DIE Veneris, 31 Martii.
PRAYERS.
The Earl of Manchester, Speaker this Day.
Mr. Gifford, a Pass.
Ordered, That Phillipp Gifford shall have a Pass,
from London to Oxon.
Lady Campden, to be assessed as a Peeress.
After long Debate, "Whether the Lady Elizabeth
Viscountess Dowager Campden should be cessed as a
common Person, upon the Ordinance for the Twentieth Part of the Estate, or cessed by the Peers?"
Resolved, upon the Question,
That the said Lady Elizabeth Viscountess Campden,
being a Peer's Widow, is exempted from being assessed
as a common Person, upon the Ordinance of Parliament
for the taxing of the Twentieth Part of the Estates as
other Peers are.
Assessment to be taken out of Lord Campden's Estate.
Ordered, That the Speaker shall write to the Lord
Grey, "That the Two Thousand Pounds, assessed in
Parliament, shall be taken out of the Estate of the
now Lord Viscount Campden, and not out of the
Jointure of the Lady Viscountess Julian Campden,
Wife of the late Viscount Campden, deceased."
Rosse's Cause, about his Money stopped at Gravesend.
Upon hearing of the Cause between William Rosse,
against John Robinson and Christofer Dighton; it is Ordered, That the Cause shall be left to its proceeding
in the Exchequer.
E. of Portland and his Brother, a Pass.
Ordered, That the Earl of Portland, and his Brother Nich. Weston Esquire, to have a Pass into Surrey,
with his Servants, and to return to the Parliament by
the 10th of April next.
Mrs. Massey's Cause.
Ordered, That Mr. Doctor Heath shall speak with
Mr. Goodwin, of the House of Commons, touching Mrs.
Masseye's Business; and, after Examination of the Cause,
to make report to this House.
Mr. Jervice, a Pass.
Ordered, Mrs. Jervice shall have a Pass, from London
to Oxon, with Furniture.
Captain Ashe, a Pass to Holland.
Ordered, Captain Isaac Ash shall have a Pass, with
Two Servants, into Holland.
Mr. Pory to be heard; about the Sequestration of his Living.
Ordinance for Hertfordshire read and passed. (Here
enter it.)
Ordered, That Mr. Pory, that hath a Sequestration brought from the House of Commons against him,
shall be heard on Tuesday next, what he can say for
himself.
Capuchins at Denmark House.
Ordered, That the Business touching the Capuchins
shall be considered of To-morrow.
Ordinance for raising Money Weekly in Hertfordshire.
"Veneris, 31 Martii, 1643.
"Whereas the Lords and Commons in Parliament
assembled have been credibly informed, that great
Forces are now marching, from Oxford, towards the
Counties of Bucks, Bedford, Herts, and Counties adjacent, to the great Terrors, Affrightment, and
Amazement of His Majesty's good Subjects inhabiting in the Counties aforesaid; and, having taken the
same into their serious Consideration, do (for the
Prevention of all Incursions of Enemies, avoiding of
all Rapines and Plunderings, or other mischievous
Actions) Order and Ordain, That there shall be a
speedy raising of large and considerable Sums of
Money, for the levying and paying of Forces, fortifying of Towns, and buying of Arms, Ammunition,
and whatsoever else may be requisite and necessary
for the Defence and Safety of His Majesty's good
Subjects of the County of Herts; which that it may
be done with as much Ease and Indifferency to the
good Subjects as the Exigency of the Time will permit, for the Intents and Purposes aforesaid, the Lords
and Commons do Ordain, That there shall be rated,
taxed, charged, and levied, upon the several Inhabitants of the County of Herts, the Sum of Four
Hundred and Fifty Pounds every Week, Weekly to
be collected and gathered within the several Hundreds
of the said County, over and above the Weekly Sum
already laid upon the said County by Ordinance of
both Houses of Parliament, for the Lord General's
Army; and, for the better raising of the said Weekly
Sum of Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds, for the
Use and Uses of the County of Herts aforesaid, the
said Lords and Commons do further Order and Ordain, That every Person and Persons, as well Ecclesiastical as Temporal, and every Fraternity, Guild,
Corporation, Mystery, Brotherhood, and Commonalty, Corporate or not Corporate, as well Ecclesiastical
