TWO ORDINANCES OF THE Lords and Commons Assembled in PARLIAMENT, THE ONE, For Compositions for Wardships in the Court of Wards and Liveries, and for Signing of Bills, and passing of them under the Great Seal. THE OTHER, For taking away the Fifth part of Delinquents Estates, formerly granted by an Ordinance of Parliament, for maintaining of the Wives and Children of Delinquents.  

ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, That this be forthwith printed and published.  
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London, Printed for Edward Husband, Printer to the honourable House of Commons, and are to be sold at his shop, at the sign of the Golden-Dragon near the Inner-Temple, Novemb. 7. 1645.   


Die Sabbathi, 1. Novembr. 1645.  
An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for Compositions for Wardships in the Court of afterwards and Liveries, and for Signing of Bills, and passing of them under the Great Seal.  
WHereas divers Compositions have been heretofore made by sundry persons, with the Master and council of His Majesties Court of Wards and Liveries at Westminster, for the Wardships of the Bodies of divers of His Majesties Wards; upon some of which Compositions, considerable Sums of money have been already paid, and others are to be paid; But in regard the Grants of the said Wardships are to pass under the great Seal, by Bill Signed by His Majesty, which in these times of distraction cannot be obtained; By means whereof, the said persons who have already so compounded and paid their said moneys, are without the fruit of their said Compositions, And also as well those which have compounded and have not yet paid, as others which are prepared to compound for several Wardships, are for the reasons aforesaid, discouraged to make their several Compositions and payments with the said Master and council: The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, do therefore hereby Ordain and Declare, That all and every such Bill or Bills as hereafter shall be Signed by the Master and Clerk of the said Court of Wards and Liveries for the time being, notwithstanding their not being Signed by His Majesty, shall be passed under the great Seal in form usual. And the Commissioners of the said great Seal for the time being, are hereby required and authorized to pass Letters Patents in form usual from time to time under the said great Seal unto the several Committees, or Grantees of the marriages of the said respective Wards, according to the tenor and effect of the said Bills so Signed as aforesaid: And this Ordinance shall be their sufficient Warrant in that behalf; which Letters Patents so passed, shall be effectual in Law, according to the tenor thereof, the not Signing thereof by His Majesty notwithstanding. And it is also Ordained by the Lords and Commons aforesaid, That the Master and council of the said Court, shall proceed in all things belonging to the jurisdiction of that Court according to Law.  
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8. Septembr. 1645.  
An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, For taking away the Fifth part of Delinquents Estates, formerly granted by an Ordinance of Parliament, for maintaining of the Wives and Children of Delinquents.  
WHereas by a late Ordinance of Sequestration it is amongst other things Declared and Ordained, That the Committees of the several counties shall have power to assign maintenance out of the Lands of Delinquents, to their several Wives and Children, so as the same exceed not the fifth part of the Lands or Goods so sequestered: And whereas by occasion hereof, divers Wives and Children of Delinquents may resort hither, onely to obtain the said Fifth part, and may be ready to do ill offices to the Parliament; The Lords and Commons, to prevent the said mischief, and other of like nature, Do Ordain, That no Wife, child or Children of any Delinquent, who shall come from their own Habitation into the Parliament Quarters, with or without their Fathers or Husbands, from the Kings Quarters, shall have, hold and enjoy any Fifth part by the said Ordinance: And therefore they do Ordain, That all such Allowances hereafter to be made to such Wife or Children, shall be utterly voided. And if any such Wife, child or Children shall return from the Kings Quarters, without leave of both Houses: The Deputy-Lieutenants and Committees of Parliament in the several counties, or any two of them, or any of them, are hereby authorized and required to take care, that they be commanded to return back into the Kings Quarters; And if they shall not return, upon command given to them by the Deputy-Lieutenants or Committee, or any two of them, they shall hereby have power to commit them, until they shall give security for to return. And be it further Ordained, That no Children of any Delinquents shall have any Fifth part, but such as shall be educated and brought up in the Protestant Religion.  
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