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other pious uses, and by an Ordnance of His Highness the 

 Lord Protector and his Councell intituled An Ordnance for 

 the better maintenance and incouragement of Preaching 

 Ministers and for uniting of Parishes, Doe in pursuance of 

 the Trust in us reposed humbly present unto your Lordshipps 

 the names of such persons to whom commissions may bee 

 directed under the Great Seale of England to enquire after 

 the true values of all Ecclesiastical Benefices as well with 

 cure of souls as without cure, And what are fitt to bee united 

 and what divided and other the things by the said Act and 

 Ordinance particularly limited, Humbly desiring your 

 Lo'pps to issue commissions for that purpose under the Great 

 Seale to the said persons hereafter named respectively to 

 enquire within the several counties and places hereafter 

 likewise named and to certify the same according to the 

 tenor of the said Act and Ordinance : 



(page 5) That is to say for the county of Dorset and 

 Towne and Count of Poole. 



Sir Bolstroode Whitelock, T 



Sir Thomas Withrington, Knt L rd * C 7 S f 



John Lisle J Seal ot England 



Henry Lawrence | L rd President of His 



ness Councell 



Sir Anthony Ashley Cowper 



William Sydenham Esq 



William LenthallEsq, Master The J " sticeS of Assize in 



of the Rolls in the High 



Court of Chancery 



Edmund Prideaux I 1 * 8 Hi g hness Attorney 



J General 



Sir Walter Earle Knt John Squibb 



John Bingham John Arthur 



Dennis Bond Edward Butler 



John Trenchard Robert Pelham 



Roger Hill John Chafin Esqrs 



Henry Henly Edward Chick 



