Commons is a little above 500 persons whereof commonly near 200 are absent upon business or sickness c. Note that the Barons of the Cinque Ports are at this day onely as other Burgesses in Parliament but are still called Barons after the antient manner because heretofore they got great renown by their exploits at Sea in defending the Kingdom in memory whereof they have yet the Priviledge to send Burgesses to bear the Cloth of State over the Kings Head on the day of his Coronation and to dine that day in the Kings Presence A List of all the Knights Citizens Burgesses and Barons of the Cinque Ports that at present serve in the Parliament of England Bedford SIR Humphry Winch Bar. Sir John Nappier Bar. Town of Bedford Pawlet St. John Esq Sir William Beecher Kt. Berks. Richard Nevil Esq Sir Richard Powle Kt of the Bath Burough of New Windsor Sir Richard Braham Kt. Sir Thomas Higgons Kt. Borough of Reading Sir Thomas Doleman Kt. Richard Aldworth Esq Burough of Wallingford Sir John Benet Knight of the Bath Robert Packer Esq Borough of Abingdon Sir George Stonehouse Bar. Bucks Sir William Bowyer Kt. and Bar. Sir William Terringham Kt. of the Bath Town of Bucks Sir Richard Temple Bar. Sir William Smith Bar. Borough of Chipping Wiccomb Sir Edmond Pye Kt. and Bar. Sir John Burlace Bar. Borough of Aylesbury Sir Richard Ingoldsby Knight of the Bath Sir Thomas Lee Bar. Borough of Agmondesham Sir Will. Drake Kt. Sir Thomas Proby Bar. Borough of Wendever Richard Hampden Esq Robert Crooke Esq Borough of great Marlowe Peregrine Hobby Esq Charles Cheyney Esq Cambridge Sir Thomas Chicheley Kt. Sir Thomas Wendy Knight of the Bath Vniversity of Cambridge Thomas Crouch Master of Arts Sir Charles Wheeler Bar. Town of Cambridge William Lord Allington Roger Pepis Esq Chester Sir Foulke Lucy Knight Thomas Cholmly Esq City of Chester Sir Thomas Smith Bar. John Radcliff Esq Cornwall Sir Jonath Trelawny Kt. Sir John Corryton Bar. Borough of Dunhivid alias Launceston Sir Richard Edgecombe Knight of the Bath Sir Charles Harbord Knight His Majesties Surveyor General Borough of Leskeard John Harris Esq Barnard Greenvile Esq Borough of Lestwithiel Charles Smith Esq Silas Titus Esq Borough of Truroe John Arundel Esq Edward Boscawen Borough of Bodmin Sir John Carew Bar. Hender Roberts Esq Borough of Helston Sir William Godolphin Bar. Sidney Godolphin Esq Borough of Saltashe Francis Buller Junior Esq John Buller Esq Borough of Camelford Thomas Coventry Esq Sir Will. Godolphin Kt. Borough of Port-Pigham alias Westlow Sir Henry Vernon Bar. John Trelawny Esq Borough of Grampound Charles Trevanion Esq John Tanner Esq Borough of Estlow Henry Seymour Esq Sir Robort Atkins Kt. of the Bath Borough of Penryn William Pendarvis Esq John Birch Esq Borough of Tregony Hugh Boscawen Esq Thomas Herle Esq Borough of Bossiny Robert Roberts Esq Richard Rous Esq Borough of St. Ives James Praed Esq Edward Nosworthy Esq Borough of Fowey Jonathan Rashley Esq John Rashly Gent. Borough of St. Germains John Elliot Esq Edward Elliot Esquire Borough of St. Michael Matthew Wren Esq Francis Ld Hawley Borough of Newport John Speccot Esq Nicolas Morice Borough of St. Mawes Arthur Spry Esq Sir Joseph Tredinham Borough of Kellington Sir Cyril Wych Kt. Sam. Roll Esq Cumberland Sir George Fletcher Bar. Sir John Lowther Bar. City of Carlile Sir Philip Howard Kt. Christopher Musgrave Esq Borough of Cockermouth Sir Wilfrid Lawson Kt. John Clark Esq Derby William Lord Cavendish Sacheveril Esq Town of Derby John Dalton Esq Anchetel Grey Esq Devon Sir John Roll Knight of the Bath Sir Copplestone Bamfield Kt. City of Exeter Sir James Smith Kt. Robert Walker Esq Borough of Totnes Sir Edward Seymour Bar. Sir Thomas Clifford Kt. Borough of Plymouth Sir William Morice Kt. Sir Gilbert Talbot Kt. Town and Borough of Okehampton Sir Edward Wise Knight of the Bath John Harris Esq Borough of Barnstable Sir John Norcot Bar. Nicholas Dennis Esq Borough of Plympton Sir William Stroude Kt. Sir Nicholas Slanning Kt. and Bar. Borough of Honiton Sir Courtney Poole Bar. Peter Prideaux Esq Borough of Tavistok George Howard Esq William Russel Esq Borough of Ashburton Sir Geo. Sonds Kt. of the Bath John Fowel Esq Borough of Clifton Dartmouth Hardnes William Harbord Esq William