List of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England, 1642 to 1660

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This is a list of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England from 1642 to 1660, during the English Civil War and the Interregnum.

As King Charles I of England would not assent to Bills from a Parliament at war with him, decrees of Parliament before the Third English Civil War were styled ordinances.^[1] The Rump Parliament reverted to using the term "Act" on 6 January 1649 when it passed the Act erecting a High Court of Justice for the trial of the King (when any possibility of reconciliation between King and Parliament was over). All but one subsequent decree were term Acts through to the end of the interregnum. All of these Ordinances and Acts were considered void after the English Restoration due to their lack of Royal Assent.

Contents 1 1642 2 1643 3 1644 3.1 January 1644 3.2 February 1644 3.3 March 1644 3.4 April 1644 3.5 May 1644 3.6 June 1644 3.7 July 1644 3.8 August 1644 3.9 September 1644 3.10 October 1644 3.11 November 1644 3.12 December 1644 4 1645 5 1646 5.1 January 1646 5.2 February 1646 5.3 March 1646 5.4 April 1646 5.5 May 1646 5.6 June 1646 5.7 July 1646 5.8 August 1646 5.9 September 1646 5.10 October 1646 5.11 November 1646 5.12 December 1646 6 1647 7 1648 8 1649 9 1650 10 1651 11 1652 12 1653 13 1654 14 1655 15 1656 16 1657 17 1658 18 1659 19 1660 20 References 21 Notes

1642

• 5 March, 1641/2^[2] An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament for the safety and defence of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales. (Militia Ordinance)
• 29 March, 1642 Ordinance for settling the Militia of London.
• 23 May, 1642 Ordinance for raising 1,000 volunteers to be employed in the reduction of Ireland.
• 28 May, 1642 Ordinance for raising men for Ireland.
• 4 June, 1642 An Ordinance for the securing the sum of £100,000 agreed to be lent the Parliament by several companies and citizens of London for the use of the Kingdom.
• 9 June, 1642 Ordinance for bringing in Plate, Money, and Horses.
• 17 June, 1642 The Ordinance for the Sea-Adventure to Ireland.
• 1 July, 1642 Ordinance for the Earl of Warwick to remain in his command of the Fleet.
• 2 July, 1642 Ordinance for appointing Lord Wharton to be Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.
• 5 July, 1642 Ordinance for raising 5,000 foot and 500 horse for Ireland.
• 6 July, 1642 Ordinance for raising 2,000 men for relieving Hull.
• 15 July, 1642 An Ordinance appointing the Earl of Essex to be Captain General.
• 1 August, 1642 An Ordinance concerning the Subsidy of Tonnage and Poundage.
• 10 August, 1642 Ordinance appointing Sir Gilbert Gerrard Treasurer of the Army.
• 10 August, 1642 Ordinance for Henry Herbert to repair to Monmouthshire and publish the Declaration against the Commission of Array.
• 24 August, 1642 An Ordinance for the better observation of the monthly Fast.
• 26 August, 1642 Ordinance for raising money in London.
• 26 August, 1642 An Ordinance inhibiting the Importation of Currants.
• 2 September, 1642 An Ordinance concerning Stage Plays.
• 15 September, 1642 To secure the repayment of money advanced by the inhabitants of London.
• 15 September, 1642 Ordinance appointing Commissioners of the Navy.
• 15 September, 1642 Ordinance appointing Thomas Smith secretary of the Admiralty.
• 17 September, 1642 Ordinance for putting the City of Worcester in a posture of defence.
• 5 October, 1642 Ordinance for raising 2,000 foot for Ireland.
• 6 October, 1642 Ordinance for Commissioners for Ireland.
• 19 October, 1642 Ordinance to give leave to any of His Majesty's subjects to set forth ships to take such ships as shall go to relieve the Rebels in Ireland.
• 20 October, 1642 Ordinance for the Earl of Warwick to appoint commanders in the Navy in the English and Irish Seas.
• 22 October, 1642 Ordinance appointing the Earl of Warwick to command a second army to be raised about London and the counties adjacent.
• 24 October, 1642 An Ordinance making provision for those that shall be maimed in this present war in the service of the Parliament and for the wives and children of those that shall be slain.
• 24 October, 1642 Ordinance for the security and safe conduct of the commissioners of the Realm of Scotland.
• 21 October, 1642 Ordinance for the security and safe conduct of such Divines as shall come from the Realm of Scotland to the Assembly of Divines in this Kingdom.
• 1 November, 1642 Ordinance concerning apprentices that list themselves as soldiers.
• 9 November, 1642 Ordinance for the disciplining of the Army.
• 15 November, 1642 Order or ordinance empowering Maximilian Bard and other commissioners to seize horses in and about London.
• 26 November, 1642 An Ordinance for the assessing of all such as have not contributed upon the Propositions of both Houses of Parliament for the raising of money, plate, horse and horsemen, etc
• 29 November, 1642 An explanation of the former ordinance for assessing such as have not contributed, etc.]]
• 29 November, 1642 An Ordinance for the better provision of Victuals and other Necessaries for the Army and for payment and satisfaction to be made for such provisions.
• 29 November, 1642 An Ordinance to give power to divers persons to set forth ships for the taking of all ships that they shall take coming against the Kingdom.
• 29 November, 1642 An Ordinance for repaying money lent upon the Propositions.
• 29 November, 1642 An Ordinance concerning John Pickering, Esq.
• 7 December, 1642 An Order being an explanation to some things in the Ordinance for assessing of such persons as have not contributed, etc.
• 8 December, 1642 An Ordinance for taxing several counties for the support of the Army.
• 14 December, 1642 An Ordinance for the better and more speedy execution of the late Ordinance of the 29th of November, 1642.
• 15 December, 1642 Ordinance for the Association of the Counties of Leicester, Derby, Notts, etc.
• 20 December, 1642 An Ordinance for the Association of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridge, etc.
• 24 December, 1642 Ordinance for reimbursing Monies for the Defence of Devonshire.
• 31 December, 1642 Ordinance for the Association of the Counties of Warwick and Stafford, etc.

