item: #1 of 7 id: A23868 author: Bank of England. title: An abstract of the charter to the governour and company of the Bank of England date: 1695 words: 5134 flesch: 49 summary: That for the better ordering the Affairs of the Corporation , and for a succession of Persons to be Governor , Deputy , and Directors thereof , there shall be for ever a Governor , Deputy , and 24 Directors , who , or any 13 , or more of them ( whereof the Governor or Deputy to be one ) shall be , and be called a Court of Directors , for the ordering the Affairs of the said Corporation with such Powers as are hereafter mentioned . That the said Governor , Deputy , and Directors , shall continue in their Offices till the 25th . of March , 1696 , and till others be chosen and sworn , unless any of them shall dye , or be removed , as is after-mentioned . That all the Members of the Corporation may meet for the Choice of their Governor , Deputy , and Directors , and for the making By-Laws for the Corporation , or other their Affairs ( publick Notice being affixed at the Royal Exchange Two days at least before the said Meeting ) That all the Members , or so many as meet , shall be called a General Court , which shall assemble in manner hereafter mentioned . That all succeeding Governors , Deputies , and Directors , after the 25th . of March , 1696. shall be yearly chosen forever between the 25th . of March , and the 25th . of April in each Year , by the Majority of the Members , having each 500 l. Stock , who shall be personally present , and each have One Vote and no more ; which Governor , Deputy , and Directors , shall continue in their Offices for one Year , and till others be chosen and sworn . keywords: corporation; deputy; directors; general; governor; stock cache: A23868.xml plain text: A23868.txt item: #2 of 7 id: A32077 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: A proclamation prohibiting the payment and receipt of tonnage and ponndage [sic], and other impositions upon merchandises, under colour of the late pretended ordinance of both Houses of Parliament date: 1642 words: 1185 flesch: 61 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32077 of text R40802 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2694). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 108614) keywords: parliament; text; tonnage cache: A32077.xml plain text: A32077.txt item: #3 of 7 id: A32137 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: His Maiesties speech with Mr. Speakers speech to both Houses of Parliament, at the passing of the bill for tonnage and poundage : being an answer to Mr. Speakers speech at the presenting thereof, 22 June, 1641. date: 1641 words: 1433 flesch: 65 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32137 of text R41770 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2818). Mr. Speaker's speech appears first on the sheet, and comprises most of the text. keywords: speakers; speech; text cache: A32137.xml plain text: A32137.txt item: #4 of 7 id: A37967 author: England and Wales. title: An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the continuance of tonnage and poundage date: 1646 words: 746 flesch: 62 summary: A37967) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 42040) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1283:8) An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the continuance of tonnage and poundage England and Wales. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the continuance of tonnage and poundage England and Wales. keywords: parliament; text; tonnage cache: A37967.xml plain text: A37967.txt item: #5 of 7 id: A70417 author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. title: Mr. Speakers speech with His Majesties speech to both Houses of Parliament at the passing of the bill for tonnage and poundage being an answer to Mr. Speakers speech at the presenting thereof 22 June 1641. date: 1641 words: 1131 flesch: 69 summary: Mr. Speakers speech with His Majesties speech to both Houses of Parliament at the passing of the bill for tonnage and poundage being an answer to Mr. Speakers speech at the presenting thereof 22 June 1641. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 259:E198, no 23 or 259:E198, no 24) Mr. Speakers speech with His Majesties speech to both Houses of Parliament at the passing of the bill for tonnage and poundage being an answer to Mr. Speakers speech at the presenting thereof 22 June 1641. England and Wales. keywords: parliament; speakers; speech; text cache: A70417.xml plain text: A70417.txt item: #6 of 7 id: A83619 author: England and Wales. Parliament. title: Die Jovis 24⁰. Martii. 1641. Whereas the bill of tonnage and poundage is this day expired, ... date: 1642 words: 776 flesch: 73 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83619 of text R209854 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.3[64]). Title taken from caption and opening words of text. keywords: bill; day; text cache: A83619.xml plain text: A83619.txt item: #7 of 7 id: B06407 author: Scotland. Parliament. Committee of Estates. title: Unto his Grace, his Majesty's High Commissioner, and the Right Honourable, the Estates of Parliament. The owners and masters of the ships belonging to the town of Borrowstounness, Grange-panns, and Queensferrie. date: 1698 words: 1511 flesch: 62 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06407) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179178) keywords: eebo; ships; tcp; text cache: B06407.xml plain text: B06407.txt