THe Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament taking into their serious considerations the ne­cessity that all the Counties of this Kingdom and Dominion of Wales, in this time of imminent danger, should put themselves into a posture of defence by raising of Forces both of Horse and Foot, for the ne­cessary defence and safety of their Counties, from the incursion of those raised against the Parliament, which daily plunder and spoile in all parts where they come: And finding that the County of Surrey hath not as yet been put into such a posture of defence as was expect­ed, by reason of differences which have there arise, by reason of one Ordinance of Parliament for the said County, bearing date the seven & twentieth of July, one thousand six hundred fourty and three, which was then [Page 3]passed upon a present occasion of danger that would not admit of a long debate, as by the Preamble of the said Ordinance doth and may appear.

Now, for the better setling of the said County, and the enabling them fully to put themselvs into a posture of defence, it is thought fit, and so ordained and decla­red, that the Militia of the said County shal be hereafter regulated and executed according to the tenor of this present Ordinance, and in no other manner.

Be it therefore ordained and declared by the Lords and Comons assembled in Parliament, and by the Au­thority of the same, that for the intents and purposes before mentionned, the County of Surrey shall forth­with be put into a posture of defence, and shall raise Forces of Horse and Foot for the defence of the said County, in manner and forme following in this Ordi­nance expressed, and no otherwise: And that the Lord-Lievtenant, or in his absence, the Deputy-Lievtenants of the said County, or any two or more of them, shall forthwith, after notice or receipt of this Ordinance, issue out their Warrants to the Constables and Head­boroughs of the several Parishes, or to any two or more of the most able & fitting persons of the Parishes with­in every respective hundred or division, thereby requi­ring them at certain times and places prefixt, to deliver to them a List or Schedule of the names of all persons within their severall and respective Parishes, from the age of sixteen to sixty, (being of ability of body) and of all other persons whatsoever worth one hundred pounds or more, in Lands or Goods: and of all Horses and Mares above foure yeers of age, and the names of the Owners, and of all Arms, Guns, and other usefull weapons for the War, with the names of the Owners of [Page 4]them, except such men and arms as are now, or shall be hereafter listed in the Trained-bands and Trained-troopes. And that the said Lord-Lievtenant, or in his absence the Deputy-Lievtenants, or any two or more of them, shall hereby have power to charge the said par­ties with horse and arms, so as no person be charged with a Harquebusier or light-horse, unlesse he hath one hundred pounds per annum in Lands, or be worth one thousand two hundred pounds in Goods and Lands; nor with a Dragoon, unlesse he be worth foure hundred pounds in goods, or fourty pounds per annum in lands; nor with a whole foot-arms, unlesse he be worth one hundred pounds in goods, or fifteen pounds per annum in lands.

And be it further ordained, that all persons well-affe­cted, being charged and listed to serve as aforesaid, or the major part of them, shall within their severall and respective divisions forthwith, and so from time to time as cause shall be, propound and nominate Colonells, Lievtenant-Colonells, Serjeant-Maiors, and Captaines over them, being men of ability, and men well-affected, and found faithfull from the beginning of these trou­bles; which said Officers being approved and allowed of by the Lord-Lievtenant, or in his absence by the Deputy-Lievtenants, or any two or more of them with­in the said County, shall have commissions accordingly from the said Lord-Lievtenant of the said County.

And be it further ordained, that all and every person and persons whatsoever, which shall by virtue of this Ordinance be charged to provide horse or armes as aforesaid, shall every moneth, after they are so charged, pay to the Treasure appointed by the Lord-Lievte­nant, or in his absence by the Deputy-Lievtenants, or [Page 5]any two or more of them for the said County; the se­verall sums of money following, viz. For every horse­man twelve pence, for every foot-man six pence, to­wards the providing of trumpets, drums, colours, and other charges incident to the said service.

And be it also ordained by the Authority aforesaid, that it shall & may be lawfull for the Lord-Lievtenant, or in his absence for the Deputy-Lievtenants of the said County of Surrey, or for any two or more of them within the said County, from time to time, so long as the said service shall continue, by warrant under their hands and seals, to be directed unto the severall and re­spective high-Constables of the hundreds within their severall divisions of the said County, to assesse and tax, by indifferent rates, upon the Inhabitants of the said County, so much money as shall be requisite for the payment of such experienced Majors, Lievtenants, or other inferiour Officers as shall be necessary for the said service, to be allowed of as aforesaid, and they shall be paid according to the establishment of Sir Thomas Fair­fax's Army, whilest they are in service, and a moytie of their half pay when they lie still; as likewise for the other Officers and Souldiers pay, when they are in ser­vice, according to the pay of horse and foot in the said Army, and not above; and for such other charges as will be incident and necessary for the said service. And if any part of the County shall performe service, and any other part shall not bring up their proportion of men, then that part shall be inforced, as is hereafter prescri­bed, by the Lord-Lievtenant, or in his absence by the Deputy-Lievtenants, or any two or more of them, to pay for such Souldiers as they shall be defective in, to make all parts equall in charge.

Provided always, That this extraordinary Charge and Imposition of Arms do not continue any longer then during this time of imminent danger, and that it shall be no President for the future.

