for the Term of Fourteen Years But that the same shall be and continue in as full force to all Intents and Purposes as if these Presents had never been had or made any thing herein before contained to the contrary A Proviso that the Company shall not have the Sole Benefit of the Invention for any longer Term than the Remainder of the 14 Years Granted in the Patent But that after the End of that Term all Persons may have Liberty notwithstanding Provided also That this our Grant or any thing herein contained shall not extend or be construed to extend to the Granting the said Governour and Company the sole Exercise and Benefit of the aforesaid Invention for any 〈◊〉 time than the Remainder of the said Term of Fourteen Years but that after the â—â—â—â—tion of that Term all Persons who otherwise might Work the same may have full â—â—â—â—ty so to do any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding Proâ—â—â—â— likewise A Proviso that this Charter shall not prejudice the Corporation of Weavers London That nothing herein contained shall be prejudicial to the Corporation of â—â—â—â—rs London and that all Persons their Apprentices and Servants that shall at any 〈◊〉 hereafter Weave any of the said Allamodes Renforces and Lustrings within the â—â—â—â—s of the Charter of the said Company shall from time to time be bound Apprentices That all Persons who shall Weave Allamodes Renforces and Lustrings within the Limits of the Weavers Charter shall be Apprentices or Members of that Company Subject to the Ordinances of the same 〈◊〉 Members of the said Corporation according to the purport of their Ordinances and 〈◊〉 to Government and Regulation of the said Corporation of Weavers And 〈◊〉 We have Granted and by these Presents for Us Our Heirs and Suecessors do 〈◊〉 unto the said Company and their Successors That these our Letters Patents or 〈◊〉 Enrollment thereof shall be in and by all things Good Firm Valid Sufficient That this present Charter shall in all things be construed in Favour of the Company and â—â—â—tual in the Law according to the true Intent and Meaning thereof and shall be taken â—â—â—rued and adjudged in the most favourable and beneficial Sense for the best Advanâ—â— of the said Governour and Company and their Successors as well in all Courts as â—â—ere and by all and singular the Officers and Ministers whatsoever of Us Our 〈◊〉 and Successors in this Our Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales any Deâ—â—â— or Incertainties in these Presents contained or any Matter Cause or thing whatâ—â—â— to the contrary in any wise notwithstandnig In Witness whereof We have 〈◊〉 these Our Letters to be made Patents Witness Our selves at Westminster the â—â—â—th Day of October in the Fourth Year of our Reign By Writ of Privy Seal A Clause out of an Act of Parliament pass'd in the Ninth and Tenth of William the Third confirming the Charter of the Royal Lustring Company AND whereas the King 's most Excellent Majesty together with the late Queen of Blessed Memory by their Letters Patents or Charter under the Great Seal of â—â—â—â—d bearing Date the Fifteenth Day of October in the Fourth Year of Their said â—â—â—â—ies Reign Reciting or taking Notice that several Persons therein Named did 〈◊〉 the late King James the Second's Letters Patents bearing Date the Three and â—â—â—ieth Day of November in the Fourth Year of his Reign for the Sole Use Exâ—â—â— and Benefit of a New Invention of Making Dressing and Lustrating of Silks 〈◊〉 Plain Black Alamodes Renforces and Lustrings for the Term of Fourteen Years 〈◊〉 the Day of the Date of the said Letters Patents Their said Majesties did for the â—â—â—raging so Commendable an Undertaking Give Grant Constitute Declare and â—â—point Thomas Earl of Pembrooke and Montgomery and several other Persons in the 〈◊〉 Charter mentioned and Contained and such others as should be admitted into their â—â—â—ety to be from thenceforth One Body Corporate and Politick in Deed and in 〈◊〉 by the Name of the Royal Lustring Company for Making and Dressing of â—â—â—odes Renforces and Lustrings in England and by that Name to have Perpetual â—â—â—ession and divers and sundry Priviledges Liberties Powers and Authorities with 〈◊〉 Matters and Things in the said Charter of Incorporation Mentioned and Expressed 〈◊〉 thereby Granted to and Vested in the said Company and their Successors in 〈◊〉 Sort Manner and Form as in and by the said Charter or Letters Patents or Inâ—â—â—ent thereof is Mentioned and Expressed and as thereby it more fully Appears 〈◊〉 forasmuch as the said Company have with great Labour and Charges brought the 〈◊〉 Manufacture to Perfection but by reason of the fraudulent Importation of Alaâ—â—â— and Lustrings by divers Persons more regarding their own Interest than the 〈◊〉 of England their Duty to the King and Obedience to the Laws of the Land the said Company have not Enjoyed the Benefit and