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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

IAMES BY THE GRACE OF GOD King of England Scotland France and Ireland defendor of the faith c. To all to whom these presents shall come greting Whereas wee are credibly informed as well by our right trustie and right welbeloued Cosin and Counselor Charles Earle of Nottingam Lord high Admirall of England and Captaine Generall of our Nauy Royall as also by our principall officers of our said Nauy how slenderly and deceiptfully aswell our owne Ships and Barges as also other Shippes Boates Pinnaces like vessels of our Marchants and other our subiectes vsed in continuall seruice and trafficke are made and wrought to the great losse danger and preiudice of vs and our said subiectes and also of the great needlesse and wastfull charge and expences which wee doe from time to time beare and susteine in building and repairing of our owne Shippes and Pinnaces which are and haue beene the chiefest and greatest defence of this our Realme from the assaults of such enemies as haue practized the ouerthrow of the same Wee weighing the manifould dangers losses and hinderances which might and were likely more and more to ensue thereof if speedy remedy be not therefore had and prouided And intending to prouide for the strengthning of these our Kingdomes and Dominions with sufficient Shipping for defence and seruice thereof And to th' intent that aswell our selfe might from time to time be furnished stored and supplied with the fittest and ablest Ship-wrights and worke-men for the building making and repairing of our owne Shippes Pinnaces and other vessels As also that our Marchants and other our subiects might also in their worke and building from time to time be stored and supplied with skilfull able and sufficient Ship-wrights and work-men And for the better suppressing of deceiptes and abuses of diuers persons which should take vpon without sufficient skill and knowledge to make or repaire any Shippes Boates Pinnaces or other vessels to the great danger and hindrance as well of our selfe as of diuers other our louing subiectes Wee did by our Letters Patents vnder the great Seale of England bearing date the two and twenteth day of Aprill In the yeare of our raigne of England France and Ireland the third and of Scotland the eight and thirteith Incorporate the Company of Ship-wrights and the Persons being Ship-wrights or Carpenters vsing the art or mistery of building and making of Shippes within our Realme of England and dominion of Wales by the name of Maister Wardens and Cominaltie of the Art or Mistery of Ship-wrights of England and did grant vnto them by our said Charter or Letters Pattents diuers Preuiledges Liberties and immunities mentioned and contayned in the saide Letters Pattents tending to the reformation of the saide Abuses and deceites And whereas diuers defects and imperfections haue been sithence by experience found to be in the said Charter aswell in the extend thereof to what persons it should extend As also in the want of sufficient aucthoritie and meanes to gouerne and order the said Corporation and the men and members thereof and the affaires of the same and the Shipwrights workemen apprentices and seruants vsing the said art and for want of power and meanes to reforme preuent order and correct many contempts misdemeanors deceits and offences in the said art or misterie and the matters and things thereunto appertaining and to punish stubborne obstinate and disobedient persons of that profession whereby manifold errors deceits inconueniences are stil practised and continued to the great hindrance of the Nauigation of this kingdom the often losse hazard of mens liues and goods and the especiall preiudice of our owne seruice and the Common-wealth Know yee that wee for reformation amendment and supplie of the defects and imperfections aforesaid and for redresse of the said great and manifold errors enormities deceits and inconueniences at the Petition of the said Master Wardens and Cominaltie and for the great desire wee haue that good and conuenient lawes orders and ordinances should be established and vsed in and about the Corporation and Companie and the said Art or Misterie and for the aduancement of the good estate of the Shipping and Nauigation of this Kingdome to the good seruice both of our selfe and the Common-wealth Haue of our especiall grace certaine knowledge and meere motion granted constituted and ordained and by these Presents for vs our heires and successors doe grant constitute and ordaine That all and euery person and persons being Ship-wrights Calkers or Ship-carpenters or in any sort vsing exercising practising or professing the Art trade skill or misterie of building making trimming dressing grauing launcing winding drawing stocking or repairing of Ships Caruels Hoyes Pinnaces Crayers Ketches Lighters Boates Barges Wherries or any other vessell or vessels whatsoeuer vsed for Nauigation fishing or transportation within or about our Realme of England and dominion of Wales or of making trymming or repairing of Masts Toppes Pullies Pumpes for ships Oares or any other instruments or