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| June 5. |
70–75. Order in the House of Commons that the 1/5 and 1/20 be levied on none
but such delinquents as are within the Ordinance of Sequestrations. [6 copies.] |
| June 5. |
76. Note of the obstructions that hinder the levying of the 1/20 part. |
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1. The Ordinance prohibiting delinquents to be within 20 miles of London,
so that they cannot apply to the committee to settle their assessments. |
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2. The Ordinance limiting the committee's power to levy the 1/20 to those
who are under sequestration, so that now they must be proved delinquents
before they pay the 1/20, though they never paid elsewhere, or not in proportion to their estates. |
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3. When they have compounded, they pay their 1/5 and 1/20 in the country,
and so avoid payment here, though many thousands are charged on this
committee, supposing that delinquents pay here. |
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4. Their debts, chiefly incurred for maintenance of the wars, are averred
by them to be so great that, being allowed, there is little left for their 1/20. |
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5. The distraction of the times preventing officers from travelling to levy
or receive rents. |
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6. The irregular meeting of the Committee for Advance of Money, because
of the great affairs of the Houses. |
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The remedies proposed are as follows:— |
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1. Leave for those who have compounded to come to town 10 at a time, for
10 days, to pay their 1/20. |
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2. That the Ordinance may extend only to those assessed after its date, not
to those assessed before, many of whom, that were not delinquents, were
respited till their lands were freed from the power of the King's army, and
many are delinquents not sequestered, and never paid their 1/20, or not in proportion to their estates. |
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3. That the Ordinance may enforce all that compound at Goldsmiths' Hall
to pay their 1/5 and 1/20 to the Committee for Advance of Money. |
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4. That only such debts be allowed as were incurred before 24 June
1642. |
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The other obstructions will be removed by time, care, and the constant
sitting of the committee. [12/3 pages.] |
June 16.
Queen's Court,
Westminster. |
Committee for Advance of Money to the County Commissioners for York.
Nathan Dixon having discovered to you the delinquency of Henry Calverley,
who is within the Ordinance of Sequestration, you are to allow Dixon 1/5 of the
profits of the estate, as he has great arrears due to him for service to Parliament. [A 24, p. 5.] |
| June 27. |
Order that Richard Nicholetts, who by Parliamentary Order is to be paid
100l. charged on this committee, have the 100l. paid from moneys of delinquents who have not paid their 1/5 and 1/20, and are discovered by him. [A 6, p. 19.] |
