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A84514 An abstract of all such acts of Parliament, now in force, as relate to the admiralty and navy of England; Public General Acts. Selections: Royal Navy England and Wales. 1697 (1697) Wing E861B; ESTC R224492 40,565 210

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Eighth Year of His Majesties Reign is directed Intituled An Act That the Solemn Affirmation and Declaration of the People called Quakers shall be accepted instead of an Oath in usual Form And such Quaker refusing to appear on such Summons or to Answer and Make such Solemn Affirmation or Declaration before the said Commissioners or their Deputy or Deputies shall be deemed Offendors and be liable to the same Penalties and Forfeitures mentioned in this Act for refusing to appear and be Examined on Oath and Swear as aforesaid Persons lending Register Certificates VIII Whereas since making the recited Act divers ill Persons Registred have fraudulently lent their Register Certificates to divers Mariners Seamen Watermen c. who were not Register'd pursuant to the said Act with intent to keep such Persons not Register'd from being Impress'd in His Majesties Service For preventing such evil Practices It is Enacted That whatever Person or Persons so Register'd as aforesaid shall after the Tenth of April next directly or indirectly lend to leave with or dispose of his or their Certificate of his or their being Register'd to any Mariner c. whereby to keep or protect such Person from being Impressed into His Majesties Service It shall be lawful for the Lord High Admiral or Commissioners of the Admiralty Punishment for offenders or any Three or more of them to cause such Offendors to be struck out of the said Register and loose the benefit of the said recited Act and to be compelled to serve in His Majesties Service for the space of Six Months without any Pay as in case of Register'd Man not appearing on Summons to serve in His Majesties Service according to the said Act And that every Person who shall borrow Persons borrowing how to be punisht take or receive for themselves or other Persons such Certificates or make use of the same for the intents and purposes aforesaid shall in all respects suffer the like Pains and Penalties and to the same Vses as are provided in and by the said recited Statute against such Persons as vouch falsly Persons to be Landmen who are afterwards proved to be Seamen or shall be compelled to serve His Majesty in Sea Service for the space of Six Months without Pay or Wages IX Certificate under Mayor Bayliffs or Deputies in Cinque Ports to be as good as Certificates from Justices Whereas in Iurisdiction of Cinque Ports and their Towns and Members in Kent and Sussex there are not any Iustices of Peace or Divisions as in the rest of the Counties but only Mayors Bayliffs and their Deputies It is Enacted That such Certificate as aforesaid under the Hand and Seal of any Mayor or Deputy Mayor Bayliff or Deputy Bayliff within Iurisdiction of the Cinque Ports obtained in manner as aforesaid shall be sufficient where no Iustice of the Peace shall be residing within Three Miles of such Port or Town Anno 5 6 Will. Mar. An Act for Granting to His Majesty certain Duties on Glass-Wares Stone and Earthen Bottles Coals and Culm for carrying on the War against France Sect. 28. Nota Allow'd to Colliers not to be Impressed IT is Enacted That for Encouragement of all such Ships or Vessels as shall be imployed in bringing Coals for supplying the City of London and other Ports of this Kingdom at more reasonable Rates than during this War they have hitherto been that from and after the nine and twentieth day of September there shall be allowed Yearly from the fifteenth day of April until the first day of January free from Impressing to any Master of any Ship or Vessel imploy'd in the Coal-Trade two able Seamen such as the Master shall nominate for every Ship or Vessel of One Hundred Tun and one for every Fifty Tun. For every Ship or Vessel of One Hudred Tun and upwards Burthen according to the Measurement which such a Ship or Vessel shall appear to be of by a Certificate which shall be produced from the Custom-House of what number of Tuns such a Ship or Vessel hath Paid for by an Act for Levying a Duty on Tunnage of Shipping And if any Captain Officer offending Lieutenant or other Officer shall by any Authority whatsoever presume to Impress or take any of the Men allowed by this Act such Captain Lieutenant or other Officer shall Forfeit to the Master or Owner of such Ship or Vessel Forfeit Ten Pounds and incapable of Office Ten Pounds for every Man he shall so Impress or Take to be recovered with Costs of Suit by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information in any of His Majesties Courts of Record wherein no Essoigne c. shall be allow'd and shall also be made incapable of holding any Place Office or Imployment in any of His Majesties Ships of War Sect. 32. It is further Enacted Nine of Forty Three Cruisers to Cruise on Northern and Western Coasts That Nine of the Ships of War part of the Forty Three which by an Act of that Session were appointed to Cruise in several Stations to Guard the Coasts and the Trade of this Kingdom are appointed to Cruise or Convoy that is to say Six on the Northern Coast and Six on the Western Coast in such Stations as shall be directed by Lord High Admiral or Commissioners of Admiralty for time being For Protecting Coal-Trade for the better Protecting and Preserving such Ships as shall be imployed in the Coal Trade The Form of the Oath appointed by the Statute Anno 1 Will. Mar. I A. B. do sincerely Promise and Swear That I will be Faithful and bear true Allegiance to Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary So help me God c. I A. B. do Swear That I do from my Heart Abhor Detest and Abjure as Impious and Heretical that Damnable Doctrine and Position That Princes Excommunicated or Deprived by the Pope or any Authority of the See of Rome may be Deposed or Murthered by Their Subjects or any other whatsoever And I Declare That no Foreign Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Iurisdiction Power Superiority Preeminence or Authority Ecclesiastical or Spiritual within this Realm So help me God c. FINIS