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B03019 An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for advancing by way of loane, the summe of fourty thousand pounds, for payment of Sir Thomas Fairfax armie. England and Wales. Parliament. 1645 (1645) Wing E1854; ESTC R200321 3,193 8

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE Lords and Commons Assembled in PARLIAMENT FOR Advancing by way of loane the summe of fourty thousand pounds for payment of Sir THOMAS FAIRFAX ARMIE October the 15. 1645. ORdered by the Commons in Parliament That this Ordinance be forthwith printed and published Hen. Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. Printed by T.W. for Edw. H●sband Printer to the Honourable House of Commons 1645. An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for advancing by way of Loane the summe of Fourty thousand pounds c. 13. October 1645. THe Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament finding the many Battells Sieges and other service performed by the Army under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairfax and the necessary recruiting and supplying thereof at so great a distance hath occasioned a farre greater expence then was at first conceived And also the great Advantages which through the blessing of God the Common-wealth hath received by the unwearied indeavours of the said Army Doe hold it necessary that a Considerable summe of Money bee forthwith advanced for the supply of the said Army and defraying of the charges incident thereunto Have Ordained and doe hereby Ordaine by authority of Parliament that the summe of forty thousand pounds shall be forthwith advanced by way of Loane for the intents and purposes aforesaid by and on such persons of abilitie as shall voluntarily or by Assessment lend the same on the Security and Termes hereafter expressed And in regard many persons of Abilitie through disaffection or otherwise have been slow in the like Services tending to the good and preservation of the Publique It is therefore by the said Lords and Commons Ordained for the more speedy and orderly raysing of the said summe of fourty thousand pounds That the Committee appointed by severall Acts of Common Counsell for gathering of the Arrears or any seven or more of them shall be a Committee to Register and take the Subscriptions of all persons that shall voluntarily lend and advance moneys as aforesaid and to assesse such person or persons as shall not according to their Abilities voluntarily and proportionably advance the same And to Assesse such part of the said summe as shall not bee voluntarily advanced on such persons of abilitie as they shall thinke fit the same to be paid by the persons respectively as shall so lend or pay the same unto Sir John WVollaston and the rest of the Treasurers at Warre appointed by the Ordinance of the 29 of March last at the place of Receipts in Guild-hall London And be it Ordained by authority aforesaid That all and every person or persons being assessed by vertue hereof and neglecting or refusing to pay the said severall summes so assessed unto the said Treasurers at Warre within ten dayes after notice given or left at his or their usuall place of aboad or at the dwelling House or place of aboad of any Partner or Factor of the person or persons so Assessed inhabiting within or neere the Citie of London shall be by vertue of a Warrant from the Committee of Lords and Commons appointed by the said Ordinance of Parliament of the 29 of March last past who or any five of them one thereof being a Peere upon consideration of every such assessment are hereby authorised to approve increase or moderate every such assessment and thereupon to make and give Warrants to such persons as shall be by the Committee now appointed nominated for that purpose compelled to pay the same by distresse of the Goods and Chattels of such person or persons so refusing or neglecting to pay the same which goods so distreyned shall be sold by such persons as the said Committee shall appoint for satisfaction of the said Assessment and the surplusage if any be the said Assessment and Charges satisfied be returned to the party distreyned And if any person shall neglect or refuse to pay the sum assessed untill a Distresse be taken for the same then that every person or persons so neglecting or refusing as aforesaid shall pay such reasonable charge for every such distress removall or sale of his her or their goods as the said Committee of Lords and Commons or any five of them one thereof being a Peere appointed by the Ordinance of the 29 of March 1645. shall allow to be imployed for the better execution of this Ordinance And if no sufficient Distress can be had or taken of the goods of the persons that shall be Assesed by vertue of this present Ordinance then such person or persons shall be by vertue of a Warrant from the Committee of Lords and Commons as aforesaid who are hereby authorised to grant the same be committed to safe Custodie there to remaine untill such person or persons shall satisfie the said summe assessed upon them by vertue hereof which money so brought into the Treasurers at Warre shall be issued forth by Warrant from the said Committee of Lords and Commons appointed by Ordinance of the 29 of March aforesaid excepting what shall be by order of the Committee appointed by this present Ordinance deducted for payment of persons imployed in the execution of this Ordinance not exceeding three pence in the pound And for the better incouragement and securing of such persons as shall advance the said summe or any part thereof The Lords and Commons doe hereby Ordaine that such person or persons as shall pay or lend any money upon or by vertue of this Ordinance and pay the same to the Treasurers at warre aforesaid shall be repaid the severall summes which shall be by them advanced out of the receipt of the Excize and new Impost with interest after the rate of eight pound per centum per annum for so long time as they shall forbeare the same And the Commissioners of Excize and new Impost for the time being are hereby authorized and required to pay unto the severall Lenders their Executors and assignes at the end of sixe months the interest for so much money as shall be advanced by vertue hereof and the principall and remainder of the interest thereof after the rate aforesaid in due course order and ranke as the same stands charged upon the said Excise and impost unto the persons that doe advance the same And the rcceipt of the said Treasurers at Warre or any two of them one being an Alderman the other a Commoner shal interest and intitle every person or persons to whom it shall be given his or their Executors Administrators or assignes into the security and benefit of this present Ordinance with interest aforesaid And it is further Ordained that no Ordinance nor assignement not past in the said receipt of the Excise before an Ordinance of the second of September last for the payment of fifty thousand pounds in course for the service of the Army under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairfax shall preceede this Ordinance But that it shall be paid in its course from that time accordingly and the aforementioned receipts of the Treasurers at warre together with the acquittance of the persons advancing the same shall be a sufficient warrant and discharge to the Commissioners of Excise and every of them for payment of the said summes to the severall persons as aforesaid And it is further Ordained that all Majors Sheriffs Constables and Headboroughs and all Officers of the Trayned Bands and Auxiliaries within the said limits shall be ayding to the said respective Committees and such as they shall imploy in the execution of this present Ordinance And the said respective Committees shall have power to impose upon such Officers or persons so neglecting their duties therein such fine or fines as to them shall seeme meet not exceeding forty shillings for any one offence and to cause the same to be leavied by distresse and sale of the goods as aforesaid And it is further Ordained that all persons acting in pursuance of this Ordinance shall be saved harmeles by authority of Parliament And that no priviledged places shall be exempted from the said assessment Provided that such persons as shall make it appeare to the said Committee of Arreares by their Protestation or Oath that he or they are not worth one thousand pounds shall not be assessed by this Ordinance Provided alwayes that this Ordinance or any clause therein conteyned shall not extend to any of the Peers of this Realm or to the Members of the House of Commons or assistant attendant or Officer of the House of Peers or Officer of the House of Commons H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. Dom. Com. Die Martis 2. September 1645 IT is this day Ordained by the lords and Commons assembled in Parliament that fifty thousand pounds shall bee paid in course for the service of the Army under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairefax out of the receipts of the Excise by Ordinance of the eleventh of September 1643 unto the Treasurers at Warre and the receipt of any foure of them together with this Ordinance shall bee a sufficient discharge unto the Commissioners of Excize and every of them for payment of the said fifty thousand pounds and Interest for the same after the rate of eight pounds Per Cent. for so long time as the same shall be unpaid before it become due as aforesaid H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. FINIS