Advantage intended them in and 〈◊〉 the said Charter but wasted their Time and Stock in Contesting with many Diffâ—â—â—â—ties and Obstructions which they have met with since the Granting thereof And it â—â—pearing that the said Manufacture cannot be so well Carried on and Secured to 〈◊〉 Kingdom by any other Means as by Establishing a Company to Carry on the saâ—â— Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the aforesaid Company 〈◊〉 their Successors shall and may at all Times from henceforth Stand Continue and 〈◊〉 a Body Politick and Corporate in Deed and in Name by the Name of the Roâ—â—â— Lustring Company And that the said Company and their Successors shall and may 〈◊〉 Do Use Exercise and Enjoy all and singular the Liberties Priviledges Powâ—â—â— Authorities Matters and Things in the said Letters Patents or Charter of Incorporâ—â—â—on mentioned to be Granted to them as Amply Fully and Largely to all Inteâ—â—â— Constructions and Purposes as if the same were Word for Word Recited and Set dâ—â—â— at large in this present Act. 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have Power on the 25th of Jan. 1696 or within 14. Days after and so upon every 25th of Jan. following or within 14 Days after for ever to Chuse 12 Assistants besides the Governour and Deputy having 10 Shares apiece at least One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety and Six or within Fourteen Days after and so on every Five and Twentieth Day of January following or within Fourteen Days after forever Twelve Persons besides the Governour and Deputy-Governour of the said Company having Ten Shares a piece at least in the Joint Stock of the said Company who shall be Assistants of the said Company for one whole Year next following such Election or Elections and from thence till some other fit Persons shall be duly Elected and Sworn in their Stead And We do hereby for Us our Heirs and Successors None shall be Governour Deputy or Assistants except the Persons before particularly Named who have not 10 Shares at least Direct and Command that no Person or Persons whatsoever except such as are before in these Presents particularly Named and Constituted shall at any time hereafter be admitted to the Office of Governour Deputy-Governour or Assistant of the said Company who hath not Ten Shares at least in the Joint-Stock of the said Company And Our Will and Pleasure is and We do hereby for Us Our Heirs and Successors Declare and Grant to the said Company If Mess Cloudesley Sherrard Peter Lekeux Blondell Gervaize Lauze Noguier and Rey or any of them shall dye c. or leave this Realm c. before the 25th of Jan. 1696. Then the Company may chuse others in their Place out of Mess John Lekeux Floyer Grosvenor Blithe Paice Hackshaw Lloyd and Cooper to continue till the 25th of Jan. 1696. and their Successors now and for the Time being That if it shall happen that any of them the said Paul Clowdesley William Sherrard Peter Lekeux John Blondel Lewis Gervaize Peter Lauze Stephen Noguier and Paul Rey shall die or leave this Realm or be permitted to Surrender his or their Office or Offices of Assistant or Assistants of the said Company at any Time before the said Five and Twentieth Day of January One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety and Six it shall and may be lawful for the said Governour and Company and their Successors or the Major Part of them whereof the Governour and in his Absence the Deputy-Governour and in the Absence of the Governour and Deputy-Governour the Treasurer of the said Company for the Time being to be one to Chuse one or more other or others out of the aforenamed John Lekeux Peter Floyer William Grosvenor Thomas Blithe Joseph Paice Robert Hackshaw Edward Lloyd and Richard Cooper into the Place or Places of him or them so dying departing this Kingdom or being permitted to surrender his or their Office or Offices which said Person or Persons after being duly Sworn shall be and continue and Assistant or Assistants of the said Company until the said Five and Twentieth Day of January One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety and Six and from thence until some other Person or Persons shall be duly Elected and Sworn in his or their stead And We do hereby for Us The Company may keep a Court when and where they please Our Heirs and Successors Give and Grant unto the said Company and their Successors full Power and Authority to hold and keep a Court in some Hall or Place or Places within Our Cities of London and Westminster or either of them or in any other Part of this our Kingdom of England or Dominion of Wales and there to assemble and meet together so often as they shall see Cause to Treat and Consult concerning the Affairs of the said Company The Governour Deputy and Assistants or any 7 or more of them shall be a Committee who may as often at they Please Chuse Treasurer Secretaries and