At the Court at WHITEHALL 10 MARCH 1675 6. By the KING' 's Most Excellent Majesty and the Right Honourable the Lords of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council VVHEREAS in pursuance of an Order of the Eighth Instant The Lords Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord high Admiral of England did this day report to His Majesty in Council their Approbation of the several Rules thereunto annexed prepared by the Committee of this Board for Trade for preventing the fraudulent procuring of Passes pursuant to the Treaties with Spain and the Vnited Provinces together with the Form of a Certificate to be signed by the Officer appointed to survey each Ship for which a Pass shall be demanded as also of the Oaths of the Master and the Bond to be Entred into by them which having been Read and Considered at the Board His Majesty was pleased to approve thereof and did Order That as well the Right Honourable the Lord High Treasurer of England as the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty do respectively cause the said Rules to be duly and punctually observed and put in Execution in all the Ports therein mentioned EDWARD WALKER May it please your Majesty VVEE have in obedience to Your Majesties Order in Council had several Meetings about frameing of Rules for Passes in pursuance of the Treaties with Spain and the United Provinces And having also consulted the Commissioners of the Customs therein We do present Your Majesty with the following Rules as necessary and of great importance in this conjuncture for Your Majesties Service RULES For Granting of Passes In Pursuance of the Treaties With SPAIN and the UNITED PROVINCES 1. THat no Passes be granted but in the Places Following Viz. LONDON Dover Rye Chichester Southampton Poole Weymouth Lime Regis Exon. Dartmouth Plymouth Fowy Falmouth Penzance Barnstaple Bridgwater Mine-Head Bristol For the Ports of Bristol and Gloucester Swanzey Milford Colchester Ipswitch Yarmouth Lynn Regis Boston Hull Stockton Sunderland Newcastle Berwick Whitehaven Lancaster Leverpool Chester Beaumaris 2. That in the Port of London Passes be granted onely by the Lord High Admiral or the Lords Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral or the Commissioners of the Customs and in the Out-Ports by the Chief Magistrate of the said Out-Ports respectively with the consent of the Collector or other Chief Officer of the Customs upon the place for the time being deputed by the Commissioners which consent is to be declared by the said Officer under his hand upon the body of the Certificate provided for in the Article following That no Pass be granted to any Ship or Vessel in the Port of London until she have been viewed either by the Surveyor of the Act of Navigation or his Deputy or some Officer of the Navy especially appointed thereto by the Lord High Admiral or Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty or by the Surveyors of the Commissioners of His Majesties Customs aforesaid and a Certificate to be produced from the said Officers respectively to the persons granting the said Passes expressing the Name Built and Burthen of the said Vessel and answering distinctly to each other of the said several Heads contained in the Form of the said Certificate hereunto annexed And that no Pass be granted in any other of the Ports or Places before-mentioned until such Ship or Vessel shall have been viewed by the Surveyor of the Act of Navigation or his Deputy or the said Commissioners their Surveyors in such Port where there is a Surveyor and where there is no Surveyor by such other Officer of the said Commissioners as shall be appointed by the Collector or Chief Officer of the Customs and like Certificate made concerning such Ship or Vessel No Pass to be granted if by the said Certificate it doth not appear that she is in the Port where the said Pass is demanded or some Member or Creek thereof at the time of demanding such Pass No Pass to be granted unless by such Certificate it also appear that the Master and two Thirds of the Mariners are of His Majesties Subjects except to such Ships as are bound to Greenland in which case one moyety at least of the Mariners to be English That no Foreigner who is Master of a Ship shall have a Pass unless he be Naturalized or be a Denizen and those Masters of Ships who pretend to Naturalization or Denization to have no Passes until they make proof that their real and constant residence is in England and that their Families are also here if any they have Mem. That the four Fisher Boats lately made free are to be excepted and as to such Masters of Ships as pretend to Denization that no Pass be granted unto them unless it shall appear that their real and constant residence with their Families hath been in England for the space of one year before the demanding of such Pass That no Pass be granted until the Register of the place to which each Ship belongs shall have been carefully examined whether a former Pass hath