for fifteen days at the Summons of Us or Our Heirs We have likewise granted to them of Our special Grace Utfangtheff that they may have Utfangtheff in their Lands within the Ports aforesaid like as Arch-Bishops Bishops Abbots Earls and Barons have in their respective Mannors in the County of Kent And that they shall not be Impannel'd upon Assizes Not be Impannel'd upon Assizes or Juries or any Recognizances by reason of their Foreign Tenure against their Will And that of their own Wines in which they Traffick they shall be quit from Our Right-Price Right-Price of Wine viz. of one Pipe of Wine before the Mast and another behind the Mast And we have further granted to the said Barons for Us and Our Heirs that they shall have this Liberty for ever viz. that We or Our Heirs shall not have the Guardianship or Giving in Marriage their Heirs upon the account of their Lands which they hold within the Liberties and Ports aforesaid for which they pay their aforesaid Service and for which We or Our Predecessors had not the Guardianship Giving in Mariage and giving in Marriage in times past But the aforesaid Confirmation of the Liberties and Acquaitances aforesaid and other Grants following We of Our special Grace have caus'd to be renew'd to them Provided always in all things there be nothing prejudicial to his Majesties Dignity to Us and to Our Heirs or hurtful to the Priviledges of Our Crown Life and Members Wherefore We Will and firmly Command for Us and Our Heirs that the Barons aforesaid for ever enjoy all their Liberties and Acquitances aforesaid according as the Charters aforesaid do reasonably testifie And that of Our special Grace they may have Utfangtheff in their respective Lands within the Ports aforesaid Utfangtheff after the same manner as Arch-Bishops Bishops Abbots Earls and Barons have in their respective Mannors in the County of Kent And that they shall not put in the Assizes Juries or any Recognizances upon the account of their Forreign Tenure against their Will And that in their own Wines in which they Traffick they shall be quit from Our Right-Price viz. of one Pipe of Wine before the Mast and another behind the Mast And that in like manner they may for ever enjoy the Liberty aforesaid viz. That We or Our Heirs shall not have the Guardianship or Giving in Marriage their Heirs upon the account of their Lands which they hold within the Liberties and Ports aforesaid for which they pay their aforesaid Service and for which We or Our Predecessors had the Guardianship or Giving in Marriage in times past But the aforesaid Confirmation of the Liberties and Acquitances aforesaid and other Our Grants following We of Our special Grace have caus'd to be renew'd to them Provided always in all things there be nothing prejudicial to his Majesties Dignity to US and to Our Heirs or hurtful to the Priviledges of Our Crown Life and Members as aforesaid Witnesses hereunto being the Reverend Father Robert Portunensis Bishop Cardinal of the Holy See of Rome Frier William de South Provincial Prior of the Fryer Preachers in England William de Valentia our Uncle Roger de Mortuo Mari Roger de Clifford Mr. Walter Stamell Dean of Salisbury Mr. Robert Scarborough Arch-Deacon of the East-Ridings Mr. Robert Sexton Bartholomew de Southley Thomas de Wayland Walter de Hopton Thomas de Normannel Stephen de Pencestre Francis de Bonona John de Levetot John de Metingham and others Given under Our Hand at Westminster the Seventeenth day of June in the Sixth Year of Our Reign This Charter before the Signing thereof was by the Kings command openly read in the pâ—esence of the abovenamed Witnesses and others of Our Council then present and was heard examined and agreed upon in the form above-written We have also look'd upon the Letters-Patents which the same Our Father made to the Barons aforesaid after these words Edward by the Grace of God King of England Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitain To all Bailiffs and faithful Subjects to whom these present Letters shall come Greeting Know ye that for the faithful Service which Our Trusty and Well-beloved Barons and other Our Honest Men of the Cinque-Ports have hitherto paid to Us and Our Progenitors the former Kings of England and shall pay for the future We have granted to them for Us and Our Heirs that they and their Heirs the Barons of the said Ports shall for the future be ever free from all Tallages From all Tallages and Subsidies to be paid to Us and Our Heirs out of the whole or any part of their own proper Ships We have also granted to the same Barons and Men for us and Our Heirs That concerning the lawful things and Commodities which they in due manner shall buy within Our Dominion of Ireland Commodities in Ireland no one may be their Partners in those Things and Commodities