Bibliography of royal proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns and of others published under authority, 1485-1714 > England and Wales

1642-3: 18 Charles I
Nos 2361-8
Great fleets are to be prepared this year for defence and
preservation of trade. The Admiralty may at any time
between 1 February 1642[-3] and 31 December following
impress such sailors, chirurgeons, gunners, caulkers, whoy-
men, &c., as are required, paying him \d. per mile conduct
money, and the best wages paid during the past 3 years.
Wages for able seamen raised from 15s. to 19s. permencem.
Persons refusing to serve receive 3 months’ imprisonment.
No master, master’s mate, gunner, carpenter, or boatswain
of any ship in employment to be pressed. This to be
printed and published.
B.L. B.M. 669. f. 5 (129). Hodgkin. Antiq.* (83).
H. i. 915. H° 2361.
3FEBRUARY—[BYPARLIAMENT.] [Begins]
It is this day Ordered by the Lords and . . .
[Collection of Assessments.]
[Westminster] : 3 February 1642[-3].
London: for R. Dunscomb: 11 Feb. 1642[-3].
1 f. Roman letter [with No. 2361]. Jo. Browne,
the minated to
Collectors for the assessment of 29 Nov. to have power to
break open chests, trunks, boxes, or doors in levying a distress
for the unpaid assessments, and seize any property in the
hands of other persons for satisfaction of the sums assessed.
B.M. 190. g. 13 (34); 669. f. 5 (127). Antiq.* (84).
L. J. v. 585 ; H. i. 777. 2362.
8 FEBRUARY.—BY THE KING. A Proclama¬
tion for the PaymentTof His Majesties Rents, and
Revenues into His Exchequer at His Citty of Oxford.
Oxford: 8 February [1642-3].
Sine nota [Oxford : L. Lichfield : 1642-3].
1 f. Roman letter.
Arms 37 plea- and an
Cites Proclamation No. 2336, q.v., adjourning the Receipt
of the Exchequer and the Court of Wards and Liveries to
Oxford for Hilary Term ; the adjournment is continued till
pleasure. Auditors are to attend at Oxford. No payments
of Crown dues are to be made at Westminster. Composi¬
tions for Wards and Liveries made there are null and void.
Wentworth (5).
Published 13 Feb. Merc. Aul. p. 80.
Initial 46'46. jjo 2363
8 FEBRUARY. — [BY PARLIAMENT.] An
Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament.
For the better Levying and receiving of Moneyes
Assessed by vertue of the late Ordinance of 29.
Novemb. 1642.
[Westminster]: 8 February 1642[-3].
London: for R. Dunscomb: 11 Feb. 1642[-3].
1 f. Roman letter [with No. 23621. Jo. Browne,
the minated to
10 FEBRUARY.—BY THE KING. A Proclama¬
tion for the free and safe resort to the Markets of
the Town of Cyrencester in the County of Glocester,
and for the Indempnity and safety of His Majesties
Subjects of that County.
Oxford : 10 February [1642-3].
Sine nota.
1 f. Roman letter.
Arms 37 Per- threatned pu-
Owing to rebellious demonstrations at Cirencester a
garrison is maintained there, and a monthly contribution
for it is paid. Three markets a week are to be held there,
on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. All subjects may
resort there freely. No soldier or other person to hinder
them on pain of death. Caution as to demeanour of officers
and soldiers.
P.C. II (478). Wentworth (6). N° 2365.
10 FEBRUARY.—BY THE KING. A Proclama¬
tion for the strict Observance, and Execution of the
Lawes, and Statutes made against Carrying, or Send¬
ing of Gold, or Silver, out of the Kingdom.
Oxford: 10 February [1642-3].
Sine nota.
1 f. Roman letter.
Arms 37 Gold, observance we
Cites the laws preventing export of gold. Searchers are
not to let money pass in virtue of any ordinance of Parlia¬
ment, on pain of displeasure. Reward for discovery of
exported money.
Bodl. Clar. State Papers 21 (196). Wentworth (7).
Published 18 Feb. Merc. Aul. p. 89. Tf° 2366.
10 FEBRUARY—BY THE KING. A Proclama¬
tion.
[For the safety of the Royal Navy.]
Oxford : 10 February [1642-3].
Not found.
Forbidding any officers of the Navy—masters, boatswains,
or mariners—to obey the Earl of Warwick or the two Houses,
shipwrights, &c., to calk or rig any ship, and storekeepers
to furnish them with tackle, &c.
From Merc. Aul. p. 89, published 18 Feb. U° 2387.
11 FEBRUARY—[BY THE COMMONS.] [Be¬
gins] Whereas divers summes of money. . . .
[Treasurers’ Names to be brought in.
[Westminster]: 11 February 1642[-3 .
Sine nota.
1 f. Roman letter. H. Elsynge.
Headpiece of and of
Members to bring in the names of all persons appointed
to raise money for defence of the King and Parliament, to
be delivered by the Clerk to the Committee, who shall
require them to pass their accounts.
P.R.O. S.P.D. 497 (23).
Making provision for the collection of the assessments.
After notice is given and the amount is unpaid, collectors
are to inquire as to the means of the debtor. Col. Randall
Manwaring, Col. Richard Browne, Capt. Edmund Harvey,
Capt. Robert Manwaring, Capt. Heriot Washburne, are to
levy the sums by distress. They are to have power to break
open doors, chests, &c., as by Ordinance [No. 2362]. If they
do not find enough goods they may seize the persons and
imprison them in the Guildhall or Crosby Hall. All
collectors and others to have the protection of Parliament.
B.L. B.M. 190. g. 13 (34); 669. f. 5 (127). Bodl. Ashm.
II. 23 (61).
C.J. ii. 962; Cal. S.P.D. 443. jfo 2368.
16 FEBRUARY.—BY THE KING. His Majes¬
ties Proclamation forbidding all His loving Subjects
of the Counties of Kent, Surry, Sussex, and Hamp¬
shire, to raise any Forces without His Majesties
Consent, or to enter into any Association or Protesta¬
tion for the Assistance of the Rebellion against His
Majesty.
Oxford : 16 February [1642-31
Sine nota [Oxford : L. Lichfield : 1642-3].
1 f. Roman letter.
Arms 37 of tributing Procla-
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