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A41855 The great and ancient charter of the Cinque-Ports of our lord the King, and the members of the same Cinque Ports (Association); England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II). aut 1682 (1682) Wing G1632; ESTC R215891 50,885 142

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year of His Reign That whereas Our said Grandfather was then informed that of old time accustomed at every Fifteenth granted to the Barons of the five Ports and their Advocants and Members of them and every of them were wont to be allowed in the Exchequer of Our said Grandfather of as much and as large Sums of Money as they would ask by sufficient Billet thereof at every Fifteenth granted till then of late by agreement thereof taken and as between Our said Grandfather and them they were Cessed at a certain Sum of 500 l. and thereupon they were bound in a Recognizance before the Treasurer and Barons of Our said Grandfather in his Exchequer unto Our said Grandfather in One thousand Marks that they should not exceed the said Sum of 500 l. in asking Allowance by Billet upon forfeiture to Our said Grandfather of the said Thousand Marks And whereas Our said Grandfather being informed That the Treasurer and Barons of His Exchequer did then deny to receive and allow the Bills and Billets under the Seals either of the Towns of Winchelsea and Rye and of the Members of the said five Ports of every of them for discharging of divers of the Collectors of Our said Grandfather for divers Fifteenths that then were past Our said Grandfather willing the said five Ports the said Towns of Winchelsea and Rye and the Members of them and every of them to be Partners of the said Discharge of 500 l. as they be Charged to Our said Grandfather in Service and for divers and many other great Considerations Our said Grandfather specially moving did by the said Letters under the said Privy Seal Will and Charge the said Treasurer and Barons of his Exchequer and every of them that they immediately after the sight of the same Letters should receive and take of the Collector and Collectors of Our said Grandfather of any such Fifteenth all such Bills and Billets for discharging of the said Fifteenths before that time granted and thereafter to be granted as well them that were under the Seals of the said Towns of Winchelsea and Rye parcel of the Head Ports or any of them as them that were under the Seals of any of the Members to what manner of Sum that the said Bills or Billets should amount unto And if the said Bills or Billets should amount to the Sum of 500 l. or beneath at a Fifteen then Our said Grandfather Willed and Charged them and every of them to allow all the Sum of 500 l. or any Sum beneath that Sum And if the said Bills or Billets should amount above the Sum of the said 500 l. Then Our said Granfather willed the said Treasurer and Barons that they allow to the said Collectors the said Sum of 500 l. and no more And then Our said Grandfather willed that the said Treasurer and Barons should make as hasty Process as they lawfully might against the said five Ports for the said Thousand Marks by them unto Our said Grandfather to be forfeited for their exceeding the said Sum contrary to their said Recognizance as by the said Letters under the Privy Seal of Our said Grandfather more at large appeareth And whereas divers of the most antient Charters and Letters Patents made to the Barons of the said Cinque-Ports in that behalf as also the Enrollment of the same by length and tract of long time and many Ages or otherwise are perished and utterly worn out lost or decayed We considering the good Services which the said Barons of the Cinque-Ports and of the said Towns of Rye and Winchelsea and their Members have done unto Us and the great Charges which they have been at in Our late Services upon the Seas and elsewhere against the Spaniards in the year of Our Lord God 1588. and 1596. and willing that the said Barons of the said Cinque-Ports and of the said Towns of Rye and Winchelsea and the Members of them and every of them and the Resiants of the said Ports Towns and Members and the Advocants of the said Ports and Towns and every of them should be discharged of the Sum of 500 l. at every Fifteen and be Partners of the said Discharge of 500 l. according to such rate and proportion as the Cinque-Ports Towns and Members be charged to Us Our Heirs and Successors in Service and in finding and maintaining of the Navy of the said Port Towns and Members In consideration of the said Services and