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<HEAD>ADDITIONAL HEADS Propo&s;ed by the Ma&s;ter-Shipwrights of <HI>England,</HI> in order to amend Two Ancient Charters, dated <HI>Anno 1605.</HI> and <HI>Anno 1612.</HI> who, the better to accommodate Navigation, and for the &s;afety of Shipping in general, were Incorporated one entire Company, with Power to Practice their Art and My&s;tery in all Rivers, Ports, Harbours, and Roads of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">I. THAT the Ma&s;ter-Builders, Ma&s;ter-Yard-keepers, and other Ma&s;ter-Ship-wrights of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> may (all and every of them) pay an equal and proportionable Contri|bution of Tunnage and Poundage, agreeable to their Sta|tions, and the Burthen of the Ships and Ve&s;&s;els they Build and Repair (&s;aving Their Maje&s;ties Men of War, which is humbly &s;ubmitted to &s;uch Proportion, and to be paid in &s;uch manner as may be thought rea&s;o|nable,) towards the &s;upport of the Company of Shipwrights of <HI>England,</HI> accor|ding to the fir&s;t intent of Incorporating them, for the well breeding of able and skilful Workmen in that Art and My&s;tery, and to maintain their poor di&s;|abled Cripples, and &s;uperannuated decayed Members.</P>
<P N="2">II. That where&s;oever the Ma&s;ter-Builders, or Ma&s;ter-Shipwrights of <HI>Eng|land</HI> make Yards for the encrea&s;e and conveniency of Navigation, and to en|courage Trade, they may have and enjoy their Ways or Graving Grounds be|fore their Yards (as well as tho&s;e in pre&s;ent being) and to lay before, Pa&s;s, and Float into, and out of all and every their re&s;pective Yards, all &s;orts of Tim|ber-Plank, and Firre for Ma&s;ts and Yards, with other Materials: Provided, they be not detrimental to the River of <HI>Thames,</HI> or to any other River, Port or Harbour of <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Wales,</HI> with &s;ubmi&s;&s;ion to the Lord High Admiral of <HI>England</HI> to be judge of it, in ca&s;e di&s;putes &s;hall ari&s;e.</P>
<P N="3">III. That the Members of the &s;aid Company, for the conveniency and &s;afety of Navigation, may be admitted to practice their Trade in all Rivers, Ports, Harbours, and Roads of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> as their Charters time out of mind, have directed: And, That the Certificate of the Ma&s;ters and Own|ers of Ships, u&s;ing the Trade of the River <HI>Tine,</HI> of <HI>Decemb.</HI> 1684. touching the intollerable practice of Shipwrights of <HI>Newca&s;tle,</HI> may be con&s;idered.</P>
<P N="4">IV. That Apprentices Indentures, when Enrolled by the Shipwrights of <HI>England,</HI> or their Deputies in the Out-Ports, (agreeable to their former Char|ters) may be good to all intents and purpo&s;es. The Stat. 5. Q. <HI>Eliz.</HI> Cap. 5. among other Trades, expre&s;ly names the Indentures of Shipwrights Appren|tices, to be Enrolled in a Town Corporate; and the Cu&s;tom of Cities and Corporation Towns, for private Inland Trades, are to the contrary.</P>
<P N="5">V. That the Order of Council, of the <HI>27th</HI> of <HI>March,</HI> 1638. and the &s;ame again renewed the <HI>18th</HI> of <HI>March,</HI> 1684/5 again&s;t the Intere&s;t of the &s;aid Com|pany, may with all &s;ubmi&s;&s;ion be con&s;idered.</P>
<P N="6">VI. That the Members of the &s;aid Company may be Protected at their Trades, and not liable to be Impre&s;t by common Pre&s;s-Ma&s;ters, to Serve as Seamen; but that a &s;ufficient number of able Workmen, as their Maje&s;ties Navy and Yard &s;ervice requires, may from time to time be &s;upplied by the &s;aid Company, and their Deputies in the Out-Ports.</P>
<P N="7">VII. That there be a Clau&s;e to empower the Members of the &s;aid Com|pany, to ob&s;erve and keep the hours of beginning to Work at Six a Clock in the Morning, and to depart from Work at Six a Clock at Night, as is, and hath been the u&s;ual Cu&s;tom, with allowance of time for a Breakfa&s;t and Dinner, agreeable to the Sea&s;on of the Year.</P>
<P>And, Whereas Their Maje&s;ties Royal Ance&s;tors have given and granted to the &s;aid Company, and their Succe&s;&s;ors for ever, and to their Deputies in the Out-Ports (thereunto Deputed under their common Seal) full Power and Authority to Survey the Building and Repairing of all Ships and Ve&s;&s;els of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales;</HI> and all manner of Timber and Plank, and other Mate|rials prepared for the &s;ame; and to In&s;pect into the Workman&s;hip, and re|move all Sappy and Red-Wood, and &s;ee that they be &s;ub&s;tantially Built, with two Orlops at convenient di&s;tance, &s;trong to carry Ordnance aloft, and alowe with a Fore-Ca&s;tle clo&s;e for Fight: And have al&s;o given and granted unto the &s;aid Company, and to their Deputies in the Out-Ports, and their Succe&s;|&s;ors for ever, full Power and Authority to admea&s;ure all Ships and other Ve&s;&s;els of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> and, as occa&s;ion requires, from time to time to lay them a ground; and, according to an exact Admea&s;urement of their length, breadth, depth, and draught of Water, &s;o to Rate and &s;et down their Burthen of Tons, and to Certifie the &s;ame under their Hands, and the com|mon Seal of the &s;aid Corporation.</P>
