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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A83110	An ordinance of the Lords & Commons assembled in Parliament, for putting the county of Surrey into a posture of defence, by the better regulating of the trained-bands, and raising other forces of horse and foot, for the preservation and safety of the said county, and the pay of such foot as shall belong to the garrison of Farnham-Castle. Die Martis, 1 Julii, 1645. Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published. H. Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.	England and Wales. Parliament.	1645 (1645)	Wing E1904; Thomason E292_2; ESTC R200143	6,384	12

Provided always That this extraordinary Charge and Imposition of Arms do not continue any longer then during this time of imminent danger and that it shall be no President for the future Provided also that no Peer of this Realm nor any Assistant or Officer of the House of Peers or their menuall servants or any Member or Officer of the House of Commons or their menuall servants be charged by this Ordinance but that it be left to his or their good affection what they will do in this Service Provided also That if any person or persons whatsoever shall be over-charged by the Deputy-Lieutenants or any two of them of the said County that then the Lord-Lieutenant of the said County shall hereby have power to ease such person or persons over-charged as in his discretion he shall think fit And if any Officer or Souldier of the Trained-Bands or Troops or of any other Forces of Horse or Foot to be raised at any time hereafter in the said County by vertue of this Ordinance shall refuse or neglect upon Summons according to this Ordinance of Parliament to attend their Charges and Duties in their severall and respective Charges and Places to appear with their Horse and Arms or to send some other man with their Horse and Arms as they are or shall be charged withall every such Defaulter for every such Offence shall be fined by the said Lord-Lieutenant or in his absence the Deputy-Lieutenants or any two or more of them not exceeding the Sum of ten pounds and imprisoned till the said Fine be paid And if any person or persons who by any former Ordinance of Parliament may be Impressed have been or hereafter shall be charged by the Lord-lieutenant by the Deputy-lieutenants or any two or more of them to serve in the Arms of any person or persons charged as aforesaid to finde Arms or Horse do or shall refuse or neglect to appear at Musters or to serve upon such or in such Arms he or they so refusing or neglecting shall by the said Lord-lieutenant or in his absence by the Deputy-lieutenants or any two or more of them be fined not exceeding the sum of Fourty shillings and imprisoned till the said Fine be paid and the said person or persons so refusing have conformed themselves unto the said Service And it is Ordained that the Lord-lieutenant or in his absence the Deputy-lieutenants or any two or more of them of the said County may imprison all such as shall be mutinous or Disturbers of the Peace and may fine them not exceeding the sum of Five pounds And that it shall be lawfull for the said Lord-lieutenant or in his absence the Deputy-lieutenants or any three of them to draw together the Troops and Companies which are raised or shall be raised by vertue of this Ordinance or any part of them and lead by themselves or by such as the Lord-lieutenant or in his absence any three or more of the Deputy-lieutenants shall appoint into any part of the said County and with them to Oppose Resist Kill and Slay all such as in any Hostile manner declare themselves as enemies to the King and Parliament and that it shall and may be lawfull for the said Lord-lieutenant or in his absence for the Deputy-lieutenants or any one of them in the said County to charge Carts Carriages and Horses for the necessary Service of the Parliament allowing for every Cart with Five horses Twelve pence per Mile outward onely and so ratably for more or fewer horses and for every single horse after the rate of Two pence per Mile outward onely And in case any shall refuse upon reasonable notice to provide their Carts Carriages and Horses to be made use of for the Service aforesaid it shall be lawfull for the said Lord-lieutenant or in his absence for the Deputy-lieutenants or any two of them to imprison the owners of the said Carts Carriages and Horses or to impose a Fine-upon them not exceeding the sum of Ten pounds And it is Ordained that the petty-Constables and Overseers of the poor of the severall Parishes within the said County and such other persons as shall be nominated by the Lord-lieutenant or in his absence by the Deputy-lieutenants of the said County or any two or more of them shal be the Collectors of all Sums of Money as shall by vertue of this Ordinance be imposed or set upon any person or persons within the said Parishes which said Sums of Money so to be set and collected as aforesaid shall be paid unto the high-Constables of the severall Hundreds within the said County and in Corporations to the Maior or other head-Officers of the said Corporations who shall receive and pay over the said Sums to such Treasurer or Treasurers as shall be appointed in the severall Divisions by the Lord-lieutenant or in his absence by the Deputy-lieutenants of the said County or any two or more of them who are to issue forth the same for the Use and Service of the said County by the Lord-lieutenant or in his absence by the vote of the major part of the respective Deputy-lieutenants of the said County present at such Meetings as shall be appointed for that purpose and by their Order in pursuance thereof under their hands and not otherwise And the said Treasurers are hereby required to keep a perfect Accompt of all such Moneys as they shall receive and pay by vertue of this Ordinance and to deliver copies of the said Accompts