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A50824 The new state of England under Their Majesties K. William and Q. Mary in three parts ... / by G.M. Miege, Guy, 1644-1718? 1691 (1691) Wing M2019A; ESTC R31230 424,335 944

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claim to do Services at the King's Coronation and to receive the accustomed Fees and Allowances In the Procession on the Coronation-Day 't is he that carries the King's Crown The Right Honourable the Earl of Devonshire was honoured with this great Office in the last Coronation Upon the Trial of a Peer he sits under a Cloth of State and his Commission is to proceed secundum Legem Consuetudinem Angliae He is not Sworn nor the Lords who are the Tryers of the Peer arraigned and tho he call all the Judges of the Land to assist him yet he is the sole Judge Next to the Lord High Steward is the Lord High Chancellour who in Civil Affairs now there is no High Steward is the highest Person in the Kingdom next to the Royal Family as the Arch-bishop of Canterbury is in Ecclesiastical His Oath is to do Right to all manner of People rich and poor after the Laws and Customs of the Realm truly to counsel the King and keep secret the King's Counsel to stand for the Rights of the Crown c. The Great Seal of England is in his Custody He is the Judge of the Court of Chancery otherwise called the Court of Equity where he is to judge not according to the Rigour and Letter of the Law but with Equity and Conscience He also bestow's all Ecclesiastical Benefices in the King's Gift under 20 l. a Year in the King's Books Since the Reign of Henry VII this great Office has been commonly executed by Lawyers whereas formerly Bishops and other Clergy-men learned in the Civil Laws were usually intrusted with it The Lord High Chancellour holds his Place but durante Regis Beneplacito during the King's Pleasure And his Place is counted to be worth 8000 l. a Year Anciently he had sometimes a Vice-Chancellour commonly called Keeper of the Great Seal But of later Times they differ only in Name For the late Kings have always beflowed the Great Seal either with the Title of Lord Keeper or of Lord Chancellour but still with the same Power and Right of Precedence Only the Lord Chancellour receives a Patent from the King for his Office which the Lord Keeper do's not and by the Title of Chancellour he is lookt upon as in greater favour with the King But his present Majesty since his Accession to the Crown thought fit to have this Office managed by Commissioners and accordingly it has been hitherto managed by three Lords Commissioners The third Great Officer of the Crown is the Lord High Treasurer who has the Charge and Government of all the King's Revenue kept in the Exchequer He has the Gift of all Customers Comptrolers and Searchers in all the Ports of England and the Nomination of all Escheators in every County He has also the Check of all the Officers imploy'd in collecting all the Revenues of the Crown He has power either by himself or with others joyned in Commission with him to let Leases of all the Crown-Lands And it is he that gives Warrants to certain Persons of Quality to have their Wine Custom-free Anciently he received this Office and Dignity by the delivery of the golden Keys of the Treasury which is now done by delivery of a white Staff to him by the King His Oath do's not differ much from that of the Lord Chancellour and he holds his Place as he do's during his Majesties Pleasure His Place is also reckoned to be worth 8000 l. per ann But this great Office is now executed by four Persons called the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury Next is the Lord President of the King 's Privy Council an Officer as ancient as King John's Time made by the King's Letters Patent under the Great Seal durante Beneplacito His Office is to manage the Debates in Council to propose Matters from the King and report the Transactions to his Majesty In the late Reigns this Office was often supplied by the Chancellour Next to the Lord President is the Lord Privy Seal whose Office is of great Trust and Skill He is so called from the Privy Seal which is in his custody All Charters and Grants of the King and all Pardon 's signed by the King pass through his hands before they come to the Great Seal of England And h●● ought not to put this Seal to any Grant with● out good Warrant under the King 's Privy Signet nor with Warrant if it be agains● Law or Custom until the King be first acquainted He manages also divers other Matters of less concernment which