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.
Bench so called because anciently the King sometimes there sate in person on a high Bench and his Judges on a low Bench at his Feet to whom the Judicature belongs in the absence of the King In this Court are handled the Pleas of the Crown all things that concern loss of life or member of any Subject for then the King is concerned because the Life and Limbs of the Subject belong only to the King so that the Pleas here are between the King and the Subject Here are also handled all Treasons Felonies Breach of Peace Oppression Misgovernment c. This Court moreover hath power to examine and correct all Errors in facto in jure of all the Judges and Justices of England in their Judgements and Proceedings and this not only in Pleas of the Crown but in all Pleas Real Personal and mixt except only in the Exchequer In this High Court sit commonly Four Grave Reverend Judges whereof the First is stiled the Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench and is created not by Patent but by a short Writ thus Johanni Keeling Militi salutem Sciatis quod constituimus vos Justiciarium nostrum Capitalem ad placita coram nobis tenenda durante beneplacito nostro Teste me ipso apud Westm The rest of the Judges of the Kings Bench hold their places by Letters Patents in these words Rex omnibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenirint salutem Sciatis quod constituimus dilectum fidelem Richardum Rainsford Militem unum Justiciariorum ad placita coram nobis tenenda durante beneplacito nostro Teste c. These Judges and all the Officers belonging to this Court have all Salaries from the King and the chief of them have Robes and Liveries out of the great Wardrobe In this Court all young Lawyers that have been called to the Bar are allowed to plead and practice This Court may grant Prohibitions to keep other Courts both Ecclesiastical and Temporal within their Bounds and due Jurisdiction The Jurisdiction of this Court is general and extendeth to all England is more uncontroulable than any other Court for the Law presumes that the King is alwayes there in person None may be Judge in this Court unless he be a Serjeant of the Degree of the Coif that is a Serjeant at Law who upon taking this high Degree is obliged to wear a Lawn Coif under his Cap for ever after A List of the several Officers belonging to His Majesties Court of Kings-Bench LOrd Chief Justice Sir John Keeling Knight Justices are Sir Thomas Twisden Knight and Baronet Sir Richard Rainsford Knight Sir William Morton Knight Clerk of the Crown Sir Thomas Fanshaw Knight his Secondary Jasper Waterhouse Esquire Protonotary Sir Robert Henley Knight his Secondary William Livesay Esquire Marshal or Keeper of the Kings Bench Prison Stephen Mosedell Esquire Custos Brevium Justinian Paget Esquire Andrew Vivean and Francis Woodward Clerks of the Paper Office Sealer of the Writs Edward Coleman Gilbert Barrel Clark of the Rules Clerk of the Errors Henry Field George Bradford Clerk for Filing Declarations a Cryer Porter and some other inferiour Officers Then there are Filacers for the several Counties of England whose Office is in this Court to make out all Process upon original Writs as well real as personal and mixt They were lately these that follow Humphrey Ironmonger Edward Parnel James Buck Samuel Astrey Francis Greg John Hynde Thomas Stone Thomas Leach Gilbert Eveleigh Henry Ewin Joshua Langrige William Oglethorp John Philips William Osborn Rob. Hyde and Anthony Rouse The manner of Tryals in this and all other Common Law Courts in England being different from that of all other Countries and peculiar to England shall be at large described apart in a Chapter with other peculiars Of the Court of Common Pleas. THe next Court for execution of Laws is the Court of Common-Pleas so called because there are debated the usual Pleas between Subject and Subject Some say this Court as well as other Courts were at first held in the Kings House wheresoever he resided but by the Statute of Magna Charta it was ordained that this Court should not be ambulatory but be held at a certain place and that hath ever since been in Westminster-Hall None but Serjeants at Law may plead in this Court and so many of them as the King shall appoint are bound by oath to assist all that have any Cause depending in that Court This Court may grant prohibitions as the Court of the Kings Bench doth The chief Judge in this Court is called the Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas