AN ORDINANCE And DECLARATION OF THE LORDS and COMMONS ASSEMBLED IN PARLIAMENT.
That no Perſon within the City of London, and Liberties thereof, ſhall bee of the Common Councell, or in any Office of Truſt within the ſaid City, that hath not taken the late Solemne League and Covenant.
Die Mercurii, 20. Decemb. 1643.
ORdered by the Lords Aſsembled in Parliament, that this Ordinance bee forthwith Printed and Publiſhed.
Iohn Btowne, Cler. Parliamentor.
Decemb. 21. Printed for Iohn Wright in the Old-B•iley. 1643.
THe Lords and Commons taking into their conſideration, that the well Government and Peace of the City of London, and the Liberties therof, doth chiefly depend upon the faithfulneſſe and integrity of the perſons that have and beare the publique Offices and places of Truſt therein, And that in theſe times of trouble, more then ordinary care is to be taken, in the choice & Election of them. And that their good affection to the true Proteſtant Religion, and to the Parliament, and Peace of the City and3 Kingdome, ſhould be openly teſtified and made knowne before they be admitted unto any ſuch place or Office. And whereas by the antient Cuſtomes, and uſages of the ſaid City, thoſe of the Common-councell, and ſome other Officers of the Citie are to be choſen, at, or about the one and twenty day of this inſtant December.
The Lords and Commons doe Ordaine and Declare, That no perſon ſhall be Elected into any the ſaid offices, nor ſhall be capable thereof, nor ſhall have voyce in any ſuch Election, whoſe perſon hath bin impriſoned, or his eſtate ſequeſtered for malignancy againſt the Parliament, or that before the Election or vote in ſuch Election reſpectively, ſhall not have taken the late ſolemne League and Covenant, for reformation and defence of Religion, the honour and happineſſe of the King, and the peace and ſafety of the three Kingdomes of England, Scotland, and Ireland; and Sir Iohn Wollaſton Knight, Lord Major of the4 City of London, and the Aldermen in their ſeverall Wards, and all other perſons to whom the Election of any the ſaid officers ſhall appertaine, are hereby required to ſee this Ordinance duly put in Execution.
Ordered by the Lords in Parliament, that this Ordinance ſhall be forthwith Printed and publiſhed.
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