nor partake with them in any wise against the Will of the same Barons and Men. We have further granted for Us and Our Heirs as much as in Us lyeth to the Barons and Trusty Persons aforesaid That all and every of them born within the aforesaid Cinque-Ports although they have Lands or Tenements without the Liberties of the said Ports which are held by such a Service as the Giving in Marriage upon the account of their being under Age Giving in Marriage which belongs to Us and Our Heirs according to the Law and Custom of Our Realm Nevertheless according to the Liberty of the Ports they may Marry themselves without the let or impediment of Us or Our Heirs for ever any Right to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And therefore we charge you and every of you that ye molest not or disturb the Barons and Persons aforesaid in any thing contrary to these Our Grants In witness whereof we have caused these Our Letters to be made Patents Witness Our Self at St. Albans the Twenty eighth day of April in the Twenty sixth year of Our Reign We have also look'd upon some other Letters-Patents which Our said Father granted to the above-named Barons after these words Edward by the Grace of God King of England Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitain To all those to whom these present Letters shall come Greeting Taking into consideration that the Navy of Our Cinque-Ports cannot be maintained without great Charge and Expences left the said Navy should fail or decay for the future We have granted for Us and Our Heirs That all the Members of the Cinque-Ports aforesaid and all other Advocants whatsoever that are willing to enjoy the Liberties of the same do contribute viz. every one according to his abilities to do Service to Us and Our Heirs with their Navy whensoever they shall be commanded by Us and Our Heirs In witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patents Witness Our Self at St. Albans the Twenty eigth day of April
be under the Seals of any of the Members of the said Cinque-Ports and Towns or any of them And if the said Bills or Billets do or shall at any time hereafter of or for any Fifteenth amount above the said Sum of 500 l. then for Us Our Heirs and Successors We Will and Charge the said Treasurer Chancellor and Barons of the same Exchequer and every of them from time to time to allow to the said Collector and Collectors of Us Our Heirs and Successors for the time being for the said Barons of the said Cinque-Ports and Towns of Rye and Winchelsea and their Successors and for them and every of their Members and the Resiants of the said Ports Towns and Members and the Advocants of the said Ports and Towns the said Sum of 500 l. and no more And then for Us Our Heirs and Successors We Will and Command that the said Treasurer Chancellor and Barons of the Exchequer of Us Our Heirs and Successors for the time being make as hasty Process as lawfully as may be made against the said Barons of the said Cinque-Ports and of the said Towns of Rye and Winchelsea and their Successors for the levying of the said 1000 Marks by them to Us Our Heirs or Successors to be forfeited for their exceeding the said Sum of 500 l. contrary to their said Recognizance And further for Us Our Heirs and Successors We do Will and Charge all and every Collector and Collectors of Us Our Heirs and Successors of every Fifteenth to Us granted or hereafter to Us Our Heirs or Successors to be granted that they and every of them do receive of the said Barons of the Cinque-Ports and of the said Towns of Rye and Winchelsea and their Successors for them their and every of their Members and the Resiants of the said Ports Towns and Members and the Advocants of the said Ports and Towns all and every such Bills and Billets as have been or hereafter shall be tendred unto the said Collector or Collectors or any of them according to the purport and true meaning of these Presents And moreover for Us Our Heirs and Successors of Our meer grace and certain knowledge We do grant to the said Barons of the said Cinque-Ports and Towns of Rye and Winchelsea and of the Members of the said Ports and Towns and their Successors that neither they nor their Successors nor any of them nor the Resiants of them or any of them nor the Advocants of the said Ports and Towns or any of them or their Successors at any time hereafter by Us Our Heirs or Successors or by the Treasurer Chancellor or Barons of the said Exchequer of Us Our Heirs or Successors or by any Collectors or other Officers or Ministers of Us Our Heirs or Successors shall be distreined impeached impleaded or molested in any thing contrary to the Tenor and Purport of these Presents although express mention of the true yearly value or certainty of the Premises or of any of them or of any