been granted to such Ship and in case any former Pass hath been granted no Pass to be granted until the former Pass be delivered up That every Master of a Ship before he have a Pass granted him do give Bond with one good Surety in his Majesties Name if in the Port of London to the Collector Outward if in the Out-Ports to the Officer of the Customs that is to consent to the Pass of 100 l. penalty if the Ship appear to be above 100 Tons for the return and redelivery of his Pass within the time to be limited in his Bond to the said Officer of the Customs and of 50 l. penalty if his Ship be under 100 Tons unless in case of Capture or loss of his Ship which limitation of time to be made according as is directed in the following Rule No. 15. That before the granting of any Pass the Master of every Ship or Vessel for which a Pass is demanded shall make Oath in the presence of those who are to grant the said Passes That such Ship or Vessel doth belong to the inhabitants of within His Majesties Dominions and that are Proprietors thereof naming as many of them as he knows and their respective shares and places of abode and to what place such Ship doth belong and whether she had any former Pass and that he is the sole Master appointed for the Voyage and knows no other And in case she be a Foreign built Ship declaring the time when she was bought or became English Propriety and that the ship for which a Certificate is returned bearing date returned by is the ship concerning which this Oath is by him made and that the Name by which he calls her is the true Name and that he knows of no other Name that she hath or hath had or if she hath had to declare it And in case a Pass shall be demanded for any Foreign built ship bought since January the First 1673
abovesaid do hereby declare my Consent under my Hand that a Pass be granted for the abovesaid Vessel FORM OF THE Oath of the Master Of a Foreign-built SHIP not made Free whether bought before or since the First of January Anno 1673. of Mariner and Master of the called the of now at Anchor in the maketh Oath in presence of That the said called the Burthen Tuns more or less mounted with Guns and Navigated with Men whereof are His Majesties Subjects and Strangers bound for whereof he is appointed sole Master for the said Voyage and knows of no other Master is an Foreign-built not made Free bought the day of and doth wholly belong to the Inhabitants of in the Dominions of His Majesty of Great Britain Express the Owners names and then respective Parts or Shares in her with their Places of Abode and that are Owners of her and that the said Vessel is the same which hath been surveyed by and for which he hath made a Certificate bearing date the day of And that he knows of no Name the said Vessel hath been or is called or known by If she hath been called by any other name let it be here expressed as the Master shall declare other than the Name above-mentioned And that he knows of no other Pass the said Vessel hath had If she had any declaring what is become of it or Jurat The above-named Master of the said Vessel that the Bill of Sale of this Vessel produced to the Officer of the Navigation is true and that the persons therein mentioned are the present real proprietors of her FORM OF THE CERTIFICATE Of the Officer for the Navigation for a Foreign-built SHIP not made Free whether bought before or since the first of January Anno 1673. IN pursuance of His Majestie 's Order in Council of the Tenth of March 1675 6. Port of I under-written do Certifie that the said of is a Foreign-built of the Burthen of Tuns and Guns now lying at Anchor within the Port of bound for whereof is Master and is Navigated with Men whereof are His Majesties Subjects and Strangers and appeareth to be bought and belong to the Inhabitants of His Majesties Dominions by a Bill of Sale bearing date the day of Anno Dom. produced to me but not made Free Dated this day of Anno Dom. 167 If this Certificate be made in any of the Out-Ports then this following Certificate is to be upon the Body of it I Collector or Chief Officer of His Majesties Customs in the Port abovesaid do hereby declare my Consent under my Hand that a Pass be granted for the abovesaid Ship FORM OF THE Oath of the Proprietors Of a Foreign built SHIP bought since the First of January 1673. and not made Free I Under-written of make Oath that I am a Proprietor in the called the of for which a Pass is demanded by Master of her And that I have part of her and that I bought the same upon the day of for the Sum of really and without fraud paid by me for the same Let him here Express the Owners respective Names Places of Abode and Shares as near as he can and that are Part-Owners thereof And that none but Inhabitants of His Majesties Dominions to the best of my knowledge have any Part or Share in the said Dated this day of Anno Dom. 167 Jurat That the Contents above-said are true Coram c. To all unto whom these Presents shall Come We the Commissioners of the