Two ORDINANCES OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT: The one, For exempting the UNIVERSITY of Cambridge From TAXATIONS.  
The other, For the Regulating of the said University by the earl of Manchester, and to remove scandalous Ministers; providing a fifth part of their Estates for their wives and children.  


Die Veneris 12. April 1645.  
ORdered by the Lords assembled in Parliament, That these Ordinances be forthwith printed and published.  
Joh. Brown clear. Parliamentorum.    
LONDON, Printed for John Wright in the old Bayley, 14. April. 1645.   

Die Jovis 11. April. 1645.  
WHereas humble representation hath been made to the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament on the behalf of the university of Cambridge, that the said university and the several colleges therein are brought to such necessity, by reason of the failing of their Rents( a great part whereof cannot be received in these times of Troubles and Distractions) as they shall be altogether unable to support any longer the Students of the said Societies, unless they may be freed and exempted( according to their Charter and the indulgence of former Parliaments) from all Military Taxes and other contributions to the public service, which are imposed by Ordinance of Parliament▪  
The said Lords and Commons taking the premises into consideration, and to the end they may give as much ease and relief as the times will bear to these eminent schools and Seminaries of Learning, for their better encouragement to continue their Studies with diligence for the public benefit both of Church and Common▪ wealth, think fit and ordain, and be it Ordained, That nothing contained in any Ordinance or Ordinances of Parliament for and concerning the imposing, levying, or paying of any assessments, Tares, and charges whatsoever, as well already made and charged as hereafter to be made and charged by virtue of any of the said Ordinances, shall be▪ extended to charge the said university of Cambridge, or any of the colleges or Halls within the said university, nor any the Rents and Revenues belonging to the said university or colleges, or any of them; nor to charge any Master, Fellow, or scholar of any the said colleges, nor any Reader, Officer, or Minister of the said university or colleges, or any of them, for and in regard of any Stipend, Wages, or Profit whatsoever arising or growing due to them or any of them in respect of their said several places and employments in the said university, any thing in the said Ordinances, or any of them, to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.  
And all Assessors, Collectors, and others whom this may concern, are hereby required to take notice of this Ordinance.  
Provided that the Tenants who enjoy Leases from the said university and colleges respectively do claim no freedom, exception, or advantage by this Ordinance.  
joh. brown clear. Parliamentorum.   

An Ordinance for Regulating the University of CAMBRIDGE, and for removing of Scandalous Ministers in the seven Associated Counties.  
WHereas many complaints are made by the well affencted Inhabitants of the Associated Counties of Essex, norfolk, Suffolk, Hertford, Cambridge, huntingdon▪ and lincoln, That the service of the Parliament is retarded, the Enemy strengthened, the peoples souls starved, and their minds diverted from any care of Gods Cause, by their idle, ill affencted, and scandalous Clergy of the university of Cambridge, and the Associated Counties; And that many that would give Evidence against such scandalous Ministers, are not able to travel to London, nor bear the charges of such a journey: It is Ordained by the Lords & Commons Assembled in Parliament, That the earl of Manchester shall appoint one or more Committees in every County, consisting of such as have been nominated Deputy Lieutenants, or Committees by any former Ordinance of Parliament, in any of the said Associated Counties, every Committee to consist of ten, whereof any five or more of them, to sit in any place or places within any the said Associated Counties where the said earl shall appoint▪ with power to put in execution these Instructions following, and in pursuance thereof, to give assistance to the said Committees.  
First, They shall have power to call before them, all Provosts, Masters, and Fellowes of colleges, all Students, and Members of the university, and all Ministers in any County of the Association, and all whoremasters that are scandalous in their lives, or ill-affected to the Parliament, or Fomentors of this unnatural war, or that shall wilfully refuse obedience to the Ordinances of Parliament, or that have deserted their ordinary places of residence, not being employed in the service of the King and Parliament. And they shall have power to sand for any Witnesses, and examine any complaint or testimony against them, upon oaths of such persons as shall and may be produced to give Evidence against them, and shall certify their Names with the Charge and proofs against them, to the said earl of Manchester, and he shall have power to eject such as he shall judge unfit for their Places, and to sequester their Estates, means, and Revenues, and to dispose of them as he shall think fitting, and to place other fitting persons in their room, such as shall be approved of by the Assembly of Divines sitting at Westminster.  
The earl of Manchester, or the said Committeé or Committees shall have power to administer the late Covenant taken and to be taken of all the threé Kingdoms, of England, Scotland, and Ireland, to all persons in any of the said Associated Counties, and the Isle of Ely, upon such Penalties as are or shall be assigned by the Parliament in this behalf.  
And be it ordained, That the said earl of Manchester shall have power to dispose of a fifth part of all such Estates as they shall sequester, for the benefit of the Wives and Children of any of the aforesaid persons.  
The said Committee or Committees shall employ a clerk for the registering of all Warrants, Orders, Summons, and Ejectments made by them: And that they choose some convenient place for the preserving of the Writings of this Committee.  
That the said earl of Manchester shall have power to examine and inhibit all such as do obstruct the Reformation now endeavoured by the Parliament and Assembly of Divines.  
And be it further declared, That all such as shall do any thing in execution of this Ordinance, shall be kept indemnified by the authority and power of both Houses of Parliament.  
And further be it ordained, That the earl of Manchester shall have power to appoint a convenient number, consisting of one or more out of every county, one out of the city of Norwich, and one out of the county and city of lincoln: Provided, that three of these be Deputie-Lieutenants to sit at Cambridge, for the better ordering of all Businesses of the Association, according to Ordinances and Orders of Parliament, and according to his Commission granted by his excellency the earl of Essex; And that the present Committee for the Association sitting at Cambridge, shall cease, when the earl of Manchester shall have appointed another under his hand and seal.  
Joh. brown clear. Parliament.   
FINIS.