[Charter to Shipwrights company]

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Item it is ordayned that euery person of the said pro∣fession shall vpon reasonable warning in that behalfe giuen repaire and come to and before said Master Wardens and assistants, or foure of them (whereof the Master and one of the Wardens to be alwaies two) or before their deputies at such time and place as shall be by them appoynted, and then and there respectiuely shall yeeld their consents, and willingly subscribe their names and take their corporall oaths to be ministred by the said Master and Wardens, or their deputies, to doe their best endeauor to and for the due per∣formance and execution of his Maiesties Charter in al points according to the lawe, and of all and singular such whole∣some and lawfull ordinances, constitutions, and orders as by vertue thereof are and shall be made, approued, and a∣lowed,

and so yeeld himselfe, and be registred a freeman of the said Art or Mistery: At which time of such alowing and registring euery Master Worke-man shall pay to the said Master and Wardens a fine of fiue shillinges: euery yard kee∣per thirtene shillings foure-pence, & euery Iorney-man three shillings sixe-pence, or lesse according to the discretion of the said Master and Wardens, for and to the vse of the said Corporation. And whosoeuer shall offend in any part of this ordinance, shall for euery time so offending forset and pay to the said Master and Wardens to the use of the said Cor∣poration, twenty shillings of lawfull money of England.