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mons, {peedily to put in Execution the Ordinances for the ”F.

Sequettratien of the hﬂat s of Papiﬁs and Delinquents ,the Fifth, and ‘3 ‘

’35“ Twentieth Part, Weekly Aileffe; 11 em- and all other Ordinances of 3:5

5% Parliament, within the County of Cbeﬂcr', and County and C1tyofb1

C/ooﬂcr: And to take Subfcription's for the Letter 111pply and main- £11" ‘
tenance of the Forces under his Comm and, for fecurity of the

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Iriih Forces 11110 thofe Parts. 33%

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this Ordinance be forthwith printed and publiﬂ1ed._§{.
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To inable Sir Militant fBrereton Baronet,one
of the Members of the Houfe of Commons , to.
execute-the feverall Ordinances of Parliament, for Advance"
of. Money within the County of Cluﬂ‘er , and County and‘
Clt?’ of Clyq/Zcr, and to take Subﬁriptions for the better Sup-_

1: y and Maintenance of the Forces under his Command, for the

feCu‘rity of the {aid Places andfm: prevention. of the
Acceffe of the Iriih ﬁerces‘into thofe Parts.

. ”//,///// ”xxx/4 HE Lords and Commons Aﬂembied in ParliaJ
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‘. ‘ 7/}; ,, prefent condition of the Countyof Chg/tenant!
. " - of: the County and City of Ckeﬂer , and the

"a"? Parts adjacent; and the damgtage which hath

>, ., /’ alread hap ned and may :11 accrue. to this
:g/éz) Kingdihme, ylthe, frequent Acceﬂc of the Iriﬂt

fill/a} ., , " . Forces into the {aid P1ace,e(by meanes of the

  

‘ Haven of 'Claeﬁer being yetwithin the Enemies
power) ioyning themfclves with {uch Delinquents and Papifts as are
now in Armes in thofe Parts ainft the Parliament; have thought
ﬁt that Coutfe be timel. taken or prevention of further .tnil‘chiefs, by,
landing of more Iriih orces in thofe Parts. “And therefore that they
might {peedily reduce the kid" County and Clty of Cbeﬂ'er, and Places
aforefaid ‘,. to their due obsdience to the King and Parliament , ha»;
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and. eﬁabliihedgs well for the Difchar' e and Paiment oi fuch .Arreares
asare already due and‘owing'tothe 0' eers-and‘ Souldiers imploy ed: in
the Service aioreiaid,as 'ior their future maintenance and allowance-,dua-
ring iuch time asrheir Service {hall be requiiite. To which end and
pur oie, theiaid Lords and “Commons, having had, good experience,
and eing fully aiiured of the Fidelity and Reiolut‘ion of Sir William
' Brereteh Baronet, one of the Members of the Houie of Commons;
and of the forwardnetie and good Affection: oi the Deputy-Lievte-
nants, Commanders, and Inhabitants ofthc {aid County of Che/fer,
have Ordained, and be it Ordained by the {aid Lords and Commons,
That the {aid Sir William Brérr‘ran {hall have in] PoWer and Authority,
to take the Subicriptions of all iuch Perfons,as wﬂl voluntarily lend,or
contribute any i urnme or iummes of Money towards the Supplies and
Proviﬁons aioreiaid, and For other neceiiaries for the advancement of
the {aid Service : Whichjiums of Money to be iubicribed as aforeiaid,
the iaid Sir William Brcretommdhis Aﬂignsﬁraﬂ’and may receive and
imploy for the Service aioreiaid, and give Notes or Acquittances for
the ieverall iums {0 received ;’ which iaid Notes or Acquittances {hall
be a in fﬁcient Specialty and" Evidence for the {everall Peribns that [ball
lend or contribute an y" Money as aiorefaid, to demand repaiment there—
of, with iuch Increaie as {hall be agreed upon, io as the fame‘ihall not
exceed eight pounds per Century; And or the better inabling the iaid
Sir Wiflim Brenton to make repaiment oi fuch Moneyes as ihallbe
lent for the iaidpurpoies, and to periorme inch Conditions and Agree-
ments as the feverall Subicribers and Lenders {hall agree 'unto as afore-
{aid ; and for the maintenance and {applies of the iaid Forces,and fur-
ther advancement of the aioreiaid Service. Be it further Ordained by
the {aid Lords and Commons, That the iaid Sir William Brenton, to-
%ether with the Deputy-Lieutenants , and Committees of the iaid
ounty 0t Cbeﬂer, and the County of the City of Che/fer , or any
two, or more of them, {hall have full Power and Authority to pugn
Execution, within the faid County of Cbeﬂer , and County of the
City of Cbeﬁer (when the fame {halbe reduced) the ieverallO‘rdi-
mace: of this p’reient Parliament hereafter mentioned : That is to fay,
The Ordinances for Sequeitration oi Malignants, Delinquents,and Pa-
grit: Eitates. The Ordinance for the levying oi Moneya by way of
xeiie, or New Impoit. The Ordinance for the raiﬁng of Money,by
taxing {nth as have not at all commuted, or not according . to their
ﬁﬁatts,

