Die Vener is 9 Octob. 1646.
An Ordinance of Parliament, for the abolishing of Archbishops and Bishops, within the Kingdom of England, and Dominion of Wales, and for setling of their Lands and Possessions upon Trustees for the use of the Common-wealth.

FOR the abolishing of Archbishops and Bi­shops, and providing for the payment of the just and necessary debts of the King­dom, into which the same hath been drawn by a War, mainly promoted by and in fa­vour of the said Archbishops, and Bishops, and other their Adherents, and Dependents; Be it Ordained, and it is Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same; That theThe name and title abolished. Name, Title, Stile, and Dignity of Archbishop of Can­terbury, Archbishop of York, Bishop of Winchester, Bi­shop of Duresme, and of all other Bishops of any Bishop­ricks within the Kingdom of England, and Dominion of Wales, be from and after the fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord God, 1646. wholly abolished and ta­ken away, and are hereby abolished and taken away. And [Page 72] all and every person and persons are and be theneeforth disabled to hold the place, function, or stile of Arch­bishop, or Bishop of any Church, Sea, or Diocesse, now [...]stablished or erected, or hereafter to be established or e­rected within the Kingdome of England, Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berwick, or to use or put in [...]re any Ar­chiepiscopall or Episcopall Jurisdiction, or authority, by force of any Letters Patents from the Crown, made or to be made, or by any other authority whatsoever, anyThe Lands, possessions, and evidences of Bishops setled in Trustees. Law, Statute, Usage, or Custom to the contrary notwith­standing. And be it further Ordained, and it is hereby Ordained, That all Counties Palatine, Honors Mannors, Lordships, Stiles, Circuits, Precincts, Castles, Granges, Messuages, Mils, Lands, Tenements, Meddows, Pastures, Parsonages, appropriate Tithes, Oblations, Obventions, Pensions, portions of Tithes, Parsonages, Vicarages, Churches, Chappels, Advowsons, Donatives, Nomina­tions, Rights of Patronage and Presentation, Parks, Woods, Rents, Reversions, Services, Annuities, Fran­chises, Liberties, Priviledges, Immunities, Rights of A­ction, and of Entry, Interests, Titles of Entry, Conditions, Commons, Courts Leet, and Courts Baron; and all o­ther Possessions and Hereditaments whatsoever, with all and every of their appurtenances of what nature or quality soever they be, which now are, or at any time within ten years before the beginning of this present Parliament, were belonging to the said Archbishops, or Bishops, Arch­bishopricks, or Bishopricks, or any of them, which they, or any of them had held and enjoyed in the Right of their Archbishopricks, or Bishopricks, Dignities, Offices, or pla­ces respectively; together with all charters, deeds, books, accounts, rolls, and other Writings and Evidences what­soever, concerning the premises, or any of them, which [Page 73] do belong to any the said Archbishops, or Bishops, Arch­bishopricks, and Bishopricks, are vested▪ and setled, ad­judged and deemed to be and are hereby in the reall and actuall possession and seisin of Thomas Adams Alderman now Lord Major of the City of London, Sir Iohn Wolla­ston Knight, Sir George Clarke Knight, John Langham Alderman, Iohn Fowke Alderman, Iames Bunce Alderm.Trus [...]es names William Gibbes Alderman, Samuel Avery Alderman, Thomas Noel, Christopher Pack, Iohn Bellamy, Edward Hooker, Thomas Arnold, Richard Glide, William Hobson, Francis Ash, Iohn Babington, Laurence Bromfield, Alexander Iones, Iohn Iones, Richard Venner, Stephen Estwick, Robert Mead, and Iames Story; their heires and assignes; And that they the said Thomas Adams, now Lord Major of the City of London, Sir Iohn Wollaston Knight, Sir Ge [...]rge Clarke Knight, Iohn Langham Alderman, Iohn Fowke Alderman, Iames Bunce Alderman, William Gibbes Alderman, Samuel Avery Aldorman, Thomas Noel, Chri­stopher Pack, Iohn Bellamy, Edward Hooker, Thomas Ar­nold, Richard Glide, William Hobson, Francis Ash, Iohn Babington, Laurence Bromfield, Alexander Iones, Iohn Iones, Richard Venner, Stephen Estwick, Robert Mead, and Iames Story, and the Survivor and Survivors of them, andThe. Lands which the Bi­shops held of the King to be holden as of the Manor of East Greenwich in soccage. their Heires and Assignes, shall hold all such the premises as are now held of the King, of the King his Heires and successors, as of his Mannor of East Greenwich in Fee and common so [...]cage by Fealty, and the Annuall Rents therefore respectively due, and payable within ten yeares last past, before the beginning of this present Parliament,And the Lands holden of [...]ther Lords, to be holden by the Rents and Services a [...] ­custom [...]d. and not in Capite nor by other Tenures or Services; and shal hold all and every the premises which the said Arch­bishops, and Bishops, held of any other then of the King, by the Rents, and other Services therefore due, and of [Page 74] right accustomed; And the said Trustees, their Heirs, Assignes, Farmers, and Tenants, shall also have, hold, and enjoy the premises, and every of them freed, acquittedAnd disch [...]r­ged of Tithes. and discharged of, and from the payment of Tithes, as fully as the said Archbishops, and Bishops did hold and enjoy, or ought to hold and enjoy the same at any time, during the space of ten years aforementioned, or any time since. And it is further by the same Authority ordained,The Trustees to name Sur­veyors. that the said Trustees shall have power and are authori­zed to make, nominate and appoint from time to time, fit and able persons, such as they shall think fit, to survey the premises in any County or Counties of England andTo put the Deeds in safe custody. Wales, and to hold Court of surveys, and to demand, re­ceive, and in safe custody to put all the said Charters, deeds, books, accompts, rolls, writings, and evidences, that they may be put in such place in the City of Lon­don, as the said persons before named, or the major part of them shall order and appoint; And the said Trustees or any three or more of them, as aforesaid, are hereby authorised and required to administer an Oath unto all and every the Surveyors, who shall take the same before he shall execute the said place, in these words, viz.

I A. B. do swear, that I will faithfully and truely, ac­cording The Survey­ors Oath. to my best skil and knowledg, execute the place of a Surveyor, according to the purport of an Ordinance, entitu­led, An Ordin. of Parliament for the abolishing of Arch­bishops and Bishops within the kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales, and for settling of their Lands and possessions upon Trustees, for the use of the Common­wealth. I shall use my best endeavour and skill to discover the estates therein mentioned, and every part thereof, which shall be given me in charge, and to find out the true values and improvements thereof, and thereof shal make true par­ticulars, [Page 75] according to my best skill and cunning; and the same from time to time to deliver in writing close sealed up unto the said Trustees, or any two of them, according to the true intent an [...] meani [...]g of the said Ordinance; and this I shall justly and faithfully execute, without any gift or reward, directly or indirectly, from any person or persons whatsoever.

Neverthelesse it is declared and ordained, that the saidThe Trust. persons before named, their Heires and Assignes shal have and hold the premises and every of them subject to such trusts and confidence as both Houses of Parliament shal appoint, and declare and dispose of the same, & the rents and profits thereof, as the said Houses shall order and ap­point;Due▪ respect to Tenants. wherein the Lords and Commons do declare, that due respect shal be had towards such persons & their Assigns, as are interessed in the premises by vertue of any demise heretofore made; Provided that the said Trustees, their Heires or Assignes shall not avoid any Leases madeLeases not ex­ceeding three live [...], or 21 years, whereup­on the old rent is reserved, a [...]e [...]ot [...]o bee a­voided. for any Term or estate, not exceeding three lives, or one and twenty yeers in possession, or in such manner as that together with the Lease in being shall not exceed three lives or one and twenty yeers, so as the old and accusto­med rent and rents; or so much rent and rents, as the an­cient and accustomed rent amounteth unto, be reserved payable during the said voidable Term and Terms or e­states, and so as the said Leases have not been procured or purchased of any Bishop, since the first of December, Anno Leases made since the first of December, 1641. by Bi­shops to bee void. Domini▪ 1641. And be it further Ordained by the autho­rity aforesaid, that if any Archbishop, or Bishop, have at any time since the first day of December, Anno Domini, 1641. made any grant or lease to any person or persons, body politique or corporate, of any the Honors, Man­nors, Lordships, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and He­reditaments, [Page 76] or any other the premises aforesaid, or any of them in right of their Archbishopricks or Bishopricks, the same grant or lease shall be utterly void and of none effect; and the person or persons, body Politique▪ or Cor­porate, unto whom the same was made, shall have no be­nefit thereby; Provided and be it ordained, and it is here­by ordained, that if any person or persons, body Politique or Corporate, at any time or times since the first day of December, in the year of our Lord God, 1641. who had any grant or lease for one or more, life or lives, or any numher of years of the premises or any part thereof, as is aforesaid, and surrendred the same; [...]o the end, that he or they might have a new grant or lease granted or made unto him or them; which by this present Ordinance is made void, and the same was accordingly▪ granted or made unto him or them; That the said person or persons,Those that have surrendred their old, since Decemb. 1641. shall enjoy their old Lea­ses. body Politique or Corporate, who hath surrendered any such former grant or lease, his and their Heirs, Successors, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, shall have, hold, possesse, and enjoy such time & term, as he or they had in any part of the said premises by vertue of any such former grant, or lease, in such sort & manner as he or they should have, had, held, and enjoyed the same, if no such surrender had been made, subject neverthelesse to such payments of rent and other services, and such covenants, conditions, & agreements as in the said former Grants or Leases wereSaving the right of al per­sons other then the King and Bishops. expressed and contained, saving unto all and every person and persons, their Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, bodies politique and corporate, and their successors, other then the King, his Heirs and Successors, all Archbishops, and Bishops, and other then the founders and donors as founders and donors of and to the said Archbishopricks, and Bishopricks, and their Heirs, all such right, title, in­terest, [Page 77] possession, rights in Law, or equity, entries, annui­ties, commodities, fees, & other profits which they or any of them before the said first day of December, 1641. ought lawfully to have had in, or to the premises or any part or parcell thereof, as if this Ordinance had never been hadSaving [...]o such persons as have adhered to the Parliamen [...] such estates as they have forfeited for non-pay­ment of rent. or made; also saving to all such person or persons as have adhered to the Parliament, all such estate as he or they since the first day of May, An. Dom. 1641. have forfeited or made forfeitable for non-payment of Rent, or not perfor­ming of services to any Bishop or Bishops, excep [...] it be in the case of a Lease made utterly void by this Ordinance, by reason the same hath been procured or purchased of any Bishop since the aforesaid first day of December, Ann. Dom. 1641. and likewise saving to Philip Earl of Pembrook and Mountgomery, and his heirs, all such rights as he and they have to the Messuage called Duresme House, and cer­taineDuresme­house. Stables, late of the possessions of Thomas Bishop of Duresme, scituate in the Parish of St. Martins in the Fields, in the County of Middlesex, lately granted by Act of this present Parliament; this present Ordinance, or any thing therein contained in any wise notwithstanding; Provided also, and it is hereby further ordained by the authority a­foresaid, that all & singular Revenues, Rents, Issues, Fees,Rents payable to charitable uses to be con­tinued. Profits, sums of Money, and allowances whatsoever, as have heretofore been, and now ought to be paid, disposed and allowed unto, and for the maintenance of any Gram­mar-school, or Schollers, or for or toward the reparation of any Church, Chappel, High-way, Cause-way, Brid­ges, School-house, Almes-house or any other charitable or pious use, or for maintaining of any Lecture, or Prea­chers payable out of any the premises, or which are chargeable, or ought to issue out of or to be paid for, or in respect of the said premises, or any of them, shall be [Page 78] and continue to be paid and allowed as they were, and have been heretofore, any thing in this present Ordinance to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. And it is fur­ther ordained, that the Sheriffe of every County and place who is to attend the respective Courts where any Felony is to be tryed and determined, shall provide and present toSheriffe to pre­sent to the Jud­ges a fit Person to perform the office of the Ordinary. the Judge or Judges of such Courts, some able and fit person to do such things as by the office of the Ordinary have been used to be done; which person and persons shall have authority, and are hereby enjoined to performe that service in such manner as the respective Ordinaries hereto­fore have used to doe. Provided also, that all Commissi­ons upon the Statute of charitable uses, shall be valid, though the Bishop be therein omitted, & the other Com­missionersCommissions upon the Sta­tute of Charita­ble uses. shall proceed therein as fully, as they might have heretofore done, when the Bishop was therein named; and that all Issues tryable by the Ordinary or Bishop, shall be tryed by Jury in usuall course.

Die Lunae Novemb. 16. 1646.
An Ordinance of the Lords and Com­mons assembled in Parliament, for appoint­ing the sale of the Bishops Lands for the use of the Common wealth.

WHereas by an Ordinance of the Lords andRecital of the first Ordinance. Commons made the ninth of October one thousand six hundred forty six, the name, title, stile, and dignity of Archbishop of Can­terbury, Archbishop of York, Bishop of Winchester, Bishop of Duresme, and of all other Bishops of any Bishopricks within the Kingdome of England and dominion of Wales, from the fifth of September, one thou­sand six hundred forty six, is wholly abolished and taken away, and all and every person and persons are disabled to hold the place, function, or stile of Archbishop or Bishop of any Church, Sea, or Diocess, within the kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales, by any authority what­soever; And all Counties Palatine, Honors, Manors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, and other the pre­mises in the said Ordinance mentioned, were and are ve­sted and setled, adjudged, and deemed to be in the real and [Page 82] actuall possession and seism of Thomas Adams Alderman, then Lord Major of the City of London, Sir Iohn VVolla­ston Knight, Sir George Clarke Knight, Iohn Langham Alderman, Iohn Fowke Alderman, Iames Bunce Alderman, William Gibbes Alderman, Samuel Avery Alderman, Thomas Noel, Christoper Pack, Iohn Bellamy, Edward Hooker, Thomas Arnold, Richard Glide, William Hobson, Francis Ash, Iohn Babington, Laurence Bromfield, Alex­ander Iones, Iohn Iones, Richard Venner, Stephen Estwick, Robert Mead, and Iames Story; their heires and assignes; upon trust and confidence that the said persons before na­med, their heirs and assigns, shall have and hold the pre­mises, and every of them, subject to such trust and confi­dence as both houses of Parliament should appoint, de­clare, and dispose of the same, and the rents and profits thereof, as the said Houses should order and appoint. And whereas the said Lords and Commons the thirteenth of October, one thousand six hundred forty six, have declaredRecita [...]l of the Declaration. they intending to raise the sum of two hundred thousand pounds for the present service of the State, that for the encouragement of such who shall advance any sum, for, & towards the same, and to the intent they might have no­tice thereof, that every person who hath advanced any Money, Plate, or Horses, with their Furniture, and Arms, upon the publique Faith, may for every sum of money he shall further lend for the advancement of the said sum, be secured a like sum more out of the Receipt of the Grand Excise in course, and the sale of the Bishops Lands, (ex­cept Advowsons and Impropriations) which shall first happen, together with all the Interest after the rate of 81. per cent. per annum, to be paid every six months out of the receipts of the Excise, till principall and interest be fully discharged; as for example, if there be owing to any per­son [Page 83] a hundred pounds principall, which with interest due thereupon for three years past will make a hundred twen­ty four pounds, he adventuring a hundred twenty foure pounds more, may be secured for the whole two hundred forty eight pounds, as aforesaid, and so proportionably for a greater or lesser summe, and according to the Inte­rest due thereupon: And for the more speedy reimbur­sing of the said money secured and lent, for the purpose aforesaid, that the said Lands of the Bishops (except before excepted) are estated and made over to such Fe­offees for the speedy sale thereof, & such Treasurers for the receipt of the moneys, as may give satisfaction to the len­ders. And have thereby further declared, that it shal & may be lawfull for any person or persons to assigne his right and interest in any sum or sums of money owing to him upon the publique faith as aforesaid, to any person or per­sons that shall advance the like sum in manner as is be­fore expressed. And therefore for and towards the satisfy­ing of the said two hundred thousand pounds to be raised, or so much thereof as shall be raised; and of such money as according to the said Declaration the said lenders are to be repaid for Money, Plate, Horses with their furniture and arms, advanced upon the publique faith, with Inte­rest for the same, after the rate aforesaid, The said Lords and Commons have declared and ordained, and do here­byThe Trustees to stand seized and receive the rents and profits of the Bishops lands due after the first of Novem­ber, 1646. declare and ordaine; That the said Thomas Adams and other the persons before named, and the Survivors, and Survivor of them, and the Heirs of the Survivor of them shall stand and be seized of all and singular the said premis­ses so vested and setled in them, their Heirs and Assigns (except Parsonages appropriate, Tithes, Tithes appro­priate, oblations, obventions, portions of Tithe, Parso­nages, Vicarages, Churches, Chappels, Advowsons, [Page 48] Donatives, Nominatives, Rights of Patronage and Pre­sentation) and shall take all the Rents, Revenues, issues and profit, which were due and payable after the first of November, one thousand six hundred forty six, notwith­standing any Sequestration of the same, and all other the Rents, Revenues, Issues and Profits, that shall at any time hereafter become due and payable for the said pre­mises or any part of them, untill sale shall be made of the same to the uses, intents, and purposes herein and hereaf­terThe Trustees to choose their Counsell and appoint Ste­wards of Man­nors and other Officers and persons who a [...]e to be paid by the Treasu­rers untill the moneys paya­ble by this Or­dinance be paid with all charges. declared: And be it ordained that the said Trustees, or the major part of them, shall have Power and Authority, and are hereby Authorized, to take into their Assistance such Counsell Learned, and to appoint such Stewards of Mannors and all other Officers and Persons, as they or the Major part of them should hold fit and necessary for the putting of this Ordinance in Execution, and to give such Fees, and make such allowance to the said Councell, Stewards of Mannors, Officers and persons as they shall hold fit and necessary. And to make Warrants to the Treasurers for the payment of the same, who are hereby required to pay the same accordingly, untill Sale shall be made of the premises, to the uses, intents, and purposes herein, and hereafter declared as aforesaid; That is to say, that out of the Money raised by the Sale of the said pre­mises, or any part of them that shall be sold; and out of the said Rents, Revenues, Issues, and Profits of the said premises or any part of them, there shall be paid and sa­tisfied the severall summes of Money, with Interest at the rate aforesaid, that by this present Ordinance are, or are intended to be paid & satisfied, together with all Charges to be paid or borne, for or by reason of the Execution of the trust in them reposed; and after the full and due pay­ment of the same, that they, their Heirs, Executors, and [Page 85] Administrators respectively, shall stand seized and pos­sessed of such of the said Counties Palatine, Honors, Mannors, Lands, and Premisses remaining unfold. And of the Moneys raised by Sale of the Premisses or of any part of them remaining undisposed, for the use and be­nefit of the Common-wealth, as shall be limited and ap­pointed by both Houses of Parliament: and be it also or­deredThe Contra­cto [...]s. and ordained by the authority aforesaid, that Iohn Blackwell, senior of Moreclak. in the County of Surrey E­squire, Sir William Roberts of W [...]sden, in the County of Middlesex Knight, Alderman Vyner, Colonell Richard Turner, Iames Russell, William Methold, Thomas Ayres, of London Esq; William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne [...]; Esq, Robert Fenwick of London, Esquire, Timothy Middleton of Standsteed in the County of Essex Esquire, Edward Cresset of London Esquire, shall have full Power and Au­thority, and hereby have full Power and Authority to Treat, Contract, and Agree with any person or persons, for the Sale of the said Premisses, or any of them in such manner as is hereafter limited. And that the said Iohn 2 d. per pound to be paid to the contractors. Blackwell, and other the said persons last before named, shall receive of the Treasurers herein named, two pence in the pound for every summe that shall be paid to the said Treasurers, upon all and every such Contract and Con­tracts, for the Sale of the premises or any part thereof.The Trustees or five of them to convey ac­cording to contract of six or more of the C [...]n [...]actors entered and certified to the Trustees. And that the said Trustees or any five of them shall have full power, and are hereby required to convey the premis­ses or any part thereof, by bargain and sale Inrolled, ac­cording to the Statute, or otherwise by any good and sufficient conveyance and Assurance in the Law, to any person or persons whatsoever, according to such Con­tract or Contracts as shall be made by the said Contra­ctors, or any six or more of them, and entered & certified [Page 86] to the said Trustees as aforesaid, by the Register herein, or hereafter to be named by both Houses of Parliament: And the mony that shal be raised by the sale thereof, to be imployed according to the trusts and directions herein decl [...]red. And that all Bargains of sale, conveyances, and assurances made of any Estate, or Estates, in Fee simple, according to such contracts as shall be agreed upon be­tween the purchasers, and the said Contractors before named, shall be good and effectuall in Law. And be it like­wise ordained, that none of the said Trustees shall be Con­tractors,None of the Trustees to be Contractors. None of the Contractors to be purchase [...]. nor none of the Contractors, nor any of them, nor any other to their or either of their use, or uses, or in trust for them, or any of them, directly or indirectly, shall or doe purchase the said Lands or any part of them; And if any Contractors or any in trust for them, or any of them shall buy any Lands contrary to this Ordinance, he or they shall forfeit the estate and mony paid so for it. And every purchaser of any part ofThe purchasers to hol [...] the lands d [...]schar­ged of al [...] tru [...]ts, accompts, &c. the premises, his Heirs and Assigns shall have, hold, and enjoy the premises that shal be by him purchased, dischar­ged of all trusts and accompts, whereunto the said Tru­stees are, or may be lyable by vertue of this present or the said recited Ordinance. And of all Suits and Questions that may arise or be moved upon pretence of sale at under values, or upon pretence that the sums by this Ordinance intended to be paid, were satisfied, before such sale made, and all other claims and demands whatsoever, saving the Rents, and interests saved by the said recited Ordinance, and of all incumbrances made by the said Trustees, or byIn umbrances made by the [...]rustees. any claiming under them, or any of them; And for the discharge of the Trustees and Contractors. It is fur­ther Declared and Ordained by the authority aforesaid, That all and every the said Trustees, & Contractors shall [Page 87] bee, and are hereby discharged and saved harmlesse forThe Trustees and Contra­cto [...]s [...]o be sa­ved harm [...]sse, [...]nd may p [...]e [...]d the generall is­sue, and give in evidence this Ordinance. whatsoever they, or any one or more of them shall doe in pursuance of this Ordinance; And that if any action shall be brought against them, or any of them, for any act done by them, or any of them, in execution of this Ordinance, or instructions herein mentioned, then they are hereby in­abled to plead the generall issue, and to give this Ord­nance in evidence, and if a judgment passe for them, they shall recover double costs; And i [...] is further ordained and declared that the said Lordship, Mannoars, Lands, Tene­ments, and Hereditaments vested in the said Trustees byT [...]e and shall be freed from all incumbran­ces done by the Trustees. the said Ordinance of Parliament, entituled (An Ordinance of Parliament for the abolishing of Archbishops, and B [...]shops within the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales, and for setling of their Lands and possessions upon Trustees, for the use of the Common-wealth) shall not be lyable un­to but stand and shall be free and discharged of, and from all and all manner of Statutes, Judgements, Recogni­zances, Dowres, Joyntures, & other acts and incumbran­ces whatsoever, had, made, done, or suffered, or to be had made, done, or suffered, by, from or under the said Tru­stees, other then such conveyances and assurances, as shall be by them had, made, done, or suffered in performance, or pursuance of the sales, and contracts to be by them re­spectively made according to the intent of this present Ordinance, and saving unto all and every person and per­sons, bodies Politique and Corporate, their Heirs, Suc­cessors,Saving to all persons he [...]r right, which are saved by the former Or­dinance. Executors, and Administrators, all such right, title & interest as by the said Ordinance entituled (An Or­dinance of Parliament for the abolishing of Archbishops, and Bishops within the Kingdome of England, and Dominion of Wales, and for setling of their Lands and Possessions up­on Trustees for the use of the Common-wealth) is or are [Page 88] thereby saved. Provided, and it is further declared and ordained; That whereas the late Bishop of Durham andProvided that the Iura Rega­lia of the Bi­shoprick of Duresme shall remain in the Trustees. other his predecessors Bishops of Durham have hitherto exercised, and enjoyed as Count Palatines sundry great Franchises, Liberties, and Jurisdictions, commonly esteem­ed and called Iura Regalia, that this Ordinance, nor any thing therein contained, extend not, nor be construed to extend, to give power, or authority to the persons herein named, or any of them to sell, dispose, or any way to con­tract for the said Iura Regalia, belonging unto the said Bishop, or his predecessors as Counts Palatine, or any of them; but that the same shall remain in the said Trustees named in a late Ordinance entituled, (An Ordinance for the Abol [...]shing of Archbishops and Bishops within the King­dom of England, and Dominion of Wales, and for setling their Lands, and possessions upon Trustees for the use of the Common-wealth) to be disposed of as both Houses of Par­liament shall think fit and appoint, any thing in this pre­sent Ordinance to the contrary thereof contained in any wise notwithstanding, Provided alwayes, and it is furtherProviso for the Iura Regalia of the Bishoprick of E [...]y declared and ordained, That whereas the late Bishop of Ely & other his predecessors Bishops of Ely, have hither­to exercised and enjoyed sundry great Franchises, Liber­ties and Jurisdictions commonly called Iura Regalia, that this Ordinance nor any thing therein contained, extend not, nor be construed to extend to give power or autho­rity to the persons herein named, or any of them to sell, dispose or any way to contract for the said Iura Regalia belonging to the said Bishop or his prodecessors or any of them, but that the same shall remain in the said Trustees named in a late Ordinance entituled (An Ordinance for the abolishing of Ar [...]hb [...]shops and Bishops within the kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales, and for setling their [Page 89] Lands, and Possessions upon Trustees for the use of the Com­mon-wealth) to be disposed of as both Houses shall think fit, and appoint, any thing in this Ordinance to the contra­ry thereof contained in any wise notwithstanding. Provi­ded also, That the buildings, fabrick, or scite of any Ca­thedrallChurches, Chappels, and Churchyards not to be sold. Church or Churches, or any Chappels, belong­ing to such Cathedrall Church or Chappels, or any other Churches, Churchyards, or places used for buriall, shall not be sold or disposed of by vertue of this Ordinance, any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided alwayes that the Trustees, and the TreasurersProviso for payment of the Assembly of Divines untill &c. for the time being, by vertue of this Ordinance, shall pay, or cause to be paid unto the assembly of Divines their constant pay and allowance allowed unto them by former Orders of Parliament, with all their Arrears, out of the Rents, Revenues, and Profits belonging to the late Arch­bishoprick of Canterbury, untill such time as the Lands and Revenues aforesaid, shall happen to be sold away by ver­tue of this Ordinance. And it is further ordained, That ifAllowance to be made to such as shall be evicted by any eigne, right, &c. any person or persons, bodies politique or corporate, who shall be purchasers of any part of the premisses, shall here­after be evicted out of any part of the premisses, by vertue of an eigne, right, title, or interest in, or unto the same; that in such case the said purchaser and purchasers so evi­cted shall have full and due satisfaction, recompence and allowance, made to him and them for the monies paid or advanced for the said purchase, and that in such manner as both Houses of Parliament shall think fit. And if it be re­quiredAct of Parlla­ment for fur­t [...] during of Purchasers. by the purchaser or purchasers or any of them, their, or any their heirs or assigns, one or mor [...] Acts of Parliament, or Letters Parents under the great Seal of England by authority of Parliament, shall hereafter passe or be made for the further assuring of the premises, or any [Page 90] part of them unto such purchaser, or purchasers, their heirs or assigns requiring the same.

