AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS ASSEMBLED IN PARLIAMENT.  
For the relief and Maintenance of sick and maimed Souldiers, and of Poor widows& Children of souldiers slain in the Service of the Parliament.  
With the several sums of Money which is to be ranted and levied for that purpose, upon the several Counties herein mentioned.  

Die Mercurii, 1 Novemb. 1643.  
ORdered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament, that this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and Published.  
John brown clear. Parl.   
London Printed for John Wright in the Old-bailey, November. 2 1643.   

An Ordinance of the Lords& Commons Assembled in PARLIAMENT, For the relief and maintenance of sick and maimed Souldiers, and of poor widows and children of Souldiers, slain in the Service of the Parliament.  
THe Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament, being desirous to use their utmost care for the relief and maintenance of the sick and maimed Souldiers of the Parliaments Army, and to provide for the sustenance of poor widows and children of such Souldiers as have been slain in the Service of the Parliament, do hereby ordain, and be it Ordained by the said Lords and Commons, That all such poor Souldiers as have either passed the chirurgeons hand, or shall lie under cure, and by the loss of any member or other maim in the Service of the Parliament, are or shall not be able to maintain themselves during the time of such inability, and all such sick& wounded Souldiers, as are or shall be sent sick or wounded from the said Army, during the time of such sickness and disability for service; And all poor widows and children of such Souldiers as have been slain in the aforesaid Service, and are not able of themselves to subsist during the time of such poverty, shall for the space of six moneths to begin from the first of November next, be provided for and maintained in manner as is by this present Ordinance, Provided, Ordered, and appoynted: For which purpose the said Lords and Commons do ordain, that the several sums of Money ensuing shall be ranted and levied upon the several Counties following, ( viz) 
Vpon the County of    l. s. d. Berks. 120. 00. 00. Bedford. 100. 00. 00. Bucks. 120. 00. 00. Cambridge& the Isle of Ely. 120. 00. 00. Essex. 300. 00. 00. Hertford. 120. 00. 00. Huntingdon. 080. 00. 00. Hampshire. 200. 00. 00. Kent. 300. 00. 00. mid. 125. 00. 00. Northampt. 200. 00. 00. Norff. and City of Norwich. 300. 00. 00. Suff. 300. 00. 00. Sussex. 250. 00. 00. Surrey. with the burrow of Southwa. 145. 00. 00. The Cities of London and Westminster within the Suburbs. 1200. 00. 00. For the rating, levying, and collecting whereof, Be it Ordained by the said Lords and Commons, that all and every the High Constables of the several Counties aforesaid shall upon the first notice hereof meet together& divide the sums set upon the several Counties and upon the several Hundreds, in such Proportion as they were ranted upon the first payment of the subsidy of 400000 l. And after the division of the said sum in the several Hundreds, then the particular High Constables of every hundred respectively shall be hereby authorised and required, forthwith to Issue out their Warrants& Precepts to the Petty Constables of the Towns, Parishes, and Hamlets within their respective Hundreds and divivisions, and also to such other persons as the said High Constables shall think fit to employ as Assistants therein, for the levying and collecting such sums of Money as by the High Constable of each Hundred or division, or such as they shall appoint, shall be proportioned and ranted upon the several Inhabitants of each Parish, town, or Hamlet, within their respective Hundred or division, and in case of refusal or neglect of any person or persons so ranted to pay the same, to Authorize the said Petty Constables and the said other persons to be appoynted as Assistants therein, to distrain the Goods and Chattels of such person so refusing or neglecting as aforesaid, and to sell the same for the service and purposes aforesaid, and that for the Cities of London and Westminster, and Suburbs thereof, the Committee for the Militia, do likewise upon notice hereof Issue forth their Warrants and Precepts to the Church-wardens of the several Parishes within the said Cities and Suburbs, and such others as they shall think fit for the rating, levying, and collecting such sums of Money, as they shall proportion to be ranted and collected upon the several Parishes within the said Cities of London and Westminster, and the Suburbs thereof, and in case of refusal or neglect as above said, the like course to be taken by way of distress as is afore directed for the several Counties, And also that the said High Constables and church-Wardens do certify the names of all such persons so refusing or neglecting to the Treasurers hereafter name, who are to signify the same to the Committee of the House of Commons for maimed Souldiers, to the end such persons may be proceeded against according to Iustice.  
And it is also Ordained, that the high Constables of the several Counties shall receive the moneys so levied and collected within their respective hundred and divisions and upon receipt thereof shall within three weekes next after the receipt of this Ordinance bring the said moneys or cause the same to be brought to Cord-Winers-Hall in London; And the Churchwardens of the several Parishes within the Cities of London, and Westminster, and the Suburbs, are to receive the moneys levied upon their respective Parishes,& within fourteen dayes to make return thereof to Cord-winers-Hall in London as aforesaid: at which place of receipt, William Greenehill, John Pocock, John randal and Richard Hutchinson Citizens of London, or some of them, are hereby appointed to receive the same every Tuesday, and Friday, and to be Treasurers for the same, and to give receipts and discharges for the same under their or some of their hands.  
And it is further Ordained by the said Lords and Commons that the money so levied and received by the said Treasurers as aforesaid, shall be by them or any two of them disposed of for the best advantage and for the uses and purposes aforesaid, so that not above four shillings be allowed weeekely to any such maimed, wounded, diseased, or sick soldier, or poor family as aforesaid.  
And it is further Ordained by the said Lords and Commons that for the better executing of this Ordinance, Nathaniel Wyburne and Roger Bincks Gent. or such others as they the said Treasurers shall appoint, shall be employed as Agents into the said several Counties to give notice hereof to the said several high Constables, and to certify the Committee of the house of Commons, for maimed Souldiers, of any obstruction or neglect that shall be or arise in any person, or persons, to hinder the execution of this Ordinance and who causeth thc same and to do, and perform such other service in the pursuance hereof, as to the said Committee or to the Treasurers aforesaid, shall be conceived requisite for the due execution of this Ordinance  
And it is lastly Ordained by the said Lords and Commons, that the said Treasurers and Agents from time to time shall receive such allowance for their pains and charges in the executing of this present Ordinance, as by the said Committee of the house of Commons shall be allowed and appointed, by which Committee the said Tresurers shalbe from time to time directed, and shall yield an account unto them, when the same shall be required.  
Provided always that where any captain under whose command any such sick or maimed soldier is or hath been listed shal receive pay for any such sick or maimed soldier, that notwithstanding the allowance before mentioned to any such sick or maimed soldier, the said captain that shall ceceive such allowance, shall pay and allow the same to the said soldier.  
FINIS.