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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06315	[Charter to Shipwrights company]	Worshipful Company of Shipwrights (London, England); Egerton, Thomas, Sir, 1540?-1617.; Fleming, Tho.; Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634.	1612 (1612)	STC 16785; ESTC S114020	51,816	72

reason of such ill stuffe the vse of all which sappy and red-wood other insufficient stuffe we do hereby for vs our heires and successors straightly prohibit and restraine to be vsed or imployed in any sort in or vpon any shippe or other vessell And our will and pleasure is and wee doe by these presents for vs our heires and successors grant vnto the said Maister Wardens and Comminalty and to their successors for the time being That it shall and may bee lawfull to and for the said Master Wardens and Assistants for the time beeing or the greater part of them whereof the Master and one of the Wardens to bee alwaies two to impose and inflict such punishment vppon euery offendor in that behalfe either by fine or imprisonment or both of them as by the lawes and statutes of this Realme or by any lawes or ordinances to bee made by the said Corporation as is aforesaid shall or may bee imposed or inflicted vppon them for their offence in that behalfe Or otherwise that the said Master and Wardens or any two of them or such other person or persons so authorized as aforesaid and which vpon the search shall find any of the deceipts and abuses aforesaid shall complaine thereof to some Iustice or Iustices of the Peace within the place or county where such deceipts and abuses shall bee found And wee doe by these presents for vs our heires and successors straightly charge and command all and euery our Iustice and Iustices of the Peace whatsoeuer to whom any such complaint or complaints shall so bee made as is aforesaid that they and euery of them shall by all good and lawfull waies and meanes examine and find out the truth of the said complaints abuses and deceipts And if vpon due examination thereof they shall find that any such abuses and deceipts haue beene commited as aforesaid That then they cause the party or parties so offending to be indited or otherwise punished for such his and their abuses and deceipts either before our Iustices of Peace in the county where the same abuses and deceipts shall be committed and found at their Sessions of the Peace or before the Iustices of Assize of the same county or before any other lawfull Iudge or Iudges to the end that the said person or persons so offending may receiue such condigne punishment as by the lawes and statutes of this Realme can or may bee inflicted vpon him or them for his or their offence or offences in that behalfe And our will and pleasure is And wee doe by these presents for vs our heyres and successors straightly charge and command the said Master Wardens and Assistants of the said Art or Mistery and their successors for the time beeing that once in euery month at the least such search bee made as is aforesaid And that the authority heereby in that behalfe to them giuen be put in due execution without any respect of persons or partiality whatsoeuer Prouided alwaies neuertheles and our will pleasure is that neither the Master nor Wardens of the said Art or Mistery for the time beeing or any their Deputy or Deputies so authorized to search as is aforesaid shall not by coullor of these Letters Pattents meddle with or doe any thing to the hinderance stay or preuention of any Shippe Pinnace or other Vessell that is or shall bee at the time of such their search as aforesaid ready to go forth for any intended voyage or iourney or the Master Owner Marriner Saylors or other Officers of the same Any thing in these presents to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding And further of our meere especiall grace certaine knowledge and meere motion wee doe by these presents for vs our heires and successors graunt vnto the said Master Wardens and Comminalty of the said Art or Mistery of Ship-wrights of Redreth aforesaid and their Successors for the time beeing That it shall and may bee lawfull to and for all and euery person and persons lawfully vsing or exercizing or which heereafter shall lawfully vse or exercize the said Art or Mistery by themselues their seruants or Deputies at any times heereafter to buy and prouide in any the places beyond the seas all such timber Plancks Masts Deales Sparres wood and wooden stuffe and also all Pitch Tarre Rozen and Oyle as they shall thinke necessary or conuenient for the building reparing grauing or fitting of Shippes Pinaces or other Vessels and the same so bought and prouided shall and may from time to time for euer heereafter bring or cause to bee brought into this our Realme of England and Dominion of Wales or any part or place thereof and the same discharge and lay on Land paying to vs our heires and successors the full custome poundage and other dueties due or which heereafter shall bee due to vs our heires or successors Any Law Statute Custome Proclamation or any other matter cause or thing to the contrary notwithstanding And whereas for the better mainteinance of Nauigation and incouragement of our louing subiects to increase shipping within this our Realme there is and hath bin of ancient time an allowance giuen by vs and our predecessors of fiue shillings sterling for euery Tunne of any new builded Ship to be rated according to the burden of the said ship so as the said ship did containe in burden one hundred Tonnes or vpwards in Tonnes and tonnage which laudable custome wee being pleased to continue and finding it also conuenient aswell for the auoiding of abuses that might be offered in rating and setting downe the tonnage of the said ships and otherwise as also that the builder might haue his right and due allowance of tonnage to appoint some person or persons of knowledge and experience for the surueying and ouerseeing of the true rates and tonnage in that behalfe Wee did by our Letters Patents vnder the great Seale of England bearing date the 24. day of Aprill in the third yeare of our raigne giue and graunt to Iohn Grent gentleman for and during his naturall life the Office and place of Surueyour of the tonnage and burden of all new builded Shippes of the burden aboue mentioned or vpwards from time to time within this our Realme of England together with the wages and fee of twelue pence by the day of lawfull money of England for the exercising of the said Office or place together with all and singuler other Fees profits commodities and allowances whatsoeuer to the same place or Office in any wise due incident or appertaining with a Prouiso or clause therein mentioned that the said Iohn Grent in the rating and setting down of the tonnage burden of the saidnew builded ships from time to time should vse the aduice and assistance of one of our ship-wrights to be nominated and appointed by our High Admirall of England for the time being And that all and euery such bill and bills of tonnage as should be presented to vs to be signed

