An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the putting out of the cities of London and VVestminster, and late lines of communication, and twenty miles distant, for six months, all delinquents, papists, and others that have been in armes against the Parliament. England and Wales. Parliament. 1648 Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A83227 Wing E2008 Thomason 669.f.11[123] ESTC R210775 99869532 99869532 162774 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. A83227) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162774) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f11[123]) An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the putting out of the cities of London and VVestminster, and late lines of communication, and twenty miles distant, for six months, all delinquents, papists, and others that have been in armes against the Parliament. England and Wales. Parliament. City of London (England). Committee for the Militia. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1648] Imprint from Wing. All Papists, officers, and soldiers of fortune, and all who have borne arms against Parliament are to leave London, etc. before 23 December. Lord Mayor, Justices, and Committees to execute. Persons found after 23 December to be arrested. This ordinance to last six months. Persons who have compounded may stay at their own residences. 24 Dec. Malignant ministers to be expelled. Justices have power to search for offenders -- Cf. Steele. At end is an authorization for search from the Committee for the Militia for London with blanks for place of search, beginning date, and issue date. Signed: Ioh. Browne, Cler. Parliamentorum and Hen. Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com. Annotation on Thomason copy (in last two blanks at end of document): "ye second day of ffebruary"; "2d of ffeb: 1647". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. 2007-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament , For the putting out of the Cities of London and VVestminster , and late Lines of Communication , and Twenty miles distant , for Six Months , all Delinquents , Papists , and others that have been in Armes against the Parliament . Die Veneris , 17. Decemb. 1647. THE Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament doe Declare and Ordain , and be it by Authority of Parliament Ordained and Declared , That all Papists whatsoever , and all Officers and Souldiers of Fortune , and all other persons whatsoever that have born Armes against the Parliament , or have adhered to , or willingly assisted the Enemy in this late Warre , not being under restraint , and not hereafter excepted , shall at , or before the Three and twentyeth day of this instant December , depart the Cities of London and Westminster , and the late Lines of Communication , and all other places within Twenty miles of the said late Lines of Communication ; and if any of the persons aforesaid shall continue within the said Lines , or within twenty miles distance of the said late Lines of Communication after the said three and twentyeth day of this instant December , such person or persons shall be apprehended , imprisoned , and proceeded against as Traytors . And for the better execution of this Ordinance , it is further Ordained and Declared by the said Lords and Commons , and by Authority of Parliament , That the Lord Major of the City of London , and all Justices of Peace within the said City and Liberties thereof ; and the Committee of the Militia of the said City , or any two or more of them , and Justices of Peace of the severall Counties of Middlesex , Hertford , Essex , Kent , and Surrey , and of the City of Westminster , and Liberties thereof , and of the severall Committees of the Militia of the said Cities of Westminster , and Liberties thereof , and of the Burrough of Southwark , Hamblets of the Tower and Suburbs , or any two or more of them in their respective Liberties and Jurisdictions shall and may , and are hereby authorized and required to make search for , and apprehend , or cause to be apprehended all Papists and Popish Recusants , whatsoever , and all Officers and Souldiers whatsoever that have born Arms against the Parliament of England , or have adhered to , or willingly assisted the Enemy in this late Warre , that are or shall be found within the said Cities of London and Westminster , and Suburbs and Liberties thereof , or within the said late Lines of communication , or Twenty miles distant thereof , after the said Three and twentyeth day of this instant December ; And all such persons so apprehended and taken , and brought before them , or any two of them as abovesaid , to imprison , and commit to some common Gaole or Prison , or to safe custody . And all Sheriffs , Bayliffs , Constables , and all other his Majesties Officers and Subjects are to be aiding to the said Justices of Peace , and Committees of Militia in execution of this Ordinance . And in case any Jaylor , Constable , or other Officer to whom any the persons aforesaid shall be committed , shall permit such person or persons to go at liberty without the speciall Warrant or discharge of the said Lord Major , Justices of Peace , or Committees of Militia by whom they were so committed , that the same shall be taken and adjudged an escape ; And such Jaylor , Constable , and other Officer shall bee proceeded against , and punished as for an escape according to Law ; And this Ordinance is to continue for the space of Six months from the said Three and twentyeth day of this instant December . Provided , that nothing in this Ordinance shall extend to such persons aforesaid , who having their habitations within the Lines of communication , or within the said space of Twenty miles have made their compositions , and paid in , or secured their Fines , or have taken the negative Oath and covenant , or that shall be authorized by both Houses of Parliament , or being really attending their compositions at Goldsmiths-Hall , shall be permitted by the Committee of Lords and Commons for compositions , there to continue within the said late Lines of communication for the perfecting their said compositions . Ioh. Brown , Cler. Parliamentorum . Die Sabbathi , 22. Januarii , 1647. BE it Ordered and Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled , That any person or persons nominated and appointed by the Lord Major of the City of London , or by the Justices of Peace , or Committee of the Militia in the said City , or by any Three or more of them , or by the Justices and Committees of Militia in the County of Middlesex , and in the City of Westminster , and liberties thereof , and Borough of Southwark , or by any Three or more of them respectively , are hereby authorized within their respective Limits to search for , and apprehend all Papists and Popish Recusants , and all Officers and Souldiers whatsoever who have borne Armes against the Parliament of England , or have adhered to the Enemy in the late Warre , according to an Ordinance passed in that behalf , bearing date the 17. of December , One thousand six hundred forty seven . Iohn Brown , Cler. Parliamentorum . Hen. Elsynge , Cler. Parl. D. Com. Die Veneris , 24. Decembr . 1647. Ordered , THat the severall Committees of the Militia of London , VVestminster , Hamblets , and Borough of Southwark , doe take especiall care , That all the Malignant Ministers that have adhered to the Enemy , be forthwith put out of the late Lines of Communication , in pursuance of the Ordinance for putting Malignants out of the Lines of Communication . H. Elsynge , Cler. Parl. D. Com. BY vertue of the Ordinances and Order above mentioned , we the Committee of the Militia of London , and the Liberties thereof , doe hereby Authorize and appoint you to make diligent search in all places within and to begin on and such offenders as you shall apprehend in the search , you are to commit to safe Custody , and to give us notice thereof , to the end that they may be proceeded against according to the said Ordinances and Order of Parliament : And all Constables , Officers , and other persons are required to be aiding and assisting unto you in the execution hereof . 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