September, 1645
[9 September, 1645.]
Wives and Children of Delinquents coming from the King's Quarters not to have maintenance under Ord. for Sequestrations.; No Delinquents' children to have 5th part but such as are brought up Protestants.
Whereas by a late Ordinance of Sequestration it is amongst
other things Declared and Ordained, That the Committee of the
several counties shall have power to assign maintenance out of
the Lands of Delinquents, to their several Wives and Children,
so as the same exceed not the fifth part of the Lands or Goods so
Sequestred: And whereas by occasion hereof, divers Wives and
Children of Delinquents may resort hither, only to obtain the said
fifth part, and may be ready to do ill offices to the Parliament;
the Lords and Commons, to prevent the said mischeif, and other
of like nature, Do Ordain, That no Wife, Childe or Children of
any Delinquent, who shall come from their own Habitation into
the Parliament Quarters, with or without their Fathers or Husbands, from the Kings Quarters, shall have, hold and injoy any
fifth part by the said Ordinance: And therefore they do Ordain,
that all such Allowances hereafter to be made to such Wife or
Children, shall be utterly void. And if any such Wife, Childe or
Children shall return from the Kings Quarters, without leave of
both Houses; The Deputy-Lieutenants and Committees of Parliament in the several counties, or any two of them, or any of
them, are hereby authorized and required to take care, that they
be commanded to return back into the Kings Quarters; And if
they shall not return upon command given to them by the DeputyLieutenants or Committee or any two of them, they shall
hereby have power to commit them, until they shall give
security for to return. And be it further Ordained, That no
Children of any Delinquents shall have any Fifth part, but such
as shall be educated and brought up in the Protestant Religion.