A proclamation to prevent abuses by the souldiers: by his excellencie Sir Thomas Fairfax, Knight, Commander in Chiefe of the forces raised by the Parliament. Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671. 1647 Approx. 5 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). A84925 Wing F221 Thomason 669.f.11[37] ESTC R210515 99869304 99869304 162686 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. A84925) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162686) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f11[37]) A proclamation to prevent abuses by the souldiers: by his excellencie Sir Thomas Fairfax, Knight, Commander in Chiefe of the forces raised by the Parliament. Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for Humphrey Harward, London : 1647. Complaints are made of violent seizing of horses and quarter-money. No person is to take horses except by sufficient warrant, or demand quarter money, on pain of punishment by the Council of War, before which all offenders are to be brought -- Cf. Steele. 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. 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Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Aptara 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 ΒΆ A PROCLAMATION to prevent Abuses by the Souldiers : By his Excellencie Sir THOMAS FAIRFAX , Knight , Commander in Chiefe of the Forces raised by the PARLIAMENT . WHereas diverse Complaints have beene made of severall abuses and misdemeanours , committed by several Souldiers of the Army both Horse and Foot , viz. That they unwarrantably impresse and violently take Horses for their owne uses , from severall persons , pretending the same to be for the use of the State ; And also force persons where they quarter , to pay them unreasonable summes of money , in lieu of quarter , ( notwithstanding they are provided for at their severall quarters ) and to give them monies at their removing for their future expences , having no manner of colour for the same , tending not onely to the great prejudice and wrong to the persons injured , but also to the scandall and dishonour of the Army , and contrary to the Lawes and Ordinances of VVar in that case made and provided . For prevention whereof , and of all other the like disorders and abuses whatsoever , I doe hereby strictly charge and require all Souldiers of the Army , both Horse and Foot , ( after Proclamation hereof duly made ) to forbeare , either by themselves or others , to impresse , or by force take , any Horses or Mares , from any person or persons whomsoever , to their owne , or any others use , upon any pretence whatsoever , unlesse it be by sufficient warrant under the hand of the Captaine or other Officer lawfully authorized thereunto : And that they doe likewise forthwith forbeare to demand , take , or compell any person , where they quarter , to give them any money , upon any pretence whatsoever , either whilst they remaine at their severall quarters , or at their removals , upon such penalty and severall punishment as may be inflicted upon every such as shall be found offenders therein , by a Councel of VVar. And I doe hereby require all Officers of the Army , in their several places , to use all possible care and diligence , to prevent the Souldiers under their respective Commands , from committing the aforesaid or any other the like misdemeanours . And upon discovery of such as shall be found offenders therein , to bring them to a Councell of VVar in the Regiment to which they belong respectively , according to a Commission to that purpose granted , to the end they may be brought to condigne punishment for the same . And if any Office shall wilfully neglect his duty herein , such Officer shall be responsible for the misdemeanors of his respective Soldiers . Given under my hand & seal at Wickham the 1. of July , 1647. THO : FAIRFAX . To the Marshall Generall , to be published at the Head of every Regiment of Horse , Foot , and Dragoons , by Sound of Trumpet and Beat of Drum. A Commission granted by his Excellency to the Colonel , Lieutenant Colonel , or Major , of every Regiment in the Army , for the punishment of offences by a Councel of VVar in each Regiment , in pursuance of this Proclamation . WHereas divers misdemeanours and offences are daily committed by some Soldiers of the Army in their severall quarters , and other places , which cannot conveniently be brought to a Councel of War at the Head-quarter : I doe hereby give you full power and authority ( by the Commission Officers of your Regiment ) to call a Councell of War from time to time , and as often as need shall require , for the tryall of such persons of your Regiment ( according to the Lawes and Ordinances of War established ) as shall be found guilty of misdemeanour : And to inflict such punishment upon them ( according to the said Lawes and Ordinances ) as they shall be adjudged unto for the same by the said Councell . Provided that this Commission shall not extend to the tryall of any Officers in Commission , nor to the inflicting any punishment to the taking away of life or member , without first acquainting me therewith . Given under my hand and seale the first day of July , 1647. THO : FAIRFAX . To Col : Lieutenant Col : or Major of his Regiment . LONDON Printed for Humphrey Harward . 1647.