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| April 4. |
58. Order of the House of Commons, that the several ordinances for discharging delinquents' estates, upon their compositions with the Committee at
Goldsmiths' Hall, be peremptorily read, and be the first business on Monday.
[Also G 1, p. 48.] |
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59. Like order that the Committee at Goldsmiths' Hall use their best
diligence in expediting the 10,000l., being the remains of the 40,000l. formerly
assigned to the Earl of Leven and the Earl of Calendar's armies, and for arms
and ammunition for them; and that they take care to send the ordinances
abroad for raising the 20,000l. monthly for the Earl of Leven's army. [Also
G 1, p. 34; 2, p. 67.] |
| April 9. |
60, 61. Order of the House of Commons, that 10,000l., the arrears of the
40,000l. formerly assigned to the Scottish army, be provided within ten days. |
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That it be recommended to the Committee at Goldsmiths' Hall to advance
the 10,000l. upon their own personal credit, to be secured and paid out of the
arrears of the Scots' money in the several counties; Sir Anth. Irby and Mr.
Jenner to acquaint the committee with this order, and to advantage the advance of this money within the time, by the best means they can. |
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That all the money in arrear upon the ordinance for the Scottish loans in
cos. Essex, Sussex, Kent, Cambridge, Suffolk, Hunts, Northampton, Herts,
Bedford, and Norfolk, be brought up and paid into the treasury at Goldsmiths'
Hall on Wednesday next; the gentlemen of the several counties to take notice
of this order, and employ their best endeavours that the money may be brought
in accordingly. [Also G 1, pp. 35, 36; 2, pp. 67, 68.] |
| April 11. |
Order of the Committee at Goldsmiths' Hall, that Sir Ant. Irby or Mr.
Jenner report to the House of Commons the fines thought fit to be set on Sir
Fras. Williamson, Edw. Andrews, and Thos. Wragg, for delinquency. [G 2,
p. 68.] |
| April 15. |
Warrant of the Committee at Goldsmiths' Hall to the keepers of prisons in
and about London, to send in the names of all delinquents and malignants in
their custody, with date and cause of commitment, &c. [G 2, p. 69.] |
| April 15. |
John Ashe to—. Whatever moneys you pay to [Sir Adam Hepburne] Lord
[or Laird of] Humby, treasurer of the Scottish army at Newcastle, and bring
to the Goldsmiths' Hall Committee Lord Humby's receipt, as part of the
20,000l. yet unpaid of the 30,000l. ordered by Parliament to be paid by the
Committee at Goldsmiths' Hall, shall be repaid you by the Goldsmiths' Hall
treasurers, in ten days. [G 1a, p. 64.] |
| April 15. |
Order of the Committee at Goldsmiths' Hall, that after the 10,000l., part of
the 30,000l. sent to the Scots' army at Newcastle, no bills of exchange be accepted till the moneys taken up for the 30,000l. be repaid, and all persons paid
whose credits are engaged for arms, clothes, &c., for the Scots' army. Notice
of this to be given to the English and Scottish Commissioners at Newcastle,
and also to the members of this committee, to prevent the drawing of any
further charge on the committee till their great engagements are met. [G 2,
p. 69.] |
| April 18. |
Order of the Committee at Goldsmiths' Hall, that Sir Ant. Irby move the
House that the ordinance lying in the clerk's hands, and sent in by the
order of the House of Commons, for regulating sequestrations and removing
obstructions, may be read, and passed, and that great prejudice accrues to the
State by its delay. [G 2, p. 70.] |
