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
Arches founded in a deep broad River and some say on a soft ozy Ground is Eight hundred Foot in length Sixty high and Thirty broad hath a Draw bridge almost in the middle and Twenty Foot between each Arch it was built Anno 1209. in the Reign of King John The first Stone-bridge in England having been built above One hundred years before by Queen Maud Wife to Henry the First at Stratford on the River Lee Three miles from London so called from the Highway there passing over a Ford and since called Stratford Bow from the Arched Bridge a piece of Architecture then new to the English Nation The building of this Bridge of London was an exceeding difficult and costly piece of Work and to those that consider the constant great Flux and Reflux at that place it seems almost impossible to be done again The charges of keeping it in repair is so great that it hath been thought fit by our Ancestors to have a large House a vast Revenue in Lands and Houses divers considerable Officers c. to be set apart for the constant care and repair thereof Concerning this Bridge and the stupendious site and structure thereof take here the fancy of an ingenious Person deceased WHen Neptune from his Billows London spi'd Brought proudly thither by a High Spring-Tide As through a Floating Wood he steer'd along And moving Castles cluster'd in a throng When he beheld a mighty Bridge give law Unto his Surges and their fury aw When such a Shelf of Cataracts did roar As if the Thames with Nile had chang'd her shoar When he such Massie Walls such Towers did eye Such Posts such Irons upon his back to â—ie When such vast Arches he observ'd that might Nineteen Rialto's make for depth and height When the Cerulean god these things survey'd He shook his Trident and astonish'd said Let the whole Earth now all Her Wonders count This Bridge of Wonders is the Paramount Not far below this famous Bridge is placed the Custome House where is received and managed all the Impositions laid on Merchandise Imported or Exported from this City which are so considerable that of all the Customs of England divided into three parts the Port of London pays Two thirds that is above 330000 l. yearly In this Office there are employed many persons of great ability and worth Collectors Customers Comptrollers Surveyors Registers whereof some have Salaries of 500 l. yearly besides many perquisites The House where this great Office was kept being destroyed by the late Fire is now rebuilt in a very much more magnificent uniform and commodious manner by the King and will cost His Majesty 10000 l. the building There are at present within this City of London divers other very considerable Offices whereof take the account following Of the Office of Post-Master General THe Profits of the said Office are setled by Act of Parliament on his Royal Highness the Duke of York but His Majesty doth constitute His Post-Master General by Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England and accordingly hath conferred that Office upon the Right Honorable Henry Lord Arlington His Principal Secretary of State The present Post-Master General keepeth one Grand or General Office in the City of London from whence Letters and Pacquets are dispatched Every Monday to France Italy Spain Flanders Germany Sweden Danemark c and to Kent Every Tuesday to the United Netherlands Germany c. And to all parts of England Scotland and Ireland Every Wednesday to Kent onely and the Downs Every Thursday to France Spain Italy and all parts of England and Scotland Every Friday to the Spanish and United Netherlands Germany Sweden Danemark and to Kent Every Saturday to all parts of England Scotland and Ireland And the Answers of the said Letters and Pacquets are received in the said Office in due Course And from thence dispersed and delivered according to their respective directions with all expedition The said Office is managed by a Deputy and other Officers to the number of Seventy seven Persons who give their actual attendance respectively in the dispatch of the business Upon this Grand Office depends One hundred eighty two Deputy Post-Masters in England and Scotland most of which keep Regular Offices in their Stages and Sub Post-Masters in their Branches and also in Ireland another General Office for that Kingdom which is kept in Dublin consisting of Eighteen like Officers and Forty five Deputy Post-Masters The present Post-Master General keeps constantly for the transport of the said Letters and Pacquets Between England and France Two Pacquet-Boats Flanders Two Pacquet-Boats Holland Three Pacquet-Boats Ireland Three Pacquet-Boats And at Deal Two Pacquet-Boats for the Downs All which Officers Post-Masters Pacquet-Boats are maintained at his own proper charge And as the Master piece of all those good regulations established by the present Post-master General for the better government of the said office he hath annexed and apropriated the Market Towns of England so well to the respective Post-stages that there is no considerable Market-Town but hath an easy and certain Conveyance for the Letters thereof to