Die Sabbathi 27. Sept. 1645. An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the further supply of the British Army in IRELAND VVHereas the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled have by an Ordinance published the Eighteenth day of October One thousand six hundred fourty and four Ordained and Declared That for the support and supply of the Brittish forces of Horse and Foot in the Provinces of Vlster Munster and Connaught in the Kingdom of Ireland severall weekly sums of money in the said Ordinance expressed should be Charged Rated Taxed and leavied upon all and every the severall Counties Cities Towns Liberties and places of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales to begin from the first of September then last past and to continue for the space of twelve moneths which moneys were to be issued for the service aforesaid in such manner as the Committee of both Kingdoms or such persons as should be by them Authorized by their Order should direct In which Ordinance a speciall Proviso is had and made that no part of the money which should be leavied or paid in by vertue of or according to the tenour thereof should be imployed to any other purpose but only for providing and sending supplies for the said Brittish forces and carrying on of that war until the sum of Fourscore thousand pounds had been Leavied Collected and paid into the Treasurers appointed by that Ordinance to be disposed of for that purpose as therein is expressed And then Ordained and Declared That whatsoever moneys should be Leavied Raised and paid to the said Treasurers by vertue of that Ordinance over and above the before mentioned sum of Fourscore thousand pounds such overplus of money should be disposed of in such manner as should be further resolved and ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament as in and by the said Ordinance amongst other things more at large doth appear And whereas the Committee of both Kingdoms in pursuance of the said Ordinance and of other Directions from the Houses of Parliament hath already disposed of or else designed for the payment of the Commanders Officers and Souldiers and for the providing sending over into Ireland and paying for Victuals Cloathes Armes Ammunition and other things necessary for supply and maintenance of the said Brittish Forces and other necessary occasions incident thereunto the aforesaid sum of Fourscore thousand pounds which is to be paid according to the engagements contracts and agreements by them for that purpose made and to be made and not to be otherwise diverted And forasmuch as there is now required for the use of the Scotish Army in Ireland Sixteen thousand Bolle of Oatmeal Seven thousand Cassocks and Breeches Seven thousand Shirts Seven thousand pair of shoes Seven thousand pair of stockings Seven thousand Caps for the Common Souldiers Four thousand pounds worth of Cloth other necessaries for the Officers of the said Scottish Army And that Mr. John Davies of Carrickfergus in Ireland hath propounded and contracted to furnish the same at certain Rates and Prizes and upon such conditions as are agreed on betwixt the House of Commons and him the three and twentieth of April last the whole charge thereof amounting to the sum of Four and twenty thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds so that he may receive payment and satisfaction in manner following that is to say By advance unto him of the sum of Three thousand pounds within one moneth Three thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds more within one moneth after that and by receiving the residue being Eighteen thousand pounds out of the Ordinance of Parliament for Ireland of the Eighteenth of October One thousand six hundred forty four before mentioned after the said Fourscore thousand pounds by that Ordinance limited and by the Committee of both Kingdoms either disposed or to be by them disposed of for the Brittish forces in Ireland shall be paid or satisfied And upon condition that he may out of the remain of the money that shall come in by the said Ordinance of the Eighteenth of October One thousand six hundred forty and four for Ireland after the aforesaid sums of Fourscore thousand pounds and Eighteen thousand pounds are paid receive satisfaction of the severall sums of Nine thousand forty and five pounds which appears by his Accompt made the tenth of April One thousand six hundred forty and three to be due unto him above two years since for provisions delivered unto the Brittish and Scottish Regiments in Ulster by direction of the Parliament and contract made with Mr. Nathaniell Fiennes Sir Philip Stapleton and Mr. John Hampden and of Three thousand one hundred and fifty pounds which he standeth engaged for to Mr. Maximiliam Beard and Mr. Thomas Brown of Cheapside London for provisions delivered in Ireland to that value and