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         England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)
      
       
         
           1689
        
      
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             Their Majesties declaration for encouragement of officers, seamen, and mariners employed in the present service
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)
             William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
             Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694.
             Halifax, Charles Montagu, Earl of, 1661-1715.
          
           3, [1] p.
           
             Printed by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb ...,
             London :
             1689.
          
           
             Caption title.
             "Given at our court at Hampton-Court this 23d. day of May, 1689"--P. 3.
             Signed at end: Cha. Montague.
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           England and Wales. -- Royal Navy -- Pay, allowances, etc.
        
      
    
     
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           Their
           Majesties
           DECLARATION
           For
           Encouragement
           of
           Officers
           ,
           Seamen
           and
           Mariners
           ,
           Employed
           in
           the
           present
           Service
           .
        
         
           
             WILLIAM
             R.
             
          
        
         
           THeir
           Majesties
           out
           of
           Their
           Princely
           Care
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           with
           great
           Tenderness
           and
           Regard
           having
           taken
           into
           Consideration
           the
           Condition
           of
           their
           Seafaring
           Subjects
           ,
           as
           well
           Officers
           as
           Seamen
           and
           Mariners
           ,
           and
           with
           intent
           and
           purpose
           that
           their
           Resolution
           and
           Forwardness
           ,
           Valour
           and
           Faithfulness
           in
           the
           present
           Service
           ,
           necessarily
           undertaken
           for
           the
           Honour
           and
           Defence
           of
           Their
           Majesties
           Dominions
           ,
           the
           Support
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Security
           of
           the
           Commerce
           and
           Trade
           of
           their
           Subjects
           may
           be
           duly
           Rewarded
           and
           Encouraged
           ,
           By
           and
           With
           the
           Advice
           of
           their
           Council
           ,
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           Publish
           and
           Declare
           ,
        
         
           That
           all
           Captains
           ,
           Seamen
           and
           others
           that
           do
           or
           shall
           Serve
           in
           any
           of
           Their
           Majesties
           own
           or
           Merchant
           Ships
           Employed
           in
           Their
           Service
           ,
           shall
           (
           for
           time
           to
           come
           in
           lieu
           of
           all
           Prizes
           )
           Have
           and
           Receive
           from
           Their
           Majesties
           for
           every
           Ship
           or
           Prize
           they
           shall
           Lawfully
           take
           ,
           whether
           Merchant
           Men
           ,
           or
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           Laden
           or
           Light
           ,
           the
           Sum
           
           of
           Ten
           shillings
           for
           every
           Tun
           the
           said
           Ship
           shall
           measure
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           ordinary
           Rule
           of
           Shipwright's
           Hall
           ,
           and
           Six
           pounds
           thirteen
           shillings
           and
           four
           pence
           for
           every
           Piece
           of
           Ordnance
           ,
           whether
           Iron
           ,
           or
           Brass
           ,
           the
           same
           to
           be
           paid
           by
           the
           Collector
           for
           Prize
           Goods
           within
           Ten
           days
           after
           the
           payment
           of
           the
           Ships
           (
           in
           case
           Adjudication
           be
           made
           of
           the
           Ship
           in
           the
           Admiralty
           Court
           )
           to
           be
           shared
           and
           divided
           amongst
           them
           proportionably
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           respective
           Places
           and
           Offices
           in
           the
           Ship
           in
           which
           they
           Serv'd
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           Custom
           of
           the
           Seas
           in
           that
           case
           .
        
         
           And
           further
           ,
           That
           it
           be
           Lawful
           for
           all
           Captains
           ,
           Seamen
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           serving
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           to
           take
           and
           have
           to
           themselves
           as
           Pillage
           ,
           without
           further
           or
           other
           account
           to
           be
           given
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           All
           such
           Goods
           and
           Merchandizes
           as
           shall
           be
           found
           by
           them
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           any
           Ship
           (
           they
           shall
           take
           in
           fight
           as
           Prize
           )
           upon
           or
           above
           the
           Gun-Deck
           of
           the
           said
           Ship
           ,
           and
           not
           otherwise
           :
           And
           for
           every
           Man
           of
           War
           sunk
           or
           destroyed
           by
           Firing
           or
           otherwise
           ,
           to
           have
           Ten
           pounds
           a
           Gun
           only
           ,
           to
           be
           divided
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           to
           be
           paid
           by
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Prize
           Goods
           ,
           within
           Ten
           days
           after
           the
           payment
           of
           the
           Ship
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           upon
           Certificate
           of
           the
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           stated
           by
           the
           Council
           of
           War.
           
