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Universit Oxon. To [blank] being by us nominated and appointed presenters and assessors for [blank] within by virtue and in pursuance of an act of Parliament intituled An act for raising money by a poll and otherwise to enable His Majesty to enter into an actual war against the French king and for prohibiting several French commodities ...
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University of Oxford.
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1678
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Wing O984C; ESTC R181283
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HONI SOIT 〈◊〉 MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT To being by us nominated and appointed Presenters and Assessors for within BY Virtue and in pursuance of an Act of Parliament Intituled An Act for raising Money by a Poll and otherwise to enable His Majesty to enter into an actual War against the French King and for prohibiting several French Commodities And for the more speedy and effectual putting the said Act in execution You are hereby in His Majesties Name required with all care and diligence to ascertain and bring in unto us being by the said Act amongst others appointed Commissioners to put the said Act in execution Certificates of the Names and Sirnames Qualities Degrees and Titles of all and every the person and persons dwelling or residing within your said Colledge or Hall and of the substances and values of every of them in Money Debts Annual Fees Salaries Perquisites Wages Profits Emoluments and other things chargeable by the said Act together with the Assessment of the respective Rates thereby imposed on each particular person according to the Rules and Directions thereof which are as followeth viz. Every person Bodies Politick and Corporate Guildes or Fraternities within England Wales or Berwick upon Tweede having any personal Estate in Debts to them owing which he or they do not accompt and esteem as desperate over and besides such just Debts as He She or they shall bona fide owe or Estate in ready Moneys are for every hundred pounds in such Debts and ready Money to pay 20. s. Yet no Money which shall be lent to His Majesty at 7 per Cent. upon the Security of the said Act is to be rated or assessed Every person and persons Commissioner or Commissioners having using or exercising any Office Place or Publick employment such who are or shall be in Muster and Pay at Land or Sea in respect of such their pay only excepted and all and every their Deputies Agents Clerks Secondaries Substitutes and other their inferior Ministers and Servants are out of every 20. s. which he or they do receive in one Year by vertue of any Salary Fees Profits Perquisites or other advantages to him or them accrewing or by reason or occasion of their respective Commissions Offices Agencies and Imployments to pay the sum of 2 s. Every other person having or claiming any Pention or yearly Stipend or Annuity out of any part of His Majesties Revenue exceeding 20 l. per Annum are out of every 20 s. by the year so given or granted to pay the sum of 3 s. All Iudges and other persons having any Iudicial Office or other Office or Place of Profit all Serjeants at Law Councellors Attornies Sollicitors and Scrivenors and all Advocates Proctors and publick Notaries and all practising the Art of Physick are out of every 20 s. which he or they do receive by his or their respective Sallaries Offices Practices or Professions in one year to pay the sum of 2 s. Every Servant who doth receive Wages is for every 20 s. by the year which shall be due or payable to him her or them for Wages except Board-Wages to pay 12 d. All and every person and persons of what Age Sex or condition soever are to pay 1 s. above the rates charged upon them by the said Act except such as receive Alms of the Parish where they dwell and their Children under the Age of 16 years and except the Children under the Age of 16 years of all day Labourers of all Servants in Husbandry and of all others who by reason of their poverty are exempted from contributing to the charge of Church and Poor and except the children under the Age of 16 years of such who have four or more children and are not worth 50 l. in Lands Goods and Châ—ttels All and every person and persons of the several Ranks and Degrees hereafter mentioned of any of the thrée Kingdoms of England Scotland or Ireland who are inhabiting and residing within this Kingdom are to pay the several sums hereafter mentioned viz. A Duke 50 l. a Marquess 40 l. an Earl 30 l. a Viscount 25 l. a Baron 20 l. But the Offices or personal Estates of the Peers you are not to assess the same being otherwise directed by the said Act. And all and every the Son and Sons of the several persons of the Degrees of Nobility aforesaid of any of the three Kingdoms of England Scotland or Ireland who are inhabiting and residing within this Kingdom and of the Age of 1â— years are to pay the several sums hereafter mentioned viz. a Dukes eldest