other Gifts or Grants by Us or any of Our Progenitors to the aforesaid Barons of the said Cinque Ports or of the said Towns of Rye and Winchelsea and their Members heretofore made in these Presents is not made or any Statute Act Ordinance Provision or Restraint to the contrary made ordained or provided or any other thing cause or matter to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patents Witness Our Self at Westminster the Six and twentieth day of January in the Three and fortieth year of Our Reign We have also looked upon the Letters Patents of Our most Dear Grandfather Lord James late King of England made according to these Words James by the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To all those to whom these present Letters shall come Greeting c. In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patents Witness Our Self at Westminster the Thirtieth day of January in the Second Year of Our Reign of England France and Ireland and of Scotland the Thirty eight We have also looked upon the Letters Patents of Our most Dear Father Lord Charles late King of England of Blessed Memory made after these Words Charles by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. To all those to whom these present Letters shall come Greeting c. In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patents Witness Our Self at Westminster the Sixteenth day of June in the Tenth Year of Our Reign Whereas Our Town and Port of Hasting in our County of Sussex and Our Town and Port of New-Romney alias Romene of Heeth Dover and Sandwich in Our County of Kent are and from the time of the contrary of which being never known to have been were always the Cinque-Ports of Us and Our Progenitors the Kings and Queens of England And whereas also Our Towns of Rye and Winchelsea in Our said County of Sussex are and from the whole time aforesaid have been Antient Towns and within the Liberties of the Cinque-Ports aforesaid And whereas also the Town and Priviledged Monastery of Pevensey and the Town of Seaford in the County of Sussex aforesaid and the Towns and Places called Bulver-Heath Little Iham and Hidney in the County of Sussex aforesaid and the Towns or Places called Beckesbourne and Graunge alias Grenche in the County of Kent aforesaid are and have been ever since the time aforenamed Members of the said Town and Port of Hasting And the Town of Bromhill in the aforesaid Counties of Sussex and Kent and the Town of Lydd and Old-Romney in the County of Kent aforesaid and that other Towns or Places called Denge-Marsh Oswardstone alias Oswelstone in the County of Kent aforesaid are and have been ever since the time aforenamed Members of the said Town and Port of New-Romney alias Romene and also the Town of Westheeth in the County of Kent aforesaid is and hath been ever since the time aforesaid a Member of the same Town and Port of Heeth and also the Towns of Folkstone and Feversham in the County of Kent aforesaid and the Towns and Places called Margate St. Johns Goresend Brichington-Wood alias Wood-Church and St. Peters in the Isle of Thannet in the County of Kent aforesaid and Kingsdown and Ringwolde in the County of Kent aforesaid are and have been ever since the time aforesaid Members of the forenamed Town and Port of Dover and also the Towns or Places of Fordwich Deal Walmer Ramsgate and Stomer in the aforesaid County of Kent and Sarr in the Isle of Thannet in the said County of Kent and Brightlingsey in the County of Essex are and have been from the whole time aforesaid Members of the said Town and Port of Sandwich as also the Town and Hundred of Tenderden in the aforesaid County of Kent is a Member
and Successors be for ever free from all manner of Tenths Fifteenths and other such like Tributes and Tallages although they themselves or any of them be Agents in such Grants And We have further granted for Us and Our Heirs to the aforesaid Barons and Honest Men that none of them their Heirs and Successors shall for the future be put in any Assizes Juries Recognizances Attaints or other Inquisitions whatsoever without the Ports and Members aforesaid although they concern Us or Our Heirs And that none of them be made an Assessor Taxer or Collector of Tenths Fifteenths or any parcel of them or other Subsidies Tallages Taxes or small Summs whatsoever which are or shall be granted to Us or Our Heirs Nor be Collector of the reasonable Aid for the creating the Eldest Son of Us or Our Heirs a Knight or for the Marrying the Eldest Son of Us or Our Heirs Nor shall any of them be chosen or appointed Constable Bailiff or other Officer and Servant to Us or Our Heirs without the Ports and Members aforesaid against his Will And in case that any of the aforesaid Barons Honest Men or their Heirs and Successors be for the future chosen