Gould Esq Borough of Beeralston Sir John Maynard Kt. the Kings Sergeant at Law Joseph Maynard Esq Borough of Tiverton Thomas Carew Esq Henry Ford Esq Dorset Giles Strangeways Esq Sir John Strode Kt. Town of Poole Sir John Moreton Bar. Thomas Trenchard Esq Borough of Dorchester James Gould Esq John Churchill Esq Borough of Kings Lime Sir John Shaw Kt. and Bar. Henry Henly Esq Borough of Weymouth Sir John Covenrry Kt. of the Bath Sir Winston Churchill Kt. Borough of Kings-mellcombe Bullen Reymes Esq Anthony Ashley Esq Borough of Bridport Humphrey Bishop Esq John Strangewaise Esq Bor. of Shaston alias Shastbury Henry Whittacre Esq John Bennet Esq Borough of Wareham George Pit Esq Robert Culleford Esq Borough of Corfe Castle Sir Ralf Banks Kt. John Tregonwell Esq Essex Banestre Maynard Esq Sir John Bramstone Knight of the Bâ—rbâ— Borough of Colchester Sir Harbottle Grimstone Baronet Master of the Rolls Sir John Shaw Kt. Borough of Malden Sir John Tirril Kt. Sir Richard wiseman Kt. Borough of Harwich Thomas King Esq Sir Capel Luckin Gloucester John Grubham How Esq Sir Bainham Throgmorton Kt. City of Gloucester Sir Edward Massy Kt. Evan Seyes Serjeant at Law Borough of Cirencester Henry Fowle Esq John George Esq Borough of Tewksbury Sir Henry Capel Kt. of the Bath Richard Dowdswel Esq Hereford John Kerle Bar. Thomas Price Esq City of Hereford Roger Vaughan Esq Herbert Westphaling Esq Borough of Leompster Reynald Graham Esq Humphrey Cornwall esq Borough of Weobly John Barnaby Esq Sir Thomas Tompkins Kt Hertford Sir Richard Franklyn Knight and Baronet Will. Hale Esq Borough of St. Albans Sam. Grimston Esq Thomas Arris Doctor of Physick Borough of Hertford Sir Edward Turner Knight Speaker Thomas Lord Fanshaw Knight of the Bath Huntingdon Robert Vicount Mandeville Henry Williams Esq Borough of Huntingdon Sir John Cotton Bar. Lyonel Walden Esquire Kent Sir Thomas Peyton Bar. Sir John Tufton Kt. and Bar. City of Canterbury Thomas Hardâ—es Serj. at Law Sir Edward Masters Kt. City of Rochester Sir Francis Clerk Kt. Richard Heâ—d Esquire Borough of Maidstone Thomâ—s Heâ—lâ—ckenden Esquire Sir Robert Barneham Bar. Borough of Queenborough James Herbert Esquire Sir Edward Hales Bar. Lancaster Sir Roger Bradshaw Kt. Thomas Preston Esquire Borough of Lancaster Richard Kirkby Esquire Richard Harrison Esquire Borough or Town of Preston in Amounderness Edward Rigby Esquire John Otway Esquire Borough of Newton Richard Lord Gorges Richard Leigh Esq Borough of Wigon Charles Eâ—rl of Ancram Sir Jeofry â—hâ—kerley Kt. Borough of Clitheroe Sir John Heath Attorney of the Dutchy Ambrose Pudrey Esq Borough of Liverpoole Sir William Bucknell Kt. Sir Gilbert Ireland Kt. Leicester John Lord Roos George Faunt Esq Town of Leicester Sir William Hartop Kt. Sir John Prettyman Kt. and Bar. Lincoln George Vicount Castleton Sir Robert Car Kt. and Bar. City of Lincoln Sir Thomas Meres
Kt. Sir John Mounson jun. Kt. of the Bath Borough of Boston Sir Anthony Irby Kt. Sir Philip Harcourt Kt. Borough of Great Grimsby Jervas Holles Esq Sir Frechevile Holles Kt. Town of Stamford Peregrin Bertue Esq William Montague Esq Borough of Grantham Sir John Newton Bar. Sir William Thorold Kt. and Bar. Middlesex Sir Lancelot Lake Kt. Sir Thomas Allen Kt. City of Westminster Sir Philip Warwick Kt. Sir Richard Everard Kt. London Sir John Frederick Kt. Sir William Thomson Kt. William Love Esq John Jones Esq Monmouth Sir Trevor Williams Bar. William Morgan Esq Borough of Monmouth Sir George Probert Kt. Norfolk Thomas Lord Richardson Sir Ralph Hâ—re Bar. City of Norwich Christopher Jâ—y Esq Francis Corey Esq Town of Lynn Regis Robert Wright Esq John Coke Esq Town of Great Yarmouth Sir William Coventry Kt. Sir William Doyly Kt and Bar. Borough of Thetford Sir Allan Apseley Kt. Joseph Williamson Esquire Borough of Castlerising Sir Robert Paston Kt. and Bar. Robert Steward Esquire Northamton Sir Justinian Isham Bar. George Clark Esquire City of Peterborough William Lord Fitzwilliams Sir Vere Fane Town of Northampton Lord O Bryon Sir William Farmer Town of Brackeley Sir Thomas Crew Kt Robert Spencer Esquire Borough of Higham Ferrers Sir Lewis Palmer Bar. Northumberland Henry Earl of Ogle Sir William Fenwick Bar. Town of Newcastle upon Time Sir Francis