Son 30 l. every his other Sons 25 l. a Marquess eldest Son 25 l. every his other Sons 20 l. and Earls eldest Son 20 l. every his other Sons 15 l. a Viscounts eldest Son 17 l. 10 s. every his other Sons 13 l. 6 s. 8 d. a Barons eldest Son 15 l. every his other Sons 12 l. A Baronet of any the said three Kingdoms or of Nova Scotia and residing within this Kingdom is to pay 15 l. And all and every person and persons of the several Ranks and Degrees hereafter mentioned who are inhabiting and residing within this Kingdom are to pay the several sums hereafter mentioned viz. a Knight of the Bath 15 l. a Knight Batchellour 10 l. the Kings Serjeant at Law 20 l every other Serjeant at Law 15 l. an Esq or so reputed or owning or writing himself such and of the age of 16 Years 5 l a Gent. or reputed Gent. or owning or writing himself such and above the age of 16 Years 20 s. Every Widow according to the degree of her Husband except the Widow of an Ecclesiastical person is to pay a third part rated in the said Act upon that degree of which her Husband was in his life time Every Gent. having an Estate of the value of 300 l. or more though a Minor under the age of 21 Years is to pay 20 s. A Gent. of a less Estate who shall thereof make Oath before two or more of the Commissioners is not to pay 20 s. in respect of his Title Every person and persons who are of the several Orders Ranks or Degrees hâ—reafter mentioned are to pay the several sums following viz. An Arch-Bishop 50 l. every other Bishop 20 l. a Dean of any Cathedral or Collegiate Church 10 l. an Arch-Deacon 50 s. a Cannon or Prebendary of any Cathedral or Collegiate Church 50 s. except such sole Prebendary who is a sole Corporation and his Prebend not rated in the Exchequer above 30 l. a Doctor of Divinity Law or Physick is to pay 5 l. But if a Dr. of Divinity have no Benefice or Ecclesiastical preferment he is not to be charged for his Title Every person holding two or more Benefices having cure if Souls which together shall amount to 120 l. per Annum clear is to pay 5 l. Every Merchant Trading in the Port of London and residing there or within 10 Miles thereof and not Free of the said City is to pay 10 l. And every Merchant stranger residing within this Kingdom is also to pay 10 l. Every Merchant or other person using any Trade or mannual occupation and holding a House of 30 l. per Annum within London and Weekly Bills of Mortality is to pay 10 s. Every Member of the East-India Company for every 100 l. which he hath in the Ioynt-stock of the said Company is to pay 20 s. according to the first Capital of the said Stock Every Member af the Guinay Company is to pay in like menner And to be paid by the Governours and Treasurers of the said Companies Which said Assesments you are to make according to the said Rules and Directions of the said Act without Concealment Love Favour Dread or Malice notwithstanding any Person or Persons Cities Burroughs or Towns Corporate shall have the Letters Patents of His Majesty or any His Royal Progenitors of exemptions all non obstantes in such Letter Patents made or to be made in Bar of any Act or Acts of Parliament for supply or assistance of His Majesty being thereby declared void And you are likewise to return unto us the names of two or more able and sufficient Persons within the Precincts and Bounds of your said Colledge or Hall to be Collectors of the Monies due to His Majesty by the said Act for whose paying unto the Receiver General to be appointed by His Majesty his Deputy or Deputies all such Monies as they shall be charged withal your said Colledge or Hall is to be answerable And for your more due proceeding in the Premises you are further by the said Act directed that every Person to be rated for his Office is to be rated in the place where the said Office is to be executed and that every Person to be otherwise rated are to be rated at such places where he or she and with his or her Family are resident And that such as are not House-keepers nor having a certain place of abode and all Servants are to be taxed at the place where they are resident 〈…〉 be out of the Realm at the time of Assessing are to be rated where their last abiding was within the Realm But you are by the 〈…〉 to Assess us or any Commissioners joyned with us nor are you to Assess your selves the same being otherwise appointed 〈◊〉 the said 〈…〉 notomit to return such of us or other Commissioners joyned with us which inhabit and reside within your Colledge 〈…〉 your 〈…〉 to … es Qualities Degrees Titles Offices Estates and other things chargeable by the said Act nor are you doubly to charge 〈…〉 severa l Titlâ—â— Honours or Degrees but every such Person is to be charged and assessed for such Title Honour or 〈…〉 And after the same Certificatâ—â—â— and Assesment shall be made rated and perfected which by the 〈…〉 You are hereby likewise 〈◊〉 to bring the same unto us or any two or more of 〈…〉 upon or before the 10th day of May now next 〈…〉 〈…〉 Given under our Hands and 〈…〉 the 〈…〉 of our Sovereign Lord 〈…〉 Annoque Dom. 1678.