And be it further ordained, That all Rents, Revenues, Issues, and profits, and all sum and sums of money that shal be due or payable by vertue of this present Ordinance for sale of any of the premises, shall be received by theThe Treasu­rers named. said William Gibs Alderman, Thomas Noell, and Francis Ash, who are hereby constituted, authorised, and appoint­ed to be Treasurers for the receiving, issuing, and paying out the same at Goldsmiths-hall or any other place where the Trustees or the major part of them shall from time to time think fit, within the City of London; and are here­by authorised and appointed to take and receive the sub­scriptions of every person, or persons, bodies politique,Taking of sub­scriptions. or corporate, that shall subscribe any sum or sums of mo­ney, for, and towards the raising of the said two hundred thousand pounds intended to be lent. And it is herebyThe Treasurers upon Certificate to ascertain in the money and in­terest upon the publique saith. ordained, That the said Treasurers or any two of them, shall be, and are hereby authorised, upon the receipt or certificates given by the said Treasurers, Receivers, or Collectors to any person or persons of what was formerly advanced by them in money, plate, horse, furniture, or arms, upon the publique Faith, or hath, or shall be assigned unto them by any others, upon producing of the same to the said Treasurers or any two of them, to ascertaine their principall and interest, and to give them receipts for the same: As also, for the new mony subscribed and paidAnd to give receipt for he same and their new money. by vertue of this present Ordinance, in the name of the parties to whom the same is owing, or so assigned; which Receipts given by the said Treasurers, shall be a good and sufficient ground to such persons to whom the same shall be so given, their Executors, Administrators, Successors, and Assigns, to require the sum and sums of money there­in [Page 91] mentioned: And further that it shall and may be lawfull for every person and persons, bodies politique or corpo­rate,Moneys due by this Ordinance may be assign­ed. who shall have any monies due to him or them by vertue of this present Ordinance, to grant and assign the same unto any person or persons whatsoever, and the same grant or assignment shall be good and effectuall to all in­tents and purposes whatsoever, and allowed of by all per­son and persons whatsoever, to whom it shall appertain to make any allowance thereof, as if he or they had lent the same themselves.

And if any person or persons shall wittingly or willing­lyForfeiture for procuring a forged Certifi­cate. produce any false or forged acquittanee or certificate to the said Treasurers, thereby to defraud the Common­wealth; the person or persons so offending, shall lose and forfeit his mony lent towards the raising of the two hun­dred thousand pounds, or any way due to him for ready money, plate, horses, furniture, and arms, lent, or sent in by him upon the publique Faith, or assigned unto him as aforesaid, the benefit whereof shall be for the use and be­nefit of the Common-wealth.

And be it further ordered and ordained by the authori­ty aforesaid, That every person or persons who shall sub­scribeMoney subscri­bed to be paid within 8 daies. as aforesaid, and not bring in the money so by him or them subscribed, within eight dayes after such subscrip­tion unto the Treasurers appointed by this present Ordi­nance for the receipt of the same, shall lose and forfeit the mony that shall be due unto him upon the publike Faith; unlesse he shall shew unto the said Trustees, or the major part of them, some reasonable cause to be by them allow­ed. And be it further ordained, that the said Treasurers hereby constituted and appointed for the receiving and issuing out of the said money, shall not issue or pay out any of the said sum of two hundred thousand pounds to be [Page 92] borrowed for the use of the Common-wealth, as afore­said,The [...] to be paid by Ordinance of Parliament. but by Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament: which Ordinance, with the Receipt of the party or par­ties to whom the mony is appointed to be payed, shall be a good and sufficient discharge to the said Treasurers, their Heirs, Executors, and Administrators: and the said Treasurers shall not dispose, disburse, or pay any otherThe Treasurers to pay no o­ther mor [...]i [...]s but by order of the Tru­ [...]ees. sum of sums of mony that shall come to their treasury, or be paid unto them out of the Profits, or by sale of any of the premisses, but by warrant of the said other Trustees, or the major part of them; who are hereby required to give no Warrant for the disposing, issuing, or paying out of any sum or sums of money, that shall bee received by vertue of this Ordinance, but for the purposes in this Or­dinance contained. And if any warrant shall be made for any other purpose, the same shall be void.

And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid,The Lenders are tobe paid the fourth part of their moneys in course, &c. That as the said Treasurers shall receive ready moneys by sale of the premises, or by receipt of the Rents and profits of the same, deducting charges and allowances, they shall pay and divide the same to the lenders one fourth part of their whole debt that shall bee owing to them in course, as they did pay their money, with the interest then due, and so from time to time, till the whole be paid. Provided al­wayes, and it is hereby declared, that it shall and may bee lawfull for every lender or lenders, who shall become aBut if he pur­chase he may deduct his mo­ney by this Or­dinance. purchaser of any part of the said premises, to defalk, or retain any mony that shall be due unto him by vertue of this present Ordinance, upon every purchase that he or they shal make, if the sum by him lent shall not exceed the value of the purchase, or so much thereof as the same shall amount unto. And the said Treasurers shall allow the same accordingly. [Page 93] And be it further Ordained, that the said Treasurers shallThe Treasu­rers to give ac­compts to the Committee of accompts. keep true and perfect Books of Accounts of all their re­ceipts, disbursements and payments; and shall give their accounts to the Committee for taking the accounts of the whole Kingdome for the time being; who are hereby re­quired to take the same every six months, and thereupon to give just discharges to the said Treasurers. And after such discharges, the said Treasurers, their Heirs, Execu­tors, and Administrators, shall not be further questioned for, or concerning any of the matters for which they have had, and received such discharges.

And further, the said Treasurers shal have deducted andOne penny [...]er pound to the Treasurers. paid unto them the sum of one penny in the pound, for all monies by them received and paid.

And to the intent that according to the true meaning of the said first recited Ordinance, the true contents and va­lue of all and singular the premisses may be knowne, and the best benefit and advantage of them may be made for the use and benefit of the Common-wealth: Be it Or­dained by the Authority aforesaid, That Hen. Elsynge Keeper of the records. Esq; Clerk of the House of Commons, shall be Register and Keeper of, and shall have the custody and keeping of all Records, Charters, Evidences, Court-Rolls, Leiger books, Writings books of Survey, Rentals, Certificates, and other things of, or concerning the Lands and Posses­sions of the late Archbishops and Bishops, or concerning any the Counties-Palatine, Honors, Mannors, Castles, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, or other the premis­ses in the above recited Ordinance and herein mentioned. And that all and every the Surveyors of the premisses shalSurveyors to make their re­turnes to the said officer. make their returnes of all and every their respective Sur­veys by them taken from time to time, to the said Hen­ry Elsyng, who shall make entry of all such Surveys, Cer­tificates, [Page 94] [...]nd other proceedings, as shall from time to time be returned or certified by the said Surveyor or Surveyors of the premises; And shall also make forth, Rate, and signe all and every particular and particulars of the pre­mises; or any part thereof, whereupon any Contract or Contracts for sale or otherwise shall, or is to be had or made. And all and every the said Contractors shall certi­fieAnd the Con­tractors of their Contracts. all Contracts so by them, or any of them made, to the said Henry Elsyng, accordingly, who shall make entry of all and every such Contract and Contracts, and other pro­ceedings thereupon: Every which said particular and par­ticulars of the said premisses so to be made forth under the hand of the said Henry Elsyng, shall be from time to time a good and sufficient Authority to and for the said Contractors, or any sixe or more of them, to contract, agree, or proceed thereupon To have, hold, execute and enjoy the said Office or place of Register and Keeper, byThe Registers Fees. himselfe, or his sufficient Deputy, together with the yearely Fee of one hundred pounds per annum, payable out of the Receipts, Rents, and Revenues arising out of the premisses, by the hands of the Treasurers herein before mentioned; on the five and twentieth day of March, the foure and twentieth day of June, the nine and twentieth day of September, and the five and twentieth day of December, Quarterly, by equall portions, and other rea­sonable Fees for writing, rating, and signing, of the said particulars, and otherwise in the execution and discharge of the said place; Provided that the said Register and Keeper shall have but three pence the sheet, of all things that are to be copied, and to write fifteen lines in each sheet. Which said yearly Fee of one hundred pounds, the find Treasurers are hereby required and authorized to pay accordingly▪ and that the Acquittance of the said Henry [Page 95] Elsyng shall be a good discharge to the said Treasurers, and every of them, for the payment thereof as aforesaid.Surveyors to be nominated by the Trustees.

And it is hereby further Ordered and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid, that the said Trustees, or the ma­jor part of them, the Survivors of them, or the major part of them, their Survivors, and the heirs of the said Sur­vivors, shall and may from time to time nominate and ap­point under their hands and seals respectively, so many persons as they shall thinke fit to be Surveyors for the putting of this Ordinance in execution touching the Sur­veying of the premisses; Who shall have power to go in­to all and every the Counties, Cities, and Places within the kingdome of England, and Dominion of Wales, or in­to so many of them as shall be thought fit.

And it is further Ordained by the authority aforesaid,The Surveyors authority. That the said Surveyors or other persons to be authori­zed, as aforesaid, or any three or more of them, shall have full power and authority to enter into and survey all, or any of the premisses, or any part thereof▪ and they▪ or any three or more of them, shall also have full power andAny 1, 2, 3, or more of them faith the instru­ctions. First to find out &c. authority, as well by the Oaths of good and lawfull men, as by all other good and lawfull wayes and meanes, to in­quire and finde out what Countie Palatine, Honors, Mannors, Lordships, Granges, Messuages, Lands, Tene­ments, Meadows, Leasawes, Pastures, Woods, Rents, Reversions, Services, Parkes, Annuities, and other pos­sessions, priviledges, liberties, immunities, and heredita­ments whatsoever, of what nature or quality soever they be, lying, or being within every such County or City asIn any City or Country. aforesaid, did at any time belong or appertaine unto all, every, or any such Archbishops, or Bishops, in right of Archbishopricks, Bishopricks, Dignities, or places respe­ctively, or to any other person or persons in trust for [Page 96] them, or any of them, as aforesaid, in right of the said2. How much i [...] in possession. Archbishopricks, and Bishopricks, and what, and how much of the same is in possession, and the true yearely va­lue thereof, and what, and how much thereof is in Lease, and for what estate, & when, and how determinable; when3 VVhat Rents. such Leases or Estate was made, and whether antidated, and what Rents, Services, and other duties are reserved and payable during such Estate, or issuing out of the same: As also, what Rents, Pensions, charges, or other sums of mony are issuing, due, or payable out of the Premisses, or any part thereof: And what Lands or premisses are sub­ject,4 VVhat pious uses. or chargeable to, and with any good, pious and cha­ritable use or uses, and the certainty of the same, and to make one, or more exact and particular survey, or surveys,5. To make an exact Survey. and certificates of their proceedings, which certificate and surveys shall be recorded, and all Charters, Eviden­ces, Court-Rolls, and other writings belonging to all, or any the Archbishops, Bishops, Arch-bishopricks, or Bishopricks, or concerning any of the Counties-Palatine, Honors, Mannors, Castles, Lands, Tenements, Heredi­ditaments, or any other the premisses before mentioned,Surveys and writings to be kep [...] in such place in London, or Westminster, [...]s the Trustees or th major part shall ap­point. The Survey­ors to keep Courts. And to cause men to [...]ew their wri­tings & eviden­ces. shall be kept in such place in London, or Westminster, as the said Trustees, or the major part of them shall thinke fit and appoint; And that the said Surveyors, or any three or more of them, shall have power and authority, so often as they shall be thereunto appointed by the said Trustees, or the major part of them, to keep Courts of Survey within any of the Counties-Palatine, Honors, Mannors, and premisses. And to call before them any of the Te­nants, or other persons whom they shall conceive to have any interest in any of the Premisses, to shew their Wri­tings and Evidences, and discover what right, title, or interest. they or any of them have or may claim, of, into, [Page 97] or out of the same, or any part thereof. And also to exa­mineTo examine by oath. by oath or otherwise, any person or persons (other then such as have or claim to have interest or title there­in) for, or concerning the discovery of the Contents, Metes, Bonds, Extents, Titles, Rents, Improvements, Va­luations, and Jurisdictions, of all, or any of the Premisses: And for the discovering of any Records, Evidences, Wri­tings, or Memorandums concerning the same: And thatThe Trustees o [...] 3 of them or the Surveyors to give an oath. as well the said Trustees, or any three of them, as the said severall Surveyors so authorised, or any three or more of them as aforesaid, are hereby authorized to administer an Oath concerning the premisses to any person or per­sons (other then such as have, or claim to have any inte­rest or title concerning such the Premises as shall be in question:) and also to commit to prison any person orTo commit to prison &c. persons (other then such as have, or claim to have any in­terest or title as aforesaid) that shall refuse to take such an Oath, or discover his knowledge concerning the estate, title, or evidences of any the Lands hereby intended to be sold and disposed of, or refuse to deliver such Evidences and Writings concerning the [...]ame, which are in his custo­dy or power, and do not concern the maintenance or de­fence of his interest, or such Rents and Profits as he had title unto. And all Justices of Peace, Sheriffs, Majors, Bailiffs, and other persons, are hereby required to beeAll Ius [...]ices of peace to assist the Surveyors. Proviso for Peers. aiding and assisting to the said Surveyors, or any of them, in the executing of this Ordinance: provided that it shall not extend to the imprisoning of any Peer of this Realm. And be it further Ordered and Ordained by the autho­rityThe Commis­sioners of Ex­cise to pay in­terest for the monies due by this Ordinance. aforesaid, That the Commissioners of Excise and New-Impost for the time being, are hereby charged and required upon the certificate▪ of the said Treasurers, certifying what summe or summes of mony are due and [Page 98] payable to any person or persons, bodies politique or cor­porate, by vertue of this present Ordinance to pay in­terest after the rate of eight pounds in the hundred for the same to every such person or persons, bodies politique and corporate, their Executors, Administrators, Successors, or Assignes at the end of every sixe months during the time that the said sum and sums of money, or any part thereof shall remaine unpaid; which certificate the said Treasurers are hereby authorized and required to make accordingly. And in case the whole two hundred thousand pounds; or so much thereof as shall be lent, and the interest thereof,And to pay the principall in course, if not soone paid by the Treasurers. and such other sum and sums as are payable by this pre­sent Ordinance for money, plate, horses with furniture and arms, formerly advanced with the interest thereof, shall not be satisfied by the Treasurers aforesaid, before all sums of mony charged upon the said Excise or New Impost, by vertue of any Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament, made before the twentieth day of September last (except the two Ordinances of Parliament for ten thousand pounds, and four hundred pounds for the Widows) shall be by the said Commissioners of Excise paid and satisfied; that then the said Commissioners of Excise upon the like certificate from the said Treasurers as aforesaid, shall be, and are hereby charged, and chargeable to pay the same with interest as aforesaid, or so much thereof as shall be then due and unpaid, and shall begin to pay the same when they have in ready money one fourth part of theOne fourth part of the whole debt. whole debt that shall be owing to the lenders in course, as they did pay their money, with the interest then due, and so continue untill the whole money hereby secured to be paid, and then unpaid, shall be fully paid and satisfied, in such manner as the Treasurers before mentioned were appointed to pay the same; and the said certificates of [Page 99] the said Treasurers with the receipt of the respective len­ders shall be a good discharge to the said Commissioners of Excise and every of them, for their payment of any sum or sums of mony by vertue of this present Ordinance: And to the end a just and true Accompt and Registry may be made, and kept of all and singular the debts and mo­nies owing by the Parliament to such person and persons as shall advance, or lend any sum or sums of mony upon the security of the Bishops Lands, and the Grand receipt of the Excise in course, or which of them shall first be en­abled to furnish monies for the repayment thereof, as also of all payments and disbursments which shall be made, or issue out of the same, Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That for and during the pleasure of both Hou­sesThe Office of the Register A [...]comptant. of Parliament there be, and shall be one Register Ac­comptant, who shall keep a true and plaine accompt, or accompts of all and every debt and debts due, or owing by the Parliament for plate, mony, horse, or their furni­ture, to any person or persons, which shall have advanced or lent monies as aforesaid; & also of all such interest as is, or shall be due upon, or for the same; which said Register Accomptant shall have full power, and is hereby autho­rized to view, peruse, and take Copies of all and every books, writings, and entries, in whose hands or custody soever they or any of them are or shall be, wherein are, or ought to be registred or entered any monies, plate, or hor­ses, with their furniture which hath been lent, or set forth for the service of the Parliament, to the end he may bee the better enabled to discover and finde out whether ac­cording to the notes, entries, and accompts, as shall bee brought in upon the foresaid advance, the plate, monies, horses, and furniture mentioned therein, were at the daies and times therein contained truly and really lent and set [Page 100] forth for the service of the Parliament or not; and upon due examination made thereof, the said Register Accom­ptantThe Register Accomptant to certine what debts are justly chargeable with interest. shall make true certificate of all such debts which he shall finde to be justly charged, together with the interest due for the same unto the Treasurer or Treasurers for the time being, appointed by both Houses of Parliament for the receiving of the monies which shall be advanced upon the foresaid security; upon whose approbation or allow­ance the said Register Accomptant shal give due credit for the same upon accompt, that so it may plainly appear how much, and to whom the Parliament is indebted; and when any monies are paid or issued forth, he shall also make the parties receiving the same debitor upon the same Ac­compt, and perform all other requisite services appertain­ing to the said place. And the said Lords and Commons taking into their considerations the faithful and good ser­vice of Collonel Robert Manwaring; do hereby constituteRobert Manwa­ring. and appoint him the said Collonel Robert Manwaring to be Register Accomptant of all and singular the Accompts and Registries, which shall be kept of, or concerning the premisses; to hold, execute, and enjoy the same Office of Register Accomptant, together with the yearly Fee ofHis Fee. two hundred pounds per annum, payable out of the rents and proceed out of the Bishops Lands, by the hands of the Treasurers thereof for the time being, on the five and twentieth day of March, and the twenty ninth day of Sep­tember, half yearly by equal portions; And for such Clerks or under-Officers as shall be imployed in and about the premisses, the same shall be approved of by the said Trea­surers, and receive such reasonable salary for their service as the said Treasurers shall from time to time think fit to allow.