Anderson Kt. Sir John Marley Kt. Borough of Morpeth Sir George Downing Kt. and Bar. Edward Lord Morpeth Town of Berwick upon Twede Edward Gray Esquire Daniel Collingwood Esquire Nottingham Anthony Eyre Esquire Sir Francis Leeke Knight and Bar. Town of Nottingham Arthur Stanhop Esquire Robert Pierpoint Esquire Borough of Eastretford Sir William Hickman Bar. Sir Edward Deering Kt. Oxon. Sir Francis Wainman Kt. Sir Anthony Cope Knight and Bar. Vniversity of Oxon. Lawrence Hide Esquire Sir Henage Finch Kt. and Bar. His Majesties Atturney General City of Oxon. Robert Croke Esquire Brome Whorwood Esquire Borough of New-Woodstock Sir Thomas Spencer Bar Sir William Fleetwood Kt. Borough of Banbury Sir John Holeman Kt. Rutland Edward Noell Esquire Phillip Sherrard Esquire Salop. Sir Francis Lawley Bar. Richard Newport Esquire Town of Salop. Robert Leighton Esquire Thomas Jones Serjeant at Law Borough of Bruges alias Bridgenorth Sir William Whitmore Bar. Sir Thomas Whitmore Knight of the Bath Borough of Ludlow Sir Job Charleton His Majesties Serjeant at Law Somerset Fox Esquire Borough of Great Wenlock Sir Thomas Littleton Kt. George Weld Esquire Town of Bishops-Castle Edmond Waring Esquire William Oakeley Esquire Sommerset Edward Philips Esquire Sir Jo. Sydenham Bar. City of Bristol Sir John Knight Kt. Sir Humphrey Hook Kt. City of Bath Sir William Basset Kt. Sir Francis Popham Kt. and Bar. City of Wells Richard Lord Butler Earl of Arran Sir Maurice Berkley Kt. and Bar. Lord Fitzharding Borough of Taunton Sir William Portman Bar. Sir William Windham Kt. Borough of Bridgewater Edmond Windham Esquire Peregrine Palmer Esquire Borough of Minehead Sir Jo. Malet Kt. Sir Hugh Windham Kt. Borough of Ilcester Sir Edward Phillips jun. Kt. Henry Dunster Merchant Borough of Milborneport Francis Windham Esquire Michael Mallet Esquire Southampton Charles Lord St. John Sir John Norton Bar. City of Winchester Sir Rober Holmes Kt. Lawrence Hide Esquire Town of Southampton Sir Richard Ford Kt. Thomas Knowles Esquire Town of Portsmouth Richard Norton Esquire Sir George Carteret Kt. and Bar. Borough of Yarmouth Richard Lucy Esquire Edward Smith Esquire Borough of Peterfield Thomas Neal Esquire Arthur Bold Esquire Borough of Newport alias Medena Sir Robert Dillington William Glascock Esq Borough of Stockbridge Sir Robert Howard Kt. Robert Phillips Esquire Borough of Newtown Sir John Barrington Kt. and Bar. Sir Robert Worsley Kt. and Bar. Borough of Christchurch Humphry Weld Esquire Henry Tulse Esquire Borough of Whitchurch Henry Wallop Esquire Giles Hungerford Esquire Borough of Limmington Sir William Lewis Bar. Sir Nicholas Steward Bar. Town of Andover John Collins Esquire Sir John Trot Bar. Stafford Sir Edward Littleton Bar. Randolph Egerton Esquire City of Litchfield Richard Diot Esquire Sir Theophilus Bidolph Kt. and Bar. Borough of Stafford Robert Milward Esquire William Chetwinde Esquire Borough of Newcastel under Line Sir Caesar Colclough Bar. Edward Manwaring Esquire Borough of Tamworth Charles Lord Clifford John Swinfein Esquire Suffolke Sir Henry Felton Bar. Sir Henry North Bar. Borough of Ipswich John Wright Esquire William Bloise sen Esquire Borough of Dunwich William Wood Esquire Sir John Pettus Kt. Borough of Orford Sir Allen Broderick Knight Walter Devereux Esquire Borough of Aldborough Sir John Holland Bar. Jo. Bence Esquire Borough of Sudbury Sir Robert Cordel Bar. Thomas Walgrave Esquire Borough of Eye Sir George Reeve Kt. and Bar. Charles Cornwallis Esquire Borough of St. Edmonds-bury Sir John Duncomb Kt. Sir Edmond Pooley Kt. Surrey Sir Adam Brown Bar. Sir Edmond Bowyer Kt. Borough of Southwark Sir Thomas Bludworth Kt. Sir thomas Clarges Kt. Borouhg of Blechingly Sir William Hayward Kt. Sir Edward Bish Kt. Borough of Rygate Roger James Esquire Sir Edward Thurland Knight Borough of Guiltford Arthur Onslow Esquire Thomas De Mahoy Esquire Borough of Gatton Thomas Turgis Esquire Sir Nicolas Carew Kt. Borough of Haslemere George Evelyn Esquire Thomas Morrice Esquire Sussex Sir John Pelham Bar. Sir Will. Morley Kt. of the Bath City of Chichester Sir Henry Peckham Kt Serjeant at Law William Garaway Esquire Borough of Horsham Sir John Covert Kt. and Bar. Orlando Bridgman Esquire Borough of Midhurst