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A54500	Succint genealogies of the noble and ancient houses of Alno or de Alneto, Broc of Stephale, Latimer of Duntish, Drayton of Drayton, Mauduit of Westminster, Green of Drayton, Vere of Addington, Fitz-Lewes of Westhornedon, Howard of Effingham and Mordaunt of Turvey justified by publick records, ancient and extant charters, histories and other authentick proofs, and enriched with divers sculptures of tombs, images, seals, and other curiosities / by Robert Halstead.	Peterborough, Henry Mordaunt, Earl of, 1624?-1697.	1685 (1685)	Wing P1693; ESTC R21912	735,945	788

Islands Lands and Countries which now are or which hereafter during this our Commission shall be delivered or reduced to our obedience within any of the Kingdoms aforesaid And we do hereby give you Authority to make approve and execute such Laws and Ordinances making the same as near as may be conformable to the Laws of England for the better carrying on of the Civil Government of our said City of Tangier or any other Cities or Places which are or shall happen to be under your command and may best stand with the peace and good government of the People and Places commanded by you and to punish pardon or remit Offences against any of the Laws or Ordinances aforesaid And we do hereby further authorize you to entertain Trade and to give license to others to Trade and to proceed by such ways and means for the advance and encouragement of Trade as you in your discretion shall think fit until you shall receive further or other Directions from us And to appoint and establish Officers proper for the administration of publick Justice as may best suit with your Interest and with such Instructions as you shall receive from us from time to time and to impose and raise such reasonable Taxes Contributions Customs or other Payments as you shall judge necessary to our affairs And our will and pleasure is That all Confiscations Prizes Goods Merchandizes condemned by a Court of Admiralty and all other Forfeitures Customs or other Payments or Profits which shall be taken by you be put into account which account shall be transmitted hither unto us or to such as we shall appoint once every Year and that ye imploy the proceeds thereof to our Service for the supply of the Magazines or Forces under your Command until we shall order you to dispose otherwise of the same And we do further impower you under your Hand and Seal to appoint your Deputy or Deputies by what Name or Qualities you shall think fit to execute all or any of those Powers and Authorities by these Presents granted unto you and we do give to such person and persons so appointed by you full Power and Authority to do and execute whatsoever he or they respectively shall be by you appointed to do or execute To have hold exercise and enjoy the said Offices of Captain-General Chief Governor and Vice-Admiral and all and every the Powers and Authorities aforesaid by you and by your Deputy and Deputies as aforesaid during our will and pleasure And further we do hereby give and grant for us our Heirs and Successors that for whatsoever you or any by your Commission Warrant or Command shall lawfully do by vertue of this our Commission or the Instructions which you at any time shall receive from us the shewing forth of these our Letters Patents or the Inro●●ent thereof shall be in all and every of our Courts and else-where in our Dominions a sufficient Discharge and Acquittal in that behalf to you or such as shall act under you against us our Heirs and Successors and free you and them from all impeachment and other molestations for the same In witness whereof we have caused these our Letters to be made Patents Witness our Self at Westminster the Sixth Day of September in the Thirteenth Year of our Reign Per ipsum Regem Barker Instructions for the Earl of Peterborow General of our Army designed for Tangier in Africa I. YOU are by vertue of your Commission under our Great Seal and such Warrants and Directions as you have had from us or our Council to receive under your Command the Forces of Horse and Foot raised in England and two Regiments appointed for this service at Dunkirke and from the Rendezvous at Portsmouth wind and weather serving to sail directly to our City of Tangier II. Being there arrived you are as our General and Governor of that City and Country within the extent of your Commission to demand and receive the same with the Artillery Ammunition c. into your possession from the Governor of our Brother the King of Portugal III. You are to signifie to the Earl of Sandwich the delivery of Tangier as soon as you receive it and send some trusty Person with your Bills of Exchange for c. to Lisbon where the same is to be paid and sent by his Lordship in a good Ship to Tangier as we have directed IV. You are to endeavour to entertain into our Service such of the Portugal Horse as are willing to continue there upon the pay appointed by the establishment for Horse delivered to you And upon your Certificate to the Earl of Sandwich what summ of money is requisite to provide for them in equality with the Horse sent from England And order shall be taken to return the same to you immediately from Lisbon V. You are not to apply any of the Provisions or Pay of our Army for the support of any of the Inhabitants not in Pay but in all cases of their want or straits you are to dispose of them so any thing to the contrary notwithstanding that our City of Tangier may not be endangered thereby VI. Having given you by Commission full Power and Authority to treat and conclude upon what Conditions and Terms of Peace or Neutrality with any Prince or People of those Parts you shall judge most for our Honour and Service We are not willing to limit you further therein then that except it be in extream Accidents we expect that you refer all your agreements to our Ratification and that they be no longer binding if we refuse to give the same after notification of such our Refusal VII Our main design in putting our self to this great charge for making this addition to our Dominions being to gain to our Subjects the trade of Barbary and to enlarge our Dominions in that Sea and advance thereby the Honour of our Crown and the general Commerce and Well-fare of our Subjects you are to declare That we are graciously pleased that no Duties Customs or other Taxes whatsoever shall be laid by us or any under us upon any Goods imported or exported to or from our City of Tangier but that it shall be and remain a free Port for _____ years and you are with all convenient speed to consider and advise of the best ways and means for Encouragement and Invitation of our Subjects and Strangers to Reside and Trade And as that which we judge absolutely necessary to those ends you are speedily to consider of the making of a Mould for a sure station of Shipping and to transmit to us the Design and Estimate thereof beginning in the mean while with such preparations as the Souldiers can be perswaded to till upon consideration of your advice therein treasure shall be transmitted for that end VIII And whereas after you have received into your Power and Obedience our aforesaid City of Tangier and setled and established there in the best manner you shall be able our