1643

• 2 January, 1642/3 Ordinance for the Parliament Forces to drive the King's from Brill in Buckinghamshire.
• 9 January, 1642/3 Instructions for Sir William Brereton, Sir George Booth, and the rest of the Deputy Lieutenants of Chester.
• 9 January, 1642/3 A Declaration and Ordinance for the Defence of the County of Lincoln.
• 10 January, 1642/3 An Ordinance for Raising Forces in the County of Wilts.
• 14 January, 1642/3 An Ordinance for assessing the Counties of Northampton, Leicester, Derby, etc.
• 14 January, 1642/3 Ordinance for stopping the coal trade to Newcastle, etc.
• 17 January, 1642/3 Order for assessing persons in the County of Devon towards the charge of the Army there.
• 17 January, 1642/3 Order to pay money to the Deputy Lieutenants of Devonshire.
• 21 January, 1642/3 Ordinance against removing the Term to Oxford.
• 21 January, 1642/3 Ordinance concerning the Customs for the continuance of the ordinance of concerning the subsidy of Tonnage and Poundage from 1 March, 1643, to 25 March, 1644.
• 26 January, 1642/3 Ordinance for assessing Lancashire for the relief of Manchester, etc.
• 27 January, 1642/3 Ordinance for the Somersetshire men to have their own contribution-money already raised for maintenance of the Forces raised there.
• 27 January, 1642/3 Ordinance for the Assessment of the Malignants in Somersetshire.
• 30 January, 1642/3 Ordinance for new Loans and Contributions, etc., for Ireland.
• 3 February, 1642/3 An Ordinance for the better raising and levying of Mariners, Sailors and others for the present guarding of the Seas, etc.
• 3 February, 1642/3 Ordinance for raising Forces and Money in the County of Wilts.
• 8 February, 1642/3 An Ordinance for the Earl of Warwick to command the Fleet.
• 8 February, 1642/3 Ordinance for assessing divers persons in London according to the Ordinance of 29 November.
• 11 February, 1642/3 An Ordinance for securing Hampshire by raising men and money.
• 11 February, 1642/3 An Ordinance to appoint Sir William Waller Serjeant-Major-General of the Forces in Gloucestershire and other adjacent counties, and for paying his army.
• 13 February, 1642/3 Order concerning the City and County of Exon.
• 13 February, 1642/3 Ordinance for seizing the effects of persons in Nottingham who have been in arms against the Parliament.
• 15 February, 1642/3 Ordinance for a public confession to be used at the Fast.
• 21 February, 1642/3 Ordinance for sequestering the profits of St. Margaret's, Lothbury.
• 21 February, 1642/3 Ordinance for sequestering the profits of St. Martin's in the Vintry.
• 21 February, 1642/3 Ordinance for rating sea coal.
• 23 February, 1642/3 Ordinance for Mr. Nathaniel Fiennes to raise a regiment of Horse.
• 24 February, 1642/3 Ordinance for raising money for the maintenance of the Army by a Weekly Assessment.
• 4 March, 1642/3 Explanatory Ordinance.
• 4 March, 1642/3 Ordinance for the defence of Taunton.
• 6 March, 1642/3 Order for Relief of Maimed Soldiers and their Families.
• 7 March, 1642/3 Order for intrenching and fortifying the City of London.
• 13 March, 1642/3 Ordinance for allowing one third part of Prize goods to the Captors.
• 24 March, 1642/3 Ordinance for raising money for the defence of Exeter.
• 25 March, 1642/3 Ordinance for the Commissioners of the Customs to repay themselves £20,000.
• 27 March, 1643 Ordinance for sequestering notorious Delinquents' Estates.
• 31 March, 1643 Ordinance for raising money weekly in Hertfordshire.
• 5 April, 1643 Ordinance to provide Mariners for supplying the Navy.
• 5 April, 1643 Order for securing £40,000 borrowed from the City of London.
• 10 April, 1643 Ordinance for raising money in the Isle of Wight.
• 10 April, 1643 Ordinance for associating the Counties of Warwick, Stafford and Salop.
• 11 April, 1643 Ordinance for the repayment of £2,600 out of the assessment of Dorsetshire.
• 11 April, 1643 Ordinance for the Explanation of the Weekly Assessment in London.
• 11 April, 1643 An Additional Ordinance for sequestering Delinquents, Estates in Devon.
• 12 April, 1643 An Ordinance giving power to the Committee for the Militia of London to raise regiments of Volunteers.
• 12 April, 1643 An Ordinance giving power to the Mayor of Plymouth to seize corn. etc., for that town.
• 12 April, 1643 An Ordinance assessing persons in Yarmouth for the defence of the town.
• 13 April, 1643 An Ordinance to prevent the Judges, Officers, and Ministers of the Court of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, from repairing to Oxford to keep the next term there.
• 18 April, 1643 Ordinance for Lord Gray's forces quartered at Watford to join the Earl of Essex, out of the Bounds of their Association.
• 20 April, 1643 An Order for raising a regiment of Volunteers, under Sir John Wittewrong, in the County of Hertford, to serve out of the Limits of their Association.
• 25 April, 1643 An Ordinance for Collections to be made for relief of Captives in Algiers.
• 25 April, 1643 An Order, engaging the public faith, to secure repayment of money, etc., advanced for the support of the army under Sir William Waller.
• 29 April, 1643 Order for sequestering the estates of Delinquents in Devon.
• 2 May, 1643 Further Order for the execution of Martial Discipline in the Trained Bands in the Cities of London and Westminster and in the County of Middlesex.
• 2 May, 1643 A Further Ordinance for Colonel Oliver Cromwell and others to seize goods and chattels of Malignants in Cambridgeshire.
• 2 May, 1643 Order for Sir Walter Earle to command the militia in Dorset.
• 2 May, 1643 Order for the indemnity of the inhabitants of Barnstaple, for fortifying their town.
• 3 May, 1643 Order for preventing disorderly assemblies in Dorset, Somerset, Wilts, etc.
• 3 May, 1643 Order to depute two Persons in every county to see the Ordinance for the weekly Assessment put into Execution.
• 4 May, 1643 Order for Garrisons in Hampshire to be paid out of the King's revenues in that County.
• 5 May, 1643 Order for burning the Book of Sports.
• 6 May, 1643 Order for the repayment of monies lent by the City of London.
• 6 May, 1643 Order explaining Ordinance of 28 November, 1642, concerning the assessment.
• 7 May, 1643 An Ordinance for the speedy raising and levying of money throughout the whole of England and dominion of Wales: members of both Houses excepted.
• 10 May, 1643 Order to redress the Abuses in taking Horses for supply of the Army.
• 10 May, 1643 Ordinance following Commission granted by the Earl of Essex to Colonel James Mauleverer to levy and raise a regiment of harquebussers, pledging public faith for repayment of monies, etc., lent to him.
• 10 May, 1643 Order for the speedy levy of assessments under Ordinances of 3rd and 7th May, 1643, and 30th January, 1642/3, and Act for a Contribution towards the Relief of Ireland.
• 10 May, 1643 Ordinance as to the levy of the weekly assessment in Southwark, etc.
• 16 May, 1643 Further Ordinance (amending that of May 3) for suppressing riots in Dorset, Somerset, and Wilts.
• 17 May, 1643 Ordinance for the sequestration of the jurisdiction of William, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.
• 17 May, 1643 Ordinance (amending that of 30 January, 1642–3) for the contribution for the relief of Ireland, authorizing Commissioners to receive the money.
• 18 May, 1643 Ordinance exempting estates of Earl of St. Albans from former Ordinance for sequestration of Papists' estates: on account of his services in Ireland.
• 18 May, 1643 Ordinance amending Ordinance of 7 May for the raising and levying of money by allowing sums raised in the Eastern Association to be applied to the maintenance of the army of the Association.
• 24 May, 1643 Ordinance authorising Colonel Walter Long to take and collect such moneys as have been formerly by him and others assessed and as yet unpaid, in Essex, Hertford, and Bedford, by a Commission from the Earl of Essex.
• 26 May, 1643 Order for £10,000 a year to be paid to the Earl of Essex out of the estates of Delinquents.
• 26 May, 1643 Ordinance transferring the County of Huntingdon from the Midland Association to the Eastern Association.
• 29 May, 1643 Further Ordinance for seizing horses for the use of the Army, amending that of 10 May.
• 30 May, 1643 Order empowering the Committee at Haberdashers' Hall to cess estates in London and twenty miles round that have not paid their due proportion of assessment under the Ordinance of the Twentieth part.
• 30 May, 1643 Ordinance for the prevention of the smuggling of prohibited goods.
• 30 May, 1643 Ordinance for the peace of the County of Kent, and for enabling them to associate with the City of London or any other Counties adjacent
• 30 May, 1643 Further Ordinance against removing the term to Oxford (cf. Ord. of 21 Jan., 1642–3.)
• 1 June, 1643 Further Ordinance for the speedy raising of money, appointing members of new Committees. (cf. 30 Jan., 1642–3, 3 May and 10 May, 1643.)
• 5 June, 1643 Ordinance to raise £100 weekly for the defence of Southwark, and appointing a Committee.
• 5 June, 1643 Ordinance for raising forces for the reduction of Newcastle, with Propositions accepted by both Houses.
• 9 June, 1643 Ordinance for a Covenant to reveal plots against the Parliament to be taken by all who are lovers of their country.
• 10 June, 1643 Further Ordinance (amending that of 17th May) to sequester the jurisdiction and temporalities of Archbishop Laud.
• 12 June, 1643 Ordinance appointing Sir Thomas Middleton Commander-in-Chief of the Counties of Denbigh, Montgomery, Flint, Merioneth, Carnarvon, and Anglesey.
• 12 June, 1643 Ordinance for an assembly of Divines to settle the doctrine of the Church.
• 12 June, 1643 Ordinance appointing the Earl of Denbigh as Commander-in-Chief of the Counties of Warwick, Worcester, Stafford, Salop, etc., and to succeed Lord Brooke as Lord Lieutenant of the County of Warwick.
• 14 June, 1643 Ordinance for correcting and regulating abuses of the Press.
• 24 June, 1643 Ordinance for raising and paying Forces for the Defence of the Isle of Wight.
• 5 July, 1643Ordinance for paying the Scottish Army in Ireland, by arrangement with members of the Company of the Merchant Adventurers.
• 10 July, 1643 Ordinance for securing the town of Lynn and the adjacent country in case the Popish Northern Army should force a passage through Lincolnshire into Norfolk.
• 10 July, 1643 Ordinance for the indemnity of the Mayor of Hull and others for seizing the forts, and the persons of Sir John Hotham and Sir Edward Rhodes, and Captain Hotham.
• 10 July, 1643 Ordinance forbidding Judges and Ministers of the law to execute their commissions or hold Assizes or Gaol Delivery during the Summer Vacation.
• 12 July, 1643 Order for raising forces in the Parts of Holland in the County of Lincoln.
• 12 July, 1643 Order confirming the Office of Chief Butler of England and Wales to Sir William Waller.
• 14 July, 1643 Ordinance for the encouragement of Adventurers to make new subscriptions for towns, cities, and lands in Ireland.
• 15 July, 1643 Ordinance adding names to the Committee for the Twentieth Part in the County of Sussex.
• 18 July, 1643 Further Ordinance for raising money for the defence of the county of Huntingdon, giving power to the Deputy-Lieutenants and Committee to receive the weekly assessments.
• 19 July, 1643Ordinance for raising money for the defence of Northamptonshire.
• 19 July, 1643 Order for keeping a solemn Fast and Humiliation the 21st July.
• 19 July, 1643 Ordinance for nominating and appointing certain Commissioners to be sent to Scotland to treat and conclude divers matters concerning the safety and peace of both kingdoms, with instructions.
