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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46594	The royal charter of confirmation granted by His Most Excellent Majesty King James II, to the Trinity-House of Deptford-Strond for the government and encrease of the navigation of England, and the relief of poor mariners, their widdows and orphans, &c.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II)	1685 (1685)	Wing J381; ESTC R2580	74,522	223

the sum of five pounds The Penalty of heating Pitch Tar c. but in such a manner That the Master of every Ship or Vessel being within the River of Thames do take care not to suffer any manner of Pitch Tar Rozine Grease Tallow Oyl or the like to be heated on board by Fire Loggerhead Shot or any other thing but that it be done as often as there may be occasion either upon the shore or in a Boat being afloat upon the penalty of three pounds to be paid as aforesaid That all Masters of Ships do take care in the drying their Bread-rooms How Bread Rooms to be dry'd and the Penalty of not observing the same to appoint able and careful men for doing the same and not to dry them in the night or keep any Fire therein in the night time upon the penalty of five pounds to be paid as aforesaid V. Item The Penalty of keeping Guns shotted It is ordered that the Master of every Ship homeward bound do unshot all his Guns before or so soon as he shall arrive at Gravesend upon the penalty of twenty Nobles to be paid to the use of the Poor of this Corporation And that no Master of a Ship The Penalty of firing Guns in the Night time being above Blackwall do presume to Fire any Guns before Sun rising or after Sun setting upon the penalty of ten shillings for each Gun so fired to be paid as aforesaid VI. The Penalty of Masters for suffering Bumboats to come aboard Item Whereas by reason of Dirtboats otherwise called Bumboats their carrying Fruit Wine Strongwaters c. to sell to shipkeepers and others aboard Ships there is much wrong done to the Owners by the purloyning of Cordage and other materials It is order'd that all Masters of Ships for the preventing of the evils aforesaid do from henceforth take care that themselves their Officers and Servants do not permit any such Boats to come on board their Ships or that they buy or sell any thing with them That they also do take care that their men do put the Dirt of their Ships Of not carrying and laying ashore their Dirt in proper time and Place as there may be occasion into their own Boats at seasonable hours in the day and do carry and lay it on shore above high-water-mark Of throwing their Dirt into the River and that they do not suffer any Dirt or Filth to be thrown over board into the River and in case of any of the aforesaid neglects the Master shall forfeit and pay for each of the same to the use of the Poor of this Corporation the sum of twenty shillings VII Item It is order'd that no Master do suffer to be taken in The Penalty of taking in or heaving out Ballast without a Port Sail. or heav'd out of his Ship any Ballast without having a sail nail'd to the sell of the Port or if a small Vessel to the Gunnel to over hang the side of the Lighter upon the penalty of twenty shillings to be paid to the use of the Poor of this Corporation for his every time so offending VIII The Penalty of hindring the Officer of the Trinity-House from coming on board to search for Powder c. Item It is order'd that whatsoever Master either by himself his Officers or Seamen shall at any time refuse or hinder any person appointed by this Corporation and upon demand shewing his Authority under the common Seal thereof from coming on board his Ship in the day time to search for any Powder Guns unshotted heating of Pitch Tar Rozine Grease Tallow Oyl and the like the carcless or unseasonable drying of Bread-Rooms the suffering Bumboats to come aboard and to Traffique with them or to enquire into any other Offences there committed against the Orders of this House He shall forfeit and pay to the Poor thereof for his every time so offending the sum of five pounds IX The Penalty of any Brothers Petitioning about any general Sea-Cause without the consent of Trinity-House Forasmuch as certain Members of this Corporation have heretofore partly of themselves and partly at the request of others very disorderly and very indiscreetly preferr'd Bills Petitions and other writings to the high Court of Parliament and to other inferiour Jurisdictions in the Name of Seamen in General without making the Master Wardens and Assistants acquainted therewith to the great detriment and scandal of the Corporation for preventing thereof for the time to come it is order'd that if any being Members of this Corporation shall at any time hereafter do or attempt the like matters as aforesaid or shall set their hands to any Bill Petition or other writing concerning any General Sea-Cause without the consent of the Master Wardens and Assistants thereto first had and obtain'd every such person shall forfeit and pay for every such Offence to the use of the Poor of this Corporation the sum of five pounds X. Item Orders for the good Government of Sea-men on ship-board For the better regulating and Government of Sea-men and Mariners it is Order'd That if any Mariner whilst on Ship-board shall Swear The Penalty of Swearing or Blaspheming Curse or Blaspheme the Name of God he shall forfeit and pay