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         Laws, etc.
         England and Wales.
      
       
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             An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. For the raising and collecting of ten thousand pounds, for and towards the redemption of distressed captives. / Die Martis, 8. Julij, 1645. Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published. ; Jo: Brown, cleric. Parliamentorum.
             Laws, etc.
             England and Wales.
             Browne, John, ca. 1608-1691.
             England and Wales. Parliament.
          
           [8] p.
           
             Printed for Laurence Blaiklock,
             London: :
             July 15. 1645.
          
           
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           AN
           ORDINANCE
           OF
           THE
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           Assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           ▪
           For
           the
           Raising
           and
           Collecting
           of
           Ten
           thousand
           pounds
           ,
           for
           and
           towards
           the
           Redemption
           of
           Distressed
           CAPTIVES
           .
        
         
           
             Die
             Martis
             ,
             8.
             
             Julij
             ,
             1645.
             
          
        
         
           Ordered
           by
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           Assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ▪
           that
           this
           Ordinance
           be
           forthwith
           Printed
           and
           Published
           .
        
         
           Jo
           :
           Brown
           ,
           Cleric
           .
           Parliamentorum
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Laurence
             Blaiklock
             ,
          
           July
           15.
           1645.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           
             Die
             Martis
             8.
             
             July
             1645.
             
          
        
         
           
             VVHereas
          
           by
           an
           Act
           made
           this
           present
           Parliament
           ,
           Intituled
           ,
           an
           Act
           for
           the
           relief
           of
           the
           Captives
           taken
           by
           Turkish
           ,
           Moorish
           ,
           and
           other
           Pirats
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           the
           taking
           of
           others
           in
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           a
           Subsidy
           of
           one
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           was
           imposed
           on
           all
           goods
           and
           Merchandize
           exported
           out
           of
           ,
           or
           imported
           into
           this
           Kingdom
           of
           
             England
          
           and
           Dominion
           of
           
             Wales
             ,
          
           which
           was
           to
           be
           one
           first
           part
           more
           then
           the
           Customes
           and
           Subsidy
           of
           Tonnage
           and
           Poundage
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Book
           of
           Rates
           :
           Since
           the
           Passing
           of
           which
           Act
           ,
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           by
           Order
           of
           the
           tenth
           of
           
             March
          
           1641.
           for
           divers
           reasons
           did
           Order
           ,
           That
           Bonds
           should
           be
           taken
           by
           the
           Collectors
           of
           that
           duty
           to
           stand
           to
           the
           Order
           of
           Parliament
           :
           And
           whereas
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           intending
           to
           carry
           on
           that
           good
           work
           ,
           did
           on
           the
           24.
           of
           
             October
          
           1644.
           
           Order
           ,
           that
           only
           one
           fourth
           part
           of
           the
           moneys
           due
           by
           the
           said
           Bonds
           
           being
           one
           shilling
           in
           every
           twenty
           shillings
           Custome
           ,
           should
           be
           paid
           by
           the
           respective
           Merchants
           of
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           having
           by
           their
           Petition
           set
           forth
           ye
           great
           inconveniency
           that
           might
           happen
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Advancement
           of
           the
           work
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           unequall
           burthen
           that
           might
           rest
           upon
           the
           wel-affected
           Merchants
           ,
           in
           regard
           sundry
           persons
           ill
           disposed
           to
           that
           work
           ,
           and
           dis-affected
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           did
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           of
           the
           said
           Act
           ,
           make
           ill
           use
           of
           the
           favour
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           did
           fraudulently
           make
           entry
           of
           their
           goods
           in
           the
           names
           of
           insolvent
           and
           unknown
           persons
           ,
           by
           whom
           Bonds
           were
           likewise
           sealed
           .
           And
           the
           duty
           being
           now
           required
           ,
           no
           such
           persons
           appear
           ,
           nor
           moneys
           can
           be
           collected
           for
           the
           carrying
           on
           of
           that
           work
           ;
           yet
           the
           said
           wel-affected
           Merchants
           being
           desirous
           that
           the
           work
           might
           go
           on
           ,
           are
           ready
           not
           only
           by
           way
           of
           Advance
           forthwith
           to
           pay
           in
           all
           such
           monyes
           as
           they
           themselves
           owe
           upon
           those
           bonds
           ,
           but
           likewise
           willing
           to
           discover
           the
           fraud
           in
           those
           il-affected
           persons
           ,
           and
           to
           use
           their
           best
           indeavors
           ,
           to
           recover
           