or of the Common-Bench holdeth his place by Letters Patent durante bene placite and so do the other inferiour Judges of this Court whereof there are commonly three In this Court all Civil Causes Real and Personal are usually tryed according to the strict Rule of the Law Real Actions are pleadable in no other Court nor Fines levyed or Recoveries suffered but only in this Court at Westminster The King allows to the Lord Chief Justice of this Court a Fee Reward Robes and two Tun of Wine â—s is done to the Lord Chief Justice of the other Bench also to the other Judges of this Court and to four Serjeants is allowed Fees Reward and Robes to each one In the 11th and 12th of Edward 3. there were eight Judges belonging to the Common Pleas at other times seven six and five and so in the time of Henry 6. and Edward 4. but since usually but four as at this day Before the Reign of Queen Mary these and the rest or the twelve Judges rode upon Mules and not upon Horses as they now do in great State aâ— the beginning of the Term. A List of the several Officers belonging to His Majesties Court of Common-pleas LOrd Chief Justice Sir John Vaughan Kt. Sir Thomas Tyrrel Kt. Sir John Archer Kt. Sir William Wylde Kt. and Bar. these are the present Judges of that Tribunal Then there is an Officer called Custos Brevium the first Clerk of the Court whose Office it is to receive and keep all Writs returnable in that Court to receive of the Protonotaries all the Records of Nisi Prius called Postea's He holdeth his Place by Patent from the King and hath the Gift of the second Protonotary's Place and of the Clerk of the Juries· Sir Joseph Ash hath this Office and doth execute it by his Deputy Thursby Esquire There are three Protonotaries a word compounded of Greek and Latin which with the Antients was usual and signifies the first Notaries they are chief Clerks of this Court and by their Office are to enter and inroll all Declarations Pleadings which the Filazers did formerly promiscuously do Assises Judgments and Actions to make out Judicial Writs c. These considerable Offices are in the hands of Thomas Robinson Alan Lockhart and Humphrey Wirley Esquires The Chirographer also from two Greek words signifying to acknowledge a Debt by setting ones
Corporations and are so many Bodies Politique Of these there are 12 called the chief Companies and he that is chosen Lord Mayor must be free of one of these Companies which are 1 Mercers 2. Grocers 3. Drapers 4. Fishmongers 5. Goldsmiths 6. Skinners 7. Merchant-Taylors 8. Haberdashers 9. Salters 10. Ironmongers 11. Vintners 12. Clothworkers All which Companies have Assembly places called Halls which are so many Basilikes or Palaces and many of them worthy to be viewed by all Strangers It hath been the custom of some of our Kings to honour some of these Companies by taking their freedom thereof and the present King was pleased to be made free of the Company of Grocers and the present Prince of Orenge lately chose to be made free of the Company of Drapers There are besides near 60 other Companies or Corporations all enjoying large Priviledges by the Kings Gracious Charter granted unto them and fair Halls to meet in For the security and defence of this famous City and River there have been antiently divers Fortresses but that called the Tower of London hath been eminent above all others It is not only a Fort or Cittadel to defend and command both City and River but a Royal Palace where our Kings with their Courts have sometimes lodged a Royal Arsenal where are Arms and Ammunition for 60000 Soldiers the Treasury for the Jewels and Ornaments of the English Crown the only Mint for coyning of Gold and Silver the great Archive where are conserved all the Records of the Court of Westminster the chief Prison for the safe custody of great Persons that are Criminal in short if the great extent thereof within the Walls be considered and its authority over the several Hamlets without and the many high Priviledges and Liberties belonging thereto it may rather be reputed a City then a Cittadel The Tower of London is out of all County or Parish only a small part some hold to be in Middlesex is a liberty of it self exempt from all Taxes to the King to the Church or to the Poor It hath a Parochial Church exempt ftom all Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the Archbishop and is a Donative bestowed by the King without Institution or Induction There are Thirteen Hamlets in several Parishes of large extent belonging to the Tower whose Trainbands are