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Parliament Orders Confiscation and Fortification Edicts Amid Protestation
The House ordered forfeiture of personal estates for chief actors in the Protestation except lands of Tabiteatce, with maintenance stipends set. Commissioners to dispose remaining estates, Cinque Ports petitions for defense, and an oath of supremacy enforced for Papists. Forts to be fortified and ministers scrutinized, with hiring limits for rebels’ supporters.
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