           in
           the
           moneys
           due
           upon
           such
           Bonds
           so
           as
           they
           might
           be
           enabled
           by
           an
           Ordinance
           of
           Parliament
           for
           continuance
           of
           that
           duty
           of
           one
           fourth
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           for
           another
           year
           to
           reimburse
           themselves
           out
           of
           the
           one
           moyety
           of
           the
           Collections
           of
           that
           duty
           or
           otherwise
           all
           such
           moneys
           as
           they
           shall
           pay
           in
           and
           advance
           as
           aforesaid
           .
           It
           is
           therefore
           Ordained
           by
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ;
           That
           
             Samuel
             Avery
             ,
          
           Esquire
           ,
           Alderman
           or
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
             Walter
             Pell
             ,
             Robert
             Lowther
             Rouland
             Wilson
          
           Senior
           ,
           
             Thomas
             Hodges
             ,
             William
             Methold
             ,
             Edmund
             Cason
             ,
             Robert
             Abdy
             ,
             Samuel
             Mico
             ,
             Charles
             Snelling
             ,
             Richard
             Leg
             ,
             Thomas
             Rich
             ,
             Jonathan
             Andrews
             ,
             Nathaniel
             Wright
             ,
             Thomas
             Burnell
             ,
             Richard
             Chiverton
             ,
             Nathan
             Wright
             ,
             Richard
             Hill
             ,
             Benjamin
             Delannoy
             ,
             William
             Vincent
             ,
             Henry
             Hunt
          
           and
           
             Hugh
             Wood
             ,
          
           or
           any
           three
           of
           them
           shall
           be
           a
           Committee
           ,
           and
           have
           power
           to
           receive
           from
           the
           Chamberlain
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           who
           is
           hereby
           required
           to
           deliver
           all
           such
           Bonds
           of
           Merchants
           heretofore
           taken
           for
           the
           satisfying
           of
           that
           duty
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           said
           Order
           of
           the
           10.
           of
           
             March
          
           1641.
           
           And
           shall
           
           have
           further
           power
           to
           receive
           all
           moneys
           due
           upon
           the
           said
           Bonds
           ,
           from
           the
           severall
           Merchants
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Rule
           following
           :
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           of
           all
           such
           Merchants
           ,
           that
           shall
           before
           the
           24.
           of
           
             July
          
           next
           ,
           voluntarily
           pay
           in
           the
           one
           fourth
           part
           of
           the
           one
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           in
           obedience
           to
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           the
           24.
           of
           
             October
             1644.
             
          
           Vpon
           their
           said
           Bonds
           they
           shall
           accept
           thereof
           ,
           and
           deliver
           up
           their
           Bonds
           cancelled
           to
           the
           respective
           Merchants
           ;
           but
           of
           all
           others
           ,
           which
           shall
           refuse
           to
           accept
           of
           the
           benefit
           of
           this
           Ordinance
           ,
           and
           to
           pay
           in
           their
           moneys
           on
           their
           Bonds
           by
           the
           day
           prescribed
           ,
           or
           any
           others
           that
           they
           shall
           discover
           fraudulently
           to
           have
           made
           their
           entries
           in
           unknown
           names
           to
           elude
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           They
           shall
           have
           power
           to
           require
           and
           receive
           the
           whole
           duty
           of
           one
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           or
           the
           whole
           penalty
           of
           the
           said
           Bonds
           ,
           as
           they
           shall
           think
           fit
           .
           And
           if
           any
           shall
           refuse
           upon
           demand
           to
           make
           such
           payment
           ,
           then
           to
           leavy
           the
           same
           by
           distresse
           upon
           the
           goods
           and
           Estates
           of
           such
           persons
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           to
           sell
           and
           dispose
           of
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           
           the
           said
           Bonds
           ,
           and
           the
           overplus
           if
           any
           shall
           be
           ,
           to
           return
           it
           to
           the
           parties
           so
           refusing
           .
           And
           for
           the
           better
           execution
           of
           this
           service
           ,
           they
           shall
           have
           power
           to
           send
           for
           parties
           ,
           Witnesses
           ,
           other
           then
           Peeres
           ,
           papers
           ,
           and
           Records
           at
           a
           certain
           time
           and
           place
           ,
           where
           they
           shall
           constantly
           sit
           .
           And
           it
           is
           further
           Ordained
           ,
           That
           after
           the
           sum
           of
           Ten
           thousand
           pounds
           shall
           be
           raised
           and
           Collected
           upon
           the
           said
           Bonds
           ,
           for
           the
           carrying
           on
           the
           said
           work
           ,
           such
           Merchants
           shall
           ,
           on
           ,
           or
           before
           the
           said
           24.
           day
           of
           
