This is a list of ordinances and acts of the Parliament of England from 1642 to 1660, during the English Civil War and the Interregnum.
As King Charles I of England would not assent to bills from a Parliament at war with him, decrees of Parliament before the Third English Civil War were styled 'ordinances'. The Rump Parliament reverted to using the term 'act' on 6 January 1649 when it passed the Act erecting a High Court of Justice for the trial of the King (when any possibility of reconciliation between King and Parliament was over). All but one subsequent decree were termed 'acts' through to the end of the interregnum. All of these ordinances and acts were considered void after the English Restoration due to their lack of royal assent.
1642
15 March 1641/2Under the calendar used by Parliament the new year started on 25 March (Old Style) not 1 January (New Style). See the section Differences between the start of the year in the article Old Style and New Style dates for more details. An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament for the safety and defence of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales. (Militia Ordinance) 29 March 1642 Ordinance for settling the Militia of London. 23 May 1642 Ordinance for raising 1,000 volunteers to be employed in the reduction of Ireland. 28 May 1642 Ordinance for raising men for Ireland. 4 June 1642 An Ordinance for the securing the sum of £100,000 agreed to be lent the Parliament by several companies and citizens of London for the use of the Kingdom. 9 June 1642 Ordinance for bringing in Plate, Money, and Horses. 17 June 1642 The Ordinance for the Sea-Adventure to Ireland. 1 July 1642 Ordinance for the Earl of Warwick to remain in his command of the Fleet. 2 July 1642 Ordinance for appointing Lord Wharton to be Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. 5 July 1642 Ordinance for raising 5,000 foot and 500 horse for Ireland. 6 July 1642 Ordinance for raising 2,000 men for relieving Hull. 15 July 1642 An Ordinance appointing the Earl of Essex to be Captain General. 1 August 1642 An Ordinance concerning the Subsidy of Tonnage and Poundage. 10 August 1642 Ordinance appointing Sir Gilbert Gerrard Treasurer of the Army. 10 August 1642 Ordinance for Henry Herbert to repair to Monmouthshire and publish the Declaration against the Commission of Array. 24 August 1642 An Ordinance for the better observation of the monthly Fast. 26 August 1642 Ordinance for raising money in London. 26 August 1642 An Ordinance inhibiting the Importation of Currants. 2 September 1642 An Ordinance concerning Stage Plays. 15 September 1642 To secure the repayment of money advanced by the inhabitants of London. 15 September 1642 Ordinance appointing Commissioners of the Navy. 15 September 1642 Ordinance appointing Thomas Smith secretary of the Admiralty. 17 September 1642 Ordinance for putting the City of Worcester in a posture of defence. 5 October 1642 Ordinance for raising 2,000 foot for Ireland. 6 October 1642 Ordinance for Commissioners for Ireland. 19 October 1642 Ordinance to give leave to any of His Majesty's subjects to set forth ships to take such ships as shall go to relieve the Rebels in Ireland. 20 October 1642 Ordinance for the Earl of Warwick to appoint commanders in the Navy in the English and Irish Seas. 22 October 1642 Ordinance appointing the Earl of Warwick to command a second army to be raised about London and the counties adjacent. 24 October 1642 An Ordinance making provision for those that shall be maimed in this present war in the service of the Parliament and for the wives and children of those that shall be slain. 24 October 1642 Ordinance for the security and safe conduct of the commissioners of the Realm of Scotland. 21 October 1642 Ordinance for the security and safe conduct of such Divines as shall come from the Realm of Scotland to the Assembly of Divines in this Kingdom. 1 November 1642 Ordinance concerning apprentices that list themselves as soldiers. 9 November 1642 Ordinance for the disciplining of the Army. 15 November 1642 Order or ordinance empowering Maximilian Bard and other commissioners to seize horses in and about London. 26 November 1642 An Ordinance for the assessing of all such as have not contributed upon the Propositions of both Houses of Parliament for the raising of money, plate, horse and horsemen, etc. 29 November 1642 An explanation of the former ordinance for assessing such as have not contributed, etc. 29 November 1642 An Ordinance for the better provision of Victuals and other Necessaries for the Army and for payment and satisfaction to be made for such provisions. 29 November 1642 An Ordinance to give power to divers persons to set forth ships for the taking of all ships that they shall take coming against the Kingdom. 29 November 1642 An Ordinance for repaying money lent upon the Propositions. 29 November 1642 An Ordinance concerning John Pickering, Esq. 7 December 1642 An Order being an explanation to some things in the Ordinance for assessing of such persons as have not contributed, etc. 8 December 1642 An Ordinance for taxing several counties for the support of the Army. 14 December 1642 An Ordinance for the better and more speedy execution of the late Ordinance of the 29th of November, 1642. 15 December 1642 Ordinance for the Association of the Counties of Leicester, Derby, Notts, etc. 20 December 1642 An Ordinance for the Association of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridge, etc. 24 December 1642 Ordinance for reimbursing Monies for the Defence of Devonshire. 31 December 1642 Ordinance for the Association of the Counties of Warwick and Stafford, etc.
