The size of the fine they had to pay depended on the worth of the estate and how great their support for the Royalist cause had been.
[5] This was followed by the establishment of the Committee for Compounding for the Estates of Royalists and Delinquents, at Goldsmiths' Hall in the City of London, which first met on 8 November 1643.
This allowed those whose estates had been confiscated to regain them on payment of a fine, with the amount based on the value of their lands and level of support.
[7] The delinquent paid a fine proportional to the value of his estate,[1] frequently three times net annual income.
[8] The delinquent submitted to the Committee for Compounding with Delinquents a signed declaration of his revenue and assets, which ended with wording such as: 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 (partial transcript of declaration to the Committee for Compounding with Delinquents of Francis Choke of Avington, Berkshire, dated 1646).