And it is further Ordained that John Fowke Ald [...]r­man, [Page 101] of the City of London, shall be Comptroller of allThe Office of Comptroller. Entries, Receipts, and payments, which shall be made to or by the said Treasurers, and shall have power and autho­rity by himselfe, or his sufficient Deputies, to keep ac­compt of all entries, receipts, payments and discompts whatsoever, which shall be made unto or by the said Treasurers; And the said Comptroller and his Deputies shall execute the said place of Comptroller in the pre­misses, according to the instructions hereafter mentioned, and such other instructions as the said Comptroller shall from time to time receive from both houses of Parliament.

And it is further hereby Ordained, That the said Iohn Fowke shall have for his salary the yeerly sum of two hun­dredThe Comptrol­lers salary. pounds to be paid him quarterly by the said Treasu­rers who are hereby authorized and appointed to pay the same, for which this present Ordinance with his receipt, shall be their sufficient discharge. And for the better se­curing of the principal monies and the interest herein men­tioned,The Excise to be continued untill moneys payable by this O [...]in [...]nce be satisfied. be it Ordered and Ordained, that the Excise and New Impost upon commodities, mentioned in the Ordinance of the eleventh of September, one thousand six hundred forty and three, or any Ordinance or Ordinan­ces of this present Parliament, made in explanation and continuance thereof, shall be continued, taken and put in due execution, untill such time as all sums of money pay­able by vertue of this present Ordinance, shall be paid and satisfied; and the payment of the said moneys to be due and payable by vertue of this Ordinance, shall not be de­barred, put by, or deferred from being paid out of the said Excise, as aforesaid, by any Order or Orders, Ordinance or Ordinances, of one or both Houses of Parliament, or otherwise by the payment of any other or further sum or sums of money, then the same was and is charged with upon the said twentieth of September last past, (except as [Page 102] is before excepted.) And the Commissioners of the said Excise and new Impost for the time being, are hereby charged and required, not to dispose or pay any monies that they shall receive for the New Impost or Excise, after the same shall be charged in course as aforesaid, with the payment of any of the principall money in this Ordinance contained, untill such time as the same, together with the interest and every part thereof then behind and unpaid, shall be paid unto the person or persons, bodies politique or corporate, their Executors, Administrators, Successors or Assigns, to whom, upon the certificate of the said Trea­surers as aforesaid, the same shall be found due for any sum of mony that shall be lent for and towards the raising of the said two hundred thousand pound now to be raised, and of the said sum of money heretofore lent upon the publique faith, which with the interest as aforesaid, is to be paid by vertue of this present Ordinance.

And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid,This Ordi­nance pleada­ble in all Courts. that the said first recited Ordinance, and this present Or­dinance, and every Article, Clause, and thing therein contained, shall be pleadable, and may be given in evi­dence in any of His Majesties Courts of Justice, or other Courts, and the Judges of all the said Courts are required to allow and admit the same.

And it is also Ordered and Ordained, by the authority aforesaid; That if the Trustees, or any of them, shall re­quire it on the behalfe of themselves or the lenders, oneAct of Parlia­ment for securi­ty of Trust [...]es and leaders. or more Act, or Acts of Parliament, or Letters Parents under the great Seal of England, shall be passed for their or any of their further security.

And it is lastly Ordained, That this present Ordinance,Printing and publishing of this Ordi­nance. and the former recited Ordinances, shall be printed and published in all Counties, and other Cities, Towns cor­porate, Parishes, Towns, Hamblets, & other places where [Page 103] the said Trustees, or the major part of them shall think fit. And that the care of the true printing hereof is hereby referred to the said Trustees, or the major part of them.

Provided alwayes, and be it Ordained by the said Lords and Commons, that neither this Ordinance, nor any branch, clause, article, or thing therein contained, shall extend to the great capital Messuage, with the appurte­nances scituate in Chancery lane London, commonly cal­ledSerjeants Inne. or known by the name of Serjeants Inne in Chancery lane, wherein the Judges and Serjeants of the Law, have for a long time lodged and resided, and still doe lodge and reside, nor to any part of Lincolns Inne in Chancery lane; nor shall in any wise be prejudiciall or any disturbance to the quiet possession of the said Judges or Serjeants that now are, or shall at any time hereafter reside and lodge in the said Messuage, or to any of the Society of Lincolns Inne within Lincolns Inne aforesaid, any thing in this present Ordinance contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding; but that the said Messuage and Lincolns Inne aforesaid, with the appurtenances, shall continue and be houses of lodging and residence to and for the said Judges and Serjeants, and others of Lincolns Inne aforesaid, and for their use and benefit, in such man­ner as they have been used and accustomed at and under the yearly rents usually paid for the same, for the time that the said rents are to continue by any Leases now in being. And that the said Trustees appointed by Order of Parliament for the Bishops Lands, and the Surviver, and Survivers of them, their heirs, and assigns, shall dispose of the said Messuage, with the appurtenances, from time to time, as by the said Judges and Serjeants for the time be­ing shall be directed and appointed, saving to all and every person and persons other then the said Bishops and their Successors, all such Right, Title and Interest as they or any [Page 104] of them have, or ought to have to, and in the premises.

Provided further, and be it Ordained, That the saidSerjeants Inne. Serjeants Inne shall be in the disposing of both houses of Parliament, after the expiration of any Lease now in be­ing; saving to all and every person and persons other then the said Bishops and their Successors, all such Right, Title, and Interest, as they or any of them have or ought to have, to, and in the premises.

Provided alwayes that this Ordinance shall not extendFo [...]mer Stew­ards to con [...]i­nue. to the putting out of any Stewards of any Liberties or Courts formerly appointed and made by vertue of any Ordinance of Parliament, but that they shall continue and be, during such time as the said Liberties and Courts shall remain and be in the hands of the aforesaid Trustees, and that they shall have and receive all such Fees, Profits, and allowances, as formerly were allowed them, this Ordi­nance or any other Ordinance, Act, or thing to the con­trary notwithstanding.

Die Sabbathi, 28. Novembris, 1646.

BE it Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parlia­mentSir Richard Gurneys house assembled, that the Messuage or Mansion house, of, or belonging unto Sir Richard Gurney Knight, late Lord Major of the City of London, a Delinquent, scituate in the Old Jury London, shall be applyed and made use of by the Trustees, and Contractors in the late Ordinance for appointing the sale of the Bishops Lands, for their sit­ting in, and for their better accommodation in the dis­charge of the trust thereby reposed in them respectively, and likewise for the safe keeping and laying up of all Re­cords, Evidences, Writings, Books, and other things ap­pointed to be layed up and kept by the Register in the said Ordinance mentioned, and for such of the Officers, and other uses, as the said Trustees, or the major part of them shall appoint.

The 28. of December, 1646.
At the Committee of Trustees for Bi­shops Lands.

VVHereas by severall Ordinances of ParliamentThe Tre [...]sury and Records to be kept in Sir Richard Gurneys house. made concerning the sale of Bishops Lands, it is appointed that the Treasury lately kept at Goldsmiths Hall London: And all Charters, Deeds, and Writings touching the Lands of the late Bishops, should be kept in such place in the said City of London, as the Trustees therein mentioned, or the major part of them should from time to time think fit. And whereas by another Or­dinance of Parliament, dated the eight and twentyeth day of November last, the Messuage, or Mansion house of Sir Richard Gurnie Knight, scituate in the Old Jury London▪ was appointed to be applyed and made use of by the Tru­stees and Contractors for the sale of Bishops Lands, and for keeping of the Records and Writings which are to be kept by the Register, and for such of the Officers, and o­ther uses, as the said Trustees, or the major part of them▪ shall appoint: It is thereupon Ordered by the said Tru­stees, That the said Treasury, Records, Deeds, and Evi­dences, shall be from henceforth kept in the said House in the Old Jury, London.

30. November, 1646.
An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for explanation and bet­ter putting in execution the late Ordinance, entituled, An Ordinnace of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for appointing the sale of Bishops Lands for the use of the Common-wealth.

THe Lords and Commons assembled in Par­liamentCol. Manwa­ring to [...]scer­tain the princi­pall and inter­ [...]st of m [...]nies, plate▪ &c▪ a [...] ­vanced. do hereby declare and Ordaine, that Collonel Robert Manwaring appointed to bee Register Accomptant by the for­mer Ordinance for the sale of Bishops Lands, is and be hereby authorised uponAnd upon his certificate [...]e Treasurers to receive the mo­ney, a [...]d give Receipts. Twe [...]ty shi [...]l­lings per day al­lowed to the Treasurers Clerks for a year. And all other charges incident of the Treasu­ry, to be allow­ed by the Com­mittee hereaf­ter named. The Comptrol­ler [...]o give ac­knowledgment [...] whereof. the Receipts or certificates given by the former Treasu­rers, Receivers or Collectors of mony▪ plate, horse, furni­ture or arms, advanced upon the publick Faith, to ascer­tain the Principall and Interest thereof; and that his Cer­tificate to the Treasurers appointed by the said former Ordinance shall be a sufficient Voucher for them to pro­ceed thereupon to the receiving of the money, and giving their receipts according to the former Ordinance: And that twenty shillings per diem shall bee allowed to the Treasurers for their Clerks and Tellers, the said allowance to continue for a year, and to be distributed among them according to the discretion of the said Treasurers. And that all other charges incident to the Treasury, which shall he discharged and paid by the said Treasurers, shal be allowed to them by the Committee hereafter named, or any five of them. And that the Comptroller appointed by the said former Ordinance, shall upon the weekly account [Page 114] given unto him by the said Treasurers, give a receipt or acknowledgement thereof in writing under his, or his De­puties hands to the said Treasurers for their justification therein. And further, that the Certificate of theCertificate of the Commissa­ries for Horses shall be accept­ted. Commissaries and others authorised for the listing of horses, furniture, or arms, who have power to give the publick Faith for the same, shall bee accepted and allowed for as good and sufficient as the Receipts or certificates of the Treasurers, Collectors, or Receivers of money or plate. And for the seeling and determining of any further doubt which may arise concerning the validity of anyFor determin­ning of doubts concerning the validity of any Warrant made to the Treas­surers a Com­mittee of Par­liament is ap­pointed. warrant made by the Trustees of the Bishops Lands to the said Treasurers for the issuing out of any money, That the Earl of Northumberland, Earl of Kent, Earl of Rut­land, Earl of Pembrook, Earl of Lincoln, Earl of Notting­ham, Earl of Suffolk, Earl of Salisbury, Earl of Warwick, Earl of Denbigh, Earl of Middlesex, Earl of Manchester, Earl of Mulgrave, Earl of Stamford, Viscount Hereford, Viscount Say and Seal, Lord Berkly, Lord Dacres, Lord Wharton, Lord Willoughby, Lord North, Lord Hunsdon, Lord Montague, Lord Gray of Wark, Lord Roberts, Lord Maynard, Lord Howard, and Lord Bruce, Mr. Hollis, Mr. Francis Allen, Sir Philip Stapleton, Mr. Iohn Ash, Sir Iohn Clotworthy, Sir Symonds D'ewes Mr. Walter Long, Sir Iohn Temple, Sir William Lewis, Sir William Spring, Sir Iohn Hobart, Coll. Harvey, Mr. Got, Mr. Recorder, Sir Hen. Vane, senior, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Tate, Sir Iohn Evelin of Surrey, Mr. Roll, Sir Samuel Roll, Mr. Bond, Mr. Bal, Mr. Nicol; Mr. Wilson, Mr. Blackiston, Mr. Pierpoint, Sir Peter Wentworth, Sir Iohn Curson, Sir Walter Erle, Sir Robert Harley, Mr. Crew, Sir Gregory Norton, Leiutenant Generall Cromwel, Sir Robert Pye, Sir Edward Hungerford, Mr. Knightly, Sir Iohn [Page 115] Burgoine, Mr. Rous, Mr. Strode, Sir Anthony Irby, Mr. Humphrey Edwards, Mr. Drake, Mr. Prideaux, Mr. Al­derman Atkin, Sir Thomas Soame, Alderman Pennington, Mr. Vassall, Collonel Ven, or any five of them shall be, and are hereby constituted a Committee of Parliament for the purposes aforesaid, and shall have power and authority to hear and determine the same in case the said Trustees or Treasurers shall desire it. And that a warrant under any five of the hands of the said Committee shall be a suffici­ent authority to them, and every of them to proceed accordingly in the execution of the said Ordinance. And it is hereby lastly Declared and Ordained by the authori­tyAll persons, as well those who have formerly lent upon he publick Faith, as others shall have the same repaid with In­terest. aforesaid, That all persons, aswell those who have lent upon the publick faith, as those that shall advance or lend any sum of money for the purposes in the said Ordinance mentioned, untill the 200000l. intended by the said Or­dinance to bee raised, shall be brought in, shall have the same security for the repayment thereof, together with interest for the same, after the rate of eight per centum, as those who having formerly lent upon the publick faith as aforesaid, and do now lend upon the said Ordinance are to have.

An additionall Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament.
For the alteration and explanation of the Oath formerly appointed to be taken by the Surveyors of the Bishops Lands, &c.
Die lovis, 24. Decembris, 1646.

BEe it hereby Ordained by the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assem­bled, and by the authority of the same, that instead of the Oath formerly appoint­ed to be taken by Surveyors of the Bishops Lands, this Oath following shall be taken by them respe­ctively: In haec verba:

I A. B. do swear that I will faithfully and truly, ac­cording to my best skill and knowledge, execute the placeThe Surveyors Oath. of Surveyor, according to the purport of two severall Ordinances; The one entituled, An Ordinance of Parlia­ment for the abolishing of Archbishops and Bishops within the Kingdome of England, and Dominion of Wales, and for setling of their Lands and Possessions upon Trustees for the use of the Common-wealth: The other entituled, An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parlia­ment, for appointing the sale of the Bishops Landss for the [Page 117] use of the Common-wealth; and according to the Instru­ctions thereunto added▪ I shall use my best endeavour and skill to discover the estate therein mentioned, and every part thereof which shall be given me in charge, and to find out the true values and improvements thereof; and thereof shall make true Surveys, according to my best skil and cunning, and the same from time to time to deliver in writing close sealed up, unto Henry Elsyng Esquire, the Register in that behalfe appointed, together with a true Copy or Duplicate thereof, likewise close sealed up to the said Trustees, or any two of them, according to the true intent and meaning of the said recited Ordinances: And this I shall justly and faithfully execute, without any gift or reward, directly or indirectly, from any person or per­sons whatsoever, except such allowances as the said Tru­stees, or the major part of them shall think fit to make unto me for my pains and charges in the executing of the said Place or Office.

And be it further Ordained by the authority aforesaid,The Trustees to call Survey­ors to ac­comp [...] and re­move those that are defe­ctive or un­faithfull. that the said Trustees, or the major part of them shall have power, and are hereby authorized from time to time, to call to accompt any Surveyor or Surveyors, or other Officers by them named and appointed. And if they shall find them, or any of them defective or unfaithfull in performance of the Duties or Trust in them reposed, then to remove them, or any of them which they shall so find defective or unfaithfull, and to nominateThe Duplicates of the Surveys to be delivered to the Register when all the lands are sold. and appoint others in their steads. Neverthelesse it is hereby Ordained and Declared, that the Copies or Du­plicates of all Surveys, to be returned to the said Trustees as aforesaid, so soone as assurances shall be made to the purchasers of the Lands, or other things therein contain­ed. shall forthwith be delivered over by the said Trustees [Page 118] or the major part of them, unto the Register aforesaid, to be bundled up and safely kept by him in like manner, as the other part of the said Surveys returned to him by the said Surveyors is appointed to be kept; And that the said Trustees, or any imployed by them, do not make entryThe Trustees nor any im­ployed by them are not to make any co­pies. of, or at any time make or deliver out any Copies of the said Duplicates for the use and benefit of any private or particular person, or otherwise, to the prejudice of the said Register.

And be it lastly Ordained, That this present Ordinance shall be printed and published in all Counties and other Cities, Towns Corporate, Parishes, Towns, Hamblets, and other places where the said Trustees, or the major part of them shall think fit, and that the care of the true printing thereof is hereby referred to the said Trustees, or the major part of them.

Die Veneris, 5 Martii, 1646.
An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, For the better Explaining and Execu­ting of the former Ordinances for the Sale of Bishops-lands.