and from the said grand office in the due Course of the Mailes every Post Note also that all Letters are conveyed with more expedition and less charges then in any forreign Country A Letter containing a whole sheet of Paper is conveyed 80 miles for 2 d. 2 sheets 4 d. and an ounce of Letters but 8 d. and that in so short a time by night as well as by day that every 24 hours the Post goes 120 miles and in 5 dayes an answer of a Letter may be had from a place 300 miles distant from the Writer Moreover if any Gentleman desires to ride Post to any principal Town of England Post-Horses are alwayes in readiness taking no Horse without the consent of his owner which in other Kings reigns was not duly observed and only 3 d. is demanded for every English mile and for every Stage to the Post boy 4 d. for conducting Besides this excellent convenience of conveying Letters and Men on Horseback there is of late such an admirable commodiousness both for Men and Women of better rank to travel from London to almost any great Town of England and to almost all the Villages near this great City that the like hath not been known in the World and that is by Stage Coaches wherein one may be transported to any place sheltred from foul weather and foul ways free from endamaging ones health or body by hard jogging or over violent motion and this not onely at a low price as about a shilling for every 5 miles but with such velocity and speed as that the Posts in some forreign Countryes make not more miles in a day for the Stage Coaches called flying Coaches make Forty or Fifty miles in a day as from London to Oxford or Cambridge and that in the space of Twelve hours not counting the time for Dining setting forth not too early and
of a Sergeant is altered his long Robe and Cap his Hood and Coif are the same but there is besides a Cloak put over him and closed on his right shoulder and instead of a Caputium lined with Lambskin now a Caputium lined with Minever or de Minuto vario divers small pieces of white rich Furre Note that to the two Sergeants Innes belong the Twelve Judges and about Twenty six Sergeants Antiently the Fee expected by a Sergeant from his Client for Advice given at his Chamber or for pleading in any Court of Judicature was no more then Twenty shillings and the Fee of a Barister Ten shillings which yet is much more then is usually given in any of our neighbour Nations at this day but at present it is become almost ordinary to give some Setgeants Ten pound and sometimes Twenty pound and to a Barister half as much at the hearing of any considerable Cause whereby it comes to pass that some Lawyers in one year gain in Fees Three thousand pounds and some Four thousand pounds and in few years purchase Estates fit for Lords and sometimes live to see themselves advanced to be Peers of the Realm as the late Lord Keepers Coventry Finch and others Now all these forementioned Innes or Colledges for the Students in our Common law being not far distant one from another do make the most famous Profession of the Law that is in the World and it will be a very difficult thing to find in any one Forreign University so many Students of the Law that are of that ripe age past Childhood and of that high quality most Gentlemen and a considerable number of the Sons of the higher Nobility Of the Colledge of Civilians called Doctors Commons ALthough Degrees in the Civil Law may be had onely in Oxford and Cambridge and the Theory best there to be acquired yet the Practice thereof is most of all in London where a Colledge was long since purchased by Dr. Henry Harvey Dean of the Arches for the Professors of the Civil Law in this City and where commonly did reside the Judge of the Arches the Judge of the Admiralty and the Judge of the Prerogative Court with divers other eminent Civilians who there living for Diet and Lodging in a Collegiate manner and Commoning together it was usually known by the name of Doctors Commons and stood near S. Pauls in the Parish of S. Bennets Pauls-Wharf which being consumed by the late dreadful Fire they now all reside at Exeter House in the Strand in the same manner until their House be rebuilt and keep there their several Courts and Pleadings every Term which begins and ends almost at the same time with the Term at Westminster The cheif Court of the Archbishop is that of the Arches whereof see more in the Chapter of the Ecclesiastical Government of England The Principal Official or Judge of this Court is stiled Dean of the Arches and is at present Sir Giles Sweit Knight Doctor of Laws He fitteth alone without any Assessors and heareth and determineth all Causes without any Jury of Twelve Men as is necessary in Common Law Courts To this Court belongeth an Actuary a Register and a Beadle The Office of the Actuary is to attend the Court set down the Judges Decrees Register the Acts of the Court and send them in Books to the Registry This Office is enjoyed by John Clements Batchelor of Laws and Publick Notary The Register of the Court is another of the same name whose Office is by himself or Deputy to attend the Court receive all Libels or Bills Allegations and