        
         
           That
           in
           paying
           the
           Wages
           of
           all
           Seamen
           and
           Mariners
           ,
           that
           now
           do
           ,
           or
           hereafter
           shall
           Serve
           on
           Board
           any
           of
           Their
           Majesties
           Ships
           ,
           the
           following
           Method
           and
           Regulation
           shall
           be
           observed
           ;
        
         
           That
           all
           Seamen
           and
           Mariners
           that
           on
           the
           First
           of
           November
           next
           ,
           shall
           have
           been
           in
           Their
           Majesties
           Service
           Six
           Months
           ,
           shall
           by
           themselves
           or
           assigns
           receive
           full
           Two
           Months
           pay
           ;
           and
           in
           like
           manner
           those
           that
           on
           the
           First
           of
           May
           next
           shall
           have
           been
           in
           the
           Service
           Six
           Months
           ,
           shall
           receive
           other
           Two
           Months
           pay
           ,
           and
           so
           (
           till
           their
           Ships
           be
           paid
           off
           )
           shall
           continue
           to
           receive
           Two
           Months
           pay
           ▪
           after
           having
           Served
           Six
           Months
           from
           the
           aforesaid
           days
           of
           Payment
           ;
           For
           which
           Pay
           or
           Pays
           for
           Two
           Months
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           Tickets
           shall
           be
           given
           gratis
           under
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           Commander
           ,
           and
           other
           Officers
           usually
           appointed
           in
           Signing
           them
           ,
           and
           Letters
           of
           Attorney
           shall
           be
           also
           Attested
           under
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           Signing
           Officers
           
           gratis
           ,
           in
           such
           manner
           as
           shall
           be
           thought
           to
           conduce
           most
           to
           the
           Benefit
           ,
           Support
           ,
           and
           Ease
           hereby
           intended
           to
           Seamen
           in
           general
           and
           their
           Families
           ,
           of
           whom
           Care
           shall
           be
           taken
           that
           these
           Payments
           be
           made
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           And
           all
           Commanders
           are
           hereby
           strictly
           Charged
           and
           Required
           not
           to
           Discharge
           any
           Seaman
           from
           Their
           Majesties
           Ships
           ,
           without
           giving
           the
           Person
           so
           Discharged
           the
           usual
           Ticket
           for
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Service
           .
        
         
           That
           Care
           shall
           be
           taken
           for
           defraying
           the
           Charges
           of
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           Men
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Relief
           of
           Widows
           ,
           Children
           and
           Impotent
           Parents
           of
           such
           as
           shall
           be
           slain
           in
           the
           Service
           at
           Sea
           ;
           And
           for
           Medals
           ,
           or
           other
           Rewards
           to
           such
           Officers
           and
           Seamen
           of
           the
           Fleet
           ,
           as
           shall
           be
           found
           to
           have
           done
           any
           Eminent
           or
           Extraordinary
           Service
           :
           And
           that
           for
           Supplying
           of
           necessary
           Provisions
           for
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           men
           on
           Board
           ,
           there
           shall
           be
           allowed
           by
           His
           Majesty
           Five
           pounds
           for
           Six
           Months
           Service
           for
           every
           Hundred
           Men.
           
        
         
           That
           upon
           the
           Discharge
           of
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           men
           from
           the
           Ships
           in
           Their
           Majesties
           Service
           ,
           Care
           shall
           be
           taken
           for
           the
           payment
           of
           their
           Tickets
           and
           Conduct
           Money
           .
        