WHereas by Ordinance of the Lords andRecitall of the Contractors Instructions in the former Or­dinance of the 16 of No. 1646. Commons in this present Parliament as­sembled, made the sixteenth day of Novem­ber, Anno Dom. 1646. among other instru­ctions for the Contractors in the said Ordi­nance named, it is Ordained that the Demesne Lands of the late Archbishops and Bishops shall not be sold under ten years purchase of the ful values they were at in the year 1641. The same rule to be observed proportionably in theThe Contra­ctors to pro­c [...]ed to sale ac­cording to such particulars as shal be delive­red to them by the Regi­ster. Sale of Reversions expectant upon Estates for lives or years. The said Lords and Commons do hereby declare and ordain, that the said full value upon which the said Contractors shall proceed to Sale, shall be according to such particulars as shall be made and delivered to the said Contractors under the hand of Henry Elsynge Register in the said Ordinance named, and that such particulars soAnd the Regi­ster to appoint a Clerk to at­tend the Con­tractors, and to enter all Or­ders. made and delivered to them shal be a sufficient justificati­on for them to proceed to sale accordingly. And further that the said Register shall cause one faithfull, able and suf­ficient Clerk to be attending on the said Contractors at all their meetings, and to enter all their Orders and pro­ceedings, and to observe and obey all such commands and directions concerning the premises, as they or any six or more of them shall direct and appoint. And that the said [Page 120] Books of Entries shall remain in the custody of the said Contractors or such of them, as they, or the major part ofNo Copies of Entries to be made by any but the Regi­ster or his Clerk. The Oath of the Register & his Deputy and Clerk. them shall appoint. Provided that no Copies of the said Entries be made had, or taken out of the said books by a­ny others then the said Register or his Deputy, or the said Clerk, who are to have the use of them for that purpose. And that the said Register and his Deputy and the said Clerk shal severally and respectively take an Oath before the Trustees or any three of them, which they are hereby authorized and required to administer to them according­ly▪ to execute the said respective offices and places accor­ding to the Ordinances & Instructions of both Houses of Parliament in that behalf made, and not for any fear, fa­vour, malice, or reward to violate the said respective trusts in them reposed. And whereas by the afore recited Ordi­nances,The Contra­ctors to have two pence per pound for all such Land [...] [...] shall be contra­cted for and sold. it is ordained, that the said Contractors shall re­ceive two pence in the pound for every sum that shall be paid to the Treasurers, upon all and every Contract or Contracts by them made, the said Lords and Commons do hereby Declare and Ordain, That they shall in stead thereof, receive two pence in the pound for al such Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of the late Archbishops and Bishops, which shall be contracted for, and sold by them, according to the rates for which they shall be sold. And further the said Lords and Commons doe herebyAll persons which have lent moneys shall have like advantage for all other mo­neys due by the Ordinance as for the mo­neys lent. Declare and Ordaine, that all such who have advanced and lent Moneys upon the aforesaid recited Ordinance, shall be allowed and have all the same advantages and benefits for and concerning any Moneys otherwise due unto them by the afore recited Ordinance, as fully & am­ply to al intents and purposes whatsoever, as for and con­cerning any ready Moneys lent and advanced upon the said Ordinance.

Die Veneris, 15 Martii, 1646.
An Ordinance of the Lords and Com­mons assembled in Parliament, For the lessening of the number of the Tru­stees for the Sale of the Bishops Lands.

WHereas by vertue of an Ordinance of theRecitall of the Ordinance ve­sting the Bi­shops Lands in the Trustees. Lords and Commons in this present Par­liament assembled, made the ninth day of October, Anno Dom. 1646. All Counties Palatine, Honours, Mannors, Lordships, Scites, Circuits, Precincts, Castles, Granges, Messuages, Mils, Lands, Tenements, Meddows, Pastures, Parsona­ges appropriate, Tithes, Oblations, Obventions, Pensi­ons, Portions of Tithes, Parsonages, Vicarages, Chur­ches, Chappels, Advowsons, Donatives, Nominations, Rights of Pa [...]ronages, and Presentations, Parks, Woods, Rents, Reversions, Services, Annuities, Franchises, Li­berties, Priviledges, Immunities, Rights of actions and Entry, Interest, Titles of Entry, Conditions, Commons-Court, Courts-Leet, and Courts-Baron, & all other Pos­sessions and Hereditaments whatsoever, with all and every of their appurtenances of what nature or quality soever they be which then were, or a [...] any time within ten years before the beginning of this present Parliament were to any Archbishop, or Bishop, within this king­dome of England or Dominion of Wales, or which they or any of them had held and enjoyed in the right of their Archbishopricks, or Bishopricks, Dignities, Offices or Places respectively, with all Charters, Deeds, Bookes of Accompts, Rolls, and other Writings whatsoever concerning the same belonging unto them, were vested and setled in the reall and actuall possession and seism of Thomas Adams Alderman then Lord Major of the City of London, Sir George Clarke Knight, Iohn Lang­ham Alderman, and Iohn Iones among others in the said Ordinance named, and also by the said Ordinance, and by other Ordinances since made in pursuance thereof, or for the explaining or executing thereof the said Trustees are authorized and required to act and execute divers Acts and things concerning the premises. And where­as the said Thomas Adams, Sir George Clarke, Iohn Lang­ham, and Iohn Iones have humbly desired to be dischargedRecitall of the four Trustees which desired to be dischar­ged. It is Ordained that the said four Trustees shall be no longer seized. of the said Trust, because they cannot constantly attend and execute the same by reason of their other necessary occasions: The said Lords and Commons do hereby Or­daine, That the said Thomas Adams, Sir George Clark, Iohn Langham, and Iohn Iones, and every of them shal be from henceforth no longer possessed, seized, or interessed of, or in the premises, or any of them, or any part or parcel of them; but that the seism, possession, and interest thereof, orBut that the seism shall be out of them. And they dis­charged of the Trusts. thereunto, shall be henceforth wholly and absolutely out of them, and every of them; And that they, and every of them shal be from henceforth wholly discharged of the said trusts to al intents & purposes whatsoever; & shal not from henceforth act or execute any power or authority, act or thing whatsoever, by vertue of the said first recited Ordinance, or any other Ordinance or Ordinances afore­said. [Page 123] And that all and every the premises, and every partAnd that the Premises shall from hence­forth be vested in th [...] rema [...]ning Trustees. and parcell thereof shall from henceforth be vested and setled, adjudged and deemed to be, and shall be wholly and onely in the reall and ac [...]uall poss [...]ssion of Sir Iohn Wollaston Knight; and the other remaining Trustees, whose names are expressed in the said first recited Ordi­nance, and the Surveyers and Survivors of them, their Heires and Assignes as fully and absolutely to all intents and purposes, as if the said Thomas Adams, Sir George Clarke, Iohn Langham, and Iohn Iones, had not been at all named in the first recited Ordinance, nor in any o­ther of the said Ordinances, and as if the said Sir Iohn Wollaston, and the other remaining Trustees only hadAnd the remai­ning Trustees, or any five of them from henceforth to act in as ample manner as all or any of the Tru­stees might have done. been named therein. And the said Sir Iohn Wollaston, and the other remaining Trustees, or any five or more of them, shall from henceforth act and execute all the powers and authorities, acts and things whatsoever, which by the first recited Ordinance, or any other of the aforesaid Ordinances are appointed to be acted and exe­cuted by all the Trustees named in the first recited Or­dinance, or by any part of them; in as full and ample manner to all intents and purposes whatsoever, as all the Trustees named in the first recited Ordi­nance, or any part of them, might, and ought to haveAnd the rema­ing Trustees or any five of th [...]m or such a [...] they shall appoint, may let for one year or less, any of the Premises (our of Lease) which are by the Ordinance appointed to be sold. done, any thing contained in the first recited Ordinance, or in any other of the aforesaid Ordinances to the con­trary in any wise notwithstanding. And it is further hereby Declared and Ordained, That the said Sir Iohn Wollaston, and the other remaining Trustees, or any five or more of them, or such person or persons as they or any five or more of them under their hands and seals shall thereunto appoint and authorize, shall have full power and authority to let or set for one yeare or lesse, [Page 124] and so from yeare to yeare, or lesse, before the sale hereof respectively, any of the premises which are appointed to bee sold by any of the said former Or­dinances now being, or which shall be at any time before the Sale thereof respectively out of Lease, unto such persons and in such manner, whereby the best profits and advantages thereof may bee made as they shall thinke fit, the Rents and Profits hereof to bee dis­posed in such manner, as in the said former Ordinan­ces is declared, concerning the other Rents, Profits,Provided that Copyhold Land [...] be granted by copy of Court-Roll, and not otherwise. and Receipts therein mentioned and contained; Pro­vided alwayes, that such of the said Premises as are grantable by Copy of Court-Roll, according to the custome of any Honour, or Mannour, and which they have power to Demise as is aforesaid, shall bee demised by the Copy of the Court-Roll respective­ly, and not by any Lease at the Common Law. And the said Lords and Commons taking into their consideration, the paines and good service of the said Sir Iohn Wollaston, and the other remaining Trustees for their encouragement therein, doe hereby Ordaine, That the said Sir Iohn Wollaston and the other re­mainingThe remaining Trustees (ex­cept the three Treasurers & the Comptro­ler) shall have 20 [...]0 l. a­mongst them. Trustees, except the three Treasurers and the Comptroller, who have a Salary already allowed to them) shall have and receive the summe of two thousand pounds; That is to say, one thousand pounds thereof at the end of sixe monthes to bee ac­counted from the aforesaid ninth day of October, and the other one thousand pounds at the end of sixe monthes after: Which said summe of two thou­sand pounds, the aforesaid Treasurers, or any two of them, are hereby authorised and required to pay ac­cordingly unto them, or to such person or persons [Page 125] for them as they or the major part of them under their hand-writing shall appoint out of such moneys as the said Treasurers shall have received by the profits or sale of the premises. And that the said Sir Iohn Wollaston and theThe remaining Trustees are to divide the 2000 l. a­mongst them as they think fit. other remaining Trustees (except such as are before ex­cepted) or the major part of them shall distribute and dis­pose of the said two thousand pounds among themselves by such proportions and in such manner as they or the major part of them shall think fit. Lastly the printing of this Ordinance is referred to the Trustees or the major part of them.

Die Jovis, 13 Maii, 1647, AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT, FOR Securing of all those that shall advance two hundred thousand pounds for the ser­vice of this Kingdom, and of the Kingdom of IRELAND.

THE Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, intending to raise the summe of two hundred thousand pounds, for the service of this Kingdome, and of the Kingdome of Ireland; for the encou­ragement of such as shall advance any summe for and to­wards [Page 127] the same; Doe hereby Ordaine and Declare, that every person who hath advanced any Moneys, Plate, or Horses, with their furniture and Armes, upon the Pub­likePublique faith or propositi­ons. Ordinance of the 18. August 1643. 50. sub [...] ­dies. Faith, or Propositions; or that hath lent any sum of Moneys upon the Ordinance of the 18. of August, 1643. Intituled, An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons as­sembled in Parliament, for the speedy raising of Moneys within the City of London, and Liberties thereof, for the relief and maintenance of the Armies raised and to be rai­sed, for the necessary defence of the City, and L [...]berties afore­said, raised according to the Propositions of fifty Subsidies Or that hath lent any summe of Moneys upon the Ex­peditionExpedition in­to Kent. Ci [...]y Seal. 30000 l. in No­vemb. 1642. 40000 l. in Apr. 1643. 23000 l. in May, 1643. 50000 l. in Novemb. 1641. Acts of Parlia­ment, 1641. into Kent, upon the commotion there, for which the City Seal stands yet ingaged; or that hath lent any Moneys towards the Loan of 30000. l. in or about November, 1642. or of 40000 l. in or about Aprill, 1643. or of 23000 l. in or about May, 1643. which are not already repayed; the which said severall summes were advanced upon the pressing necessities of England, and Ireland; Or that hath lent any summe or summes of mo­ney towards the raising of 50000 l. borrowed for the service of Ireland, in or about November, 1641.Such as shall lend any mony towards the ad­vancement of this 200000 l. shall be secured a like sum more out of the Grand Excise, moiety of De­linquents, com­positions at Goldsmiths Hall. Or that hath lent any summe or summes of money in the yeare 1641. (which are yet unpaid) upon the security of the Act of Parliament, for the speedy raising of Mo­neyes for disbanding the Armies, and setling the peace of the two Kingdomes of England and Scotland; That such person may for every summe of Money he shall further lend for the advancement of the said 200000 l. bee secured a like summe more, to bee paid out of the Grand Excise, in course, and out of the moyety of all Compositions made, or to be made with Delinquents, according to the Orders, Ordinances, or Instructions, [Page 128] of one or both Houses of Parliament already made, for compounding with Delinquents at Gold-smiths Hall, after the ingagements already charged upon the said Compositions are satisfied, and out of the remainderRemainder of Bishops lands, and Papists lands, except advowsons and impropriati­ons, interest to be paid every six moneths. of the proceed of the Bishops Lands, after they shall bee cleer of the present ingagements; and out of the proceed of the Estates and sale of the Lands of Papists (except Advowsons and Impropriations) which have been in Armes against the Parliament, which shall first happen; together with all the Interest due thereupon, after the rate of 8 l. per cent. per annum, to be paid every six moneths, out of the Receipt of the Excise, til prin­cipall and Interest be fully discharged. (As for Exam­ple) if there be owing to any person 100 l. Principall, which with Interest due thereupon for three years past, will make 124 l. [...]e adventuring 124 l. more may bee secured for the whole 248 l. as aforesaid, and so pro­portionably for a greater or lesser summe, and accor­ding to the Interest due thereupon. Provided alwayes that the Committee at Gold-smiths Hall shall have po­werImpropriations to compound with Delinquents for Impropriations, according to such Orders and Instructions, as they have, or shall receive from both or either House of Par­liament, for the benefit and advancement of the Ministry. Provided also, that the just debts of every Papist whoIust debts of Papists. hath been in Arms against the Parliament, made before the first of Aprill 1642. be paid, allowed, or dedutred; asFormer in­gagements up­on Papists e­sta [...]es by Parli­ament except. also that all former ingagements concerning the Lands, or estates of any such Papist, made by both or either House of Parliament, shall be excepted out of the security; And the said Lords and Commons doe hereby Ordaine and Declare, That Sir Iohn Wollaston Knight, and Alder­man, and the other Trustees for the sale of Bishops [Page 129] Lands, appointed by an Ordinance of Parliament inti­tuled,The Trustees to stand seized to the uses and purposes here­in declare [...] a [...] ­ter the former moneys secu­red upon he same be sarisfi­ed. An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assem­bled in Parliament for the lessening the number of the Tru­stees for the sale of Bishops Lands, and the Survivor or Sur­vivors of them; and the Heirs of the Survivors of them, shall stand, and bee seized of all and singular Counties Palatine, Honours, Mannours, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, and other the premises setled and vested in them, their Heires, and Assignes in, and by the said Ordinance of Parliament last before mentioned, excepting as is therein excepted, and shall take and receive all the Rents, Revenues, Issues, and profits hereafter due and payable for the premisses, or any part of them, untill sale shall bee made of the same, to the uses, intents, and purposes herein before mentioned and de­clared, after the former summes lent and secured, or which are to bee satisfied and paid out of the same, ac­cording to an Ordinance of Parliament, dated the 16. of November, 1640. or any other Ordinance ofThe Trustees, Contractors, Treasurers, Clerk Register, Register Ac­comptant and Comptroller to continue in their trusts and Offices untill, &c. Parliament since that t [...]me in that be halfe made, and that the said Trustees, or any five of them, and Iohn Blackwell senior of Moore-clack in the County of Surrey Esquire, and the rest of the Contractors in the said last before mentioned Ordinance nominated, and appointed, and William Gibbs Alderman of the City of London, and the rest of the said Treasurers in and by the same Or­dinance nominated and appointed, and Henry Elsynge Esquire, Clerke of the House of Commons also nomi­nated and appointed therein to be Register, or his Deputy, or Deputies, and Colonell Robert Manwaring nomi­nated, and appointed by the same Ordinance to bee Register Accomptant, and Iohn Fow [...] Alderman of the City of London thereby nominated, and appointed to be [Page 130] Comptroller, or his Deputy, or Deputies, shall continue in their said severall Trusts, Offices, and places, and shall hereby have power severally and respectively to doe all other Acts and things as in and by the said Ordinance of the 16 of November, 1646. or any other Ordinance, Declarations, or instructions of Parliament since that time in that behalfe made, they, every or any of them respectively are authorised, directed and appointed, excepting what is otherwise directed in and by this present Ordinance, untill sale shall bee made of the premises to the uses, intents, and purposes herein before mentioned and declared. And the said Lords and Commons doe hereby constitute and appoint Iames Bunce, Alderman ofTreasurers for th [...]s 200000 l. the City of London, and Richard Glyde, and Lieutenant Colonell Lawrence Bromfield, Citizens of London, to be Treasurers for the receiving, issuing, and paying out of the said two hundred thousand pounds hereby intended to be borrowed; which said service of theirs is to bee by them performed at Weavers Hall, or any other place [...] Weavers-Hall where the said Treasurers, or the major part of them shall from time to time think fit within the City of Lon­don; And likewise they the said Treasurers, or any of them are hereby authorised from time to time to demand, and receive all such summe and summes of money as shall bee due and payable out of all, or any the severall securities before named from the hands of the Treasurers, which are or shall bee appointed in or for any the Receipts given for security as aforesaid; And the said Treasurers, or any of them hereby nominated areTreasurers to take subscrip­tions. likewise authorised, and appointed to take and receive the subscriptions of every person or persons, Bodies Politique or Corporate, that shall subscribe any summe or summes of Money, for and toward the raising of the [Page 131] said two hundred thousand pounds intended to be lent: And the said Lords and Commons doe in like mannerColonell Man­waring. hereby constitute, and appoint colonell Robert Manwa­ring to bee Register Accomptant of all and singular the Accompts and Registries, and to doe and execute all acts and things concerning all and singular the Premises men­tioned, and contained in this present Ordinance, as fully and amply, and in such manner and forme as is formerly ordained and appointed by the Ordinance made Novem­ber, 16. Anno Dom. 1646. for the sale of Bishops Lands, or any other Ordinance since made in that behalfe for, or concerning any thing mentioned, or contained in the said former Ordinances: And the said Register Accomp­tant shall receive, and allow all Tickets and Receipts of Money, Plate, Horse, or Armes, with their furnitureT [...]ckets and Receipts. voluntarily lent upon the Publique Faith, by vertue of any Ordinance, Declaration, or Instructions from both Houses of Parliament; which Acquittances and Re­ceipts shall stand good, and bee effectuall to all intents and purposes, so as the Parties which shall tender the said Receipts doe within 3. moneths then next ensuing bring, or send to the said Register a certificate from two or more of the Committee, Deputy Lieutenants, or Justices of the Peace of the respective Counties, testfying that the name subscribed to the Tickets or Receipts, was the proper Treasurer, Collector, Receiver, Deputy Lieu­tenant, Committee or Committees appointed by ver­tue of any Ordinance or Instructions of Parliament, for the Receipts aforesaid: Provided alwayes that in caseIf Recipts prove not good, yet this security shal be good for the money now lent. such Receipts and Certificates, should not prove good and effectuall according to the intent of this present Ordinance, yet the security now given by this Ordi­nance to any person or persons whatsoever, who shall [Page 132] now lend, or disburse any sum or sums of mony according to this Ordinance shall stand good, and be effectuall to all intents and purposes for the mony so lent and disbursed, according to the said Ordinance. And it is further ordain­ed100 l per an­num, 10 Col. Manwaring. that the said Collonel Manwaring, shall have an additi­onal salary of one hundred pounds over and above his for­mer salary of two hundred pounds per annum, till both Houses of Parliament shall take further Order, to be paidClerks and Under-Officers their salary. out of the Rents, and proceed of the Bishops Lands by the Treasurers thereof, for the time being, on the 25 day of March, and the 29 of September, by even and equall portions, and for such Clerks or Under-Officers as shall bee imployed in and about the premises, the same shall be approved of by the said Treasurers, and receive such rea­sonable salary for their service as the said Treasurers shall from time to time think fit to allow. And in case where the severall sums of mony which have been advanced by the Inhabitants of divers Wards and Precincts of the City of London, and other Counties, Cities, and Towns corporate upon any the Ordinances, or Acts of Parli­ament hereby secured, have been brought in to the Trea­surers appointed by those Ordinances, and Acts in one grosse sum, and a Receipt given by the said TreasurersWhe [...]s no pa [...]ti­c [...]lar rece [...]p [...] given to the render by the Collectors the Register Ac­comptant is to give Certificate &c. for the same in grosse unto the Collector, and bringer in thereof, onely without giving any particular Receipts unto the severall and particular Advancers and Lenders thereof, by reason whereof, and because divers of the said Collectors are since deceased, and others departed out of the City of London, the severall advancers of the said summes of money, will be deprived of the benefit intended them by this present Ordinance; It is hereby Ordained, and Declared by the said Lords and Com­mons, that the said Register Accomptant hereby no­minated, [Page 133] and appointed, is and shall be authorized, where it shall appear to him by the particular given in to the Treasurers appointed to receive the se­verall summes of money advanced upon any the Ordinances or Acts of Parliament hereby secured, by any of the Collectors, who tooke such generall Receipt for the grosse summe by him or them brought in for their severall Wards, or Precincts, that such summe of money was at that time advan­ced, and lent by any particular Inhabitant of the said Ward or Precinct to ascertaine the principall and interest thereof, and to give him or them, their Executors or Administrators clayming the same, such Receipt for the same, as if he or they had pro­duced the particular Receipts or Certificates of the severall Collectors thereof; And that these the said Register Accomptants Receipts shall be a good and sufficient ground to such persons to whom the same shall be so given, their Executors, Admini­strators, and Assignes to require the summe and summes of Money therein mentioned; And that it shall and may bee lawfull to and for every per­son or persons to whom any money is owing upon the Publique Faith, or otherwise according to the particulars before mentioned in this present Ordi­nance, to grant, and assigne his or their said Debts, or any part thereof to any other person or per­sons whatsoever; And further that it shall and may bee lawfull for every person and persons, bodies politique or corporate, who shall have any mo­niesMonies due upon the pub­lique faith, and by this Ordi­nance may be assigned. due to him or them by vertue of this pre­sent Ordinance, to grant and assigne the same unto any person or persons whatsoe­ever; [Page 134] And the same grant or assignment shall bee good and effectuall to all intents and purposes whatso­ever; and allowed of by all person and persons what­soever, to whom it shall appertaine to make any al­lowance thereof, as if he or they had lent the same themselves, and that every Lender of any money upon this Ordinance shall have all benefits and advantages whatsoever, for and concerning any moneys due by this present Ordinance in course, after the former in­gagement satisfied and discharged, as fully and amply to all intents and purposes respectively, as they who have formerly lent any money upon the former Or­dinance for sale of Bishops Lands, made November the 16. Anno Domini, 1646. ought to have by vertue of the said Ordinance or any other Ordinances since made in that behalfe; And if any person or persons shall wittingly or willingly produce any false or forged Acquittance, or Certificate to the said Register Ac­comptant,Forged certifi­cate. thereby to defraud the Common wealth, the person or persons so offending shall lose and for­feit his money lent, towards the raising of this two hundred thousand pounds, or any way due to him upon any the Ordinances or Acts of Parliament, here­by secured or assigned unto him as aforesaid, the benefit whereof shall bee for the use and benefit of the Common-wealth.