for every such Offence one shilling the same to be put into the Poors Box remaining on board the said Ship for the use of the Poor of this Corporation If any Seaman whether Officer or other after he shall be hired to serve in any Ship Lying on shore without Leave shall at any time lye on shore during the Term of the Voyage without leave first had from the Master or chief Officer on board he shall forfeit and pay for every such offence to the said Poors Box half a Crown If any Mariner whether Officer or other Absence from Prayers being in perfect health shall absent himself from Prayers being perform'd according to the Liturgy of the Church of England or shall not immediately after the Ring of the Bell or other publick notice repair thereunto He shall forfeit and pay for his every time so neglecting to the said Poors Box six pence If any Mariner shall be Drunk he shall forfeit and pay Drunkenness for every such offence to the said Poors Box one shilling If any Mariner shall be obstinate and stubborn Disobedience in not obeying the Masters lawful Commands or the Mate or Boatswains in his absence he shall forfeit and pay for every such Offence to the said Poors Box half his months Pay But upon any persons being found to offend against any of the above mentioned Orders in this Law mentioned At the Liberty of the Master either to inflict Corporal Punishment or take the Penalties aforesaid it shall be left to the liberty of the Master or Commander of the the Ship with the advice and consent of the Mates Boatswain Purser Gunner and Carpenter or Major part of them either to inflict Corporal Punishment according to the custome of the Seas or receive and take the penalties hereby imposed for the breach of the aforesaid Laws and if it shall happen that the said person or persons have not present mony to satisfie what is Ordered to be paid for any such Offences then it is required that he or they subscribe their Names to the Master or Pursers Book thereby signifying their Consent that the said forfeitures may be defalked out of their Wages the next Pay day following XI Item It is Order'd The Penalty of a Seaman's deserting one Master and shipping himself with another That if any Mariner or Seaman having ship'd himself with any Master for a Voyage shall afterwards desert and leave him and ship himself with another that Master with whom he goeth the Voyage shall upon notice given on behalf of this Corporation detain two shillings in every pound of the Wages of the said Mariner or Seaman for the time he serveth in his Ship to be paid to this Corporation for the use of the Poor thereof XII Item It is Order'd that every Commander of Ship The Master to make an agreement in writing with every Seaman he shall entertain hireing any Mariner or Seaman to sail with him upon any Voyage to Sea do take in writing under the said Seamans hand upon what conditions he is entertained and that he doth submit himself to the By-Laws of Trinity-House ALL which said Acts Ordinances and Constitutions in manner and form aforesaid We George Lord Jefferyes Baron of Wem Lord high Chancellour of England Sir Robert Wright Kt. Lord Chief Justice of the Pleas before his Majesty to be holden and Sir Edward Herbert Kt. Lord Chief Justice of his Majesties Court of Common Pleas at the request of the Master Wardens and Assistants and Elder Brethren of the said Corporation by Authority and Vertue of an Act of Parliament made in the nineteenth year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh for that purpose have Seen Read Examined and Perused and for good lawful and laudable Ordinances Constitutions and By-Laws so far as we lawfully may do Allow and Approve by these presents In Witness whereof We have hereunto Subscribed our Names and set our Seals the four and twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord God One thousand six hundred Eighty Seven Jefferies C. R. Wright Edw. Herbert

purpose shall and may demand levy and receive all Impositions Fines Forfeitures and Payments imposed or to be imposed by the said Master Wardens and Assistants and their Successors or payable or demandable by and from any Person or Persons by Vertue of these Presents at all times hereafter for ever In consideration of the growing Poverty of Seamen they have power of purchaseing in Mortmain to 500 l. per Annum And for as much as the Poverty of Mariners and Seamen belonging to the said Corporation is now much more encreased then hath been in former time and not able to be relieved from the Revenues of the Lands and Possessions of the said Corporation which now they have or were enabled to have purchased being so small in yearly value Therefore to the end that the said Master Wardens and Assistants and their Successors may be from henceforth the better enabled from time to time to bear and sustain their Charges and Expences drawn and occasioned by reason of their Corporation We of our Especial Grace certain Knowledge and meer Motion have given and granted and by these presents for Us our Heirs and Successors do give and grant unto the said Master Wardens and Assistants of the Guild Fraternity or Brotherhood of the most glorious and undivided Trinity and of St. Clement in the Parish of Deptford Strond in the County of Kent and their Successors full free especial and lawful License Power and Authority not only to retain possess and enjoy to their own proper use and behoof