Regni nostri colloquium habere tractatum vobis sub fide ligeantia quibus nobis tenemini firmiter injungendum mandavimus quod consideratis dictorum negotiorum arduitate periculis imminentibus cessante excusatione quacunque dictis die loco personaliter intersitis nobiscum ac cum magnatibus proceribus praedictis super dictis negotiis tractatum utrinque concilium impensurum Et hoc sicut nos honorem nostrum ac salvationem defensionem Regni Ecclesiae praedictae expeditionemque dictorum negociorum diligitis nullatemus omittatis Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium decimo octavo die Februarii Anno Regni nostri decimo tertio A Letter from the Duke of Albemarle To the Right Honourable the Earl of Peterborow or to the Officer in chief with his Regiment My LORD UNderstanding there are some dissatisfied Officers lately disbanded who are endeavouring to bring the Souldiers into mischief if special care be not taken to prevent the same and so the Souldiers will loose their Arrears besides the dishonour that will fall upon the Officers in whose Regiment it happens I desire you will be careful to keep the Officers of your Regiment with their Commands And if they hear any Officers or Souldiers speak discontented words to take away their Arms and secure them and you are to acquaint the Officers and Souldiers that though they be shortly to be reduced yet they will receive Arrears before disbanding And there is an Act of Parliament that they may set up their Trades in any City or Town corporate I desire you to acquaint the Captains of each Company under your command herewith and that they may be careful to observe the same I remain Cockpit 11 September 1660. Your Lordship 's very humble Servant ALBEMARLE If your Lordships occasions will not give you leave you need not repair to your Regiment A Commission constituting Henry Earl of Peterborow Captain-General and Governor of Tangier CHARLES the Second by the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To our Right Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin Henry Earl of Peterborow greeting Whereas we intend forthwith to settle and secure our City of Tangier and the Territories and Dominions adjacent in or near the Coasts of Barbary or the Kingdoms of Sus Fez and Morocco some or one of them in the continent of Africa and for that purpose have resolved by and with the advice of our Privy Council forthwith to raise draw forth and transport thither such Forces of Horses and Foot as we shall judge necessary for our service in defence of the said City of Tangier and our Dominions and Territories in or near the said Kingdoms of Sus Fez and Morocco Know ye therefore That we reposing an especial trust and confidence in your Honour's Courage Wisdom and Fidelity have constituted and ordained and by these our Letters Patents do make constitute ordain and appoint you the said Henry Earl of Peterborow Captain-General of all Forces both Horse and Foot raised or to be raised and now sent or which hereafter shall be sent by our Royal Authority or Commissions and of all other Forces whatsoever which are or shall remain or be drawn into our City of Tangier or any other of our Dominions or Territories in or near the said Kingdoms of Sus Fez and Morocco and of all Forts Castles Cities or other parts or places whatsoever which by your good conduct and success shall be reduced to our obedience and subjection And we do hereby give and grant unto you the said Henry Earl of Peterborow our Captain-General full power and authority by beat of Drum Proclamation or otherwise in our Name to raise lift arm array and put under Command such or so many Voluntiers both of Horse and Foot within this our Kingdom of England or any other our Kingdoms or Dominions as shall make up and compleat the number defigned by us in the establishment for that Service and to give Commission to Officers and Commanders to be set over them and conduct lead and imbark the said Officers and Souldiers to be transported to our said City of Tangier and to remove and cashier any such Officers or Souldiers as to you shall seem convenient And we do further by these Presents give full Power and Authority to you our said Captain-General from time to time to muster exercise and train our said Forces and all other our Armies and Forces which you shall there raise or entertain into our service or which shall be sent to you from hence or any other place and to drive train conduct and lead out or otherwise imploy the Natives or other Inhabitants if need shall require and with them to defend our said City of Tangier and any other our Dominions which already are or hereafter shall be in our Power or Possession and to lead them forth against any Enemies Rebels and Traytors and them to fight kill and slay and subdue to our Obedience and to invade surprise and reduce such Towns Forts Castles or Countries as shall declare or maintain any Hostility against us or that may endanger the Peace or Security of our City or Territories aforesaid and to possess and strenghten them with Forts or Garrisons or otherwise raze dismantle or disable them as to you shall seem expedient and to arm discipline and entertain into your Service all such as you shall think fit to receive under your Command out of any the Kingdoms Dominions or Territories aforesaid And we do further by these Presents ordain and appoint you one of our Vice-Admirals with power to give ordain and command to all our Naval Forces and Commanders at Sea that shall be appointed by us or our Authority to attend the service of our said City of Tangier and upon the Coast of Africa and likewise to require them by your Orders or Instructions to prosecute any design which you shall judge to be for our service and also when and where ye shall think meet to appoint constitute and keep a Court of Admiralty and appoint Judges and Officers for the same for the hearing and determining all Maritime Causes belonging to the Jurisdiction of a Court-Admiral as it is exercised in England And for the better discipline of the Forces under your Command both by Land and Sea We do hereby give you full Power and Authority to ordain publish and execute Laws and Ordinances-Martial according to the Constitutions and Practices of a Court-Martial and to punish by death or otherwise or to pardon Offences as in your discretion you shall judge meet And we do hereby give unto you all such further Powers Preheminences and Authorities as to a Captain-General or to one of our Vice-Admirals do any ways appertain or belong And we do by these our Letters Patents make ordain and constitute you our chief Governor of our said City of Tangier and Subburbs thereof and of all other Cities Towns Villages Forts Castles