• 20 July, 1643 Declaration or ordinance concerning the late insurrection in Kent, offering pardon to those who submit.
• 22 July, 1643 Ordinance appointing the Lord Fairfax governor of the town of Kingston upon Hull, in place of Sir John Hotham.
• 22 July, 1643 Ordinance for the speedy raising and levying of moneys by way of charge or impost upon several commodities (Excise Ordinance).
• 25 July, 1643 Ordinance for the speedy raising of a Body of Horse out of certain specified counties, to resist the outrages of the King's Army, and to be under the Earl of Manchester, who is appointed by this Ordinance, for this service, to be Commander-in-Chief both for Horse and Foot.
• 27 July, 1643 Ordinance appointing a Committee for the County of Surrey to raise forces for the defence of the county.
• 29 July, 1643 Ordinance permitting sums of money raised in the County of Huntingdon to be spent upon the defence of the county.
• 29 July, 1643 Ordinance appointing Commissioners to receive loans and subscriptions in Holland for the relief and maintenance of the army in Ireland.
• 29 July, 1643 Ordinance for the defence of London.
• 1 August, 1643 Ordinance ordering William Bishop of London, Thomas Turner, Doctor of Divinity, and John Juxon, Esquire, to repay a sum received, under a Decree in the Exchequer Chamber, conveying certain impropriations to the King's Majesty, who had leased them to the aforesaid.
• 3 August, 1643 Ordinance for raising money for the maintenance of the Army, and other great affairs, by a weekly assessment upon specified counties for two months, beginning from the 3rd August, 1643.
• 10 August, 1643 Ordinance for the speedy raising and impressing of men for the defence of the kingdom.
• 10 August, 1643 Ordinance appointing Committees for managing the affairs of the Associated Counties (Eastern Association).
• 10 August, 1643 Ordinance for payment of £10,000 to Sir William Waller out of the moneys that shall come in upon the twentieth part within the cities of London and Westminster and the places adjacent.
• 12 August, 1643 Ordinance for the speedy raising of 1,000 dragoons and £13,500 for their equipment and maintenance, in the County of Essex.
• 16 August, 1643 Ordinance for seizing the estates of the rebels in Kent (cf. Ordinance of 20th July).
• 16 August, 1643 Ordinance for the speedy raising of 20,000 soldiers in the counties of the Eastern Association.
• 17 August, 1643 Ordinance for the security of the city of London, with an oath to be taken by all persons within the cities of London and Westminster and the suburbs thereof or within the lines of communication.
• 18 August, 1643 Ordinance for a speedy supply of monies within the city of London and Liberties thereof, for the maintenance of the forces for the defence of the City.
• 18 August, 1643 Ordinance explaining a former Ordinance for the sequestration of Delinquents' Estates, with an oath to be administered to delinquents.
• 23 August, 1643 Ordinance for the relief of Gloucester.
• 24 August, 1643 Ordinance for repayment of £50,000 advanced by the City of London.
• 24 August, 1643 Ordinance for fortifying the Hundred of Lovingland in the county of Suffolk and other adjacent Hundreds, for the defence of Yarmouth, etc.
• 25 August, 1643 Ordinance (explaining Ordinance of 25th July, 1643) for raising a Body of Horse for the preservation of the Kingdom.
• 26 August, 1643 Ordinance for the free passage of Bullion into the ports of Dover and London and into and out of the Mint.
• 26 August, 1643 Ordinance for disposing of the Houses of persons who have avoided payment of the weekly assessment.
• 26 August, 1643 Ordinance for the monoply of an engine, invented by Dominicke Petit, Peter Deliques, and Claudius Fancault, for recovering ships, lading and cannon, which have been overwhelmed in the seas and rivers of the Kingdom.
• 26 August, 1643 Ordinance for demolishing superstitions images, etc., and removing Communion Tables from the East End of Churches, before 1st November, 1643.
• 5 September, 1643 Ordinance for the speedy raising of monies to furnish magazines, and raise forces within the Hamlets of the Tower, the City of Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, and other parts of the counties of Middlesex and Surrey within the Forts and Lines of Communication and Parishes adjacent.
• 6 September, 1643 Ordinance empowering the Committee of the Militia of the City of London to send troops under Sir William Waller, to join the Lord General the Earl of Essex, or elsewhere under the commission of the Lord General.
• 6 September, 1643 Ordinance to levy arrears of assessments in the County of Suffolk.
• 6 September, 1643 Order for Lieut. Colonel Owen Rowe to contract for arms to the value of £5,000.
• 6 September, 1643 Ordinance for raising money in the counties of the Eastern Association for payment of the Earl of Manchester's army.
• 8 September, 1643 Further Ordinance for settling the Excise, annulling the former Ordinance (that of July 22) as in many parts defective.
• 8 September, 1643 Ordinance restricting the passage of travellers from Ireland, to prevent the coming over of Irish rebels.
• 13 September, 1643 Ordinance for obtaining a loan from the inhabitants of Ipswich, for the navy.
• 15 September, 1643 Ordinance for impressing 5,000 infantry to be under the command of Sir William Waller.
• 15 September, 1643 Ordinance permitting apprentices to watermen in the Thames to serve their time under Sir William Waller without punishment or prejudice.
• 18 September, 1643 Ordinance for the relief of the distressed clergy of Ireland.
• 18 September, 1643 Ordinance for the payment of the Commissioners and Auditors of Excise together with an oath to be administered to them.
• 18 September, 1643 Ordinance providing that the Commissioners of Customs shall repay themselves £30,000 advanced for the Navy.
• 19 September, 1643 Ordinance (supplementing that of 11th November, 1642) for the defence of the county of Hertford, permitting its association with the City of London or other places.
• 20 September, 1643 Ordinance adding Lincoln to the counties of the Eastern Association, and for the maintenance of the Army of those counties, with the names of the members of the Committees of the various counties.
• 20 September, 1643 Declaration and Order that no one shall have any command under the Parliament unless he shall have taken the Covenant (i.e., the Solemn League and Covenant).
• 21 September, 1643 An Ordinance for the sequestration of all revenues of the King, Queen, and Prince, in England and Wales, and Berwick-upon-Tweed, with provisions for sequestering any of the Royal officers who may refuse obedience to this Ordinance.
• 30 September, 1643 Ordinance to compel the City Companies to pay their assessments according to the rates appointed by the Common Council.
• 2 October, 1643 Ordinance to supply wood to the poor and other degrees of people in the cities of London and Westminster, and their suburbs and liberties.
• 2 October, 1643 Ordinance for fortifying the Isle of Wight.
• 7 October, 1643 Ordinance for repayment of £30,000 to the Merchant Adventurers.
• 9 October, 1643 Ordinance fixing the price of wines in accordance with the recent Excise Ordinance.
• 9 October, 1643 Ordinance empowering the Committee in Northamptonshire to raise money for six months for the defence for the County.
• 9 October, 1643 Ordinance for sending forces from London to the Lord General for the recovery of Reading.
• 9 October, 1643 Ordinance for assessing members of either House who absent themselves from Parliament or wage war upon it.
• 11 October, 1643 Ordinance empowering the Earl of Manchester to put into execution, in the counties of the Eastern Association, former Ordinances for collecting assessments and sequestrating estates of Delinquents.
• 12 October, 1643 Further Ordinance for the incorporation of the Merchant Adventurers in order to the better maintenance of the woollen trade.
• 16 October, 1643 Ordinance for the repayment of all monies that may be lent for the speedy bringing of the Scottish army into England to the assistance of the Parliament.
• 17 October, 1643 Ordinance that brewers shall pay the duties imposed by the Excise Ordinance before delivering their goods.
• 23 October, 1643 Ordinance for the speedy raising of monies formerly imposed but not yet paid, within the City of London and the Liberties thereof.
• 23 October, 1643 Ordinances giving authority to dig and search for saltpetre to make gunpowder.
• 23 October, 1643 Ordinance supplementing a former Ordinance (September 5, 1643) for raising money within the lines of communication, by removing the exemptions allowed to members of both Houses and their servants.
• 27 October, 1643 Ordinance for raising £66,666 13s. 4d. by loan, for assistance to the Scottish army in its expedition into England.
• 27 October, 1643 Ordinance for pressing 3,000 soldiers in Lancashire
• 31 October, 1643 An Ordinance forbidding communication with the King and Queen, for the better prevention of spies.
• 31 October, 1643 Ordinance for relief of maimed soldiers and of widows and children of soldiers slain in the service of the Parliament.
• 2 November, 1643 Ordinance for the government of the plantations in the West Indies, appointing the Earl of Warwick Governor-in-Chief and Lord High Admiral of those islands.
• 4 November, 1643 Ordinance for associating Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and Hampshire, with list of members of Committees.
• 7 November, 1643 Order for London Vintners to pay Excise for Wines.
• 10 November, 1643 Ordinance for making a new Great Seal and for annulling certain Acts under the King's Great Seal since the 22nd May, 1642.
• 15 November, 1643 Ordinance for raising money for the defence of Plymouth, by means of a rate upon merchandise exported and imported.
• 20 November, 1643 Ordinance for preserving from sale and keeping for public use certain books, evidences, records and writings taken by distress or otherwise. *23 November, 1643 Ordinance for raising money for the defence of Southampton.
• 28 November, 1643 Ordinance supplementing the Excise Ordinance.
• 1 December, 1643 Ordinance enabling persons approved by Parliament to set forth ships for guarding the seas, and prohibiting trade with ports in hostility to the Parliament.
• 7 December, 1643 Ordinance appointing the Earl of Warwick Lord High Admiral of England.
• 18 December, 1643 Ordinance for erecting and maintaining a garrison at Newport Pagnell, in the county of Bucks.
• 18 December, 1643 Ordinance amending Ordinance of 14th September giving further powers to the Committee for Volunteers for Hertfordshire, enabling them to raise and maintain forces for the defence of the County.
• 20 December, 1643 Ordinance disqualifying anyone who has not taken the Covenant from being a member of the Common Council or holding any office in the City of London.
• 23 December, 1643 Ordinance empowering the Committee of the Militia of London to send out forces under Major General Brown to the assistance of Sir William Waller.
• 23 December, 1643 Ordinance (amending that of 21st September) providing for the payment to certain receivers of revenues due to the King, Queen, and Prince from sequestrated estates of Delinquents.
• 23 December, 1643 Ordinance moderating the duty on Tobacco.
• 25 December, 1643 Ordinance dismissing all Clerks of Record who have joined the King.