as Temporal, within the County of Herts, for the
Value of every Pound which every such Person Fraternity, Guild, Corporation, Mystery, Brotherhood,
or Commonalty, Corporate or not Corporate, hath
of his or their own, or that any other hath to his
or their Use or Uses, as well in Coin, in Plate, Stock
of Merchandize any Manner of Corn and Grain,
Household Stuff, and of all other Goods moveable within the said County, and of all such Sum
and Sums of Money as to him or them is are or shall
be owing, whereof he or they trust in his or their
Conscience to be paid; except, and out of the premises deducted, such Sums of Money as he or they
owe, and is in his or their Conscience intended truly
to pay; and except also the Apparel of every such
Person, their Wives and Children, belonging to their
own Bodies (saving Jewels, Gold, Silver, Stones,
Pearl), shall pay towards the said Weekly Sum of
Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds; and every Alien
and Stranger, as well Denizens as others; and also
every Popish Recusant, Convict or not Convict; and
all such as have not at all contributed to the Propositions of both Houses of Parliament for Arms,
Money, or Plate, shall pay, towards the Sum aforesaid, a Proportion double to those of the like Estates,
being no Aliens or Recusants, and hath contributed
to the full upon the Propositions, according to their
Estates; and that every Person within the said County,
as well Ecclesiastical as Temporal, and every Corporation, Fraternity, Guild, Mystery, Brotherhood, and Commonalty, Corporate or not Corporate, as well Ecclesiastical as Temporal, for every Estate that every such
Person or Persons, and every Corporation, Fraternity,
Guild, Mystery, Brotherhood and Commonalty, Corporate or not Corporate, or any other to his or their Use, in
Trust or otherwise, hath in Fee Simple, Fee Tail for
Term of Life, Term of Years, by Execution, Wardship,
or by Copy of Court Roll, of and in any Honours, Castles,
Manors, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Services, Tithes,
Oblations, Obventions, Annuities, Offices of Profit,
Fees, Corrodies, or other Yearly Profits or Hereditaments, as well within Ancient Demesne and other Places
privileged as elsewhere, shall pay, to and towards the
said Weekly Sum, his and their proportionable Part
and Portion of Sum or Sums of Money, as shall be
imposed, charged, and set upon every the Particulars
within the aforesaid County, according as the same
shall be divided, distributed, taxed, or set, upon each
several Town, Hamlet, Parish, or Place, where such
Person or Persons is or shall be chargeable by this
Ordinance, and the true Intent and Meaning thereof;
except and always foreprized from the Charge and
Assessment of the Sum aforesaid all Goods, Chattels,
and Ornaments, belonging to any Churches or Chapels, which have been ordained and used in any
Churches and Chapels for the Service of Almighty
God; and except Yearly Wages due to Servants for
their Yearly Service: And the said Sum so charged
shall, by Authority of this Ordinance, be taxed, cessed,
and rated, in every Hundred, City, Town, Hamlet,
Parish, and every other Place within the said County,
before the Twentieth of April, in the Year of Our
Lord 1643; and the First Payment of the said Weekly
Sum so assessed by this Ordinance shall be made at or
before the First Day of May 1643; and the said
Weekly Payment to continue Weekly, for Three
Months next ensuing from the First Day of May,
unless the Armies pretended to be the King's shall be
disbanded in the mean Time: And, for the better expediting of the said Service, in levying, assessing, and
collecting the said Weekly Sum of Four Hundred and
Fifty Pounds, be it further Ordained, by the said
Lords and Commons, That the Lord Viscount Cramborne, Rob't Cicill Esquire, Sir John Gerrard, Sir
John Read, Knights and Baroners, Sir Thomas Dacres, Sir Wm. Litton, Sir John Wittewrong, Knights,
Richard Jennings, Will'm Leaman, Wm. Prevstley,
Gravely Norton, Esquires, Edward Atkins Serjeant at
Law, John King Doctor in Physic, Henry Meantis
Senior, Ralph Freeman, John Heydon, Allexander
