Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1911.
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'September 1647: Ordinance to slight the Works about London.', in Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660, ed. C H Firth, R S Rait( London, 1911), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/acts-ordinances-interregnum/p1008 [accessed 27 July 2024].
'September 1647: Ordinance to slight the Works about London.', in Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660. Edited by C H Firth, R S Rait( London, 1911), British History Online, accessed July 27, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/acts-ordinances-interregnum/p1008.
"September 1647: Ordinance to slight the Works about London.". Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660. Ed. C H Firth, R S Rait(London, 1911), , British History Online. Web. 27 July 2024. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/acts-ordinances-interregnum/p1008.
September, 1647
[2 September, 1647.]
Be it Ordained, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That the Lines of Communication about the Cities of London and Westminster and the Borough of Southwarke, and the Parts adjacent, and all the Forts upon and about the same, be forthwith slighted and demolished; and that the Committee of the Militia of London, settled by Ordinance of Parliament this present Second Day of September, do see this Ordinance put in Execution with all possible Expedition; and that they do receive Advice from Sir Thomas Fairefax in the Way of their Proceedings in this Service.