ordained or appointed to undergo and perform the trouble of any of the Offices or Employments aforesaid or to undergo perform or take any other Office against the force tenour and efficacy of this our present Grant although he shall refuse to undergo perform or take upon him those Offices or Troubles yet he shall in no wise upon that account incur any Fine Contempt Forfeit loss or damage upon his Body or Goods but that Our present Letters shewed upon Record by him before any Justices and Officers whosoever to Us and Our Heirs in whatsoever place through Our whole Kingdom of England shall upon that declaration remain in their force and virtue and by that shall be allowed to do the same without any Writ or Process to be thence further prosecuted And that whensoever there shall happen any Examinations to be made before Our Constable of Our Castle of Dover or before the Warden of the Cinque-Ports aforesaid or Admiral of the fame such Inquisitions shall be had taken and done within that Port or Member of the Ports and Members aforesaid where they of the respective Ports and Members by whom these Inquisitions shall be taken do live and dwell and no where else And that they who are mentioned and Empannelled in the Inquiries aforesaid shall no way be bound compelled or forced to go out of their respective Port or Member to any other place to take their Charge or deliver their Verdict Nor shall they nor any of them any way upon that account incur any contempt amerciament penalty forfeiture or any loss to Us or Our Heirs Wherefore We Will and strictly Command for Us and Our Heirs Wherefore We Will. that the aforesaid Barons and Honest Men of the Ports aforesaid their Heirs and Successors have all and singular the Liberties and Acquitances aforesaid and all the Premises by Us renewed to them and every of them and that for the future without any impediment of Us or Our Heirs Without impediment or Our Officers whosoever they for ever use and enjoy them Witness hereunto the Reverend Prelate Thomas Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and Primate of all England Our most Dear Brothers George Duke of Clare and Richard Duke of Glocester the Reverend Priors George Bishop of Exon Our Chancellor of England and Thomas Bishop of London Richard Earl of Warwick and John Earl of Northumberland Our most dear Cosins as also Our Trusty and Well-beloved Mr. Robert Stillington Keeper of Our Privy-Seal and Walter Blunt Knt. Our Treasurer of England and others Given under Our Hand at Westminster the Twenty third day of March in the Fifth year of Our Reign But We Ratifying and likeing the Charters and Letters aforesaid and all and singular the things contained in them do accept and approve of them for Us and Our Heirs as much as in Us lieth and by the Tenor of these Presents do Ratifie and Confirm them to Our Well-beloved Barons and Honest Men of the said Cinque-Ports and Members of the same and to their Heirs and Successors as the Charters and Letters aforesaid do reasonably Testifie In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patents Witness Our Self at Westminster the Thirteenth day of December in the Third year of Our Reign But We Ratifying and likeing well the Charters and Letters aforesaid and all and singular the things contained in them do accept and approve of them for Us and Our Heirs as much as in Us lieth and by the Tenor of these Presents do Ratifie and Confirm them to Our Well-beloved Barons and Honest Men of the said Cinque-Ports and their Members and to their Heirs and Successors as the Charters and Letters aforesaid do reasonably Testifie In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patents Witness Our Self at Westminster the Fifth day of March in the first year of Our Reign But We Ratifying and likeing well the Charters and Letters aforesaid and all and singular the things contained in them do accept and approve of them for Us and Our Heirs as much as in Us lieth and by the Tenor of these Presents do Ratifie and Confirm them to Our Well-beloved Barons and Honest Men of the said Cinque-Ports and their Members and to their Heirs and Successors as the Charters and Letters aforesaid do reasonably Testifie In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patents Witness Our Self at Westminster the Twentieth day of November in the Second year of Our Reign But We Ratifying and likeing well the Charters and Letters aforesaid and all and singular the things contained in them do accept and approve of them for Us and Our Heirs as much as in Us lieth and by the Tenor of these Presents do Ratifie and Confirm them to Our Well-beloved Barons and Honest Men of the said Cinque-Ports and their Members and to their Heirs and Successors as the Charters and Letters aforesaid do reasonably Testifie In Witness whereof