Wilde, Rich. Porter, Adam Washington, Gabriell Barber, John Robotham, Toby Combes, John Pemberton,
William Beaman of Redborne, Litton Fairclough, John
Scroggs, Thomas Sadler of St. Albans Esquire, the
Mayor of St. Albans for the Time being, the Mayor
of Herts for the Time being, John Marsh, Isaack
Puller, Thomas Meade, Ralph Pemberton, John Thewer,
Will'm Carter of Offley, Gentlemen, or any Two
or more of them, shall be appointed and Ordained
Committees, for the levying, assessing, and collecting
of the aforesaid Sum of Four Hundred and Fifty
Pounds, to the Uses and Purposes already expressed
in this Ordinance; and, for the better raising of the
foresaid Weekly Sum, the said Committees shall
agree to divide and sever themselves into such Hundreds, Places, and Divisions, within the said County,
as to them shall seem meet and expedient; and afterwards the said Committees, or any Two of them respectively, shall direct their Warrants to such Number
of Persons as they shall think fit, within their several
and respective Divisions, to appear before them, or
before any Two of them; and, upon their Appearance, the said respective Committees, or any Two
of them, shall nominate and appoint such Persons as
they shall think fit, within their respective Divisions;
which said Persons so nominated, or any Two of
them, shall have Power to assess any Person or Persons, Fraternity, Guild, Corporation, Mystery, Brotherhood, Commonalty, Corporate or not Corporate,
chargeable by this Ordinance to the Weekly Rate
and Proportion in this Ordinance mentioned; and
the said Committees, or any Two of them, shall have
full Power and Authority, within the said County,
in their several Divisions, to nominate Collectors
for the Money so assessed and rated as aforesaid,
according to this Ordinance; which said Collectors
shall collect the said Money so assessed, and pay the
same to such Treasurers as shall be appointed by the
said Committee, or any Five of them; and, if any
Person or Persons, Fraternity, Guild, Corporation,
Mystery, Brotherhood, Commonalty, Corporate or
not Corporate, chargeable by this Ordinance, shall
refuse to pay the Sum or Sums upon him or them
assessed by virtue of this Ordinance, or shall not pay
the same upon Demand, at the Place of his Abode,
or where such Assessment shall be made, it shall be
lawful to and for the respective Collectors, or any
of them, to levy all or any such Sum or Sums so
assessed, by Way of Distress and Sale of the Goods
of the Person or Persons so assessed, wherever
the same shall be found, and to break open any
House, Chest, Trunk, Box, or any other Thing,
where any such Goods are; and if any Person so
distrained, or other, shall make Resistance, it shall
be lawful to and for the said respective Collectors,
or any of them, as they see Cause, to call to their
Assistance, by the Power of the superior Officers of
the Forces of the said County, any of the Trained
Bands, or Companies of Voluntiers, or other Forces,
of or within the said County, Place, or Places, where
such Resistance shall be made, or any other Person or
Persons whatsoever, dwelling in or near the Place;
and the several Officers, Commanders, and Soldiers
of the same, or other the Persons so to be called,
are hereby required to be aiding and assisting to
the said respective Collectors in the Premises, as they
will answer the contrary thereof: And be it further
Ordained, That every Person to be rated and taxed
as aforesaid, if he have an Estate, either in Lands,
Tenements, Hereditaments, Rents, Annuities, Fees,
Offices, Goods, or Chattels, in several Places in
the said County, then to be rated in the said several
Places according to such his said Estate in the said
Places, and the Sum on him set to be there levied accordingly: And be it also Ordained, That all Lands,
Tenements, and Hereditaments, of all and every
Person and Persons whatsoever, of what Degree or
Quality soever, or in whose Possession soever the
same are, shall be rated, charged, and chargeable,
for and towards the Raising and Payment of the said
Weekly Sum of Money set and charged by this
Ordinance; yet nevertheless with this Limitation and
