All the ORDINANCES AND ORDERS OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT, For the Indemnity Or saving harmless all those that have Acted or done any thing by Sea or Land, by the Authority and for the Service of the PARLIAMENT.  

ORdered by the Lords Assembled in Parliament, That these Ordinances and Orders for Indemnity, be forthwith printed and published.  
Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.   
Imprinted at London for John Wright at the King's Head in the old Bayley. 1647.   

Die Veneris 21 Maii, 1647. AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT. For the Indemnity, or saving harmless all those that have acted or done any thing by Sea or Land by Authority of Parliament.  
THe Lords and Commons taking notice, That divers well-affected persons have been sued, indicted, prosecuted, or molested, and others are likely to be sued, indicted, prosecuted or molested for such acts and things which they have acted and done by Authority of this present Parliament, or for the service and benefit thereof, during these late Wars and Troubles, do hereby Ordain and Declare, and be it by authority of Parliament Ordained and Declared, That no person or persons whatsoever, who have since the beginning of this present Parliament acted or done, or commanded to be acted or done, any act or thing whatsoever by authority of this present Parliament, or for the service or benefit thereof, by Sea or by Land, aught to be sued, indicted, prosecuted, or molested, for the same; and that every such person or persons whatsoever are and shall be hereby fully acquitted and discharged of all Actions, Suits, Indictments, Informations, Prosecutions, Judgements, Executions, and Molestations whatsoever, for or concerning the same; and all Judges, Justices, Sheriffs, Mayors, Bailiffs, Jurors, Officers, and Ministers of Justice whatsoever are hereby required to take notice thereof, and duly to observe the same.  
And for the ease of all such persons who are or shall be sued, Indicted, Prosecuted or Molested for any such Act or thing as is aforesaid, It is hereby Declared and Ordained, That in every Action, Suit, Indictment, Information, or Prosecution whatsoever, wherein or whereby they shall be so sued, indicted, prosecuted, or molested, as is aforesaid, contrary to this Ordinance, It shall be lawful to and for all persons aforesaid, their Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, to plead the general issue, that they are not guilty, or any other general issue, as the case shall require, and shall and may give in evidence to the Jury that shall try the same, That the matter in question was an Act or thing acted or done, or commanded to be acted or done by authority of this present Parliament, or for the service or benefit thereof, which Evidence being proved, shall be admitted and allowed by the respective Judges, Judge, or Justice, or Justices & Jury before whom it shall be tried, as sufficient to maintain the said general issue: And if the Verdict shall pass, with the Defendant or Defendants in any Action, Bill, Plaint, or Suit, as is aforesaid, or the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs shall be nonsuit therein, or suffer any discontinuance thereof, the respective Judges or Justices shall award unto the said Defendant or Defendants triple costs, for which the said Defendant or Defendants shall have the like remedy, as in the like Cases they ought to have by the Laws of this Realm: And what any Judges, Justices, Sheriffs, Mayors, Bailiffs, Jurors, Officers and Ministers of Justice shall do according to this Ordinance, or in pursuance thereof, they shall be justified and saved harmless by Authority of Parliament for and concerning the same.  
And because such persons who have acted or commanded to be acted or done any such act or thing, as is aforesaid, may be poor, and not able to defend a Suit at Common Law, or may find themselves aggrieved in the proceed thereof; now for a further and certain relief of all such persons, It is hereby Ordained and Declared by the Authority aforesaid, That any such persons so sued, indicted, prosecuted, or molested, as is aforesaid, may at any time hereafter, when & as often as they shall be sued, indicted, prosecuted or molested for any such act or thing, as is aforesaid, either before or after a trial at the Common Law, make their complaint to  