appurtenances of wood thereunto belonging or any other Carpentrie worke whatsoeuer belonging to or vsed occupied or imployed in or about any Shippes Pinnaces or other vessell or vessels aboue mentioned or in any sort appertaining to shipping sayling rowing stocking launching or Nauigation shall from henceforth foreuer be and shall be taken and accounted to be one body Corporate and politique in matter deede and name By the name of Master Wardens and Cominaltie of the Art or Mysterie of Ship-wrights of Redrith in the Countie of Surrey and them by the name of Master Wardens and Cominaltie of the Art or Mysterie of Ship-wrights of Redrith in the Countie of Surrey wee doe for vs our heires and successors really fully and wholly erect make ordaine create incorporate constitute and declare by these presents one body corporate politique in matter deede and name And wee will and by these presents for vs our heires and sucessors of our especiall grace certaine knowledge and meere motion doe graunt to the said Master Wardens and Cominaltie and their successors for euer That they by the said name of Master Wardens and Cominalty of the said Art or Mysterie of Ship-wrights of Redrith aforesaid shall from henceforth haue perpetuall succession And that they and their successors by the said name of Master Wardens Cominaltie of the said Art or Misterie of Ship-wrights of Redrith aforesaid be and shall be at all times hereafter a bodie Corporate and politique able capable in deed in law to haue hold occupie enioy possesse and retaine all and singuler vsages customes liberties priuiledges immunities iurisdictions franchises preheminences benefits profits and commodities whatsoeuer to them heeretofore granted or belonging or heereafter to be graunted or belonging or incident requisite or fitte to or for them or for such a Corporation to haue and enioy of what kind nature or qualitie soeuer they shall be to them and their successors for euer And that also by the same

Pynnaces or other vessell or vessels whatsoeuer for nauigation or traffick shall or may at any time or times hereafter receiue haue entertaine or keepe any apprentise or other seruant being not alredy free of the saide corporation or not hauing serued with some other Shipwright in the same Trade to be vsed exercised trayned or brought vp vnder him in the said trade art or mistery as aforesaide except he first cause euery such his seruant or apprentise to be bound vnto him by Indenture for the saide tearme of seauen yeares at the least or for so many yeares as together with the yeares which he hath serued in the said trade as aforesaide shall make vp the number of seauen yeares and doe likewise cause his saide Indenture of apprentiship to be registred or enrolled before the Clarke of the said company or his deputy for the time being as aforesaide within one month next after the taking thereof vpon paine of our heauy displeasure and of such fine or other punishment as by the lawes and statutes of this Realme or by the lawes and ordinances already made or hereafter to bee made by the said Master Wardens and Assistants of the said Art or Mysterie for the time being or the greater part according to the true intent and meaning heereof shall or may be inflicted vpon him or them that shall offend therein And further our will and pleasure is And wee doe by these presents for vs our heires and successors of our especiall grace certaine knowledge and meere motion grant to the said Master Wardens and Cominalty and to their successors That it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Master Wardens and Assistants and their successors or the greater part of them when and as often as to them or the greater part of them it shall seeme needefull or expedient to assemble conuocate and congregate themselues together at or in the Common Hall or house being now at Redrith in the County of Surrey or in any other place or places for the same conuenient and then and there to keepe Court and consultation for the said Corporation Art or Mysterie and the affaires thereof and the perquisites issues and profits of the said Court or Courts so to be kept and held to leauie take and perceiue to and for the vse of the said Corporation for the better maintenance and preseruation thereof without any account to be made or rendred to vs our heires or successors in that behalfe And that also it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Master Wardens and Assistants or the greater part of them being so assembled as aforesaid whereof the Master and one of the Wardens to be alwaies two then and there to treate consult common determine and agree amongst themselues or with any person or persons whatsoeuer of vpon and concerning the good estate benefit conseruation and wholsome rule gouernement and ordering of the said Corporation Art or Mysterie and the men apprentices worke-men worke-man-ship and all other the affaires things to the same belonging or therupon in any wise depending And at in and vpon such their assemblies meetings and conferences to make ordaine and constitute such and so many good wholesome and reasonable lawes statutes articles constitutions orders and ordinances whatsoeuer