do not pass the Great Seal He is by his Place of the King 's Privy Council and takes his Oath accordingly besides a particular Oath as Lord Privy Seal Whe● there is a Court of Requests he is the chie● Judge of it His Place is also during the King's Pleasure 〈◊〉 and his Salary is 1500 l. per annum The sixth Great Officer of the Crown i● the Lord Great Chamberlain of England an Officer of State and of great Antiquity whose chief Business is on the Coronation-Day For it is his Office that Day to bring the King his Shirt Coyf and Wearing Cloaths before his Majesty rises and to carry at the Coronation the Coyf Gloves and Linnen to be used by the King upon that Occasion In the Church where the King is Crowned he undresses and attires his Majesty with Robes Royal and give● Him the Gold which is offered by Him at the Altar Before and after Dinner he serves the King with Water to wash his hands For this Service he has 40 Ells of Cri●●son Velver for-his own Robes the King 's Be● and all the Furniture of his Bed-Chamber all the King's Night-Apparel and the Baso● and Towels used at Dinner for his Fees He has also Livery and Lodging in the King's Court certain ●ees from all Peers of the Realm at their Creation and from each Arch-Bishop or Bishop when they do their Ho●●age or Fealty to the King To him belongs the Care of providing all Things in the House of Lords in Parliament-Time and therefore has an Apartment allowed him near the House of Lords This Office is Hereditary and belongs to the Earls of Lindsey The Lord High Constable is another great Officer but of too great Authority and Power to be continued and therefore is only created for the Solemnity of the King's Coronation The Duke of Ormond was High Constable in the last The next is the Earl Marshal of England an Officer of great Antiquity and anciently of great Power His proper Office is to summon the Nobility to the King's Coronation with such Directions for State and publick Appearance as becomes that Solemnity He also takes Cognizance of Matters of War and Arms out of the reach of the Common Law and in these Matters he is commonly guided by the Civil Law Neither can any obtain a Coat of Arms but he must first apply himself to the Earl Marshal to whom the Heralds Colledge is subordinate The last is the Lord
Clayton Kt. Borough of Rygate Sir John Parsons Kt. John Parsons Esq Borough of ●uilford Morgan Randyll Esq Foot Onslow Esq Borough of Gatton Sir John Thompson Bar. Thomas Turgis Esq Borough of Haslemere Geo. Rodeney Bridges Esq Denzill Onslow Esq Susser 20. Sir John Pelham Bar. Sir Will. Thomas Bar. City of Chichester Sir Thomas Miller Kt. Thomas May Esq Borough of Horsham John Machell Esq Thomas White Jun. Gent. Borough of Midhurst Sir William Morley Knight of the Bath John Lewkner Esq Borough of Lewes Thomas Pelham Esq Richard Bridger Esq Borough of Shoreham Sir Edward Hungerford Knight of the Bath John Pery Esq Borough of Bramber Nicholas Barbon Esq Dr. John Radcliffe Borough of Steyning Sir John Fagge Bar. Robert Fagge Esq Borough of East-Greensted The Honourable Thomas Sackvile Esq Sir Thomas Dyke Bar. Borough of Arundel William Morley Esq James Butler Esq Warwickshire 6. William Bromely Esq Andrew Archer Esq City of Coventry Richard Hopkins Esq John Stratford Esq Borough of Warwick The Right Honourable William Lord Digby William Colemore Esq Westmorland 4. The Right Honourable Sir John Lowther of Lowther Bar. Sir Christopher Musgrave of Musgrave Kt. and Bar. Borough of Appleby The Honourable William Cheyne Esq Charles Boyle Esq Wilthshire 34. The Right Honourable Edw. Viscount Cornbury Sir Walter S. John Bar. City of New Sarum Thomas Hoby Esq Thomas Pitt Esq Borough of Wilton Sir Richard Grubham How Kt. and Bar. Thomas Windham Esq Borough of Downton Sir Charles Raleigh Kt. Maurice Bockland Esq Borough of Hindon Robert Hide Esq Thomas Chaffyn Esq Borough of Westbury The Honourable Peregrine Bertie Esq Richard Lewys Esq Borough of Hytesbury William Ash Esq Will. Trenchard Esq Borough of Calne Henry Baynton Esq Henry Chivers Esq Borough of the Devizes Sir Tho. Fowles Kt. Walter Grubb Esq Borough of Chipenham Richard Kent Esq Alexander Popham Esq Borough of Malmesbury The Honourable Goodwin Wharton Esq Sir James Long Bar. Borough of Criclade Edmund Webb Esq Charles Fox Esq Borough of Great Bedwin The Right Honourable Anth. Viscount Falkland Sir Jonath Raymond Kt. Borough of Ludgersale Thomas Neale Esq John Deane Esq Borough of Old Sarum Sir Thomas Mompesson Kt. William Harvey Esq Borough of Wootton-Basset Henry St. John Esq John Wildman