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Eltates-t. TheOrdinanee for the Weekly Ali'eﬂ‘ements, a a . - -
Ordinances made this prefent Parliament , for advance of Money
through the whole Kingdome and Dominion of Wales, for the Set-
vice of the'King and Parliament, {0 Farre forth as they , or any
of them , have not beene already fully executed within the Pla-
ces aforefaid : and to take care for the lull'and due Execution of
the laid Ordinances according to the Tenour and true meaning of the
fame, refpet‘tively. And For the more fpeedy railing of Moneys for the
repayment of fuch Summes a3 {hall be brought in by S ubfcriptions, as
aforelaid, and towards the fatisfar‘tion offuch Officers and Souldiers
as are or {ball be in Arreare of their iufl pay and allowance , and For
whom there {hall not be prefent Pay and Proviﬁon allowed : Be it
Ordained by the {aid Lords and Commons, that the faid Sir William
Brenton, together with fuch Deputy Lievtenants and Committees as
aforelaid, {hall have hereby full power and authority to let and let the
Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, of all Papif’ts and Delinquents
which are or {ball be feized and fequeftred according to the Ordinance
of Parliament for Sequeltration, within the {aid County , of Choﬂer,
and Countie and Citie of C/Jeﬂ‘er, or either of them from year to year,
or by Leafe or Leafes for the intents and purpofes aforefaid, {0 long as
the {aid Sequeftration {hall continue. And in cafe the Lenders-or Sub-
fcribers {hall not receive full fatisfaétion of their principall Money to
be lent or {ubfcribed as aforeiaid, with theintereil thereof, out of the -
El’tates of Papil’ts and Delinquents ,.as aforefaid , or by inch other
meanes as is hereby provided as aforefaid , That then the laid Lenders
and Sublcribers, and every‘of them, {hall have the Publique Faith of
the Kingdome for the payment of luck Summe and Summes of Mo—
ney as {hall be due unto them. . And whereas the {aid County of the
City of Che/fer, is wholly fubjeﬁed to the power and tyrannie of the.
Forces railed agamf’c the Parliament,..by realon whereof no Commif—
ﬁoners or other Ofﬁcers could as yet put in execution an 37 of the {aid
Ordinances of Parliament: And whereas fome perfons formerly ap»
pointed by Authority of the Parliament to be Commiliioners and Of-
ﬁcers within the {aid County of Cke/ler, and County of the City of
Cbtﬂer to execute the Ordinances aforefaid ,for the fervice of the l’ar—
liament,have ﬁnce neglected and deferred the fame , and maniﬂfled
their difaffeﬁions thereunto. Be it therfore Ordained by the {aid LO! ds
and Commons, that for the lupply thereof . the {aid Sir William Brew
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‘ - e - er with {rich Denney Lievtenants' and Committees as afore-

faid ,ogtall have full power and Authority to name and appoint fuch‘
Commiﬂioners, Treafurers, Collectors, and other Ofﬁcers within the
[and County of Cheﬁer,and County and City or Cheﬁer , when the"
fame {hall be reduced ,as {hall be neceiYary (through the defect afore-
{aid ) for the better putting in execution of all and every the Ordinan-
ces of Parliament before mentioned , and of all other Ordinances of
Parliament, in cafe either no Commiﬂioners or other Officers be na-
med by the Authority of Parliament , to put the fame in execution
within the {aid County of Che/hr, and County and City oF Che/hr,
or either of them, or in cafe the Commiﬂioners or other Ofﬁcers al—
ready named, have neglected or deferred the {aid Service, or other wife
difcovered their difaffcﬁions to the proceedings of Parliament, which
faidCommiﬂioners and other perfons fo to be named and appointed by
the {id Sir William Brenton , together with the Deputy-Lievtenants
and Committee: as aforefaid, {hallby vertue of this prefent Ordinance
have as full power and authority to put the faid refpet‘tive Ordinances
in execution, as if they were named by both Houfe: of Parliament,
and their names inferred into the {aid refpet‘tive Ordinances.

And be it alfo ordained by the {aid Lords and Commons , that the
feverall Summes of Money which {hall be lent for the ad vancemcnt of
the {aid Service , and fuel: increafe as {hall be due for every l‘efpet‘ﬁvc
Somme {o lent according to the true intent and meaning of this Ordi-
nance, {hall be fatisfied and paid out of the Moneyes that {ball be rai-
fed within the places aforefaid', by virtue of the aforementioned Ordi-
nances, or of this prefent Ordinance. And the {aid Sir William arm-
to". with inch D uty Lievtenants and Committees as aforefaid , are
hereby enabled atifauthorized to call to Accompt upon Oath all fuch
perfons of the {aid County of Cbeﬂer as have received any Moneyes
by Authority from the Parliament : As alfo to take Aocompts upon
Oath from time to time of the faid Commifﬁoners, Treafurers, and o-
ther perfuns who {hall receive any Moneyes within the {aid places by
inch Authority as aforefaid, and the fame to convert and impioy for
the fervices aforefaid .and to give fuch ﬁtting and reafonable allowances
mm inch perfons as {hail be imployed in the execution of the Ordi-o
Dances aforeiaid , and of this prefent Ordinance, or anyof them, for
their pa ms and charges therein, as the {aid Sir William Brenton {hall
thinke ﬁt , provided that fuch allowance {hall not exceed the ”a?”