Baptist May Esquire John Steward Esquire Borough of Lewis Sir John Stapely Kt. and Bar. Sir Thomas Woodcok Kt. Borough of New-Shoreham Edward Blaker Esquire Jo. Fag Esquire Borough of Bramber Sir Cicil Bishop Peircy Goring Esquire Borough of Steyning Sir John Fag Bar. Henry Goring Esq Borough of East Grimstead Charles Lord Buckhurst Sir George Courthop Kt. Borough of Arundel Roger Earl of Orrory Francis Lord Angier Warwick Sir Robert Holt Bar. Sir Henry Puckering alias Newton City of Coventry Sir Clement Fisher Bar. Richard Hopkins Esq Borough of Warwick Sir Francis Compton Kt. Foulk Grevile Esq Westmerland Sir Phillip Musgrave Bar. Sir Thomas Strickland Kt. Borough of Apulby Thomas Tufton Esq John Dalston Esq Wilts Henry Lord Cornbury Thomas Thin Esq City of New Sarum Sir Stephen Fox Kt. Richard Coleman Esq Borough of Wilton Sir John Birkenhead Kt. Sir Thomas Mompesson Kt. Borough of Downton Gilbert Rawleigh Esq Sir Joseph Ash Kt. Borough of Hindon Edward Seymor Esq Sir George Grubham How Bar. Borough of Westbury Richard Lewis Esq Thomas Wanklyn Esq Borough of Hetsbury John Jolliffe Esq William Ash Esq Borough of Calne William Ducket Esq George Low Esq Borough of the Devises Edward Lewis Esq George Johnson Borough of Chippenham Sir Edward Hungerford Kt. of the Bath Henry Baynton Esq Borough of Malmesbury Phillip Howard Esq Sir Edward Pool Kt. Borough of Cricklade Sir George Hungerford Kt. Sir John Earnely Kt. Borough of Great Bedwin Sir John Trevor Kt. Henry Clerk Esq Borough of Lugdersal William Ashburnham Esq Thomas Gray Esq Borough of Old Sarum Edward Nicholas Esq Sir Eliab Harvey Kt. Borough of Wooten Basset Sir Walter St. John Bar. John Pleydal Esq Borough of Marleborough John Lord Seymour Jeoffery Daniel Esq Worcester Sir John Packington Bar. Samuel Sandys Sen. Esq City of Worcester Sir Rowland Berkly Kt. Thomas Street
Esq Borough of Droitwich Henry Coventry Esq Samuel Sandys Jun. Esq Borough of Evesham Sir John Hanmer Kt. Sir James Rushout Kt. Borough of Bewdly Sir Henry Herbert Kt. York Conyers Darcy Esq Sir Thomas Slingsby Kt. City of York Sir Metcalf Robinson Kt. Sir Thomas Osborn Bar. Town of Kingston upon Hull Anthony Gilby Esq Andrew Marvel Gent. Borough of Knaersborough Sir John Talbot Kt. William Stockdale Esq Borough of Scarborough Sir Phillip Munckton Esq William Thompson Esq Borough of Rippon Sir Jo. Nicholas Kt. of the Bath Thomas Burwell Dr. of Laws Borough of Richmond Sir William Killegrew Kt. Marmaduke Darcy Esq Borough of Heydon Henry Guy Esq Sir Hugh Bethel Kt. Borough of Burrowbridge Sir Rich. Malevere Kt. and Bar. Robert Long Esq Borough of Malton William Palmes Esquire Sir Thomas Gowre Kt. Borough of Thirske Sir Thomas Ingram Kt. Will. Franklin Esquire Borough of Aldborough Sir Soloman Swale Bar. Sir Francis Goodrick Kt. Borough of Beverley Michael Wharton Esquire Sir John Hotham Bar. Borough of North-Allerton Sir Gilbert Gerard Kt. and Bar. Roger Talbot Esquire Borough of Ponfract Sir John Dawney Kt. Sir William Lowther Kt. Barons of the Cinque Ports Port of Hastings Edward Waller Esquire Sir Denny Ashburnham Bar. Town of Winchelsea Francis Finch Esquire Robert Austin Gent. Town of Rye Sir John Robinson Kt. and Bar. Sir Jo. Austin Bar. Port of New Rumney Sir Charles Sidley Bar. Sir Norton Knatchbull Bar. Port of Hyth John Harvey Esquire Sir Henry wood Kt. and Bar. Port of Dover George Montague Esquire Edward Lord Hinchenbroke Port of Sandwich Jo. Strode Esquire James Thurbarne Esquire Port of Seaford Sir William Thomas Kt. and Bar. Nicholas Pelham Esquire WALES Anglesey Nicholas Bagnall Esquire Town of Bewmorris John Robinson Esquire Brecon Edward Progers Esquire Town of Brecon Sir Herbert Price Bar. Cardigan Edward Vaughan Esquire Town of Cardigan Sir Charles Cotterel Kt. Carmarthen Sir Henry Vaughan Kt. Town of Carmarthen John Lord Vaughan Knight of the Bath Carnarvon Sir Richard Wynne Bar. Town of Carnarvon William Griffith Esquire Denbigh John Wynne Esquire Town of Denbigh Sir John Salisbury Bar. Flint Sir Thomas Hanmer Bar. Town of Flint Roger Whitely Esquire Glamorgan Sir Edward Mansel Bar. Town of Cardiffe Robert Thomas Esquire Merioneth Henry Wynne Esquire Pembroke Arthur Owen Esquire Town of Haverdford-West Sir Frederick Hyde Kt. Town of