Die Jovis, 21 die Septembris.
PRAYERS.
The Lord Grey of Warke was appointed to be
Speaker this Day.
Keeper of the King's Wardrobe's Petition for removing Furniture for the Use of the French Ambassador.
It was (fn. *) moved, "That the Keeper of the King's
Wardrobe desires to have a Warrant, to fetch Wardrobe Stuffs from Her Majesty's several Wardrobes,
to furnish Som'sett House, for the French Ambassador; and to have another Order, to send by Water
to Oxford Six Load of Wardrobe Stuffs, for the furnishing of Oriall Colledge, for the said Ambassador;
and to have Fifty Pounds imprested upon Accompt,
to enable him to do the said Service, and to provide
other Necessaries for the Ambassador."
Ordered, To send this Paper to the House of
Commons.
Report of the Conference about Instructions to Persons to be sent to the King of Denmark.
Next, the Speaker reported the Effect of the Conference Yesterday with the House of Commons, which
was, "To offer to their Lordships Considerations some
Instructions to be given to Two Persons, which the
Parliament intends to send to the King of Denmarke;
also they presented to their Lordships Consideration
a Draught of Letters to be sent to some Princes of
Germany with Letters of Credence."
The Instructions were read, and Agreed to.
(Here enter them.)
Letters to him and German Princes.
Next, the Letters were read, and Agreed to:
"1. To the King of Denmarke.
"2. To the Prince of Holt.
"3. To the State of Hamburgh.
"4. To the State of Lubecke.
"5. To the Bishop of Bremen."
Message to the H. C. about them.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Sir Rob't Rich and Mr. Page:
To let them know, that this House agrees to the
Instructions to Haako and Lowder, who
are to be sent to the King of Denmarke; and also to the
Letters to be sent to the King of Denmarke, and some
Princes of Germany; and, because their Lordships
would not give any Delay to the sending of them away,
they have sent the Originals; but desire that true Copies
may be delivered to the Clerk of this House, to be entered upon Record: Also to let the House of Commons
know, that they have received a Paper from the Officer of the Wardrobe, which they think fit to communicate to them.
Message from thence, with an Ordinance.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Bond and others:
To desire their Lordships Concurrence in an Ordinance for sequestering all the Revenues of the King's,
Queen's, and Prince's. (Here enter it.)
Read, and Agreed to.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House agrees with the House of Commons
in this Ordinance now brought up.
Mr. Sedgwick to be One of the Assembly.
Upon Information to this House, "That Dr. Ward,
One of the Members of the Assembly, is dead;"
this House thought fit to nominate and appoint Mr.
John Sedgwicke to be in his Place.
Ordered, To send to the House of Commons, to
desire their Consent herein.
Ordinance for sequestering the King's, Queen's, and Prince's Revenues, to the Use of the Parliament.
(fn. *) "An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament; shewing, that all His
Majesty's, the Queen's, and Prince's Honours, Manors, Lands, Tenements, Rents,
Revenues, and Profits whatsoever, within the
said Realm of England and Dominion of
Wales, Port and Town of Barwicke, shall be
seized upon and received by such Persons
hereafter nominated and appointed, to be employed for the Good of His Majesty and the
Commonwealth; and likewise that all such
Officers which shall not yield Obedience to
this Ordinance of Parliament shall stand sequestered from their several Offices respectively, and from receiving or enjoying any
Profits or Benefit of or by the same.
"An Ordinance for the due and orderly Receiving and Collecting of the King's,
Queen's, and Prince's Revenue, and the
Arrearages thereof.
"21 Septemb. 1643.
