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| Dec. 3. |
Order that out of 477l. the remainder of 1,200l. paid in Mrs. Highlord, Lane
pay 100l. to Hartlib, 200l. to [Dan.] Cox, on an order of this committee of
22 May last, 100l. to Sam. Wilson, who advanced it Col. Carleton on a Parliament Order of 15 May 1646, and the residue to the maimed soldiers, on
their Ordinance for 30l. a-week. |
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Hen. Barlow, of Chichester, to be discharged his assessment of 110l., it appearing, by certificate of the Chichester Committee, that he remitted to them 160l.
for maintenance of the garrison, which they should have paid back by Order in
the House of Commons, 6 May 1646. [A 5, pp. 317, 318.] |
| Dec. 17. |
In the case of Capt. Rich. Swanley, on his petition about a debt of 50l.
owing by him to Col. Wm. Beale, which debt Parliament, on 9 April 1646,
ordered this committee to pay, and the treasurer has been for 9 months ready
to pay it, but Col. Beale refused to receive it without interest, though the debt
grew by raising moneys to pay his soldiers, and he now sues Capt. Swanley
thereon,—order that report be made thereon to the Committee for Indemnity,
that the said captain may be relieved. [A 5, p. 330.] |
| Dec. 24. |
Mr, Lane to pay Mr. Pym 66l. 13s. 4d. of the 100l. lately paid in by the Earl
of Westmoreland towards the 987l. ordered him by Parliament 21 May last. |
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Also to pay Mr. Loftus, for Sir Hardress Waller, the 200l. to be paid in by Lord
Molineux, which is ordered towards the 5,000l. for Ireland. [A 5, pp. 334, 335.] |
| 1647 ? |
38–43. Blank printed forms of orders to county committees, for sequestration and distraint of rents and arrears, goods and chattels, debts and
estate of those who have been assessed and have not paid the assessment.
[6 papers, damaged.] |
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44. Note of the assessments of 20 persons named, at from 500l. to 1,200l.
each, headed "For Charles Pym, Esq." With marginal memoranda. [¾ page.] |
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45. Petition of Thos. Boye, in behalf of Capt. John Cambell. On the credit
of Haberdashers' Hall, Cambell transported into Ireland 70 horse, completely
armed, which troop has done as good service as any there; he had a warrant from
Lord Lieut. Lisle for his money out of the 5,000l. appointed from Haberdashers'
Hall for that kingdom, and has since obtained an order from both Houses for
its payment in 6 weeks, but the money has been bestowed to other uses. As
petitioner is going over to Ireland, he begs a positive answer, that he may
report to the troop, who have long waited. [¾ page.] |
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46. Petition of Mark Poell, joiner, for payment of his bill for making a
new bar ordered. Is a poor man living on his work. [½ page.] |
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47. Petition of Dorothy, wife of Thos. Copson,—who is much disabled by
wounds in the Parliament service, and has been very long imprisoned by
the Cavaliers,—for relief for him, herself, and children. He and his two
children have arrears due to them. [1 page.] |
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48. Committee for Advance of Money to the Lord Mayor of London. Hearing
that many persons solicit you for warrants to seize goods which malignants
endeavour to carry away, we wish you. when you issue such warrants, to let
our clerk have a copy, with the names and addresses of the persons to whom
they are granted, that they may be called upon to give account of the execution
thereof, and the State be satisfied touching all such seizures. [⅓ page.] |
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49. Committee for the Advance of Money to the County Commissioners for the
Isle of Ely. We hear that much money of the subsidy and weekly assessments
is unpaid, and that the assessments for the 1/5 and 1/20 are very disproportionately
made. We have therefore called before us Edm. Scotten and Jas. Whynell of the
Committee of Sequestration, and enjoined them to report what moneys are in
arrear, and the ground of non-payment; what moneys come in weekly, and
who are assessed disproportionately, or not at all. We beg you to further them
in managing this business. [Draft, 1 page.] |
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50. Order on a Parliamentary Ordinance of 24 April last, that the Committee of Sequestrations for Essex appear on Friday next, to give an account
of their receipts on the Ordinance for Sequestrations. [½ page, damaged.] |