all bound to assist the Constable or Lieftenant of the Tower they are all called the Kings Company are to wait on the Kings person in time of need and to go no farther than the King Within the Tower is kept the Office of Master of the Ordnance called in France le grand Mastre de l' Artillerie so called ab arte telorum mittendorum and hath been alwayes an Office of great Account and Importance commonly conferred on persons of great eminency and integrity It hath the ordering of that grand Magazin there lodged wherein and at the Minories Woolwich and Chatham is Ammunition at all times for as many Land and Sea forces as may not onely defend England but be formidable to all our Neighbours The place of Master of the Ordnance is since the death of that accomplished Gentleman Sir William Compton executed by Commissioners viz. by the Lord John Berkley now Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Sir John Duncomb Knight and Thomas Chichely Esquire Lieutenant of the Ordnance is David Walter Esquire and Groom of his Majesties Bed-chamber and the Pay-master is Captain George Wharton Surveyor is Jonas More Esquire Keeper of the Stores is Richard March Esquire Clerk of the Ordnance is Richard Sherborn Esquire Clerk of the Deliveries is George Clerk Esquire Under which several Officers there are many Officers and Servants for brevity sake to be passed over The forementioned Commissioners have the charge and superintendence of all the Ordnance Arms offensive Ammunition of War by Sea and Land The Lieutenant of the Ordnance is Treasurer doth receive and disburse all moneys touching this Office The Surveyor of the Ordnance doth supervise all Arms. Clerk of the Ordnance is to record all Orders touching that Office Keeper of the Stores is to have the custody of all the Arms offensive Clerk of the Deliveries takes Indentures for all Stores issued out All these hold by Patent immediately from the King All Inferior Officers and Artificers places are in the gift of the Master or Commissioners of the Ordnance Moreover in the Tower is kept the office of Warden of the Mint where onely of later times is minted all the Bullion that is minted in England The Warden of the Mint is a very considerable charge and is at present Sir Anthony St. Leger Master Worker is Henry Slingsby Esquire Comptroller is James Hore Esquire These hold by Patent of the King Assay-Master to try the pureness of the Mettal is Mr. John Brittle Surveyor of the Meltings and Clerk of the Irons is Mr. Thomas Swallow There is moreover a Weigher a Teller and a Graver all which five last named Officers hold also by Patent from the King but are to be approved by the three first Commissioned Officers in whose custody is all Money or Bullion brought in by the Subject There are besides many other Inferior Officers and Servants belonging to the Mint The office of His Majesties Records kept in the Tower of London is of venerable Antiquity and the place of Keeper and Deputy of the same dignified with special trust whereof Sir Algernon May Knight is at present the Keeper salary 500 l. per annum and William Ryley Esquire of the Inner Temple is Deputy thereof This place is properly in the Master of the Ro'ls his gift and then His Majesty by His Letters Patents hath usually confirmed it As the Chappel of the Rolls in Chancery-lane and Petty-Bag office doth fill with Records out of other Offices they are transmitted into the Tower after some years for it hath been the wisdom and care of former Ages to send the Records of several Courts to the Tower for their preservation and safety not onely as a Policy of State but the particular Interest of all Men having Estates requiring it there being many precedents for it remaining in the Records of the Tower and a particular Form of a Writ to send the Records in the Chappel of the Rolls to the Tower of London The Records of the Tower amongst other things contain the Foundations of Abbeys and other Religious Houses and the Records in the Rolls contain the dissolution of those Abbeys and the donation of the Lands of which many Families are now possest and if those Records were all in one place the people might have access unto them all under one and the same search and charge which would be a great ease and benefit to the people and a safety to the Records of this Nation Besides these Records at the Rolls being joyned to those in the Tower will make a perfect continuance of all the Ancient Rights of the English Nation which are now set forth in the Records of the Tower whereof these