aforesaid having respect to the proportions or greatnesse of every such Parish or Chappelry shall be nominated and chosen yearly on the Munday or Tuesday in Easter weeke by the Parishioners of every Parish or Chappelry which are or shall be rateable to the repaire of any such Church or Chappell or the greatest part of such of them as shall be then assembled for the choyce of Officers within the Parish or Chappelry to be Church-warden or Churchwardens or Collectors of moneyes for Church-Duties within every such Parish or Chappelry respectively where any such Church-warden or Church-wardens have or hath been formerly used to be nominated or chosen or in default hereof every such Parish or Chappelry shall forfeit the summe of forty shillings to the use of the poore of the said parish to be recovered as is hereafter expressed which church-wardens or collectors so to be chosen are within one moneth after their choyce to be allowed and approved of under the hands and seales of two of the next Justices adjoyning to the parish or chappelry aforefaid And it is further Ordained That the church-wardens or collectors aforesaid together with the Overseers of the poore of the same parish or chappelry or the greater part of them upon publike notice thereof first to be given by the church-wardens in the said church or chappell shall from time to time make rates or assessements by taxation of every Inhabitant dwelling or residing within such parish or chappelry and of every Occupier of lands houses tythes impropriate or impropriation of tythes colegmnies or saleable underwoods or other hereditaments within the said parish or chappelry in such competent summe and summes of money as they shall think fit for and towards the reparation and maintenance of every such parish church or chappell respectively and providing of Books for the said church or chappell and of Bread and Wine to be used at the administration of the Sacrament there and for repairing the walls and inclosures of the church yards or burying places thereunto respectively belonging and for doing and performing every such thing and things as by this Ordinance is appointed to be done at the charge of such parish or chappelry As also for the doing and executing of all and every matter which to the office place or duty of the church-wardens of any such place wherein they shall be respectively chosen shall appertaine to be done which said church-warden or church-wardens shall within foure dayes after the end of their yeare and after other church-warden or church-wardens nominated make and yeeld to the succeeding church-wardens and to such Justices of the Peace as aforesaid a true and perfect accompt of all sums of money by them received or rated and assessed and not received and of all other things concerning their said Office and such sum or sums of money as shall be in their hands shall pay and deliver over to the said churchwarden or churchwardens newly nominated and appointed as aforesaid upon paine that every one of them being negligent or faulty therein or in the execution of their said Office shall forfeit for every such default or negligence the sum of twenty shillings to the use of the poore of such parish or chappelry as aforesaid whereof he shall be church-warden And it is Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That all Rates Taxations and Assessements heretofore made by the church-warden or church-wardens of any parish or chappelry aforesaid by themselves or with others according to the custome of such parish or chappelry since the first day of March in the yeare of our Lord God 1641. for or towards the repaire of any church or chappell respectively or doing of any thing appointed by this Ordinance to be done if they shall now be confirmed by the two next Justices of the Peace they shall stand and be as good and effectuall in the Law to all intents and purposes as if the same were to be made or done by and according to this Ordinance And that it shall and may be lawfull as well for the present as subsequent Church-warden or Collectors or any of them their Rates being first confirmed by the two next Justices of the Peace by Warrant under the hands and seals of two such Justices of the Peace within such County or Townes corporate to leavie as well all and every the said summes of money and all Arrerages of every one which shall refuse or neglect to pay or contribute their rateable parts of such Assessements as aforesaid and the forfeitures before mentioned by Distresse and sale of the Offenders goods as also all and every the summe and summes of Money which shall be behinde upon any Church-wardens Accompt for or concerning the repaire of any such Church or Chappell or other the things aforesaid and likewise the summe of two shillings for and towards the charge and expence in leavying of the same rendering to the party or parties the overplus and in default of such Distresse it shall be lawfull for any two such Justices of the Peace to commit him or her or them so refusing or neglecting as aforesaid to the common Goale of the County City or Towne corporate respectively where such Justices of the Peace are and such offences shall be committed there to remaine without Bayle or Mainprize untill payment of the said severall summes and Arrerages and to commit to the said Prison every one of the said Church-wardens which shall refuse to accompt there to remaine without Bayle or Maine-prize untill he hath made a true Accompt and satisfied and paid so much as upon the said Accompt shall be remaining in his hands Provided alwaies That if any person or persons shall finde him or her or themselves agrieved with any Assessement or Tax or other act done by the said Church-warden or Church-wardens or by the said Justices of the Peace or any of them that then it shall and may be lawfull for the party grieved to complaine thereof at the next generall Quarter Sessions