And be it further ordained by the Authority afore­said,Monies to be brought in within 8. daies after entry of the Tickets. that every person who shall have his ticket allow­ed of and entred by the Register Accomptant, and not bring in, the money which upon that ticket hee is required to doe by this Ordinance, within eight dayes after such entry unto the Treasurers hereby appointed for the Receipt of the same, shall lose and forfeit the [Page 135] money that shall be due unto him upon any the Or­dinances, or Acts of Parliament hereby secured, un­lesse he shall shew unto the said Treasurers, or any two of them, some reasonable cause to be by them allowed; And be it further Ordained that the said TreasurersThis 200000l▪ to be assigned our according to Ordinance of Parliament. hereby constituted and appointed for the receiving and issuing out of the said money, shall not issue or pay out any of the said two hundred thousand pounds, to be bor­rowed for the use of the Common-wealth as aforesaid, but by Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament, which Ordinance with the Receipt of the party or parties to whom the money is appointed to be paid, shal be a good and sufficient discharge to the said Treasurers, their Heirs, Executors, and Administrators; And the said Treasurers shall not dispose, disburse, or pay any o­therThe Treasurers to pay out no other monies but as is hereby appointed. summe or summes of money that shall come to their Treasury, or be paid unto them by vertue of this Ordinance but onely for necessary charges, and as is further and particularly directed by this present Ordi­nance. And bee it further Ordained by the authority aforesaid, that the said Treasurers shall receive all summes of money due, and payable out of any the se­curities hereby engaged as aforesaid, from the hands of the Treasurers there already appointed, or who hereafter shall be appointed, and as they receive theCharges to be deducted. The Lenders to have one fourth pa [...]t of their debts paid in course. [...], deducting charges and allowances, shall again pay [...] and divide such monies to the Lenders by one [...]rth part of their whole debt, that shall be owing to [...]em in course, as they did pay their money with in­ [...]rest then due, and so from time to time till the whole [...]e paid; Provided alwayes that it shall and may bee [...]awfull for every Lender or Lenders, who shall become a purchaser of any part of the Bishops Lands after the [Page 136] former engagements; by the Ordinance of the six­teenthPurchasets of Bishops or Pa­pists Land. may defalk the monies hereby due to them. of November, 1646. or any other Ordinance since that time in that behalfe made fully satisfied and discharged, or of the Lands, or Estates of any Papists in arms to defalke, or retaine any monies that shall bee due unto him by vertue of this present Ordinance, upon every purchase that he or they shall so make, if the sum by him lent shall not exceed the value of the purchase, or so much thereof as the same shall amount unto, which shall be accordingly allowed by the said Trea­surers for the sale of Bishops Lands, and such as shall be appointed for the sale of the Lands of Papists inThe Treasu­rers to give their accompts to the Com­mittee of ac­compts. arms as aforesaid. And bee it further ordained, that the said Treasurers shall keep true and perfect accompts of all receipts, disbursements, and payments, and shall give their accompts to the Committee for taking the accompts of the whole Kingdome for the time being, who are hereby required to take the same every six months, and hereupon to give just discharges to the said Treasurers▪ and after such discharges the said Treasurers, their Heires, Executors and administra­tors; shall not be further questioned for or concerning any of the matters for which they have had and received such discharges; And further the said Treasurers shall have deducted and paid unto them the summe of oneA penny in the pound to the Treasurers up­on the 200000l. penny in the pound, for all such moneys onely as by them shall be received of the advancers of the said two hundred thousand pounds, or so much thereof as shall be raised by vertue of this Ordinance, and not for any other summe of moneys which shall come to their hands by vertue of any of the securities before menti­oned, which are to be paid, and divided as aforesaid to the Lenders. And be it further Ordained by the au­thority [Page 137] aforesaid, that the Commissioners of the Ex­ciseCommissioners of Excise to pay Interest to the Treasu­rers. for the time being, are hereby charged and requi­red, upon demand of the said Treasurers, or any two of them, delivering in writing what summe or summes of money are due and payable, to any person or persons, bodies politique or corporate, by vertue of this present Ordinance, for interest after the rate of 8. per centum, which writing the said Treasurers are hereby required, and authorised to make accordingly, to pay every six months unto the said Treasurers all and every sum and sums of money due fot interest as aforesaid, during the time that the principall hereby secured or any part thereof shall remaine unpaid, and the receipt & receipts of the said Treasurers, or any two of them from time to time, shall be a sufficient discharge unto the said Commissioners of Excise, and every of them in this behalfe; And when this present Ordinance and the severall summe and summes of money thereby secured, shall come to its due course upon any the receipts here­by engaged, and as is herein before ordained and pro­vided; It is further Ordered by authortty aforesaid, that the Commissioners of the Excise for the time being,Commissioners of Excise, Treasurers for Bishops La [...]ds, Treasurers for Delinquents Comp. and Pa­pists in arms shall pay &c. to the Treasu­rers hereby appointed. the Treasurers for the sale of Bishops Lands for the time being, the Treasurers for Compositions of Delinquents. Estates for the time being, and such Treasurers as shall heteafter be appointed for the sale of the Lands and Estates of Papists in Armes, shall respectively from time to time pay unto the Treasurers hereby appointed to that purpose, all and every summe and summes of money arising out of their severall Receipts and due and payable out of all and any their receipts by vertue of this present Ordinance, for and towards the pay­ment of the severall sum and sums of money thereby se­cured as aforesaid, and the receipt, and receipts of the [Page 138] said Treasurers hereby named, or any two of them shall be from time to time a sufficient discharge unto the said Commissioners of Excise, and the Treasurers of the severall Receipts, and every of them respectively, for all summe and summes of money unto them paid in pursuance of this present Ordinance; And it is further ordained and declared by the said Lords and Com­mons in Parliament assembled, that no assignment madeNo assignment made upon any of the securities hereby given after the 7. of May 1647. shal precede this Ordinance. by one or both houses of Parliament, or by authority of the same upon the receipts of the grand Excise or upon the sale of Bishops Lands, or upon the said moity of the Compositions of Delinquents Estates, or upon the sale of the Lands and Estates of Papists in armes after the seventh of this instant May shall precede this present Ordinance, whereof the Commissioners of the Excise, and severall Treasurers of the respective Re­ceipts before named are to take notice accordingly: AndThe Excise shall be conti­nued till the monies payable by this Ordi­dinance be paid. it is hereby Ordained and declared by the authority a­foresaid, that the Excise and new Impost upon commo­dities mentioned in the Ordinance of the 11 of Septem­ber, 1643. or any Ordinance or Ordinances of this pre­sent Parliament, made in explanation, and continuance thereof, shall be continued, taken and put in due execu­tion untill such time as all summes of money payable by vertue of this present Ordinance shall be paid and sa­tisfied, and the payments of the said moneys, to be due and payable, by vertue of this present Ordinance, shallMonies payable by this O [...]di­nance shall not be deser [...]ed or put by. not be debarred, put by or deferred from being paid out of the said Excise, sale of Bishops Lands, the moity of Compositions at Goldsmiths Hall, and sale of Lands and estates of Papists in arms as aforesaid, by any Or­der or Orders, Ordinance or Ordinances of one or both Houses of Parliament, or by any authority de­rived [Page 139] from them or any of them, or otherwise by the payment of any other or further summe, or summes of money then the said severall Receipts and securities were, or are charged withall upon the said seventh of this instant May 1647. And lastly it is further ordai­nedThis Ordi­nance pleadable in Courts of Justice. by the authority aforesaid, that the said first recited Ordinance, and this present Ordinance, and every Arti­cle, Clause, and thing therein contained, shall be plead­able, and may be given in evidence in any of His Maje­sties Courts of Justice, or other Courts, and the Jud­ges of all the said Courts, are required to allow and admit thereof accordingly.

Provided alwaies, that all such sums of mony as shall be lent by any person or persons to ward the advance­ment of the aforesaid summe of two hundred thousand pounds shall be secured as is aforesaid, although the full sum of two hundred thousand pounds shall be ad­vanced as is intended.

Provided neverthelesse, and it is hereby declared thatFurther Fines of Delinquents by reason of their omission or under-valua­tion of their e­states, no part of this security. such further fine or fines as shall be hereafter imposed upon any person or persons, for, or by reason of his or their omission or under-valuation of any the Lands or other estates in the severall particulars, whereupon hee or they already have or shall compound, is not nor shall be taken, or deemed to be any part of the security by this Ordinance granted.

Die Jovis 3. Junii, 1647.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT, FOR The raising of forty two thousand pounds and for explanation of the former Or­dinance for raising of two hundred thou­sand pounds for the service of this Kingdome, and of the Kingdome of IRELAND.

THE Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, intending to raise the sum of forty two thousand pounds; for the uses herein after expressed, doe hereby Declare and Ordaine, That every per­son who hath advanced any Monies, Plate, or Horse [Page 141] with their Furniture and Armes, or hath lent any Moneys for or upon any the particular occasions or services, mentioned in the late Ordinance, Intituled, An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for securing of all those that shal advance two hundred thousand pounds for the service of this King­dome, and of the Kingdom of Ireland. That such persons may for every summe of money which they shall fur­ther lend, for or toward the advancement of the afore­said forty two thousand pounds, be secured a like sumAll such as shal advance any monies towards the 42000 l. shall be secured a like sum more with In­terest out of the securities given by the former Ordinance, in course. more to be paid out of the Grand Excise, and all other the severall securities given and assured by the said late. Ordinance and in such manner as is therein and there­by provided and appointed, which of them shall first happen together with the Interest due thereupon, af­ter the rate of eight per cent. per annum, till Principall and interest be fully discharged in course after the for­mer ingagements; for which the Grand Excise, and all other the said severall securities now stand ingaged, bee fully satisfied and discharged; as for Example. If there be owing to any person one hundred pounds Principall, which with the Interest thereupon for three yeers past, will make one hundred twenty foure pounds, hee adventuring one hundred twenty foure pounds more, shall bee secured, as is aforesaid, for the whole two hundred forty eight pounds, and so pro­portionably for a greater or lesser summe, and accor­ding to the Interest due thereupon; And also that he shall be paid his Interest, which shall be then due, after the rate of eight per cent. per annum, every six moneths, out of the Receipt of the Grand Excise. And the said Lords and Commons doe hereby declare and Ordain, That Sir Iohn W [...]llaston, Knight, and Alderman of [Page 142] London, and the rest of the Trustees for the sale of Bi­shopsThe Trustees to stand seized, &c. Lands, appointed by an Ordinance of Parlia­ment, Intituled, An Ordinance of the Lords and Com­mons assembled in Parliament, for the lessening of the number of the Trustees for the sale of Bishops Lands, and the Survivors and Survivor of them. And the Heires of the Survivor of them shall stand and bee seized of all and singular the Counties Palatine, Honours, Mannours, Lands, Tenements, and Heredit [...]ments, and other the Premised setled and vested in them and their Heirs and Assignes, in and by the said Ordinance, excepting as is therein excepted; and shall take and receive all the Rents, Revenues, Issues, and Profits hereafter due and payable for the Premises, or any part of them, untill sale shall bee made of the same to the uses, intents, and purposes herein after mentioned and declared, after the for­mer summes lent and secured thereupon, or which are to bee satisfied and paid out of the same, shall be fully satisfied and discharged; And that Iohn Black­well The Contra­ctors, Treasu­rers, Comptrol­lers, Clerk, Re­gister and his Deputies, Regi­ster Accomp­tant shall con­ [...]ue in their [...]sts and offi­ces untill &c. senior of Moreclack in the County of Surrey, Es­quire, and the rest of the Contractors for Bishops Lands, and William Gibbs Alderman of London, and the rest of the Treasurers formerly appointed for re­ceiving the Moneys which shall arise upon the sale or proceed of Bishops Lands; And Iohn Fo [...]ke, Alderman of London, Comptroller, and his De­puty or Deputies, and Henry Elsynge Esquire, Clerk of the House of Commons, Register, and his De­puty or Deputies, and Colonell Robert Manwaring, Register Accomptant, shall continue in their said severall Trusts, Offices, and places respectively; and shall hereby have power severally and respe­ctively, [Page 143] to doe all other Acts and things, as in and by the said first recited Ordinance, or any other Ordinances, Declarations, or Instructions of Par­liament heretofore in that behalf made, they, every, or any of them respectively, are authorised, directed, and appointed, to act or doe, excepting what is otherwise directed in and by this present Ordinance, untill sale shall bee made of the premises to the uses, intents and purposes herein after mentioned: And also that Iames Bunce Alderman of London, and Rich­ard Iames Bunce, Richard Glyde, and Lawrence Bromfield, to continue Trea­surers for this 42000 l. Glyde, and Lievtenant Colonell Lawrence Brom­field Citizens of London shall bee, and continue Treasurers for the receiving and paying out of the said forty two thousand pounds hereby intended to be raised, which they shall do at Weavers Hall in London, or any other place where they, or the major part of them shall think fit, and shall doe, act, and execute all other acts and things whatso­ever, for, or concerning the receiving and paying of the said forty two thousand pounds as fully and am­ply, and in such manner respectively as is by the said first recited Ordinance appointed, and declared for and concerning the receiving and paying of the said two hundred thousand pounds therein mentioned; and that the aforesaid Robert Manwaring shall bee Re­gisterRobert Manwa­ring to continue Register Ac­comptant. Accomptant of all and singular the Accompts and Registries, and doe and execute all Acts and things concerning all and singular the Premises mentioned and contained in this present Ordinance respectively as fully and amply, and in such manner and forme as is formerly ordained and appointed by the said first recited Ordinance, or any other Ordi­nances heretofore made in that behalfe respectively; [Page 144] And that the said Iames Bunce, and the rest of theAnd these Treasurers and the Register Ac­comptant to have the same allowances for this service, as in the former Ordinances is [...]ppointed. Treasurers before named, and the said Robert Man­waring, and their respective Clerks shall have and receive the same respective allowances and salaries continued, allowed, and paid unto them respectively for this present Service, as in and by the former Ordinances is limited and appointed to them for the like respective Services thereinMonies lent upon he Pro­positions shall be allowed. expressed and required; And that all persons who have voluntarily lent any Moneys, Plate, or Horse with their Furniture and Armes upon the Propo­sitions by vertue of any Ordinance, Declaration, or Instruction of both Houses of Parliament, shall have the same allowed in such manner, and upon such Certificates, and shall have all such benefits and advantages as in and by the said late Ordinance is expressed and appointed, and that it shall and may bee lawfull to and for every person, or per­sons, to whom any money is owing upon the Pub­lique Faith, or otherwise as is aforesaid, or anyMon [...]es due by this Ordinance may be assign­ [...]d. who shall have any moneys due to him or them by vertue of this present Ordinance, to grant or assign his or their said Debts, or any part thereof to any other person or persons whatsoever, and that such Assignes shall have all such benefits and ad­vantages thereof, and thereupon, as in and by the said first recited Ordinance is granted and allowed; and that every person and persons, who shall lend any monies upon this present Ordinance shall bee demeaned in like manner, and shall have all such benefits and advantages whatsoever, by defalcationAnd may be def [...]lked upon purchases. upon purchases in course after the former engage­ments shall be fully satisfied and discharged, or other­wise, [Page 145] as fully and amply and in such sort and manner, as by the first recited Ordinance is granted & allowed. And that every person or persons who shall wittingly and willingly produce, and bring into the Register-Accomptant any forged acquittance, or certificate, shalForged Certifi­cate. undergoe such penalty as in and by the said Ordinance is declared and appointed; And that every person or persons who shall have his Ticket allowed, and entered by the Register Accomptant in his Book, and shall not bring in his money thereupon according to this present Ordinance within eight dayes after such entry, to the Treasurers hereby appointed for the same, shall undergoe such penalty as in, and by the said Ordinance is declared and appointed; And the said Lords and12000 l. part of the 42000 l. to be paid to the Committee of the Militia of London for the guards of the C [...]ty. Commons doe hereby Declare, Ordaine, and Ap­point, That the said Treasurers shall pay twelve thousand pounds, part of the said forty two thousand pounds to be advanced upon this Ordinance unto the Committee of the Malitia of the City of London, or such as they or any nine of them shall appoint, to bee disposed by the said Committee, or any nine of them for and toward the paying of the Arreares already due for the Guards of the said City, or which shall hereafter become due for the same, and such other re­quisite charges as may concern the same; And that the Warrant of the said Committee or any nine of them in writing under their hands to the said Treasu­rers for the payment of the said forty two thousand pounds, or any part thereof, shall bee a sufficient dis­charge to the said Treasurers for the same, and that30000 l. to poor persons which have lent upon the Propositions. thirty thousand pounds being the residue of the said forty two thousand pounds, shall bee paid to such poore persons as have voluntarily contributed any [Page 146] Monies, Plate, or Horse with their furniture and Armes, upon the Propositions in the yeare 1642. and are not able to double the same, not exceed­ing the summe of ten pounds, to any one such poore person in such manner as shall bee hereafter directed and appointed by both Houses of Parlia­ment; And that the Warrant of such who shall bee thereunto hereafter appointed by both Houses of Parliament, in writing under their hands, shall bee a sufficient discharge to the said Treasurers for the same. And the said Lords and Commons doeThe 42000 l is not to be dis­posed to any o­ther use. hereby Declare and Ordain, That the said forty two thousand pounds shall not bee disposed or im­ployed, nor paid out by the said Treasurers to any other uses or purposes then such as is herein limited and appointed. And bee it further Decla­red and Ordained, That the said Treasurers shall receive all summes of Money due and payable outThe monies to be paid out to the Lenders in course. of any the securities aforesaid, from the hands of the Treasurers there already appointed, or who hereafter shall bee appointed, and as they shall re­ceive the same (deducting charges and allowances) shall againe pay out, and divide such monies to the Lenders by one fourth part of their whole debt that shall bee owing to them in course as they did pay in their Money, with the Interest then due; and so from time to time till the whole bee paid: AndThe Treasu­rers to keep [...] accompts and be accomp­table to the Committee of accompts. that the said Treasurers shall keepe true and per­fect Accompts of all Receipts, Disbursements, and Payments, of or concerning the said forty two thousand pounds, and shall give in their Accompts to the Committee for taking the Accompts of the whole kingdome for the time being; who are [Page 147] hereby required to take the same every six months, and thereupon to give discharges to the said Trea­surers; And after such discharges the said Treasu­rers shall not bee further questioned for or con­cerning any of the matters for which they have had and received such discharges: And the Commissi­onersExcise▪ of the Grand Excise, are hereby required and authorised, to pay unto the said Treasurers e­very six moneths all such interests as shall be then due for any summe or summes of Money lent upon this Ordinance, upon their Certificate thereof in Writing, in such manner as is expressed and ap­pointed in the said first recited Ordinance, con­cernining the interest due or to bee due accordingTreasurers of the securities herein menti­oned to pay the s [...]ms of money due by this Or­dinance in course▪ to the said Ordinance; And that the said Commissi­oners of Excise, and the respective Treasurers of any the Treasuries, or Receipts hereby engaged for the securities aforesaid, shall respectively from time to time pay unto the Treasurers hereby ap­pointed for that purpose, all and every summe on summes of Money due and payable by this present Ordinance, which shall come to and bee in their said Treasuries or Receipts in course as is aforesaid; and the Receipts of the said Treasurers hereby ap­pointed, or any two of them shall bee a suffici­ent discharge to the said Commissioners of Excise, and the Treasurers of the said severall Treasuries, and receipts respectively; And bee it further Or­dained, That no Grant or Assignment, hereafter to bee made upon the Receipts of the Grand Ex­cise, or any of the aforesaid Securities, shall pre­cede this present Ordinance, whreof the said Com­missioners and respective Treasurers are to take no­tice [Page 148] accordingly: And it is further Ordained,Excise to con­tinue till these monies be paid That the Excise and New-Impost, mentioned in the Ordinance of the eleventh of September, 1643. Or any Ordinance or Ordinances of this present Parliament made in explanation or continuance thereof, shall bee continued, taken, and put in due execution, untill such time as all summes of Money payable by vertue of this present Ordinance shall bee paid and satisfied. And it is also Ordain­ed, That this present Ordinance, and every Arti­cle,This Ordi­nance to be pleadable in a­ny [...]. Clause, and thing therein contained shall bee pleadable, and may bee given in evidence in any of his Majesties Courts of Justice, or other Courts; And the Judges of the said Courts, are hereby required, to allow and admit thereof accordingly. Provided alwayes, That all such summes of Mo­ney as shall bee lent upon this present Ordinance with the respective Tickets or Receipts of Money formerly lent, as is aforesaid, which shall be there­by doubled, shall bee secured as is aforesaid; al­though the full summe of forty two thousand pounds shall not bee advanced (as is intended.) And for a further explanation, and better putting in execution as well of the aforesaid late Ordinance, as of this present Ordinance, The said Lords andReceipts to be given for the monies to be lent. Commons doe hereby declare and ordain, that the said Iames Bunce Alderman, and the rest of the Treasurers or any two of them, are hereby autho­rised and required to give receipts to the Parties who have lent, or shall lend any money toward the raising of the aforesaid two hundred thousand pounds, or the said forty two thousand pounds, both for the summe or summes now lent, or to bee lent in [Page 149] ready money, and the like former sum or sums due upon the publique faith, or otherwise, according to the said Ordinances, and ascertained by the said Robert Manwa­ring, which are or shall be doubled by them; Which Receipts given by the said Treasurers or any two of them, for the said two hundred thousand pounds, and such Receipts as are to be given for the said forty two thousand pounds, shall be a sufficient ground to such persons to whom the same are, or shall be given, their Executors, Administrators, and Assignes to require, and receive the same. And also that the said Treasu­rersInterest to be paid every six months in course. shall pay unto the said Lenders in course every six months, the interest which shall be then due by the said Ordinance, or this present Ordinance, after the afore­said rate of eight per cent▪ out of such moneys as theyThese Treasu­rers to peruse the books of the Treasurers of the securi­ties. shall then have received. And further, that the said Treasurers, or any of them shall have free Liberty and Power from time to time, as occasion shall require, to peruse and examine the books of Receipts and disburse­ments of the severall Treasurers and Commissioners of the said Treasuries, and Receipts ingaged for the secu­rity aforesaid, to the end that they may see, and finde out what summe and summes of money are or shall be come into the said Treasuries and Receipts, towards the repayment of the moneys which are or shall be due and payable by the said Ordinances. And the Trea­surers and Commissioners of the said Treasuries and Receipts ingaged for the security aforesaid, are hereby required to shew unto them their said severall bookes of Receipts and disbursements, and to suffer them to peruse and examine the same: And shall also from time to time pay unto them such moneys due and payable by the said Ordinances which shall bee then received, [Page 150] and come into their said Treasuries and Receipts for the repayment of the Principall, and Interest of the summes due by the said Ordinances. And lastly, bee it Decla­red and Ordained that the Committee of Lords andCommittee for incident charges. Commons formerly appointed for the allowing of inci­dent Charges to the former Treasurers appointed by the Ordinance for the sale of Bishops Lands, or any five of them, shall have power and authority to allow the like in­cident charges to the said Iames Bunce, and the rest of the Treasurers respectively.