well and honestly carry behaue and demeane him and themselues towardes the Master Wardens and Assistants of the faid Art or Mistery for the time being and their deputy or deputies or other inferior officers respectiuely according to the true intent and meaning of these presents but after due and conuenient warning notice or admonition giuen to him or them in that behalfe shall still wilfully and obstinately persist perseuere or continue in any wilfull stuborne obstinate or disobedient course tending to the hurt and preiudice of vs our heires and successors or any our louing subiects or the order rule and gouernment aforesaid either by insufficient negligent or deceitfull working or not performing of his or their duties or by purloyning imbeazling of stuffe or by vnlawfull and disorderly departure from his or their worke after he or they haue bene hired and such like or shall doe or commit any act or acts directly or indirectly to the preiudice or hindrance of the said Corporation or the good estate and procedings thereof either by wilfull absenting him or themselues from the Common-Hall and meeting vpon due warning or by deniall of ordinary and iust duties or shall by mutinies combinations conspiracies or any such like wicked or vnlawfull course or practise persist or continue in the wilfull breach neglect or contempt of this our Charter or any thing herein contained or any law ordinance or institution made by force of these presents That then in all and euery or any of these cases before mencioned it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Master Wardens and assistants or any three of them whereof the Master and one of the Wardens to be alwaies two seuerally to correct and punish such offendor or offendors according to the quantity and quallity of his or their offence or offences according to the lawes and ordinances of the said Corporation and according to the lawes and statutes of the realme in that behalfe respectiuely And whereas the greatest number of the workmen and other persons imployed in the trades aforesaid are soe very pore and nedy and of meane condition as no pecuniary mulct can take hold of them and likewise so rude and disordered as noe ordinary or ciuill censure can moue them to yeelde obedience to rule or gouernment And therefore some sharpe and seuere coertion and constraint must necessarily be vsed towards them in many cases Therefore our will and pleasure is and wee doe by these presentes will and ordaine That if any person or persons now vsing or which shall hereafter vse or exercise within the said realme of England or dominion of Wales the said Art Trade or Mistery of Ship-wrights or other the workes or trades aforesaid shall obstinately resist and withstand the gouernment of the said Maister Wardens and Assistants or their lawfull deputy or deputies and shall after admonition and warning giuen vnto them or any of them in that behalfe wilfully persist in such disobedient course either by deceitfull working or by vnlawfull departure from after they haue bene hired or within the time or times of their retainor or shall by combination conspiracies or other vnlawfull practises seeke to ouerthrow destroy and bring into contempt the powers preuiledges and authorities by these presents giuen and granted to the said Maister Wardens and Cominalty and their successors for the vniuersall benifit and good of our said Realme dominion and subiects That the●… or in such cases the Lord Admirall of England for the time being vpon complaint and profe therof made to him shall take the body or bodies of all and euery such notorious offendors and keepe them vnder arrest vntill they shall conforme themselues and reforme what they haue done amisse as aforesaide And for so much as a great part of the said Art or Mystery are continually for the most part imploied and attendant vpon the seruice and nauigation of vs our heires and successors We therefore of our especiall grace doe will and grant for vs our heires and successors That the saide Maister Wardens and Cominalty or any of them or their or any of their successors shall not at any time or times hereafter be informed put placed or impannelled in or vpon any Assizes Iuries Inquests or attaintes whatsoeuer before any Iudges Iustices or Commissioners of vs our heires or successors out of the Citties Townes Boroughs Parishes or places where they or any of them doe or shall happen to dwell vnlesse they haue lands or tenements lying out of the said Citties Townes Boroughs Parishes or places by reason whereof they or any of them ought to be charged nor shall at any time be pressed or inforced to serue vs our heires or successors as Land-soldiers but doe absolutely and freely discharge them and euery of them from any such seruice and attendance And wee doe further by these presents for vs our heires and successors straightly charge and commaund all and euery Sheriffes Bailiffes and other officers of vs our heires and successors that they every of them doe from time to time forbeare to put or impanel any of the said Maister Wardens and Cominalty or any their deputies or apprentises in or vpon any such Iuries or inquests as is aforesaid contrary to our said meaning intent vpon paine of our displeasure of such paines penalties and imprisonments as by the lawes of this our Realme can or may be inflicted or imposed vpon them or any of them for their contempt in doing contrary to our royall pleasure and commandment in that behalfe And whereas the Master Wardens and Cominalty of the said Art or Mistery of Ship-wrights of Redrith aforesaid and their and euery of their deputies and apprentises being continually for the most part charged and chargeable to be ready and prouided at an howers warning vpon diuers seruices and imployments as well at the Sea for the necessity defence and safety of our realmes and kingdomes and for the use and imployment of our Marchants for continuance and increase of trade and commerce with forraine Nations for the benefit and profit of vs and our subiects as also to giue attendance within our Kingdomes for the new building repairing and triming as well of the Shippes Pinnaces and vessels of vs our heires successors as also of the Ships Pinnaces and vessels of our Marchants and subiects Therefore our will and pleasure is That if it shall hapen the said Maister Wardens and Comminalty or other persons which by the true intent and meaning hereof are and ought to be discharged from such seruice vpon Iuries or Inq●ests shall by Sheriffes Bailiffes or other officers ignorantly or wilfully be put and impannelled to serue vpon Iuries and Enquests contrary to our true intent and meaning in that behalfe in certaine our former Letters Pattents graunted and also in these presents renued And that any of the said persons beeing absent from their houses and places of habitation at such times as they were or shall bee sommoned