"The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament,
taking into their serious Considerations the many
heavy Pressures and most grievous Calamities which
now lie upon this Kingdom, by this bloody and unnatural War raised against the Parliament; and that,
notwithstanding all their faithful and constant Endeavours for the preserving of His Majesty and the
whole Kingdom from the most cruel and endless Designs of Papists, Delinquents, and ill-affected Persons,
yet their Counsels and Practices are still so prevalent
with His Majesty, and the Hearts of many People
so misled and beguiled by their false Pretences and
specious Insinuations, that nothing can be expected
but the Extirpation and final Subversion of our Religion, Laws, and Liberties, unless God of His infinite Mercy prevent it, and incline His Majesty's Heart
to the faithful Advice of His Great Council of Parliament, which have ever been and is (under God)
the chief Support of His Royal Crown and Dignity,
and the Security of all that we have or can enjoy;
and for that it is found, by woeful Experience, that
divers ill-affected Persons, by Pretence of His Majesty's Authority, have and do still daily seize upon
divers and sundry great Sums of Money, raised and
collected in divers Parts of this Kingdom, by Acts
and Ordinances of Parliament, for the Relief of the poor
distressed Protestants in Ireland, the suppressing and
subduing of those most barbarous and bloody Rebels,
and for Defence of this Kingdom and Parliament,
and do divert and employ the same, and likewise His
Majesty's Revenue, and all other Monies of the well
affected Persons whatsoever by Rapine or Violence
they can lay Hands on, to the fomenting, nourishing,
and maintaining, of these miserable Distractions, and
unnatural War: And the Lords and Commons omitting no Opportunity, nor neglecting any fitting Means,
which they conceived might divert the said War here,
so violently pressed forwards by Papists, Delinquents,
ill-affected Persons, and the Rebels of Ireland, did
formerly Ordain, That the Officers of the Receipt,
Court of Wards and Liveries, Receivers, and others,
should not repair unto Oxford, but attend their Service here in the usual Places; yet, in Contempt of
the same and other Ordinances, some Officers are
gone to Oxford, divers convey sundry Sums of Money thither, and others neglect their Service, to the
great Prejudice and Disservice of the Commonwealth:
And, to the Intent that His Majesty's Revenue might
no more be misapplied, and that the same may be
employed for the Good of His Majesty and the Commonwealth, the Lords and Commons therefore do
Ordain, and be it Ordained by the said Lords and
Commons, That all His Majesty's, the Queen's, and
Prince's Revenue, of what Nature or Kind soever,
certain or casual, within the View or Survey of the
Court of Exchequer, Court of Wards and Liveries,
Dutchy of Lancaster, Dutchy of Cornwall, or in any
other Court or Jurisdiction whatsoever, within this
Realm of England, Dominion of Wales, and Port
and Town of Berwicke, together with all the Arrears thereof, and all other Debts and Sums of
Money whatsoever, any Way due to His Majesty,
the Queen, or Prince, shall be seized upon, and received by the Persons hereafter named, or such others
as at any Time hereafter shall be appointed and nominated by the Committee for the Revenue; which
said Persons or Receivers, in each several County or
Counties, Cities, or Places, for which they are or
shall be appointed respectively, are hereby authorized and required, by themselves, their Agents, and
Deputies, to take and seize into their Hands and
Custodies all and every His Majesty's, the Queen's,
and Prince's Honours, Manors, Lands, Tenements,
and Hereditaments, Rents, Arrearages of Rents, Revenues, and Profits whatsoever, within the said
Realm of England, Dominion of Wales, and Port
and Town of Barwicke; and to let, set, and demise the same, or any Part thereof, from Year to
Year; and shall have Power to call before them all
Stewards, Auditors, Receivers, Bailiffs, Collectors,
or any other Officer or Officers whatsoever; and to
send for or take any Books of Accompts, Rentals,
Copies of Court Roll, or any other Writings touching the Premises, and thereby, and by all other
Ways and Means which to them shall seem meet and
necessary, to inform themselves of the said Revenues, Debts, and Arrears thereof, and of all Things
