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<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>CHARLES,</HI> by the grace of God, King of <HI>England, Scotland, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith &amp;c.</SIGNED> <SALUTE>To all to whom the&s;e pre&s;ents &s;hall come greeting.</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Whereas, wee by our Commi&s;&s;ion vnder our great Seals of <HI>England,</HI> bearing date with the&s;e pre&s;ents, haue giuen power and authoritie vnto our Commi&s;&s;i|oners therein named or mentioned, or any two or more of them (among&s;t other things) to grant Licence and Licences to &s;uch fit per&s;on and per&s;ons as &s;hall haue occa&s;ion to trauell beyond the Seas, and which &s;hall be de&s;irous to goe forth of this Kingdome, at our Port of our Citie of <HI>Br<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;toll,</HI> or at any other Port, Hauen or Creeke, betweene our &s;aid Citie of <HI>Bri&s;toll</HI> and <HI>Bewmawrice,</HI> or at the Port of <HI>Bewmaurice,</HI> or at any other Port, Hauen, or Creeke between <HI>Bewmawrice</HI> and our Citie of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> or at the Port of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> or at any other Port, Hauen, or Creeke betweene our Citie of <HI>Che&s;ter</HI> and <HI>Leuerpool<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">,</HI> or at our Port of <HI>Leuerpoole,</HI> or at any other Port, Hauen, or Creeke betweene <HI>Leuerpoole</HI> and <HI>Workington,</HI> and before their going forth to examine them of their names and &s;urnames, and the place of their birth and abode, their &s;tate, degr&eacute;e, vocation, trade, my&s;tery, or occupation, and the true cau&s;e or cau&s;es of their going ouer, together with the place or places wither they in|tend or are to goe&punc; and the time that they intend, or are like to &s;tay, and tarry before their returne, and all other que&s;tions that in the di&s;cretions of our &s;aid Commi&s;&s;i|oners, according to the occa&s;ions they &s;hould thinke fit of. All which per&s;ons and their an&s;weres in the poynts afore-&s;aid, or what el&s;e in the di&s;cretions of our &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, &s;hould be thought fit to be demanded of them and of the time of their pa&s;&s;age, Our will was, that our Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hould cau&s;e an orderly and per<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">ct entry to bee made into a booke by &s;uch Clerke or Clerks as wee had nominated or appointed, or &s;hould nominate and appoint thereunto, vnder our Great Seals of <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">|gland,</HI> or his or their deputie or deputies, which booke might be extant vpon all occa&s;ions, as by our &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion, among&s;t diuers other things therein contained more at large it doth and may appeare. Now know y&eacute;e that w&eacute;e to the end this our plea&s;ure may be the better executed, we doe hereby authorize and of Our e<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">eciall grace, certaine knowledge, and meere motion, haue willed, ordayned, con&s;tituted and granted, and by the&s;e pre&s;ents for vs our Heires and Succe&s;&s;ors, doe, will, ord<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">, con&s;titute, and grant, that for euer hereafter there &s;hall be one certaine Office to be called and termed as hereafter in the&s;e pre&s;ents is in that behalfe mentioned and ex|pre&s;&s;ed. And we doe hereby for vs our Heires and Succe&s;&s;ors erect create and make an Office to be and be called the Office of Clerke of vs our Heyres and Succe&s;&s;ors, for writing and entring of Licences and pa&s;&s;es to bee granted by any Commi&s;&s;ioners to any per&s;ons going out of this Realme, from the Port of <HI>B<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="6 letters">l, B<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">wm<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">r<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">c<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">, Che&s;ter</HI> and <HI>Leuerpoole.</HI> And that for euer hereafter there be and &s;hall be one or more officer or officers by vs our Heyres and Succe&s;&s;ors from time to time nominated, con&s;tituted, and appointed, which &s;hall be and &s;hall be called the Clerke or Clerkes of vs our Heyres and Succe&s;&s;ors, for writing and entring of Licences and pa&s;&s;es to be granted by any Commi&s;&s;ioners to any per&s;ons going out of this Realme from the Ports of <HI>Bri&s;toll, Bewmawrice, Che<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ter</HI> and <HI>Leuerpoole.