unto the said Lord-lieutenant or in his absence to the Deputy-lieutenants or any of them of the said County and the said Treasurers for their Charge and Pains shall be allowed Two pence in the Pound for all such Sums of Money as they shall receive and issue forth by Authority as aforesaid And if any person or persons chargeable by this Ordinance shall not within Six days after demand or notice to be left at their dwelling-house or usuall place of abode pay the Sum or Sums on him or them assessed or set as aforesaid it shall be lawfull for the said Collectors or any one or more of them to levie such Sum by way of Distresse and Sale of the Goods of the person and persons so assessed or fined rendring to the party the overplus of the said sale if any shall happen to be and in case of Resistance to call to their assistance any of the Trained-Bands or Companies of Volunteers or other Forces of the said County who are hereby required to be aiding and assisting to the Constables or other Collectors in the premises as they will answer the contrary And if any person or persons which shall be assessed or fined as aforesaid having not sufficient Distresse or neglect to pay either their Assessement or Fine to the Constables or other Collectors appointed within Twelve days after it shall be demanded the Lord-lieutenant or in his absence the Deputy-lieutenants or any two or more of them upon the returns of the names of

such who shall refuse or neglect shall charge the said person or persons with double as much as he or they were assessed or fined And if the said persons shall refuse or neglect to pay the said Sum so doubled within other Twelve days after it shall be demanded that it shall be lawfull for the said Lord-lieutenant or in his absence the Deputy-lieutenants of the said County or any two or more of them to commit the said person or persons so refusing or neglecting to prison And in case the said Treasurers high-Constables petty-Constables Overseers of the Poor or other Collectors to be nominated as aforesaid shall refuse or neglect to levie and receive the Sums of Money to be assessed and set by vertue of this Ordinance it shall be lawfull for the said Lord-lieutenant or in his absence the Deputy-lieutenants or any two or more of them of the said County to fine the said Treasurers high-Constables and Collectors not exceeding the sum of Twenty pounds to be levied upon them by such person or persons as shall be appointed by the said Lord-lieutenant or in his absence by the Deputy-lieutenants or any two or more of them by way of Distresse and Sale of their Goods rendring to the party the overplus of the said Sale if any happen to be Provided always that the Forces raised by vertue of this Ordinance shall not be carried out of the said County without the consent of the Lord-lieutenant or in his absence of the Deputy-lieutenants or any two or more of them And it is further Ordered and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That the Committees hereafter named or any three or more of them and no other shall have Power and Authority to rate and tax such Sums of Money upon the said County as at some generall Meeting of the said Committee shall be agreed to be fit and necessary for the paying of such Officers and Souldiers of the Castle of Farnham and the Garison there as likewise for the Troop of Horse which is now raised and maintained by the said County for the defence thereof and for such other charges as shall be thought fit and necessary for the defence and safety of the said County at some generall Meeting of the said Committee and the same to levie in such manner as is appointed for the levying of Money for raising and maintaining of the Forces under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax in the Ordinance for that purpose the said Committee to consist of these persons and no other Viz. Algernon Earl of Northumberland Henry Earl of Kent Charles Earl of Nottingham William Lord Munson Denzill Hollis Esquire Benjamin Weston Esquire John Glyn Esquire Recorder of London Sir Ambrose Brown Baronet Sir Poynings Moore Baronet Sir Thomas Jervoice Sir Richard Onstowe Sir Thomas Walsingham Sir John Dingley Sir John Lenthall Sir John Howland Sir William Ellyot Sir Richard Bettenson Sir Matthew Brand Sir Robert Parkhurst Sir Robert Wood Sir Robert Needum and Sir John Evelyn Knights John Lisle Nicholas Stoughton George Farewell Henry Tunstall Anthur Onslow Robert Goodwyn George Evelyn of Wotton Henry Weston Thomas Sands John Goodwyn Edward Bish junior Henry Campion Francis Drake Robert Wood John Farewell Thomas Lock John Cartwright Edmund Jordan Arthur Squibb Iohn Turner Thomas Smith Richard Brown Esquires Robert Houghton Cornelius Cook Richard Wright George Snelling Thomas Hudson Henry Hardwick Robert Holman Sackford Gunson Robert Purse Robert Meade Colonell Rowland Wilson and Iames Shirley Gentlemen And it is likewise ordered and ordained that there be once in a moneth a generall meeting of the said Committee in some indifferent place in the said County to be appointed by the Major part of the said Committee at which meeting the said Committee or the Major part of them there assembled are hereby required and authorized to appoint what shall be respectively acted and performed and by whom in the severall parts of the said County as well for the executing of this Ordinance in what concerns them as for the executing of all other Ordinances heretofore made and yet in force to be excuted in the said County for the execution whereof in their severall and respective divisions the Committees above named or any three or more of them are hereby inabled and authorised And it is further ordered and ordained that there be an accompt monethly given to the said Committee at their said generall meeting of what shall be done therein by the severall and respective Committees in their severall and respective divisions and allotments FINIS