for which they received Warrants to be paid out of the Adventurers money but have not received any of the same the said Warrants neverthelesse being charged upon him in his Accompts And in case he shall not receive full satisfaction out of the said Ordinance in the way propounded of the before mentioned Eighteen thousand pounds and the Twelve thousand one hundred ninety and five pounds so due unto him upon his Accompt and to Mr. Beard and Mr. Brown within six months next after his delivery of that quantity of Oat-meal at Carrickfergus and the Shipping of the other goods from hence Certificates being returned of the same some other course and way may be found out to satisfie unto him so much thereof as shall be behinde and cannot be raised by that Ordinance The Lords and Commons in this present Parliament resolving to pursue the aforesaid Contract made the three and twentieth of April last past with the said Mr. Davies for supplying the Stottish Army in Ireland with the Oat-meal Clothes and other necessaries now by them so required and that payment be made unto him in the manner and within the time limited And also to give satisfaction unto the said Mr. Davies for the debt already due unto him and for his other demands in the the way propounded as may be for his indempnity and future encouragement to undergo the like good services They have already taken Order That the sum of Three thousand pounds is paid or seeured unto him the said Mr. John Davies or his Assignes in lieu and satisfaction of the first Three thousand pounds by him required in his Proposition to be advanced within one moneth And for the same purpose have also settled the payment of Three thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds more in lieu and satisfaction of so much propounded to be paid unto him his Assignes within another moneth next after the first And for his further satisfaction and payment of the residue of the moneys that according to the Rates and Prizes before expressed shall become due unto him the said John Davies for the Oat-meal Clothes Cloth and other
persons so added to the said Committees as aforesaid and every of them are hereby authorized and required to do and act in every respect as if they had been originally named and appointed of such Committees by the same Ordinance And because it will much concern the said John Davies to have the moneys arising by that Ordinance duly leavied Collected and brought in to the Treasurers hands within the time limited by the contract made with him It is hereby thought fit and declared that the said John Davies shall have power to nominate and imploy such persons as he shall make choice of and for whom he will answer to earry the Letters Warrants and instructions of the Houses of Parliament and of the Committee of both Kingdoms to the severall parts of this Kingdom and Dominion of VVales and to sollicite the Committees of the Counties Cities Towns and places and the Collectors and other Officers imployed for the Leavying Collecting and bringing in of those moneys and to bring from time to time their respective answers and proceedings And for the defraying of the charges of such persons and Messengers It is hereby ordained and declared that an allowance of six pence upon every twenty shillings to be brought in by means or vertue of that Order after the before mentioned sum of Fourscore thousand pounds already disposed of or designed by the Committee of both Kingdoms for the Brittish Army in Ireland shall be satisfied and paid shall be made and given unto the said John Davies or his Assigns And the Committee of both Kingdoms are hereby authorized and required to give order to the Treasurers for payment and allowance thereof who are according to such orders to pay and allow the same out of those moneys so coming in by the said Ordinance And it is hereby further Resolved Ordained and Declared by the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled That in case the said John Davies or his assignes shall not by and out of the moneys coming in by the said Ordinance receive full satisfaction of the severall sums hereby Ordained to be respectively paid unto them within the space of six moneths next after the delivery of the full quantities of Oat-meal at Carrickfergus and the shipping of other goods from hence due certificate being made and returned to the Speaker of the House of Commons for the time being or the Committee of both Kingdoms concerning the same by the Commander in chief of that army for the Oat-meal and by such as shall be intrusted to receive the other goods here And the said John Davies or his assignes making it appear how much at that time is unpaid and due unto him That then and in such case the said John Davies his Executors and assignes shall be allowed and paid damage after the Rate of Eight pounds per Centum per Annum from the failer