<P N="8">VIII. Now, to the end Surveys may be rendred more u&s;eful, and that Admea&s;urement be computed nearer the Truth, the Particulars following are propo&s;ed to be agreed upon, and &s;ettled by &s;uch By-Laws or General-Rules as the &s;aid Company &s;hall appoint and order to be ob&s;erved throughout <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> and to enquire into the &s;ame at Surveys.</P>
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<HEAD>Particular</HEAD>
<ITEM>1. In Timbring of a Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, there be a general Rule, That the Floor-Timbers, the Futtocks, and Top-Timbers have a &s;er|viceable and &s;ufficient Scarf to each other, with regard to the pro|portion of their Scantlings.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. In Planking a Ship or Ve&s;&s;el there be a general Rule, That the Planks from Butt to Butt, have a &s;erviceable and &s;ufficient Scarf to each other, with regard to the Burthen and length of the Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, and the &s;ub&s;tance and length of the Planks.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. A general Rule, That the Treenails, from the Keel to the &s;econd Plank, above the &s;econd Streek of <HI>Wales,</HI> Inclu&s;ive, be of &s;ea&s;oned young <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Oak, fit for &s;ervice under Water, and of a proportionable &s;ize to their length, agreeable to the Burthen of the Ship or Ve&s;&s;el; and that they In&s;pect into the well placing of them, with regard to the Timber and Plank they are to fa&s;ten and &s;ecure.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. A general Rule, That the Bolts, and other Iron-work, be of a propor|tionable &s;ize to their length, agreeable to the Burthen of the Ship or Ve&s;&s;el; and that they in&s;pect into the well-placing of them, with re|gard to the Timber and Plank, and part of the Ship or Ve&s;&s;el they are to fa&s;ten and &s;ecure.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. A general Rule, That a proportionable number of threads of Hair, and of white and black <HI>Oakham,</HI> be appointed to be well drove and bottom'd in the Seams, with regard to the thickne&s;s of the Plank.</ITEM>
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<P N="9">IX. And, Whereas there are great abu&s;es committed by the ill Hewing of Timber; It is therefore nece&s;&s;ary a general Rule be ob&s;erved, That all Timber, when &s;quared, may be &s;o Hewed, that the Flat do contain both the Waynes (and not le&s;s): And, That in converting of Timber into Plank, it be full Cut, and hold out, according to its proper denomination in Inches and parts of an Inch, and to be Admea&s;ured between the Waynes on the Wayney-&s;ide, and half the Wayne allowed in Admea&s;urement, according to the u&s;ual Cu&s;tom.</P>
<P N="10">X. And, ina&s;much as Surveys are of nece&s;&s;ary and ab&s;olute u&s;e, for the pre&s;ervation of the lives of Their Maje&s;ties Subjects, and the &s;ecurity of Merchants Goods from damage, which often happens to the lo&s;s of Mariners Wages, and Their Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms: And, for that the Ma&s;ter-Builders, and other Skilful Ma&s;ter Shipwrights of <HI>England,</HI> are often called and &s;ummoned to attend on them, and do &s;pend much of their time therein, both a float and a &s;hore; therefore it is thought rea&s;onable, That when the Ma&s;ter, Owners, or Freighters require to have a Ship or Ve&s;&s;el Surveyed, they may then be liable to pay one Penny <HI>per</HI> Ton for the &s;aid Survey: And to pre|vent unnece&s;&s;ary Di&s;putes, vexatious Actions and Suits at Law, in ca&s;e of damnified Goods, or the Foundering of a Ship or Ve&s;&s;el; it is expedi|ent, That the Ma&s;ters of Ships, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> have a Certificate from the &s;aid Com|pany, to vouch for them&s;elves and their Owners, that their Ships or Ve&s;&s;els have, by able and skilful Per&s;ons, been well Surveyed and Repaired, agreeable to the Rules and Ordinances of the Company of Shipwrights of <HI>England,</HI> and that they are fit for the Sea, and to receive in Merchants Goods for &s;uch a&mdash;Voyage.</P>
<P N="11">XI. That the &s;aid Company of Shipwrights of <HI>England,</HI> be required once a Year, or as often as may be thought fit, to pre&s;ent Their Maje&s;ties with a Scheme, or Li&s;t of the Names of Ships, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> the time when Launched, and Place where Built, the Ma&s;ter Builders Names, and Numbers of Shipwrights and Apprentices in the Ports of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> and al&s;o the Names of the Ships and Ve&s;&s;els that are Ca&s;t, and to be broke up.</P>
<P N="12">XII. On behalf of the &s;aid Company, it is mo&s;t humbly pray'd, That in the Amendment of the afore&s;aid Charter, there be a Clau&s;e for a &s;mall piece of wa&s;t Ground (in Their Maje&s;ties Gift) in &s;ome convenient Place near the River of <HI>Thames;</HI> and the like in the Rivers of <HI>S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">vern, Medway,</HI> and <HI>Tine,</HI> in order for Alms-Hou&s;es to be Erected, that the Shipwrights of <HI>England</HI> may &s;ee the Relief and Maintenance of their poor di&s;abled Cripples and &s;uper|annuated Members.</P>
<P>And it is further humbly Prayed, That the &s;aid Company may be ad|mitted to amend or add &s;uch other Heads or Clau&s;es as may appear to be of Service and Rea&s;onable.</P>
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