</HI> And our further will and plea&s;ure is and we doe hereby for vs our Heyres and Succe&s;&s;ors ordaine and appoint that the &s;aid officer and officers do from time to time by vs our Heyres and Suc|ce&s;&s;ors, to be named and appointed (and none other per&s;on and per&s;ons what&s;oeuer) by him&s;elfe or them&s;elues, or his or their &s;ufficient Deputy or Deputies &s;hall haue the writing, Regi&s;tring, and entring into &s;euerall bookes firmely bound and made vp of the names and &s;urnames, place of birth and abode, &s;tate, degree, vocation trade, my|&s;tery and occupation of all and euery per&s;ons or per&s;ons which by vertue of our Commi&s;&s;ion afore&s;aid, or any other Commi&s;&s;ion or Commi&s;&s;ions hereafter to bee made or granted to the &s;ame or like purpo&s;e, &s;hall be licen&s;ed or permitted to pa&s;&s;e out of this Realme at the afore&s;aid Port of <HI>Bri&s;toll,</HI> or at any other Port, Hauen or Creeke betweene <HI>B<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">i&s;toll</HI> and <HI>Bewmawrice,</HI> or at the Port of <HI>Bewmawrice,</HI> or at any other Port, Hauen or Creeke betweene <HI>Bewmawrice</HI> and <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> or at the Port of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> or at any other Port, Hauen or Creeke, between our Cities of <HI>Che&s;ter</HI> and <HI>Leuerpoole,</HI> or at the Port of <HI>Leuerpoole,</HI> or at any other Port, Hauen or Creeke betweene <HI>Leuer|poole</HI> and <HI>Workington</HI> afore&s;aid, and the cau&s;es of their going ouer, together with the place or places whither they intend to goe, and the time that they intend and are like to &s;tay and tarry before their returne; and other their an&s;weres in the premi&s;es, together with the pa&s;&s;es them&s;elues. And becau&s;e it is requi&s;ite that the &s;aid Offi|cer or Officers, their Deputie and Deputies &s;hould haue &s;ome conuenient recompence for their labour, care and paines to be be&s;towed and taken in the execution of the &s;aid Office, wherein our Princely care &s;o farre extendeth it &s;elfe, as that we will not any of our Subjects bee vnduely exacted vpon. Wee doe therefore hereby for vs, our Heyres and Succe&s;&s;ors, ordaine, con&s;titute and grant that it &s;hall and may be lawfull to and for the &s;aid Officer and Officers, and his and their Deputie and Depu|ties, to demand take and receiue for the execution of the &s;aid Office, and for his and their paines and labour to be taken in the premi&s;es of euery per&s;on, who &s;hall p<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;&s;e beyond the Seas, as afore&s;aid, the fee, reward or &s;omme of &s;ixe pence; and hath heretofore v<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ually beene taken for the like, and not in any &s;ort to exceed the &s;ame. K<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ow yee al&s;o further that we for the better execution of this our will and plea&s;ure, repo&s;ing tru&s;t and confidence in the fidelity, diligence, vnder&s;tanding and di&s;cretion of our wel-beloued Subjects <HI>Patricke Craford</HI> and <HI>Mathew Birkenhead,</HI> Gentlemen: Of our e&s;peciall grace, certaine knowledge and meere motion, haue giuen and gran<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ed, and by the&s;e pre&s;ents for vs, our Heyres and Succe&s;&s;ors, do giue and grant vnto the &s;aid <HI>Patricke Craford,</HI> and <HI>Mathew Bi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">kenhead,</HI> the &s;aid Office of Clerks of vs our Heyres and Succe&s;&s;ors, for writing and entring of Licences and Pa&s;&s;es to be granted by any Commi&s;&s;ioners to any per&s;ons going out of this Realme from the Por<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> of <HI>B<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">&s;toll, Bewmaw<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">ce, Che&s;ter</HI> and <HI>Leuerpoole.