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| July 2. |
Order of the Committee for Compounding, that letters be written to the
members of the County Committee of Dorsetshire, that special care be taken
that the tithes of the impropriation of Winfrith, bought of Col. Laurence,
be collected and disposed of according to this committee's orders. |
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That letters be written to the committees and treasurers of the Scottish
loans in cos. Kent and Sussex, to pay in their money and perfect their accounts.
[G 6, p. 139.] |
| July 5. |
Order of the Committee at Goldsmiths' Hall, in answer to a paper sent
from the committee for [relief on] Articles of War, that this committee
took no notice of their order as to the discharge of the Bristol delinquents,
because they had no power by the Act to meddle in Bristol Articles, and
therefore resolved to proceed against them, that paper notwithstanding. [G 6,
p. 151.] |
July 5.
Chelmsford. |
31. Alphabetical list of 175 delinquents who have compounded in Essex, with
the value of their respective estates, personal and real, the amount of their
debts, and the sums paid by them for composition, total 21,857l. With note
that some of the real estates are for life, others in reversion; that some compositions are not finished; there are some debts about which the committee are
not satisfied, and some abatements to be made. [Double sheet.] |
| July 5. |
32. Blank form of a certificate to be made thereon. [⅓ page.] |
| July 12. |
Order of the Committee at Goldsmiths' Hall, that in the case of compositions
with such as purchase the estates of recusants not in arms, this committee will
proceed as formerly with those already received and referred, and the treasurers
shall receive their moneys as deposits, till the sense of Parliament be understood. If such fines be not there allowed, the moneys shall he repaid to the
depositors. Also that no petition of that nature be received from henceforth,
till further resolution be taken. [G 6, p. 157.] |
| July 13. |
Order of the Committee for Compounding, that the order for [John] Hampden's children be signed according to the order of the House. [G 6, p. 158.] |
July 21.
Cornwall. |
33. Edw. Herle, sheriff of Cornwall, to the Committee for Compounding.
On 17 July, I published as ordered yours of the 5th instant, in all the market
towns and corporations of the county not infested with the plague. [¾ page.] |
| July 26. |
34, 35. Order of the Committee for Compounding, for printing of the order
in Parliament prefixed of 25 July, that the tenants of sequestered estates who
are to retain their rents until 1 Aug. keep their rents for such estates until
1 Sept., except the Parliament shall otherwise order; it is to be sent down
to the several committees of England and Wales, who are to see it strictly
observed, or answer at their peril. [Printed, 1 page, 2 copies; also G 6, 175;
172, p. 675.] |
| July 26. |
Order of the Committee for Compounding, that this committee will not hear
any motions, reviews, or other business than compositions, till the 1st of August
be passed. [G 6, p. 178.] |
July 31.
Bradford, Wilts. |
Thos. French, solicitor for sequestrations, to John Leech. I left a paper with
you 4 months since, but lest it should have been overlooked, I enclose a copy.
I beg you to present it to the committee, and to stand my friend. I hope
no one has interposed to deprive me of my employment. You thought they
would not displace those who had been faithful, but would add to their powers,
and many Parliament men know that my defects have been want of authority
and a better committee. I have been prevented coming to London, but will
come if you think it needful. [G 85, p. 259.] Annexing
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i. Representation by Thos. French to the Committee for Compounding. Many
delinquents have enjoyed their lands ever since sequestered, on payment of a
small fine to the County Commissioners, who have discharged their persons
and estates, and received nothing from the lands, though sequestered 5 years
since, which is contrary to the resolves of 14 March 1649. |
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Some rent their own estates by themselves or others, at undervalues, contrary to the
said resolves. On the late Parliament Order of April 9, staying the receiving
of rents till next June, the County Commissioners have postponed their sittings till Ladyday, so that the leases which fell in at Ladyday cannot be
improved, and many Papists' and delinquents' estates still unsequestered
cannot be sequestered. Begs authority and instructions to a fit person for
timely amendment thereof. [G 85, pp. 251, 261.] |
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ii. Queries:— |
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1. Whether the estates of delinquents who died before sequestration are to be sequestered? |
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2. Whether those discharged by the County Committees as not worth 100l. are liable
for any greater estate that may come to them ?
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3. Whether arrears of rents due before discharge from Goldsmiths' Hall may not be
required after discharge, and levied in case of refusal ? [G 85, p. 249.] |
