Articles of impeachment against Edward Seymour Esq

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O F
IMPEACHMENT -
against
EdwardSeymouiEfq!
With the VOTE of the
COMMONS in PARLIAMENT
Upon thefaid ARTICLES.
Articles of Impeachment of High Crimes, Mifdemeanours and
Offences, againtl Edward Seymour Efq-, one of His Ma-
jefiys moft Honourable Privy Council, Treafurer of His Ma-
je fly’s Navy, and one of the Members of the Houfe of Com¬
mons now in Parliament Affembled.
Imprimis))
SHar^ Whereas the Sum of five hundred eighty Four thdufand nine
hundred (eventy Eight Pounds,Two fhillings^Two pence,was rai-
fed by an A<ft of Parliament for the fpeedy building of thirty Ships
^ of War, and thereby appropriated to the faid Ufe; By which Ac3j
it was particularly dire&ed. That the Treafurer of the Nfavy fliould keep
all Moneys paid to him, by vertue of the faid Ad,diftind and a part from
all other Moneys^ and Ihould Ifiue and pay the fame by Warrant of the
Principal Officers and Com mi llioners of the Navy or any three or more
of them ; and mentioning and expreffing that it is for the building, for
the Guns, Rigging and other Furniffimg of the faid Thirty Ships ol War*
and to no other the, Intent, or Purpofe whatfoever; He the faid Edward
Seymour on or about the Year One thoufand fix hundred feventy feven,
being then Treafurer of the Navy, did* contrary to the faid A6t, and
contrary to the Duty of the faid Office, lend the Sum of Ninety thou«
fand Pound (at Eight Pound/>£r Cent?) parcel of the faid Sum raifed by
the faid Ad: vbeing then in his hands^ lor and towards the fupport and
continuance of the Army then Raifed; aftdr fuch time as by an Ad of
Parliament the fame Army ought to have been Disbanded, whereby The
faid two feveral Ads were Eluded, and the. faid Army was continued
and keept on Foot to the great Difturbance, Hazard and Danger of the
Peace, and fafety of the Kingdom ; And the Nation was afterwards put
£o-a rww Charge of Raifing and paying the Sum of Two hundred thou*
farnd Pound for the Disbanding of the laid Army.
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