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Section III Persons of the Degree of a Baron or Baroness, and above, and all other Persons as well Ecclesiastical as Temporal, Fraternities, &c. (after Payment of Debts) to pay towards the said £400,000.

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Aliens and Popish Recusants convict after Payment of Debts, to pay Double. ; One Moiety of the Money paid by Aliens or Recusants to be no Part of the said £400,000, but Surplusage Money, and disposed of for Purposes of act.; Poll Tax on Aliens and Popish Recusants convict not contributory as above, 2s. 8d. ; Master, &c. of such Alien, &c. answerable.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that as well every person of the estate of a Baron or X1a Baronesse and every estate above and all and every other person and persons born within this Realme of England Wales or other the Kings Dominions as well ecclesiasticall as temporall as all and every fraternity guild corporation mystery brotherhood and communalty corporate and not corporate as well ecclesiastical as temporall within the Realme of England Wales or other the Kings Dominions being worth three pounds as well in Coyn and the value of every pound that every such person fraternity guild corporation mysterie brotherhood and co[m]munaltie corporate or not corporate hath of his or theire owne or any other hath to his or theire use or uses as alsoe in plate stock of merchandize all manner of Corne and Grain Householdstuffe and of all other Goods moveable as well within this Realm as without and of all such su[m]ms of money as to him or them is or shall be owing whereof he or they trust in his or theire conscience surely to be paid (except and out of the p[re]misses deducted such summes of money as he or they do owe and in his or theire conscience intend truely to pay) and except alsoe the apparell of every such persons theire wives and children belonging to theire owne bodies saving jewels gold silver stone and pearle) shall pay towards the said Four hundred thousand pounds and other su[m]m and su[m]ms of money aforesaid And alsoe every Alien and Stranger born out of the Kings obeisance as well denizens as others inhabiting within this Realme and alsoe every Popish Recusant convict or which before the time of the Assesment of the su[m]m or su[m]ms of money by this present act granted shall be a Popish Recusant convict or which are or shall be indicted for popish recusancy and theire indictments either are or shall be removed by Certiorari or being not removed shall not by appearance and traverse legally be discharged before the said Assesment so to be made or (being of the age of one and twenty yeares) shall not have received the Holy Communion according to the rites of the Church of England within one whole yeare next before the said Assessment shall be made Of every pound that he or they or any other to his or theire use in trust or otherwise shall have in coyne and the value of every pound in plate corn grain merchandize houshold stuffe or other goods jewells chattells moveables and immoveable as is aforesaid as well within this Realm as without and of all su[m]ms of money to him or them owing whereof he or they trust in his or theire conscience to be paid (except and out of the p[re]misses deducted every such su[m]m and su[m]ms of money which he or they do owe and in his or theire conscience or consciences intend truly to pay) shall pay to and towards the said Foure hundred thousand pounds and other su[m]m and su[m]ms of money aforesaid a proportion double to those of the like estates being no Recusants or aliens and the moiety or one halfe of the said Recusants part to be no part of the said Foure hundred thousand pounds but surplusage money to be disposed for the uses aforesaid according to the true intent and meaning of this act. And alsoe that every Alien and Stranger born out of the Kings Dominions being denizen or not denizen not being contributary to any the rates aforesaid and being of the age of seven yeares or above and every Popish Recusant convict or which before the time of the Assesment of the severall su[m]ms of money by this present act granted shall be a Popish Recusant convict being of the age of seaventeene yeares or which being of the age of one and twenty yeares hath not received the Holy Communion within one yeare then last past and being not contributary as aforesaid shall pay to and towards the said Four hundred thousand pounds and other su[m]m and su[m]ms of money aforesaid two shillings eight pence for every Poll and the Master or he or shee with whom the said Alien or such Papist is or shall be abiding at the time of the taxation or taxations thereof to be charged with the same for lack of payment thereof

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