of payment at six moneths end as aforesaid of so much of the said moneys as shall be unpaid and unsatisfied And that some further and fit way and course for satisfaction thereof shall be taken by both Houses of Parliament And whereas some doubt hath been conceived by some whether the said Ordinance be to continue one full year by reason of some expressions which they conceive to be doutfull It is hereby Ordained and Declared That the same is to have continuance for the space of one full and entire year that is to say from the first day of September One thousand six hundred forty and four untill the second day of September One thousand six hundred forty and five in those Counties Cities and places where the said moneys have been already Taxed Rated and Assessded and in those Counties Cities and places where no Assessments have as yet been made by vertue of the said recited Ordinance by reason of the present distractions to begin and have Commencement from such time as they shall be reduced to the Obedience of the Parliament and to continue for the space of one entire year likewise to the end all places may pay their respective shares and proportions towards so good and profitable a work And whereas divers sums of money to be raised by vertue of the said recited Ordinance may after the Collecting thereof peradventure lye and remain in the Collectors hands some space of time before the same can with conveniency and safety be brought to London which may prove very prejudiciall to the said Mr. John Davies by occasioning delay in the payment of such moneys as are or shall be assigned unto him out of the money to be raised by vertue of the said Ordinance in case he might not receive the same untill it be first brought up and paid in to the said Treasurers at Grocers Hall Be it therefore Ordained and Declared That if the said Mr. John Davies shall at any time or times hereafter be willing desirous to receive and take any part of the moneys to him Assigned or to be Assigned of any of the Collectors in the severall Counties or places where the same shall be Collected and shall to that end deliver unto the Treasurers at Grocers Hall in the said Ordinance named a sufficient Acquittance for the same as for so much money by him received of them That then the said Treasurers shall upon Receipt of every such acquittance deliver unto the said Mr. John Davies Acquittances to the severall Collectors for such moneys in like manner as if the said Collectors had paid in the same to the said Treasurers at Grocers Hall in London any thing in the said recited Ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding Ioh Brown Cleric Parliamentorum H Elsynge Cler. 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necessaries which in performance of this Contract he shall deliver at Carrickfergus in Ireland or Ship from hence for the use of the Scottish Army in Ireland such residue amounting to Eighteen thousand pounds The said Lords and Commons have thought fit to Ordain and Declare and be it hereby Ordained and Declared That the same shall be paid unto him or his Assignes out of the first of such moneys as shall come to the Treasurers hands out of all the Counties Cities Towns and places of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales by vertue and means of the before mentioned Ordinance of Parliament of the Eighteenth of October last for relief of the Brittish Armies in Ireland next and immediatly after the beforesaid sum of Fourscore thousand pounds intended by the said Ordinance and already disposed or designed by the Committee of both Kingdoms for relief of those Brittish Armies is accordingly satisfied and paid And it is hereby further Ordained and Declared That when and as soon as the before mentioned sum of Four score thousand pounds shall be satisfied and paid as aforesaid for the relief of the British Armies in Ireland and Eighteen thousand pounds as aforesaid towards the supply of the Scottish Armies in that Kingdom out of the moneys arising and coming in by means and vertue of the Ordinance of Parliament of the Eighteenth of October last Then payment and satisfaction shall be made and given out of the remainder of those moneys unto the said John Davies and his assignes of the before mentioned sum of Nine thousand fourty and five pounds due unto him upon his accompt for provisions delivered to the Scottish and Brittish Regiments of Horse and Foot in Vlster in Ireland above two years since by direction of the Parliament and contract made as aforesaid with Nathaniel Fines Esquire Sir Philip Stapleton Knight and John Hampden Esquire and of Three thousand one hundred and fifty pounds more unto him or his Assignes for dis-ingagement of him to Master Maximilian Beard and Master Thomas Brown of Cheapside of the respective Sums as aforesaid of Fifteen hundred pounds and Sixteen hundred and fifty