Pembroke Rowland Lagherne Esquire Montgomery Andrew Newport Esquire Town of Montgomery Henry Herbert Esquire Radnor Sir Richard Lloyd Kt. Town of Radnor Sir Edward Harley Kt. of the Bath Note that some Knights and Burgesses being lately deceased others are not yet elected in their Room Of the Executive Power in Temporal Matters A Brief account of the Legislative power in Temporall affairs having been given next may be considered the Executive power in those affairs and that is generally in the King he is the Fountain of Justice he is the Fountain of Justice he is the Lord Chief Justice of England and therefore as all the Laws of England are called the Kings Laws because he is Caput Principium Finis Parliamenti by which the Laws are made and that nothing can have the Force of a Law but what he wills so all the Courts of Judicature are called the Kings Courts and all the Judges of those Courts are called the Kings Judges The highest Court of Judicature in England is the House of Lords in Parliament so that the Parliament is not only Concilium but Curia a Court of Judicature consisting as aforementioned of all the Lords Spiritual and Temporal as Judges and these assisted with the most grave and eminent Lawyers of England both in Common and Civil Law To the Judicature of this Supreme and most Honourable Court all other Courts and Persons that are Subjects of England are Subject and accountable for all Crimes not properly tryable remediable or punishable in other inferiour Courts of Justice and to this Court all last Appeals are to be made and from whose Sentence there lies no appeal but to a succeeding Parliament and this supreme Judicatory or Judicial Power lyes only in the King and House of Lords and at the Bar of this High Court may the House of Commons as the Grand Inquest of the Nation impeach the highest Subject of England whether of the Clergy or of the Laity and prosecute them till it come to a Sentence after which there can be no farther proceeding till the King informed of the whole matter gives His Royal Assent for the Execution of the said Sentence or grant His gracious Pardon In the late Long Parliament the House of Commons pretended to be also a Court of Judicature and at length usurped a most exorbitant power to the total ruine of Monarchical Government and it is worth observing by what Gradations they arrived thereto In the time of Queen Elizabeth and not before the Commons began to take upon them as saith Mr. Pryn a learned Member of that House to seclude one another for undue Elections whereas formerly the King and Lords were accounted the sole Judges of all Members of the Commons House and to have the sole power to judge of their undue Elections Returns Misdemeanors Breaches of Privileges and of all other matters concerning their Membership also for freeing any Member from Arrest or Imprisonments did wholely and solely belong to the Lords and not to the Commons unless it were by special order referred by the Lords to the House of Commons as heretofore sometimes hath been done In the time of King Charles the Martyr the Commons went farther took upon them utterly to expel out of their House some of their fellow Members as Projectors and Monopolizers although they had been duly elected After this in the same Kings time they expelled all such as adhered in Loyalty to the King next they secluded and imprisoned all such as the Officers of the late rebellious Army impeached or disliked then by the help of that Army 50 or 60 of the Members of that House expelled all the rest of their fellows and soon after voted down the King and whole House of Lords and voted themselves to be the Parliament to be the sole Legislators and the Supreme Authority of England into such a prodigious height of folly and impiety do men run when they once allow themselves to pass their due limits Of the Court of Justice called the Kings-Bench FOr the Execution of Laws after the House of Lords in Parliament the highest Court in England is the Kings
