Section II Sir Thomas Cooke, on or before 1st Sept. 1695, to discharge himself, or to discover on Oath how he has applied £10,258, Residue of the said £77,258.
Indemnity in such Case to Sir Thomas Cooke.
And bee it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That the said Sir Thomas Cooke shall on or before the First day of September One thousand six hundred ninety five either discharge himselfe upon Oath to the Commissioners appointed for stating and taking the Publick Accounts of this Kingdome of and concerning the su[m]m of Ten thousand two hundred fifty eight pounds X1residue of the said Seventy seven thousand two hundred fifty eight pounds or discover upon Oath to the said Co[m]missioners how and in what manner and to what person or persons and to what particular uses intents and purposes and on what account the said su[m]m of Ten thousand two hundred fifty eight pounds hath been distributed paid applied disposed or made use of [And in such case the said Sir Thomas Cooke shall not by reason or meanes of such discovery or dischargeing himselfe upon Oath bee liable to any action or suit of any person or persons whatsoever other then the said East-India Company nor shall such his discharging himselfe or discovery bee allowed or given in evidence against him in or upon any action or suit other then as aforesaid And alsoe shall bee and is hereby declared pardoned for any Crime hee may have been guilty off in the distribution paym[en]t. application or disposeal of the said moneys to any person X2 then to himselfe.
Annotations
Editorial notes
- X1
interlined on the Roll.
- X2
Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: other O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]