TWO ORDINANCES OF THE Lords and Commons Assembled in PARLIAMENT, The one, For raising moneys out of Delinquents Estates, for maintaining Horse and foot, for the Garrison of Gloucester, and County of GLOUCESTER, &c. The other, For raising of Forces for the taking in of OXFORD.  
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Printed by T. W. for ED. HUSBAND, MAY the 29. 1645.   


An Ordinance of the Lords & Commons assembled in Parliament for raising moneys out of Delinquents Estates for maintaining horse and foot, for the garrison of gloucester, and County of Gloucester, &c.  
WHereas there is great necessities for providing of moneys for the raiseing and maintaining horse and foot for the Garrison of Gloucester, and for the Counties of Gloucester, Hereford, Monmouth, Glamorgan, brecknock and Radnor.  
Be it Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That the Estates and Debts of such Malignants, Delinquents, and Papists, not yet sequestered nor discovered, and which shal be discovered by the Committees of the aforesaid Counties or any of them, or by such person and persons as they or any of them shall authorize for that purpose, and shall fall within the Rule of the Ordinance directing sequestrations, shall be allowed by the said Committees, and paid over unto them for advancement of the said service upon account. And that the receipt or accquittance of the said Committee for the same under the hands and seals of any three or more of them shal be a sufficient discharge in that behalf, unto the person or persons so paying the same, against any the said Malignants, Delinquents or Papists respectively, and be pleaded in bar in any action or suite, upon and of any bond, specialty, or other security whereby the same shalbe become due unto the said Malignants, Delinquents or Papists, or unto any one of them respectively.  
Provided the said concealed Estates exceed not the sum of 6000. l. And that the said committee or any person or persons authorised by them as aforesaid, nor any of them, shall possess themselves of the said Malignants, Delinquents or Papists Estates, before he or they acquaint the committee of Examinations therewith or any five or more of them( the said committee sitting) to the end they may judge of their Delinquency before his or their Estates be sequestered and taken away.  
Provided also, that such appeals shalbe allowed therein, to the committee of the Lords and Commons for sequestration as in like cases hath been used and approved.  
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An Ordinance of the Lords & Commons Assembled in Parliament, enabling the Committee of Oxon, Bucks, and Berks, to take voluntary subscriptions for maintaining of additional Forces under the command of Major-Generall Brown for the taking of Oxford.  
IT is this day Ordered and Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled, That the Committee of the three Counties of Oxon, Bucks, and Berks, or any two of them, or such persnos as that Committee shall appoint for this purpose, shall have authority, and are hereby enabled to take the voluntary Subscriptions of any persons whatsoever, both Members of either House of Parliament and others, for the maintaining of additional Forces under the Command of Major-Generall brown, to those Forces he hath already, for four Moneths at the usual pay, for the taking of Oxford.  
And what Forces and money shall be raised by such voluntary contributions shall be employed for the taking of Oxford, and not diverted or employed in any other service whatsoever.  
And the said Committee of the three Counties are hereby authorized to Treat and confer with any Committees or other persons of the City of London or elsewhere, for the better carrying on of this work; And are to bring in an Ordinance for this purpose.  
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