An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the utter demolishing, removing, and taking away of all monvments of superstition and idolatry out of all the churches England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A38015 of text R26121 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E2069A). 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. 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A38015) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 42843) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1308:22) An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the utter demolishing, removing, and taking away of all monvments of superstition and idolatry out of all the churches England and Wales. Parliament. 8 p. Printed for Edward Husbands, [London] : 1643. Dated on p.3: Die Lunae, 28 Augusti, 1643. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. eng Church of England -- Customs and practices. Idols and images -- Law and legislation -- England. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Sources. A38015 R26121 (Wing E2069A). civilwar no An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the utter demolishing, removing and taking away of all monvments of super England and Wales. Parliament 1643 1278 5 0 0 0 0 0 39 D The rate of 39 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-01 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-02 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion AN ORDINANCE OF The Lords and Commons assembled IN PARLIAMENT , For the utter demolishing , removing and taking away of all MONVMENTS OF Superstition or Jdolatry , Out of all the Churches and Chappels within this Kingdom of England , and Dominion of Wales , Before the First day of November , 1643. ORdered by the Commons in Parliament , That this Ordinance be forthwith printed & published : H : El●ynge , Cler. Parl. D. Com. Printed for Edward Husbands , October 11. 1643. Die Lunae , 28. , Augusti , 1643. THe Lords and Commons in Parliament taking into their serious Considerations , how well pleasing it is to God , and conduceable to the blessed Reformation in his Worship , so much desired by both Houses of Parliament , That all Monuments of Superstition or Idolatry , should , be removed and demollished ; Do Ordain , That in all and every the Churches and Chappels , as well Cathedrall and Collegiate , as other Churches and Chappels , and other usuall places of publick Prayer , authorised by Law within this Realm of England and Dominion of Wales , all Altars and Tables of Stone , shall before the first day of November , in the yeer of our Lord God 1643. be utterly taken away and demollished ; And also all Communion Tables removed from the East end of every such Church , Chappell , or place of publick Prayer , and Chancell of the same , and shall be placed in some other fit & convenient place or places of the body of the said Church , Chappell , or other such place of publick Prayer , or of the body of the chancel of every such Church , Chappell , or other such place of publick Prayer ; And that all Rails whatsoever , which have been erected neer to before , or about any Altar , or Communion Table , in any of the said Churches or Chappells , or other such place of publick Prayer at aforesaid , shall before the said day be likewise taken away ; And the Chancell ground of every such Church or Chappell , or other place o● publick Prayer , which hath been within twenty yeers last past , raised for any Altar or Communion Table to stand upon , shall before the said day be laid down , and levelled as the same was before the said Twenty yeers last past ; And that all Tapers , Candlestickes and Basons , shall before the said day be removed and taken away from the Communion Table in every such Church , Chappell , or other place of publick Prayer , and neither the same , nor any such like shall be used about the same at any time after the said day ; And that all Crucifixes , Crosses , and all Images and Pictures of any one or more Persons of the Trinity , or of the Virgin Mary , and all other Images and Pictures of Saints , or superstitious Inscriptions in , or upon all and every the said Churches or Chappells or other places of publick Prayer , Church-yards , or other places to any the said Churches and Chappels ; or other place of publick Prayer , belonging , or in any other open place , shall before the said first day of November be taken away and defaced , and none of the like hereafter permitted in any such Church or Chappell , or other places as aforesaid . And be it further Ordain'd that all and every such removall of the said Altars , Tables of stone , Communion Table Tapers Candlesticks and Basons , Crucifixes and Crosses , Images , and Pictures as aforesaid , taking away of the said Rayles , levelling of the said grouds , shal be done and performed , and the walls , Windowes , Grounds , and other places which shall be broken , impaired or altered by any the meanes aforesaid , shall be made up and repaired in good and sufficient manner , in all and every of the said Parish-churches on Chappels , or usuall places of publick Prayer belonging to any Parish , by the Churchwarden , or Church-wardens of every such Parish for the time being respectively ; And in any Cathedrall or Collegiate Church or chappell , by the Dean or Sub-Dean , or other chiefe Officer of every such church or chappell for the time being ; And in the Universities , by the severall Heads and Governours of every Colledge or Hall respectively ; And in the severall Innes of Court , by the Benchers and Readers of every of the same respectively , at the cost and charges of all and every such Person or Persons , Body Politick or corporate , or parishioners of every parish respectively to whom the charge of the repaire of any such church , chappell , chancel , or place of publick Prayer , or other , part of such church or chappell , or place of publick prayer doth , or shall belong : and in case default , be made in any of the Premisses by any of the person or persons thereunto appointed by this Ordinance from , and after the said first day of November , which shall be in the yeer of our Lord God 1643. That then every such person or persons so making default , shall for every such neglect or default , by the space of Twenty dayes , forfeit and lose forty shillings to the use of the poore of the said Parish wherein such default shall be made , or if it be out of any parish , then to the use of the poore of such parish whose Church is or shall be neerest to the Church or Chappell , or other place of publick prayer where such default shal be made ; and if default shal be made after the first day of December , which shall be in the said yeer 1643. Then any one Justice of the Peace of the county , City or town where such default shall be made , upon information thereof to him to be given , shall cause or procure the promisses to be performed according to the Tenor of this Ordinance at the cost and charges of such person or persons , bodies politick or corporate , or Inhabitants in every parish who are appointed by this Ordinance to bear the same . Provided , that this Ordinance , or any thing therein contained , shall not extend to any Image , Picture , or coate of Armes in Glasse , Stone , or otherwise ; in any Church , Chappell , Church-yard or place of publick prayer as aforesaid , set up or graven only fo● 〈…〉 〈…〉 ment of any King , Prince , or Nobleman , or other dead person which hath not been commonly reputed or taken for a Saint : But that all such Images , Pictures , and coates of Armes may stand and continue in like manner and forme , as if this Ordinance had never been made . FINIS . Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament , That this Ordinance be forthwith printed ; And divulged and dispersed through the severall and respective Counties , Cities and Towns , by the severall and respective Knights and Burgesses : H : Elsynge , Cler. Parl. D. Com.