Provided alwayes that the aforesaid summes of tenSums of 10l. to poore persons not to be paid to such as shall buy their Tic­kets. pounds, or under, intended for the repayment of poore persons, shall be paid onely to such poore persons, or for their proper use and benefit, and not to any persons who have bought, or shall buy of them any such Tic­kets or Receipts as is aforesaid.

Die Lunae 23. August. 1647.
An Ordinance of the Lords and Com­mons assembled in Parliament for re­gulating the sale of Bishops Lands, and ex­pediting the Conveyances thereof.

BEE it Ordered and Ordained by the Lords and Commons assem­bled in Parliament, that whereas in the late Ordinance of Parliament, made the 16. of Novemb. Ann. Dom.Such pu [...]cha­sers as have ob­tained possessi­on before sea­li [...]g of the Conveyance, shal pay their second moity within six months after their Contracts and shall have the mean pro­fits in lien thereof. [...]he Treasurers to allow and re [...]a [...]e Interest wi [...]h the prin­cipall, the same to be def [...]lked at the times of payment of the purchase mo­ney 1646. it is appointed that the purcha­sers of any Bishops Lands shall pay the latter moiety of Purchase money within six months after the sealing of the assurance; And whereas divers Purchasers have before the sealing of the assurance ob­tained the possession of the said purchased Lands, Te­nements, or Hereditaments, in all such cases the said six months wherein the latter moity of the purchase money ought to be paid, shall be reckoned from the time of the Contract, and not from the sealing of the assurance; and that in lieu thereof the purchaser shall have and en­joy all the meane profits which he hath had or received in the mean time; And that the Treasurers for Bi­shops Lands shall allow and rebate to any purchaser, who hath any money due by the said Ordinance, the interest which shall bee due unto him, together with [Page 152] the principall, the same to be defalked at the times of payment of his purchase money; and that all assignes of any moneys due by the said Ordinance, may defalke the same upon Purchasers in like manner as the Lenders themselves might doe. And the Contractors, Tru­stees, Treasurers, and all others imployed in the sale of Bishops Lands, are hereby required, and enjoined to perfect and seal the respective Conveyances or Assu­rances with all possible expedition.

Die Jovis 23. Septemb. 1647.

THE Lords and Commons assembled in Parlia­ment, for the better security, & encouragement of all and every such person and persons, Bodies Politique and Corporate, as already have, or hereafter shall become Purchaser, or Purchasers [Page 154] from the Trustees (appointed by Ordinance of Parlia­ment for the sale of Bishops Lands) of any Mannors, Lands, Tenements, Franchises, Annuities, Fees, Liber­ties, Royalties, and Hereditaments whatsoever, late be­longing to any Arch-bishop, or Bishop within the Realme of England or Dominion of Wales; Doe Or­der and Ordaine, and be it hereby Ordered and Ordain­ed by the Authority aforesaid, that it shall, and may be lawfull for all, and every such purchaser, or purchasersPurchas [...]rs may have the Kings Letters paten [...]s. to have, and pass one or more Letters Patents under the great Seal of England, of all or any part of the Mannors, Lands, Tenements, Franchises, Annuities, Fees, Liberties, Royalties, and Hereditaments with their ap­purtenances so by him or them purchased from the said Trustees as aforesaid, to be holden of the King as of hisTo be holden as of East Greenw. Mannor of East Greenwich by fealty onely, and not in Capite nor Knights service: And be it further Or­dained and Declared by the authority aforesaid, that all and every Bodies and Body politique and corporateBodies Poli­tique may pur­chase any Bi­shops Lands without licence in Mortmaine. within the Kingdome of England, and Dominion of Wales, shall have power and capacity, and are hereby enabled to receive, take and purchase to themselves, and their Successors for ever, any of the said Mannors, Lands, Tenements, Franchises, Annuities, Fees, Li­berties, Royalties, and Hereditaments whatsoever, be­longing to the said Archbishop and Bishops, without any Licence or Licences of Alienation in Mortmaine first sued forth, or obtaine for that purpose, any Law, Statute, Ordinance, or Charter to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding. And be it further Ordered and Ordained by the authority aforesaid, that the At­torny Generall, or Sollicitor Generall for the time be­ing, upon shewing forth of any such deed or purchase [Page 155] under the Hands and Seals of the said Trustees or any five or more of them, is hereby authorized and required to prepare a bill in usuall form containing the KingsA bill contai­ning the Kings Grant to the Purchaser, is to be passed un­der the great Seal of Eng­land. Grant to such Purchaser and Purchasers, their heires, and Successors of the Lands, and premises so purcha­sed by him, or them, according to the Tenor and effect of such deed or purchase; which Bill so prepared, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Commissioners for the great Seal of England, for the time being, are here­by authorized, and required to pass under the said great Seal in usuall forme accordingly. And it is further Or­dained,No Fine or Fee [...]o be p [...]i [...] into the Hana­per to the Kings use. that no Fine or Fee be demanded, or paid into the Hanaper for or in the Kings name, or to his use upon the passing of any such Grant, or of any other Grant where Lands have been or shall be sold by Ordinance of Parliament, to any person or persons in satisfaction of the debts of the Kingdome, but all and every such Fines,A fourth par [...] of the fine only to be paid. except as afore excepted, save onely a fourth part of what hath been formerly demanded and paid, are here­by pardoned and discharged. And it is further Ordai­ned, That the Register for the sale of Bishops Lands for the time being, the Surveyors of the said Lands, the Stewards of all or any of the said Courts belonging to any of the said Bishops, and all other Officers, and per­sons who have in their hands, or in the hands of others for them, any Counterparts of Leases, ancient Survaies, Copies of Court Rolls, Rentals, Terrars, or other Deeds, Records, or Writings which concerne onely any of the Mannors or premises so already purchased, or hereafter to be purchased as aforesaid, are hereby authorised and required upon sight of any such deed of purchase from the said Trustees as aforesaid, to deliver forthwith all the Counterparts of Leases and all other [Page 156] the Records, and Writings before mentioned, whichCounte [...] parts of Leases and Writings which con­cerne only the things purcha­sed [...]o be deli­vered to the purchaser. No person which maketh title &c. shall be compelled to deliver his writings. Those who have contra­cted, or shall contract, shall procure their Conveyances wi [...]hin 8 weeks. concerne onely the Mannors, Lands, and Premises comprised within any such deed of purchase unto the respective purchaser and no other: Provided that no person which maketh title to any of the said Lands or Premises, (other then the Archbishops and Bishops themselves) be compelled by this Ordinance to deliver out of his hands any such Lease or Writing as afore­said concerning those Lands which hee maketh his claime.

And it is further Ordained, and declared by the au­thority aforesaid, that all and every person and persons, bodies politique and corporate, who have already con­tracted for, or hereafter shall contract for any of the said Mannors, Lands, and premises with the Contra­ctors appointed for the sale of Bishops Lands, shall pro­secute and procure their respective conveyances from the Trustees appointed to passe such conveyances with­in eight weeks after the passing of this Ordinance; that is to say, all such persons as have already contracted shall prosecute and procure their respective conveyances from the Trustees within eight weeks next after the date ofVnlesse they [...]ew cause to the contrary to be allowed by the Contra­ctors. Vpon default thereof to for­feit one third par [...] of the va­lue of their parchase m [...] ­ney to be de­falked &c. or levied as the Parliament shall appoint. this Ordinance; and such persons as shall hereafter con­tract within eight weeks next after the date of their re­spective Contracts, unlesse they shew such good cause for such their delay as the said Contractors shall under their hands approve of and allow; And in default here­of, all and every such person and persons, bodies poli­tique and corporate, so contracting and making default as aforesaid, shall forfeit a third part of the value of the moneys agreed to bee paid upon their respective Con­tracts, to be defalked out of the moneys any wayes due to them from the Commonwealth, or to be levied [Page 157] upon their Lands and Goods in such manner as both Houses of Parliament shall hereafter Ordain and appoint.

And it is lastly Ordained, that this Ordinance beePrinting and publishing of this Ordi­nance. forthwith printed, and published, and sent down to the Sheriffs of all the Counties of England and Dominion of Wales by the care of the said Trustees, which said respe­ctive Sheriffs are hereby required to publish the same in all their next respective County Courts, after the Receipt hereof as aforesaid.

Die Iovis, 2 December 1647.
An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, For removing obstructions in the sale of Bishops-Lands.

THe Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the more speedy sale of the Mannors, Lands, and Possessions of the late Archbishops and Bishops, and removall of severall Obstructions which hinder the sale thereof, Doe Ordain and Declare, and be it Ordained and Declared by the authority aforesaid, That the Contractors appointed by Ordinance of Parliament of the 16. of No­vemb 1646. to Contract for, and sell the said Lands and Possessions, or any five of them are hereby appointed, au­thorised and impowered to peruse al Surveys returned and to be returned of the said Lands and Possessions, and to amend upon due proof made before them upon Oath all mistakes in Misnosmer of any person or persons, places orThe Contra­ctors to amend Surveys. things; And likewise without oath to amend all other misprisions in miscasting the totall of any particular sums of money, or number of Acres, or such other like mistakes. And also to make such amendments in Sur­veysAnd to insert words of course in parti­culars and Conveyances. returned, and to insert such words of course in par­ticulars, or Conveyances, as they shall thinke fit and necessary to passe such estates as they shall contract for [Page 159] to the Purchasers according to the true intent andAnd to direct the Surveyors to reveiw and amend. And to adde Certificates of Estates. meaning of the Contracts which they shall make; And to order and direct the respective Surveyors for review or amendment of any Surveys returned, as they shall see cause: And also to adde by way of supplement Certificates of any Estates or Interests which shall be made appear to them in manner and formThose who claim an [...] e­state or rent, &c. and have not mad [...] the same to app [...]ar to the Survey­orss are to make their claims or shew their evidences or make their estates appear upon Oath to the Contractors within 40 dayes. hereafter expressed: To which end and purpose be it fur­ther ordained by the said Lords and Commons, That all and every person and persons who claim or pretend any interest or estate in any of the said Lands and Possessi­ons, or any Annuity, Rent-charge, or other charge issuing out of the same, and have not made their claims, produ­ced their evidences, or otherwise made their Esta [...]es and interests appeare to the respective Surveyors of the Lands and Tenements out of which they claim such Estates, before the return of their respective Surveys, (notice and warning being given by the said Surveyors according to the Instructions of both Houses of Parli­ament in that behalfe) shall, and are hereby required within forty dayes next after the publication of this Ordinance, in such manner as is hereafter expressed, or return of their respective Surveys, to make their claims, or produce and shew forth their Evidences, or other­wise make their Estates and Interests appear to the said Contractors upon Oath of one or more credible wit­nesses. And also all other persons claiming any such Interest, Estate, Annuity, or Rent-charge, who shall not make their Claims, produce their Evidence, or other­wise make their Interests and Estates appear to the Sur­veyors of the Lands and Tenements out of which they claime such Estates and Annuities, or▪ Rent charge before the return of their respective Certificate, shall, and [Page 160] are hereby required within forty dayes next after the publication of this Ordinance as aforesaid, or return of the said respective Certificates, make their Claims, or produce and shew forth their Evidences, or otherwise make their Estates and Interests appear to the said Con­tractorsThe Contra­ctors or five of them to admi­ [...]ster an Oa [...]h. by Oaths aforesaid; which Oath and Oaths the said Contractors, or any five of them are hereby authori­sed from time to time to administer. And (in case de­fault bee made by any such person in making their said claims, or Estates, or Interests, to appear in manner and form aforesaid;) That then all and every such personFor forfeiture of estates nor made to ap­pear i [...] man [...]er aforesaid. and persons for failing, shall forfeit and lose their respe­ctive Interests, Estates, Annuities, and Rents-charge, and the Lands and Tenements out of which they shall claim the same, shall, and may bee sold as in possession, in like manner as other the Lands and Possessions of the said Archbishops and Bishops. And bee it ordained by the saidThe Contra­ctors may sell Bishops houses a [...] lower rates then they are valued at by [...]he Surveyors. Lords and Commons, that it be, and is hereby left to the judgment and discretion of the said Contractors, or any five of them, to sell any Castles, Palaces, or other Houses, parcell of the Lands and Possessions aforesaid, at such rates and prices as they shall conceive most condu­cing to the advantage and benefit of the Common­wealth, though at lower rates then their materials are valued by the Surveys returned thereof. And be it furtherThe Trustees to defend all sui [...]s. Ordained, That (in case any suit shall hereafter be com­menced by any person or persons for recovery or evicti­on of any part or parcell of the Lands or Possessions of any the said late Archbishops and Bishops aforesaid;) the Trustees aforesaid, or any five or more of them be,And to make good the rent in the Survey. and are hereby authorised and inabled at the publique charge to defend the said suit, and to make good the Rent returned by the Survey during such suit: And (in [Page 161] case of eviction of any part or parcell of the said LandsAnd if any be evicted the Treasurers to repay the pur­chase money without cos [...]s of Suit. or Possessions) to give Warrant to the Treasurers to re­pay unto such person or persons from whom such Land or Estate shall be evicted, the Moneys by him advanced for such purchase, together with such necessary disburs­ments as he or they have laid out by reason of the said suit; which Warrant shall be sufficient to the TreasurersIf after sale the purchasers complain of a­ny rents, cha­ges, &c. which have not been reprised, the Trustees shall▪ examin and as­certain th [...] same and certi­fie the said rents, &c. [...]o the Contractors or five of them, who are to al­l [...]w for the same by way of reprisall, and certifie the same to the Treasurers. in that behalf to pay and satisfie the same. And it is also Ordained, That if after the sale of any of the Mannors, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments of the late Arch­bishops or Bishops, the respective Purchasers thereof shall make complaint unto the Trustees, or any five of them, that the respective premises by them purchased, are charged with, or lyable to the payment of any Rents, Annuities, Charges, Boots, Boones, Payments, Issues, or Profits whatsoever unto any Steward, Auditor, Recei­ver, Bayliffe▪ Officer, Tenant, or other person whatso­ever, which have not bin formerly r [...]prised and defaulked to the said Purchasers upon their respective Purchases of the premisses; That then the said Trustees or any five of them, shall search out, heare, examine, and ascer­taine the same; and thereupon certifie the said Rents, Annuities, Charges, Boots, Boones, Payments, Issues, or Profits to the Contractors, or any five of them; whereupon the said Contractors, or any five of them shall allow unto the said respective Purchasers of the Premises by way of reprisall rateably and proportion­ably, according to such rates as they paid or contra­ctedThe Treasu­rers to defaulk or pay to t [...]e purchaser ac­cording to the Contractors Certificate with interests. for the said purchased premises, and shall accor­dingly ascertaine and certifie the same to the respe­ctive Treasurers for the sale of Bishops Lands, or any two of them, who are hereby required and authorised to defalk out of the Moiety unpaid in, or to pay unto [Page 162] the said respective Purchasers according to such Cert [...] ficate the respective summes so to be reprized as is a­foresaid, with interest after the rate of Eight pounds per Centum to be accounted from the time of the pay­ment of their Purchase money out of the money which they shall have in their Treasury: And in case at the time of the presenting of such Certificate as aforesaid, the said Treasurers have not Money enough in Cash to satisfie the same, then they are hereby enjoyned to make payment thereof out of the first moneys which shall come into their said Trea­sury or bee received by them or any other by their appointment; And are not to pay, or appoint to bee paid any other summe of Money whatsoever, untill such reprisalls as aforesaid bee first satisfied and paid. And the Warrant of the said Trustees,The warrant of he Trustees with the Pur­chasers re­ceipt shall be a discharge to the Treasurers. together with the receipt of the said Purchaser or Purchasers shall bee to the said Treasurers a suffici­ent discharge. And the said Trustees or any five of them a [...]e hereby authorised and required to cause this present Ordinance to bee printed, and so send Co­pies thereof to the Sheriffs of the respective Coun­ti [...]s of the Kingdome of England and Dominion ofPrinting and pub [...]ishing this Ordinance. Wales, where any of the Mannours, Lands, Tene­ments, or Possessions of the said Archbishops or Bi­shops are; which said Sheriffs respectively are here­by required to publish the same in their County-Courts the next County-Court day after they shall receive the same: and also in open Market in the Shire-TownSheriffs to cer­ [...]i [...]e the publi­ [...]on. the next Market day after the rece [...]pt thereof: And shall certifie the day and place of the publication made as aforesaid to the said Trustees within twenty dayes after the same shall be published. And be it last­ly [Page 163] Ordained, that this present Ordinance shall be valid ac­cordingThis Ordi­nance to be valid non obstan­te any former Ordinance. to the tenor and true meaning thereof, any for­mer or other Ordinance or Ordinances concerning the sale of the Lands and Possessions of the said late Archbi­shops and Bishops, or any clause, article or thing in them or any of them contained to the contrary in any wise not­withstanding.

Die Veneris 17 Martii, 1647.
An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, For removing Obstructions in the sale of Reversions of Bishops Lands.

