Die Veneris, 21 April, 1648.  
ORdered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that the Boursers and Treasurers of the colleges in Oxford shall retain and keep such moneys as they have received, without making any dividend until they shall receive order from the committee of Lords ●nd Commons for the reformation of the university of Oxon. And that from henceforth, all Tenants, and such ●thers as are to pay money or other duties to any Col●●dge in the university of Oxford, shall pay the same to the heads of houses appointed by authority of Parliament, respectively, or to those whom they shall appoint to receive the same: and to no other. And that the Acquittance, or Acquittances, of such Heads of houses, or of such as they shall appoint to receive the same, shall be a sufficient warrant and discharge, to the several Tenants for the payment thereof accordingly: notwithstanding any condition in their Leases to the contrary.  
Hen. Elsing, Cler. Parl. Dom. Com.