             July
             ,
          
           pay
           in
           their
           said
           moneys
           in
           obedience
           to
           this
           Ordinance
           ,
           shall
           be
           repaid
           the
           same
           out
           of
           the
           surplus
           of
           such
           moneys
           ,
           as
           shall
           arise
           upon
           the
           said
           Bonds
           in
           turn
           as
           they
           did
           pay
           in
           their
           moneys
           ,
           and
           what
           part
           shall
           be
           wanting
           for
           the
           full
           reimbursement
           of
           every
           particular
           Merchant
           ,
           shall
           be
           paid
           out
           of
           the
           one
           moyety
           of
           the
           Receipts
           that
           shall
           be
           Collected
           in
           the
           Port
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           on
           an
           Ordinance
           of
           Parliament
           passed
           this
           present
           day
           ,
           for
           the
           continuance
           of
           the
           said
           duty
           of
           one
           fourth
           of
           one
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           from
           the
           10.
           of
           
             December
          
           next
           inclusive
           .
           Provided
           ,
           if
           any
           Merchant
           shall
           not
           
           pay
           in
           the
           money
           due
           by
           his
           Bonds
           ,
           on
           or
           before
           the
           24.
           of
           
             July
          
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           shall
           not
           enjoy
           the
           benefit
           of
           this
           Clause
           ▪
           or
           any
           thing
           in
           this
           Ordinance
           〈◊〉
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           is
           further
           Ordained
           ,
           That
           this
           Committee
           shall
           have
           power
           to
           appoint
           a
           Treasurer
           to
           receive
           and
           issue
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           moneys
           as
           shall
           be
           Collected
           on
           the
           said
           Bonds
           as
           he
           shall
           receive
           order
           from
           time
           to
           time
           from
           the
           Committee
           of
           the
           Navy
           appointed
           by
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           to
           him
           a
           sufficient
           discharge
           ,
           and
           to
           imploy
           such
           other
           person
           or
           persons
           in
           the
           execution
           of
           this
           service
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           such
           reward
           for
           their
           care
           and
           pains
           ,
           as
           to
           them
           with
           the
           approbation
           of
           the
           Committee
           of
           the
           Navy
           shall
           be
           thought
           fit
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           it
           is
           Ordained
           ,
           That
           if
           after
           the
           said
           24.
           day
           of
           
             July
             ,
          
           any
           person
           or
           persons
           shall
           be
           discovered
           eluding
           of
           the
           said
           Ordinance
           of
           Parliament
           for
           the
           payment
           of
           that
           duty
           to
           have
           made
           fraudulent
           entries
           ,
           and
           to
           cause
           bonds
           to
           be
           giver
           in
           the
           names
           of
           unknown
           or
           insolvent
           persons
           ,
           such
           persons
           so
           discovered
           shall
           be
           liable
           to
           the
           penalty
           of
           the
           said
           bonds
           ,
           and
           to
           such
           
           further
           punishment
           as
           shall
           be
           thought
           fit
           by
           Parliament
           to
           be
           due
           to
           offences
           of
           that
           nature
           one
           moyety
           of
           the
           said
           Fine
           and
           penalty
           shall
           be
           to
           such
           person
           or
           persons
           that
           shall
           make
           such
           discovery
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           moyety
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           to
           be
           imployed
           ,
           to
           and
           for
           the
           Redemption
           of
           the
           said
           distressed
           Captives
           ▪
           And
           the
           Committee
           of
           the
           Navy
           are
           to
           take
           care
           for
           the
           putting
           this
           Ordinance
           in
           execution
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           such
           ▪
           further
           Instructions
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           as
           shall
           be
           needfull
           for
           the
           better
           carrying
           on
           of
           this
           Service
           .
        
         
           
             Jo
             :
             Brown
             ,
             Cleric
             .
          
           Parliamentorum
           .
        
      
    
    