1644

January 1644

• 6 January, 1643/4 Declaration and Order exempting the University of Cambridge from the Ordinance for sequestering estates of Delinquents.
• 9 January, 1643/4 An ordinance touching the Excise of Flesh victuals and salt.
• 10 January, 1643/4 Ordinance for pressing and levying mariners, sailors, etc., for the defence of the kingdom.
• 20 January, 1643/4 An Ordinance for recruiting and regulating the Forces of the Eastern Association under the Earl of Manchester.
• 22 January, 1643/4 An Ordinance for regulating the University of Cambridge and for removing scandalous ministers in the University and in the counties of the Eastern Association.
• 22 January, 1643/4 Ordinance preventing the adjournment of the term of the Courts of Justice, and the conveyance of records, etc., to Oxford.
• 29 January, 1643/4 Ordinance for appointing High Sheriffs and for altering the terms of the oath administered to them.
• 30 January, 1643/4 Ordinance for officers of the Courts of Justice, lawyers, etc., to take the Covenant.
• 30 January, 1643/4 Ordinance amending the Ordinance of 28th August, 1642 (against the importion of currants) in favour of the Levant Company.

February 1644

• 1 February, 1643/4 Ordinance for the present recruiting and payment of the army under the immediate command of the Lord General.
• 5 February, 1643/4 Ordinance for the defence of Poole, Plymouth, and Lyme.
• 5 February, 1643/4 Ordinance enjoining the taking of the late Solemn League and Covenant throughout the kingdom of England and the Dominion of Wales: with instructions.
• 13 February, 1643/4 Ordinance for Sir Thomas Middleton to raise forces within the counties of Flint, Denbigh, Montgomery, Merioneth, Carnarvon, and Anglesey.
• 16 February, 1643/4 Ordinance for appointing for a period not exceeding three months, a Committee of both Houses to join with the Committee and Commissioners of Scotland, for the better managing the affairs of both nations, in accordance with the late Covenant and Treaty.
• 17 February, 1643/4 Ordinance for raising a new loan and assessment in the County of Middlesex for the defence of the county and of the Cities of London and Westminster and for the preservation of Uxbridge.
• 22 February, 1643/4 Ordinance for taking and receiving the accounts of the whole Kingdom.
• 26 February, 1643/4 Ordinance for the free importation of Bullion (cf. Ordinance August 26, 1643.)
• 26 February, 1643/4 Ordinance for Excise money raised in Hull to be employed for that Garrison.
• 27 February, 1643/4 Ordinance empowering the Lord Fairfax to remove scandalous ministers in Yorkshire and replace them by able, learned and godly divines.
• 27 February, 1643/4 Ordinance empowering the Lord Fairfax and Sir Thomas Fairfax to press soldiers in Yorkshire.
• 27 February, 1643/4 Ordinance for selling all ships and goods taken by reprisal and belonging to the State.
• 29 February, 1643/4 Order for Reformado officers to be paid out of customs on currants.

March 1644

• 4 March, 1643/4 Ordinance to regulate the Duty on Tobacco for one year (cf. Ord. December 23, 1643).
• 5 March, 1643/4 Ordinance concerning the repayment of money to the Merchant Adventurers. (cf. 7 Oct., 1643.)
• 5 March, 1643/4 Ordinance for paying the army under Lord Fairfax by means of a sum owed to the Merchant Adventurers, the repayment of which was postponed by the preceding Ordinance.
• 7 March, 1643/4 Ordinance for upholding the Government and Fellowship of merchants of England trading into the Levant Seas.
• 19 March, 1643/4 Further Ordinance empowering the Levant Company to import currants. (cf. Ord. 26 Aug., 1642, and 30 Jan., 1643–4.)
• 21 March, 1643/4 Order for Free Trade to Sunderland and Blithe and to carry corn for our Brethren of Scotland.
• 26 March, 1644 Ordinance (amending that of 1st Feb., 1643–4) for the speedy completing and maintaining of the army under the immediate command of the Earl of Essex.
• 26 March, 1644 Ordinance providing that inhabitants of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Hamlets of the Tower, Borough of Southwark, and other places within the lines of Communication, and Weekly Bills of Mortality, shall contribute the value of one meal in the week for the auxiliary forces now being raised. (Ordinance of the Weekly Meal.)
• 26 March, 1644 Ordinance empowering Sir William Brereton to take subscriptions and command forces in the County of Chester and adjacent parts.
• 30 March, 1644 Ordinance for raising and maintaining 3,000 Foot, 1,200 Horse, and 500 Dragoons to be commanded by Sir William Waller as Serjeant Major General of the forces under the Earl of Essex and of all other forces in the associated counties of Southampton, Surrey, Sussex, and Kent.

April 1644

• 2 April, 1644 Ordinance for the defence of the town of Northampton.
• 3 April, 1644 Ordinance to raise £20,000 by loan to enable Sir William Waller to follow up his victory over Hopton.
• 3 April, 1644 Ordinance for the making of salt petre to continue for two years from the 25th March, 1655, of.
• 8 April, 1644 Ordinance for the better observation of the Lord's Day.
• 8 April, 1644 Ordinance for felling 600 Timber Trees in His Majesty's Forest of Waltham for the use of the Navy.
• 8 April, 1644 Ordinance continuing for a year the rates and charges of Excise and new Impost expressed in the Ordinance of 11th September, 1643.
• 16 April, 1644 Ordinance (removing an exemption in that of 2nd October, 1643) permitting the felling of timber trees in the woods of several Delinquents for the use of the Navy.
• 16 April, 1644 Ordinance empowering the Committee of Both Kingdoms to prepare, by Friday, 26th April, 1644, Propositions for a safe and well grounded peace.
• 17 April, 1644 Ordinance continuing for four months the Ordinance regarding the defence of Hertfordshire, dated 18th December, 1643.
• 25 April, 1644 Ordinance extending (up to Wednesday, 1st May) the time for preparing Propositions for a Peace (cf. Ord. of 16th April).

May 1644

• 9 May, 1644 Ordinance concerning Escheators.
• 9 May, 1644 Further Ordinance for the demolition of monuments of Idolatry and Superstition in Churches (cf. Ord. 26th August, 1643).
• 9 May, 1644 Ordinance empowering the Committee of the Militia of the City of London to send auxiliaries to Sir William Waller and the Earl of Essex.
• 10 May, 1644 Ordinance for raising and maintaining Horse and Foot for the garrison of Gloucester, and for the counties of Gloucester, Hereford, Monmouth, Glamorgan, Brecknock and Radnor.
• 13 May, 1644 Ordinance for the maintenance of the forces of the Eastern Association under the command of the Earl of Manchester.
• 15 May, 1644 Ordinance giving relief from prejudice and inconvenience caused by the stoppage and delay of Writs of Error and ordering that such Writs shall be sealed with the Great Seal.
• 21 May, 1644 Ordinance for paying monies to Sir Thomas Middleton for the furtherance of the public service in North Wales.
• 23 May, 1644 Ordinance (following the temporary Ordinance of February 16, 1643–4) appointing a Committee of both Houses to join with the Committees and Commissioners of Scotland, for the better managing the affairs of both nations, in accordance with the late Covenant and Treaty.
• 25 May, 1644 Ordinance for the better execution of the former Ordinances for the sequestration of the estates of Delinquents and Papists.
• 28 May, 1644 Ordinance for the Excise of Hull to be paid to Lord Fairfax for support of the Garrison there.
• 28 May, 1644 Ordinance enabling the Solicitor General to perform the duties of the Attorney General during his absence.
• 28 May, 1644 Ordinance for repayment to Captain William Edwards the moneys due to him for the service of the State, and for his better enabling to proceed in the said service.

June 1644

• 3 June, 1644 Ordinance to prevent the embezzlement of Prizes taken by the Fleet and concerning the payment of Prize money.
• 5 June, 1644 Ordinance for the repayment of £22,000 to be advanced for the navy.
• 10 June, 1644 Ordinance for associating the counties of Pembroke, Caermarthen, and Cardigan.
• 10 June, 1644 Ordinance appointing Serjeant Major General Richard Browne to command the forces in the counties of Oxford, Bucks and Berks, for the reduction Oxford.
• 13 June, 1644 Ordinance for raising monies for maintenance of the Forces in the county of Salop.
• 15 June, 1644 Ordinance continuing for four months the Ordinance of 30th March, 1644, for the association of the counties of Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire. (cf. Ord. of 4th Nov., 1643.)
• 15 June, 1644 Ordinance that certain persons within the City of London and the parts adjacent who cannot themselves bear arms are to find substitutes and arm for the Militia of London.
• 18 June, 1644 Ordinance empowering the Committee of the Militia of the City of London to send forces to serve under Major General Browne in the counties of Oxon, Bucks and Berks.
• 22 June, 1644 Ordinance for the payment of the armies of the Lord General and Sir William Waller.
• 25 June, 1644 Ordinance appointing members of Committee in the counties of Oxon, Bucks and Berks to put in execution ordinances for the raising of money and forces in these counties.
• 29 June, 1644 Ordinance excluding members of either House of Parliament that have deserted the Parliament and adhered to its enemies.

July 1644

• 1 July, 1644 Ordinance appointing members of Committees to execute several Ordinances of Parliament in the counties of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, the cities of Bristol and the Town and County of Poole.
• 3 July, 1644 Ordinance for defending the counties of the Eastern Association by the better regulation of the Trained Bands and by raising new forces of horse and foot.
• 8 July, 1644 Ordinance creating new Excise duties upon alum, copperas, hats, silks, stuffs, hops, saffron and starch, &c.
• 10 July, 1644 Ordinance (explaining Ordinance of February 22, 1643–4) for taking and receiving the accounts of the Kingdom.
• 10 July, 1644 Ordinance to raise £3,000 for the Forces in Lancashire.
• 10 July, 1644 Ordinance for settling the Militia for the defence of the county of Leicester.
• 12 July, 1644 Ordinance for raising a standing army of 10,000 foot and 3,050 horse in the eastern and southern counties to be ready to march on July 20th and to continue only for two months.
• 15 July, 1644 Ordinance for raising forces for the defence of the county of Wilts and the garrison of Malmesbury.
• 15 July, 1644 Ordinance for the defence of the Isle of Wight; to continue for four months only.
• 19 July, 1644 Ordinance for pressing 1,000 soldiers in London to serve under Major-General Browne, and for levying 500 soldiers in each of the counties of Bucks, Berks, and Oxon.
• 19 July, 1644 Ordinance for regulating the proceedings of the Committee of both Kingdoms.
• 20 July, 1644 Ordinance for the provision of turf and peat for the cities and suburbs of London and Westminster.