447 150 38 Welcome 400 150 38 Yarmouth 608 180 44 Fifth Rate    Augustin 300 110 26 Briar 180 90 18 Colchester 287 110 24 Convert 250 110 26 Coventry 200 110 20 Dartmouth 220 110 22 Dolphin 130 80 14 Eagle 299 110 22 Forester 230 110 32 Fame 200 95 20 Gift 300 100 26 Garland 2â—5 1â—0 20 Greyhound 150 90 22 Half-Moon 300 110 26 Happy Entrance 200 100 20 Hector 150 90 20 Hound    Lizard 100 170 16 Milford 262 115 22 Mermaid 287 110 22 Norwich 258 110 22 Nightingale 300 110 22 Oxford 240 105 22 Constant Warwick  80 22 Pearl 285 110 22 Pembroke 210 110 22 Paul 240 95 22 Richmond 235 110 22 Rosebush 300 100 24 Success Frigat 230 115 24 Speedwell 200 100 20 Sorlings 250 110 22 Success 380 130 34 Satisfaction 220 110 26 Saphire 300 100 26 Westergat 300 100 26 Sixth Rate    Bramble 120 70 14 Blackmore 90 50 12 Carnation 100 60 12 Chesnut 90 45 10 Cag-way 60 40 8 Cignet 60 40 6 Drake 146 70 12 Dolphin 50 25 4 Diver Smack    Eaglet 60 40 8 Fox 120 70 14 Francis 90 50 10 Griffin 90 50 12 Gift 120 70 12 Hind 60 40 8 Hawk 60 40 8 Harp 60 40 6 Hart    Hunter 50 30 6 Henrietta Pinnace 65 25 6 Kingsale 90 50 10 Lark 80 50 10 Lilly 60 40 6 Martin 130 70 12 Mary 120 60 12 Marygold Hoy    Nonsuch Catch 60 40 8 Minion    Paradox 127 70 12 Pearl Brigant 50 25 4 Roe 60 40 8 Rose 60 40 6 Sparrow 90 60 12 Swallow 60 40 6 True Love 100 60 12 Vulture 100 60 12 Weymouth 120 70 11 Wolf 120 70 16 Besides the above mentioned Vessels there was the New Gally the Eagle Stork Violet Ostridge Church and Elias in all 160 sail During the late War with the United Netherlands France and Denmark some of these forementioned Vessels were lost and since the Peace concluded many have been new built even this present year four Ships of the first Rate and three of the third Rate have been to his Majesties great expences built and perfectly finished or will be in a short time Those new built Ships of the first Rate are the Royal James Prince St. Andrew London All his Majesties Maritime Forces are under the Command of the Lord High Admiral of England touching whose Name Titles Power Priviledges c. See the first part The Lord Admiral hath under him many Officers of high and low condition some at Sea others at Land some of a Military some of a Civil capacity some Judicial others Ministerial so that the Dominion and Jurisdiction of the Sea may justly be stiled another Commonwealth or Kingdom apart In Mari sunt Regna distincta idque Jure Gentium sicut in arida terra saith Baldus that learned Oracle of the Civil Law And the Lord High Admiral of England may fitly be stiled or at least reputed as a Vice-Roy of the Maritime Kingdom of England The Vice-Admiral of England is an Officer to whom next under the High-Admiral it belongs to see the Royal Navy kept in good repair the wages of Mariners and Ship-wrights duly paid and the Ships provided of all things necessary for any Expedition The Lord High-Admiral of England doth by virtue of his place appoint in divers parts of the Kingdom his several Vice-Admirals with their Judges and Marshals by Patent under the Great Seal of the High Court of Admiralty These Vice-Admirals and Judges do exercise Jurisdiction in Maritime affairs within their several limits and in case any person is agrieved by any Sentence or Interlocutory Decree that hath the force of a definitive Sentence he may appeal to the High Court of Admiralty The present Vice-Admirals of the several Coasts of England with their Judges are these that follow in Alphabetical order Bristol City Sir Thomas Bridges Vice-Admiral Cheshire and Lancashire the Earl of Derby Vice-Admiral Sir Tim. Baldwin Kt. Dr. of Laws Judge Cornwall South parts Trelawny Vice-Admiral Cornwall North parts Sir John Godolphin V. Admiral Mr. Scawen Judge Cumberland Earl of Carlile V. Admiral Durham Earl of Carlile V. Admiral Devonshire John Vowel Esq V. Admiral Dr. Masters Judge Dorsetshire Bullen Reyms Esq Essex Sir John Bramston V. Admiral Sir Mundiford Bramston Judge Glocester Thomas Cheston Esq V. Adm. Kent Duke of Richmond V. Adm. Lincoln Lord Castleton V. Adm. Newcastle Earl of Carlile V. Adm. Norfolk Lord Townsend V. Adm. Sir Justinian Lewen Kt. Dr. of Laws Judge Northumberland Earl of Carlile V. Adm. Somersetshire Sir Thomas Bridges V. Admiral Sussex Sir John Pelham V. Adm. Dr. Low Judge Suffolk Sir Henry Felton V. Adm. Dr. Clark Judge Southampton and Isle of Wight Sir Robert Holms V. Adm. Dr. Lloyd Judge Wales North parts Col. John Robinson V. Adm. Mr. Walter Mansel Judge York Earl of Mulgrave V. Adm. For