Exhibets examines all Witnesses Files all Sentences and keeps the Records of the Court. The Beadle attends the Court carrieth a Mace before the Judge and calls the Persons cited to appear Those that are allowed to be Advocates and plead in this Court are all to be Doctors of the Civil Law in one of our English Universities who upon their Petition to the Archbishop of Canterbury and his Fiat obtained are admitted by the Judge of this Court upon condition not to practice for one whole year after such admittance The manner of their Admittance is thus The Two Senior Advocates in their Scarlet Robes with the Mace before them conduct him up to the Court with three low Reverences and present him with a short Latin Speech and the Rescript of the Archbishop Then the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy and some other prescribed in the Statute of the Arches being taken he is admitted by the Judge and a place or seat in the Court assigned unto him which he is always to keep when he pleads The Judge and all the Advocates in this Court always wear their Scarlet Robes with Hoods lined with Taffata if they be of Oxford or White Minever Fur if of Cambridge and all round Black Velvet-Caps Here followeth a Catalogue of the Names of all the Advocates according to Seniority not Precedence DOctor Martin Dr. Heath Dr. King Chancellor of Ely Dr. Lewen Knight Master of Chancery Dr. Aldern Chancellor of Rochester Dr. Wiseman Knight Kings Advocate Dr. Chaworth Knight Vicar-General to the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Walker Knight Advocate to the Lord High Admiral Dr. Pepys Dr. Mills Chancellor of Norwich Dr. Crusoe Dr. Baldwin Knight Master of Chancery and Chancellor of Worcester and Hereford Dr. Nicholson Chancellor of Glocester Dr. Lowen Dr. Wake Chancellor of Peterborough Dr. Watkinson Dr. Birkenhead Knight Master of Request and Master of the Faculties Dr. Warren Dr. Bud Commissary of Huntingdon Dr. Alworth Chancellor of Oxford Dr. Jones Dr. Exton Chancellor of London Dr. Hughs Dr. Lloyd Commissary of Westminster Dr. Boucher Dr. Masters Chancellor of Exeter Dr. Clark Professor of Law in Cambridge Dr. Leighton Knight Dr. Digby Dr. Low Dr. Trumbal Dr. Falconbridge Dr. Pinfold Official of the Archdeacon of London Dr. Elliot Chancellor of Salisbury Dr. Raims Dr. Briggs Chancellor of Chichester Dr. Oldys Dr. Meal There we divers other Civilians whereof some not Advocates of this Court are Chancellors to Bishops or Commissaries as Sir Mundiford Brampstone Knight Doctor of Laws and Chancellor of Winchester Dr. Burrel Chancellor of Durham Sir Edward Lake Knight Doctor of Laws and Chancellot of Lincoln Dr. Dean Chancellor of Bath and Wells Dr. Wainwright Chancellor of Chester Dr. Jones Chancellor of Bristol Chancellor of Carlisle Rowland Nicols B. D. Mr. Awbery Chancellor of S. Davids Dr. Pennington Chancellor of Bangor Dr. Powell Chancellor of S. Asaph Here note That before the Vicar-General or Chancellors of the Bishops are Tryable all Ecclesiastical Causes within their respective Diocesses except Letters of Request are granted by the Diocesan Bishop to the Party to sue in the Court of Arches which is ordinary Note also That the Vicars-Generals and Chancellors are appointed by the respective Archbishops and Bishops by Letters Patents under their Seals and confirmed by the Dean and Chapter of the respective Cathedrals before which Confirmation those places are Durante bene
placito The Proctors belonging to this Court aforementioned are persons that exhibite their Proxies for their Clients and make themselves parties for them and draw and give in Pleas or Libells and Allegations in the behalf of their Clients produce the Witnesses prepare the Causes for Sentence and attend the Advocates with the Proceedings They are also admitted by the Fiat of the Archbishop introduced by the Two Senior Proctors and are allowed to practise immediately after their admission they wear Black Robes and Hoods lined with White Fur. According to the Statutes of this Court all Arguments made by Advocates and all Petitions made by the Proctors are to be in the Latin Tongue All Process of this Court run in the name of the Judge thus Egi. Sweit Miles LL. Dr. Almae Curiae Cant. de Arcubus Lond. Officialis Principalis and returnable before him heretofore in Bow Church now in the Common Hall at Exeter House The Places and Offices belonging to this Court are all in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury whose Court it is Here note That the next Morning after the sitting of this Court the Judge of the Court of Audience did usually sit but since the late Troubles that Court hath been discontinued Next is the Court of Admiralty whereof see more in Chapter of the Military Government The present Judge of this Court is Sir Leolin Jenkins Knight Doctor of Laws whose Title is Supremae Curiae Admiralitatis Angliae locum tenens Judex sive Praesidens The Writs and Decrees run in the name of the Lord High Admiral and are directed to all Vice-Admirals Justices of Peace Majors Sheriffs Bailiffs Constables Marshals and others Officers and Ministers of our Soveraign Lord the