concerning the same; and to appoint any subordinate
Officer or Officers and Ministers under them, for
the better expediting of this Service; which said
subordinate Officers and Ministers are hereby authorized and enjoined to perform and execute all and
every their Commands respectively, in and concerning the Premises; and shall have such Allowances,
for their Pains and Charges in that Behalf, as the
respective Persons or Receivers, appointed for the
several Counties, Cities, or Places, shall think fit,
the same being approved of by the Committee for
the Revenue; and that all such Stewards, Auditors,
Receivers, Bailiffs, Collectors, or any other Officer
or Officers whatsoever, which have not submitted
themselves to the Commands and Directions of any
former Ordinance of Parliament, or to the Committee
for the Revenue, and likewise all other such Officers
which shall not yield Obedience to this Ordinance
of Parliament, or to the Committee for the Revenue,
shall stand sequestered from their several Offices respectively, and from the receiving and enjoying any
Profit or Benefit of or for the same; and the Committee for the Revenue, or any Five, shall have
Power, and are hereby authorized, to nominate and
appoint other meet, fit, and trusty Persons, to supply and execute those Offices and Places which are
or shall be sequestered as aforesaid; and the said Persons or Receivers, nominated or to be nominated as
aforesaid, their Agents and Deputies, within their
several Limits respectively, shall have Power, and
are hereby authorized and required, to enter into all
and every His Majesty's, the Queen's, and Prince's
Honours, Manors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, Courts, and Offices, and to receive such Rents,
Arrearages of Rents, Heriots, Issues, Profits, Sums
of Money, Debts, and other Duties, as are or shall
be due and payable for or out of the same; and the
Fee Farmers, Farmers, and the Tenants thereof,
Officers, and all others, are required to pay the same
accordingly to the said Persons or Receivers, or to
such other Officers or Receivers as shall be thereunto appointed, by virtue and according to the Direction of this Ordinance, and to no other Person
whatsoever; and the said Fee Farmers, Farmers,
Tenants, and all others which shall pay any Rent,
Sum of Money, or other Thing, according to this
Ordinance, shall be protected and saved harmless,
from any Forfeiture, Penalty, or Damage, which he
or they may incur, by Not-payment of His or their
said Rent, Sum of Money, or other Thing, according to his or their Grant, Lease, Copy, or other
Agreement, by the Power and Authority of both
Houses of Parliament; and if any Sheriff, Receiver, Collector, or any other Officer of any Court
whatsoever, shall refuse to pay the Monies from
Time to Time remaining in their Hands, any Fee
Farmer, Farmer, or Tenant, shall refuse to pay his
or their Rents, or any other shall refuse to pay their
particular Debts, to the Hands of the said Persons
or Receivers, in the several and respective Counties,
Cities, and Places, at such Times as the same shall
become due and payable, or to the Receiver General
hereby appointed; then the said Persons or Receivers, for the several Counties, Cities, and Places,
shall have Power to distrain for the same, and to take
all other Advantages for Non-payment thereof, as
His Majesty, the Queen, and Prince, their Officers
or Ministers, might have done; and they shall have
Power to sue for and recover any Debt, Sum of
Money, or other Duty, owing to His Majesty, the
Queen, or Prince, by any Person whatsoever; and
also to give Discharges and Acquittances for any Rent,
Sum of Money, Debts, Duty, or other Thing, which
they shall receive by virtue of this Ordinance; and
shall be accountable from Time to Time for the
same, and for all such other Things as shall be had,
received, or taken, by them, their Agents, or Deputies, and for all their Receipts and Payments, and
other Acts for or in respect of the Premises, to the
Committee for the Revenue, or to such as they shall
appoint; and shall pay in, from Time to Time, all
such Sums of Money as they, or any of them, shall
receive by virtue of this Ordinance, unto Thomas
Faulconbridge Esquire, at Westminster (who is hereby
constituted and appointed Receiver General of all
such Sums of Money as shall be received or raised