1643 2 January 1642/3 Ordinance for the Parliament Forces to drive the King's from Brill in Buckinghamshire. 9 January 1642/3 Instructions for Sir William Brereton, Sir George Booth, and the rest of the Deputy Lieutenants of Chester. 9 January 1642/3 A Declaration and Ordinance for the Defence of the County of Lincoln. 10 January 1642/3 An Ordinance for Raising Forces in the County of Wilts. 14 January 1642/3 An Ordinance for assessing the Counties of Northampton, Leicester, Derby, etc. 14 January 1642/3 Ordinance for stopping the coal trade to Newcastle, etc. 17 January 1642/3 Order for assessing persons in the County of Devon towards the charge of the Army there. 17 January 1642/3 Order to pay money to the Deputy Lieutenants of Devonshire. 21 January 1642/3 Ordinance against removing the Term to Oxford. 21 January 1642/3 Ordinance concerning the Customs for the continuance of the ordinance of concerning the subsidy of Tonnage and Poundage from 1 March 1643, to 25 March 1644. 26 January 1642/3 Ordinance for assessing Lancashire for the relief of Manchester, etc. 27 January 1642/3 Ordinance for the Somersetshire men to have their own contribution-money already raised for maintenance of the Forces raised there. 27 January 1642/3 Ordinance for the Assessment of the Malignants in Somersetshire. 30 January 1642/3 Ordinance for new Loans and Contributions, etc., for Ireland. 3 February 1642/3 An Ordinance for the better raising and levying of Mariners, Sailors and others for the present guarding of the Seas, etc. 3 February 1642/3 Ordinance for raising Forces and Money in the County of Wilts. 8 February 1642/3 An Ordinance for the Earl of Warwick to command the Fleet. 8 February 1642/3 Ordinance for assessing divers persons in London according to the Ordinance of 29 November. 11 February 1642/3 An Ordinance for securing Hampshire by raising men and money. 11 February 1642/3 An Ordinance to appoint Sir William Waller Serjeant-Major-General of the Forces in Gloucestershire and other adjacent counties, and for paying his army. 13 February 1642/3 Order concerning the City and County of Exon. 13 February 1642/3 Ordinance for seizing the effects of persons in Nottingham who have been in arms against the Parliament. 15 February 1642/3 Ordinance for a public confession to be used at the Fast. 21 February 1642/3 Ordinance for sequestering the profits of St. Margaret's, Lothbury. 21 February 1642/3 Ordinance for sequestering the profits of St. Martin's in the Vintry. 21 February 1642/3 Ordinance for rating sea coal. 23 February 1642/3 Ordinance for Mr. Nathaniel Fiennes to raise a regiment of Horse. 24 February 1642/3 Ordinance for raising money for the maintenance of the Army by a Weekly Assessment. 4 March 1642/3 Explanatory Ordinance. 4 March 1642/3 Ordinance for the defence of Taunton. 6 March 1642/3 Order for Relief of Maimed Soldiers and their Families. 7 March 1642/3 Order for intrenching and fortifying the City of London. 13 March 1642/3 Ordinance for allowing one third part of Prize goods to the Captors. 24 March 1642/3 Ordinance for raising money for the defence of Exeter. 25 March 1642/3 Ordinance for the Commissioners of the Customs to repay themselves £20,000. 27 March 1643 Ordinance for sequestering notorious Delinquents' Estates. 31 March 1643 Ordinance for raising money weekly in Hertfordshire. 5 April 1643 Ordinance to provide Mariners for supplying the Navy. 5 April 1643 Order for securing £40,000 borrowed from the City of London. 10 April 1643 Ordinance for raising money in the Isle of Wight. 10 April 1643 Ordinance for associating the Counties of Warwick, Stafford and Salop. 11 April 1643 Ordinance for the repayment of £2,600 out of the assessment of Dorsetshire. 11 April 1643 Ordinance for the Explanation of the Weekly Assessment in London. 11 April 1643 An Additional Ordinance for sequestering Delinquents, Estates in Devon. 12 April 1643 An Ordinance giving power to the Committee for the Militia of London to raise regiments of Volunteers. 12 April 1643 An Ordinance giving power to the Mayor of Plymouth to seize corn. etc., for that town. 12 April 1643 An Ordinance assessing persons in Yarmouth for the defence of the town. 13 April 1643 An Ordinance to prevent the Judges, Officers, and Ministers of the Court of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, from repairing to Oxford to keep the next term there. 18 April 1643 Ordinance for Lord Gray's forces quartered at Watford to join the Earl of Essex, out of the Bounds of their Association. 20 April 1643 An Order for raising a regiment of Volunteers, under Sir John Wittewrong, in the County of Hertford, to serve out of the Limits of their Association. 25 April 1643 An Ordinance for Collections to be made for relief of Captives in Algiers. 25 April 1643 An Order, engaging the public faith, to secure repayment of money, etc., advanced for the support of the army under Sir William Waller. 29 April 1643 Order for sequestering the estates of Delinquents in Devon. 2 May 1643 Further Order for the execution of Martial Discipline in the Trained Bands in the Cities of London and Westminster and in the County of Middlesex. 2 May 1643 A Further Ordinance for Colonel Oliver Cromwell and others to seize goods and chattels of Malignants in Cambridgeshire. 2 May 1643 Order for Sir Walter Earle to command the militia in Dorset. 2 May 1643 Order for the indemnity of the inhabitants of Barnstaple, for fortifying their town. 3 May 1643 Order for preventing disorderly assemblies in Dorset, Somerset, Wilts, etc. 3 May 1643 Order to depute two Persons in every county to see the Ordinance for the weekly Assessment put into Execution. 4 May 1643 Order for Garrisons in Hampshire to be paid out of the King's revenues in that County. 5 May 1643 Order for burning the Book of Sports. 6 May 1643 Order for the repayment of monies lent by the City of London. 6 May 1643 Order explaining Ordinance of 28 November 1642, concerning the assessment. 7 May 1643 An Ordinance for the speedy raising and levying of money throughout the whole of England and dominion of Wales: members of both Houses excepted. 10 May 1643 Order to redress the Abuses in taking Horses for supply of the Army.