we have caused these Our Letters to be made Patents Witness Our Self at Westminster the Twenty seventh day of October in the First year of Our Reign But We Ratifying and likeing well the Charters and Letters aforesaid and all and singular the things contained in them do accept and approve of them for Us and Our Heirs as much as in Us lieth and by the Tenor of these Presents do Ratifie and Confirm them to Our Well-beloved Barons and Honest Men of the said Cinque-Ports and their Members and to their Heirs and Successors as the Charters and Letters aforesaid do reasonably Testifie In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patents Witness Our Self at Westminster the Eigth day of March in the First year of Our Reign We have also looked upon the Letters Patents of the said Lady Elizabeth
THE Great and Ancient CHARTER OF THE Cinque-Ports OF Our LORD the KING And of The Members of the same LONDON Printed by T. N. for the Mayor and Jurats of Hasting 1682. The Great and Ancient CHARTER OF THE Cinque-Ports CHARLES the Second Char. 2. By the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. To all those to whom these Our present Letters-Patents shall come Greeting We have look'd over the Letters-Patents of Our famous Predecessor the Lady Elizabeth late Queen of England Eliz. about Confirmation according to these words viz. Elizabeth by the Grace of God of England France and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith c. To all those to whom these present Letters-Patents shall come Greeting We have look'd over the Letters-Patents of the Lady Mary Mar. late Queen of England Our dearly beloved Sister about Confirmation made according to these words Mary by the Grace of God of England France and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith and upon Earth of the Church of England and Ireland Supream Head To all those to whom our present Letters-Patents shall come Greeting We have look'd upon the Letters-Patents of Edward VI. Lord Edw. 6. late King of England Our Brother about Confirmation made according to these words Edward VI. by the Grace of God of England France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and upon Earth of the Church of England and Ireland Supream Head To all those to whom Our present Letters-Patents shall come Greeting We have look'd upon the Letters-Patents of Henry VIII Lord Hen. 8. late King of England Our moâ— dear Father about Confirmation made according to these words Henry by the Grace of God King of England and France and Lord of Ireland To all those to whom these present Letters-Patents shall come Greeting We have look'd upon the Letters-Patents of Henry Lord Hen. 7. late King of England Our Father about Confirmation made according to these words Henry by the Grace of God King of England and France and Lord of Ireland To all those to whom these present Letters shall come Greeting We have look'd upon the Charter of Edward IV. Lord late King of England made since the Conquest according to these words Edward Edw. 4â— by the Grace of God King of England and France and Lord of Ireland To the Arch-Bishops Bishops Abbots Priors Dukes Earls Barons Justices Sheriffs Chief Officers and to all Bailiffs and faithful Subjects Greeting We have look'd upon the Charter of Confirmation of Richard II. Lord late King of England since the Conquest made according to these words Richard Rich. 2. by the Grace of God King of England and France and Lord of Ireland To all those to whom Our present Letters shall come Greeting We have look'd upon the Charter of Confirmation of Edward Lord late King of England Our Grandfather according to these words Edward by the Grace of God King of England Edw. 3. Lord of Ireland and Aquitain To the Arch-Bishops Bishops Abbots Priors Dukes Earls Barons Justices Sheriffs Head-Officers and to all Bailiffs and faithful Subjects Greeting We have look'd upon the Charter of Edward Lord late King of England Our Father according to these words Edward Edw. 2. by the Grace of God King of England Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitain To Arch-Bishops Bishops Abbots Priors Dukes Earls Barons Justices Sheriffs Head-Officers and to all Bailiffs and faithful Subjects Greeting We have look'd upon the Charter which Edward Lord late King of England Our Father granted to the Barons of the Cinque-Ports according to these words Edward Edw. 1. by the Grace of God King of England Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitain To the Arch-Bishops Bishops Abbots Priors Earls Barons Justices Sheriffs Head-Officers and to all Bailiffs and faithful Subjects Greeting Know ye that for the faithful Service which Our Barons of the Cinque-Ports have hitherto paid to Our Predecessors the Kings of England and to Us lately in Our Army in Wales and