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ﬂijveRates allowed in other Counties of the Kingdome for putting
the {aid Ordinances in execution .-" And if any Treafurer‘s, (201th-
"0:8 or others ﬁiall refufe to accompt or pay in the Moneyes where-
with they are charged , then the kid Sir William Brenton, toge-
ther with fuch Deputie Lievtenants and Committees as aforefaid,
{hall returns. their Names to one , or both Houfes of Parliament.
And the {aid Sir William Brenton, together with fuch number of De-
puty-Lieutenants, or Committees, as aforefaid , is hereby Authorized
to Adminiiier the feverall Oaths fpeciﬁed in the aforefaid, Ordinances,
tmtofuch Commiﬂioners and Perfons ( which have not already taken
thefame ), as by the true meaning of the {aid Ordinances,or of this pre-
{ent Ordinance, or any of them, ought to take the fame. A nd be it
further Ordained by the {aid Lords and Commons, That the Perfonall '
Eitates of fuch Delinquents and Papifts within the Cities of London
and Wejlminﬂer, and withinltwent miles of the fame, not yet {eque-
ﬁred nor difcovered ; and which all be difcovered by the {aid Sir
William Brereton, or fueli Perfon or Perfons as he {hall Authorize un-,
der his Hand and Scale, For that purpofe, within two Moneths next af-
ter'the publifhing in Print of this Ordinance, {hall be allowed unto the
{aid Sir William Brenton , for the further Advancement of the faid
Service, provided that the {aid concealed El'tates exceed not the'iummef
of ﬁve thoufand pounds : 'And that the (aid Sir William Brenton, or
any Perfon Authorized by him , as aforefaid, nor any of them, (hall
pol’feﬂ'e themfelves of the {aid Papiits or Delinquents Ei’cates,bef'ore he
or they acquaint the Committee of Lords and Commons for Seque—
{irations therewith, to the end they may judge of the Delinquencie of
; the Perfons, before his, or their Efiates be fequeitred and taken away.
' ”And be it further Ordained by the Lords and Commons , That the
- {aid $ir William Brcrc’ton {hall have Po Wet and Autho; it y and 18 here-
by required to Ad m inilier the Covenant (appointed to be taken by the
three Kingdomes of England, Scotland , and Ireland) to all Perfons
within the {aid County of Che/fer, and the County of the City oi
Che/fer, who ought to take the fame (by the late Ordinance and In-
ﬁruétioxis For that purpofe ) and have not already taken it .

And be it further Ordained by the laid Lords and Commons , that
the {aid Sir William Brenton, together with the Deputy-Lieutenants
and Committees, as aforeiaid, {lull have Power to call bciore them all
Minifters and Schoolemaﬁers within the County of Clip/fer , and the

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County 'o’EIth'e City oF‘ Chéﬂehthatare {candalot‘ts in their lives, grill-é
aﬁéﬂfd'to the Padldmea“,wdt Poment‘ers (SF-this unmet-m Warre, 'or
ﬁnd] wilfully rufufe obedience to the Ordinances of‘ Parliament , or
{lullhavedeferted their ordinary place of rcﬁdence, not being imploy-
ed inthe Service of the King’a'nd Parliament ; and-they {hall have
Power to‘fend for any WrtueﬁeS, and examine any Com laint of Te‘
ﬁnnony againﬂ: them, Upon Oaths of fu¢h Perfons'as ' all and may

be PYOdUCcd to give E vilence againi’ctthem ; and upon fuc‘h Proofs of

the aforefaid Crimes, the faid Sir Wiﬂiam'Brereton, together With the

pCPUtY- Lieutenants and Com mittees aforefaid,havle hereby Power to '
remove and e ie& all {uch {caudalous Minillers, and Sch'oolemaﬁers, and‘

, in their places’to nominate and appoint fuch learned, able, godly, and

ﬁt Perform, as they ( with the and vice and content of three, or more, ‘

odly and learned Divines of the {aid County of Che/fer, which they
gull call unto them for that purpofe) {hall think ﬁt ; and {ball caufc
all {uch Minifters and Schoolemaﬂ’ers, {o nominated, appointed, and
placed, to be put into poﬁ'eﬂion of the {aid Churchegiﬁd Schools, Who
(hall and ma refpeﬁively take, receive, and perceive to their own u-
{es, the Pro ts and Revenues' belonging to the {aid {everall Churches
and Places, in as [at e and ample manner, as the feverall Miniﬁers and
Per-fans in the {aid everall places-hare formerly ufed to do.‘ -

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