August 1644

• 2 August, 1644 Ordinance for Captain Richard Swanley to land forces in Wales for the assistance of Major General Langharne.
• 3 August, 1644 Ordinance for the disposition of monies from the additional Excise (c.f. Ord. of 8th July, 1644) in payment of handicraftsmen and for other purposes.
• 3 August, 1644 Ordinance for the better regulation of the Excise of Flesh within the cities of London and Westminster, suburbs and lines of communication.
• 7 August, 1644 Ordinance for establishing and maintaining a garrison in the town of Lyme Regis.
• 7 August, 1644 Ordinance for the Commissioners of Excise to repay themselves £10,000 advanced to the Lord General.
• 9 August, 1644 Ordinance for continuing (until both Houses give a contrary order) the Ordinance of 18th Dec. 1643 with regard to Hertfordshire.
• 10 August, 1644 Ordinance securing for four months longer the payment of interest on £10,000 lent by the Merchant Adventurers for the army under Sir William Waller.
• 16 August, 1644 Ordinance for the establishment of Martial Law within the Cities of London and Westminster and the lines of communication.
• 19 August, 1644 Ordinance for associating the counties of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, and the Cities of Bristol and Exeter, and the town and county of Poole, for the defence thereof (cf. Ord. July 1, 1644.)
• 21 August, 1644 Ordinance for the Commissioner of Excise to advance £10,000 for the army of Sir William Waller. (cf. Ord. 5th March 1643–4, and 10th August 1644.)
• 4 August, 1644 Ordinance for a duty on Herrings to pay the expense of the convoy for protecting the Fishermen from pirates.
• 29 August, 1644 Ordinance amending that of 16th August for the establishment of Martial Law.
• 30 August, 1644 Ordinance amending that of November 30th (December 1st) 1643 by permitting foreign ships to remove their own property from ports in hostility to Parliament, but prohibiting trade with such ports (while permitting it with other ports in the Kingdom.)
• 31 August, 1644 Ordinance establishing rules for the Commissioners and Auditors of Excise and others employed in the collection of Excise.

September 1644

• 3 September, 1644 Ordinance for Mr. Hoyle, a Member of the House of Commons, to be Mayor of York, until an election can be lawfully made.
• 13 September, 1644 Ordinance appointing Henry Brooke High Sheriff of Chester, and regulating the administration of justice now obstructed in that county.
• 14 September, 1644 Ordinance securing to Nathan Wright, Francis Lenthall, and George Henly, merchants, the sum of £5,000 lent by them for the defence of Plymouth, Poole, and Lyme Regis.
• 23 September, 1644 Ordinance increasing import and export duties by one-tenth part for six months for the relief of Plymouth.
• 23 September, 1644 Ordinance for raising Horse and Foot for the reduction of the County of Worcester.
• 27 September, 1644 Ordinance to moderate the Excise on Aqua Vitae or strong waters.
• 28 September, 1644 Ordinance continuing that of 31st August, 1644, containing rules for the collection of Excise for one year from 11th September, 1644.
• 30 September, 1644 Ordinance for raising 1,100 horse for the Earl of Essex.
• 30 September, 1644 Ordinance for paying the forces under Sir Thomas Middleton by means of £3,000 given for the repair of St. Paul's.

October 1644

• 1 October, 1644 Ordinance for the Lord General and all other commanders, to give obedience to the instruction of the Committee of both Kingdoms.
• 2 October, 1644 Ordinance for maintaining the Forces in the counties of the Eastern Association under the Earl of Manchester, by a weekly payment in the same counties, for four months from 1st September, 1644.
• 2 October, 1644 Ordinance for a weekly assessment of the City and of the County of Gloucester.
• 4 October, 1644 Ordinance for sending five regiments of Trained Bands and auxiliaries from London to join the Earl of Manchester and Sir William Waller.
• 4 October, 1644 Ordinance for assigning certain monies, levied by the Ordinance of 26th March, 1644, to Sir William Erle for the provision of a Train of Artillery for the Lord General.
• 4 October, 1644 Ordinance for the Ordination of Ministers pro tempore according to the Directory for Ordination, with the rules from the Directory.
• 12 October, 1644 Ordinance for the speedy raising of monies in the Cities of London and Westminster and adjacent parts for the maintenance of forces sent for the present expedition.
• 12 October, 1644 Ordinance for a weekly assessment in Northamptonshire for six months from the 9th September, 1644.
• 14 October, 1644 Ordinance for raising money in the seven counties of the Eastern Association for the regiment of Lieut.-General Cromwell.
• 18 October, 1644 Ordinance concerning the Excise at Southampton, ordering that it be entered in the receipts of the Commissioners of Excise at London (cf. Ordinance 28th November, 1643, 11th September, and 8th April, 1644).
• 18 October, 1644 Ordinance for an assessment throughout England and Wales, for the relief of the British Army in Ireland, to continue for twelve months from 1st September, 1644.
• 24 October, 1644 Ordinance for the Redemption of the Captives at Algiers.
• 24 October, 1644 Ordinance forbidding the giving of quarter to any Irishman or Papist born in Ireland who shall be taken in Hostility against the Parliament either upon the Sea or in England and Wales.
• 25 October, 1644 Ordinance, amending that of 17th February, 1643–4, for the defence of the County of Middlesex, giving additional powers for regulating Trained Bands, raising Forces, etc. To continue in force for six months and no longer.

November 1644

• 4 November, 1644 Ordinance for the fining and banishment of Edmund Waller.
• 4 November, 1644 Ordinance for the speedy constituting of Sir Nathaniel Brent Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, for the Probate of Wills and granting of Letters of Administration.
• 7 November, 1644 Ordinance for the erection of forts against the garrison of Crowland, by the Associated Counties under the Earl of Manchester, along with the County of Northampton.
• 8 November, 1644 Ordinance for the due payment of Tithes and other such Duties according to the Laws and Customs of this Realm.
• 14 November, 1644 Ordinance for paying £5,000 out of the Excise for the Lord General's army.
• 14 November, 1644 Ordinance amending Ordinance of 14th January, 1642, and permitting trade with Newcastle and Tynemouth.
• 16 November, 1644 Ordinance, to free from all assessments and charges the possessions and goods of the Hospitals of St. Bartholomew, Bridwell, St. Thomas, and Bethlem.
• 26 November, 1644 Ordinance for Free Trade with the plantations in New England.
• 26 November, 1644 Ordinance to fell timber in Delinquents' Estates in Sussex and Hants for the repair of the fortifications in Plymouth.

December 1644

• 2 December, 1644 Ordinance for raising £66,666 13s. 4d., by way of Loan, for the better enabling of our Brethren of Scotland for our assistance and defence.
• 3 December, 1644 Ordinance for the raising of money to pay the Fortifications and Guards, and for other necessary uses, for the safety of the Cities of London and Westminster and the parts adjacent.
• 5 December, 1644 Ordinance for the continuance for one month of the Ordinance for Martial Law within the Cities of London and Westminster, or the Lines of Communication (cf. Ordinance 16th August, 1644, and 16th September, 1644).
• 6 December, 1644 Ordinance continuing for a year from 9th January, 1644–5, the Excise of Flesh-Victuals and Salt (cf. Ord. 9th January, 1643–4, and 3rd August, 1644).
• 7 December, 1644 Ordinance for payment for the provision of Saltpetre and Ammunition.
• 8 December, 1644 Ordinance for the relief of certain widows of officers and soldiers, who are in extreme want.
• 12 December, 1644 Ordinance amending that of 7th December for payment for ammunition.
• 13 December, 1644 Ordinance continuing for six months the Ordinance of 15th July, 1644, for the defence of the Isle of Wight.
• 13 December, 1644 Ordinance ordaining certain ministers in the County of Lancaster, and forbidding the preaching of unordained ministers.
• 17 December, 1644 Ordinance for a new Duchy Seal of the County Palatine of Lancaster.
• 19 December, 1644 Ordinance to observe the Monthly Fast, especially on the day which heretofore was called The Feast of the Nativity of Our Saviour.
• 23 December, 1644 Ordinance securing £10,000 to the Merchant Adventurers, payment being delayed six months longer. (cf. Ord. of 10th August, 1644).
• 23 December, 1644 Ordinance for the appropriation by the Commissioners of Excise of the £10,000, payment of which to the Merchant Adventurers is postponed by the foregoing Ordinance.
• 26 December, 1644 Ordinance for bringing in the arrears of the Monthly Assessment, formerly charged upon the Cities of London and Westminster, and all other Parishes and Places within the Line of Communication and County of Middlesex (cf. Ord. 26th March, 1644, and 4th October, 1644).

