Taxation (No. 2) Act 1627

XXX. Commissioners not thinking fit to join in one Certificate, Proceedings.

Commissioners making Default of Certificate, Process out of Exchequer against them.

And if the said Co[m]missioners for causes reasonable them moving shall thinke it not fitt to joyne in one Certificate as is aforesaid then the said p[er]son or p[er]sons that shall first joyne together or hee that shall first certifie the said writing indented as is aforesaid shall certifie all the names of the Co[m]missioners of that Co[m]mission whereuppon such writing shalbe there then to be certified with division of the Hundreds Wapentakes Wards Tythings and other places to and among such Co[m]missioners of the same Co[m]mission with the names of the said Co[m]missioners where such Separacions and Divisions shalbe with the grosse so[m]mes of mony aswell of and for the said Subsidies taxed or sett of or within the said Hundreds Wards Wapentakes or other places to him or them divided or assigned that shall soe certifie the X1 first Writings as of the Fines Amerciaments Penalties and other Forfeitures if any happen to be within the same Lymitts whereof the same writings shalbe certified And after such writings indented which as is aforesaid shalbe certified and not containe in itt the whole and full so[m]mes sett and taxed within the Lymitts of the same Co[m]mission the other Co[m]missioners of the same before the day of payment of the said Subsidie shall certifie into the said Exchequer by their writing or writings indented to be made as is aforesaid the grosse and severall so[m]mes sett and taxed within the places to them lymitted for every of the said Subsidies and other fines amerciaments penalties and forfeiture with the names of the Hundred Wards Wapentakes and other Places to them assigned or els by their said writings indented to certifie at the same place before the same day of payment such reasonable causes for their excuses why they may not make such certificate of and for the said Subsidies Fines Amerciaments and other forfeitures growing or sett by reason of the causes of their letts or of their not certifying as is aforesaid, or else in default thereof p[ro]cesse to be made out of the Kings Majesties said Exchequer against the said Co[m]missioners and every of them not making certificate as is aforesaid by the discrecion of the Treasurer and Barons of the said Exchequer.

Editorial Information

X1 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: 1 said O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]