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B08738 The charter of the Bahama Islands England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II). 1670 (1670) Wing C3724AA; ESTC R173810 10,854 19

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the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven Power to Confer Honour John Lord Berkeley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton their Heirs and Assigns full Power and Authority to Give and Confer unto and upon such of the Inhabitants of the said Islands as they shall think do or shall Merit the same such Marks of Favour and Titles of Honour as they shall think fit so as those Titles or Honour be not the same as are enjoyned by or conferred upon any the Subjects of this our Kingdom of England And further also we do by the Presents for us our Heirs and Successors Give and Grant License 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 full Power Liberty and License to Erect Raise and Build within the said Islands and Places aforesaid or any Part or Parts thereof such and so many Forts Fortresses Castles Cities Boroughs Towns Villages and other Fortifications whatsoever and the same or any of them to fortifie and furnish with Ordinance Powder Shot Armour and all other Weapons Amunition and Habiliments of War both Offensive and Defensive as shall be thought fit and convenient for the safety and welfare of the said Islands or any part thereof and the same or any of them from time to time as occasion shall require to Dismantle Disfurnish Demolish and pull down And also to Place Constitute and Appoint in or over all or any of the said Castles Forts Fortifications Cities Towns and Places aforesaid Governours Deputy-Governours Magistrates Sheriffs and other Officers Civil and Millitary as to them shall seem meet And to the said Cities Boroughs Towns Villages or any other Place or Places within the said Islands to Grant Letters or Charters of Incorporation with all Liberties Franchises and Priviledges requisite and usual or to or within any Corporations within this our Kingdom of England granted or belonging and in the same Cities Boroughs Towns and other Places to Constitute Erect and Appoint such and so many Markets Marts and Fairs as shall in that behalf be thought fit and necessary And further also to Erect and Make in the Islands aforesaid or any part thereof so many Mannors with such Seigniories as to them shall seem meet and convenient and in every of the said Mannors To Have and hold a Court Baron with all things whatsoever which to a Court-Baron do belong And To Have and to hold Viewes of Franck-Pledge and Court-Leet for the Conservation of the Peace and better Government of those Parts with such Limits Jurisdictions and Precincts as by the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkeley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton or their Heirs shall be Appointed for that purpose with all things whatsoever which to a Court-Leet or View of Franck-Pledge do belong the same Courts to be Holden by Stewards to be deputed and Authorized by the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkeley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton or their Heirs or by the Lords of the Mannors and Leets for the time being when the same shall be Erected and because that in so remote a Country and situate among so many barbarous Nations the Invasions as well of Salvages or other Enemies Pirats and Robbers may probably be feared Therefore we have given and for us our Heirs and Successors do give Power by these Prsents unto the said Christopher Duke of Albemarle Power to make War William Earl of Craven John Lord Berkeley Anthony Lord Ashley Sir George Carterett and Sir Peter Colleton their Heirs and Assigns by themselves or their Captains or other Officers to Leavy Muster and Train all sorts of Men of what Condition soever or wheresoever born whether in the said Islands or elsewhere for the time being and to make War and to pursue the Enemies aforesaid as well by Sea as by Land Yea even without Limits of the said Islands and by Gods assistance to vanquish and take them and being taken to put them to Death by the Law of War and to save them at their pleasure and to do all and every other thing which to the Charge and Office of a Captain General of any Army belongeth or hath accustomed to belong as fully and freely as any Captain General of an Army hath ever had the same Also our Will and Pleasure is and by this our Charter we do give 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 Power Liberty and Authority in case of Rebellion Tumult or Sedition if any should happen which God forbid either upon the Land within the Islands aforesaid or upon the Main Sea in making a Voyage thither or returning from thence by him and themselves their Captains Deputies or Officers to be authority under his or their Seals for that purpose To whom also for us our Heirs and Successors we do Give and Grant by these Presents full Power and Authority to Exercise Martial Law against mutinous and seditious Persons of those parts such as shall refuse to submit themselves to their Government or shall refuse to serve in the Wars or shall fly to the Enemy forsake their Colours or Ensigns or be Loyterers or Straglers or otherwise howsoever offending against Law Custom or Discipline Military as freely and in as ample manner and form as any Captain General of an Army by vertue of his Office might or hath accustomed to use the same And our further pleasure is and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors We do 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 and to the Tenants and Inhabitants of the said Islands both present and to come and to every of them that the said Islands and the Tenants and Inhabitants thereof shall not from henceforth be held or reputed any Member or Part of any Colony whatsoever in America or elsewhere now Transported or made or hereafter to be Transported or made nor shall be depending on or subject to their Government in any thing but be absolutely seperated and divided from the same And our Will and Pleasure is by these Presents that they be seperated and that they be subject immediately to our Crown of England as depending thereof for ever And that the Inhabitants of the said Islands nor any of them shall at any time hereafter be compelled or compellable or by any ways subject or liable to appear or answer to any Matter Suit Cause or Plaint whatsoever out of the Islands aforesaid in any other of our Islands Colonies or Dominions in America or elsewhere