His
Majesties
REGULATION
In
the
business
of
PLATE-CARRIAGE
,
&c.
WITH
HIS
ESTABLISHMENT
Of
an
Allowance
for
their
TABLES
,
and
other
Encouragements
to
his
SEA-COMMANDERS
.
James
R.
WHEREAS
from
the
Enquiries
by
Us
solemnly
made
(
since
Our
accession
to
the
Throne
of
this
Our
Kingdom
of
England
)
into
the
State
of
Our
Royal
Navy
,
and
the
general
Disorders
into
which
both
it
and
it's
Discipline
have
of
late
years
fallen
,
We
are
(
among
the
many
other
Evils
discovered
therein
,
and
which
We
have
already
in
great
measure
provided
Remedies
to
)
arrived
at
a
full
Information
in
that
particular
one
,
whereto
Our
Service
is
in
a
most
especial
manner
exposed
,
from
the
liberty
taken
by
Commanders
of
Our
Ships
(
upon
all
opportunities
of
private
profit
)
of
converting
the
Service
of
Our
said
Ships
to
their
own
use
;
to
the
total
neglect
of
the
Publick
Ends
for
which
they
,
at
Our
great
Charge
,
are
set
forth
and
maintained
,
namely
,
the
annoying
of
Our
Enemies
,
the
protecting
the
Estates
of
Our
Trading-Subjects
,
and
the
support
of
Our
honour
with
Forreign
Princes
;
And
forasmuch
also
as
this
Evil
seems
principally
to
arise
from
the
universal
abuse
of
the
liberty
for
some
time
indulged
to
Our
said
Commanders
,
of
Transporting
of
Plate
,
Bullion
and
Jewels
;
to
the
occasioning
thereby
the
said
General
mis-employment
of
Our
Ships
,
and
Our
want
of
those
full
and
frequent
Accounts
of
the
Procedings
of
Our
Commanders
abroad
,
which
by
their
known
Instructions
they
stand
obliged
to
give
Us
;
Our
will
and
pleasure
is
,
and
it
is
hereby
solemnly
declared
.
I.
That
no
Admiral
,
Commander
in
chief
,
Captain
of
any
of
Our
Ships
,
or
other
Officers
serving
Us
therein
,
shall
presume
from
henceforward
upon
any
pretence
,
or
by
vertue
of
any
former
Allowance
,
Instruction
,
or
Practice
whatsoever
,
to
receive
,
direct
,
or
permit
to
be
received
,
on
board
any
of
Our
said
Ships
,
any
Money
,
Plate
,
Bullion
,
Jewels
,
or
other
Merchandize
or
Goods
,
(
fine
or
gross
)
whatsoever
,
whether
belonging
to
Strangers
or
Our
own
Subjects
,
either
under
pretext
of
concealing
or
protecting
the
same
,
or
the
Transporting
thereof
from
Port
to
Port
,
or
from
any
Forreign
Port
for
England
,
whether
upon
Application
to
them
made
by
any
Our
Merchant-Subjects
in
Forreign
Parts
,
or
from
any
other
inducement
whatsoever
,
saving
by
Written
Warrant
under
Our
own
Royal
hand
,
and
that
only
;
upon
pain
of
being
(
on
conviction
)
immediately
discharged
from
their
present
,
and
rendred
incapable
of
any
future
Employment
in
Our
Service
,
as
also
of
refunding
to
the
use
of
Our
maimed
Seamen
of
the
Chest
at
Chatham
,
the
full
value
of
the
Profits
they
shall
be
found
to
have
made
by
any
violation
of
this
Our
Order
,
and
of
suffering
such
further
punishment
,
as
by
the
Laws
of
the
Sea
,
they
shall
become
liable
to
for
the
same
.
II.