Jun. Esq Borough of Marlborough Sir John Ernle Kt. Sir George Willoughby Kt. Worcestershire 9. Sir John Packington Kt. Thomas Foley Esq City of Worcester Sir John Somers Kt. William Bromely Esq Borough of Droitwich The Right Honourable● Richard Earl of Bellemont ●hilip Foley Esq Borough of Evesham Sir James Rushout Bar. Edward Rudge Esq Borough of Bewdley Henry Herbert Esq Yorkshire 30. The Right Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax Sir Joyn Kay Bar. City of York Robert Waller Esq Henry Thompson Esq Town of Kingston upon Hull John Ramsden Esq Charles Osborne Esq Borough of Knaresborough William Stockdale Esq Thomas Fawkes Esq Borough of Scareborough Will. Thompson Esq Francis Thompson Esq Borough of Rippon Sir Edm. Jenings Kt. Sir Jonath Jenings Kt. Borough of Richmond Sir Mark Milbanck Bar. Theodore Bathurst Esq Borough of Heydon Henry Guy Esq Matth. Appleyard Esq Borough of Boroughbrig Sir Henry Goodrick Kt. and Bar. Sir Bryan Stapleton Borough of Malton Sir William Strickland Bar. William Palmes Esq Borough of Thriske Thomas Frankland Esq Richard Staines Esq Borough of Aldborough Sir Mich. Wentworth Kt. Christopher Tancred Esq Borough of Beverly Sir Michael Wharton Kt. William Gee Esq Borough of North-Allerton Sir William Robinson Bar. Thomas Lascells Esq Borough of Pontefract The Honourable Henry Dawney Esq Sir John Bland Bar. BARONS of the Cinque-Ports 16. Port of Hastings The Honourable John Beaumont Esq Peter Gott Esq Town of Winchelsea Sir Robert Austin Bar. Samuel Western Esq Town of Rye Sir John Austen Bar. Sir John Darrel Kt. Port of New Rumney Sir Charles Sidley Kt. John Brewer Esq Port of Hythe Sir Philip Butler Bar. Will. Brockman Esq Port of Dover Thomas Papillon Esq James Chadwick Esq Port of Sandwich John Thurbarne Serjeant at Law Edward Brent Esq Port of Seaford William Campion Esq Henry Pelham Esq WALES 24. Anglesey 2. The Right Honourable Rich. Viscount Bulkely Town of Beaumaris Thomas Bulkely Esq Brecon 2. Sir Rowland Gwyn Kt. Town of Brecon Jeossery Jeffreys Esq Cardigan 2. Sir Carbety Price Bar. Town of Cardigan Hector Philips Esq Carmarthen 2. Sir Rice Rudd Bar. Town of Carmarthen Richard Vaughan Esq Carnarvan 2. Sir Wil. Williams of Vaynal Bar. Town of Carnarvan Sir Robert Owen Kt. Denby 2. Sir Richard Middleton Bar. Town of Denby Edward Brereton Esq Flint 2. Sir Roger Puleston Kt. Town of Flint Thomas Whitley Esq Glamorgan 2. Bussey Mansel Esq Town of Cardiffe Thomas Mansell Esq Merioneth 1. Sir John Wynne Kt. and Bar. Montgomery 2. Edward Vaughan Esq Town of Montgomery Charles Herbert Esq Pembroke 3. Sir Hugh Owen Kt. Town of Haverford-west Sir William Wogan Kt. Town of Pembroke Arthur Owen Esq Radnor 2. Richard Williams Esq Town of New Radnor Robert Harley Esq In all 513. A List of the Lords and others of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council with the Clerks of the Council HIS Royal Highness Prince George Thomas Marquess of Camarthen Lord President Henry Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal Charles Duke of Bolton Robert Earl of Lindsey Lord Great Chamberlain of England William Earl of Devonshire Lord Steward Charles Earl of Dorset Lord Chamberlain Aubrey Earl of Oxford William Earl of Bedford Thomas Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery John Earl of Bath Charles Earl of Macclesfield Daniel Earl of Nottingham Secretary of State William Earl of Portland Thomas Earl of Faulconberg Charles Earl of Monmouth John Earl of Marlborough Richard Earl of Scarborough Henry Earl of Warrington Ralph Earl of Montague Henry Viscount Sidney Henry Lord Bishop of London Francis Lord Newport Marquess of Winchester Lord Chief Justice Holt. Sir Robert Howard Sir Henry Capel Sir Henry Goodrick Sir John Lowther Vice-Chamberlain Richard Hampden Esq Hugh Boscawen Esq Thomas Wharton Esq Comptroller of the King's Houshold Edward Russel Esq William Harbord Esq Henry Powle Esq Master of the Rolls Lords Commissioners of the Privy Seal William Cheyne Esq Sir John Knatchbull Bar. Sir William Palteney Kt. The Clerks of the Council Sir John Nicholas Kt. Mr. Blathwait Mr. Mountague Mr. Coleing A List of the Lords Commissioners and other Officers of the Court of Chancery The Lords Commissioners Sir John Trevor Knight Sir William Rawlinson Knight Sir Geo. Hutchins Knight Masters of Chancery Henry Powle Esq Master of the Rolls whose S●cretary is Mr. John Rawlinson Sir William Child Sir John Hoskins Sir John Franklyn Sir Adam Oatley Sir Robert Legar Sir John Edgeburg Sir James Astrey Sir Miles Cook Roger Meredith Esq John Methwyn Esq Samuel Keck Esq The Six Clerks in Chancery Sir Rob. Marsham Kt. Sir W. Perkins Kr. ●hem Bridges Esq Littleton Powel Esq Rich. Garth Esq Basil Herne Esq The Cursitors Mr. Abraham Nelson Principal Mr. Mich. Terry Assistants Mr. Geo. Davies Assistants For Suffolk and
