AN ORDINANCE OF THE Lords and Commons Assembled in PARLIAMENT, For re-imbursing of Captain WILLIAM EDWARD'S the moneys to him due for the service of the State, and for his better enabling to proceed on in the said service.  
Die Martis, 28 Mati. 1644.  
ORdered by the Lords in Parliament assembled, that this Ordinance shall be forthwith printed and published.  
Jo. Browne Cler. Parliamentorum.  
LONDON, Printed for J. Wright in the Old-baily. 1644.   

Die Martis, 28 Maii. 1644.  
WHereas Captain William Edward's, Alderman of Chester, Captain of a Troop of Horse under the command of Sir William Brereton, hath done good service, and suffered much in his estate for his fidelity to the Parliament, as by sufficient testimony appeareth; The Lords and Commons thereof taking notice, and that there is an arreare to him, his Officers and Troopers; the sum of three thousand forty one pound four shilling and six pence; and that unless the same be paid, or he some other way competently provided for, he can neither recrute or maintain his Troop and charge, or proceed to do more service, which he is willing to do, do think sit that some course should be held for his encouragement and further supply. And whereas some Citizens of London and others have debts owing unto them by delinquents within the County of Chester, and the County of the City of Chester, and have also some debts owing unto them by well affected persons in the said County and City who were of sufficient abilities, but are of late plundered and destroyed in their estates by the Commissioners of Array in the said County and City for their adherence and good affection to the public cause of the Parliament and Kingdom, some of them having suffered long imprisonment, and others fled for their safety with loss of their estates; Be it therefore on the said Captain's behalf, and for and towards his better satisfaction ordered and ordained, in case any such creditors shall now advance by way of loan to the said Captain Edward's, for and towards the said recruit and satisfaction of his said arrears the value of the fifth part of such debts as are to them owing, as aforesaid; The said Captain Edward's shall have and hereby hath full power and authority to receive the same, and to take the subscriptions of such Citizens and others as will lend the said fifth part, and to give Notes or Acquittances for the same endorsed on this Ordinance, or upon such true Copy thereof as shall be published in print, and therein mentioning the sums due unto them, and the Debtors names and place of their dwelling. And in such cases it shall be lawful for Sir William Brereton Baronet, or in his absence for the Committees of Sequestration, or any three or more of the Deputy-Lieutenants of the said County of Chester, or the County of the City of Chester, when the said City and places respectively spectively shall be reduced to obedience to the Parliament, to set and let by Lease or Leases unto the said Creditors so much of the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments of Deliquents which shall be seized and sequestered in the said County, and County of the City of Chester respectively (to wit, such as are already by Ordinance of Parliament ordered and disposed of for maintenance of the Forces under the command of the Parliament, for reducing of those parts to obedience, and to be put in execution by the said Sir William Brereton, whose express assent is hereunto) as may serve not only to satisfy the said fifth part so contributed and lent with interest at eight pound per cent. for the same, but also the residue of such their just debts respectively, whereof they shall make such contribution as aforesaid. And the said Captain is to give account to the said Sir William Brereton, or in his absence to the Committees or Deputy Lieutenants of the sums, or what he shall receive by virtue of this Ordinance, so as the same may not exceed the proportions intended and owing unto the said Captain as aforesaid. And the said Sir William Brereton and the said Committees and Deputy-Lieutenants are hereof to take notice, and the said Captain Edward's is also to be accountable to the Lords and Commons, or such as they shall appoint, for what he shall execute, do, or receive by virtue of the premises.  
Jo. Browne Cler. Parliamentorum.