WHereas some doubts have beene made by the Contractors for the sale of the Lands, Possessions, and Hereditaments of the late Archbishops and Bishops, upon the construction of some words, or clauses in the Ordinances for the sale of the said Lands, con­cerning the proportion of values betweene Land in possession and reversion after lives and years; by reason of which the sale of the said Lands hath been obstru­cted;

The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled do Ordain and Declare, and bee it Ordained and De­clared, That the Reversion of the said Lands and He­reditaments,Reversions up­on a Lease for one li [...]e not to be sold under 5 years purchase. 2 lives, 3 years purchase. 3 lives 2 years purchase. C [...]stomary E­state in Rever­sion. upon a Lease for one life, shall not be sold under 5 years purchase, and the reversion of such lands upon a Lease for two lives shall not be sold under 3 years purchase, and that the reversion of such Lands upon a Lease for three lives shall not be sold under 2 years pur­chase; and all other reversions of the said lands for more then three lives: and the reversion where any Tenant or Tenants of the said premises claime and have a right to have a customary estate in Reversion, [Page 165] or by the Custome may grant or make Leases for life or lives: the said Contractors are hereby enabled and authorized to contract for, and sell proportionably.

And be it Ordained and Declared by the authority a­foresaid,Reversion up­on a Lease for 7. years. that the reversion of the said Lands, and He­reditaments, upon a Lease for seven years, shall not be sold under 5. years, and one halfe years purchase, and that the Reversion of such Lands upon a Lease for four­teenReversion after 14. yea [...]s. Reversion after 2 [...]. years. All other rever­sions propor­tionably. years, shall not be sold under 3. years and one halfs purchase; and that Reversion of such Lands upon a Lease for one and twenty years, shall not be sold un­der 2. years and one halfs purchase; and all other Re­versions upon Leases for more or fewer years, the said Contractors are hereby authorized to contract for, and sell proportionably to this rule.

And the said Lords and Commons doe Ordaine andRule of pro­portion to land [...] in pos­session at 10. years purchase. Declare, that the aforementioned proportions shall be the rule of proportion for proportioning Reversions, upon Leases for lives and years, to Lands in Reversion at tenne years purchase; And the said Contractors are hereby authorized to contract for, and sell the said Re­versions according to the aforementioned rules of pro­portion, any Order or Ordinances of Parliament, or any word or Clause in any Order or Ordinance of Parliament to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

Die Jovis 23 Martii, 1647.
An Additionall ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT, FOR The Explanation and better Execution of former Ordinances for the sale of the Lands and Possessions of the late Archbishops and Bishops within the Realm of England and Dominion of Wales.

TO prevent all further delayes and neglects in paying in moneys, and perfecting Convey­ances by such who have contracted for Bi­shops Lands; It is Ordered and Ordained by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that all and every such person or persons who have contracted, or shall hereafter contract for any Lands, possessions, or Hereditaments of the late [Page 167] Archbishops and Bishops; And according to an Ordi­nance of the three and twentieth of September, 1647.Such as have obtained from the Con [...]ractors an allowance of a cause thewed for not perfecting their Co [...]veyances, and shall neg­lect within the time limited by the Contra­ctors to pro­cure their Con­veyances, shall forfeit a third part of their monies, unlesse within that time they pro­cure a new cer­tificate for fur­ther time, and also pay in a moity of their? purc [...]ase mo­ney. have obtained or shall obtaine from any five or more of the Contractors for sale of the said Lands, any cer­tificate of allowance of any reasonable cause shewed, or to be shewed by him or them, for his or their not pro­secuting and perfecting their respective Conveyances upon their Contracts, and shall neglect within the time limited by the said Contractors certificate to procure his or their respective Conveyances from the Trustees for sale of the said Lands, shall forfeit the third part of the whole monies payable upon his or their respe­ctive Contracts; unlesse he or they shall, within that time, upon good cause shewen, procure from five or more of the said Contractors a new certificate for fur­ther time to perfect his or their conveyances, and like­wise pay in the moity of the purchase money, (for so much as the same shall be estimated by the Register, in case it cannot be ascertained) at such time as the said Contractors certificate shall appoint; And likewise agree to pay the second moity within six months after such payment of the first; Provided, that if the afore­mentioned Estimate of the moity of the purchase mo­ney paid in as aforesaid, shall upon casting up of the Rates appear to be more or lesse then the true moity of the said purchase money; that then there shall be such abatement or addition out of, or unto the second pay­ment,Fo [...]feitures to be defalked out of the mo­nies secured by the Ordinances, if sufficient to sati [...]fie such as have have no monies on the [...]d security. as shall reduce and bring it to the just moity. And it is Ordered and Ordained, that the forfeitures of all such persons who have any monies secured unto them by any of the Ordinances for the sale of Bishops Lands, shall be wholly defalked by the Treasurers out of such monies, if sufficient to satisfie the same; if not, [Page 168] then the said Treasurers are to detaine so much as is due unto them upon the said security to be raised; and the residue of the said moneys so forfeited, as is directed by this Ordinance: And such person or persons who have no moneys on the said security, and notwithstanding have contracted or shall contract for the said premises, or any part thereof, but have n [...]t perfected his or their Conveyances according to the said Ordinance of Par­liament, his or their forfeiture shall likewise be levied as is directed by this present Ordinance. And it is fur­ther Ordered and Ordained, that such person or per­sons as shall incur or make any forfeiture by reason ofForfeitures to be paid within 10. dayes. If not, the Trea­su [...]ers to certifie the default to the Contractors within 3. daies after such de­fault, which the Contractors are to certifie to the Committee [...] of Sequestrations. the aforesaid, or this present Ordinance, shall p [...]y in to the said Treasurers his or their moneys so forfeited, or so much of it as is unsatisfied, within ten dayes next af­ter such forfeiture made: and in case the same be not paid in to the said Treasurers within the time before limited; the said Treasurers or any two of them, are hereby required under their hands to certifie such neg­lects of Non-payment unto five or more of the said Contractors of the said Lands within three dayes next after such default made; and af [...]er such certificate made, the said Contractors any five or more of them are here­by required and enjoined to make certificate; under 5. or more of their hands, of the summe or summes of mo­ney forfeited as aforesaid, unto the respective Committees or Commissioners for Sequestrations in the severall and respective Counties and places within the Realm of England and Dominion of Wales, where such person or persons forfeiting as aforesaid, have or hath any reall or personall estate. And it is further Ordered, Ordained, and Declared by the authority aforesaid, that the said respective Committees or Commissioners for Sequestration, [Page 169] shall, and are hereby authorized and requiredCommittees of Sequestration to seize he re­all and perso­nall Estate of the persons making [...]orfeitures, and the same to deta [...]n 10 da [...]es. upon Receipt of such certificate from the said Con­tractors, to seize, sequester, and secure the reall and personall estate of such person or persons so forfeiting as aforesaid; and the same to detain in their custody without sale or disposall thereof for the space of tenne dayes, provided that if the person or persons so seque­stred doe pay or cause to be paid in to the said Treasurers his or their forfeitures wi [...]hin the said tenne dayes, that then upon certificate from the said Treasurers, or any two of them to the respective Committees orWithin which time [...] the for­fei [...]ure be paid, the sequestrati­on to be dis­charged. I [...] the forfei­tures be not paid with. 10. dayes after sequestration, the forfeitures are to be levi­ed by sale of goods and re­ceipts of rents. Commissioners of the payment thereof, the said Com­mittees or Commissioners for Sequestrataons, are to discharge the Sequestiation of the said reall and perso­nall estate of such person or persons; And it is further Ordained, that in case such person or persons forfeiting as aforesaid, doe not satisfie and pay in his or their for­feitures within the said tenne dayes, that then the said Committees or Commissioners are hereby required and authorized to levy and raise such summe or summes certified unto them as aforesaid, by sale of the goods, and Receipts of the Rents, Issues and Profits of the Lands of such person or persons, and after the summe certified, as aforesaid, is raised, the said Lands, and residue of the said goods unsold are to be discharged of the Sequestra­tion. And it is further Ordained that all the said for­feituresAll forfeitures to be paid to the Treasurers. shall be paid in by the respective Committees or Commissioners to the said Treasurers to be disposed of for such purposes as are appointed by the Ordinance of the 16. of November, 1646. as the Trustees or any 5. or more of them shall by their warrant under their hands direct, which they are hereby authorized to doe, and such their warrant, together with the parties Ac­quittance, [Page 170] to whom the same shall be paid, according to such warrant, shall be a sufficient discharge to the Treasurers in that behalfe. And it is further Ordained, that after such forfeiture incurred, it may and shall be lawfull for any five or more of the Contractors to con­tractAfter the for­feiture incur­red the con­tractor [...] may sell the lands to any other. for and sell all or any of the said Lands, so con­tracted for, and not prosecuted, to any other person or persons, notwithstanding the former contract, as if it never had been made (any former Ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding.) And it is lastly Ordained, that the Trustees for the said Lands, doe forthwith send this Ordinance to the respective Sheriffes of the severallThi [...] O [...]dinance to be sent to a [...] Sheriffs to bee published. Counties, Cities, and Boroughes in the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales, who are hereby requi­red to publish this present Ordinance in the chief Mar­ket Towns of the said County, the next Market day after the Receipt thereof, And the day of the publication thereof to certifie to the said Trustees.

Die Lunae 24. Iulii, 1648.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT, For The more speedy satisfying the monies lent upon the Credit of the Ordinances for SALE OF BISHOPS-LANDS.

WHEREAS by severall Ordi­nances of Parliament, the Lands and Possessions of the late Arch­bishops and Bishops stand en­gaged for the payment of 800000 l. which premises are by Ordinance of Parliament, da­ted the 16. of November, 1646. entituled, An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons [Page 172] Assembled in Parliament, for the appointing the sale of the Bishops Lands for the use of the Common-wealth; and by another Ordinance of Parliament, dated the 13. of May, 1647. entituled, An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the securing of all those that shall advance 200000 l. for the service of this Kingdome and of the Kingdome of Ireland; which premises by the said Ordinances and others are appointed to bee sold for the paying of the said debts (viz.) 400000 l. secured by the first of the said Ordinances, and 400000 l. secured by the second of the said Ordinances. The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, being informed before the first of April, 1648. that to the value of 460000 l. worth of the said premises were sold and contracted for; and that notwithstanding the said sale, the Common-wealth payes interest for a great part of the said first 400000 l. And to the intent that the Com­mon-wealth may bee with more speed discharged of paying interest for the said summes, the first Len­ders more speedily satisfied, and the second Len­ders put in a way of receiving their moneys; the Lords and Commons doe Order, Ordaine and Declare, that such moneys as shall be paid into theSuch money as shall be paid to the Treasurers by purchasers and for forfei­ture shall be paid to the first Lenders. Treasurers of the said premises by any purchase or purchasers, and all such moneys as shall bee raised and levyed by reason of any forfeiture for not pro­secuting his or their Conveyance or Conveyances within the time limited by the Ordinances of Par­liament in that case made, shall be issued out and paid by the said Treasurers for the satisfying of the first Lenders or their Assignes, such monies as was lent on the Credit of the first Ordinance; the [Page 173] same rules to be observed in the issuing out of such Mo­neys as are expressed in other Ordinances in that case made; It is Ordained by the authority aforesaid, ThatLands contra­cted for before the first of Apr. 1648. shall be paid for in mo­ney or by Bills given upon the Ordinance of the 16. of No­vemb. 1646. where any person or persons, Body Politick or Corpo­rate, have before the first of Aprill, 1648. contracted for any of the said premises, such person or persons, Body Politique or Corporate, shall pay or satisfie his or their engagement for the purchase of the said Pre­mises either in Moneys, or else by such Bills or Receipts as were given to the respective Lenders, his or their As­signes, by vertue of the said Ordinance of the 16. of November, 1646. or by any assignment of such Bill or Receipt since the 1 [...]. of November, 1646. It is Ordai­nedThe proceed of Lands contra­cted for before the first of Apri. 1648. to be em­ployed for payment of the first Lenders. by the Authority aforesaid, That the proceed of all the said Lands Contracted for before the first of April, 1648, shall be wholly appointed, made use of, and em­ployed for the paying and satisfying of the residue of all such persons, who on the Credit of the first Ordi­nance advanced any moneys untill the said Lender or his assignes be fu [...]ly satisfied all such sum or sums ofThe first moity of moneys due by Contract made since the first of Aprill, 1648. to be paid in money or by Bills upon the Ordinance of the 16 Novemb. 1646. Moneys as shall be due or owing unto him or them on the aforesaid Security. And it is further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That all Contracts made since. the first of Aprill last, or hereafter to be made for any of the said premises, the Purchaser or Purchasers shall and may satisfie, discharge and pay the first Moity of his or their Purchase-money for the said Purchase, ei­ther in Monies, or by Bills or Receipts given to any Lender or Lenders, his or their Assignes, by vertue of the Ordinance of Parliament, dated the 16 of Novem­ber, And the second moity by mo­ney or Bills up­on the Ordi­nance of the 13. May 1647. 1646. or by the Assignment of any of the said Bills untill the first Lenders be fully satisfied, and the second Moity by Moneys, or out of the Bills or Receipts gi­ven [Page 174] to any Lender or Lenders, his or their assignes, by vertue of the Ordinance of Parliament, dated the 13 of May, 1647. or by the assignement of any of the said Bils or Receipts; And after the satisfying and paying of the first Lenders, the second Lenders shall bee satisfied and paid, as is expressed in the Ordinances in that case made; And that all payments made according to the intent of this Ordinance shall be good and effectuall to discharge the person or persons of his or their engagement or Con­tract for the said Premises: And the said Treasurers are hereby authorised and enjoined to accept of the same as good and sufficient payment, any Ordinance of Parlia­ment to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

Die Martis, 3 Octobr [...]s, 1648.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT; Authorising the Trustees to pay all Augmentati­ons granted by the Committee of Plundered Mini­sters out of the rate of Bish [...]ps Lands, &c.

WHEREAS by vertue of an Ordi­nanceRecitall of the Ordinance for set [...]ng the lands in the Trustees. of Parliament of the ninth of October, 1646. entituled, An Ordinance of Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the abolishing of Archbishops and Bishops within the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales, and for setling of their Lands and Possessions upon Trustees for the use of the Common-wealth; Sir Iohn Wollaston Knight, Iohn Fowke Alderman, and divers other Trustees na­med in the said Ordinance, are seized amongst other things of all Parsonages appropriate, Tithes, Oblations, pensions, portions of Tithes, Parsonages, and Vicarages, lately belonging to the said Archbishops and Bishops subject to such Trust, and Confidence as both Houses of Parliament shall appoint, and declare, and are to [Page 176] dispose of the same, and the rents and profits thereof, as both Houses shall appoint, as in the said Ordinance is ex­pressed and declared: Bee it Ordained and it is hereby Orda [...]ned by the Lords and Commons assembled in Par­liament, that the said Truste [...]s, or any five or more of them shall, and are hereby authorized and required to give warrants to the Treasurers in the said OrdinanceOrdained that the Trustees give warran [...]s to the Treasu [...]ers for issuing out the Revenues of Parsonages ap­propriate, tithes, &c. as have been received and not disposed of to Ministers, to such persons to whom the same shall be ordered by the Commit­tee for plundred Ministers for augmentation of maintenance. named for the issuing out, and payment of the Rents and Revenues of the said Parsonages appropriate, tithes, obla­tions, obventions, pensions, portions of tithes, parsona­ges, and vicarages, as have been, or shall be receiv [...]d by the said Treasurers, and have not been otherwise disposed of, for the maintenance of Ministers to such person or persons respectively, to whom the said Rents, and Reve­nues, or any part or parcell thereof, have been, or shall be ordered or assigned by the Committee for plundered Ministers for augmentation of maintenance for officia­ting in any Church or Chappell within the Kingdome of England, and Dominion of Wales, according to the ef­fect and purport of the Orders of the said Committee re­spectively▪ And the said Trustees, or any five or more of them, shall give, and are hereby further authorized andThe Trustees to give warrant to the Treasu­rers for pay­ment of Arrears due for augmen­tations, and in­curred since the 9 of October, 1646. according to the said O [...] ­ders. required to give warrant to the said Treasurers for pay­ment of Arrears due for the said augmentations and in­curred since the 9 of October, 1646. according to the said Orders, and such Warrants of the said Trustees▪ together with the receipt of the said person or persons, who shall receive the said augmentations as aforesaid, shall be a suf­ficient discharge for the said Treasurers upon their ac­compt.

Die Martis, 21 Novemb. 1648.
An Ordinance of Parliament, ena­bling a Committee of Lords and Com­mons to remove Obstructions in the Sale of the Lands of the late Archbishops and Bishops.

