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IN
the
Year
after
deliberate
Consideration
of
the
then
Lord
High
Admiral
of
and
the
Principal
Officers
and
Commissioners
of
the
Navy
,
and
the
then
and
other
Skillful
all
Persons
,
being
were
by
Charter
Incorporated
by
the
Name
of
and
for
the
better
Accommodation
of
and
Safety
were
Impowered
to
practise
their
Trade
in
all
Rivers
and
Ports
of
And
in
the
Year
at
the
Desire
of
the
said
Company
,
that
Charter
was
Renewed
to
them
with
Amendments
,
by
the
Name
of
Surry
,
and
had
the
same
Power
of
Practising
their
Trade
in
all
Rivers
and
Ports
of
Continued
to
them
:
And
for
their
better
Government
,
Forty
four
Rules
and
Ordinances
were
by
them
Prepared
and
Approved
of
,
and
Signed
by
the
then
Lord
Chancellor
,
and
Lord
Chief
Justice
of
either
Bench
,
agreeable
to
a
Statute
of
the
in
that
behalf
.
The
first
Intent
of
Incorporating
the
was
for
a
Nursery
,
to
Encourage
a
Number
of
Able
and
Skillful
Workmen
in
that
Art
and
Mystery
,
on
whom
Relies
the
Performance
of
Workmanship
in
Building
,
Repairing
,
and
Fitting
out
of
Ships
and
other
Vessels
(
and
more
especially
their
Majesties
Royal
Navy
)
at
times
of
the
greatest
Exigency
.
The
said
Company
was
Impowered
from
time
to
time
to
Advise
,
Consult
and
Settle
General
Rules
in
Marine
Architecture
,
wherein
the
Consideration
of
Surveys
chiefly
depend
.
That
at
the
Renewing
the
aforesaid
Charter
in
it
was
observed
,
that
many
Abuses
and
Frauds
had
been
Committed
in
the
Admeasurement
of
Ships
,
and
other
Vessels
,
when
it
was
left
to
the
single
Opinion
of
Private
Persons
;
and
therefore
the
Admeasurement
of
the
Ships
and
other
Vessels
was
Reposed
in
the
Company
of
and
their
Deputies
,
in
the
Out-Ports
,
and
Successors
for
ever
,
to
Determine
the
Length
of
the
Keel
,
and
all
other
Points
of
Discretion
,
in
Order
to
Cast
up
their
Burthen
of
Tuns
,
nearest
the
Truth
.
A
Regular
Company
of
was
also
Intended
for
the
Encouragement
of
the
Breed
of
that
Trade
,
To
Relieve
and
Maintain
their
Disabled
Cripples
and
Superannuated
Members
,
of
which
Number
,
some
in
their
Youths
,
and
others
in
their
Old
Age
,
by
Falls
and
Bruises
,
with
other
Accidents
that
often
happen
(
since
the
Encrease
of
Ships
of
great
Burthen
)
as
well
in
the
Royal
Navy
Service
,
for
the
Defence
and
Security
of
these
their
Majesties
Kingdoms
,
as
in
Merchants
Service
,
for
the
Benefit
of
Trade
,
and
Encrease
of
Navigation
,
are
Objects
of
Pity
.
The
said
Company
of
for
many
years
(
at
their
great
Cost
)
have
endeavoured
to
put
the
Powers
Granted
to
them
in
Execution
,
but
have
continually
been
Impeded
by
Persons
of
the
same
Profession
,
who
,
on
pretence
of
Privilege
Claimed
by
Shopkeepers
and
other
Inland
Trades
,
shelter
themselves
in
Sea-Port
Towns
,
and
particularly
on
the
River
which
River
is
Described
by
this
Map
,
shewing
how
the
and
the
Members
of
the
Company
of
are
Used
and
Treated
by
the
on
pretence
of
Custom
.
being
the
usual
Places
where
Ships
of
great
Burthen
Ride
,
and
Five
or
Six
Hundred
Sail
are
often
there
at
Anchor
together
,
who
have
all
,
or
most
of
them
,
one
or
more
on
board
,
yet
on
Extraordinary
Occasions
(
or
in
case
a
Ship
happens
to
become
a
Wreck
)
the
are
not
admitted
to
Work
in
that
River
,
nor
to
Help
or
assist
each
other
,
out
of
their
own
respective
Ships
;
but
the
Masters
of
Ships
are
oftentimes
Compelled
to
send
to
(
Six
or
eight
Miles
distance
)
for
Free
of
that
Trade
,
and
are
Fined
and
Imprisoned
if
they
act
to
the
contrary
.