1643-50.] OF THE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER. 193 



that purpose, and a Committee armed with power for 

 the execution of the said Ordinance, in all the points 

 and circumstances hereof.&quot; 



In pursuance of an Ordinance of Parliament,* passed 

 the llth of September, 1646, contracts were concluded 

 by the Government with various purchasers of houses, 

 stables, sheds and plots of ground, the joint property 

 of the Marquis of Worcester and his brother, Sir John 

 Somerset, some situated in the parish of Clements 

 Danes in the Strand, a part in Drury Lane, and smaller 

 tenements in Fish-Street Hill, Cross Lane, and Coppings 

 Court, in the City together with a house, farm and 

 land in Stepney, &quot; alias Stebunheath ;&quot; also the manor 

 of Acton, with its farm-house, buildings, and 805 acres 

 of land ; the whole for the sum of 12,584. 12s. 

 Nearly half this amount arose from the purchases of 

 &quot; William Pennoyer and Eichard Hill of London, mer 

 chants,&quot; to whom the Government was indebted in the 

 sum of 9,402. 5s. which was to be paid out of such 

 sales of this property, and any amount remaining was 

 to bear u interest after the rate of 8. per centum for a 

 year.&quot; And they had further the option of claiming 

 any purchases of the property not paid for within ten 

 days 5 so that either out of purchases or by forfeitures 

 they were secured for their balance of 3,199. 13s. over 

 and above their own purchases.&quot;)&quot; 



That Worcester House became a depot for the secu 

 rity of treasure seized by the Parliament, we learn 

 from a Resolution passed by the Commons 5 on the 10th 

 of January, 1650. 



u Eesolved, That Colonel Berksted be, and is hereby, 

 required to appoint four of his soldiers to lodge every 



* See &quot; Ordinances of Parliament,&quot; 1641-46, 4to. Brit. Mus. 517, K. 1130. 



57 Jo. H. C. Vol. vii. pp. 523, 533. 

 f See also Miscellaneous MSS Brit. Mus. No. 5501. 



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