British Library, Hargrave MS 311
1. First vpon
and by y
& places & maner for y
w
2. Against
best endeauors by y
all
Commission ought to make agree
case of contempt, & of their estates lying aswell w
as any other Countyes of this Realme./
3. To
of
& such others as in y
true informaton herein. All w
shall send for, wee charge & Com
& giue there best assistance for this our seruice./
4. That besides these informations, yee shall instructe y
by
poore in their seuerall p
brought & shewd vnto you when yee shall yee shall req
5. In makinge y
sum
according to
generall we direct. That hee
sidy booke shall pay at least
halfe, & hee
50 l. & if att xx l. goods to pay forty pounds, & so in the
proportion./
6. If yee find any who hath a lesse proportion of reuenew in lands
yet enough to charge him according to
estate in goods or other personall estate. yee shall then haue respect
to his entire estate, both reall & personall, in making y
7. In makinge these Compositions yee may guide y
sidents w
respects to their estates & quallities: And w
for peace yee shall not make any Composition w
it being to bee presumed
their vnto./
8. For y
are to take knowledge,
att our Coronation or before, all knights who haue receiued
ord
valew although held in soccage, or though held of a Com
or of vs by a meaner tenure all who haue but an estate of
free-hold for life only are lyable to this fine./
9. If any shall refuse, or neglect to come before you
or when they are come to make agree
halfe, you shall certefie their names, & places of habitation/.
10. If any shall alledge they haue already Compounded & payde
& shall shew
if they shall alledge they are not yett returned by
or shall make any other excuse, or giue any reason for theire
discharge or refusall, you are to certefie
w
lords our Commissioners residinge here,
had thereof, such further course may be taken concerninge
them, as shalbe agreeable to law & best for our seruice. /
11. When any doth Compound w
in hand, or appoynt them a short day when to pay
w
to be our Collector, & yee shall make a certificate thereof
also particularly to our Lord Treasurer or to our Court of Ex=
chequer vnd
not being our Collector, &
fiing
vnto our receipt, w
Counties neere hand, for
Thirty days to be payd to
one of our Tellers their./
13. Yee shall certifie vs or
Lord Treasurer from tyme to tyme, of y
often as you shall haue cause & oportunity, but
it selfe to bee returned as is thereby directed./