         
           That
           Directions
           shall
           be
           given
           to
           all
           Mayors
           ,
           Bailiffs
           ,
           or
           other
           Magistrates
           in
           any
           Port
           Towns
           to
           take
           Care
           for
           all
           necessary
           Accommodations
           at
           the
           charge
           of
           Their
           Majesties
           ,
           for
           the
           Relief
           and
           Cure
           of
           such
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           men
           as
           shall
           be
           sent
           on
           shoar
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Moyety
           of
           Our
           Hospitals
           in
           England
           ,
           employed
           for
           the
           Cure
           of
           Wounded
           and
           Sick
           People
           ,
           be
           reserved
           during
           the
           time
           of
           War
           at
           Sea
           ,
           for
           such
           as
           shall
           be
           Wounded
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           Navy
           ,
           as
           they
           shall
           become
           void
           from
           and
           after
           the
           First
           day
           of
           June
           next
           .
           1689.
           
        
         
           
             
               Given
               at
               Our
               Court
               at
            
             Hampton-Court
             
               this
               23d
               .
               
                 Day
                 of
              
               May
               ,
               1689.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               First
               Year
               of
               Our
               Reign
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           At
           the
           COURT
           at
           HAMPTON-COURT
           ,
           The
           Twenty
           third
           of
           May
           ,
           1689.
           
        
         
           PRESENT
           ,
           
             
               The
               King
               's
               most
               Excellent
               Majesty
               .
            
             
               
                 His
                 R.
                 Highness
                 Prince
              
               George
               of
               Denmark
               ,
            
             
               
                 Lord
                 Privy-Seal
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Duke
                 of
              
               Norfolk
               ,
            
             
               
                 Duke
                 of
              
               Schonberg
               ,
            
             
               
                 Earl
                 of
              
               Oxford
               ,
            
             
               
                 Earl
                 of
              
               Shrewsbury
               ,
            
             
               
                 Earl
                 of
              
               Nottingham
               ,
            
             
               
                 Earl
                 of
              
               Maclesfeld
               ,
            
             
               
                 Earl
                 of
              
               Portland
               ,
            
             
               
                 Earl
                 of
              
               Fauconberg
               ,
            
             
               Viscount
               Newport
               ,
            
             
               Viscount
               Sydney
               ,
            
             
               
                 Lord
                 Bishop
                 of
              
               London
               ,
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Vice-Chamberlain
              
               ,
            
             
               Admiral
               Herbert
               ,
            
             
               Mr.
               Russell
               ,
            
             
               Mr.
               Boscawen
               .
            
          
        
         
           IT
           was
           this
           Day
           Ordered
           by
           His
           Majesty
           in
           Council
           ,
           That
           Their
           Majesties
           Gracious
           Declaration
           for
           Encouragement
           of
           Officers
           ,
           Seamen
           and
           Mariners
           ,
           Employed
           in
           the
           present
           Service
           be
           forthwith
           Printed
           by
           His
           Majesties
           Printers
           :
           And
           that
           so
           many
           Copies
           thereof
           as
           shall
           be
           required
           by
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Executing
           the
           Office
           of
           Lord
           High
           Admiral
           of
           England
           ,
           be
           disposed
           of
           as
           they
           shall
           think
           fit
           and
           direct
           ;
           And
           so
           many
           also
           to
           the
           Principal
           Officers
           and
           Commissioners
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Navy
           Royal
           ,
           by
           them
           to
           be
           Distributed
           to
           such
           Persons
           and
           Places
           as
           in
           their
           Judgments
           shall
           seem
           Convenient
           :
           some
           of
           them
           also
           to
           His
           Majesties
           Principal
           Secretaries
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Lords
           of
           His
           Majesties
           most
           Honourable
           Privy
           Council
           .
        
         
           
             Cha.
             Montague
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Charles
             Bill
          
           ,
           and
           
             Thomas
             Newcomb
          
           ,
           Printers
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Queen's
           most
           Excellent
           Majesties
           ,
           1689.
           
        
         
      
    
  

