Die Lune, 20. Septemb. 1647  
BE it Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That all moneys upon Bonds entered into in the Court of Wards and Liveries, or due by composition before the late Vote or Ordinance passed both Houses for taking away the said Court, and likewise all Rents due before the date of the said late Vote or Ordinance, shall be received according to the directions of an Ordinance of Parliament, for the due and orderly receiving and collecting of the Kings, Queens, and Prince's Revenue, and the Arrears thereof, bearing date the one and twentieth day of September, 1643. And all persons whatsoever that do owe any moneys, or Rents by Bond, or otherwise entered into, or payable in the said late Court of Wards and Liveries, before the date of the said late Vote or Ordinance, are hereby required to pay the said Rents and moneys unto Charles Fleetwood Esq the Receiver thereof, or to the Receiver thereof for the time being, who is hereby required and authorised to give such Acquittance, or Acquittances, or Discharges for the same as legally he ought or might have done, if the said late Vote or Ordinance for taking away the said Court had not been passed. And it is hereby further Ordained, That the said Acquittance, or Acquittances, or Discharges so given, or to be given by the said Receiver as aforesaid, shall be good and sufficient in Law to all intents and purposes to all, and every person and persons which shall pay in any Rents, or other moneys to the said Receiver for every such sum and sums of Money as shall be paid in by them as aforesaid; and that the parties paying in the same shall be respectively saved harmless, and kept indemnified for or by reason of the respective Rents, or sums of Money paid, or to be paid, as aforesaid. And in case all, every, or any of the persons that owe moneys by Bond, or otherwise in the said late Court of Wards and Liveries, do refuse or neglect to pay the several and respective sums of Money by them due to the said Receiver, than process shall issue out of the Court of Exchequer for the same, in such manner as is usual for other His majesty's Rents and Debts; And the Barons of the Exchequer, Officers, and other Ministers thereof whom it may concern, are hereby required and authorised to issue process accordingly; And the sheriffs and other Officers concerned are at their peril to execute the same, and pay the moneys levied respectively to the said Receiver in like manner, as payments have been made upon process in like kind heretofore issued forth of the said late Court of Wards; And the several Officers and Ministers of the said late Court of Wards and Liveries respectively whom it may concern are hereby authorised, required, and commanded from time to time according to the directions of the said Committee for the Revenue, to deliver such Schedule and Certificates of the Rents, Fines, Compositions, or other moneys in the late Court of Wards and Liveries upon Bonds entered into, or due before the said late Vote or Ordinance as thereunto they shall be required; together with all such Bonds for the same as remain in their hands, or in the hands of any of them; And in case any difference or just exceptions shall arise touching the several and respective Rents, Debts, Compositions, or other moneys aforementioned, than the hearing and determination thereof shall be referred to the Court of Exchequer, who by virtue of this Ordinance shall have power to give relief in Law and equity, in such manner as the Court of Wards might have done before the taking away of the same. And it is hereby lastly Ordered and Ordained, That all and every person and persons acting by authority of this present Ordinance, shall by power of Parliament be saved harmless and indempnisied, for whatsoever they shall respectively do in pursuance and direction thereof.  


Jo. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.  
H. Elsing Cler. Parl. D. Com.     

Printed at London for John Wright, at the King's Head in the Old Bayley. 1647.