all other under Officers And we do hereby for Us Our Heirs and Successors Grant and Declare That the said Governour Deputy-Governour and Assistants or any Seven or more of them whereof the Governour Deputy-Governour or Treasurer for the time being to be one be and shall be called the Committee of the said Company and that it shall be Lawful for the said Committee from time to time and so often as they shall see cause to Chuse and Appoint a Treasurer or Treasurers Secretaries Book-keepers Clerks Beadles or other under Officers necessary for the Service of the said Company And to Constitute Ordain and make such and so many reasonable Laws Orders and Ordinances as to them or the greater Part of them being then and there present shall seem necessary and convenient for the well Ordering and Government of the said Company The Committee or the Major part to make and alter Laws c. to Punish and Fine and Mitigate and the said Laws Orders and Ordinances or any of them to alter and annul as the said Committee shall see requisite and to set impose and inflict reasonable Pains Punishments and Penalties by Fines and Amerciaments upon any Offender or Offenders who shall Transgress Break or Violate the said Laws Orders or Ordinances so made as aforesaid and to mitigate the same as they shall find Cause which said Fines Penalties and Amerciaments shall and may be Levied Sued for Taken Retained and Recovered by the said Governour and Company The Company or their Officers or Servants may Levy Fines by Distress or Action of Debt or their Successors or by their Officers and Servants from time to time to be appointed for that purpose by Distress or Action of Debt or by any other Lawful Ways or Means to the Use and Advantage of the Governour and Company The Charter requires the Company 's Laws to be observed so as the same be Reasonable and not Contrary to the Laws of this Realm and their Successors without any Account to be rendred for the same to Us our Heirs and Successors all and singular which Laws Constitutions Orders and Ordinances so as aforesaid to be made We will to be duly observed and kept under the Pains and Penalties therein to be contained so always as the said Laws The Governour Deputy and Assistants or the Major part whereof the Governour Deputy or Treasurer to be One may as often as they please Appoint Sub-Committees and call together the Officers and Members to Courts and Committees to Consult of the Company 's Affairs and to put their By-Laws in Execution Constitutions Orders and Ordinances Fines and Amerciaments be reasonable and not contrary or repugnant to the Laws or Statutes of this Our Realm And farther For Us Our Heirs and Successors We do Grant unto the said Company and their Successors That it shall and may be Lawful to and for the said Governour Deputy-Governour and Assistants and their Successors or the Major part of them The Governour Deputy-Governour or Treasurer being always one so often as they shall think necessary to appoint
Sub-Committees and to Summon and Call together the Officers and Members of the said Company for the time being to such Courts and Committees as well in London The Governour or Deputy shall Yearly hold a Court on or about the 25th of Jan. in order to the Election of Governour Deputy and Assistants and shall give Publick Notice 10 Days before Election as in any other place or places within our Kingdom of England or Dominion of Wales to Treat and Consult concerning the Affairs of the said Company and to put their By-Laws in Execution in any part or parts of our said Dominions And We do hereby for Us Our Heirs and Successors Declare our Will and Pleasure to be That the Governour or Deputy-Governour for the time being do and shall Yearly Every Member having 10 Shares or more may Deliver or send his Vote in Writing when he shall have â—imâ—â— Notice All Votes for Governour Deputy and Assistants shall be in Writing and Examined in open Court the Governour Deputy and the Major part of the Assistants being present None shall Vote who hath not 10 Shares None to have more than One Vote for all the Shares he hath And if there happen Equality of Votes the Governour and in his absence the Deputy shall have the Casting Vote and every Year hold and call a Court on or about the said Five and Twentieth Day of January in order to the Election of a Governour Deputy-Governour and Assistants in Manner and Form as is before expressed and shall give Publick Notice of the same Ten Days before every such Election or Elections And We do hereby also for Us Our Heirs and Successors Grant and Ordain that every Member of the said Company having Ten Shares or more in the Joynt-Stock may deliver or send his Vote in Writing whensoever he shall have due and timely Notice of such Election or Elections and that all Votes in every Election of a Governour Deputy-Governour and Assistants shall be delivered or sent in