ALgernon Earl of Northumberland, Henry Earl of Kent, john Earl of Rutland, Philip Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, Theophilus Earl of Lincoln, Charles Earl of Nottingham, James Earl of Suffolk, William Earl of Salisbury, Robert Earl of Warwick, Bazell Earl of Denbigh, James Earl of Middlesex, Edward Earl of Manchester, Edmond Earl of Mulgrave, Henry Earl of Stamford, Walter Lord Viscount Hereford, William Lord Viscount Say and Seal, Charles Lord Delawar, George Lord Berkley, Philip Lord Wharton, Francis Lord Willoughby, Dudley Lord North, John Lord Hunsdon, William Lord Grey of Work, John Lord Robartes, Edward Lord Howard of Esc. Thomas Lord Bruce, Members of the House of Peers.  
Master Holles, Colonel Birch, Master Swynfen, Master Maynard, Master Bois, Colonel Purefey, Colonel Harvey, Master Recorder, Master Solicitor, Sir Philip Stapleton, Colonel Morley, Sir William Allenson, Colonel Massey, Master Whitlocke, Sir Gilbert Gerrard, Sir William Waller, Master Edward's, Master Challener, Lieutenant General Cromwell, Master Tate, Sir William Massam, Sir Samuel Luke, Master Lisle, Field Martial Skippon, Master Francis Allen, Colonel Walton, Master Rigby, Sir John Maynard, Master Selden, Master Gott, Sir William Brereton, Master Grimston, Master Darley, Master Dove, Sir John Bampfield, Lord Menson, Sir Michael Livesey, Sir Thomas Widdrington, Sir Arthur Hasilrig, Master Bainton, Master Necholas, Master Weaver, Master Nathaniel Fiennes, Colonel Rainsborough, Major Harrison, Master Walter Long, Master Hallowes, Master Miles Corbet, Colonel Tompson, Master Drake, Sir Thomas Middleton, Master William Pierpoint, Members of the House of Commons, or any five of them, who are hereby constituted a Committee of Parliament, for the relief of all such persons, in such cases as is aforesaid. And the said Committee, or any five of them, are hereby authorized and required, to receive, hear, and determine such aforesaid Complaints; and to that end to examine Witnesses upon Oath; and to commit to safe custody (if they shall see cause) all such person or persons, who shall so sue, indict, prosecute, or molest, any person or persons whatsoever, for acting or doing any such Act or thing, as is aforesaid; And also to order and award to every such person or persons so sued, indicted, prosecuted, or molested, triple so much as they shall make appear to the said Committee, that they have been damnified by any such Suit, Indictment, Prosecution, or Molestation, as is aforesaid, if they have not before recovered the same by the proceed at Common Law, according to this Ordinance. And that when the said Committee, or any five of them, shall have made any Order or Award, in such aforesaid cases respectively, that the said person or persons ought not to be sued, indicted, prosecuted, or molested, for such Act or thing respectively, then upon showing the said Order or Award to the Solicitors, Attorneys, or Counsellors of the party or parties so suing, indicting, prosecuting, or molesting, as is aforesaid, the said Solicitors, Attorneys, and Counsellors, shall presently forbear to prosecute, or assist, counsel, or advise the said Party or Parties to sue, indict, or prosecute any further, for such Act or thing respectively: And that if thereupon, they shall not forbear so to do, the said Committee, or any five of them, are hereby authorized and required, to commit to safe custody any such Solicitors, Attorneys, or Counsellors, so offending as is aforesaid, if they shall see cause.  
Provided always that this Ordinance, nor any thing herein contained, shall not extend to discharge any such person or persons aforesaid, who have acted, or done, or commanded to be acted or done, any Act or thing by Authority of this present Parliament, or for the Service or benefit thereof, from making their true and just Accounts to any Commissioners or Committee of Parliament, appointed or to be appointed for that purpose, of what they have taken, received, or had, for the Service and benefit of the Parliament, as is aforesaid.  
Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.   