for their good Service to be continued for the future faithfully to Us and to Our Heirs the Kings of England We have granted and confirmed by this Our Charter for Us and Our Heirs to the same Our Barons and their Heirs all their Liberties and Acquitances The Liberties and Acquitances viz. so that they may be free from all Toll and from all Custom viz. from all Lastage Tallage Passage Carriage Riverage Bridg-toll and all Wreck and from all Sale as their Achat and Reachat through Our whole Land and Dominion with Soc and Sac Thol and Them and that they may have Infangtheff and be Wreckfree and Wittfree Lastage-free and * Lovecopefree and that they may have Den and Strond at Great Yarmouth according to what is contained in an Ordinance by Us thereupon made and for ever to be observed and also that they be quit from Customs to be done to Shires and Hundreds so that if any one brings an Action against them they shall not Answer nor Defend themselves otherwise than they used to do in the time of Henry Lord Our Great Grandfather as also that they may have whatever they find by Sea and Land and that they be quit as to all their Goods and Merchandising as Our Free-men and that they have their due Respects at Our Court and their Liberties through Our Dominions wheresoever they shall come and that in all their Lands which they were possessed of in the time of the Lord Henry Our Father viz. in the Forty fourth year of his Reign they be quit for ever from the General Summons before Our Itinerate Justices at what Pleas soever in whatsoever Counties their said Lands be as also they shall not be bound to appear before Our Justices aforesaid unless any of the Barons sue any Man or be sued by any And that they shall not be Impleaded but where they ought and are wont to be viz. at Shepwey Shepwey And that for the rest of their Liberties and Acquitances they have them as well fully and honorably as they and their Predecessors had them heretofore by their Charters in the times of the Kings of England Edward William the First and the Second King Henry Our Great-Grandfather and of Henry Lord the King Our Father as those Charters which Our said Barons have from thence and which We have look'd upon do reasonably testifie And We forbid any one to disturb them or their Trading upon pain of the forfeiture of Ten pounds to Us provided that if the Barons be defective in doing and taking Justice that the Warden of the Cinque-Ports to Us and Our Heirs for the time being shall enter upon their Ports and Liberties upon default of the said Barons to do full Justice there Provided always that the said Barons and their Heirs shall pay to Us and Our Heirs the Kings of England every year the full Service of Fifty seven Ships at their own Cost
for the time being of the Cinque-Ports Antient Towns and Members of the same as to any Jurisdictions Authorities Liberties or Priviledges within the aforesaid Cinque-Ports Antient Towns and Members of the same hitherto lawfully used and exercised by the said Wardens or Keepers of the Cinque-Ports Antient Towns and Members of the same Provided also That these Letters Patents or any thing or things contained or mentioned in the same may in no wise extend or be extended to the confirming strengthening establishing approving or ratifying certain Letters Patents or any thing or things in the same contained or mentioned made by the Lord Henry the Sixth late King of England under his great Seat of England bearing Date the Twenty eighth day of November in the Five and twentieth year of his Reign unto the Mayor of the Town of Feversham and to the Barons and Commons of the same Town and their Successors Or heretofore made or granted or mentioned to be granted under the Name of any other Incorporation whatsoever Nor to the confirming strengthening establishing approving or ratifying any Liberties Franchises Immunities Priviledges Exemptions Grants thing or things whatsoever given granted confirmed contained specified or mentioned in the same Letters-Patents of the said late King Henry the Sixth Nor to the confirming any other Letters Patents whatsoever concerning the confirmation strengthning or approving of the aforesaid Letters Patents of the said late King Henry the Sixth or of any thing or things contained or mentioned in the same Letters Patents of the said late Henry the Sixth any thing in those Patents to the contrariwise notwithstanding And We further Will We will further and by these Presents do Ordain and strictly enjoyning do Command for Us Our Heirs and Successors That all every Mayor Bayliff Jurat Recorder Coroner Common Clerk Constable and all other Officers and Ministers of the aforesaid Cinque-Ports Antient Towns and Members of the same or any of them respectively and their Deputies as also that all Justices of