one is chosen every Year to preside and Michaelmas is the Time of Election But if the President chance to die before the eldest Fellow has full power to execute his Place till the next Election As for the Censors 't is their province to look to and correct those Interlopers that practise without Authority Whose Number in London is great and yet connived at according to the Rule Si Populus vult decipi decipiatur But one would wonder there should be so many considering the Hazard both they and their Patients do run by their Practice They by the Law of England which makes it Felony in any one presuming to practise Physick without Authority whose Patient dies under his hand The next Colledge of note is That of the Heralds commonly called the Heralds Office being upon S. Bennets Hill near Doctors Commons An ancient House first built by that Earl of Darby who married the Mother of Henry VII and bestowed by Queen Mary on the Kings Heralds and Pursevants at Arms for ever The greatest Part of which is rebuilt since the great Fire which laid it in Ashes Where some Officers of Arms do give a constant Attendance to satisfy all Comers touching Descents Pedigrees Coats of Arms c. Within the Walls of London in Bishops-Gate Street is also seated the Colledge called Gresham Colledge from his Founder Sir Thomas Gresham who also built the Royal Exchange After the Building whereof he gave one Moity of its Revenue to the Mayor and Commonalty of London and their Successors the other Moiety 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 allowing each of them besides their Lodgings 50 l. a year and that the Company of Mercers should find three more able Men to read Civil Law Physick and Rhetorick with the same Allowance as to the former The said Lecturers to read in Term-time every Day in the Week except Sundays Aforenoon in Latine and Afternoon the same in English the Musick Lecture to be read only in English This Colledge is noted besides for being the Meeting Place of that famous Society of Virtuoso's called the Royal-Society made a Corporation by virtue of a Charter King Charles II. granted them bearing date the 22th of April 1663. It consists of a President a Countil and several Fellows among which there is a Treasurer two Secretaries and a Number of Curators or Experimentors Their Business is by Experiments to promote the Knowledge of Natural Things and usefull Arts which they have hitherto done in a great measure For by the great Number of their Experiments and Inventions they have mightily improved the Naval Civil and Military Architecture but especially the Art of Navigation They have also inconraged Husbandry to that degree that not only England but many other Countries and even the remotest of our foreign Plantations feel the sweet effects of it But besides those Experiments of Fruit and Profit they have made many curious Discoveries such as the learned Lord Bacon calls Experiments of Light And if they have not answered to the full the Expectation of some People in point of Usefulness they have at least very industriously laid a solid Ground-work for future Ages to improve Experimental Knowledge Therefore King Charles gave them for their Coat of Arms a Scutcheon with 3 Lyons of England in chief intimating that the Society was Royal for the Crest an Eagle and for the Supporter hunting Hounds to intimate the Sagacity imployed in penetrating and searching after the Works of Nature And His Majesty was pleased for the Credit of the Society to list himself amongst them Their Meeting is upon Wednesdays at 3 a Clock in the Afternoon And the Office of the President is to call and dissolve the Meetings to propose the Matter to be considered of to put Questions and call for Experiments to admit the Members that from time to time shall be elected c. The Treasurer receives and disburses all Moneys The Secretaries read all Letters and Informations both from England and foreign Parts directed to the Society and make such Returns as the Society thinks fit They take notice of the Orders and material Passages at the Meetings segister all Experiments all certain Informations all Conclusions c. and publish whatsoever is ordered and allowed by the Society Lastly the Curators are to receive the Directions of the Society and at another Meeting they bring