1645

• 4 January, 1644/5 Ordinance for taking away the Book of Common Prayer and putting in Execution the Directory for the Public Worship of God.
• 4 January, 1644/5 Ordinance for the Attainder of the William Laud, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
• 7 January, 1644/5 Order for paying the Guards employed in the defence of the River Thames.
• 8 January, 1644/5 Ordinance (amending the Attainder passed on January 4th) directing the beheading of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
• 13 January, 1644/5 Ordinance to sequester Delinquents' Estates in Essex for the benefit of the said county.
• 28 January, 1644/5 Ordinance empowering the Commissioners of both Houses to join with the Commissioners of the Parliament of Scotland to treat with the King's Commissioners at Uxbridge.
• 28 January, 1644/5 Ordinance to continue up to the 11th December, 1645 , the Duty for the relief of the Captives at Algiers, amending Ordinances of 24th October, 1644.
• 29 January, 1644/5 Ordinance continuing the Ordinance touching the Excise or new Impost up to the 1st April, 1646 (a subsequent order dated 3rd February, 1644–5, postponed the expiration of the Ordinance till the 11th September, 1646), cf. Ordinance of 31st August, 1644.
• 31 January, 1644/5 Ordinance for the Commissioners of both Kingdoms, or any ten of them, to treat with the King's Commissioners, amending Ordinance of January 28th.
• 3 February, 1644/5 Ordinance for the Commissioners of the Excise to re-imburse themselves £14,000 advanced for the armies of the Lord General.
• 10 February, 1644/5 Order for the use of the Seal of the Duchy of Lancaster in accordance with the Ordinance of December 17, 1644, together with the Oath of the Sheriff of Lancaster.
• 17 February, 1644/5 Ordinance for raising and maintaining of Forces for the Defence of the Kingdom under Sir Thomas Fairfax, who is constituted and ordained Commander-in-Chief (i.e. Ordinance for the New Model Army.)
• 19 February, 1644/5 Ordinance to prevent fraudulent entries of Excisable Commodities and to empower the Commissioners of Excise to punish offenders against the Ordinance of 11th September, 1643.
• 20 February, 1644/5 Ordinance continuing the Ordinances of July, 1642, 21st January, 1642–3, and 18th September, 1643, for the subsidy of Tonnage and Poundage and a Book of rates, and repealing the Ordinances of 26th August, 1642, and 19th January, 1642–3, against the importation of Currants. (cf. Ord.)
• 21 February, 1644/5 Ordinances for the raising and levying for four months of the monthly sum of £21,000 for the maintenance of the Scottish Army under the Earl of Leven, by a monthly assessment of Ordinances.
• 21 February, 1644/5 Ordinance for Samuel Avery, Richard Bateman, Charles Lloyd, Christopher Pack, and Walter Boothby to be Commissioners of the Customs.
• 21 February, 1644/5 Ordinance for pressing mariners up to 1st January, 1645 –6.
• 21 February, 1644/5 Ordinance for the Commissioners of the Excise to repay themselves £4,000 advanced for the Lord General's army, and £1,000 advanced for the Earl of Callander's army.
• 21 February, 1644/5 Ordinance for raising money in Northamptonshire for the Garrison of Northampton, for six months from the 24th February 1644–5.
• 22 February, 1644/5 Order for all officers and soldiers to repair to their colours, upon pain of death, within forty-eight hours after notice of this Ordinance.
• 22 February, 1644/5 Ordinance for impressing soldiers for the army of Sir Thomas Fairfax; to continue in force for nine months.
• 28 February, 1644/5 Ordinance to empower the Committee of the Militia of London to compel certain persons to find arms and raise horse for the service of the Parliament, and to authorise the Committee to search for Papists; to continue in force for six months. (cf. Ordinance.)
• 3 March, 1644/5 Ordinance to raise money by a monthly rate in the County of Essex, for the defence of the county; to continue till 1st December, 1645 . (cf. Ordinances.)
• 11 March, 1644/5 Ordinance empowering Sir Thomas Fairfax to appoint his inferior officers.
• 13 March, 1644/5 Order for the printing of the Directory, and forbidding its being reprinted without authorising it.
• 14 March, 1644/5 Ordinance for providing draught horses for the carriage of the train of artillery to the army under Sir Thomas Fairfax and for payment of coat and conduct money.
• 15 March, 1644/5 Ordinance for continuing and paying the Kentish regiment at Plymouth.
• 15 March, 1644/5 Ordinance for the appropriation of one-third part of the customs upon currants to the use of the garrison at Gloucester, in accordance with the Ordinance of February 21, 1644–5.
• 29 March, 1645 Ordinance empowering the Committee of the Militia of the City of London to impress men under the Ordinance of February 27, 1644–5.
• 31 March, 1645 Ordinance for securing the £80,000 advanced by and under the eight treasurers hereafter named; and for the more orderly receiving and issuing the monies of the taxes levied by the Ordinance of February 15, 1644–5, for the maintenance of the forces under Sir Thomas Fairfax.
• 1 April, 1645 Ordinance giving full powers as Commander-inChief to Sir Thomas Fairfax. (cf. Ord. February 15, 1644–5.)
• 2 April, 1645 Ordinance to abolish a custom of scrambling for cakes on Easter Day in Twickenham Parish Church.
• 3 April, 1645 Ordinance for raising monies in the County of Lincoln for the defence of the county, from January 1, 1644–5, to July 1, 1645 .
• 3 April, 1645 Ordinance discharging members of both Houses from all offices, both military and civil (Selfdenying Ordinance).
• 4 April, 1645 Ordinance empowering the Committee of the London Militia to impress soldiers and send them to Maidenhead.
• 5 April, 1645 Ordinance for an oath to be tendered to those who come from the King's quarters into the protection of the Parliament.
• 11 April, 1645 Ordinance to exempt the University of Cambridge from assessments, taxes and charges.
• 12 April, 1645 Ordinance for paying the garrisons of Poole and Weymouth for six months out of the Excise.
• 12 April, 1645 Ordinance for charging £8,000 upon the Excise fo new ships.
• 14 April, 1645 Ordinance to prevent frauds upon the Customs by giving the Commissioners power to search for prohibited goods.
• 8 April, 1645 Ordinance amending that of 2nd August, 1644, permitting an allowance out of the Excise on Hampshire for the Portsmouth garrison.
• 19 April, 1645 Ordinance to continue for twelve months the Ordinance of 25th October, 1644, for the militia of the County of Middlesex.
• 19 April, 1645 Ordinance appointing a Committee of the Lords and Commons to execute the duties of the Lord High Admiral of England and of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
• 23 April, 1645 Ordinance for maintaining preaching ministers in the northern parts of the Kingdom out of the respective possessions of the Deans and Chapters of York, Durham and Carlisle.
• 23 April, 1645 Ordinance settling Mr. Goodwin in the Vicarage of Watford and Dr. Burges in the Public Lecture of St. Paul's, London.
• 23 April, 1645 Ordinance appointing a Committee with powers to execute Martial Law in the County of Kent.
• 24 April, 1645 Ordinance (amending that of 17th February, 1644 –5) for the punishment of impressed soldiers who forsake their colours.
• 26 April, 1645 Ordinance prohibiting preaching by laymen (cf Ord.)
• 26 April, 1645 Ordinance amending that of 23rd December, 1644, securing £10,000 to the Merchant Adventurers who have agreed to postpone the repayment for nine months longer.
• 29 April, 1645 Ordinance for relieving maimed soldiers out of the monies raised in the counties of the Eastern Association.
• 3 May, 1645 Ordinance for a Committee to reside with the Army in Ireland to be continued for eight months.
• 3 May, 1645 Ordinance empowering members of the Committee of Both Kingdoms to grant commissions in the army to persons recommended by the Committee of the Western Association.
• 6 May, 1645 Ordinance freeing the Vintners (with certain exceptions) from any demand concerning the imposition of forty shillings per tun on wine.
• 6 May, 1645 Ordinance to prevent the importation by foreigners of whale oil, fins or gills, commonly called whalebone.
• 7 May, 1645 Ordinance for raising money out of Delinquents, Estates for the maintenance of Horse and Foot for the garrison of Gloucester and for the counties of Gloucester, Hereford, Monmouth, Glamorgan, Brecknock, and Radnor.
• 9 May, 1645 Ordinance against stealing children, with order for search in vessels and ships, and for the publication of the Ordinance.
• 9 May, 1645 Ordinance for envoys to be sent to Flanders to negotiate for the merchant ships stayed there, and to prevent cruisers used against the ships of the Parliament from being protected in Flemish ports.
• 10 May, 1645 Ordinance (amending those of 8 July and 3 August 1644) for pay of waggoners, soldiers, and their widows.
• 10 May, 1645 Ordinance for the Committee of the three counties of Oxon, Bucks, and Berks to raise money by voluntary subscription for additional forces under Major-General Browne, for the reduction of Oxford.
• 10 May, 1645 Ordinance continuing General Cromwell in his command for forty days notwithstanding the Ordinance of 3rd April, 1645 .
• 22 May, 1645 Ordinance empowering Treasurers to receive arrears due under the Ordinance of 3rd August 1643.
• 24 May, 1645 Order for a collection in the Cities of London and Westminster and adjoining parts for the relief of the distressed inhabitants of Taunton.
• 24 May, 1645 Ordinance appointing Colonel Massey to command in chief the Forces of the Western Association.
• 26 May, 1645 Order for disfranchising the Mayor and others of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and putting others in their places.
• 26 May, 1645 Ordinance for a monthly assessment in Derbyshire to maintain the forces for the defence of the county; to continue from 1st May to 1st December 1645 .
• 30 May, 1645 Ordinance for the execution of Martial Law in Plymouth.
• 30 May, 1645 Ordinance (continuing for four months that of 15th March 1644–5) for the retention of the Kentish Regiment in Plymouth.
• 4 June, 1645 Ordinance amending that of 26th August 1643 for the recovery of ships, &c., from the sea, and protecting the inventors of the method employed
• 5 June, 1645 Ordinance for the raising and impressing of men within the Western Association.
• 6 June, 1645 Ordinance appointing a Committee for the better regulation of the Excise.
• 7 June, 1645 Ordinance continuing for six months the Ordinance of 13th July 1644, for the safety of the Isle of Wight.
• 7 June, 1645 Ordinance appointing a Committee to execute Martial Law in Kent; to continue for six months.
• 10 June, 1645 Ordinance empowering the Committee for the county of Southampton to put into execution all Ordinances of Parliament for levying money and raising forces for the safety of the county.
• 11 June, 1645 Ordinance authorizing Sir Thomas Fairfax to impress men in any place which his army passes through: to continue for one month.
• 12 June, 1645 Ordinance for the more speedy collection of monies in arrear, formerly imposed upon the Bill of £400,000, the Ordinance for the Fifty Subsidies, Weekly Assessment, and Weekly Meal, within the City of London, and liberties thereof (cf. Ordinances 4 March 1642, 18 August 1643 and 26 March 1644).
