An act of Common-Councell concerning the collecting and gathering of the fifteenes granted for the necessary defences of the City of London. City of London (England). Court of Common Council. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A88441 of text R212635 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.7[4]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A88441 Wing L2851O Thomason 669.f.7[4] ESTC R212635 99871235 99871235 160986 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A88441) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160986) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f7[4]) An act of Common-Councell concerning the collecting and gathering of the fifteenes granted for the necessary defences of the City of London. City of London (England). Court of Common Council. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Richard Cotes, printer to the honourable City of London, [London] : [1643] Place and date of publication from Wing. Wing dates this Act 7 April 1643. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. A88441 R212635 (Thomason 669.f.7[4]). civilwar no An act of Common-Councell concerning the collecting and gathering of the fifteenes granted for the necessary defences of the City of London. City of London 1643 740 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion MIP blazon or coat of arms of the City of London An Act of Common-Councell concerning the Collecting and gathering of the Fifteenes Granted for the necessary Defence of the City of London . Commune Concilium tentum in Camera Guild-hall Civitatis London , septimo die Aprilis 1643 post meridiem , Annoque Regni Domini nostri Caroli , nunc Regis Angliae , &c. decimo nono , coram Isaac Pennington Majore secundo tempore Civitatis London , Jacobo Garrad Milite , Thoma Atkin , Johan . Wollaston Milite , Thoma Adams , Johan . Warner , Johan . Towse , Abraha . Reynardson , Georgio Garret Milite , Johan . Fowke , Jacobo Bunce , Willi . Gibbs , & Richardo Chambers , Aldermannis Civitatis praedictae , ac Johan . Langham , & Thoma Andrews , Aldermannis ac dicte Civitatis Vicecomit ' Necnon majore parte Communariorum de Communi Concilio ejusdem Civitatis tunc & ibidem Assemblat ' . WHEREAS at a Common Councell here holden , the three and twentyeth day of February last past , eight Fifteenes ( after the new rate ) were granted for the necessary defence of this City , and thereby Collectors are to be made , and directions given , in what manner , and to whom , and to what purpose the said Monies Collected shall be paid and issued out , as by the said Act it doth more at large appeare . And forasmuch as this Court is informed by some Members thereof , that the Collecting of the said monies is much detarded and hindered , by reason that divers Collectors conceive that they have not power to distraine for the same , in case the same be refused to be paid ; For clearing of which doubt , and furthering the Collecting of the same ; It is declared granted , and enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor , the Right Worshipfull the Aldermen his Brethren , and Commons in this Common Councell assembled , and by authority of the same : That it shall and may be lawfull to and for all and every of the Collectors of the said Fifteenes , respectively within his and their respective divisions or collections , to distraine any person or persons refusing to pay the said Fifteenes , by his , her , and their goods and Chattels , and the same to take , carry away and retaine , untill such person or persons so refusing , shall pay his or her part or portion of the said Fifteenes . And for his assistance shall ( if he or they require the same ) take unto him or them any Constable or Constables within the Parish or Ward , where any person or persons refusing shall dwell . And that all the Constables within the City of London and Liberties thereof , as well within Priviledged places as without , shall and are hereby required ( upon request of any Collector or Collectors of the said Fifteenes ) to ayde and assist such Collector or Collectors to take Distresses for default of payment of the said Fifteenes . And that it shall be lawfull to and for the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor to make a Warrant or Precept unto any Collector ( requiring the same ) to distraine the Goods and Chattels of every person or persons refusing to pay the said Fifteenes . And for the better incouragement of the said Collectors in the due executing of their duties and speedy collecting of the severall summes of Money in their severall and respective Collections ; It is granted , agreed and enacted by authority aforesaid , That if the said Collectors or any of them shall distraine the Goods and chattels of any person or persons refusing to pay the said Fifteenes , for the said monies or any part thereof by a reasonable distresse ; And that for the same , he , they , or any person or persons that doth or shall aide or assist him , them , or any of them , in taking such reasonable distresse , shall be sued or put to charges , that then such Collectors and every one of them , and all Constables and others , persons aiding and assisting them or any of them therein , shall be defended and saved harmelesse by this Court . Printed by Richard Cotes , Printer to the Honourable City of London .