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January 1646, the committee announced favourable terms for those who compounded prior to 1 May. This allowed those whose estates had been confiscated to regain them on payment of a fine, based on the value of their lands, and level of support. Many took advantage of this.
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To administer the process of sequestration, a sequestration committee was established in each county. If a local committee sequestrated an estate they usually let it to a tenant and the income was used "to the best advantage of the State". If a
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The
Royalist composition papers : being the proceedings of the Committee for Compounding, A.D. 1643–1660, so far as they relate to the County of Lancaster / extracted from the records preserved in the Public Record Office,
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Delinquents' Estates" was formed to confiscate the estates of Royalists who fought against the victorious Parliamentarians in the Civil War. This was followed by the establishment of the
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Compounding with Delinquents document relating to Francis Choke, of Avington, Berkshire, dated 1646 (Catalogue reference: SP 23/193 folio 825)
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Committee for Compounding with Delinquents, etc., 1643–1660, ed. M A E Green, 5 parts, 1889–1893
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This is a true particular of the estate he doth desire to compound with this
Honourable Committee for, wherein he doth submit himself to the fine to be imposed
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The delinquent submitted to the "Committee for
Compounding with Delinquents" a signed declaration of his revenue and assets, which ended with wording such as:
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of the monarchy in 1660, most of the sequestrated land was returned to the pre-war owners.
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