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B08738
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The charter of the Bahama Islands
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England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II).
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1670
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Wing C3724AA; ESTC R173810
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Successors in our Kingdom of England Scotland and Ireland or otherwise to dispose of the said Goods in the said Ports and if need be within one Year next after the unlading to lade the said Merchandizes and Goods again into the same or other Ships and to Export the same into any other Countries either of our Dominions or Forreign being in Amity with us our Heirs and Successors so as they pay such Customs Subsidies and other Duties for the same to us our Heirs and Successors as the rest of the Subjects of this our Kingdom for the time being shall be bound to pay beyond which we will not that the Inhabitants of the said Islands shall be any way Charged Provided nevertheless and our Will and Pleasure is and we have further for the considerations aforesaid of our especial Grace Certain Knowledg and meer Motion given and Granted and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors Do Give and Grant unto the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkeley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton their Heirs and Assigns full and free License Liberty Power and Authority at any time or times from and after the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel next ensuing the date hereof to Export and carry out of any of our Dominions into the said Islands Custom free all Sorts of Tools which shall be useful and necessary for the Planters there in the Accommodation and Improvement of the Premises any thing before in these Presents contained or any Law Act Statute Prohibition or other Matter or Thing heretofore Had Made Enacted or Provided or hereafter to be Had Made Enacted or Provided or the contrary in any wise Notwithstanding And Furthermore of our more ample and especial Grace certain Knowledg and meer Motion we do for us our Heirs and Successors Grant unto the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkeley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton their Heirs and Assigns full and absolute Power and Authority to Make Erect and Constitute within the said Islands and the Isles and Islets aforesaid such and so many Sea Ports Harbours Creeks and other Places for discharge and unlading of Goods and Merchandizes out of Ships Boats and other Vessels and for lading them in such and so many Places and with such Jurisdictions Priviledges and Franchises unto the said Ports belonging as to them shall seem most expedient And that all and singular the Ships Boats and other Vessels which shall come for Merchandizes and Trade into the said Islands or shall depart out of the same shall be laden and unladen at such Ports only as shall be Erected and Constituted by the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkeley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton their Heirs and Assigns and not elsewhere any Use Custom or any thing to the contrary in any wise Notwithstanding And we do furthermore Will Appoint and Ordain and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do Grant unto the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkeley Authony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton their Heirs and Assigns That they the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkeley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton their Heirs and Assigns may from time to time for ever Power to Assess Customs have and enjoy the Customs and Subsidies in the Ports Harbours Creeks and other places within the aforesaid Islands payable for Goods Merchandizes and Wares there laded or to be laded or unladed the said Customs to be reasonably Assessed upon any occasion by themselves and by and with the consent of the Free People there or the greater part of them as aforesaid To whom we give Power by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors upon just Cause and in a due proportion to Assess and Impose the same And further of our especial Grace certain Knowledg Power to Create Tenures and meer Motion we have Given and Granted and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do Give Grant unto the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkeley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton their Heirs and Assigns full and absolute License Power and Authority That they the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Lord Craven John Lord Berkely Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton their Heirs and Assigns from time to time hereafter for ever at his and their Will and Pleasure may Assign Alien Grant Demise or Enfeoff the Premises or any part or parcel thereof to him or them that shall be willing to purchase the same and to such Person and Persons as they shall think fit To have and to hold to them the said Person or Persons their Heirs and Assigns in Fee Simple or Fee Tail or for Term of Life or Lives or Years to be held of them the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkeley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton their Heirs and Assigns by such Rents Services and Customs as shall seem fit to the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkeley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton their Heirs and Assigns and not immediately of us our Heirs and Successors And to the same Person or Persons and to all and every of them we do Give and Grant by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors License Authority and Power that such Person or Persons may have and take the Premises or any Parcel thereof of the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkeley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton their Heirs and Assigns and the same to hold to themselves their Heirs or Assigns in what Estate of Inheritance soever in Fee Simple or in Fee Tail or otherwise as to them the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkeley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton their Heirs and Assigns shall seem expedient The Statute in the Parliament of Edward Son of King Henry heretofore King of England our Predecessor commonly called the Statute of Quia emptores terrarum or any other Statute Act Ordinance Use Law Custom or any other Matter Cause or thing heretofore Published or Provided to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And because many Persons born or inhabiting in the said Islands for their Desert and Services may expect and be capable of Marks of Honour and Favour which in respect of the great Distance cannot conveniently be conferred by us Our Will and Pleasure therefore is and we do by these Presents Give and Grant unto
other than in our Realm of England and Dominion of Wales And because it may happen that some of the People and Inhabitants of the said Islands cannot in their private Opinions Conform to the Publick Exercise of Religion according to the Liturgy Forms and Ceremonies of the Church of England or take or subscribe the Oaths and Articles made and established in that behalf and for that the same by reason of the remote Distances of these Places will as we hope be no Breach of the Unity and Uniformity Established in this Nation Our Will and Pleasure therefore is and we do by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors Give and Grant unto the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkeley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton their Heirs or Assigns full and free License Liberty and Authority by such ways and means as they shall think fit to Give and Grant to such Person and Persons inhabiting and being within the said Islands hereby mentioned to be Granted as aforesaid or any part thereof such Indulgencies and Dispensations in that behalf for and during such time and times and with such Limitations and Restrictions as they the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkeley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton their Heirs and Assigns shall in their discretion think fit and reasonable And that no Person or Persons unto whom such Liberty shall be given shall be any way molested punished disquieted or called in question for any differences in Opinion or Practice in matters of Religious Concernment who do not actually disturb the Civil Peace of the Island County or Colony that he or they shall make their Aboad in But all and every such Person or Persons may from time to time and at all times freely and quietly have and enjoy his and their Judgments and Consciences in Matters of Religion throughout all the said Islands they behaving themselves peaceably and not using the Liberty to Licentiousness nor to the Civil Injury nor outward disturbance of others any Law Statute or Clause contained or to be contained Usuage or Custom of our Realm of England to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding And in case it shall happen that any Doubt or Question should arise concerning the true Sense and Understanding of any Word Clause or Sentence contained in our present Charter We will Ordain and Command That at all times and in all things such Interpretations be made thereof and allowed in all and every of our Courts whatsoever as lawfully may be adjudged most advantageous and favourable to the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkeley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton their Heirs and Assigns Although express mention of the true yearly Value or certainty of the Premises or of any of them or of any other Gifts or Grants by us or by any of our Progenitors or Predecessors heretofore made by the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkeley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton in these Presents is not made or any Statute Act Ordinance Proviso Proclamation or Restriction heretofore Had Made Enacted Ordained or Provided or any other Matter Cause or Thing whatsoever to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding In Witness whereof we have caused these our Letters to be made Patents Witness Our Self at Westminster the first Day of November In the two and twentieth Year of our Reign By Writ of Privy Seal PIGOTT FINIS