pounds he procuring them upon payment of the said moneys to deliver up to be cancelled the Warrants and Orders which they formerly had for the payment of the same And the present Committee of both Kingdoms who have now the power of issuing out the moneys arising and coming in by the aforesaid Ordinance of Parliament of the Eighteenth of October last or any other Committee that shall be hereafter authorised thereunto are not to divert or dispose of those moneys or any part of them to any other use or to any other person whatsoever but for the payment and satisfaction of the said John Davies and his Assignes the before mentioned sums of money hereby Ordered to be respectively paid unto them But the said Committees are hereby authorised and required as it shall be made appear unto them by the Certificate of such person as is intrusted to receive the same That the said John Davies or his Assignes shall ship away from London the Cloth Suits of Clothes Shirts Stockings Shoes and Caps according to the Contract before mentioned for the use of the Scottish Army in Ireland and that he shall deliver for their use at Carrickfergus in Ireland the Oat-meal as is before expressed To grant and issue forth their Orders and Warrants unto the Treasurers appointed by that Ordinance for payment of the severall and respective sums of money unto the said John Davies or his Assignes in the course and order herein prescribed which Orders and Warrants the said Treasurers are hereby required to observe accordingly and to discharge the same And it is hereby recommended to the said Committee of both Kingdoms to use all good means for the speedy Leavying and bringing in out of the severall Counties Cities Towns and places of this Kingdom and the Dominion of Wales the moneys required by that Ordinance who hereby are authorized to send forth such Letters and Warrants for the better effecting thereof as they shall think meet And it is hereby also further Ordained and Declared by the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled That they will from time to time as occasion shall require nominate Committees in such places and Counties within this Kingdom and Dominion of Wales as have been hitherto omitted in the aforesaid Ordinance of the Eighteenth of October last and will also adde to the present respective Committees of any Counties City Town and place such persons as shall be recommended and be for the better advancement of the service And whereas there are not any persons specially named for the Isle of Wight some other places and Counties in this Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales as Committees to execute the powers in the said Ordinance of the Eighteenth of October and in some other Counties and places some persons of eminent note are omitted whereby the service therein is neglected Be it further Ordained That For the Isle of Wight Sir Henry Worslâ—y and Sir Robert Lisle Knights Robert Dillington John Lisle William Bowreman Edw Dennis Thomas Bowreman William Maynard Edward Cheek John Worsley and John Bunkley Esquires Robert Mathews Alderman Thomas Kerne Colonell Captain Man and Henry Ringwood Gentleman Mr. Legg Mr. Oglander For the County of Hereford Sir Robert Harley Knight of the Bath Colonell Edward Harley Iames Kirle Esquire Colonell Edward Broughton John Flacet Junior Henry Jones Gentleman Captain Thomas Blaney For the County of Monmouth Herbert Esquire Knight of the Shire Thomas Hughes Esquire John Walter Esquire Rumsey Gentleman Christopher Catchman and William Jones Gentlemen be respective Committees for the purposes in the said Ordinance mentioned and are required to do and execute all such powers authorities things within the said Isle and Counties to be done as fully as any other persons are authorized by the said Ordinance for any other place in that Ordinance mentioned And that there shall be added to the present respective Committees in the said recited Ordinance named of the Counties and places hereafter mentioned viz. To the Committees for the County of Middlesex John Hicks Gentleman To the Committees for the County of Essex Joachim Mathews Esquire Edward Pickrell Gentleman To the Committees for the County of Sussex William Freeman Nicholas Shepherd Richard Gates Henry Avery William Waterfield To the Committees for the County of Leicester Cradock Gentleman To the Committees for the county of Hertford George Smith Esquire And to the Committees for the county of Bedford Sir VVilliam Butler Knight To the Committees of the County of Devon Christopher Savorey of Strilson Esquire in the County of Devon Philip Crooker and Richard Wood Esquires And to the respective Committees of the severall counties of Glocester VVilts Dorset Somerset Devon and Cornwall and counties of the city of Glocester and city of Exon. Colonell Generall Massey and Colonell Nicholas Devereux And the said