King as well within Liberties as without To this Court belongs a Register Orlando Gee Esquire a Marshal who attends the Court and carries a Silver Oar before the Judge whereon are the Arms of the King and of the Lord High Admiral The Lord Admiral hath here his Advocate and Proctor and all other Advocates and Proctors are presented by them and admitted by the Judge This Court is held on the same day with the Arches but in the afternoon and heretofore at St. Margarets Hill in Southwark but now in the same Common Hall at Exeter house But the Admiralty Session is still held for the Tryal of Malefactors and Crimes committed at Sea at the Antient place aforesaid The places and Offices belonging to this Court are in the Gift of the Lord High Admiral Next is another Court belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury called the Prerogative Court whereof see more in the Chapter of the Ecclesiastical Government of England The Judge of this Court is the forenamed Sir Leolin Jenkins and his Title here is Curiae Prerogativae Cant. Magister Custos sive Commissarius All Citations and Decrees run in the name of the Archbishop This Court is kept in the same Common Hall in the afternoon next day after the Arches and was heretofore held in the Consistory of St Pauls The Judge is attended by a Register Marke Cottle Esquire who sets down the Decrees and Acts of the Court and keeps the Records all Original Wills and Testaments of parties dying having Bona Notabilia c. The place is commonly called the Prerogative Office now kept in the Savoy where for a moderate Fee one may search for and have a Copy of any such Testament made since the Rebellion of Wat Tiler and Jack Straw by whom many Records and Writings in several places of London were then burnt and destroyed The Places belonging to this Court are in the Gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury From the forementioned Courts Appeals do lye to the Court of Delegates whereof more pag. 76 the Judges whereof are appointed by the Lord Keeper under the great Seal of England pro illa vice and upon every cause or business there is a new Commission and new Judges according to the nature of the Affair or Cause as sometimes Bishops Common-Law-Judges and Civilians and sometimes Bishops and Civilians and sometimes Common-Law-Judges and Civilians and sometimes Civilians onely To this Court belongs a standing Register and the Court is kept in the same Common Hall in the afternoon the day after the Prerogative The Citations and Decrees here run in the Kings Name From this Court lyes no Appeal in Common course But the King of His meer Prerogative Royal may and many times doth grant a Commission of Review under the Broad Seal In this Colledge also usually resides the Vicar-General belonging to the Archbishop bishop of Canterbury who as he is Primate hath the Guardianship of the Spiritualties of every Bishop within his Province during the Vacancy and executes all Episcopal Power and Jurisdiction by his Vicar-General who is at present in the Province of Canterbury Sir Richard Chaworth Knight Doctor of Laws The Archbishop of York hath the like Power in his Province and his Vicar-General is Dr. Burnel he also hath a Prerogative Court whereof the Judge is Dr. Levet Of the Colledge of Physitians in London AMongst other excellent Institutions in the City of London there is a Colledge or Corporation of Physitians who by Charters and Acts of Parliament of Henry VIII and since his Raign have certain Priviledges whereby no man though a Graduat in Phsick of Oxford or Cambridge may without Licence under the said Colledge Seal practice Physick in London or within seven miles of this City nor in any other part of England in case he hath not taken any Degree in Oxford or Cambridge Whereby also they can administer an Oath fine and imprison any Offenders in that and divers other particulars can make By-Laws purchase Lands c. Whereby they have Authority to search all the shops of Apothecaries in and about London to see if their Drugs and Compositions are wholesome and well made whereby they are freed from all troublesome Offices as to serve upon Juries to be Constable to keep watch and ward to bear Arms or provide Armes or Ammunition c. any Member of that Colledge may practice Surgery if he please not onely in London but in any part of England This Society had antiently a Colledge in Knight-Rider-Street the Gift of Doctor Linacre Physitian to King Henry the VIII since which a House and Ground was purchased by the Society of Physitians at the end of Amen street whereon the ever famous Dr. Harvey Anno 1652. did erect at his own proper charge a Magnificent Structure both for a Library and a Publick Hall for the meeting of the several Members of this Society endowed the same with his whole Inheritance which he resigned up while he was yet living and in Health part of which he assigned for an Anniversary Harangue to commemorate all their Benefactors to exhort others to follow their good Examples and to provide a plentiful Dinner for the worthy Company Anno 1666. This goodly Edifice could not escape the Fury of that dreadful Fire and