That
none
of
Our
aforesaid
General
Officers
or
private
Commanders
shall
(
upon
like
forfeiture
and
penalties
)
presume
to
carry
,
or
direct
the
carrying
any
Passenger
or
Passengers
(
whether
Strangers
or
others
)
of
what
Degree
or
Quality
soever
,
from
one
Place
to
another
,
in
any
of
Our
Ships
of
War
under
their
Command
,
unless
by
like
particular
Order
given
in
Writing
from
Our self
for
their
so
doing
;
such
only
excepted
,
as
by
the
Eleventh
Article
of
our
present
General
Instructions
they
are
obliged
to
receive
and
give
passage
to
;
namely
,
Our
Subjects
redeemed
from
Slavery
,
Shipwreckt
,
or
taken
at
Sea
out
of
Forreign
Ships
.
III.
That
all
Admirals
and
Commanders
in
chief
of
Our
Ships
do
for
the
time
to
come
take
care
,
that
as
often
as
they
shall
have
occasion
of
giving
Orders
for
the
proceding
of
any
of
Our
Ships
under
their
Command
on
any
Service
,
the
same
be
done
in
Writing
under
their
hands
,
with
Copies
thereof
to
be
sent
by
the
first
opportunity
of
Conveyance
(
by
Land
and
Sea
)
to
the
Secretary
of
Our
Admiralty
for
Our
information
.
And
that
the
same
be
in
like
manner
done
by
the
Commanders
of
every
of
Our
private
Ships
,
in
Transmitting
to
our
said
Secretary
for
our
like
Information
,
Copies
of
every
Order
they
shall
receive
from
their
Admiral
,
Commander
in
chief
,
or
other
Superior
Officer
.
IV.
That
every
of
Our
fore-mentioned
Officers
and
Commanders
respectively
,
do
observe
,
that
as
often
as
Our
Service
requires
their
going
into
any
Forreign
Port
,
they
do
by
the
first
Post
after
their
arrival
,
(
and
so
from
Post
to
Post
during
their
stay
there
)
give
Us
(
through
the
hand
of
our
said
Secretary
)
a
particular
Account
of
their
Proceedings
,
from
the
date
of
their
last
,
with
Abstracts
of
their
Journals
during
that
time
;
and
that
care
be
taken
for
their
leaving
the
like
with
Our
Consul
or
other
publick
Minister
in
that
Place
,
to
be
by
him
forwarded
to
Our
said
Secretary
,
by
the
first
Conveyance
after
their
departure
thence
;
so
as
we
may
at
all
times
have
a
constant
and
thorough
knowledge
of
the
Condition
,
Services
,
and
Procedings
of
all
and
every
of
Our
Ships
Employed
on
Forreign
Service
,
with
the
occasions
of
the
same
.
Lastly
,
That
at
the
end
of
each
Voyage
,
an
entire
Book
,
containing
a
perfect
Journal
thereof
,
together
with
a
Book
of
Entries
to
be
kept
of
all
Orders
,
either
issued
or
received
(
as
before
)
by
them
therein
,
be
delivered
for
Our
use
to
Our
said
Secretary
of
the
Admiralty
(
and
sworn
to
if
required
)
by
every
of
Our
said
Admirals
,
Commanders
in
Chief
,
and
private
Commanders
,
immediately
upon
their
coming
into
Port
to
be
laid
up
,
and
before
the
paying
off
of
the
Ships
whereto
they
respectively
belong
.
Both
which
Books
Our
said
Secretary
is
to
cause
to
be
well
Examined
by
himself
,
or
such
other
Person
as
shall
be
expresly
appointed
thereto
,
in
order
to
a
Report
to
be
therefrom
made
to
Us
,
of
the
different
Degrees
of
Care
or
neglect
wherewith
these
and
all
other
Our
Orders
shall
appear
to
have
been
observed
,
and
Our
receiving
full
satisfaction
from
them
therein
,
before
the
payment
of
their
Wages
,
or
the
further
allowance
hereafter
appointed
in
consideration
of
their
good
Service
during
their
said
Voyage
.