Provision, that, if the Land be set or let to or near
the Yearly Value thereof, in the Possession of any
Tenant for Life, Lives, or Years, or at Will, such
Person or Persons to whom the Rent thereof belongeth to be solely chargeable therewith; but, if
the same be let at any easy or small Rent, or Undervalue, then the Sum taxed to be apportioned between the Party or Parties to whom the Rent belongeth, and the Tenant or Occupier of the Lands,
Tenements, and Hereditaments, as the Taxers
shall think meet; and if they, or any of them, shall
do any Injury, the same to be rectified by the said
Committees, or any Two of them, within their several
Limits and Divisions, according to their Discretion;
and if any such Tenant or Occupier of Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, shall or may be charged
with any Sum of Money contrary to the true Intent
and Meaning of this Ordinance, that it shall and
may be lawful to and for such Tenant or Occupier
to stop and detain the same from and out of his
Rent due for the same Land, or to take his lawful
Remedy (against such Person or Persons to whom the
said Rent is or shall be due or belonging, who
ought, by the true Meaning of this Ordinance, to
be charged with (fn. *) it) by Action of Debt, wherein no
Wager of Law, Protection, or Essoign, shall be allowed; and for all Manner of Debts whatsoever, or
Sum or Sums of Money due or owing to any Person
or Persons, by any Person or Persons within the
said County, the Person or Persons to whom such
Debts shall be due to be charged for the same,
during his Abode and Residence in the said County:
And be it Ordained, That no Person, being or calling
himself Household Servant, or Waiting Servant,
to the King's Majesty, or other Lord or Lady,
Master or Mistress, be excused from the Taxes of
the said Payment, when he shall be set and taxed
in the Hundreds, Hamlets, Parishes, and other Places
of the said County; and if any Person that ought
to be set and taxed to the said Payment, by his
Crime, or Craft, or any Words or Sayings, or otherwise, happen to escape from the said Payments, to
be not set and taxed according to the true Meaning of this Ordinance, and that proved by Presentment, Examination, Information, or otherwise,
before the said Committees, or any Two of them,
then every such Person shall be charged, upon the
Knowledge and Proof thereof, at the Treble Value
of so much as he should, might, or ought to have
been set or taxed at by virtue of this Ordinance;
and the same to be levied, gathered, and paid, out
of his Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements,
towards the said Payment, in such Manner as is
herein limited for others which refuse to pay; and,
if no Distress be found of the Goods or other
Things of such Person or Persons, Bodies Corporate,
or others chargeable by this Ordinance, as shall
not pay their Weekly Rate as aforesaid, then the
said Collectors shall have Power to enquire of any
Sum or Sums of Money due, or to be due, to
the Persons so assessed as aforesaid, from any Person or Persons, for any Rents, Tithes, Goods, or
Debts, or other Thing or Cause whatsoever, and
to compound for any of the said Rents, Tithes,
Goods, Debts, due to the Person so assessed respectively as aforesaid, with any Person or Persons
by whom the said Rents, Tithes, Goods, Debts, or
other Things, (fn. *) are due unto the said Person respectively
as aforesaid; as also to give full Discharge for the
Money by them so received upon Composition or
otherwise, which Discharge shall be good and effectual to all Intents and Purposes: And be it further
Ordained, That if any Person or Persons shall find
him or themselves aggrieved, that he or they is or
are over-rated, such Person or Persons, at any Time
before Distress taken of his or their Goods (except
it be such Persons as have not at all contributed to
the Propositions of both Houses of Parliament, and
these shall pay their Tax or Rate, so that it doth not
exceed the Twentieth Part of their Estates; yet nevertheless no Man shall be taxed or levied at or above the
Sum of Ten Pounds by the Week), may complain to the
