To the constables and overseers of [blank] By vertue of a warrant to me directed from the standing committee at Chelmsford ...
         Essex (England)
      
       
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             To the constables and overseers of [blank] By vertue of a warrant to me directed from the standing committee at Chelmsford ...
             Essex (England)
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             s.n.,
             [London? :
             1642]
          
           
             Title includes opening words of text.
             Place and date of printing from Wing.
             A directive required by the authority of Parliament to prepare for local defence against a possible invasion from Ireland.
             Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           England and Wales. -- Parliament. -- Proceedings. 1642.
           Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800.
           Ireland -- History -- Rebellion of 1641 -- Early works to 1800.
           Essex (England) -- Defenses -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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           To
           the
           Constables
           and
           Overseers
           of
           _____
        
         
           BY
           vertue
           of
           a
           Warrant
           to
           me
           directed
           from
           the
           standing
           Committee
           at
           
             Chelmsford
             ,
          
           intimating
           that
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           considering
           the
           oppressions
           and
           miseries
           that
           now
           doe
           threaten
           the
           utter
           ruine
           and
           desolation
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           in
           generall
           ,
           and
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           associated
           Counties
           in
           particular
           ,
           ●…nd
           how
           necessary
           it
           is
           that
           all
           men
           well
           affected
           that
           have
           any
           compassion
           towards
           their
           afflicted
           Countrey
           should
           now
           put
           themselves
           into
           a
           present
           posture
           of
           defence
           ,
           by
           raising
           forces
           of
           Horse
           and
           Foot
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           association
           from
           the
           invasion
           of
           Irish
           Rebels
           ,
           popish
           and
           other
           ill
           affected
           persons
           ,
           have
           for
           these
           and
           many
           other
           waighty
           reasons
           by
           an
           Ordinance
           bearing
           date
           the
           fifth
           of
           
             July
          
           last
           ,
           Ordained
           and
           Declared
           that
           this
           County
           among
           others
           shall
           be
           put
           forthwith
           into
           a
           posture
           of
           defence
           .
           These
           are
           therefore
           to
           require
           you
           by
           the
           Authority
           aforesaid
           to
           returne
           the
           names
           ,
           at
           the
           time
           and
           place
           hereafter
           appointed
           ,
           of
           all
           persons
           vvithin
           your
           Precincts
           vvho
           are
           vvorth
           one
           hundred
           pounds
           or
           more
           in
           lands
           or
           goods
           ,
           or
           in
           lands
           and
           goods
           together
           ;
           to
           the
           end
           they
           may
           be
           charged
           severally
           vvith
           Horse
           and
           Armes
           ,
           so
           as
           no
           person
           be
           charged
           vvith
           an
           Harquibushire
           or
           light
           Horse
           unlesse
           he
           hath
           an
           hundred
           pounds
           
             per
             annum
          
           in
           lands
           ,
           or
           be
           vvorth
           one
           thousand
           two
           hundred
           pounds
           in
           goods
           and
           lands
           ;
           nor
           vvith
           a
           Dragoone
           unlesse
           he
           be
           vvorth
           foure
           hundred
           pounds
           in
           goods
           ,
           or
           forty
           pounds
           
             per
             annum
          
           in
           lands
           ;
           nor
           with
           a
           Foot-Armes
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           be
           vvorth
           an
           hundred
           pounds
           in
           goods
           ,
           or
           ten
           pounds
           
             per
             annum
          
           in
           lands
           .
           You
           are
           likevvise
           required
           to
           publish
           to
           all
           men
           ,
           that
           this
           extraordinary
           charge
           and
           imposition
           of
           Armes
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           expresse
           words
           of
           the
           Ordinance
           it selfe
           ,
           shall
           continue
           no
           longer
           then
           during
           these
           times
           of
           imminent
           danger
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           no
           president
           for
           the
           future
           .
           And
           you
           are
           to
           make
           returne
           hereof
           unto
           the
           Deputy-lieutenants
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           _____
           in
           _____
           on
           _____
           being
           the
           _____
           day
           of
           next
           ensuing
           by
           nine
           of
           the
           clock
           In
           the
           morning
           .