Provided also, that no Peer of this Realm, nor any Assistant or Officer of the House of Peers, or their me­nuall servants, or any Member or Officer of the House of Commons, or their menuall servants, be charged by this Ordinance, but that it be left to his or their good affection what they will do in this Service.

Provided also, That if any person or persons what­soever shall be over-charged by the Deputy-Lieute­nants, or any two of them of the said County, that then the Lord-Lieutenant of the said County shall, hereby have power to ease such person or persons over-charg­ed, as in his discretion he shall think fit. And if any Offi­cer or Souldier of the Trained-Bands or Troops, or of any other Forces of Horse or Foot to be raised at any time hereafter in the said County by vertue of this Ordinance, shall refuse or neglect, upon Summons ac­cording to this Ordinance of Parliament, to attend their Charges and Duties in their severall and respe­ctive Charges and Places, to appear with their Horse and Arms, or to send some other man with their Horse and Arms, as they are or shall be charged withall; eve­ry such Defaulter, for every such Offence, shall be fined by the said Lord-Lieutenant, or, in his absence, the Deputy-Lieutenants, or any two or more of them, not exceeding the Sum of ten pounds, and imprisoned till the said Fine be paid. And if any person or per­sons, who by any former Ordinance of Parliament may be Impressed, have been, or hereafter shall be charged by the Lord-lieutenant, by the Deputy-lieu­tenants, [Page 7]or any two or more of them, to serve in the Arms of any person or persons charged as aforesaid to finde Arms or Horse, do or shall refuse or neglect to appear at Musters, or to serve upon such, or in such Arms; he or they so refusing or neglecting, shall by the said Lord-lieutenant, or, in his absence, by the Deputy-lieutenants, or any two or more of them, be fined, not exceeding the sum of Fourty shillings, and imprisoned till the said Fine be paid, and the said per­son or persons so refusing have conformed themselves unto the said Service.

And it is Ordained, that the Lord-lieutenant, or, in his absence, the Deputy-lieutenants, or any two or more of them, of the said County, may imprison all such as shall be mutinous, or Disturbers of the Peace, and may fine them, not exceeding the sum of Five pounds: And that it shall be lawfull for the said Lord-lieutenant, or, in his absence, the Deputy-lieutenants, or any three of them, to draw together the Troops and Companies which are raised or shall be raised by vertue of this Ordinance, or any part of them, and lead by themselves, or by such as the Lord-lieutenant, or, in his absence, any three or more of the Deputy-lieutenants shall appoint, into any part of the said County, and with them to Oppose, Resist, Kill and Slay all such as in any Hostile manner declare themselves as enemies to the King and Parliament: and that it shall and may be lawfull for the said Lord-lieu­tenant, or in his absence, for the Deputy-lieutenants, or any one of them, in the said County, to charge Carts, Carriages and Horses, for the necessary Service of the Parliament, allowing for every Cart with Five horses Twelve pence per Mile outward onely, and so [Page 8]ratably for more or fewer horses, and for every single horse after the rate of Two pence per Mile outward onely. And in case any shall refuse, upon reasonable notice, to provide their Carts, Carriages and Horses, to be made use of for the Service aforesaid; it shall be lawfull for the said Lord-lieutenant, or in his ab­sence, for the Deputy-lieutenants, or any two of them, to imprison the owners of the said Carts, Carriages and Horses, or to impose a Fine-upon them, not exceeding the sum of Ten pounds.