Customs of his most Serene Majesty of Great Britain c. Within his Kingdom of England residing in London do testifie and make known That of the called the Hath in our presence under solemn Oath declared That the said of the Burthen of whereof he is at present Master doth belong to the Inhabitants of in the Dominions of his said Majesty of Great Britain And We desiring that the said Master may be assisted in his Voyage and business do intreat all persons in general and particular who shall meet him and those of all places where the said Master shall come with the said and her Merchandize that they would admit him favourably treat him kindly and receive the said into their Ports Bays Havens Rivers and Dominions permitting her quietly to sail pass frequent and negotiate there or in any other place as shall seem good to the said Master paying still the Toll and Customs which of right shall be due Which We will acknowledge gratefully upon the like occasions In witness whereof We have signed these presents and sealed them with the Seal of the Custom-house London the AFter my hearty Commendations Whereas the several Rules hereunto annexed for preventing the fraudulent procuring of Passes pursuant to the Treaties with Spain and the United Provinces together with the Form of a Certificate to be signed by the Officer appointed to survey each Ship for which a Pass shall be demanded as also of the Oaths of the Masters and the Bond to be entred into by them have been approved by His Majesty in Council and directed to be observed and put in execution by an Order of the Tenth of March last In pursuance of which Order of His Majesty in Council These are to direct and require you to observe the said Rules and Forms of Certificates Oaths and Bonds which I have herewith transmitted to you and to govern your selves thereby and that you cause the same to be signified to and duly observed and executed by all other Officers of His Majesties Customs therein concerned according to the true meaning thereof and His Majesties Pleasure in this behalf For which this shall be you Warrant Newmarket the Seventh of April 1676. To my very Loving Friends the Commissioners of His Majesties Customs DANBY At the Court at WHITEHALL 22 MARCH 1675 6. By the KING' 's Most Excellent Majesty and the Right Honourable the Lords of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council WHEREAS the Right Honourable the Lords Committees for Trade did this day make Report to the Board That in pursuance of an Order of the Tenth Instant upon the Complaint of the Eastland Merchants and those who Trade unto Hamburgh they have perused the Treaties between His Majesty and the Crowns of Sweden and Denmark and according to the Methods prescribed by the said Treaties they have made the best Provision they could think of for Ships that are Outward bound proposing that they take their Passes in the manner following Viz. RULES for the granting of PASSES in pursuance of the Treaty with Sweden No Pass to be granted in pursuance of this Treaty in the Port of London but by the Commissioners of the Customs nor in any of the Out-Ports but by the Chief Magistrates of such Places as are authorised to grant Passes by vertue of the Treaties with Spain and the Vnited Provinces and with the Consent of the Chief Officer of the Customs in such Place and under the like Regulation as to the
make his Voyage but also if he think convenient to go any where else from the said Port that they would do him all Civil Office as a Subject of his Majesty the King of Great Britain expecting the like Returns from his Majesty the King of Sweden his Officers and Subjects in the like or other Case In Witness whereof have Subscribed these presents and Sealed the same with the Seal of Dated the day of RULES for the granting of PASSES in pursuance of the Treaty with Denmark No Pass to be granted in pursuance of this Treaty but what is signed by His Majesty and countersigned by a Principal Secretary of State That no such Pass be granted until a Schedule be produced signed by the Officers of the Customs in the Port where the Ship took in her Lading containing all the Goods she hath on Board be they more or less and if she have no Lading then to express the same And a Direction to the Officers in the respective Ports where Passes are to be given by vertue of the Treaties with Spain and the Vnited Provinces to grant such Schedules and to sign and seal them with the Seal of the Custom-house That no such Pass be granted till a Certificate be produced from the Chief Magistrate of some such Place in each Port as by the Regulation of the Treaties with Spain and the United Provinces is authorised to grant Passes in the Form prescribed by this Treaty That no such Pass be granted until it appear by Certificate to the said Principal Secretary of State from whom any such Pass shall be demanded that the said Ship hath had a Pass according to the Form prescribed by the Treaties with Spain of the United Provinces