AN ADDITIONALL ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in the PARLIAMENT OF ENGLAND, For the more full Indemnity of the Officers and Soldiers who have acted by Authority, and for the service of the PARLIAMENT.  
And also enabling a Committee for Indemnity in the County of KENT, to put the said Ordinances in execution.  

ORdered by the Lords Assembled in Parliament, That these Ordinances be forthwith printed and published.  
Jo. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.   
Imprinted at London for John Wright at the King's Head in the old Bayley. 1647.   

Die Lunae. 7. Junii. 1647. An additional Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in the Parliament of England, for the more full indemnity of the Officers and Soldiers who have acted by Authority and for the service of the Parliament.  
FOrasmuch as in the times of this late War, and public distractions there have been many injuries done to private persons and other offences Committed by divers persons bearing Arms in the service of the Parliament, The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled taking into their Consideration, That it is expedient that the injuries and offences aforesaid be pardoned & put in Oblivion rather than by pretence of prosecution against some few persons, a great number of such who have faithfully served the Parliament be brought into a continual vexation for such Actions as the exigency of War hath necessitated them unto, Do therefore Ordain, and be it Ordained by the said Lords and Commons, That all persons who have committed any offences, trespasses, injuries, or other misdemeanours whatsoever, during such time as they have been employed in Arms, by or for the service of the Parliament, be, is, and are hereby discharged and pardoned of the same, and off and from all prosecution or damages therefore, either at the Suit of the King or the party grieved, and may in case he or they be questioned therefore, plead the general Issue, and give this Ordinance in evidence, which shall be allowed to all intents and purposes as if the same were pleaded in Bar. And in case any shall prosecute any Action or Suit contrary to the Tenor of this Ordinance, against any person hereby discharged, after notice given that such person is hereby discharged, the defendant or defendants so prosecuted shall recover his and their cost against such Prosecutor.  
Provided also that this Ordinance nor any thing herein contained, shall extend to discharge any such person or persons as aforesaid from making their true and just Accounts to any Committee or Committees of Parliament appointed or to be appointed for that purpose, of what they have taken, received, or had, for the service or benefit of the Parliament.  
Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.   

Die Sabbathi, 19 junii. 1647.  
THe Lords and Commons in Parliament having well accepted the obedience and readiness of those Officers and Soldiers who have complied with their Orders, have Ordered and Ordained, and by Authority aforesaid do Order and Ordain, That all and every the said Officers and Soldiers aforesaid, shall be freed, exonerated, acquitted, and discharged, and are in and hereby declared and adjudged from henceforth to be free, exonerate, acquit, and discharged of and from all and whatsoever prosecution, judgement of life or member, pains, penalties, and punishments whatsoever incurred, or that shall, may, or can, might, could, should, or aught to be inflicted, prosecuted, had, or pursued against them or any of them, for or by reason of the said pretended offence or offences of their departure from their said Colours, or from under the Command of the said Sir Thomas Fairfax, or from or under the command of any Military Officer or Officers under him whatsoever.  
Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.   

Die Veneris, 24 Decemb. 1647. An Ordinance giving power to the Committee of Indemnity, to put in Execution the Ordinances concerning Apprentices Freedoms.  
BE it Ordered and Ordained by the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament, That power be given to the Committee for Indemnity, to put in execution the several Ordinances concerning Apprentices Freedoms that have served the Parliament in this late War, and to receive all complaints made upon them, and to give Redress to the party grieved, and to allow Costs, Charges, and Damages, as they shall see cause, according to the power given them, in cases of Indemnity.  
joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.   

Die jovis 20. januarii 1647 An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, For enabling a Committee in the County of Kent to put in execution all former Ordinances of Parliament concerning Indemnity.  
THe Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament, having by an Ordinance of Parliament of the one and twentieth day of May, 1647. And by an Additionall Ordinance of the seventh day of June last, provided for the saving harmless and indemnified all such Soldiers and others, as have acted by the Authority of Parliament, or for the service thereof. And finding by several complaints made to them, that it is a great charge and trouble to very many poor Soldiers and others, to whom a due relief is intended by the said Ordinances, to make their repairs to the City of London, and to attend the Committee of Lords and Commons appointed by the said Ordinances for the execution thereof; The said Lords and Commons, in consideration thereof, have thought fit to Order and Ordain; And is hereby Ordered and Ordained, That Sir John Rivers Knight and Baronet, and Sir Edward Moyns, Sir Thomas Style, Sir Richard Harders, Sir Thomas Peirce Baronet's, Sir Anthony Welden, Sir John Honywood, Sir Nicholas Miller Knights, Thomas Plumer, john Twesleton, Lambert Godfrey, Richard Porter, George Newman, Thomas Seylard, William james, Richard Beale, john Brown, William Skenner, William Boothby, William Kenwrick George Hall, john Bix Esq john Boys of Elminton, Robert Scot, Thomas Blunt, Esq Robert Hales Esq Sir Edward Master's Knight, Thomas Den, Robert Ladd, john Nuts Esq Sir james Oxinden Knight, Thomas Broadnex, john Holland, Thomas Boys of Wilsbourgh Esq George Duke Esq Be and are hereby appointed to be a Committee for the County of Kent, for the putting in execution the several Powers contained in the said Ordinances. And the said persons, or any five or more of them within the County aforesaid, are hereby authorized and appointed to take care from time to time duly to execute and perform the Powers given by the said Ordinances, as by the same is expressed and Ordained.  
Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.   
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