File 1324. - [Henry Bennet, 1ST Earl Of] Arlington, by command of the King, from the Court at Whitehall, to [Richard Vaughan, 2ND ...,

[Henry Bennet, 1ST Earl Of] Arlington, by command of the King, from the Court at Whitehall, to [Richard Vaughan, 2ND Earl Of Carbery]. Pursuant to the terms of the Act for ordering the Forces (whereby a sum not exceeding £70,000 a year is to be raised for defraying the militia for three years from 25 June, 1662), and in view of the presence of restless and seditious spirits amongst them (notwithstanding former pardons and indulgences), it is requested that one month's assessment, after the rate of £70,000 a month, be raised before 25 June next, and delivered in a trunk [as in No. 1323]. Money collected by the sheriffs during the last two years is to be accounted, and the amount not expended is to be collected and delivered in the same way. Disbursements in the last two years are to be examined, and officers and soldiers are to be paid for fourteen days' duty [as in No. 1323]. [Copy, in the same hand as No. 1325].