• 13 June, 1645 Ordinance empowering the Committee for Scots Affairs at Goldsmiths' Hall to manage the Ordinance of February 20th (?) 1644–5 for the raising of money for the Scottish Army.
• 18 June, 1645 Order continuing Lieutenant-General Cromwell's command as Lieutenant-General of the Horse for three months from the end of the forty days granted to him by the Ordinance of May 10th.
• 20 June, 1645 Ordinance for raising £31,000 for the Scots Army in accordance with the Ordinance of February 20, 1644–5.
• 20 June, 1645 Ordinance for associating the counties of York, Lancaster, Nottingham, Bishopric of Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmoreland (the Northern Association) and for raising monthly assessments therein.
• 21 June, 1645 Ordinance to raise money in Rutlandshire for the defence of the county.
• 26 June, 1645 Ordinance continuing for three months from its expiration the Ordinance of June 10 giving power to Sir Thomas Fairfax to press men.
• 27 June, 1645 Ordinance to prevent Desertion from Sir Thomas Fairfax's army by the execution of Martial Law upon delinquents.
• 27 June, 1645 An additional Ordinance for the better taking and expediting the Account of the whole Kingdom.
• 1 July, 1645 Ordinance appointing a Committee of Both Houses to manage the affairs of Ireland.
• 1 July, 1645 Ordinance for raising £20,000 for the reduction of Oxford.
• 1 July, 1645 Ordinance to put the County of Surrey in a posture of defence by regulating Trained Bands and other forces, and paying such Foot as belong to the garrison of Farnham Castle. (cf., Ord. 27 July, 1643.)
• 7 July, 1645 Ordinance continuing for twelve months the Ordinance of 28th January 1644–5 for the relief of the captives at Algiers.
• 9 July, 1645 Ordinance concerning the Bonds taken for the imposition of one per cent. for the redemption of the captives at Algiers.
• 10 July, 1645 Ordinance for raising 500 Horse in the counties of the Eastern Association by sums charged upon the Excise.
• 17 July, 1645 Ordinance confirming Sir Henry Vane, jun., in his post as Treasurer of the Navy. (cf. Ord. 8 Aug. 1642, and the Self-denying Ordinance.)
• 18 July, 1645 Ordinance for the relief of the counties of Oxon, Bucks, Berks, and Southampton.
• 24 July, 1645 Ordinance to collect the arrears of assessment in the county of Middlesex and the cities of London and Westminster and parts adjacent, in accordance with the Ordinance of 4th October 1644 for the provision of a new Train of Artillery,
• 21 July, 1645 Ordinance for raising £5,000 out of the Excise for the reduction of Winchester and Basing.
• 28 July, 1645 Ordinance appointing Commissioners of Both Houses to go to Scotland to treat and conclude divers matters concerning the peace of Both Kingdoms.
• 29 July, 1645 Ordinance appointing Commissioners to take accounts in the northern counties.
• 1 August, 1645 Ordinance for the continued assessment of the County of Northampton.
• 2 August, 1645 Ordinance for the payment, out of the Excise, of £8,000 to certain English, Scotch, and other Officers, £1,000 for the Train of Artillery, and £4,000 for the reduced Horse and Foot Reformadoes late under the Earl of Essex.
• 5 August, 1645 Ordinance to raise 1,000 men under Major General Browne for the reduction of Oxford.
• 6 August, 1645 Ordinance to raise £2,800 a month in Lincolnshire till Newark and Belvoir are reduced.
• 12 August, 1645 Ordinance for raising money in the Counties of the Eastern Association for the reduction of Newark.
• 12 August, 1645 Ordinance continuing Lieutenant General Cromwell in his command for three months from the expiry of the Ordinance of the 18th June.
• 12 August, 1645 Ordinance pledging the public faith for the repayment of the monies raised by the Ordinance for the Twentieth Part, and the Twenty and Fifth Part.
• 12 August, 1645 Ordinance for the defence of the Isle of Ely.
• 13 August, 1645 Ordinance continuing for six months the Ordinance of 15th February, 1644–5.
• 15 August, 1645 Ordinance empowering the Committee of the London Militia to search for Papists or other persons coming from the King's quarters to London, with the authority given by the Ordinance of the 27th February, 1644–6.
• 15 August, 1645 Ordinance continuing for six months the Ordinance of 18th October, 1644, for a weekly assessment for the army in Ireland.
• 15 August, 1645 Ordinance continuing for four months the Ordinance of 20th February, 1644–5, for the raising and levying of the monthly sum of £21,000 for the Scottish army.
• 19 August, 1645 Ordinance regulating the election of elders and the membership of the classical, provincial and national assembly.
• 19 August, 1645 Ordinance continuing for the next herring season the Ordinance of 26th August, 1644, imposing a duty on Herrings for the expense of a convoy to protect the Fishery.
• 23 August, 1645 Ordinance for paying £10,000 out of the Excise for maintaining the supernumerary forces of Horse and Foot in Yorkshire.
• 26 August, 1645 Ordinance confirming that of 3rd January, 1644–5, for establishing the Directory of Public Worship with a more effectual method of putting it into execution.
• 26 August, 1645 Ordinance to continue for six months the Ordinances of 10th May, 1643, and 1st July, 1644, for weekly assessments in the counties of the Western Association.
• 28 August, 1645 Ordinance for an election of scholars to Eton College.
• 29 August, 1645 Ordinance to pay £2,000 out of the Excise for the forces in Lancashire.
• 29 August, 1645 Ordinance to raise money in Lancashire and to appoint a Committee for the defence of the county.
• 2 September, 1645 Ordinance for paying £50,000 out of the Excise for the army of Sir Thomas Fairfax.
• 3 September, 1645 Ordinance to raise monies in the Eastern Association for the maintenance and pay of the garrisons at Newport Pagnell, Bedford, Lynn Regis, and other places in these counties.
• 9 September, 1645 Ordinance for raising 500 Horse and 5,000 Dragoons by the Committee of the London Militia.
• 9 September, 1645 Ordinance prohibiting the benefit of the fifth part of a Delinquent's estate to any wife or child of a Delinquent who may come from the King's quarters, and to any child of a Delinquent not brought up in the Protestant Faith.
• 11 September, 1645 Ordinance appointing Thomas Falconberg Comptroller of the Excise of the City of London, and William Bond auditor of all Excise and New Impost within the Kingdom.
• 16 September, 1645 Ordinance repeating that of 19th February, 1644–5, and making other provisions for ensuring the observance of the Excise Ordinance of 16th September, 1643.
• 16 September, 1645 Ordinance rendering void all warrants and commissions issued in His Majesty's name to Captain George Carteret as Governor of Jersey.
• 19 September, 1645 Ordinance (to continue for six months) authorising the Committee for the Western Association to settle difference between the Committees, officers, and soldiers, and to regulate abuses in Wiltshire.
• 23 September, 1645 Ordinance to the collection of monies in arrear in the county of Essex, for the payment of the army late under the command of the Earl of Manchester.
• 23 September, 1645 Ordinance for the employment for two months of the 800 Horse in Lincolnshire, raised by the Eastern Association.
• 23 September, 1645 Ordinance for the gathering of all Arrears in the County of Essex, of the fifth and twentieth parts of men's estates, and the weekly Assessment for raising and maintaining of the army late under the command of the Earl of Manchester.
• 23 September, 1645 Ordinance continuing up to 29th September, 1646, the Ordinance of 23rd September, 1644, for raising money for the defence of Plymouth, with an additional provision that currants be imported under the same conditions as the other goods.
• 26 September, 1645 Ordinance confirming that of 26th May, 1643, for the payment of an annuity of £10,000 to the Earl of Essex, and providing for the payment of arrears of it.
• 27 September, 1645 An Ordinance for the further support of the British Army in Ireland (cf. Ord. 18th October, 1644).
• 4 October, 1645 Ordinance amending and continuing up to 1st January, 1645 –6 the Ordinance of 19th April, 1645 for the Committee of the Admiralty.
• 4 October, 1645 Ordinance that the accounts of the Excise shall determine on the 29th September, 1645 , and be thereafter taken quarterly, on the 25th December, 25th March, 24th June, and 20th September.
• 8 October, 1645 Ordinance to settle £8,000 per annum on the Prince Elector Palatine out of the King's revenues and Delinquents' Estates.
• 13 October, 1645 Ordinance for raising by way of loan £40,000 for the payment of the army of Sir Thomas Fairfax.
• 20 October, 1645 Ordinance concerning Church Government, with rules and directions concerning suspension from the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in cases of ignorance and scandal: with the names of the Tryers of the Ability of Elders in the Province of London.
• 23 October, 1645 Ordinance for advancing money for the payment of waggoners in the City Brigades out of the Excise.
• 28 October, 1645 Ordinance for the better security and government of the City of Bristol.
• 28 October, 1645 Ordinance (to continue for 12 months) for the relief of Leicester after its being plundered by the King's forces.
• 1 November, 1645 Ordinance for composition for Wardships and Liveries, and for signing of Bills and passing them under the Great Seal, without the King's Signature.
• 1 November, 1645 Ordinance to settle the Magistracy of Bristol.
• 4 November, 1645 Ordinance explaining that of 22nd November, 1643, for the use of the Excise of Northampton for the defence of the town (cf Ordinance 11th September, 1643).
• 4 November, 1645 Ordinance to continue for 12 months for the Ordination of Ministers (the Ordinance of 2nd October, 1644).
• 13 November, 1645 Ordinance authorising the treatment as spies, by Martial Law, of all who come from the King's Quarters and do not report themselves within ten days.
• 17 November, 1645 Ordinance amending that of 22nd October, 1645 , for the payment of waggoners.
• 18 November, 1645 Ordinance appointing a Committee of the Lords and Commons for the disposal of the revenues of the College and Collegiate Church of Westminster.
• 24 November, 1645 Ordinance disabling the judges who have deserted their places.
• 24 November, 1645 Ordinance for an additional Excise or New Impost upon lead, gold, silver, glass, oil, and woollen cloth, etc., for the payment of Artificers for arms and ammunition.
• 1 December, 1645 Ordinance for an assessment of the counties of the Eastern Association for the repayment of monies disbursed by persons in these counties.
• 3 December, 1645 Ordinance to establish a garrison at Bristol under Major General Skippon, and to authorise him to execute Martial Law within the city and garrison.
• 3 December, 1645 Ordinance to raise by way of loan £31,000 for the payment of the Scots Army (cf. Ord. 20 June, 1645 ).
• 4 December, 1645 Ordinance for pensions to the servants of the King's children.
• 6 December, 1645 Ordinance, continuing for six months the Ordinance of 7th June, 1645 , for the execution of Martial Law in Kent.
• 19 December, 1645 Ordinance for the maintenance of preaching ministers in the Northern counties.
• 29 December, 1645 Ordinance for the payment of £30,000 out of the Excise for the army of Sir Thomas Fairfax.
• 30 December, 1645 Ordinance, amending that of 17th November, 1645 , for the payment of the waggoners of the City Brigade.

