An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the raising of moneys for redemption of distressed captives. Die Martis, 28. Jan. 1644. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that this ordinance be forthwith printed: H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83238 of text R7647 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E26_10). 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 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A83238 Wing E2017 Thomason E26_10 ESTC R7647 99873164 99873164 125624 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. A83238) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 125624) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 5:E26[10]) An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the raising of moneys for redemption of distressed captives. Die Martis, 28. Jan. 1644. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that this ordinance be forthwith printed: H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com. England and Wales. Parliament. 8 p. for Laurence Blaiklock, Printed at London : Jan. 30. 1644. [i.e. 1645] Date of publication from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Ransom -- Early works to 1800. Pirates -- Early works to 1800. Taxation -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A83238 R7647 (Thomason E26_10). civilwar no An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament,: for the raising of moneys for redemption of distressed captives. Die Martis England and Wales. Parliament. 1644 1024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-03 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-04 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-04 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 SPARLIAMENT , FOR THE Raising of Moneys for Redemption OF Distressed Captives . Die Martis , 28. Jan. 1644. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament , That this Ordinance be forthwith printed : H : Elsynge , Cler. Parl. D. Com. Printed at London for Laurence Blaiklock . Jan. 30. 1644 Die Martis , 28. Ian. 1644. VVHereas by an Act made this present Parliament , intituled , An Act for the Relief of the Captives taken by the Turkish , Morish , and other Pyrates : And to prevent the taking of others in time to come , A Subsidy of One per Centum was imposed on all Goods , Wares , and Merchandize , of what nature , kinde , or quality whatsoever to be exported out of , or imported into this Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales ; which Subsidy or imposition was to continue by the said Act , during the space of three yeers , expiring the tenth of December , 1644. And whereas the Lords and Commons by their Ordinance of the twenty fourth of October , 1644. for the carrying on that so pious a work , the Releasing of the said distressed Captives : And withall , having respect to the Incouragement of Merchants in their Trade , did thereby Declare and Order , That onely one Fourth part of the Moneys due on the severall Bonds taken and due by the said Act ; That is to say , one Fourth part of the One per Cent. which is one shilling in every Twenty shillings paid for Custome and Subsidy , according to the now Book of Rates established by Authority of this present Parliament , should be paid by the severall Merchants so indebted , and to continue the payment of the said fourth part of one per Cent. as before , upon all Goods and Merchandize exported and imported unto the expiration of the said Act . Now the said Lords and Commons finding the said work will require far greater sums of mony then could be raised by vertue of the said former Act and Ordinance , during the time therein limited by the said one fourth part , do Order and Ordain : That the said Ordinance of the twenty fourth of October , 1644. concerning the Collecting of the said duty and imposition of one fourth part of one per Cent. which is one shilling in every twenty shillings , paid for Custome and Subsidy , according to the now Book of Rates established by Authority of this present Parliament , upon all Goods and Merchandize exported or imported into this Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , and Port and Town of Barwick , shall stand and continue in full force and power , from the said Tenth of December , 1644. inclusive , unto the Eleventh of December , 1645. And that the Chamberlain of the City of London for the time being , his Deputy or Deputies , be hereby appointed Collectors , who are hereby enabled to receive all such sums of Money as shall hereafter , during the continuance of this Ordinance , be payable or payd for , and in respect of the said duty , who are heereby required to attend at the severall Custome-houses in the Port of London , and out-Ports , at the usuall hours , between Nine and Twelve in the morning , to receive the same , And to take such further course for dispatch of the service , as he or they in their wisdoms shall think fit . And it is further Ordained , That all such sums of Money as shall be collected and received for the said duty aforesaid , shall from time to time be issued , imployed , disposed and payed by the said Chamberlain , for and towards the Redemption of the said distressed Captives , in such manner as by the Lord Admirall for the time being , and the Committee for the Navie of the Commons House of Parliament , or in the absence of the Lord Admirall , by the Committee of the Navy shall be ordered and directed , whose order from time to time shall bee his sufficient discharge . And that the said duty may be duly collected and paid according to the true intent and meaning of this Ordinance , It is Ordained , That no Officer or Officers belonging to any Custome-house in the Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , and Town of Barwick , do passe any Warrant Cocquet , or permit any Goods to passe by any Warrant cocquet , unlesse the same be signed or subscribed by the Chamberlain of London , his Deputy or Deputies . And for the better incouragement of the said Chamberlain , The Lords and Commons do Ordain , That whatsoever Act or Acts , the said Chamberlain , his Deputy , Deputies , or any one of them , shall do in the Execution of this Ordinance : And whatsoever money they shall receive and Issue out by vertue of the same ; They , their Heirs , Executors and Administrators shall be acquitted , discharged , and saved harmlesse , by the Power and Authority of both Houses of Parliament . Provided , That the said duty be not demanded or levyed of the Merchant-Strangers , Trading upon the Composition Trade at Dover . Provided also , And it is the true intent and meaning of this Ordinance , That no Merchant-Stranger whatsoever , as to this duty , do pay any more then the Merchant-Denizen doth ; and likewise , that as touching the duty hereby Imposed , there be no Deduction or Defalkation of fifteen pounds per Cent. any thing contained in this Ordinance to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding . Io: Brown , Cleric . Parliamentorum . H : Elsynge , Cler. Parl. D. Com. FINIS .