for the better maintenance and sustentation of the Navy of the said Ports and for divers other good considerations Us specially moving of Our special Grace meer motion and certain knowledge do for Us Our Heirs and Successors grant unto the said Barons of the said Cinque-Ports and of the said Towns of Rye and Winchelsea and of the Members of the same Ports and Towns and every of them and their Successors Barons of the said Cinque-Ports Towns and Members That at every Fifteenth heretofore to Us granted and yet payable and heretofore to Us granted and hereafter to be paid And also at every Fifteenth hereafter to Us Our Heirs and Successors to be granted they the said Barons of the Cinque-Ports and of the said Towns of Rye and Winchelsea and of the Members of the said Ports and Towns and of every of them and their Successors Barons of the said Cinque-Ports Towns and Members for themselves and the Resiants of the said Ports Towns and Members and the Advocants of the said Ports and Towns shall have thereof and be allowed in the Exchequer of Us Our Heirs and Successors at and of every such Fifteenth so granted or to be granted as is aforesaid the said Sum of 500 l. and no more And therefore for Us Our Heirs and Successors We do Will and Charge the Treasurer Chancellor and Barons of the Exchequer of Us Our Heirs and Successors and of every of them for the time being for ever hereafter that they do from time to time receive and take of the Collector and Collectors of any Fifteenth at any time heretofore to Us granted and yet paiable and heretofore granted to Us and hereafter to be paid and hereafter to Us Our Heirs and Successors to be granted all such Bills and Billets for the discarge of the said Barons of Our said Cinque-Ports and of the said Towns of Rye and Winchelsea and of the Members of them and every of them and of the Resiants of the said Ports Towns and Members and the Advocants of the same Ports and Towns and of every of them for the time being of the Sum of 500 l. part or parcel of every such Fifteenth before this time granted and yet payable and heretofore granted unto Us and hereafter to be paid and hereafter to Us Our Heirs or Successors to be granted as well all those Bills and Billets that be or hereafter shall be under the Seals of any of the Cinque-Ports and Towns of Rye and Winchelsea or any of them as all those which be or hereafter shall
late Queen about the Grants to the Barons of the said Cinque-Ports and Towns of Rye and Winchelsea and Members of the same Ports and Towns and every of them and to their Successors the Barons of the said Cinque-Ports Towns and Members made after these words Elizabeth by the Grace of God We have look'd upon the Charters of Eliz. about Fifteenths Queen of England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To the Treasurer Chancellor and Barons of Our Exchequer for the time being and to all other the Officers Ministers and Subjects of Us Our Heirs and Successors for the time being or which hereafter shall be to whom it shall or may appertain and to every of them Greeting Whereas it appeareth unto Us by one Record remaining in Our Exchequer amongst the Records of the Term of Easter in the Sixth year of the Reign of Our most Dear Grandfather King Henry the Seventh That John Convers of Winchelsea and William Warwyn of Dover Combons of the five Ports did come before the Barons of the same Exchequer the Seventh day of May in that same Term of Easter in their proper Persons and did exhibite to the said Court there a certain Letter of Attorney Sealed with the Common Seal of the Mayors Bayliffs Jurats and Barons of the five Ports and directed to the Treasurer and Barons of the same Exchequer the Tenor whereof followeth in these words To the Right Mighty and Noble Lord John Dynham Knt. Lord Dynham High Treasurer of England and to the full Honourable the Barons of our Sovereign Lord the Kings Exchequer at Westminster that now be We the Mayors Bayliffs Jurats and Barons of the Towns and Ports of Hasting Winchelsea Rye Romney Heth Dover and Sandwich at our Brotheryield-General at the said Town and Port of Romney the day of the Date hereof Holden Assembled that is to say William Nepsham Bayliff of Hasting Richard Martham Mayor of Winchelsea John Cheeseman Mayor of Rye John Cheynew Jurate of Romney Thomas Walton Jurate of Heth Edward Hextal Mayor of Dover and Thomas Aldy Mayor of Sandwich which send due Recommendations in all humblewise as appertaineth And whereas it hath pleased our Sovereign Lord by the Advice of his Council is Agreed that the Sustentation-Subsidy