Die Mercurij 14. Decemb. 1642. An ordinance, made by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, for the better and more speedy execution, of the late ordinance of the 29. of November, 1642 Proceedings. 1642-12. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A37902 of text R215595 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E1792). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A37902 Wing E1792 ESTC R215595 99827423 99827423 31841 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A37902) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 31841) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1864:25) Die Mercurij 14. Decemb. 1642. An ordinance, made by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, for the better and more speedy execution, of the late ordinance of the 29. of November, 1642 Proceedings. 1642-12. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1643] Imprint from Wing. In part a form, with a blank in the third line of text. All persons appointed assessors and collectors under the ordinance of 29 Nov. are to proceed at once to execute it. If the assessors assess any man beyond one-twentieth of his estate he may appeal within six days after having paid one half of his assessment. On his oath the authorities may abate the assessment. If the oath is afterwards proved false he shall pay the whole sum assessed as a forfeit. The whole to be recovered by distress if not paid. The assessors shall not be liable to pay damages for over-assessments unless some corruption, &c. be proved against them. -- Cf. Steele. Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A37902 R215595 (Wing E1792). civilwar no Die Mercurij 14. Decemb. 1642. An ordinance, made by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, for the better and more speedy execution England and Wales. Parliament 1643 1011 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 C The rate of 10 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Die Mercurij 14. Decemb. 1642. AN ORDINANCE , MADE BY THE LORDS AND COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED , For the better and more speedy execution , of the late Ordinance of the 29. of November , 1642. WHEREAS according to an Ordinance and Declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament , of the 29. of November last , the persons whose names are subscribed are appointed and since approved of , by both Houses of Parliament , to be Assessors and Collectors of ⟨…⟩ It is now ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament . And the said persons , are hereby required and authorized , upon the Receipt of this order , forthwith to proceed , effectually and diligently , to execute the said Ordinance , according to the tenor thereof , in every behalfe , without omission , favour , dread , malice , or any other thing , to be attempted , by them , or any of them , to the contrary thereof : And for that end , It is further Ordained and Declared : That the said Assessors , shall hereby have authority to call before them , as well such persons , as they shall thinke fit to their assistance : As also , all or any such persons , as are to be assessed . And the said Assessors shall appoint the said Collectors , in their severall Divisions and Precincts , for gathering the sums that shall be assessed ; And give notice of the summe and summes of money , at which every person , in their divisions and precincts shall be particularly assessed . _____ And WHEREAS it is expressed , in the said Ordinance , ( So as the assessement exceed not the twentieth part of the estates of the persons to be assessed ) It is hereby Declared , for prevention of all inequality in the said assessement : That if the said Assessors , or any foure of them , proceeding in their assessement according to their Judgements , and best Information , shall assesse any person , above the twentieth part of his estate ; And that the person so assessed , doth find himselfe grieved , with the same assessing or Rating : That then the party so assessed , ( paying one moiety of the summe he shall be assessed at , within sixe dayes next after assessement , and notice thereof given , or left , at the dwelling house of the party so assessed ) may , ( during sixe daies , after his having paid the said Moiety , as aforesaid ) have liberty , and may addresse himselfe for remedy and reliefe , unto the persons nominated by the said Ordinance , to nominate the Assessors , or any foure of them , and may tender his voluntary Oath , or Protestation , to such persons , that he is over-rated , and of the true value of his estate ( if he please ) and after due examination , and perfect knowledge thereof had , and perceived ; The said Persons authorized to nominate Assessors as aforesaid , or any soure of them , shall hereby have power to Order such abatement of the said assessement , according as shall appeare unto them just , and equall upon the same examination . And it is hereby further Ordained and Declared , that the Person so assessed and sworne , shall within three dayes next after the Order of abatement , in that behalfe made , pay unto , or be repaid by the Treasurers who received the other moiety of such assessement , such summe or summes of money , as by the said Order of abatement shall be appointed : And in case the said person , so sworne and assessed , shall not pay within the said three dayes , next after Order of abatement made , the summe thereby ordered to be paid ; That then the same summe , shall be recovered by distresse , or otherwise , as is provided in the said Ordinance of the 29. of November last , ( in case the summes assessed shall not be paid into the Guild-hall , London , according to the true meaning of the same ) And if it be proved by witnesses , or by the parties owne confession , or other lawfull wayes or meanes , within sixe monethes after any such Oath made , that the same person so rated , and sworne , was of any better or greater estate , in Lands , Goods , or other things above specified , at the time of the making the said Ordinance , then the said person so sworne , did declare upon his Oath . That then every person so offending , shall lose and forfeit , so much lawfull money of England , as he the same person so sworne , was first assessed at , or taxed to pay , by vertue of the Ordinance aforesaid : To be recovered , by distresse , or otherwise , as is provided , in the said Ordinance of the 29. of November last , ( in case the summes of money to be assessed by vertue of the said Ordinance shall not be paid into the Guild-hall London , according to the true meaning of the same ) And it is hereby further Ordained and Declared , That the said Assessors and Collectors shall incurre no damage by reason of their over-valuing the estate of any person assessed , or to be assessed , or recovering or receiving the same , by vertue of the Ordinance aforesaid , unlesse some corruption or indirect carriage therein , shall be proved in Parliament against them . Die Veneris , Decemb. 16. 1642. Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament that this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and published . Jo. Browne Cler. Parliamentorum .