handling of Maritime Affairs the Lord High Admiral hath Courts of his own whereof that at London is the principal or supreme where all Process and Proceedings run in his name and not in the Kings as it doth in all Common-Law Courts in this Court usually call'd the Court of Admiralty he hath a Lieutenant called Judge of the Admiralty who is commonly some learned Dr. of the Civil Law and is at present Doctor Jenkins lately knighted for his great worth and now called Sir Lionel Jenkins The Proceeding in this Court in all Civil Matters is according to the Civil Law because the Sea is without the limits of the Common-Law but under the Admirals Jurisdiction therefore the Civil Law onely all Common Law secluded is made use of and by Libel they proceed to the Action the Plaintiff giving Caution to prosecute the Sute and to pay what shall be judged against him if he fail in the Sute the Defendant on the contrary securing the Plaintiff by sufficient surety or caution as the Judge shall think meet that he will appear in Judgment and pay that which shall be adjudged against him and that he will ratifie and allow all that his Proctor shall do in his name whereby the Clients are well assured to obtain that which by Law shall be adjudged to them let the Cause fall on which side soever In the Admiralty Court of England use is made not onely of the Civil Laws but the Laws of Rhodes and Oleron whereof the former is an Island in the Mediterranean Sea about twenty miles distant from the Continent of Asia Minor and is now under the Turk the antient Inhabitants whereof by their mighty Trade and Power at Sea grew so expert in the Regulation of all Maritime Matters and Differences and their Determinations therein were esteemed so just and equitable that their Laws in such affairs have ever since been observed for Oracles Those Laws were long ago incorporated into the Volumes of the Civil Law And the Romans who gave Laws to other
as the Feciales of the Romans did and from hence probably Seven Danish Kings and some Kings of Norway and of Sweden and some of England before the Conquest have had the name of Harold which is all one saith Verstegan with Herald These have no certain Province under them but by turns wait upon the Kings at Arms and have part of their Fees Of these Heralds in England there were anciently many and so likewise of Pursuivants whereof at present there are but four thus named Rouge Cross Rouge Dragon Portcullice and Blewmantle from such Badges heretofore worn by them as it is thought The service of these and of the Heralds and of the whole Colledge is used in marshalling and ordering Coronations Marriages Christnings Funerals Interviews Feasts of Kings and Princes Cavalcades Shews Justs Tournaments Combats before the Constable and Marshal c. Also they take care of the Coats of Arms of the Genealogies of the Nobility and Gentry briefly whatsoever concerns Honor is their care and study they are Tanquam Sacrorum Custodes Templi Honoris Aeditui All these receive Annual Stipends out of the Kings Exchequer They are all to be Gentlemen at the least and the Six Heralds are expresly made Esquires by the King when they are created Heralds Anciently the Kings at Arms were Created and solemnly Crowned by the Kings of England themselves and the Heralds and Pursuivants had their Creations from the Kings hand but of later times the Earl Marshal hath had a special Commission for every particular Creation and to do all that before was done by the King For the Creating and Crowning of Garter King at Arms there are first to be provided a Sword and a Book whereon to take a Solemn Oath then a Gilt Crown a Coller of S's a Bowl of Wine which Bowl is the Fee of the new created King also a Coat of Arms of Velvet richly embroidered His Creation is on this manner first he kneels down before the Earl Marshal and laying his hand on the Book and Sword another King at Armes reads the Oath which being taken and the Book and Sword kissed next are read the Letters Patents of his Office during which the Earl Marshal powres the Wine on his head and gives him the Name of Garter then puts on him the Coat of Armes and Collar of S's and the Crown on his head The Oath is to obey first the Supream head of the most noble Order