Peace to Us Our Heirs and Successors within the same Cinque-Ports Antient Towns or Members of the same or any one or more of them by the virtue and according to the Tenour of these our Letters Patents or of any other Letters Patents or Charters heretofore made who are now appointed or hereafter are to be nominated chosen or appointed before they be admitted to the performance or exercise of the Office or Offices of the Place or Places to which they have been respectively so nominated appointed elected or ordained or shall hereafter be nominated elected or ordained or before that they or any of them respectively in any wise enter upon such Place they and every of them shall take as well the Corporal Oath commonly called The Oath of Obedience as the Corporal Oath commonly called The Oath of Supremacy upon the Sacred Gospels of God before such Person or Persons as and which are at present or shall be for the future appointed and designed to give and tender such like Oaths by the Law and Statute of this Our Kingdom of England And We further Will and by these Presents do Ordain and Declare for Us Our Heirs and Successors That when any election for the future shall be made of any Person or Persons whosoever into the Office of a Recorder or into the Office of a Town Clerk to any of the Ports Towns Members or Places aforesaid otherwise than of such and such-like Person and Persons who are now chosen and preferr'd in such-like Office or Offices and do now serve in the same or either of them respectively if so be that We Our Heirs or Successors by any Writing or Warrant under the Hand and Seal of Us Our Heirs or Successors shall declare or signifie to the Barons of the Cinque-Ports aforesaid or to the Mayor Jurats and Commons or to the Bayliff Jurats and Commons or to the Bayliff and Commons of the Ports and Antient Towns aforesaid and their Members or to any other Officers and Members of those Ports and Towns and the Members of the same respectively to which such Election or Elections respectively do belong to be made Our or Our Heirs and Successors disallowing of such Person or Persons respectively so elected to serve in such like Office or Offices to which as is aforesaid he or they were elected respectively That then and so often both by and after such declaration and signification made in the form aforesaid the Election or Elections of such Person or Persons so disallowed as is abovesaid shall be void and of none effect And that from that time it may and shall be lawful for the Barons of the Cinque-Ports aforesaid and the Members of the same or for the Mayor Jurats and Commons of the Ports and Antient Towns aforesaid and of the Members of the same or for the Bayliff Jurats and Commons or for the Bayliff and Commons of those Ports and Towns and the Members of the same or any one or more of them respectively to whom such Election or Elections respectively belong to be made to chuse nominate and Swear any other honest and discreet Person or Persons fit for the executing the Office or Offices aforesaid unto which he or they shall be respectively nominated and elected into the Place or Places of such Person or Persons so as is aforesaid elected and afterwards disallowed according to the Tenor of these Presents and other Letters Patents and Grants of any of Our Predecessors made for that purpose And thus as often as such a Case shall happen any thing contained in these Presents or any other reason cause or matter whatsoever to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And that expess mention is not made in these Presents of the true yearly value or of the certainty of the Premises or of any of them or of other Gifts or Grants heretofore made by Us or by any of our Progenitors or Predecessors to the aforesaid Barons of the Cinque-Ports and to the Mayor Jurats and Commons to the Bayliff Jurats and Commons and to the Bayliff and Jurats of the same Cinque-Ports Antient Towns and Members of the same and to their Successors Or any Act Ordinance Proviso Proclamation or Restraint to the contrary heretofore had made published ordained or provided or any other reason cause or matter whatsoever in any thing notwithstanding In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patents Witness Our Self at Westminster the Three and twentieth day of December in the Twentieth Year of the Reign of Us Charles the Second c. By a Writ of the Privy Seal Pigott The Doquet SIR THIs contains Your Majesties Grant and Confirmation unto the Barons of the Cinque-Ports and to the Towns and Members of the same of their Ancient Charters Liberties and Priviledges and of some Particulars formerly granted and hereby renewed in regard of some small Defects therein and with power to make Deputies and recover the things granted by Actions of Debt Also a