Writing and shall be perused and examined in open Court The Governour or Deputy-Governour and Major part of the Assistants being present and that no Person shall be admitted to Vote who hath not Ten Shares in the Joint-Stock of the said Company and no Person to have more than one Vote for all the Shares he hath in the said Joynt-Stock and whenever there shall happen to be equality of Votes in Election of any Officers or Members of the said Company the said Governour That None shall be Admitted into any Office till he hath taken in open Court before the Governour Deputy or Treasurer the Oaths Appointed by the Act Primo Willielmi Mariae intituled And Act for Abrogating the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance and Appointing other Oath and also an Oath for the due Execution of his Office and in his Absence the Deputy-Governour for the time being shall have the Casting-Vote and that no Person shall be admitted into any Office belonging to the said Company until he hath first taken in open Court before the Governour Deputy-Governour or Treasurer of the said Company the Oaths appointed by Act of Parliament made in the First Year of Our Reign Intitled An Act for Abrogating the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance and Appointing other Oaths and also an Oath for the due Execution of his or their Office or Offices and Trust and faithful Observance of the Laws Constitutions Orders and Ordinances of the said Company To which Governor Deputy-Governor or Treasurer for the time being We do hereby for us our Heirs and Successors Authority to the Governor Deputy or Treasurer to Administer the Oaths give full Power and Authority to administer such Oaths accordingly And further Our Will and Pleasure is that every Person who being duly elected into the Office of Governor Every Person being duly Elected Governor Deputy or Assistant who shall within 14 Days after his Election refuse to take upon him his Office or the Oaths shall pay to the Company such Fines as by their Laws shall be Appointed and other Persons shall be chosen in their Places Deputy-Governor or Assistant of the said Company shall within Fourteen Days after his Election Refuse to take upon him the Office or Place whereunto he shall be elected as aforesaid or to take any or either of the said Oaths so ordered and appointed to be taken by the Governor Deputy-Governor or Assistants shall forfeit and pay to the Governor and Company and their Successors such Fines and Amerciaments as by the Laws aforesaid shall be directed limited and appointed and other Person and Persons shall be Chosen and Elected into his or their Place and Places And further The Company or the Major Part in Court have Power to displace any Governor Deputy Assistant or other Officer for Misdemeanor or any reasonable Cause and to Elect others in their Place We do for Us Our Heirs and Successors Give and Grant unto the said Company and their Successors or the Major Part of them in Court assembled full Power and Authority to remove and displace any Governor Deputy-Governor Assistant or any other Officer of the said Company for Misdemeanour or any other reasonable Cause and to Elect others in the Place or Places of the Person of Persons so removed and that as often as it shall happen that the Governor or Deputy-Governor That if the Governor Deputy or any of the Assistants shall die or be permitted to Surrender their Offices and that there be a Vacancy all who have ten Shares upon timely Notice by the Governor or Deputy may chuse others in their Room to continue till the 25th of Jan. then following first taking the Oaths as aforesaid or any of the Assistants of the said Company for the time being shall die or shall be permitted by the Governor or Deputy-Governor and Major Part of the Assistants in open Court to surrender his or their Office or Offices and that there shall happen to be any Vacancy of a Governor Deputy-Governor or Assistant of the said Company That it shall and may be lawful to and for all such Persons who have Ten Shares in the said Joynt-Stock timely Notice being given to them by the Governor or Deputy-Governor of such Death or Vacancy to Chuse and Elect into his or their Place or Places some other Person or Persons of the said Company for Governor Deputy-Governor or Assistant by the Methods Manner and Limitations herein before appointed mentioned and expressed the said Governor Deputy-Governor or Assistant to continue in his or their Office or Offices till the Five and Twentieth Day of January then next following his or their Election and till some other Person or Persons shall be Elected and Sworn into his or their Office or Offices he or they having first in open Court taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by the Governor Deputy-Governor and Assistants before their Admittance into their respective Offices and in the Manner aforesaid If