all to the Test the Society being Judges thereof Whereby the World has the concurring Testimony of many Persons of undoubted Credit for the Truth of what they publish The Council consists of 21 Members eleven whereof are to be continued for the next Year and the other ten to be chosen yearly upon the Feast of St. Andrew in the Morning After which they all dine together at a Venison-Feast The Manner of electing their Fellows is by Ballotting according to the Venetian way The Candidate is proposed at one Assembly by some that know him well and the next he may be put to the Scrutiny To carry it he must have the major Number of 21 Suffrages at the least And then at that or the next Assembly he may be introduced and solemnly admitted by the President At his Admission he subscribes this Promise That he will indeavour to promote the Good of the Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge pays to the Treasurer only 40 Shillings and so long as he continues a Member 13 Shillings a Quarter But he may at any time free himself from this Obligation by signifying under his hand to the President that he desires to withdraw from the Society Of this Society there have been all along and are still Persons of the highest Rank and many eminent Gentlemen and Doctors both English and Foreiners sober learned solid and ingenious Persons Who though of different Degrees Religions Countries Professions Trades and Fortunes yet laying aside all Names of Distinction have united together amicably to promote Experimental Knowledge Among which I cannot but make particular mention of the Honourable Mr. Robert Boyl the Glory of England and the Oracle of Europe in point of Philosophy In this Colledge is the Repository consisting of many Rarities of Nature some of 'em brought from the furthest Corners of the World Such as Beasts Birds Fishes Serpents Flies Shells Feathers Seeds Minerals Mummies Gums some things petrify'd others Ossify'd c. The last Colledge I am to speak of is another also within London called Sion Colledge near Cripplegate Founded by Thomas White Doctor in Divinity for the Use of the Clergy of London and the Liberties thereof and part for 20 poor People To perform all which he gave 3000 l and for the maintenance of those Poor he settled 120 l. a year for ever Besides 40 l. a year for a Sermon in Latine at the beginning of every Quarter and a
short home some Ships wanting and others halting with part of what Men they had left alive half starved or sick to death as if they had come from Terra Incognita But the Paris Gazette made amends which celebrated this Expedition at that rate that one would have thought the Venetians Victory over the Turks in the Gulf of Lepanto fell short of this paultry one And to raise the Credit of the great Exploit at Tingmouth there Tingmouth was represented as a flourishing Harbour crowded with Men of War and Merchant Ships richly laden of which a Sacrifice was made to the new French Neptune Thus by a false and pompous Relation which indeed sounded much to the glory of a Hamlet the French Court designed to amuse the World to raise on the one side the Spirits of the drooping French and at the same time strike an Aw amongst the Confederates Which shews what shifts the French are put to in this Juncture of Time to support their Reputation What remains is to give an Account of Their Majesties Office of Ordnance relating to their Forces both by Sea and Land and Kept within the Tower of London Which Office concerns all the principal Preparatives and Instruments of War for the Defence and Safety of the Kingdom and has the ordering and disposing of all the Magazines as well for Sea as Land The principal of these Magazines is the Tower where there are Arms for 60000 Men and a fine Train of Artillery Kept with all stores proportionable This and all other Magazines in the Kingdom as those of Portsmouth Plimouth Windsor-Castle c. are under the Master-General of the Ordnance a Place of great Trust and of a general Influence over all the Kingdom Under whom there are Six principal Officers and others subordinate all holding their Places by Patent under the great Seal The principal Officers are The Lieutenant General The Surveyor The Clerk of the Ordnance The Keeper of the Stores The Clerk of the Deliveries The Treasurer or Pay-Master The Lieutenant of the Ordinance receives at the Board with the rest of the principal Officers all Orders from the Master General and is to see them duly executed In the Master General 's Absence he may make Orders upon Occasion for Things that are not of that