Their Majesties declaration for encouragement of officers, seamen, and mariners employed in the present service

Their Majesties declaration for encouragement of officers, seamen, and mariners employed in the present service

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Their Majeſties DECLARATION For Encouragement of Officers, Seamen and Mariners, Employed in the preſent Service.

At the COURT at HAMPTON-COURT, The Twenty third of May, 1689.

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Their Majeſties DECLARATION For Encouragement of Officers, Seamen and Mariners, Employed in the preſent Service.

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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 [Page] 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 [Page] 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.

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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.

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LONDON, Printed by Charles Bill, and Thomas Newcomb, Printers to the King and Queen's moſt Excellent Majeſties, 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)

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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..

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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.) (Imprint from colophon.) (Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.)

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