as to them or the greater part of them being then and there present whereof the Master and one of the Wardens for the time being to be alwaies two shall seeme reasonable neccessarie meete and conuenient for touching or concerning the premisses and for the better aduancement performance and continuance of the same and also for the better directing how and in what order and manner the said Master Wardens and Cominaltie and all other person and persons vsing the said Art or Mysterie within our said Realme of England and Dominion of Wales shall demeane and behaue themselues aswell in all and singuler matters and things touching or concerning the said functions ministeries and businesses touching or concerning the said Art or Mysterie as aforesaid And the same lawes orders Articles and constitutions so made or any of them to put in vre and execute accordingly and at their will againe to reuoke alter or change when and as often as occasion shall thereto require And our further will and pleasure is And wee do by these presents for vs our heires and successors graunt and command that whatsoeuer is or shall bee concluded and agreed vpon at any such assembly or meeting of the said Master Wardens and Assistants of the said Art or Mysterie for the time being or the greater part of them whereof the Master and one of the Wardens for the time being to be alwaies two and the same entred and registred in some publique booke to be kept for that purpose the same shall be holden as lawes ordinances and statutes amongst them to bee put in vre and execution and shall binde all persons of the said Corporation Art or Mysterie all Shipwrights and worke-men of that profession in any Place Port Hauen or Towne within our said Realme of England and Dominion of Wales aswell the subiects of the same our Realme and Dominions as strangers aliens for or during the time of their being in or vpon any part of our said Realme Coasts or Dominions or any Creekes or Harbors of the same to obserue obey and performe the same from time to time in all things as the same ought to bee vpon the paines penalties and punishments in the same to be imposed inflicted and lymited So alwaies as the said lawes statutes articles orders ordinances paines penalties and punishments and euery of them bee agreeable to reason and iustice and not contrary or repugnant to the lawes statutes rights or customes of this our Realme of England nor derogatory to the Iurisdictions and preheminences of the Lord High-Admirall of England for the time being or to the Court of Admiraltie of England or the Iudges Register or Marshall of that Court for the time being or any of them And wee do further will and grant if any person or persons whatsoeuer shall offend against any of the said lawes statutes ordinances so made or to be made as aforesaid or shall violate transgresse or breake any of them That then it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Master Wardens and Assistants of the said Art or Mysterie for the time being or the greater part of them whereof the said Master and one of the Wardens to be two to impose and inflict all and singuler such paines penalties punishments fines and amerciaments and forfetures or any of them in the said lawes statutes and ordinances limited vpon all and euery such person or persons so offending or transgressing the same as they in iustice according to their wisedomes and discretions and the nature quantitie and qualitie of the fault shall thinke fit and the same fines penalties amerciaments and forfaitures or any of them in the said lawes

for the said allowance of fiue shillings vpon euery Tonne of the burden of the said Ships should be first allowed vnder the hand of the said Surueyour and signed by the said Admirall or his deputie for the time being as hath beene accustomed And whereas by our Letters Patents bearing date the 28. daie of Ianuary in the fourth yeare of our Raigne wee did graunt or mention to graunt vnto Humfrey Iobson gent. for and during his naturall life the Reuersion of the said Office or place of Surueyor of the tonnage and burden of all new builded ships of the burden of one hundred Tonnes aboue mentioned or vpwards from time to time within our Realme of England next after the death forfaiture or surrendor of the said Iohn Grent together with the wages and fee of twelue pence a day for the exercising of the said office place and all and singuler other Fees profits commodities and allowances whatsoeuer to the same place or office in any wise due incident or appertaining As in and by the said two seuerall Letters Pattens more at large appeareth And whereas of late we haue bin much wronged defrauded and abused in that sundry of the said shippes for want of exact viewing surueying and measuring haue beene ouer-rated in their burthen and tonnage wherby wee haue beene charged with the payment of a greater allowance then in truth wee ought to haue beene Know yee therefore that we reposing a speciall trust and confidence in the faithfulnesse experience care and honest and true circumspection of the Master Wardens and Comminalty of the said Art or Mistery of Ship-wrights And to the end that we our heires and successors