Of
all
which
as
well
every
Our
said
Admirals
,
Commanders
in
Chief
,
private
Commanders
of
Our
Ships
,
and
other
the
Officers
within
mentioned
,
as
Our
present
Secretary
of
Our
Admiralty
,
and
the
Secretary
of
Our
Admiralty
for
the
time
being
,
are
hereby
required
to
yeild
full
and
constant
obedience
and
conformity
,
as
they
will
answer
the
contrary
at
their
perils
.
And
to
the
end
,
that
with
the
Provision
thus
made
,
towards
the
recovery
and
advancement
of
the
Honour
,
Discipline
,
and
Prosperity
of
Our
Naval-Service
,
We
may
at
the
same
time
Testifie
Our
like
Royal
Inclination
to
the
giving
all
reasonable
Encouragement
to
those
,
who
shall
from
hence
.
forward
be
employed
as
Commanders
in
any
of
Our
Ships
;
thereby
as
well
to
excite
and
oblige
them
to
a
strict
complyance
with
these
and
all
other
Our
Royal
Resolutions
and
Orders
,
as
the
better
to
enable
them
to
support
the
Charge
and
Dignity
of
their
said
Employments
and
Entertainment
therein
,
without
resorting
to
Methods
of
doing
it
so
injurious
to
our
Honour
and
Service
,
and
wasteful
of
Our
Treasure
,
as
those
before
mentioned
have
been
;
We
are
in
the
first
place
graciously
pleased
(
in
favour
to
Our
said
Commanders
)
to
take
upon
Our self
an
encrease
of
Charge
,
beyond
what
has
ever
hitherto
been
at
any
one
time
done
by
any
of
Our
Royal
Predecessors
,
namely
,
by
granting
(
as
We
hereby
do
)
to
the
Commanders
of
every
of
Our
Ships
and
Vessels
(
Yachts
only
excepted
)
an
annual
Allowance
(
over
and
above
the
value
of
the
Victualling
they
now
enjoy
in
common
with
their
Ship
's
Companies
)
for
the
support
of
their
Tables
,
proportioned
to
the
respective
Rates
of
the
Ships
and
Vessels
they
shall
happen
severally
to
Command
;
the
said
allowance
to
commence
upon
those
of
Our
Ships
which
are
now
sitting
forth
,
and
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
be
fitted
forth
to
the
Seas
,
from
the
date
and
delivery
of
their
Commanders
and
Signing
Officers
joynt
Certificate
to
the
Secretary
of
Our
Admiralty
,
and
Commissioners
of
Our
Navy
,
of
their
Ships
being
compleatly
fitted
for
the
Sea
,
and
in
readiness
to
Execute
Our
sinal
Orders
for
their
Sailing
;
and
upon
such
of
Our
Ships
as
are
at
this
present
abroad
,
from
the
day
of
their
Commanders
receiving
from
Our
said
Secretary
(
which
he
is
with
all
convenient
speed
to
dispatch
to
them
)
Copies
of
this
Our
Order
;
and
to
be
continued
both
on
the
one
and
the
other
to
the
Determination
of
their
respective
Voyages
.
The
value
of
which
allowance
hereby
so
granted
is
as
follows
,
A
Table
of
the
Am●●●…
A●lowance
of
a
〈◊〉
C
…
der
of
each
Rate
.
|
Rate
|
Present
wages
.
|
Present
victualling
.
|
Additional
grant
for
his
table
.
|
|
|
ll.
|
s.
|
d.
|
|
ll.
|
s.
|
d.
|
|
ll.
|
s.
|
d.
|
|
1
|
273
|
15
|
0
|
12
|
3
|
4
|
250
|
0
|
0
|
|
2
|
219
|
00
|
0
|
12
|
3
|
4
|
200
|
0
|
0
|
|
3
|
182
|
00
|
0
|
12
|
3
|
4
|
166
|
5
|
0
|
|
4
|
136
|
10
|
0
|
12
|
3
|
4
|
124
|
5
|
0
|
|
5
|
109
|
10
|
0
|
12
|
3
|
4
|
100
|
0
|
0
|
|
6
|
91
|
00
|
0
|
12
|
3
|
4
|
83
|
0
|
0
|
Wherein
Our
Royal
Intention
is
,
that
this
allowance
for
Tables
granted
to
Our
said
Commanders
,
as
Captains
of
Private
Ships
,
shall
not
be
construed
to
the
taking
away
or
diminishing
ought
of
what
has
been
heretofore
Established
to
Flag
Officers
,
upon
account
of
their
Flags
.