by virtue of this Ordinance); and shall be, from
Time to Time, subject to the further Orders and Directions of the Committee for the Revenue; and the
Acquittances of the said Receiver General, and of the
said Persons or Receivers in the several Counties, Cities, and Places, Courts, and Offices, respectively, shall
be as good and sufficient Discharge for the Sums
of Money therein contained, as if the same were
paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer, or into any
other usual Court or Place; and the Barons of the
Exchequer, and all other Officers and Ministers of
the same, and other Courts and Places respectively,
are hereby required and authorized to give full Allowances thereof, and thereupon to make forth
Quietus ests, and other Discharges, according to the
Course and Custom of the several Courts and Places;
and the said Persons or Receivers, their Agents and
Deputies, shall have Power to call to their Aid
and Assistance the Trained Bands, Voluntiers, or
other Forces, and any other Officer or Minister of
Justice, of or within their several Counties, Cities,
or Places respectively, or any other Person or Persons
dwelling in or near the Place, to compel Obedience
to this Ordinance, where any Resistance shall be made,
or as oft as Need shall require; and shall have Power
to punish such Person or Persons, as they shall find
refractory, negligent, or faulty, in the said Service,
by Fine and Imprisonment, such Fine not exceeding
the Sum of Twenty Pounds, or to certify their Names
to the Committee for the Revenue, who shall have
Power to send for them, or any of them, and commit
them to such Prisons and Places as they shall think
fit, until they shall conform themselves to this present
Ordinance of Parliament; and the said Trained Bands,
Voluntiers, and other Forces, their Commanders and
Officers, and also the several Constables, Headboroughs, and other Officers and Persons, within their
several and respective Limits, are hereby required and
enjoined to be aiding and assisting to the said Persons
or Receivers, their Agents and Deputies, as oft as
they shall be thereunto required.
"And it is further Ordained and Declared, by the
said Lords and Commons, That all and every the said
Revenues, Rents, Profits, Debts, and Sums of Money
whatsoever, shall be employed to and for such Uses
and Services as are or shall be directed by the Committee for the Revenue.
"And it is likewise further Ordained, That all and
every the said Persons or Receivers, Receiver General,
Auditors, and other Officers and Ministers employed
in this Service by the Committee for the Revenue,
or any Five of them, shall have such Allowances, for
their necessary Charges and Pains in and about the
Premises, as the said Committee shall think fit; and
that as well they, as all others who shall be employed in the said Service, or shall do any Thing in
Execution or Performance of this Ordinance, shall be
therein protected and saved harmless, by the Power
and Authority of both the said Houses.
"And lastly it is Ordained, That the said Committee
for the Revenue, or any Five of them, shall have
Power, and be hereby enabled, to do and execute any
other Act or Acts, Thing or Things, they shall think
fit, for the better and more speedy collecting, levying, advancing, and receiving, of all and every the
said Revenues, Debts, and Sums of Money beforementioned.
"Provided, and be it further Ordained, That all and
singular such Revenues, Rents, Issues, Fees, Profits,
and Sums of Money, and Allowances whatsoever, as
have heretofore been, and now ought to be, paid and
disposed unto or for the Maintenance of any College
or Hospital (whose Revenues, or any Part thereof,
have not been employed for Maintenance of the War
against the Parliament), Grammar School, or Scholars,
or for or towards the Reparation of any Church,
Chapel, Highway, Cawsey, Bridge, School-house, or
other Charitable Use, which are chargeable upon,
or ought to issue out of, or be paid for or in respect
of, any the Honours, Manors, Lands, Tenements, or
Hereditaments, Revenues, or Profits aforesaid, shall
be and continue to be paid, disposed, and allowed of,
as they were and have been heretofore."
"Die Jovis, 21 Septemb. 1643.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled
in Parliament, That this Ordinance shall be forthwith
printed and published.
"J. Brown, Cler. Parliamentorum."
House adjourned till 10a cras.