# Militia Act 1695, Section III


Papists and other Persons refusing to take the Oaths of I W. &M. Sess. 1. c. 8., and being charged, Lieutenant or Deputy Lieutenant may nominate Persons to set forth Horses, Arms, &c. and charge the Estates of such Persons as herein mentioned; and such Papist and other Persons refusing, &c. to pay. Lieutenant or Three Deputy Lieutenants may distrain.; Tenants paying or distrained may deduct.
And whereas Papists reputed Papists and such Persons as doe or shall refuse to take the Oaths mentioned in an Act of Parliament made in the first Yeare of the Reigne of King William and Queen Mary intituled An Act for abrogateing the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance and appointing other Oaths when lawfully tendred to them are not thought fitt to be intrusted with setting out Horses and Armes in the Militia of this Kingdome Bee itt enacted by the Authority aforesaid That where any Papist or reputed Papists or other Person refuseing to take the Oaths as aforesaid are in respect of their Estates charged or chargeable to the finding any Horse Horseman and Armes or any Foot Soldier and Armes the Lieutenant or Lieutenants or in their Absence the Deputy Lieutenants of and for the County Rideing Division or Place where such Estates doe lye or Three or more of them are hereby authorized and impowered to nominate and appoint such Persons or Persons as they shall thinke most meete and proper to furnish and sett forth one or more Horse Horsemen and Armes or Foot Soldiers and Armes for the said Estates and shall and may charge the same Estates with the Payment of the yearely Summes hereafter menc[i]oned (that is to say) For a Horse Horseman and Armes the Summe of Eight pounds And for every Foot Soldier and Armes the Summe of Thirty shillings to bee paid to the Persons that shall furnish and set forth the same And in case such Papist or reputed Papist or Person refuseing to take the Oaths as aforesaid shall neglect or refuse to pay the same upon Demand itt shall and may bee lawfull to and for the said Lieutenants or Three or more of the said Deputy Lieutenants by Warrant under theire Hands and Seales to levy the same by Distresse and Sale of the Goods of such Papist or reputed Papist or Person refuseing the Oaths as aforesaid or upon his and theire severall and respective Tenant or Tenants and the remaineing Arreares from the said Persons refuseing the Discharge thereof for the like Services already performed to be adjudged and determined by Three Deputy Lieutenants or more of them rendring the Overplus to the Party soe distrained all necessary Charge in levying thereof being first deducted And the Tenant or Tenants soe paying or distrayned on as aforesaid shall and are hereby impowred to deduct the same out of their Rents payable for the said Estates:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/7-8/16/section/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/militia-act-1695/section-III
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