and maintenance of our Navy to do our old Service to our Sovereign Lord the King and to his Heirs Kings of England That at every whole Fifteenth and Tenth hereafter by the Commons of this His Realm to Him and to His Heirs to be granted the Collectors of the same and every of them within the Counties of Kent and Sussex from thenceforth shall have deduction in their Accompts betwixt them by the Certificate of the said Barons so that they exceed not the Sum of Five hundred Pounds Sterling for the Allowance of all Resiants and Advocants of their Allowance of all such Fifteens as from thenceforth shall be granted to our said Sovereign Lord the King and to His Heirs Kings of England and from thenceforth to be gathered and that his Highness willeth in that behalf that we nor our Heirs shall not in any wise exceed the Sum of Five hundred Pounds and that we should thereupon be bound by Recognizance before His said Barons in His said Exchequer at Westminster to the accomplishment of the same We the said Mayors Bayliffs Jurats and Barons certifie by these Presents that we the day of the making hereof have given full Power and Authority to our Right Trusty and Right Well-beloved Brethren and Combons Mr. John Convers of the said Town of Winchelsea and William Warwyn of the said Town of Dover our true and lawful Attorneys joyntly and severally in that behalf by the Advice of Learned Councel to bind us to our said Sovereign Lord the King and to His Heirs Kings of England by Recognizance in the said Kings Exchequer before the said Barons in all due and convenient Form and Sum reasonable after the said Wisdoms and Discretions of the said High-Treasurer and the said Barons for the accomplishment of the Premises that is to say That we nor our Heirs shall not from henceforth exceed the said Sum of Five hundred Pound In Witness whereof we the said Mayors Bayliffs Jurats and Barons the Seal of our said Brotheryield used and accustomed to thes● Presents have put at the sa● Town and Port of Romney th 12th day of April in the Sixth yea of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lord King Henry the Seventh Whereupon the said John Convers and William Warwyn being then present in the said Court in their proper Persons and admitted there by the Barons to be the Attorneys of the said Mayors Bayliffs Jurats and Barons of the aforesaid Ports to execute and do in all things according to the Tenor of the said Letter And the said John and William taking upon them the same did acknowledge the same Mayors Bayliffs Jurats and Barons to owe to Our said Grandfather One thousand Pound Sterling to be paid to Our said Grandfather in the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist then next coming And except they did perform it the said John and William in the stead and Name of the same Mayors Bayliffs Jurats and Barons did grant that Our Grandfather should cause to be levied the said Money of the Lands and Tenements of the said Mayors Bayliffs Jurats and Barons whereof they or any others or any other that were seized and of their Goods and Chattels to whose hand soever they should come and made that this Recognizance was under such Condition That if the Collectors of the Fifteenths and Tenths to Our said Grandfather then or to His Heirs Kings of England in the Counties of Kent and Sussex and elsewhere within this Realm of England from henceforth to be granted should not have Deductions in their Accompts to Our said Grandfather of such whole Fifteenth and Tenth to be yielded by the Certificates of the Mayors Bayliffs Jurats and Barons or their Successors from thenceforth to be above the Sum of 500 l. And if the said Mayors Bayliffs Jurats and Barons their Heirs and Successors by their Certificates to such Collectors in the said Counties of Kent and Sussex and elsewhere within this Realm of England of and for such whole Fifteenth and Tenth for the same Mayors Bayliffs Jurats and Barons and the Resiants and Advocants of the said Ports to be made and directed should not exceed the Sum of 500 l. at every such Fifteenth and Tenth thenceforth to be granted that then the said Recognizance should be void otherwise it should remain in his strength and effect as by the said Record remaining in the Custody of Our Remembrancer in Our Exchequer more at large appeareth And whereas further it appeareth unto Us by Letters under the Privy Seal of Our said most dear Grandfather King Henry the Seventh directed to Mr. Treasurer and the Barons of his Exchequer bearing Date at Westminster the Three and Twentieth day of June in the Ninth