may not at any time from henceforth in like sort be defrauded wronged or abused do of our speciall grace certaine knowledge and meere motion giue and graunt to the said Master Wardens and Comminalty and to their successors for euer the office function and place of Surueyour of the tonnage and burthen of all new builded Ships of the burthen of an hundred tonnes aboue mentioned or vpwards from time to time within this our Realme of England Together with the said wages and fee of twelue pence by the day and all other fees proffits commodities and allowances whatsoeuer to the said office or place in any wise due belonging incident or appertaining And them the said Master Wardens and comminalty and their successors wee doe by these presents for vs our heires and successors nominate ordaine make and appoynt Surueyours of the tonnage and burthen of all new builded Shippes from time to time within this our Realme of England and Dominion of Wales To haue hold exercise and enioy the said office function and place and also to haue receiue and perceiue the said wages and fee of twelue pence by the day immediately when and from and after such time as the Estate and interest Estates and interrests graunted or mentioned to be graunted to the said Iohn Grent and Humfrey Iobson respectiuely by death surrender forfeiture or other occasion cause or meanes whatsoener is are or shall bee voyde ended or determined and whensoeuer the said office or place shall first happen or become void vnto the said Master Wardens and Cominaltie and to their successors for euer And for the better and more exact examination iudging and finding out from hence forth of the true burden and tonnage of euery Ship and vessell that is or shall be capable of or intended to haue or require the said alowance Wee doe hereby for vs our heires and successors ordaine decree grant limit and appoynt and also straightly charge and commaund the said Master and Wardens for the time being by themselues or their deputies being honest skilfull and sufficient persons as well to goe on bord euery such shipp and vessell and there to view and decerne whether shee be sufficiently and substancially built as is fit and required in that behalfe that is to say with two Orlops at conunnient distance strong to carry ordnance aloft and alowe with her fore-castell and halfe deck close for feight As also to cause euery such Shipp and vessell to be brought on ground and by from and according to an exact measure taken of her length breadth depth draught in water so to rate and sett downe the true burden and tonnage thereof and to certifie the same by Letters testimoniall vnder the common scale of the said Corporation and the hands of the said Master and Wardens of the said Art or Mystery for the time being as they will euer after be ready vpon their oaths aleagiance to approue the same And our will pleasure is and wee doe by these presents for vs our heires and successors straightly prohibit charge and command that no person or persons whatsoeuer shall or may at any time or times hereafter be capable of or persume to take receiue or demand the said alowance of fiue shillings a tonne as aforesaid vntill such due measuring rating certificat be first had made as aforesaid Willing and requiring as well our Lord High Tresurer and Lord High Admirall of England our Tresurer Chancellor of our Exchequor as also the said Iohn Grent and Humfrey Iobson and all other persons whome it may concerne to take notice of our wil and pleasure in this behalfe Any former grant prouision limitation custome or vsage to the contrary heereof in any wise notwithstanding And moreouer for the better maintaining strengthning and vpholding of the said corporation and the suppressing and reforming as well of the manifould errors deceiptes and abuses practized in the said profession art and mystery as also of the disorders and misdemeanors of diuers wilfull stuborne and disobedient persons of the said profession Art or Mystery which can very hardly by any other meanes be redressed restrained or reformed and for the better continuing setling and establishing of good orders discipline and gouernment amongst them for the especiall good of our owne seruice and the generall benefit of all our louing subiects as well Marchants as others wee doe of our more ample grace certaine knowledge and meere motion for vs our heires and successors giue and grant to the said Master Wardens and 〈◊〉 and their successors for euer by these presents That if any person or persons now practizing vsing or professing or which hereafter shall practise vse or professe the said Art or Mystery or any thing therevnto appertaining shall wilfully or obstinately oppose or resist the order rule and gouernment of the said Master Wardens and Assistantes of the said Art or Mystery for the time being or shall refuse to obey or to submit him or themselues to this our Charter or Letters Pattents and to such wholsome lawes orders ordinances and institutions as are or shall be made by force and vertue thereof as aforesaid tending to the good seruice of vs and our common-wealth and to the good estate and preseruation of the said Art or Mistery or shall not