high Importance as to require the King's or the Lord High Admiral 's Warrants He is to see the Train of Artillery and all its Equipage fitted for Motion upon any Occasion And from him ●ssue Orders for the discharging the great Guns when required upon Coronation-Days Festivals Triumphs and the like The Surveyor's Office is to survey all Their Majesties Ordnance and Stores in the Store-Keeper's Custody and to see them placed to the best advantage He is likewise to Keep Checque upon all Labourers and Artificers Works to see that all Stores brought in be good and serviceable and to allow all Bills of Debt The Clerk of the Ordnance records all Patents and Grants relating to the Office with the Names of all concerned therein Also all Instructions and Orders sent from the King to the Office or from the Office abroad with such Letters Instructions Commissions Deputations and Contracts as are for His Majesties Service He draws all Estimates for Provisions and Supplies to be made makes all Bills of Imprest and Debenturs for Work done or Provisions received and Keeps Quarter-Books for the Salaries and Allowances of all Persons belonging to the Office He likewise Keeps Journals of the Receipts Delivery and Returns of the King's Stores which serves as a Checque between the two Accompts of the Office the one for Mony and the other for Stores The Keeper of the Stores has in his particular Charge all the Ordnance and Stores For the safe Keeping whereof and giving a true Account from time to time he must give good Security He is to see that all the Kings Store-houses be well Accommodated and Kept i● good Repair and the Stores kept in such O●der and Lustre as becomes the Service and Honour of His Majesty He is bound not to receive any Provisions but such as have been 〈◊〉 Surveyed by the Surveyor and proved by th● Proof-Masters Nor is he to issue any part of the Ordnance Munition or Stores but what is agreed upon and signed by the Officers according to the appointment of the Master of the Ordnance by the Kings Order or six of the Privy Council and if it be for the Use of the Navy by the Lord Admiral 's or the Commissioner's Warrant Neither is he to receive back any Stores formerly issued till they have been reviewed by the Surveyor and registred in the Book of the Remains The Clerk of the Deliveries draws up all Orders and Proportions for delivering any Stores or Provisions at any of Their Majesties Magazines and is to see the same duly executed And for the better discharging of the Store-Keeper he is by Indenture or Receipt to charge the particular Receiver of the Stores and to register both the Warrants for Deliveries and the Proportions delivered The Treasurer or Pay-Master makes the Payments of all the Salaries and Bills of Debt but so that no Mony is to be by him allowed to any Person without being listed or appointed to be paid by the Master General under his hand So that except Salaries all the Mony of the whole Office goes towards Building Buying in of Stores Fortifications and the like and all this Mony runs through the Pay-Master's hands Amongst the Subordinate Officers we may reckon in the first place the Master Gunner ef England Who is to shew the best of his Skill to all that are imploy'd in Gunnery in Their Majesties Service and at each ones Admittance to administer unto him an Oath which binds him not to serve any forein Prince or State without Leave and not to teach any Man the Art of Gunnery but what has taken the said Oath And before any one can be actually imployed as Their Majesties Gunner the said Master must be so well satisfied with his Skill as to Certify to the Master of the Ordnance his Sufficiency and Ability to discharge the Duty of a Gunner Here is also a Principal Engineer to whom are subordinate all the King 's other Engineers Most of whom have their Salaries and Allowances out of this Office from whence they receive their particular Orders and Instructions according to the King's Pleasure signified unto them by the Master of the Ordnance The Keeper of the small Guns is another Officer relating hereunto Who has the Charge and Custody of their Majesties small Guns as Musquets Carabines Pistols c. with their Furnitures I pass by a great Number of inferiour Men imploy'd in this Office as the Under-Clerks the Proof-Masters Messenger and great many Artificers such as the Master Gun-smith the Furbisher the Master Smith the Master Carpenter Master Wheel-Wright and others CHAP. XVII Of Their Majesties present Revenues and the Management thereof THE present publick Revenues of the King