And
that
We
may
yet
the
more
effectually
excite
to
a
vigorous
prosecution
of
Our
Service
,
such
of
Our
said
Commanders
,
as
shall
be
by
Us
employed
in
Our
Wars
with
any
of
the
people
of
Barbary
,
(
such
as
that
wherein
We
now
are
,
and
have
,
to
the
great
Expence
of
Our
Treasure
and
hazard
to
Our
Subjects
Trading
into
those
Seas
,
for
several
years
been
engaged
with
those
of
Sally
)
We
are
graciously
pleas'd
farther
to
grant
to
such
Our
Commanders
the
full
benefit
of
all
Prizes
,
(
both
Hulls
,
Furniture
,
Lading
and
Slaves
)
that
shall
be
by
them
taken
,
whether
of
Ships
of
War
,
or
Merchant
Men
,
saving
only
the
Vessels
of
Our
Subjects
happening
to
have
fallen
into
the
hands
of
such
Our
Enemies
;
In
which
case
the
Salvage
only
of
the
Vessels
of
Our
Subjects
rescued
,
shall
go
to
the
Retakers
.
The
whole
of
which
forementioned
Prizes
and
Salvage
shall
be
divided
between
the
Commander
or
Commanders
,
of
such
Our
Ship
or
Ships
(
with
their
Officers
and
Companies
)
as
were
concerned
in
the
Chase
and
Capture
of
the
said
Prizes
,
according
to
the
Law
and
practice
of
the
Sea
.
Provided
always
,
that
no
part
of
the
Charge
of
securing
or
maintaining
any
of
the
Vessels
,
Lading
,
or
Companies
of
the
said
Prizes
,
shall
be
placed
to
Our
Account
,
from
the
day
wherein
the
same
shall
be
first
brought
into
any
Christian
Port
,
and
that
the
said
Prizes
be
carried
into
Port
,
with
as
little
Charge
as
may
be
to
Us
,
and
without
any
interruption
to
the
Service
wherein
Our
said
Ships
were
imployed
at
the
time
of
the
Capture
.
Lastly
,
We
are
hereby
graciously
pleased
further
to
declare
to
all
Our
said
Admirals
,
Commanders
in
chief
,
and
private
Commanders
,
that
as
Our
Royal
Expectation
will
from
henceforward
be
,
to
have
a
strict
Account
given
Us
of
their
careful
applying
themselves
to
the
Execution
and
observance
of
these
and
all
other
Our
Orders
,
with
intention
of
expressing
Our
severest
Displeasure
against
such
of
them
(
whoever
they
be
)
as
shall
be
found
in
any
wise
negligent
or
unfaithful
in
the
same
;
so
are
We
no
less
graciously
determined
at
the
End
of
their
respective
Voyages
,
to
Testifie
by
some
especial
Instance
of
Our
Bounty
(
beyond
what
is
hereby
already
so
Extraordinarily
provided
for
them
)
Our
particular
Regard
to
whoever
of
Our
said
Commanders
shall
appear
to
have
merited
the
same
from
Us
,
by
any
signal
Instances
of
their
Industry
,
Courage
,
Conduct
or
Frugality
evidenced
therein
on
Our
behalf
.
Given
at
Our
Court
at
Windsor
this
15th
.
day
of
July
1686.
By
His
Majesties
Command
.
S.
PEPYS
.
A
True
Copy
.