Committee who have executed this Ordinance, which
said Committee, or any Two of them, shall have
Power, upon Examination, to relieve such Person or
Persons as they shall see Cause: And, for the better
Encouragement of the Collectors in this said Service,
it is Ordained, That Three Pence in the Pound shall
be allowed for every Sum of Money which shall be
collected and paid to such Treasurers and Receivers
as shall be nominated by the Committee, or any Five
of them; Two Pence whereof shall be allowed to
the Collectors, and the Residue to such other Persons as shall be employed in the said Service, according to the Discretion of the Committee, or any
Two of them: And, to the End that all the Monies
may be duly collected, be it Ordained, That the several Assessors within the said County shall, within
One Week next after their Assessments made, return
their said several Assessments unto the Committees
aforesaid, who, or any Two of them, are hereby
required, within Ten Days after the Returns of such
several Assessments, to deliver a Copy thereof, subscribed with their or any Two of their Hands, to
the several Collectors within their said Divisions or
Limits; and also within the like Ten Days to send
another Copy thereof to the Treasurers appointed,
to the End the said Treasurers may thereby know
what they are to receive of every Parish or Place
within the said County; and if any Assessor or Collector shall refuse the said Service, or prove negligent or faulty therein, the said Committee, or any
Two of them, shall have Power to commit such Assessor or Collector to Prison, or to set such a Fine
upon him or them as they shall think fit, not exceeding the Sum of Twenty Pounds upon the Assessors, or the Sum of Five Pounds upon the Collectors; the same to be levied by Distress and Sale
of such Offenders Goods, to the Uses herein mentioned, in such Sort as is herein before appointed
for such as refuse to pay the Rates assessed upon
him and them; and shall also certify the said Offence
to the and Commons in Parliament; and
shall have Power to nominate other Assessors and Collectors; and if any Person or Persons, so assessed and
rated as aforesaid, shall conceal or convey away his
or their Goods, so that no Distress can be taken, or
that the said Sum or Sums so assessed upon him or
them cannot be had or levied by any of the Ways
or Means in this Ordinance mentioned, then the said
Collectors shall respectively certify the same, in case
he be under the Degree of a Peer of the Realm, to
the Committee of the Commons House of Parliament for Examinations; which said Committee shall
hereby have Power to send for such Person and
Persons as Delinquents, and to commit him or them
to such Place or Places within this Kingdom, and for
so long Time, as the Committee for Examinations
shall think fit.
"And it is Ordained, That all and every the Assessors and Collectors aforesaid, and all that shall assist them in the Premises, shall be protected by both
Houses of Parliament from all Damage that may
come to them, or any of them, by this Service;
and shall further receive such Allowances for their
Charges, and Obedience in Execution of this Ordinance, as shall be thought fit, upon Examination, by
the Committee of the said County, or any Three of
them: And further it is Ordered, That the Treasurers appointed by the said Committee for the County
in the Manner aforesaid shall keep a Register Book
of the several Sums received and paid out by them,
that so they may give a good Accompt (of the Receipts and Disbursements of all the Sums of Money
collected in the said County by virtue of this Ordinance) unto the Committee of the County, when
thereunto they shall be required by the Parliament:
And lastly it is Ordained, That the Treasurers of
the County; as before appointed, shall issue out no
Sum or Sums of Money, which, by virtue of this
Ordinance, is brought into their Hands, to any Person or Persons, or for any the foresaid Use or Uses,
but as they shall receive Order under the Committees Hands appointed by this Ordinance for the County
of Hertford, or any Three of them."
Adjourn.
Adjourn, 10a To-morrow.