without any Accompt to be rendred made or given to Us Without account our Heirs or Successors in that behalf all and singular such Lands Tenements and Hereditaments Goods and Chattels as they have heretofore obtained purchas'd or had and do at present possess and enjoy by force and vertue of any other Letters Patents or Grant had and made to them by the name of any former Corporation by or from the said late Kings and Queens and according to the purport and true meaning thereof or otherwise howsoever But also to have receive and Purchase further to them and their Successors for ever of Us our Heirs and Successors or of any other Person or Persons whatsoever Manors Messuages Lands Tenements Rectories Tithes Rents Reversions and Services or any of them or any part or parcel of them or any of them and any other Possessions and Hereditaments whatsoever without License or Writ of ad quod dampnum so always as the said Manors Messuages Lands Tenements Tithes Rectories Rents Reversions Services Possessions and Hereditaments or such parts or parcels of them or any of them by the said Master Wardens and Assistants and their Successors so to be purchased obtained or had so as aforesaid do not exceed the clear yearly value of five hundred pounds by the year above all Charges Deductions and Reprises the Statute of not puting Lands and Tenements into Mortmaine or any other Statute Act Ordinance Provision or Restraint thereof heretofore had made ordained and provided or any other Cause thing or matter whatsoever to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And we do further by these presents for Us our Heirs and Successors With Power to others to be benefactors to them in Mortmain to that Value give and Grant to all and every our Subject and Subjects whatsoever full Power License and Authority that they and every of them may at their Wills and and Pleasures give grant bargain set alien convey and assure unto the said Master Wardens and Assistants and their Successors Manors Messuages Lands Tenements Rectories Tythes Rents Reversions and Services or any parts or parcels of them or any of them and any other possessions and Hereditaments whatsoever so always as the said Manors Messuages Lands Tenements Rectories Tythes Rents Reversions Services Possessions and Hereditaments or any of them do not exceed the clear yearly Value of five hundred pounds above all Charges Deductions and Reprizes the said Statute of not putting Lands and Tenements in Mortmain or any other Act Statute Ordinace Provision or restraint to the contrary notwithstanding And further of our more especial Grace Certain Knowledge A Confirmation of all former Grants of Liberties Estates c. and meer Motion We have granted and confirmed and by these presents do for Us our Heirs and Successors grant and confirm unto the said Master Wardens and Assistants and their Successors all and all manner of Liberties Franchises Immunities Exemptions and Jurisdictions which the said Master Wardens and Assistants or any of them by what name or names so ever by Vertue of what Incorporation soever heretofore have had held used or enjoyed or ought to have had used and enioyed to them and their Successors for ever of an Estate of Inheritance by vertue or force of any Charters or Letters Patents by any of our Predecessors Kings or Queens of England or any other Person or Persons whatsoever by any manner of means heretofore made confirmed or granted or by any other means Right Custom Use Prescription or Title heretofore used had and accustomed to have and to hold to the said Master VVardens and Assistants and their Successors for ever to be held of Us our Heirs and Successors by such the same and the like Rents Services and Sums of Money as the same were formerly holden by and not otherwise Wherefore We will and do strictly Charge and Command for Us our Heirs With an Exemption from all Accounts for any thing claimed or done by them before the Date hereof and Successors that the said Master Wardens Assistants and their Successors shall and may have hold and enjoy for ever all the aforesaid Lands Tenements Liberties Authorities Jurisdictions and Franchises aforesaid according to the Tenor and Effect of these our Letters Patents without let or hindrance of Us our Heirs and Successors or of any Justices Sheriffs or other Bayliffs or Ministers of Us our Heirs and Successors whatsoever willing that neither the said Master VVardens and Assistants nor any of them by reason of the Premisses or any of them by Us our Heirs and Successors the Justices Sheriffs Escheators or other Bayliffs or Ministers of Us our Heirs and Successors whatsoever be thereof hindred molested vexed grieved or in any wise troubled Willing and by these presents charging and commanding as well our Treasurer Chancellor and Barons of our Exchequer at VVestminster and other the Justices of Us our Heirs and Successors as our Attorney and Sollicitor General for the time being and every of them and all other our Officers and Ministers whatsoever that neither they nor any of them do prosecute or continue or cause to be prosecuted or continued any Writ or Summons of Quo VVarranto or other Writ or Writs or Process whatsoever against the said Master VVardens and Assistants or any of them for any Cause Thing Matter Offence Claim or Usurpation or any of them claimed attempted used had or usurped before the making of these presents