which Certificate is to be signed by the Commissioners of the Customs in the Port of London or their Secretary in case such Pass were granted in the Port of London and in case it were granted in any of the Out-Ports that it be signed by the Officer of the Customs who consented to such Pass That no Pass be granted until the Master of such Ship shall enter Bond in His Majesties Name with one Surety if the Ship belong to the Port of London to the Collector Outwards and if she belong to any Out-Port then to the Officer of the Customs in such Out-Port who into consent to Passes to be given by vertue of the Treaties with Spain and the United Provinces The said Bond to be in the penalty of 100 l. if the said Ship appear to be of the Burthen of 100 Tons or upwards and in the penalty of 50 l. if under the Burthen of 100 Tons for the return and redelivering of such Pass within the space of one Year to be accounted from the date thereof unless in case of Capture or the loss of such Ship And before the granting of such Pass the Person demanding the same is to produce a Certificate to the Secretary of State from whom it is demanded that such Bond hath been entred into by the Master of such Ship Which Certificate is to be under the Hand of the Officer of the Customs who took the Bond and sealed with the Seal of such Custom-house That the Forms of a Pass and Certificate printed upon Parchments with Blanks hereunto annexed be made use of by vertue of this Treaty and no other That a perfect Register be kept by the Secretary of State of every Pass which shall be counter signed by him in pursuance of this Treaty which Register is to be strictly kept and no Pass to be granted until the same be carefully examined whether any such former Pass hath been granted to such ship and in that case then no new Pass to be granted until the former be delivered up and that a quarterly account thereof be given by the said Secretary to the Lords Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral The like Directions to the Secretary of State for Scotland about Passes for Scotch Ships And if the Passes for Ireland are to be procured by one of the Principal Secretaries of State in England yet that they keep a distinct Register for Ireland as well as a â—â—â—nct Register for England sersey Guernsey Alderney Sark and the Islands of Scilly and Man All which c. Bridgewater Carlisle Craven Faucoâ—berg H. Coventry J. Williamson R. Southwell LONDON ss TO all that shall see these Presents or hear them to be read Lord Mayor and the Aldermen of the City of LONDON Do attest and certifie That on the Day of the Date hereof before Vs personally came and appeared And under the Oath wherein stand bound to Our Sovereign Lord the King did declare unto Vs That the said Ship in the Port of of the Burthen of Tunns or thereabouts doth belong to the Port of in the Kingdom of ENGLAND And that the said Ship doth justly belong to Subjects of our said Sovereign Lord the King And And the said Appearer affirmed under the Oath aforesaid That the aforementioned Ship doth only belong to Subjects of His said Majesty And carry no Goods prohibited which belong to either of the Parties now in War In testimony whereof We have caused this Cortificate to be subscribed by Our Town-Clerk and Sealed with the Seal of Majoralty of the City of LONDON Given at LONDON the day of Anno Domini 167 And in the Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord CHARLES the Second by the Grace of God King of ENGLAND SCOTLAND FRANCE and IRELAND Defender of the Faith c. VVHich Rules having been read and considered at the Board His Majesty was pleased to approve thereof and did order that as well the Right Honourable the Earl of Danby Lord High Treasurer of England as the Lords Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of England and His Majesties Principal Secretaries of State do respectively cause the said Rules to be duly and punctually observed and put in execution John Nicholas THe Commissioners of His Majesties Customs are hereby directed and required to govern themselves by these Rules in what is to be done by them touching Passes to be granted in pursuance of the respective Treaties with Sweden and Denmark and to cause the same to be signified to and to be duly observed and executed by all other Officers of His Majesties Customs therein concerned according to the Form thereof and His Majesties pleasure therein declared for which this shall be their Warrant New-Market this seventh day of April 1676. DANBY At the Court at WHITEHALL 10 MARCH 1675 6. By the KING' 's Most Excellent Majesty and the Right Honourable the Lords of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council VVHEREAS in pursuance of an Order of the Eighth Instant The Lords Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of England did this day report to His Majesty in Council their Approbation of the several Rules here under written prepared by the Committee of this Board for Trade for preventing the