</HI> And them the &s;aid <HI>Patricke Craford</HI> and <HI>Mathew Birkenhead,</HI> the fir&s;t and pre&s;ent Clerke and Clerkes of vs our Heyres and Succe&s;|&s;ors for writing and entring of Licences and pa&s;&s;es to be granted by any Commi&s;&s;ioners to any per&s;ons going out of this Realme from the Ports of <HI>B<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">&s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">l, Bewmaw<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">ce, Che&s;ter, Leuerpoole</HI> and <HI>Workington,</HI> to do and execute all things in manner afore&s;aid to the &s;aid Office belonging or appertaning, or herein mentioned to be thereunto be+longing or appertaining, or by the Officer or Officers afore &s;aid to be done and performed, we doe hereby for vs our Heyres and Succe&s;&s;ors, nominate, make&punc; ordaine, create, con&s;titute, and appoint by the&s;e pre&s;ents. To haue, hold and enjoy the &s;aid Office with the appurtenances to the &s;aid <HI>Patricke Craford,</HI> and <HI>M<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">thew Birkenhead,</HI> and to execute and exerci&s;e the &s;ame a&s;well by him&s;elfe or them&s;elues, or his or their &s;ufficient Deputie or Deputies, during the naturall liues and the na<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">urall life of the lon|ger liuer of them, together with the fore&s;aid fees, rewards, and &s;ommes of money, in as large and ample manner as we can or may giue, grant or di&s;po&s;e of the &s;ame. Requiring, charging, and commanding by the&s;e pre&s;ents for vs, our Heyres and Succe&s;&s;ors, that no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oeuer, other then the &s;aid <HI>Patricke Craford,</HI> and <HI>Mathew Birkenhead,</HI> and other then the Officer and Officers by vs, our Heyres and Succe&s;&s;ors to be nominated, con&s;tituted, and appointed according to the tru<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> meaning of the&s;e pre&s;ents, and his and their Deputie and Deputies doe entermeddle or deale in the &s;aid Office, or doe, or execute any thing or things therevnto belong|ing, or herein or hereby mentioned or intended by the Officer or Officers afore&s;aid to be done, executed or performed vpon paine of the indignation and di&s;plea&s;ure of vs our Heyres and Succe&s;&s;ors, and vpon &s;uch further paines and penalties as by the Lawes and Statutes of this our Realme, may be inflicted vpon them for their di&s;o|bedience and contempt in that behalfe.</P>
<P>Neuerthele&s;&s;e, to the intent that We, our Heyres and Succe&s;&s;ors may be from time to time &s;ati&s;fied of all proc&eacute;edings to be had in the premi&s;es. Our further will and plea&s;ure is, and we doe hereby for vs, our Heyres and Succe&s;&s;ors, require and command that as well the &s;aid <HI>Patricke Craford</HI> and <HI>Mathew Birkenhead,</HI> as all others who &s;hall &s;ucceed them in the &s;aid Office, their Deputie or Deputies &s;hall yearely once in euery yeare returne and certifie in one or more booke or bookes, vnder their hand or hands writing, all things by them or any of them to be entred or Regi&s;tred by vertue of this our grant into the Office of the Remembrancer of the Exchequer of vs, our Heyres and Succe&s;&s;ors there to be extant vpon all occa&s;ions. And la&s;tly, We doe hereby for vs, our Heyres and Succe&s;&s;ors, &s;traightly charge and command all and &s;ingular Iu&s;tices of peace, Mayors, Sheriffes, Bayliffes, Con&s;tables, Head-boroughes, and all other the Officers, Mini&s;ters and Subjects of vs, our Heyres and Succe&s;&s;ors what&s;oeuer, to whom it &s;hall or may appertaine, to bee ayding, helping, and a&s;&s;i&s;ting vnto the &s;aid <HI>Patricke Craford,</HI> and <HI>Mathew Birkenhead,</HI> and all others which &s;hall &s;ucceed them in the &s;aid Office, their Deputie and Deputies and euery of them in the execution of the &s;aid Office, and of our will and plea&s;ure herein expre&s;|&s;ed in all things, according to the true meaning of the&s;e pre&s;ents, as they tender the plea&s;ure of vs our Heyres and Succe&s;&s;ors, and will auoyd the contrary at their pe|rils. Although expre&s;&s;e mention of the certainty of the premi&s;es, or of any of them, or of any other guifts or grants by vs or any our Progenitors or Predece&s;&s;ors to the &s;aid <HI>Patricke Craford,</HI> and <HI>Mathew Birkenhead,</HI> heretofore made in the&s;e pre&s;ents, is not made, or any Statute, Act, Ordinance, proui&s;ion Proclamation or re&s;traint to the contrary thereof heretofore had, made, ordained or prouided, or any other thing cau&s;e or matter what&s;oeuer in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>In witne&s;&s;e whereof, Wee haue cau&s;ed the&s;e our Letters to bee Patents.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Witne&s;&s;e Our &s;elfs at <HI>Canbury,</HI> <DATE>the fiue and twentieth day of <HI>May,</HI> in the &s;ixth years of our Reigne.</DATE></DATELINE> <SIGNED><HI>Per bre. de priuato Sigillo. <HI>Wol&s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ey.</HI></HI></SIGNED><LB> God &s;aue the King.</CLOSER>
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