of the Garter and then the Noble Knights of that Order in such things as belong to his Office to inquire diligently of all the Noble and notable Acts of every Knight of this Order and thereof to certify the Register of that Order that he may record the same and to give notice to the King and the Knights of the Order of the death of any of that Society to have an exact knowledge of all the Nobility to instruct Heralds and Pursuivants in doubts concerning the Office of Arms to eschew and avoid all persons of ill reputation to be more ready to excuse then to blame any noble person unless called by Authority to witness against them c. This Officer hath a double Salary double to the two other Kings and hath moreover Fees at the Instalments yearly wages given by the Knights of the Garter hath the uppermost Garment at their Installments c. The two Provincial Kings at Armes Clarentius and Norroy are created by Letters Patents a Book a Sword c. as Garter and with almost the same Ceremonies A Herald at Armes is also created with the like Ceremony onely his Coat of Armes must be Sattin embroidered and enricht with gold and must be brought in with two Heralds as the Kings at Arms are by two Kings at Armes They take a solemn Oath to be true to the King to be serviceable to Gentlemen to keep secrets of Knights Esquires Ladies and Gentlewomen to assist distressed Gentlemen and Gentlewomen Widows and Virgins to avoid Taverns Dicing and Whore-houses c. Pursuivants at Armes are created also by Letters Patents a Book a Bowl of Wine and a Coat of Arms of Damask and to be brought in as the Heralds before the Earl Marshal or his Deputy and to swear in solemn manner to be true to the King to be serviceable to all Christians to be secret and sober to be more ready to commend then to blame to be humble lowly c. This Office since the late dreadful fire is held in the Queens Court at Westminster where are some always waiting to satisfy comers touching Descents Pedigrees Coates of Armes c. as was formerly done at the forementioned house up in London which is now begun to be rebuilt by the Members of the Colledge and it is hoped may in a short time by the bountiful Contributions of all men that have any sence of Honour remaining be compleated to the glory of this City and Kingdom All of this Colledge being the Kings sworn servants the Reader may find a List of their Names in the First Part about the Kings Court. Within the Walls of London also is seated a Colledge built by the forementioned worthy person Sir Thomas Gresham and indowed in manner following After he had built the Royal Exchange he gave the Revenue thereof the one Moity to the Mayor and Commonalty of London and their Successors and the other moity to the Company of Mercers in trust that the Mayor and Aldermen should find in all time to come four able persons to read within this Colledge Divinity Geometry Astronomy and Musick and to allow to each of them besides their fair lodging 50 l. a year And that the Company of Mercers should find Three more able men to read Civil Law Physick and Rhetorick and to allow to each one of them besides fair Lodgings 50 l. a year And that these several Lecturers should read in Term time every day in the week except Sundayes aforenoon in Latin and afternoon the same in English The Musick Lecture to be read onely in English There is also within London another called Sion Colledge founded by Thomas White Doctor in Divinity for the use of the Clergy of London and of the Liberties thereof and a part thereof to be for 20 poor people to perform all which he gave 3000 l. and for the maintenance of those poor he setled 120 l a year for ever and 40 l. a year for a Sermon in Latin at the beginning of every quarter and a plentiful Dinner for all the Clergy that shall then meet there In this Colledge is a fair spacious Library built by John Sympson Rector of Saint Olaves Hart street and one of the said Doctor Whites Executors and by the bounty of divers Benefactors this Library hath been well furnished with Books chiefly such as are useful for Divines This Colledge felt the rage of the late Fire but is almost repaired again A little without the Walls stands another Colledge or Collegiate House called antiently the Chartreuse