1646

January 1646

• 7 January, 1645/6 Ordinance continuing until further Order that of 15th September, 1642, for the appointment of Commissioners for the Navy.
• 7 January, 1645/6 Ordinance making parochial the precinct of Covent Garden (amended 2nd February).
• 15 January, 1645/6 Ordinance continuing for nine months the Ordinance of 28th March, 1645, appointing a Committee of Lords and Commons and Treasurers at War.
• 15 January, 1645/6 Ordinance (to continue for nine months) to punish impressed men who have deserted their colours.
• 16 January, 1645/6 Ordinance empowering Colonel Thomas Morgan to execute Martial Law at Gloucester.
• 19 January, 1645/6 Ordinance enabling the Committee of the Militia for the City of London to press soldiers during the next six months.
• 19 January, 1645/6 Ordinance giving power to the Committee of Militia for the City of London to appoint SubCommittee for the better execution of various powers entrusted to them by this and previous ordinances.
• 26 January, 1645/6 Ordinance continuing Lieutenant General Cromwell in his command for six months.
• 29 January, 1645/6 Ordinance amending that of 30th November, 1643, with fresh instructions for the Committee of the Admiralty and Cinque Ports regarding reprisals.
• 31 January, 1645/6 Ordinance amending Covent Garden Ordinance.

February 1646

• 2 February, 1645/6 Ordinance to raise £30,000 by way of loan in the City in accordance with the method adopted in the Ordinance of 1st July, 1645.
• 7 February, 1645/6 Ordinance continuing for one year that of February 21, 1644–5, for impressing mariners, sailors and others for the navy.
• 7 February, 1645/6 Ordinance enabling saltpetre men to make gunpowder.
• 12 February, 1645/6 Order for judges to go on circuit as hath been accustomed.
• 13 February, 1645/6 Ordinance for the regulation of preaching in the University of Cambridge, and for the government of Trinity and other colleges.
• 14 February, 1645/6 Ordinance for payment of £3,000 out of the Excise to widows of officers, etc., of the army of the Earl of Essex.
• 18 February, 1645/6 Ordinance appointing Sir George Vane High Sheriff of the County Palatine of Durham and for regulating the arrangement for justice therein.
• 24 February, 1645/6 Ordinance for Removal of Court of Wards.
• 24 February, 1645/6 Ordinance continuing till the 20th March the Ordinance for the Northern Association with the exception of clauses dealing with the Crown revenues.
• 28 February, 1645/6 Ordinance for payment out of the Excise of £20,000 for the forces raised by the Eastern Association for the siege of Newark.

March 1646

• 2 March, 1645/6 Ordinance continuing for six months that of 3rd May, 1645, for the appointment of Commissioners in Ulster.
• 4 March, 1645/6 Order for compensation to officers of the Court of Wards and Liveries in view of its abolition.
• 4 March, 1645/6 Ordinance empowering the Governor of Henley and Reading to execute Martial Law.
• 9 March, 1645/6 Ordinance to continue for a year from the 30th April, 1646 , the Ordinance of 18th October, 1644, for a weekly assessment for the British armies in Ireland (cf. Ordinance 15th August, 1645).
• 14 March, 1645/6 Ordinance for keeping scandalous persons from the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, for the choice of elders, and for supplying defects in former Ordinances concerning church government.
• 19 March, 1645/6 Ordinance appointing Commissioners for the Heralds' Office, to prevent abuses and offences.
• 19 March, 1645/6 Ordinance appointing for six months Commissioners for the Great Seal. (cf. Ord.)
• 19 March, 1645/6 Ordinance for the payment of £20,000 out of the Excise for the forces of the Western Association under Colonel Massey.
• 20 March, 1645/6 Ordinance for the payment of £10,000 out of the Excise for the forces designed for North Wales.
• 21 March, 1645/6 Order to continue the Ordinance of October 2, 1643, appointing the Earl of Warwick Admiral and Governor of the foreign plantations, and adding commissioners to those names in the Ordinance.
• 21 March, 1645/6 Ordinance for the payment of £6,000 out of the Excise for the forces that are to pursue Sir Jacob Ashley and for those besieging Lichfield.
• 28 March, 1646 Ordinance to raise £6,000 by loan for the forces in Ireland.
• 28 March, 1646 Ordinance for the maintenance of preaching ministers in the City and County of Hereford.

April 1646

• 1 April, 1646 Order that all Papists and others who have borne arms against the Parliament should by April 3rd depart from the Cities of London and Westminster and the Lines of Communication.
• 3 April, 1646 Ordinance for the speedy establishment of a court martial within the Cities of London and Westminster and the Lines of Communication.
• 9 April, 1646 Ordinance to raise a monthly sum in the County of Derby for the payment of the Forces and other necessary defences for the public service; to continue from December 1, 1645, to August 1, 1646 , if the war should last so long.
• 16 April, 1646 Ordinance to erect a French or Walloon church in the town and port of Dover.
• 16 April, 1646 Ordinance continuing the Army Ordinance of February 15, 1644–5, from June 1, 1646 , to October 1, 1646 (cf. Ord. August 13, 1645).
• 22 April, 1646 Ordinance to reserve for the Navy timber felled for wharfing or for any public building.
• 28 April, 1646 Ordinance for the administration of the Excise from the expiry of the existing Ordinance until the 29th September, 1648.

May 1646

• 2 May, 1646 Ordinance for maintenance of ministers.
• 5 May, 1646 Order for examining the accounts of all officers who served under Lord Fairfax.
• 7 May, 1646 Ordinance continuing for an additional month and amending the Ordinance of April 1 for the removal of Papists and others beyond the Lines of Communication.
• 15 May, 1646 Ordinance for raising £10,000 by loans on the Excise for the Army in Ireland.
• 23 May, 1646 Ordinance for the raising and advancing of money for the war in Ireland in accordance with the Ordinances of 18th October, 1644, 15th August, 1645, and 9th March, 1645–6.

June 1646

• 5 June, 1646 Ordinance (to continue for three years) amending the Ordinances of 20th October, 1645, and 14th March, 1645–6, for the exclusion of improper persons from the Sacrament and for the duties of elders.
• 12 June, 1646 Ordinance appointing judges to go the Circuits.
• 17 June, 1646 Ordinance concerning the Assizes at Lancaster.
• 27 June, 1646 Ordinance for the establishment of a garrison at Kingston-upon-Hull, and for its pay, with articles for its observance.

July 1646

• 3 July, 1646 Ordinance discharging the Commissioners of Excise for the receipts of the year 11th September, 1643, to 11th September, 1644, and indemnifying them for acts done in the course of collection.
• 10 July, 1646 Ordinance extending to captives in Sally, South Barbary, or any other place, the Ordinance of 7th July, 1645, for captives in Algiers and Tunis.
• 11 July, 1646 Ordinance to expel from the Cities of London and Westminster, and from within the Lines of Communication, Papists and Irish that have adhered to the enemy.
• 22 July, 1646 Ordinance for £20,000 out of the Excise for the maintenance of the army in Ireland.

August 1646

• 4 August, 1646 Ordinance continuing till 31st August the Ordinance of December 3, 1645, for the garrison of Bristol.
• 4 August, 1646 Ordinance continuing for one month the Ordinance for the pay of the For