Taxation Act 1640

XXIII. Recital that £50,000 had been advanced by the City of London, £50,000 by Sir John Harrison Knight, Member for the Town of Lancaster, and William Harrison Esq. Member for the Town of Queenborough in Kent.

The Repayment of the said Sums provided for out of the Subsidies together with Interest at the Rate of £8. per Cent. per Ann. Surplus of the Subsidies to be applied to the Purposes of this Act. Warrant of Commissioners & Receipt of Collectors a sufficient Discharge to the Treasurers named in this Act.

And whereas the Sum of Fifty thousand pounds hath beene laid out and advanced before hand by the Citizens of the City of London and the Sum of Fifty thousand pounds by Sir John Harrison Knight one of the Members of the House of Commons Burgesse for the Towne of Lancaster in the County Palatine of Lancaster and William Harrison Esquire Son of the said Sir John Harrison alsoe one of the Members of the House of Commons and Burgesse for the Towne of Quinborough in the County of Kent for the present supply of your Majesties Army and the releife of the Northerne Parts of this your Majesties Kingdome of England. Be it enacted by the Authority of this present Parliament That the said Sir Thomas Barrington Sir Robert Pye Arthur Capell Robert Bateman Thomas Soame Alderman and Isaac Penington Alderman nominated by the said Citizens and Sir John Harrison & William Harrison his Son and by this present Act of Parliament constituted and ordained to be Receivers of the said Subsidies shall and may satisfie pay and deliver unto the Chamber of the City of London out of the said Subsidies and Moneys by this Act appointed to be received the said Su[m]me of Fifty thousand Pounds and unto the said Sir John Harrison and William Harrison his Son the Sum of Fifty thousand Pounds Togeather with such other and further Sum and Sums of Money as the damages of and for the said Sums shall amount unto after the rate of eight pounds per centum for a yeere from the day and time that the same was laid out and advanced as aforesaid untill they shall respectively have received the said Sums so disbursed and the surplusage of the said Sums so to be received shall pay imploy and disburse for the reliefe of the Kings Army and of the Northern Counties and for payment of such person and persons as shall lend or advance any Sum or Sums of Money for the use and purposes last before menc[i]oned with theire damages in such manner and forme as Francis Earle of Bedford William Earle of Hertford Robert Earle of Essex William Earle of Salisbury Robert Earle of Warwick John Earle of Bristoll Henry Earle of Holland Thomas Earle of Berkshire Philip Lord Wharton William Lord Paget Robert Lord Brooke Edward Mountague Lord of Kimbolton John Lord Paulet Edward Howard Lord Howard of Estcrick Thomas Savill Lord Savill of Pomfret Francis Leigh Lord Dunsmore or any foure or more of them Denzill Hollis Esquire John Pymm Esquire Sir Christopher Wray Knight Sir John Hotham Baronet Thomas Lord Weynman Sir Peter Heyman Knight William Cage Esquire Henry Martin Esquire Sir Dudley North Knight Sir Thomas Bowyer Baronet Sir Edward Aiscough Knight Sir John Culpeper Knight Sir Robert Crane Knight and Baronet John Hampden Esquire Sir Edmund Mountford Sir Walter Earle Sir Arthur Ingram Knights Sir Gilbert Gerard Baronet Sir Guy Palmes Knight Samuel Owfeild Esquire William Mallory Esquire John Ashburnham Esquire Edward Kirton Esquire Sir Hugh Cholmeley Knight Harbottell Grimstone Esquire Sir Philip Stapleton Knight Sir Edward Hales Knight Sir Thomas Widdrington Knight Thomas Lord Gray Norton Knatchbull Esquire Edmund Waller Esquire Henry Lord Gray of Ruthyn or any eight or more of them and soe proportionably in such manner and quality by any one or more writing or writings under theire hands during this sitting of Parliament shall limit appoint and declare And that the Warrant or Warrants of the said Commissioners before named or of such number of them as before is expressed proportionably togeather with the acquittance and acquittances from the person or persons which shall be appointed as aforesaid by the said Commissioners or of such number of them proportionably as before is expressed for the receipt of the said Sum or Sums of money to the uses and purposes in this present Act expressed shall be a sufficient discharge to the Treasurers in this Act named for so much money as shall be comprehended in such Acquittance or Acquittances for the issuing out and payment of the said Sum and Sums of Money respectively.