July 1643
[29 July, 1643.]
Whereas Adam Laurence, Derrick Hoast, Maurice Thompson
and Nicholas Cursellis, of London, Merchants, are appointed by
the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, to repair to
the High and Mighty Lords The States General of the United
Provinces, the Great Lords The Provincial States, the Burgomasters of the several Cities, and to all other well-affected People
to the Protestant Cause there, to negotiate for the Relief of
Ireland: The said Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament have Ordained and Declared, That the said Adam Laurence,
Derrick Hoast, Maurice Thompson, and Nicholas Cursellis, be
Commissioners for, act, and do, all Things whatsoever that
concerneth this Affair there, in taking Subscriptions for Lands
in Ireland, receiving of Money, Victuals, Arms, and Ammunition,
upon Loans and Contributions, transporting of them to any Parts
and Places in Ireland, for the Service aforesaid, as they shall
from Time tô Time be thereunto Ordered and Directed: And
the said Lords and Commons have appointed and authorized
Thomas Came, Charles Loeton, William Watson, and Jonas
Abbells, of Amsterdam, Merchants, to be Treasurers there, for
receiving of all such Monies and other Things as shall come in
upon the Ways and Means aforesaid, in the said City of
Amsterdam, and Places thereabouts; and Bouden Courteene,
Jeronimo Williamson, Ashman John de Derper Corner, and
John Vanhorne, of Middleborough, Merchants, to be Receivers
there, for the Purposes aforesaid, in the City of Middleborough;
and that the said Adam Laurence, Derrick Hoast, Maurice
Thompson, and Nicholas Cursellis, or any Two of them, shall and
may, by Force hereof, substitute and appoint such other
Receivers and Officers as they shall think fit, in all other Cities,
Parts, and Places of the said United Provinces, for the better
Proceeding and Welfare of this Business, as in their best Judgements they shall think fit, and the Acquittance and Acquittances
under the Hands of the said Commissioners, or of any Two of
them, or of the said Treasurers before named, of Amsterdam and
Middleborough, in the Cities aforesaid, or any Two of them
respectively, or an Acquittance under the Hand and Hands of
any Two other Receivers in any other Parts and Places of the said
Provinces, by the said Commissioners to be named and
appointed, shall be sufficient and effectual to enable the said
Subscribers, and every of them, their Heirs and Assigns, to
demand, have, and enjoy, their full Fruit and Benefit of the
said Subscriptions; and shall be a good and sufficient Discharge
for the Receipt of all and every such other Payments, Sum and
Sums of Money as shall be made and brought in, by and upon
any other Ways and Means, for the Relief and Maintenance of
the said Army; and to have and receive back again, according
to the Ordinance, in that Case, such Monies as shall be
raised by Way of Loan upon the Public Faith of the Kingdom
of England.