And it is Ordained, that the petty-Constables, and Overseers of the poor of the severall Parishes within the said County, and such other persons as shall be no­minated by the Lord-lieutenant, or, in his absence, by the Deputy-lieutenants of the said County, or any two or more of them, shal be the Collectors of all Sums of Money as shall by vertue of this Ordinance be im­posed or set upon any person or persons within the said Parishes: which said Sums of Money so to be set and collected as aforesaid, shall be paid unto the high-Constables of the severall Hundreds within the said County; and, in Corporations, to the Maior or other head-Officers of the said Corporations, who shall re­ceive and pay over the said Sums to such Treasurer or Treasurers as shall be appointed in the severall Divisi­ons by the Lord-lieutenant, or, in his absence, by the Deputy-lieutenants of the said County, or any two or more of them, who are to issue forth the same for the Use and Service of the said County, by the Lord-lieu­tenant, or, in his absence, by the vote of the major part of the respective Deputy-lieutenants of the said Coun­ty present at such Meetings as shall be appointed for that purpose, and by their Order, in pursuance thereof, [Page 9]under their hands, and not otherwise. And the said Treasurers are hereby required to keep a perfect Ac­compt of all such Moneys as they shall receive and pay by vertue of this Ordinance, and to deliver copies of the said Accompts unto the said Lord-lieutenant, or, in his absence, to the Deputy-lieutenants, or any of them of the said County: and the said Treasurers, for their Charge and Pains, shall be allowed Two pence in the Pound for all such Sums of Money as they shall receive and issue forth by Authority as aforesaid. And if any person or persons chargeable by this Ordinance shall not, within Six days after demand or notice to be left at their dwelling-house, or usuall place of abode, pay the Sum or Sums on him or them assessed or set as a­foresaid; it shall be lawfull for the said Collectors, or any one or more of them, to levie such Sum by way of Distresse and Sale of the Goods of the person and per­sons so assessed or fined, rendring to the party the overplus of the said sale, if any shall happen to be; and in case of Resistance, to call to their assistance any of the Trained-Bands, or Companies of Volunteers, or other Forces of the said County, who are hereby re­quired to be aiding and assisting to the Constables or other Collectors in the premises, as they will answer the contrary. And if any person or persons which shall be assessed or fined as aforesaid, having not suffi­cient Distresse, or neglect to pay either their Assesse­ment or Fine to the Constables or other Collectors appointed, within Twelve days after it shall be de­manded; the Lord-lieutenant, or, in his absence, the Deputy-lieutenants, or any two or more of them, upon the returns of the names of such who shall refuse or neglect, shall charge the said person or persons with [Page 10]double as much as he or they were assessed or fined: And if the said persons shall refuse or neglect to pay the said Sum so doubled within other Twelve days af­ter it shall be demanded; that it shall be lawfull for the said Lord-lieutenant, or, in his absence, the Deputy-lieutenants of the said County, or any two or more of them, to commit the said person or persons so refu­sing or neglecting to prison. And in case the said Treasurers, high-Constables, petty-Constables, Over­seers of the Poor, or other Collectors to be nomina­ted as aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect to levie and re­ceive the Sums of Money to be assessed and set by ver­tue of this Ordinance; it shall be lawfull for the said Lord-lieutenant, or, in his absence, the Deputy-lieu­tenants, or any two or more of them, of the said County, to fine the said Treasurers, high-Constables and Collectors, not exceeding the sum of Twenty pounds, to be levied upon them by such person or per­sons as shall be appointed by the said Lord-lieutenant, or, in his absence, by the Deputy-lieutenants, or any two or more of them, by way of Distresse and Sale of their Goods, rendring to the party the overplus of the said Sale, if any happen to be.

Provided always, that the Forces raised by vertue of this Ordinance shall not be carried out of the said County without the consent of the Lord-lieutenant, or, in his absence, of the Deputy-lieutenants, or any two or more of them.

And it is further Ordered and Ordained by the Au­thority aforesaid, That the Committees hereafter na­med, or any three or more of them, and no other, shall have Power and Authority to rate and tax such Sums of Money upon the said County, as at some generall [Page 11]Meeting of the said Committee shall be agreed to be fit and necessary for the paying of such Officers and Souldiers of the Castle of Farnham and the Garison there, as likewise for the Troop of Horse which is now raised and maintained by the said County for the defence thereof, and for such other charges as shall be thought fit and necessary for the defence and safety of the said County, at some generall Meeting of the said Committee, and the same to levie in such manner as is appointed for the levying of Money for raising and maintaining of the Forces under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax, in the Ordinance for that purpose; the said Committee to consist of these persons, and no other: Viz. Algernon Earl of Northumberland, Henry Earl of Kent, Charles Earl of Nottingham, William Lord Munson; Denzill Hollis Esquire, Benjamin Weston Esquire, John Glyn Esquire, Recorder of London, Sir Ambrose Brown Baronet, Sir Poynings Moore Baronet, Sir Thomas Jervoice, Sir Richard Onstowe, Sir Thomas Walsingham, Sir John Dingley, Sir John Lenthall, Sir John Howland, Sir William Ellyot, Sir Richard Bettenson, Sir Matthew Brand, Sir Robert Parkhurst, Sir Robert Wood, Sir Robert Needum, and Sir John Evelyn, Knights; John Lisle, Nicholas Stoughton, George Farewell, Henry Tunstall, Anthur On­slow, Robert Goodwyn, George Evelyn of Wotton, Henry We­ston, Thomas Sands, John Goodwyn, Edward Bish junior, Henry Campion, Francis Drake, Robert Wood, John Farewell, Thomas Lock, John Cartwright, Edmund Jordan, Arthur Squibb, Iohn Turner, Thomas Smith, Richard Brown, E­squires; Robert Houghton, Cornelius Cook, Richard Wright, George Snelling, Thomas Hudson, Henry Hardwick, Robert Holman, Sackford Gunson, Robert Purse, Robert Meade, Colonell Rowland Wilson, and Iames Shirley, Gentlemen.

And it is likewise ordered and ordained, that there be once in a moneth a generall meeting of the said Committee in some indifferent place in the said Coun­ty, to be appointed by the Major part of the said Com­mittee, at which meeting the said Committee, or the Major part of them there assembled, are hereby requi­red and authorized to appoint what shall be respective­ly acted and performed, and by whom, in the severall parts of the said County, as well for the executing of this Ordinance in what concerns them, as for the exe­cuting of all other Ordinances heretofore made, and yet in force, to be excuted in the said County: for the execution whereof, in their severall and respective di­visions, the Committees above named, or any three or more of them, are hereby inabled and authorised.

And it is further ordered and ordained, that there be an accompt monethly given to the said Committee; at their said generall meeting, of what shall be done there­in, by the severall and respective Committees, in their severall and respective divisions and allotments.