THe Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament taking into their con­sideration the ma [...]y Obstructions that have and do daily happen in & about the sale of the Manors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of the late Arch [...]bishops and Bishops: And how necessary it is to free the Kingdom from so great a debt with which it stands char­ged untill the said Lands be sold: Do hereby Declare and Ordain, That Algernon Earl of Northumberland, Henry The names of the Committee. Earl of Kent, Philip Earl of Pembroke and Mountgomery, Charles Earl of Nottingham, William Earl of Salisbury, Basil Earl of De [...]bigh, Edward Earl of Manchester, Ed­mund Earl of Mulgrave, William Lord Gray of Warke, [Page 178] Edward Lord Mountague, Edward Lord Howard ofThe Committee are to remove Obstructions which shall ap­pear to them or any 50 [...] them▪ or be presented to them to the Contractors or any five of them or the Trustees, or 5 of them, or the Treasu­rers, or any 2 of them▪ or the Comptroller. And to clear doubts arising upon any clause or word in any of the Ordinan­ces for sale or conveyance of Bishops Lands. An Oath to be taken by 5 of this Committee, whereof one to be a Peere. I [...] it appear that any [...]enant or other ought to have any custom or privile [...]ge, the Committee are to certifie the same to the Regi [...]ter, who is thereupon to make out a par­ticular, upon which the Con­tractors may pro [...]eed, &c. Escrick, Mr. Prynn, Sir William Lewis, Mr. Iohn Ash, Sir Dudley North, Mr. Trenchard, Mr. Drake, Coll. Pure­foy, Coll. Copley, Mr. Aunesly, Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Gewen, Mr. Miles Corbet, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Edward Ash, Mr. Scot, Mr. Blackiston, Coll. White, Sir Robert Harley, Mr. Francis Al­len, Coll. Harvey, Coll. Venn, and Sir Harbottle Grim­ston, or any five or more of them shall be, and are hereby constituted a Committee of Parliament for the regulating and removing of Obstructions which shall appeare unto them, or any five or more of them, or be presented unto them as aforesaid, by the Contractors, or any five or more of them, or by the Trustees, or any five or more of them, or by the Treasurers, or any two of them, or by the Comptroller of the said premises, in the clearing the state of the said debt, and in the sale and speedy perfecting of the Conveyances of the said premises, and for the clear­ing of any doubts which have or shal arise upon any clause▪ or word in any of the Ordinances for the sale or conveying any of the said premises to any person or persons as they shall conceive meet, so as the said premises in possession, not any part thereof be sold under the rates limited by former Ordinances of Parliament, nor Reversions upon Leases for lives or years under the rates expressed in the Ordinance of Parliament, dated the seventeenth day of March, one thousand six hundred forty and seven. And if it shall appear upon the survey, or by proofe upon oath which the said Committee, or any five or more of them, (whereof one to be a Peere) are hereby authorised to ad­minister, That any Tenant or Tenants or others, by the Custome of any Mannor or place, have or hath any Cu­stom [...], Customes or Priviledge, which in the purchase of [Page 179] the premises ought to be considered and allowance made unto the purchaser in his purchase for the same. The said Committee as aforesaid are hereby authorized to certifie the Custome proved as aforesaid to the Register, who is thereupon to make out a particular, upon which the Contractors shall and may proceed to sell or makeExactions of fees by any Officer or Clerk. allowance unto the purchaser, and the Trustees to con­vey, as if the same had been expressed in the Survey. And where any complaint shall be made by any purchaser or purchasers or others of any irregularity or exactions of Fees by any Officer or Clerk now imployed, or hereafter to be imployed in, about, or concerning the premises;The Committee to appoint and allow Officers and Fees. The Trustees to give warrants for payment of them. The said Committee as aforesaid, are hereby authorised to examine, allow, appoint, remove, and regulare such fees, charges, and Officers not already limited and ap­pointed by Ordinance of Parliament; and also appoint such officers or others, imployed or to be imployed about or concerning the same, as they shall think fit and ne­cessary. And after allowance of such Officers Fee or char­ges certified by the said Committee to the Trustees or a­ny five or more of them, they shall and may make out a Warrant or Warrants from time to time to the Treasu­rers for the paying of the same, which the Treasurers shal,Proviso for Of­ficers nominated by the Trustees, Treasurers and Contractors. And to ascer­tain and allow to Officers or other [...], who h [...]ve Fees, Rents, or Char­ges, due by grant from any Bishop. and are hereby authorized to pay accordingly, and the parties Receipt to whom the monies are so assigned, shall be to them a sufficient discharge: Provided, that this shall not take away any power the Trustees, Contractors, or Treasurers by Ordinance of Parliament have in the nomi­nation of their Officers; and also to ascertain, and allow out of the premises or profits thereof to any Officers or others, who have Fees, Rents, Annuities or other charges, as shall appear to be justly due by any lawful grant from [Page 180] any of the Archbishops or Bishops; and if any doubt orDoubts and dif­ferences arising among the Tru­stees, Contra­ctors, Treasurers Comptroller, to be determined by this Com­mittee. difference shall arise among the Trustees, Contractors, Treasurers, Comptroller, or any of them, or any others imploy [...]d in, or about the said premises, or any of them, or any part thereof, or any thing concerning the same; That the said Committee, or any five or more of them, upon information thereof by them or any of them, shall call before them such person or persons, and shall heare, examine, settle, and determine the same, and such order, direction, and determination, as they shall make, shall be the rule by which such person or persons shall proceed therein; and they are hereby authorized and enjoined to proceed accordingly: And if any person or persons what­soever,If any pe [...]son have any Wri­tings or Eviden­ces, &c. belong­ing to the pre­mises have in his or their custody, or hereafter shall have the possession of any Writing, Evidences, Charters, counterparts of Leases, Rent rolls, Records, Leadger books, or any other thing or things of or belonging to the said premises, or any part thereof, which by force or vertue of any Ordinance or Ordinances of Parliament have been vested, setled, or ought to be, or have been inOr have wasted, received, or d [...] ­t [...]ined any hou­ses, woods, rents, &c. And shall refuse obedience to the orders of this Committee concerning the same. the possession of the foresaid Trustees, Register, his or their assignes, or any purchaser or purchasers thereof, their heires or assignes, or belonging unto him or them, or have since the first of December, one thousand six hundred for­ty and sixe, or hereafter shall waste, spoil, receive, take, or detain any of the Castles, Houses, Buildings, Woods, Underwoods, Rents, Issues, and profits of the said pre­mises, and shal refuse to yeeld obedience to all or any Or­dinance of Parliament touching the premises, and to such further orders, directions, and determinations of the said Committee, or any five or more of them, shall make of, and concerning the same▪ That then the said Committee [Page 181] as aforesaid, are hereby authorised to summon beforeThey are to [...] summoned be­fore this Com­mittee, who up­on ref [...]sall to appear are to s [...] for them in safe custody. And to s [...]nd for p [...]per [...], witnes­ses, &c. This Committee or any 5 of them to examin wit­nesses upon oath. And to assesse dammages upon the persons so offending. Dammages to be assessed to the State to be paid to the Treasu­rers. But dammages to the purchaser to himself within 14. dayes. Or to give secu­rity to pay i [...] within 3 months. The Treasurers [...]re to dispose of the said damma­for the uses ap­pointed by the former Ordi­nances by War­rant of the Tru­ [...]ees. them, or any five or more of them, such person or persons, and if hee or they shall refuse to appear upon summons, then to send for him or them in safe custody, and to heare and examine him or them, and likewise to send for Papers, Writings, Evidences, Records, and Witnesses touching the same, and to examine Witnesses upon oath, which the said Committee, or any five or more of them, are hereby authorised to administer, and thereupon to determine the same, and to assesse dammages upon the person or persons so offending, so as the said dammages do not exceed such dammage as is proved upon oath as aforesaid, the purcha­ser or purchasers, or the estate have or hath sustained by such entry, detainer, waste, or spoil, and the party or par­ties so offending, are hereby required to pay such damma­ges as shall be given the State, unto the said Treasurers, and to the purchaser or purchasers of the said premises, such dammages as shall be given him or them respectively within fourteen dayes after judgement given as aforesaid, or else to give sufficient security to the said Treasurers, and to such purchaser or purchasers respectively to pay the dammages so assessed within three moneths; the which sum or sums of money paid in to the said Treasurers are to be issued out and disposed of by the said Treasurers for such uses as are appointed by former Ordinances of Parli­ament, for the sale of the Lands of the late Archbishops and Bishops, and according to such Warrant or Warrants as they shall from time to time receive from the said Tru­stees, any five or more of them; and that receipt of such person or persons to whose use the said monies is appoint­ed, together with the Warrant of the said Trustees, shall be a sufficient discharge unto the said Treasurers for the [Page 182] monies so paid; And if the said person or persons so offen­ding,If any person offending refuse obedience to the said Ordi­nances, or the Orders of this Committee, they are to be committed to safe custody. shall notwithstanding refuse to yeeld obedience unto the said Ordinances of Parliament, or such Orders and di­rections as the said Committee (as aforesaid) shall make and set downe concerning the premises or any part of them, that then the said Committee or any five or more of them are hereby authorised to commit such person or persons to safe custody til he or they yeeld obedience there­unto: And it is further ordained, that if any person or per­sonsIf any person having possessi­on of any Bi­shops houses &c. having no lease thereof made be­fore the first of Decem. 1641. Do contrary to the order of this Committee re­fuse to deliver possession. have since the first day of December, one thousand six hundred forty and one, possessed him or themselves, or hereafter shall possesse him or themselves of any the Ca­stles, Houses, or Buildings, or other the premisses of the said late Archbishops and Bishops, he or they having no Lease or grant thereof, from such Archbishops or Bi­shops made before the first day of December, one thou­sand six hundred forty and one, and shall contrary to the order and determination of the said Committee as afore­said, refuse to yeeld up, or by force keepe the possession of any the said premisses against the said Trustees, o [...] the purchasor or purchasors of the same; That then theThen this Committee are to issue out War­rant to the She­riffe to the County to cleer the possession. said Committee as aforesaid, are hereby authorised [...] ­sue out a Warrant or Warrants unto the [...]ie o [...] Sh [...] ­riffes of the respective place or County wh [...]re such [...] ­tainer is used, requiring him or them forthwith to re­paire to the place, and to clear the possession, and such Sheriffe or Sheriffe are hereby authorised and required to doe the same, and to raise the passe [...] [...]r And to raise the passe Co [...]a [...]' if resisted. they shall finde resistance, and by force of Armes [...] ­presse the same, and also to break open doo [...]s and ga [...]s for the cleering of the possession on the said [...] And to break open doors, &c. and the the same so cleared [...] [...]p unto the [...] ­stees [Page 183] or such person as they or any five or more of themAnd to deliver possession to the Tr [...]stees, [...]r the purchaser. And the She­riffe may com­mit such as resist him. shall authorize to receive the same, or to the purchaser or purchasers or such person or persons as he or they shall authorize to receive the same; And the said Sheriffe or Sheriffes are further authorised to commit to the next common Prison for one month such person or persons as he or they shall find to resist him or them in the executi­on of such Warrant or Warrants as he or they shall re­ceive from the said Committee as aforesaid, and such Warrant or Warrants as he or they shall receive as a­foresaid, shall bee a good and sufficient discharge unto him or them for so doing; And it is further ordained, that where any Certificate or Survey hath been or shallWhere any Te­nant hath neg­lected to shew his evidences & make his claime according to the Ordinance and thereby forfeited his estate. be made and returned to the Trustees or Register, that any Tenant hath neglected or refused to shew his evi­dences by which he holds his estate, nor made his claime nor estate appeare by sufficient witnesses within the time limited by the Ordinance of Parliament, and according to the directions of the said Ordinance, by reason of which his estate is forfeited and the premises sold as inThis Commit­tee are to deter­mine the case. possession, the said Committee are hereby authorised upon the appeal of such person or persons unto them or any five or more of them, to heare and determine such case or cases, and to send for papers, writings, and wit­nesses touching the same, and the witnesses if they seeAnd to examine witnesses up [...]o oath. If such default were not through con­tempt, this Committee [...]ay discharge th [...] estate of such person from the forfeiture. cause to examine upon Oath which they are hereby au­thorised to administer. And if it shall appeare to the said Committee that such default was not through any wilfull neglect or contempt of the power & authority of the Par­liament, but upon other good and sufficient causes showne to and to be allowed by the said Committee, they shall and may and are hereby authorised thereupon to discharge [Page 184] the estate of such person of and from the said forfeitureWhich they are to certifie to the contractors who are to make a reprise for it our of the purchase m [...]ny unpaid. And to certifie to the Treasu­rers who are to allow the same. Provided that such Tenant make his appeal before payment of the second moity. Such order or discharge of this Committee to be effectuall, als though the same were forfei [...]ed and sold as in possession. If any one inten­ding to purchase any lands where there hath been any such neglect or refusall of the Tenants certifi­ed in the survey or forfeiture in­curred, doe pro­cure a certificate of their names from Contra­ctors, Then this Com­mittee are to send for such Tenants and their Leases, &c. which they shall certifie to the said Contractors or any five or more of them, who are hereby authorised and re­quired out of the purchase moneys unpaid to reprise so much as the purchase of such part of the premises was estimated at in sale thereof, which they shall certifie unto the Treasurers who are hereby authorised and required to allow the same unto such purchaser or purchasers out of his or their moneys which shall be unpaid at the time of the receipt of such certificate, which shall be a suffici­ent discharge to the said Treasurers; Provided that such Tenant or Tenants make his or their appeale to the said Committee before the payment of the second Moi­ty for such purchase: And it is further Ordained that such order or discharge made as aforesaid, shall be good and effectuall to such Tenant or Tenants to have, hold and enjoy the particular estate and interest he claimed and made appear as aforesaid he ought to have and en­joy the said premises, notwithstanding the same were for­feited and sold as in possession: And it is further Ordai­ned, that if any such person or persons who intend to be the purchaser or purchasers of any of the Heredita­ments and possessions of the late Archbishops and Bi­shops where there hath been or shall be any such neglect or refusall of the Tenants as aforesaid, certified upon the survey of the said premises or forfeiture incurred, doe or shall procure from the Contractors a Certificate un­to the said Committee of the names of such Tenant or Tenants who have refused or neglected, and for­feited, or shall neglect, refuse or forfeit as aforesaid, That then the said Committee as aforesaid are here­by authorised to send for such Tenant or Tenants [Page 185] as likewise for their leases or copies, and other wri­tingsWhich they re­fuse to produce or make their estates appeare upon [...] this Committee may commit them to safe custody. And the Con­tractors may not­withstanding sell the premises as in possession. And in case of o­bedience to the Ordinance [...] of Parliament, and orders of this Committee, they may discharge the estate of such person from for­feiture. And the same with the particu­lar interest to certifie i [...] the Trustees and Register. And the Contra­ctors and Tru­stees are to sell and convey ac­cordingly. If any words be wanting in any survey to pas [...] [...]he lands &c. con­tracted for, the Register may in­sert in the parti­cular such words as this Commit­tee or any [...]ix Contractors shall think f [...]t. concerning their estate in the premises; which if he or they shall refuse to produce or make his or their estate appeare by proofe upon Oath which the Committee is hereby authorised to administer, That then the said Committee may commit such person and persons to safe custody, there to remaine untill he or they yeeld obedience to this and other Ordinances of Parliament, and such orders as the said Commit­tee shall make touching the premises; and the said Con­tractors may notwithstanding sell such premises as in possession according to a former Ordinance of Par­liament: And in case of obedience and conformity to the Ordinances of Parliament, and such Orders as the said Committee shall make touching the premises, the said Committee are hereby authorised to discharge the estate of such person or persons of and from the said forfeiture, and the same together with the par­ticular interest is made appeare unto them to certi­fie as well to the Trustees as Register; And the Re­gister shall make his particular accordingly: And the said Contractors are hereby authorized to Contract for and sell and Trustees to convey the same as if it had been expressed in the survey: And it is further Ordained that wherein any survey made or to be made of any of the Mannors, Lands, Tenements,, and Hereditaments of the said late Archbishops, and Bishops, there shall be any words wanting, without which the said Com­mittee or any five or more of them, or the said Con­tractors, or any six or more of them, shall conceive that the said premises, or any part thereof compri­sed in any such survey, or any of the Courts, Fran­chises, [Page 186] Liberties, Royalties, Priviledges, or appurtenances to them or any of them belonging, cannot be convey­ed to the purchaser, or purchasers thereof, so fully as ought to be: to the intent the purchaser may have in his or their conveyance, words sufficient to passe so much of the said premises as he or they doe or shall contract for; Tho Register in every particular by him made upon every such Survey, shall insert, and hereby is authorised to insert such words as the said Committee as aforesaid or the said Contractors, or any six or more of them shall thinke fit, and direct, therein to be in­serted, notwithstanding the same bee not expressed in the Survey whereupon such particular shall be made; And the said Contractors shall and may proceed, and areAnd the Con­tractors are to proceed accord­ing to the par­ticular so amen­ded. Provided that n [...] reprise be made but where a value is put upon the thing &c. If any purchaser or other make it appear that the premises cont [...]acted for▪ or conveyed, are subject to any incumbrance not mentioned in the Survey, or that the pre­mises were n [...] the Bishops Lands. hereby authorised and enjoined to Contract for, and passe conveyances of the said premises, or any part there­of according to such particular so amended; Provided that there shall be no reprise by reason of the addition of any word or clause as aforesaid, unlesse there be a value put upon the thing or things in the particular, upon which the contract is made; And it is further ordained, That if any purchaser or purchasers, or others, shall make [...] appear unto the said Committee, any five or more of them, by proofe upon oath, which the said Committee as aforesaid, are hereby authorised to administer, and likewise to send for Parties, Writings, and Witnesses touching the pre­mises, that the premises contracted for, or convey­ed, are subject and liable unto any estate, charge, or in­cumbrance not mentioned in the Survey of the said premises, or that the premises were not the Mannors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments of the said late Archbishops, or Bishops; That then the said Com­mittee, [Page 187] or any five or more of them, are hereby au­thorisedThen this Committee are to hea [...]e and determine [...]he same and to cer­tifie their reso­lutions to the Contractors who are to make al­lowance of [...]he [...] by way of rep [...]e out of the monies un­paid, and cer­tifie the same [...]o the Trustees who are to give Warrants to the Trea [...]urers therefore. And the Con­tractors are to discha [...]ge the purchaser o [...] this contract made for Lands which shall be so certified not to belong to the Bishop. And where the Purchaser in that case hath per [...]ected this conveyance the Trustees (upon such certificate of this Com­mittee) shall issue out War­rants to the Treasurers to repay the purchase mony forth­with. to heare and examine the same, as aforesaid, and thereupon to determine the same, and to certifie unto the said Contractors their resolution and deter­mination of, and concerning the premises; And the said Contractors are hereby authorised to allow unto such purchaser o [...] purchasers, by way of reprise out of his or their monies unpaid, so much as the said estate, charge, or incumbrance, proved, as aforesaid, shall be valued at, and the same to certifie to the Trustees, who shall [...]ssue ou [...] Warrant, or Warrants, to the Treasurers, to [...]alke and allow the same unto such purchaser or purchasers; And where the said Contra­ctors shall be certified as aforesaid, that the pre­mises contracted for, or conveyed, were not the pre­mises of the said late Archbishops, or Bishops, they shall and may, and are hereby authorised to discharge such purchaser or purchasers of his or their contract; And in case where any purchaser hath perfected▪ his conveyance, if the said Committee as aforesaid doe or shall certifie the said Trustees, or any five or more of them, that the pr [...]ises are not the Mannors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of the said late Arch­bishops or Bishops; That then the said Trustees as a­foresaid, shall issue out their Warrant to the Trea­surers to repay such person o [...] persons his or their mo­nies forthwith out of such monies as are in Treasury, or out of the next monies which shal come into the Treasury; And the said Warrant, together with the Receipt of the party, shall be a good and sufficient discharge to the said Treasurers; And it is further ordained that if any doubt shall be made or arise upon any word or clause [Page 188] in this present Ordinance, or any other Ordinance ofAnd if any doubt arise up­on any word or clause of this or any other Ordinance touching the premises, the Trustees and o­ther Officers are to proceed there­in according to the determ [...]nati­on of this Com­mittee therein. Actors upon this Ordinance to be saved harmlesse. Parliament, touching, and concerning the premises, by the said Trustees, Contractors, Treasurers, and other Officers, imployed about, or concerning the said pre­mises: The said Trustees, Contractors, Treasurers, and other Officers imployed as aforesaid, are hereby authorised and enjoned to proceed therein according to the determination and direction of the said Commit­tee, any five or more of them, any former Order or Ordinance of Parliament to the contrary notwith­standing; and whatsoever the said Committee, Tru­stees, Treasurers, and other Officers, or any of them, shall doe in pursuance of this present Ordinance, they shall be saved harmelesse and indempnified by autho­rity of Parliament.

Die Martis 9. Januar. 1648.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT; Appointing Thomas Noel, Esq; Treasurer for receiving of Second Moities of Purchasers out of Bills or Receipts given upon the Ordinance of the 13. of May, 1647.

WHereas by an Ordinance of Parliament of 24. of July, 1648. It is Ordain­ed, that all Contracts made by any purchaser or purchasers since the first of Aprill last, or hereafter to be made for any the Lands and Possessions of the late Archbishops and Bishops, the Purchaser or Purchasers shall and may satisfie, dis­charge [Page 190] and pay the second moity of such purchase so contracted for by monys, or out of the Bils or Receipts given to any lender or lenders, his or their assignes, by vertue of an Ordinance of Parliament, dated the 13 of May, 1647. Or by the assignment of any of the said Bills or Receipts; And that all payments made according to the intent of the said Ordinance of the said 24 of July, 1648. shall bee good and effectuall to discharge the person or per­sons of his or their engagements, or con­tract for any of the said Premises; And that William Gibs Alderman, Thomas Noel, and Francis Ash, Esq; constituted Trea­surers by Ordinance of Parliament of the 16 of November, 1646. Intituled, An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the appoint­ing the sale of the Bishops Lands for the use of the Common-wealth, are by the a­foresaid Ordinance of the 24 of July, 1648. Authorized and enjoyned to accept of the same as a good and sufficient payment, [Page 191] any Ordinance of Parliament to the con­trary in any wise notwithstanding; And whereas William Gibs Alderman, and Francis Ash, Esq; two of the aforesaid Treasurers have humbly Petitioned the House of Parliament to bee disingaged from acting as Treasurers touching the 400000l. secured by the said Ordinance of the 13 of May, 1647. whereby such Purchasers as have according to the afore­said Ordinance of the 24 of July, 1648. Contracted for severall of the said Lands, and in pursuance of the same paid in the first moity of their purchase moneys, and cannot by reason of the refusall of the a­foresaid Treasurers to accept of the sameThomas Noel, Esq; appointed Treasurer to receive second moities out of the bils or re­ceipts given upon the Ordi­nance of the 13 of May, 1647. accor­ding to an Or­dinance of the 24 of Iuly, 1648. pay in their second Moities according to their severall Contracts; It is therefore Ordered by the Lords and Commons as­sembled in Parliament, That Thomas Noel, Esq; one of the aforesaid Treasurers doe and is hereby authorised and enjoined to accept, receive, and passe all such Bills or Receipts for such Moneys advanced on [Page 192] the Ordinance of the 13 of May, 1647. as shall be vouched unto him by Collonell Robert Manwaring, the Register Accomp­tant for the aforesaid Lands, for the payment of the last Moity of the purchase money of such purchaser or purchasers that are to pay the same, according to the intent of the aforesaid Ordinance of the 24 of Iuly, 1648. And in case that any purchaser shallThe Treasurer to give new bils or receipts for remainders, the same to be as valid as the bils themselves. have a surplusage of the said Bils or Receipts more then his purchase mony amounts unto, that then the said Treasurer taking the said Bills or Receipts in, may, and is hereby au­thorized to give new Bills or Receipts for the Remainder thereof, under his own hand to any person or persons, to whom the same shall appear to be due, which Remainder or Remainders, under the hand of the said Treasurers, shal be as valid & effectual to all intents and purposes as the aforesaid BilsTrustees to seal conveyan­ces upon the Treasurers certificate. or Receipts were, and that the Trustees ap­pointed for sale of the aforesaid Lands doe and are hereby injoyned to seal unto the aforesaid purchaser or purchasers, their se­verall [Page 193] assurances accordingly; and that the Contractors appointed by the aforesaid Or­dinance of the 16 of November, 1646. doe upon the Certificate of the said Thomas Noel Treasurer ascertaining the second moity to be fully satisfied and paid in manner as a­foresaid, deliver up to the respective pur­chaserThe Contra­ctors to deliver up reconveyan­ces according­ly. or purchasers, their severall recon­veyances given for the securing of their se­cond Moities. And bee it further hereby Ordered, That whatsoever the said Tru­stees, Contractors, Treasurer, and RegisterTrustees, Con­tractors, Trea­surer and Re­gister Accom­ptant saved harmlesse. Accomptant or any of them, shall doe in pursuance of this present Order, shall bee saved harmlesse and indempnified by autho­rity of Parliament.